good evening, i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> now, an 8 on your side investigation. shelter-skelter. >> thousands of animals shipped into tampa bay. the humane society contends it is saving thousands of animals bringing them to tampa bay and

>> good leigh. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> we have heard heartbreaking stories. countless itt tech students sharing shock and panic when their campuses closed without warning. now help is coming from hillsborough community college and washington lawmakers. students have spent thousands of dollars on an education with no degree to show for it. 8 on your side reporter melanie michael has been all over this story. mel? will these students have to

support the police narrative that officers opened fire only after he refused to drop the weapon. >> josh benson, thank you josh, live in the tampa news center. >>> now to some breaking news we just learned the tulsa police officer who shot and killed another black unarmed man will face charges. officer shelby now faces a first degree manslaughter charge in the death of terrance crutcher. in this video here, it does appear to show that crutcher unarmed with his hands in the air raised, right before he is gunned down. we will keep you updated. >>> and now, to your vote in the race for the white house. we are less than a week away from the first presidential debate. preparations are underway right now in the university in long island new york. lester holt will be the moderator for the debate monday night. he plans to focus on topics like america's direction, prosperity, and security. newschannel8's rod carter will be reporting live from this debate. be sure to tune in for those reports starting this sunday night right here on newschannel8. >>> well, tickets and toll violations are all wracked up u

josh benson has the latest on this story and the latest update, this young man is in court, and we don't even know if he will be tried as an adult. do we josh? >> reporter: yeah, that is what they are waiting to hear now, this could take up to 30 days toasty if they are try him as an adult. but jesse osborne will be charged as a juvenile for now. but police want to know the motive. what led him to kill his father, drive to a school and start shooting? that is where the investigation the possibility pa alleged shooter jesse osborne may have been bullied. the 14-year-old was being home schooled after he brought a machete and a hatchet to school earlier in year. shots were fired at an elementary school playground. >> there were people from the school. teachers and staff at the back door that were calling. that were cain come inside. >> reporter: inside, teacher megan hollingsworth was hit in the shoulder. she and others rushed students inside and locked the doors. mcadams tended to the wounded including critically injured jacob hall who had been shot in the leg. jamie brock who was unarmed

josh benson joins us live from the tampa news center. this refugee crisis priority. >> reporter: stop terrorism, bring peace to the middle east and solve the worst global refugee crisis in a quarter century. more than 20 million people are displaced and half of them are childrenment president obama hosted the summit on the global refugee crisis. his last speech to the u.n. general assembly as president. >> and together, now, we have to open our hearts and do more to help refugees who are desperate for a home. >> reporter: the president is to end refugee suffering. increased funds to humanitarian efforts. admit more refugees legally and open boarders. and offer more education and work to build refugee self- reliance. >> we have to imagine what it would be like for our family. for our children. if the unspeakable happens to us. >> reporter: meanwhile, south cry from refugees all around the globe. parliament square in london transformed to a graveyard of 2500 life jacketrn refugees in the terrifying crossing to greece. >> the policies are m

i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> new information, the or releasted an update on the zika virus confirming 19 new cases. six of those are nontravel related cases. all of them are from the miami beach area. we have also learned that there are 13 new travel related cases. one of those is in hillsborough county. another is in manatee county. >>> so far this year, 29 children have died after they were left in hot cars. now, there is an effort to stop those deaths. >> a local psychologist explains this could actually

. >> i'm josh benson thanks for being with us. first storms are moving across th let's check in with meteorologist steve jerve for the latest. >>> no severe thunderstorms they're very strong. we've seen thunderstorms likely with hail. radar, the strokes area was across the northern part of pinellas to hillsborough. that's sinking south. there are more storms developing. it reminds you that the atmosphere can produce strong thunderstorms near the sea breeze there a round lakeland that's all rain the western fort meade. thunderstorms have developed across central and eastern pinellas county. just north of downtown st. pete getting rain. largo then drifting to the east safety harbor area. farther south you can see north port seeing thunderstorms all the way down south. not at severe levels. small hail with thunderstorms that develop on a day like this

