newschannel8's jamel lanee supervisor of elections office to explain and jamel, you learned the replacement ballots have already been sent out fixing the problem? >> reporter: they have, stacie. you know what? the first batch of ballots was missing the city mission race. and they are wondering how this could have been over seen. 252 voters in largo had to be sent notices after the mail-in ballots they received exuded the city commission race realistically. what does this tell the voters? >> reporter: curtis holmes was horrified when he heard the news. several areas in largo had been annexed but the information was not updated. >> for some reason, they told everybody but the supervisor of elections office. >> reporter: offials alerted representatives last week and replacement ballots went t with a noce to voters. their end. they recorded the ordinances and then failed to send them. largo voters say this oversight could have been detrimental. >> i'm glad that the city recognized that and sent out the correct run getting this worked out before the general election. >> reporter: in a statement,

>> so, what happens, jamel, when a test does come back positive? >> reporter: so basically, they will safely discard the blood so it does not get mixed up in the blood supply. >> thank you, jamel lanee live in saint petersburg. >>> early voting starts monday morning bright and early. all across the bay area. overseeing the setup. he tells 8 on your side he is confident that procedures are in place to prevent fraud or rigging. he also encourages people to use his department's website to check wait times at each of the polling places. >> there is actually a stoplight on there telling you if there is any weight at all, at that site. you might check it when you are leaving work. you might check two other sites. so we just encourage people to check that. >> we have a link hillsborough supervisor of elections website and all other bay area counties on our website, wfla.com. >>> to find our complete 26 election guide, just head to our home page, click on the news tab and then click politics. >>> donald trump is back on the campaign trail after falling a b

jamel lanee joins us where chief anthony holloway spoke earlier. what is he saying about this second dui? >> reporter: well josh, he is definitely not happy. he says his officer was given a second chance and he blue it. >> he refused to blow. so automatically, his license is suspended for a year. >> reporter: saint pete police chief suspended anthony green after she was arrested for driving under the influence. they discovered green behind the wheel of his personal car on golf boulevard last night. >> he was stopped, his vehicle was stopped in the middle of the street. he was found passed out. >> reporter: green, now on leave with no pay. but this is not the officer's first dui arrest. he was also booked back in december of 2009. authorities say he was involved he was placed on desk duty but allowed back on the streets following a month's suspension following the investigation. green was given a second chance. >> he made a mistake the first time. hopefully, he found the right thing to do, but he didn't. he was out there drinking again. he represent

hi jamel. >> reporter: good evening stacie. well, stephanie ragusa will be staying here at the continental as she works to get back on her feet. after spending about six years in prison, stephanie ragusa is out. she will stay here at the continental inn in clearwater. a place for offenders getting back into society. >> they have to get her to transition into as normal a lifestyle as possible. >> reporter: there transitional homes. he spoke with ragusa and her family prior to her release. >> she is overwhelmed right now. for sure. you know. so, she is worried about many things. >> reporter: ragusa's story made national headlines. the former middle schoolteacher had sex with two students between 2006 and 2007. her victims were then 14 and 16 years old. ragusa was convicted in 2010 at pain and aggravation i have caused to the victims and their families. >> reporter: judge tharpe called her a sexual predator. >> if i had to sum up your attitude in one word it wow arrogance. >> reporter: she was released for good behavior. broderick

jamel lanee joins us live now. sean told you about plans to honor caroline. >> reporter: he did. good evening, you know, he wants to keep caroline sine's memory alive and he is hoping that his story will help keep others from gets behind the wheel drunk. >> it is is a process. i'm just doing the best i can. trying to take it one day at a time. and ... still have a ways to go. >> reporter: nearly two months teacher and girlfriend caroline

and more, we're here with "wall street journal" column fist and cbs news contributor peggy noonan jamelleie is here, jeffrey goldberg is here, we congratulate him on his new role at "the atlantic." he was just named editor-in-chief of the magazine. and ed o'keefe covers politics for the "washington post." we'll kick our conversation off from kate mckinnon. we'll run a clip of hillary clinton answering a question or not answering a question from a debate. >> well, everything i did as secretary of state was in furtherance of our country's interest and our values. the state department has said that. i think that's been proven. but i am happy, in fact, i am thrilled the talk about the clinton foundation, because it is a world-renowned charity, and i am so proud of the work that it does. >> dickerson: that was a question, peggy, about allegations and proof in e-mails both hacked and also found through freedom of information requests of a closeness between the clinton foundation and the state department. she was asked about that closeness and her pledge to make sure there was no appearance of c

