detective matt carter. >> this entire structure had crumbled.t was a pile of ashes that was on the ground. we didn't even know if anyone was home or not. we knew that they were in and out of town a lot. >> as firefighters carefully walked through, what appeared to be the fire's epicenter, the master bedroom, their worst fears were confirmed. julie had in fact been home that night. >> it was to the right of the box mattresses that we found the remains of julie. they were unsure initially that it was human remains. >> even with all their experience? >> yes. everything was just consumed by fire to the point that things were unrecognizable. >> as for keith, he was away, calling on customers in indiana. word of julie's death spread almost as fast as the fire had raced through the house. >> i'm getting ready for work. have the tv on in the background. >> we're live on tudor boulevard. >> then temple bradley's phone rang. it was a friend who also knew julie. >> she said, you know there's a fire. i said, yeah, i saw it on tv. she said, yeah, it was keit

detective matt carter. >> it was a pile of ashes on the ground. we didn't know if anyone was home or not. we knew they were in and out of town a lot. >> as firefighters walked through what appeared to be the fire's epicenter, the master bedroom, their worst fears were confirmed. julie had, in fact, been home >> it was to the right of the box mattresses that we found the remains of julie. they were unsure initially that it was human remains. >> even with all their experience. >> yes. everything was just consumed by fire that things were unrecognizable. >> as for keith, he was away calling on customers in indiana. word on julie's death spread almost as fast as the fire raced background. >> we are live in the canterbury hills subdivision on tudor boulevard. >> then temple bradley's phone rang. it was a friend who also knew julie. >> she said "you know there's a fire." "i saw it on tv." she said "it's keith and julie's house." and i just sat there. >> did she know at that point that julie was gone? >> she knew. she told me. >> temple's husband immedia

organizer matt carter is a former utility regulator and says the goal is to protect consumers. >> protection from fraud, protection from substandard equipment. . >> i would tell people to vote no because it limits there ability to have solar on their home or on their business. >> at least 60 percent of the voters would have to approve the amendment if it is to get into the state constitution. >>> max defender 8 this afternoon, you can see with at another fantastic afternoon. temperatures are warm but we are not tracking any rain. we are completely dry at this point. we expected to remain that way for the next several days. we will see the changes coming up with the temperatures here tomorrow we are in the mid-80s than the front moves through tomorrow and then notice the nice temperature drop as we head into the weekend. for us currently in tampa, 84 degrees from our veterans for between 5 and 10 miles-per-hour . for the evening it will stay comfortable and mostly dry. temperatures will be in the low 80s for the most part. tomorrow morning we will be in the upper 60s to start the day. as we h

lou: and here tonight we have some of the best political analysis, matt schlapp, lee carter, charlie hurt among our guests and monitoring the threat hurricane matthew, a hurricane watch in effect for south florida, as the category 4 storm is churned through the caribbean and now headed toward the united states. we'll have the very latest for you here tonight as well. >>> our top story -- donald trump campaigning in the battleground state of arizona with 35 days remaining before the election. the republican nominee addressing one of the greatest challenges facing our country today, illegal immigration, and trump reported his call for a wall along the border with mexico and he questioned whether refugees still can be properly vetted. >> our border is wide open, and drugs and criminal cartels are pouring into the country, and nobody knows that better than the people of arizona. nobody. [cheers] and we're going to stop it. thousands of refugees are being admitted with no way to screen them, and they're instantly made eligible for welfare and free health care even as our own veterans die

carter was in iraq reassuring u.s. troops on the importance of the battle for mosul. nbc's mattts from iraq. >> reporter: ash carter is in iraq for his second time in many days. and his mission is two-fold, trying to reassure u.s. troops that the battle for mosul is a fight worth fighting alongside iraqi security forces. this comes a few days after a u.s. service member was killed north of mosul. this man was embedded with kurdi kurdish peshmyrga. the islamic state is lashing out erratically. most recently they set fire to a sulfur factory and the u.s. troops were actually forced to dawn gas masks in order to avoid the stench of burning sulfur. really, this just goes to show that the islamic state is feeling the pressure. they behaved this way in the past, where they start to behave erratically, lashing out to take bizarre techniques in the course of the battle. it is up to the iraqi security forces and the u.s. advisors to see if they can keep up the pressure and penetrate isis defenses and retake mosul. back to you. >>> top oil producing nations met in ryadh over the weekend t

nbc's matt bradley in erbil for us. secretary carter saying everything is going according to plan.s that what you're seeing as well? >> good morning, craig. well, we're seeing that everything is going according to plan but that's a very unambitious plan. a lot of the advances that have been made around mosul have been other towns and villages that have been entirely or almost entirely uninhabited by civilians. a lot of civilians left two years ago. this plan to move into raqqah is something the u.s. have tried to do before. to recruit fighters from the more moderate rebels and it's been with disastrous results embarrassing for both congress and the administration. we have to take them at their word that things here in iraq are going to plan. that's not representative of how the rest of this fight is going to go. as these iraqi security forces and the kurdish peshmerga proceed into mosul and begin the really nasty task of actually piercing isis defenses and moving into that city itself. again, this is all up to isis. if isis stands their ground in mosul, this could be a long and bru