z23wlz z5yz >>> right now on news channel 8. >>> i'm jen leigh. >> i'm josh benson. deputies and neighbors are on high alert after a teen-age girl was attacked and robbed near a bus stop. deputies are patrolling the neighborhood while the kids are out to make sure they are safe. here is more at that spot of that attack. john, what have neighbors done in response to all this? >> reporter: well, a lot of adults here tell me they are keeping an eye out in the

josh benson is live with more on this story that everybody's talking about today. >> a lot of people are, with clinton so sick she can't campaign, trump is choosing not to today donald trump did not say told you so as hillary clinton recovered at home in new york. same on cnbc. >> i hope she gets well soon. no satisfaction believe me whatsoever. >> the viral video shows clinton unsteady and reveals a cover up. her campaign said clinton's coughing last week came from seasonal allergies but friday disclosed. >> this topic is serious enough so that refusing to disclose the truth about it is a lie to the voting public. >> thanks to a smart phone the world found out. today staffers say once in the car secretary clinton was on the phone and will be back on the trail within a few days. this is the hillary clinton that america got to know. someone that keeps a brake neck pace. traveled the globe. friday after she learned she had pneumonia, clinton stumbled calling half of trump's supporters deplorable. she backed off. but trump rushed out to a new ad slamming people's comments. >> people who

>>ioam josh benson, thanks for being with us. hurricane hermine may be one of the most costly storms every for-- ever for pasco county, estimated $90 million in storm residents are asking what will be done to prevent flooding in the future. jeff patterson joins us live from elferred area where flooding is a problem. last year it was a problem, they have seen a lot of this out there. >> reporter: good evening, just last year i was standing in this neighborhood wading in water. i have been here several times because of flooding, behind me, damaged furniture, mattresss, property, and the county is suggesting the only long-term solution may be to buy homes

our josh benson joins us to talk a little bit more about it. the funding has a big push now. >> reporter: congress has been they have to tackle a list of tasks. one of which, get reelected. fund the government is another big one. what many say the most important is for florida is pass the zika funding bill right away. >> reporter: lawmakers have a short critical to do list. they want to demonstrate they are responsible stewards of the congress and deserve to be returned to power. but it won't be easy. congress agreed on a spending bill after p his disease prevention team asked for $2 billion. but they couldn't agree on the unrelated add ons. senate democrats voted it down and accused republicans of playing politics. added their own measures. republicans didn't like that. so nothing was done. >> zika is an issue for this country. an international issue. not a florida issue. >> reporter: governor scott is disgusted by the inaction, canceled the trip to dc to personally lobby congress for forced to reschedule after he deals with power outages caus

i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm josh benson. thank you very much for being with us tonight. that charity group called belle of the ball needs your help. >> jamel lanee is live from clearwater where organizers are work working to get the jewelry replaced. it is an important time of the the year for that to happen. >> it is. organizers say the jewelry complements the dresses and

i'm josh benson. >> i'm stacie schaible. thanks for joining us tonight. >>> well new tonight, a buccaneer busted for dui and now off the team. austin sefarian-jenkins cut just moments after he got out of jail. and this is not the first time asf has been in this kind of trouble. he has been arrested for dui he is live at one buc place. hi rod. >> reporter: hey, good evening. when i came here this morning just after buccaneers morning practice, head coach dirk koetter said he was going to withhold make any decision on what happened with austin sefarian-jenkins after he got that information. he must have gotten that information quickly. within a couple of hours, asj was done. tampa bay buccaneer austin sefarian-jenkins was not a happy man he spent time this morning trying to talk his way out of a dui after the fhp pulled him over at 275 and state road 60. they said he was flying down the road doing 80 miles an hour in a 50 miles an hour zone. and even whizzed by and cut off a trooper in the process. >> all right man, whatever m

i'm josh benson. >> i'm jenn holloway. thanks for joining us tonight. a man who works at a bay area middle school and coaches high school basketball is facing charges for getting a teenage girl pregnant. lamont houston befriended the young girl at lincoln middle school and had an inappropriate relationship with her over the summer. now he is facing felony charges. john rogers s nightmare. >> reporter: palmetto police say this past may, 31-year-old lamont houston began a relationship with a teen at lincoln middle school. he was a graduation education technician here tasked with helping students who were chronically absent. he was also a basketball coach at the high school. after he befriended the girl, they began texting then he picked her up on two occasions to have six in his car. told her mother and he was arrested. close friend karl heinz is in shock. >> you would never know that it hits ohm. >> reporter: he says houston tutored kids and works in the boys and girls club. >> he is a good guy, he is out there in the community helping the community. he

good evening i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. well sarasota officials are finding a disturbing case of heroin laced with elephant tranquilizers. it's an effort to get a high, but having deadly results. news channel 8 john rogers joins us live from sarasota to tell us about this growing problem. john?