jamel lanee tells us the sheriff now needs your help to find the killer. >> reporter: russ remembers the time the in 2009. after seven years, the detectives were finally able to identify this digital composite of him. >> we identified the victim as george levine. >> reporter: levine was a homicide victim found in the woods at pasco county. usf anthropologist aaron kimberly came up with this sketch. >> we put together a profile, that tells you everything you could learn about a person's trauma. but it would be the fingerprint that would be the key. they ran it one more time through a new identification system. now, sheriff nako wants to find levine's killer. >> because we have identified who it is, we are able to ask for the public's assistance. >> reporter: reporting in pasco county, jamel lanee, newschannel8. >>> detectives say levine was front bedroom from new port richey and 76 ye >>> coming up next on 8 at 7:00, two registrations, two political parties, one voter. somehow, it just doesn't add up. is there voter fraud behind it? 8 on your side investigates. and remember, this year

i know it costs money and everything, but it's going to save a life. >> reporting in clearwater jamel lanee news channel 8. >>> clearwater engineers will get to work on a design. well, the faa is stepping up its effort to keep exploding samsung galaxy note 7 phones off of planes. we'll have that story coming up. and a instagram from the desk top only if you have one important feature. >>> now, is the time to join stacie schaible for the heart walk. you can go to our website, okay, you know i was your governor. but there' s some things you may not know. my hair used to be way better. i played quarterback. my dad was a doctor here for 55 years. i swim every morning. and yes, i'm a fan of fans! hood, and take care of our veterans. i'm charlie crist and i approve this message. because i'll put the people first. >>> the nasdaq and s&p were up a fraction of a point. >>> and the wait is over apple is promising that the nike watch will be available october 28th. it has slightly different software features and comes with a perforated band and a nike swoosh. >>> starting tomorrow at noon will b

jamel lanee shows us where she is now staying as she tries to get her life back on track. >> reporter: after spending about six years in prison, stephanie ragusa is out. she will stay here at the continental inn in clearwater. a place for offenders getting back in society. >> we are here to help her >> reporter: jim broderick runs several transitional homes. he spoke with ragusa and her family prior to her release. >> she is overwhelmed now for sure. she is worried about many things. >> reporter: ragusa's story made national headlines. the former davison middle schoolteacher had two students in 20 reporting in pinellas county, jamel lanee, newschannel8. >> well, she stirred up anger from trump supporters earlier this week at amalie arena. now, amy schumer has a few more words for tampa bay. >> dearest tampa ... , i'm sorry you didn't want me, a comedian who talks about what she believes in to mention the biggest thing going on. squaren, amy schumer sarcastically apologized for what she said in tampa. a man she called up on stage told newschannel8's rod carter that he was not bothered

jamel lanee spoke with chief holloway today who explained why green was allowed to keep his job after his first one. >> reporter: saint pete police chief anthony holloway suspended officer anthony green today after he was arrested for driving under the influence. pinellas county deputies discovered green behind the wheel of his personal car on golf boulevard last night. >> he was stopped, his vehicle was stopped in the middle of the street. he was found passed out. >> reporter: green, now on leave with no pa first dui arrest. he was also booked back in december of 2009. authorities say he was involved in two alcohol related hit and run crashes. green was placed on desk duty. but, was allowed back on the streets after a month's suspension following the investigation. green was given a second chance. >> he made a mistake the first time. hopefully, he found the right way to do. but he didn't. he was out there drinking here. >> reporter: reporting in saint petersburg, jamel lanee, newschannel8. >>> a former bay area sheriff has passed away. today, we learned former pinellas county sheriff

