jeff paterson is live with the latest on this. this is where the battle is going on. and pretty strong words the from if mayor today. >>> the strongest yet. taxi drivers like this depend on hotels and airports for their customers but increasingly they're finding customers are looking elsewhere for rides. outside of tampa international airport a line of taxis wait he's been a cab driver here for five years and told me he's not making as much money as he used to. >> we used to make $100 a day. now we make 25 to 30. >> they want new regulations like fingerprint background checks for drivers. a 7-dollar fare for each ride. and a seven minute wait for each call. a regulation that favors the fair. >> if i'm doing it, they should do it too. >> but the tampa mayor sees it differently. >> this is about competition. competition is a good thing. if you can't compete. you don't deserve to be protected. >> today buckhorn called for a statewide regulation for ride sharing services. >> i continue to belief it's a dinosaur in a society that doesn't lend itself to dinosaurs any more.

jeff paterson live in cedar key tonight. >>> from tar pan springs to st. petersburg, people are struggling with tidal flooding some areas are waiting for water to recede after days of getting soaked. mark douglas joins us live in shore acres, how are things looking there right now, mark? >> reporter: well, good evening, stacy. you can see it's more of a water way than a roadway. we're at the corner of connecticut and huntington. and gwen is waiting for traffic to stop. were any homes flooded? >> to our knowledge our wasn't flooded, or anyone around us, but i can't speak for everyone else. slow down and don't let your kids play in the raw sewage water. >> reporter: two excellent words of advice. and it really is very -- thank you very much. it's very contaminated water. and it's true, you don't want your kids playing here. heros another reason. this is a storm sewer here. you can barely see it. and it would be so easy to walk off this curb and fall next to child, a small animal could fall into that. you can see the water's not going any where here. earlier

jeff paterson had a one on one interview with senator tim kaine about the importance of tonight's debate. >> this is the point where people pay attention. remaining undecideds start to figure out where they're going to go. a few voters have preferences that may be open to changing these debates can do that. >> he maintains people will see differences tonight between detailed plans and someone who offers just a so you want bite. >>> members of the alonso high school baseball family are remembering former pitching stand out jose fernandez. he pitched for the florida marlins and he and two other men died early sunday when their boat crashed into a jetty down in miami. investigators are trying to he attended alonso high in 2008 and 2011. >>> today a pulse nightclub shooting survivor tells us about her recovery. amanda took time to thank the doctors and nurses at florida hospital in tampa. he was shot several times by a crazed gunman that night. she's had three surgeries. >> as a survivor, it's hard. you go through things that you shouldn't go through as person. but like i said, with up suppo

jeff paterson is live with the latest on this. this is where the battle is going on. and pretty strong words the from if mayor today. >>> the strongest yet. taxi drivers like this depend on hotels and airports for their customers but increasingly they're finding customers are looking elsewhere for rides. outside of tampa international airport a line of taxis wait

jeff paterson, news channel 8. >>> a young girl speaking out for her generation and her community with an emotional plea for change after the deadly police shooting in charlotte. she broke down in tears several times as she spoke about how her family is treated differently all because of skin color. but each time she broke down the audience encouraged her to keep going. she says even though she was born and raised in charlotte, she's not felt this now. >> it's a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed and we can't even see them any more. it's a shame that we have to go to that graveyard and bury them. and we have tears and we shouldn't have tears. we need our fathers and mothers. to be by our side. >> there were several days of unrest and violence in shooting of kevyn scott. video of the incident shows a handgun on the ground near scott, more than 80 people have been arrested during those protests. >>> now to your vote in the race for the white house, monday night's debate is now the most watched debate in american history, more than 80 million people tuned in to see hillary clin