the employees fooled customers into paying millions in services. 8 on your side josh benson shows us what customers need to know. >> reporter: credit card accounts opened, late fe having a clue. some of the findings into a massive investigation for wells fargo. it infuriates customers. >> one time i had 15 accounts at once. these are very frustrated. these are accounts i never opened. >> reporter: wells fargo employees opening 1.5 million bank accounts and half a million credit cards never requested by customers. >> i would have an account with month. it adds up. >> reporter: in some cases money was moved between accounts without the customer's knowledge. >> every consumer needs to trust their bank. no bank should take advantage of their customers. >> reporter: wells fargo ordered to pay $185 million in fines. this week saying the bank fired over 5300 employees over the past five years for their involvement in a scam. in a statement the bank saying: wells fargo ordered to pay customer back in full. >> unauthorized opening of accounts in your name, maybe using fraudulent e-mail addres

i'm josh benson. >> i'm jenn holloway. thanks for joining us tonight. a man who works at a bay area middle school and coaches high school basketball is facing charges for getting a teenage girl pregnant. lamont houston befriended the young girl at lincoln middle school and had an inappropriate relationship with her over the summer. now he is facing felony charges. john rogers s nightmare. >> reporter: palmetto police say this past may, 31-year-old lamont houston began a relationship with a teen at lincoln middle school. he was a graduation education technician here tasked with helping students who were chronically absent. he was also a basketball coach at the high school. after he befriended the girl, they began texting then he picked her up on two occasions to have six in his car.

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. first let's check on breaking news out of the south carolina. a teenager now in custody connected to a shooting at an elementary school in townville. we know the man found dead three miles away from the school is the suspect's father. that 47-year-old jeffrey osborne also hurt students and one teacher. all three are expected to survive. according to the superintendent, it happened on the playground and then a teacher rushed the children inside. we're going to give you any updates as soon as we get them on the air and online. >>> also shock, outrage and the male disappointment. friends were stunned when the news broke that the treasurer of a catholic charity was

. >> i'm josh benson. deputies and neighbors are on high alert after a teen-age girl was attacked and robbed near a bus stop. deputies are patrolling the neighborhood while the kids are out to make sure they are safe. here is more at that spot of that attack. john, what have neighbors done in response to all this? >> reporter: well, a lot of adults here tell me they are keeping an eye out in the going to the bus stop. they feel more can be done to keep this place safe. just before dawn, deputies were keeping a close watch on this neighborhood. they want to prevent an attacker from striking other school children. >> i was afraid i was going to die. >> reporter: on tuesday this 16- year-old was walking toward a bus stop when a man pulled her to the ground and tried to assault her. when a car passed by, he panicked, took her cell phone and >> it is strange it happened around here. >> he is willing to walk with them in the mornings to keep them safe. he is unhappy this neighborhood has no streetlights and he i

i'm josh benson. >> and i am stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. >> storm team 8 has been tracking hurricane hermine for us. julie phillips has the latest on the storm. >> thank you,guys. that's really the big story today. hermine was upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon. maximum winds now at 75 miles per hour, making its way north, panhandle, big bend region of florida, expected to make land fall later tonight as a category one hurricane. you can see hurricane warnings posted for areas north of the tampa bay area. and then as we head into friday, it will continue to move away from us and then up the east coast as we head throughout labor day weekend. so at this point, it's looking like this could be the first hurricane to hit florida in over 10 years. hurricane hunters were out investigating this storm the today. and that's why they were able to upgrade it hurricane. they found wind gusts up to 86 miles per hour. so it has strengthened in the gulf over the course of the last 24 hours. and now it's moving more quickly as it