carter arrived in irbil today for a closer look to take back mosul. e 100,000 troops taking pafrtrt this effort to root out isis militants. mattey has the latest. >> reporter: that's right, richard. secretary of defense ashton carter was in iraq today for the second time in as many days. and his mission here was twofold. he's here to reassure u.s. troops that this is a battle worth fighting alongside iraqi security fors who are all trying to take mosul from islamic state after their two-year occupation. but he's also here to try to choreograph this very delicate diplomatic dance among all the different constituent parts of the iraqi security forces. as american politicians know very well, iraq is a very difficult place to govern because of all these different ethnic and religious minority groups and all of those groups are trying to participate in this one battle against a common enemy. ashton carter is here to try to resolve the differences and try to pak sure that this battle goes according to plan. it's not just about winning the battle. it's about winning it with buy-in from all these different groups. islamic state is def

ash carter arrived in the northern iraqi city of erbil today to get an update on how the fight is going. to matt bradley, also there monitoring the situation for us. matt, good day to you. what are you hearing about the defense secretary's visit and the state of the current fighting? >> thanks, alex. what we're hearing now is that secretary carter is meeting with the troops, he's had lunch with them today, he's doing the rounds, and he's trying to reassure them after the death of a u.s. serviceman just a couple of days ago that this is indeed a battle worth fighting. that this is a solemn moment and a historic battle and they're really fighting got fight in trying to retake mosul. we're hearing about the battle itself and just today, we're hearing that peshmerga and troops from the iraqi military have moved into bashika, a town north of mosul. this is a continuation of the shaping operations going on since the battle began early last week. and really since the shaping operations for the battle began weeks and weeks ago, earlier this month. so really what we're talking about is a major movement a

carter, newschannel8. >>> a small difference in handwriting could mean your mail-in ballot won't count in the upcoming election. if your signature does not match, your ballot could be discarded. the democratic party rule. matt galka breaks down what this really means. matt, this is a big deal and it is an issue before a federal judge right now. >> reporter: yeah, keith, that's right. and here's the issue. i want you think about what your signature looked like when you were 18 compared to what it looks like today. does it look a little different? i know min does. and that could cost you a vote. because your signature has changed? state and national democrats don't think so. it could cause your vote not to count on a mail-in ballot. but people who forget to sign the ballots altogether are given the chance to correct the mistake. mismatched signatures are not. >> there is no reason to change the two categories of voters differently. and to have the one category totally disenfranchised. >> reporter: 1% of florida mail ballwe 2012 presidential election. that is 23,000 votes. ultimately, it sup to a county canvassing board to make the final call on rejection. each county has their own standards meaning results ca

matt bradley. good day to you. pretty big news surrounding raqqah. >> reporter: that's right. secretary of state -- secretary of defense, excuse me, ash carterare planning on moving in on raqqah. that is a very, very ambitious plan for what could be an extremely bruising fight. if isis seems to be putting up a suicide standoff in mosul, which is very near to us, it's going to be literally a last stand for raqqah. now, basically ash carter is saying this is going according to plan, that's why he's turning his attention to raqqah, raqqah being the capital of the self declared capital of the islamic state, but let me pour cold water on that for a moment, if you will. the iraqis and americans have said they've taken about 70 to 90 towns and villages on the outskirts of mosul. that's not representative of the kind of fight the iraqi security forces are going to be seeing as they move closer and closer into mosul. remember, mosul has 1.2 million civilians and most of the towns and villages on the outskirts have almost no people. they are void of civilians, many of whom fled two years ago when isis first swept in from syria, so this glancing move t

of defense ash carter made an unannounced visit to iraq today and met with the prime minister in baghdad. he received an on the ground report there on the iraq and kurdish-led defenses. mattey has the latest for us live. how successful has this offensive been? >> well, there's rare positive news we can show you. some of these videos coming out from social media are showing church bells ringing for the first time in churches all around this region. as you can see in some of this, we can't verify these images, but these are church bells that laid silent the past two years as islamic state occupied this area all around us. this area contains a very large christian minority, a syrian christian minority. they number among a very large and very complex group of all sorts of other religious minorities who have been the anvil to isis' hammer the past two years. so that is a positive moment we are seeing. some villages and towns liberated throughout this region. unfortunately, many of those towns are entirely void of civilians. all those people have fled because for many cases islamic state has targeted those minorities, especially those religious minorities for genocide, for mass