>> all right, jamel lanee live for us tonight. thank you very much. >>> now, we are on your side with everything you need to guide for you, early voting locations and hours on our website, wfla.com. >>> both presidential candidates once again on the campaign trail in florida. we are about 30 minutes away from trump's rally in tallahassee. he told the crowd he is confident he will win florida. hillary clinton attended an early voting rally in coconut grove. many polls show her ahead of trump in the sunshine controversies, each of florida's four constitutional officers are standing by their man. all four are elected republicans but as capital bureau reporter mike vasilinda shows us, not all of them are fully on board the trump train. >> reporter: governor rick scott was the first statewide elected republican to jump on the trump train. he was followed by pam bondi and others who supported jeb bondi called some comments by trump. >> disgusting, period. >> reporter: but she says she will stay behind the donald. >> he will appoint cons

jamel lanee has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: we could learn as early as monday what the substance was in the envelope being tested at a lab. mosaic officials confirmed that their office received this threatening letter containing a suspicious substance. a hazmat team, the fbi, and the hillsborough county sheriff's office responded to the scene late friday evening. a field test was done on the substance with negative results meaning nothing dangerous was detected. following our reports that 215 million gallons of radioactive they began testing the wells of nearby homes. we spoke with the attorney who represents three of those neighbors who are now suing mosaic for not notifying the public about the sink hole. >> it puts mosaic on notice. it puts mosaic in a position of now having to take corrective action in advance of the problem. apparently, they didn't, or we wouldn't have had this problem. so, this lawsuit, the reason we filed it, was intervention. >> reporter: as for the powdery substance, results will take 48 to 72 hours to process. while we wait for the results

jamel lanee spoke to him about the tragedy. >> it's a process. i'm doing the best i can trying to take it one day at a time. still have a ways to go. >> reporter: nearly two months after a crash that killed caroline sine, sean hankins is smiling. he wants to thank the public for his support. he was driving impaired brice macleod slammed into them. >> you never think just driving home from a movie something would happen like this. now, i'm try to get back on the road. i'm just super, almost, i don't want to say paranoid, but it is nerve-wracking. >> reporter: still in pain, hankins and his family won't let that stop him from advocating against drunk driving. >> there is no reason anybody >> reporter: reporting in pinellas park, jamel lanee, newschannel8. >>> today, a red tail hawk named skyler soared into the sky once again. rehab specialists released it at the country club. two months ago it was rescued from the saint pete clearwater airport. it had swallowed a femur bone and had to have surgery. for a while, her caretakers didn't know if she was

jamel lanee joins us live now. sean told you about plans to honor caroline. >> reporter: he did. good evening, you know, he wants to keep caroline sine's memory alive and he is hoping that his story will help keep others from gets behind the wheel drunk. >> it is is a process. i'm just doing the best i can. trying to take it one day at a time. and ... still have a ways to go. >> reporter: nearly two months teacher and girlfriend caroline sine, sean hankins is smiling. he is thanks the community after spending weeks in the hospital. >> the support of everyone. my family, friends, and even people that i have never met. >> reporter: the couple was driving home august 14th when pinellas park police say an impaired bryce mccloud slammed into them. >> you would never think that just driving from the movie, like this. and now, i'm ... i'm trying to get back on the road. it's nerve-racking. >> reporter: still many pain, hankins and his family says that won't stop them from advocating against drunk driving. >> just think about what you are doing. not only are you taking a life, and ruinin

but again, this is all under investigation. >> jamel, reporting live for us tonight. thank you. >>> right now authorities are trying to figure out if the body dive teams found is the body of a missing boater. with his fiance. we're told he jumped off the boat to get it off the sand bar. he went under water and did not come back up. the body that was recovered was recovered where the boater went missing. >> this is a very tragic instance. and very sad. as investigators and officers, we just don't want to see this happen. >> officers urge you to pay boating or in the water as conditions can change and they can change suddenly. >>> a driver who caused a fiery crash on the veterans expressway is in the hospital tonight. florida highway patrol reports 54-year-old oscar was speeding on the expressway when he collided into the back of another car. people in the second car slammed into a concrete traffic barrier. the vehicle exploded in the flames. both people died. >>> now to a developing story tonight, the fbi and homeland long hack that targeted a company that acts as an i