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. first let's check on breaking news out of the south carolina. a teenager now in custody connected to a shooting at an elementary school in townville. we know the man found dead three miles away from the school is the suspect's father. that 47-year-old jeffrey osborne also hurt students and one teacher. all three are expected to survive. according to the superintendent, it happened on the playground and then a teacher rushed the children inside. we're going to give you any updates as soon as we get them on the air and online. >>> also shock, outrage and the male disappointment. friends were stunned when the news broke that the treasurer of a catholic charity was $80,000. here is more from the sheriff's office. bring us up to speed on this. >> reporter: good evening to you. crawford bennett was the last person anyone would have suspected but his conscious drove him to confess. >> what in the world was he thinking? that is what friends are asking about crawford bennett, the treasurer of

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. we have crews all over the bay area tonight. eagle 8 hd flew over the lighthouse marina. at clearwater beach, the wind is still belowing and the surf there is still very choppy. >> tropical storm hermine went straight for the panhandle. roads are left in ruins. it looks like an earthquake ravaged that area. >> take a look at this picture taken in tallahassee. hoes a hoes -- shows a mother

. >> and i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> people in the bay area are really starting to buckle down now. steve jerve joins us now. there's a new warning in the bay area? >> it'll be a potential for a tornado warning with the nasty line of thundershowers coming off hermine. we'll update you on that. a category 1 rricane with 75

. >> i'm josh benson. thank you very much for being with us tonight. that charity group called belle of the ball needs your help. >> jamel lanee is live from clearwater where organizers are work working to get the jewelry replaced. it is an important time of the the year for that to happen. >> it is. organizers say the jewelry complements the dresses and less sparkle. belle of the ball, an organization that helps teens get ready for prom has been burglarized. >> i would say shame on you. i hope it is just the young kids who did that. quick vandalism, so to speak, but you know, everybody that hears about it says shame on you. >> reporter: joe marteski came across a broken window last week. >> i came in. i saw the glass on the ground i saw jewelry on the floor. then of the jewelry had been taken. >> reporter: that jewelry was to help with hundreds of teenagers an their dresses. >> we give them jewelry to go with their dresses. it is inexpensive costume jewelry, but we purchase it. we buy jewelry for them. >> reporter: now, the nonprofit will have to use

. >> then josh benson and jenn holloway at 8:00 on great 38. we will be back at 11:00. have a great evening. >> captions by:caption >>> breaking news tonight. charges filed against the oklahoma police officer involved in a deadly shooting caught on camera. and tonight, charlotte, north carolina, under a state of emergency as violent protests erupt over a separate shooting there. >>> hack 500 million yahoo accounts impacted in the largest data breach in history. plus, stolen e-mails rocking the white house. the first lady's own passport apparently leaked. >>> terror tape. exclusive new veo showing the suspect placing a bomb in new york, and what nbc news has learned about how much the government may have known about him before the attack. >>> and the letter to the president from a 6-year-old, striking a chord across the

. >> i'm josh benson thanks for being with us. first storms are moving across th let's check in with meteorologist steve jerve for the latest. >>> no severe thunderstorms they're very strong. we've seen thunderstorms likely with hail. radar, the strokes area was across the northern part of pinellas to hillsborough. that's sinking south. there are more storms developing. it reminds you that the atmosphere can produce strong thunderstorms near the sea breeze there a round lakeland that's all rain the western

good evening everybody, i'm josh benson. >> i'm jenn holloway. thanks for joining us. first, let's get the latest on hurricane matthew. within the last half hour, we learned it is now a category 4 hurricane. meteorologist ed bloodsworth joins us now with the latest track. ed, this thing is getting bigger and bigger. >> this is a rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours. going from a strong earlier today. satellite presentation, very really sort of a textbook hurricane here. winds are now at 140 miles an hour. the hurricane hunters have been flying in this thing all afternoon. making several passes through the storm. they are on their way back to home base. they had the winds right at 135 initially. seeing higher gusts. now sustained wind is set at 140 miles an hour. the latest forecast track from the hurricane center keeps us rolling rather slowly off to through saturday afternoon. being being picked up by an upper level trough. that results in a fairly hard right turn of the system. taking it as a major hurricane toward jamaica. the system is expected to remain as a

. >> josh benson and jenn holloway at 8:00 on great 38 and we will see you back here tonight at 11:00. have a good night. >> captions by:caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 >>> tonight, missed warnings, new revelations about what the fbi knew about the bombing rampage suspect two years ago from his his own father and the anti-american sentiments found in his bullet-pierced journal. >>> donald trump's son getting backlash after comparing refugees to poisoned candies. >>> hot seat. the ceo of wells fargo grilled over millions of fake accounts opened in customers' names. what he said today that outraged congress. >>> police shooting uproar, as anger grows over the fatal shooting of an unarmed father of four. tonight we hear the officers' side. >>> and self-driving dangers. with more and more

good evening everybody, i'm josh benson. >> i'm jennifer leigh. let's begin with a check on hurricane matthew. meteorologist steve jerve joins us now with the latest forecast track. >> this was upgraded at 2:00 as of 5:00, not much of a change in strength. it is much stronger than 24 hours ago. let's look at the satellite and where it is located. eastern and central portions of the caribbean before too long. cool cloud tops. bright red color indicates a healthy growing storm. thunderstorms around the center. 75 miles an hour winds, moving pretty quick west at 17 miles an hour. but, note that sharp northerly turn that the computer models have forecast. the final position, about 450 on tuesday afternoon. and you can see why the hurricane center has decided on this track. the consensus of the computer models have shifted a little further west, back toward florida again today. as we always tell you, the forecast tracks change as well as the spaghetti models. we will continue to update you and watch the storm over the next several days. back to you. >>

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> now, an 8 on your side investigation. shelter-skelter. >> thousands of animals shipped into tampa bay. the humane society contends it is saving thousands of animals bringing them to tampa bay and local rescues tell steve andrews that bad news for hillsborough county's cats and dogs. steve? >> reporter: josh, there's only so much room at the shelterment without a peep out of one of them. they agreed to pay the humane society of tampa bay about 100 grand to keep strays out of the pound. the problem, some say, is some animals they are importing are ending up there too. the humane society of tampa bay is dedicated to homelessness and providing care for others. that is one reason it rescues puppies from georgia and other states. local rescues contend these imports are causing problems for the local animals. after a thursday county commission meeting, humane society scared off over this issue. >> you are not doing any good by pulling these puppies and bringing them to hillsborough where they end up back in the shelter. >> but t

. >> you can join josh benson and jenn holloway at 8:00 on great 38 and of course, back here at 11:00. >> everybody back here tonight takedown. with hillary clinton sidelined, a fiery president obama unloads on trump as our new poll shows the race is tightening. and the health history of both candidates now under scrutiny. >>> olympic hacked. an alarming breach. private information about simone biles and serena williams exposed by russian cyber spies. >>> no more reading glasses, the medical breakthrough, a procedure done in just minutes. and suddenly that fine print becomes clear. doctors call it life-changing. >>> and voting booth selfies. did you know taking photos with that smartphone could cost you money. an election day fight for the digital age,

good evening everybody, i'm josh benson. >> i'm jennifer leigh. let's begin with a check on hurricane matthew. meteorologist steve jerve joins us now with the latest forecast track. >> this was upgraded at 2:00 as of 5:00, not much of a change in strength. it is much stronger than 24 hours ago. let's look at the satellite and where it is located. eastern and central portions of the caribbean before too long. cool cloud tops. bright red color indicates a healthy growing storm. thunderstorms around the center. 75 miles an hour winds, moving pretty quick west at 17 miles an hour. but, note that sharp northerly turn that the computer models have forecast. the final position, about 450

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. well sarasota officials are finding a disturbing case of heroin laced with elephant tranquilizers. it's an effort to get a high, but having deadly results. news channel 8 john rogers joins us live from sarasota to tell us about this growing problem. john? officials are desperately getting that warning out there because a lot of the users don't realize how dangerous it really is. for years, trisha bailey is trying to help her big brother, sean. but ultimately his life was his responsibility. >> it was very hard to watch him and to see him on the streets at times. >> reporter: sean was addicted to heroin. he would get clean and then relapse. >> the last time i saw him, i was angry. i never thought him. >> reporter: heroin later claimed sean's life. sadly local officials say that others are dying because of a new version of heroin laced with carfentanil used as an elephant tranquilizer. it is 10,000 times more potent than morphine. >> it is actually killing people. >> users could die wit