jamel lanee joins us now. and what did they find? >> reporter: well, they didn't find too many issues. many of these homes just needed some paints or debris removed but basically, today's message by code enforcement was to help them before they find them. bobby palmer is not sure what to do about the tree hanging in his backyard. area. living space. this is out of control. >> reporter: even though it is not his tree, he is still responsible for the overgrown limbs that have destroyed his fence. a clear city violation. code enforcement officers let him know this could have been a potential fine. but instead, informed him. >> i'm glad they are coming around here. i want to clean this mess up. absolutely. >> they are a little taken aback when i come on the fix some things. >> reporter: code enforcement, police, and waste staff went through the bell view neighborhood to let people know of any nuisances. a cleanup effort for people who have been fined in the past. >> sometimes they don't want to do anything. so we have to try to help the

everybody knows what they think. >> dickerson: it's out there, jamelle, but she seems to have come throu t in a much stronger position, so maybe she hasn't paid... people don't penalize her for not answering a question and donald trump helps her by taking the bait and going off and doing his own thing. >> right. i think part of the problem for donald trump in trying to capitalize on allegations of pay for play are really is with the scandals around clinton, you can find a similar problem around trump. out that trump also has a foundation, and at least our foundation helps people, his just seems to purchase portraits of himself and that dynamic exists for so many allegations against clinton or scandals against clinton that she can just avoid the question by turning it become on trump. and that's given her i think a real rhetorical advantage, even as voters still have a lot of questions about her honesty, her trustworthiness, et cetera, et cetera. >> dickerson: another time when she pivoted from a question asked about en went back and said, these wikileaks e-mails are coming from the russi

dion, and jamel smith from mtv.an, to times today donald trump has tweeted this breitbart article they're billing as an exclusive with women who made these allegation against bill clinton. and he has touted this now twice. what do you anticipate today? >> i think he's going to bring it up at the debate. i think that is part of his plan to respond to the allegations against himself, this video that's made such a splash in the past 48 hours. and i think he's signaling that if that's going to be raised against him, he's going to raise bill clinton's allegations of improprieties and also how hillary clinton reacted at that time 20 years ago. >> so e.j., a situation, for example, with the vice presidential debate with where that night people said mike pence won because of his demeanor. the next morning when you fact checked it rolled like the scroll from the back of a movie all of the things that were not true. if trump comes out swinging this way, the next day, you have, you know, "newsweek," for example, with two forme

and news channel 8's jen joins live from saint pete college, jamel, what can you tell us? the county and city leaders that met here today vaioing the same thing. that they all want to work together to fix this problem. because this has impacted all these communities in one way or another. mainly leaders introduced themselves and talked about the chaple life-threatening the -- challenges each of their cities faced. they want utility and maintenance workers from the various municipalities to communicate with problems. the task force will identify and implement solutions, mitigate emergency situations, and develop short and long-term strategies. saint pete mayor, rick, spoke about some of the initiatives his staff is all ready taking. the city has all ready budgeted $230 million to address capacity issues. officials face criticism for dumping millions of gallons of >> we have to address filtration. relining the pipes, work on manhole covers and addressing the issue of private laterals. all of those contribute to the challenges we had in these three storm events. we had more r

today, jamelle bouie who is the chief political correspondent for slate mag a seen and cbs news political analyst, peggy noonan, columnist for the washington journal and cbs contribute for and john heilemann, comanaging editor of bloomberg politics. peggy, i will start with you. so rudy giuliani said donald trump could have a saint augustine radically after this event and be a totally different man. >> after this trauma of the release of the 11-year-old tape. well, i know you spoke to him of the city of god and the city of man, in this world all miracles are possible. people do change their nature and change their character. i am not sure what rudy giuliani was referring to as the reason there might be a change of it seems to me mr. trump might speak of his essential nature and what all of that stuff is this evening. >> dickerson: yes. that's a tall order. >> yes. >> dickerson: john, what could donald trump have learned over the last year that taught him that saying, sort of in a lighthearted way it was fun to assault women. i am not sure how the two things are connected. >> i think if we

jamel lanee joins us where chief anthony holloway spoke earlier. what is he saying about this second dui? >> reporter: well josh, he is definitely not happy. he says his officer was given a second chance and he blue it. >> he refused to blow. so automatically, his license is suspended for a year. >> reporter: saint pete police chief suspended anthony green after she was arrested for driving under the influence. they discovered green behind the wheel of his personal car on golf boulevard last night. >> he was stopped, his vehicle was stopped in the middle of the street. he was found passed out. >> reporter: green, now on leave with no pay. but this is not the officer's first dui arrest. he was also booked back in december of 2009. authorities say he was involved

jamel lanee is live in largo. what happened to the missing ballots? >> reporter: good evening josh. officials say it could have gone to a previous address or lost in the mail. but they tell any they have a system in place to make sure your vote will count.