>>> good evening i'm josh benson. >> i'm stacie schaible now to your vote and the night everybody has been waiting for. in about three hours hillary clinton and donald trump will face off on the debate stage for the first time. one of the big talkers of this debate has been the issue of fact checking. >> it sure has. hillary clinton's camp is calling on lester holt to fact check everything donald trump says. trump says clinton is trying to sway the debate. news channel 8's rod joins us live from hofstra university. there is going to be a lot of eyeballs watching this tonight. >> reporter: you know what, there really are. >> let me tell you what riding over on the media bus the first thing i heard was out this issue of fact checking. let me tell you there's so much media here. down the row there all of the media outside and then insiders a lot of media, as well. i talked to a political analyst about this issue and the senior presidential debates about it for the student at hofstra it seems like more of a party atmosphere than a debate but what happens inside is going to st. petersburg

i'm josh benson. >> i'm stacie schaible. anger is rivalling days after the deputy involved shooting. today dozens taking to the streets of tampa after a man was shot and killed by a deputy last week. theyca deputy's arrest. news channel 8 melissa ramos is live where they blocked off the street. melissa? >> reporter: that's right they marched a mile to this area south 78th street. deputies are still here just keeping an eye on things, they're scattered around. over here just a little bit if you take a look across the street some of the protesters are still here trying to get along south 78th street. >> we destroyed it. it is a sad, sad tragedy. >> reporter: they blocked the street at the git n goodellly where levonia riggins worked. deputies eventually shut down the road. the fourth protest since tuesday. that's when hillsborough deputies executed a search warrant at riggins house for drugs. when deputies went in, he was hiding under >> they saw him moving around and were fearful that he was getting a weapon based on his arre

. >> i'm josh benson. hurricane hermine destroyed hundreds of baby sea turtle nests in sarasota county. now they need the public's help to find out how many might have survived. newschannel8's john rogers joins us live from lido beach which was badly hit during the storm. right john? >> reporter: yeah, that's right guys. good evening to you. a lot of people don't realize how many eggs are in the sea killed thousands of these baby sea turtles. >> they stay together usually. >> reporter: jay keeps a careful eye on the sea turtle nests near his home. this time of year, he spots numerous nests on the beach. now, it is different. >> there aren't that many more to watch out for. >> reporter: he watched as hurricane hermine tore them away. >> it is heartbreaking. the turtles are the highlight of the summer. to see so many of them just ... it is just >> reporter: the numbers are grim. 686 nests washed away in sarasota county likely killing tens of thousands of babies. they found eggs simply lying on top of the san

. >> and i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> people in the bay area are really starting to buckle down now. steve jerve joins us now. there's a new warning in the bay area? >> it'll be a potential for a tornado warning with the nasty line of thundershowers coming off hermine. we'll update you on that. a category 1 rricane with 75 making landfall somewhere around midnight in the panhandle and shoot off to the northeast. we're on a tropical storm warning coastal areas through sarasota county. there you'll see the tropical storm warnings in place. now, here's where we're talking about. the tornado warning in effect for southwestern hernando county and also central pasco county. it's in effect until 6:00. so the next half hour. there's the line we're talking about. just a few light strikes in there. but it's a lot of wind sheer within here. itself. that's dangerous part of the storm. over to vipir, you can see the path and where that effected area is. this may not be the last tornado warning. we

. >> i'm josh benson. thans for being with us tonight. >> tonight, hillsborough county sheriffs deputies are trying to get their hands on a dangerous criminal who fought with a deputy and then took off. >> it happened during a traffic rod carter is live at the sheriff's office with details. hi rod. >> reporter: hey, good evening guys. rain or shine, investigators want to get their hands on this guy and find him quickly. this started with a traffic stop. actually, for a seat belt violation. but, the passenger decided he did not want to get a ticket. and he didn't want anything else. so he fought with the deputy. >> everything happened very fast. >> reporter: deputy steven gutierrez tells me what went down when he pulled over a couple for violation wednesday morning at the stop and shop store on 18th street and 147th avenue in tampa. >> at that point, the passenger was trying to leave. >> reporter: the passenger now identified as 37-year-old rod jer main rayford, knew he was wrong. >> he knew he was wrong. >

you can join josh benson and jenn holloway at 8:00 on great >>> tonight, deadly train disaster. a speeding commuter train crashes into a station at rush hour. the painic inside, at least one killed, over a hundred injured. and the safety system that might have prevented it. why didn't this train have it? >>> mystery 14-year-old to allegedly go on a shooting rampage at a school playground? tonight the firefighters hailed as heroes at the scene. >>> bank scandal. the former employee who says wells fargo fired her for following orders to open fake accounts and the ceo in the hot seat again today. >>> plan of attack, how team trump is plotting to go after hillary clinton for her husband's past scandals. >>> and flu warning, why experts worry more children will catch

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> new information, the or releasted an update on the zika virus confirming 19 new cases. six of those are nontravel related cases. all of them are from the miami beach area. we have also learned that there are 13 new travel related cases. one of those is in hillsborough county. another is in manatee county. >>> so far this year, 29 children have died after they were left in hot cars. now, there is an effort to stop those deaths. >> a local psychologist explains this could actually candace mccowan joins us live. candace, there is actually a term for this. right? >> reporter: yeah josh, jen, good evening. it is called forgotten baby syndrome. you know how you are driving home from work and you automatically make a left turn. that is how these deadly mistakes can happen. dr. hammond calls it a tragedy. she says leaving a child in a hot car is any parent's wors just on auto pilot. we may get home and say i forgot to go to the store and those sorts of thi

i'm josh benson. >> i'm jenn holloway. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> paramedics rushed 81-year- old robert walker to the hospital hours after news to him about the attack. >> reporter: good evening to you. i was on my way back to the neighborhood to knock on the suspect's door. he lives about a block and a half away from here when i noticed a fire truck in front of walker's home and learned he'd just been rushed to the hospital. how are you feeling? >> well, i got a bump here and >> no. >> reporter: when i spoke with 81-year-old robert walker, he told me the teen who attacked him had done it before. >> well, i was robbed once before by him. >> reporter: you were robbed by him before. >> he tried to kill me. >> reporter: the attacker may have succeeded this time. walker identifying him as 14- year-old alexander perez. shortly after i spoke with walker he was carted away ambulance. pasco animal services arrived to retrieve his dog. deputies put up crime scene tape and will now work with prosecutors to determine if wa

. >> you can join josh benson and jenn holloway on great 38. >> and we will be back here at >>> breaking news tonight. urgent warning amid reports of smartphones bursting into flames. users of one popular phone are being told to stop using it. >>> nuclear alarm as north korea tests yet. hour close is their capability of hitting the u.s.? >>> shocking photos. putting a face on an exploding drug epidemic in ohio. adults overdosed in an suv. a child in the back seat. >>> nbc news exclusive. who killed jonbenet ramsey? new revelations from the 911 operator. what she heard when patsy ramsey thought she had hung up the call. >>> and 11 words. my conversation with a man who whispered in president bush's ear

. >> you can join josh benson and jenn holloway at 8:00 on great 38 with julie phillips and steve and jenn and keith will be back. >> actually, julie ... >> yeah, she is going to be back at 11:00 and jenn holloway will be back. and dan lucas will be here. >> somewhere. >> so check your rosters. we'll all be back. have a great night. >> might be late. you never know. >> captions by:caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 >>> tonight, trump's tirade. donald trump lashes out in a middle of the night rant, attacking a former beauty queen again with sex tape allegations. now she and hillary clinton are firing back. >>> crash cause. the ntsb begins questioning crew member aftermath of that train disaster, as the black box is pulled from the twisted wreckage. >>> caught on camera. police release video showing a fatal officer encounter with an unarmed man. >>> sex abuse scandal. dozens of disturbing allegations against the doctor who treated top olympic athletes. >>> and hurricane threat. matthew strengthens to a powerful category 4