jamel lanee joins us live now. sean told you about plans to honor caroline. >> reporter: he did. good evening, you know, he wants to keep caroline sine's memory alive and he is hoping that his story will help keep others from gets behind the wheel drunk. >> it is is a process. i'm just doing the best i can. trying to take it one day at a time. and ... still have a ways to go. >> reporter: nearly two months

jamel lanee live in clearwater, thank you. >>> a video showing a very close encounter with a great mexico is going viral. check this out. the shark is seen leaping out of the water to eat a large chunk of tuna bait tied to a rope. but then it breaches the side of the cage. it thrashes around before freeing its through the top. fortunately, the diver inside that cage escaped through the bottom. you can see him emerge unscathed but from his gestures, i'm guessing his heart is pounding. >>> now, max de world's most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with meteorologist julie phillips. >> probably had a little bit of a closer encounter with the shark than he had originally planned. max defender 8 showing you this afternoon what we were dealing with yesterday. quiet conditions. no rain on the radar this evening. and, it is going to stay mostly dry for the rest of tonight. a great view from innisbrook in nice breeze, a flag blowing in the wind. light breeze in the forecast for the rest of this evening and going to be a great night for football tonight. if you are headed out to any of

today, jamelle bouie who is the chief political correspondent for slate mag a seen and cbs news political analyst, peggy noonan, columnist for the washington journal and cbs contribute for and john heilemann, comanaging editor of bloomberg politics. peggy, i will start with you. so rudy giuliani said donald trump could have a saint augustine moment, change radically after this event and be a totally different man. >> after this release of the 11-year-old tape. well, i know you spoke to him of the city of god and the city of man, in this world all miracles are possible. people do change their nature and change their character. i am not sure what rudy giuliani was referring to as the reason there might be a change of nature or character. it seems to me mr. trump might speak of his essential nature this evening. >> dickerson: yes. that's a tall order. >> yes. >> dickerson: john, what could donald trump have learned over the last year that taught him that saying, sort of in a lighthearted way it was fun to assault women. i am not sure how the two things are connected. >> i think if we are spe

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news channel 8's jamel is joining us live. you talked to those residents who have no place to go a lot of these residents say this place has been their home for years. those eviction notices were served last week, and now they have no choice but to pack up and leave. >> bought the property located on 34th street north from the previous owner who was fighting foreclosure. according to st. pete city officials, new owners planned to demolish the old building and turn it into new development. social services went around sunday to check on residents who were still packing up. most the 110 units had already left, but some residents tell us they still have no place to go. city officials say they have room at the shelter for those just in case. >> they went from denial that it really wasn't going to happen because it went, you know, it's been a long pro tracted legal battle, and i think at first they thought well, it really isn't going to happen. we've heard this before. to finally reality set in about judge denied the last ditch effo

new tonight - a new tonight - a third arrest in the murder of a fayetteville landlord. 23-year-old "jamell - wright" was picked up tonight at a home near hillsboro street. he's charged with first degree murder. 63-year-old "victor - cirello" was robbed and killed back in august. police say wright is one of three guys captured on security cameras walking away from the crime scene mobile home park on boxwood lane. all three suspects are in the cumberland county jail. a contractor who was part of a troubleshooter investigation back in 2014 -- is in trouble with the law again. "christopher - beard" is in jail charged with obtaining property under 'false - pretenses' -- and failure to do work. fayetteville police have been looking for beard -- and thanks to a tip through social media -- he was arrested in wake county today. new tonight -- a 'robbery' -- 'ending' with gunfire -- in fayetteville. this is "one main financial" -- on -- walked into the business -- at about 'noon' today.... and "demanded cash". during the robbery... one guy 'fired' his gun. fortunately, 'no one' was injured. they 'go

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