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. we have crews all over the bay area tonight. eagle 8 hd flew over the lighthouse marina. at clearwater beach, the wind is still belowing and the surf there is still very choppy. >> tropical storm hermine went straight for the panhandle. roads are left in ruins. it looks like an earthquake ravaged that area. >> take a look at this picture taken in tallahassee. hoes a hoes -- shows a mother >> hermine walloped the city. >> and our reporter matt galka was with governor rick scott as he toured the hardest hit areas. what did the governor have to say, matt? >> reporter: as we walked around with the governor, it was hard to see what everybody was seeing, neighborhood after neighborhood after neighborhood. the governor thought it was a good idea to see all firsthand. linda williams watched as good samaritans helped to clear a downed tree and light pole that fell down on the road of her hous >> i think we have wonderful neighbors. that's what i think. >> reporter: these scenes played out all

>>ioam josh benson, thanks for being with us. hurricane hermine may be one of the most costly storms every for-- ever for pasco county, estimated $90 million in storm residents are asking what will be done to prevent flooding in the future. jeff patterson joins us live from elferred area where flooding is a problem. last year it was a problem, they have seen a lot of this out there. >> reporter: good evening, just last year i was standing in this neighborhood wading in water. i have been here several times because of flooding, behind me, damaged furniture, mattresss, property, and the county is suggesting the only long-term solution may be to buy homes hermine hit, dave and jasmine walk back into their mobile home today surveying the damage and salvaging what they could of their belongings. >> first thing that hit me was the smell outside. >> reporter: the family had to be evacuated by boat at the height of the storm. they sent me these photos showing the rising water and their evacuation. rivera and his wife were flightened. >>

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. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >> we have heard heartbreaking stories. countless itt tech students sharing shock and panic when their campuses closed without warning. now help is coming from hillsborough community college and washington lawmakers. students have spent thousands of dollars on an education with no degree to show for it. 8 on your side reporter melanie michael has been all over this story. mel? will these students have to >> reporter: hey jen. this is heartbreaking news because so many students, thousands of them will have to start over including a disabled veteran we spent time with today. he had tears in his eyes but hope in his heart when he came here to hcc for help. ronnie wishi is looking for answers but first, he has a few questions for itt tech. >> how could you? how dare you? let's make right done wrong. >> reporter: ronnie was proud to serve his country. now he is trying to survive his education. >> just ... it's busted dreams. i left a good job to go back to school to higher myself. it is all about higher education, you know, tryi

. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us. >>> tension remained high in one tampa neighborhood after a 22-year-old man was killed by a deputy during what authorities called a drug raid, as the victim's family calls for the deputy's arrest. a nearby pastor is calling for peace. protesters marched, blocked roads and demanded answers in demonstrations nearly now. they want to know why an unarmed man was shot to death. melanie michael is live tonight where the protests have taken place. >> reporter: there is good news to share tonight. there have been peaceful protests all throughout the day and they're over for the night and everyone is safe and sound. this is one of those stories we continue to follow because a pastor down the street tells us he's hoping to keep it peaceful. >> people have a right to protest. long as they're safe. >> reporter: pastor ron hubbard is ready for a conversation between deputies and demonstrators and he's opening the doors to his church to make it happen. >> people are protes

i'm josh benson. let's go to julie phillips. >> we're watching tropical storm matthew. max winds at 60 miles per hour. currently moving off toward the west at 20-miles-per-hour. so while the system was just named it's already a very healthy tropical storm as it makes its way west into the caribbean. notice as we go toward the end of this week into this coming weekend it will likely become a hurricane then with an upper notice the shift toward the north. we're expecting a hard turn to the north as we head into this weekend and early next week. then we're expecting additional lengthening. due to the proximity of the hurricane we're watching this of course. most of the system are east of florida but we're still going to watch this very closely. this is a while out. you know how quickly these we're watching this closely for you. max winds at 60 miles per hour. here's a look at what we're expecting on that european model. you can see it'll be moving into some very warm waters. it will start to approach some lighter wind sheer which will help it to strengthen and make its tre