abc 7 news reporter melanie wood rou woodruff joins us. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we just went past the toll plaza on the eastbound side and that traffic is stopped westbound. now we've stopped the toll plaza we can see what appears to be a hayward police department vehicle that is very badly mangled. it looks like a tow truck is lift wiing it up but it's wreck so badly the back end is lifted and it looks like the front end is still crashed down on the roadway here. we have heard on scanner traffic we haven't been able to confirm the specific details there was some type of vehicle pursuit, some suspect pursuit, and that a hard ward police department unit did go off the road and that's what we're seeing here, also there was a suspect vehicle that may have rolled over. i'm not seeing that second vehicle just now, but chp traffic management did confirm there was an accident scene on the westbound traffic lanes of highway 92 just east of the toll plaza. chp is referring all inquiries about this accident to hayward police department we've not heard back fro

back to melanie and gene. age we have a missing boy, if you know where he is, if you seen him, please call police immediately. >>> some new information overnight. protestors return to the streets of charlotte for a third night following the deadly police shooting that left a 43-year-old african- american man dead. >> this, despite a state of emergency in the city and a curfew to keep people off the streets. we have more from meredith in the news center. >> well, it has been ignored largely, as well as by the police and national guard. the city announcing overnight as long as protests were peaceful the curfew would not be enforced. street rallies turned into riots on benz night. charlotte has been on the edge since the melanie, unlike wednesday night. to arrests in charlotte overnight. >> all right, meredith, thank you. >>> in tulsa, oklahoma, a police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed african-american man now facing charges. officer betty shelby is no charged with 1st degree manslaughter. the

abc 7 news reporter melanie wood rou woodruff joins us. what are you seeing?reporter: we just went past the toll plaza on the eastbound side and that traffic is stopped westbound. now we've stopped the toll plaza we can see what appears to be a hayward police department vehicle that is very badly mangled. it looks like a tow truck is lift wiing it up but it's wreck so badly the back end is lifted and it looks like the front end is still crashed down on the roadway here. we have heard on scanner traffic we haven't been able to confirm the specific details there was some type of vehicle pursuit, some suspect pursuit, and that a hard ward police department unit did go off the road and that's what we're seeing here, also there was a suspect vehicle that may have rolled over. i'm not seeing that second vehicle just now, but chp traffic management did confirm there was an accident scene on the westbound traffic lanes of highway 92 just east of the toll plaza. chp is referring all inquiries about this accident to hayward police department we've not heard back from th

back to melanie and gene. >> leslee, thank you. >>> a delivery surprise . a woman ordered lunch and in stead meals for a year. sounds good. we'll explain. >> this weekend's box office is coming up next. >> first, it is 4:50 on your monday morning. this is news >>> if you went to the movies this weekend you know there were plenty of choices, bio picks, family members, romantic comedies. it was a western that took the weekend title. see me. >> this is one i definitely want to see. the magnificent 7 road away with $35 million in sales. storks came in second. sully sitting in third place followed by bridget jones baby. >>> mcdonald's is adding a smile to their all day breakfast menu. this the happy meal breakfast option camps on then they could offer mcdonald's breakfast meals nationwide. >> i want one. >> they are fun with a toy and everything. >>> imagine ordering chicken wings and bred sticks for lunch and open up the become and see this, cash. close to $5,000. what do you do ? well, this california woman decided to return the money to the dominos store wher

back to melanie and gene. >> leslee, thank you. >>> a deliveryur . a woman ordered lunch but instead gets a vacation and free meals for a whole year. a good story. >> that's a pretty cool story. >> a magazine nificent -- it was a magnificent weekend at theaters. >> it's 5:50 and this is news channel 8 on you're monday. >>> time now 5:53 on this monday morning. movie goers had me plenty of choices this weekend. it was a western that took the weekend title. >> if he wants in town come see me. >> denzell and the magnificent 7 road away with $35 million in sales. storks came in second sully is in 3rd place followed by bridget jones baby. >>> starting today mcdonald's will offer their happy meal boxings with two mcgriddle or an egg and cheese mc muffin at 73 restaurants wait for it in oklahoma. now, if the happy meal breakfast option catches on they could offer them nationwide as soon as next year. >> i like tha >>> imagine orderings chick ing chicken wings and bread sticks and opening the box and finding $5,000. this local woman returned to to dominos an

i'm melanie michael in for gayle. >> i'm gene ramirez. thank you for wake ing up with us. >>> let's get you out the door with a check on the weather with leigh. >> good morning. we have clear skies but one area it has been raining there for several hours. it's just finally began to sort hear a few claps of thunder along i-75. 77 in plant city, brooksville you're at 75, lakeland 75, sarasota currently at 76 degrees. basically dry through the morning. now, as we head through the afternoon i do expect a good coverage of rain, about a 40% chance and the storms are slow moving. afternoon high around 89. coming up in weather and traffic 8s at 4:08 one area in the tropics you attention to. >>> leslee is tracking the traffic over the roads. >> some construction but not too bad. travel times i-4 through plant city things look great. no delays there. now headed over to a little bit outside here in the polk county area, eastbound i-4 right near the polk parkway, got some construction, possible detours in place so keep that in mind. let's take a look

he just announced o melanie, that he was expected to be a father. baaing to you. -- back to you. >> ryan, such a sad story this morning. thank you for sharing with it live. >>> more tragic news out of the sports world. american golfer arnold palmer has passed away. he was 87. he died in pittsburgh due to complications of heart problems. he was nicknamed the king, known for taking chances saying you must play boldly to win. including seven majors and four masters. >>> hillary clinton and donald trump face off tonight for the first presidential debate. the stakes could not be higher. the race is in a dead heat. news channel 8's meredith is in the tampa news center this morning with a look ahead. >> reporter: hi, gene. as many as 10 0 million potential voters are expected to watch tonight's debate. the debate marking the start to election day. both clinton and trump must convince voters of their vision for america's future. tonight's head to head will give the candidates more time to speak than they have any other debates so far. clinton's challenges i

baaing to melanie and gene. mork. thank you, leslee. >>> what you need to know before you head out the door next. >> including a big flight for the presidential candidates. what is at stake tonight. >> a rising baseball star's sudden death in a both crash. the ties that jose fernandez built in tampa bay and how one high school here is remembering him. >> this is news channel 8 on your monday morning. >>> remembering jose fernandez. let's go live. >> reporter: their boat hit a jetty. authorities believe they were speeding. fernandez fled cuba at 15 years old an a speedboat filled with others. he made his home in the bay area where he attended alonzo high. that's where he made his mark as an ace pitcher before being drafted by the marlins. live hughes, news channel 8. >>> some more sad news from the world of sports. legendary golfer arnold ? principal golfer -- arnold palmer has died in pittsburgh. he doo -- he died from complications from heart disease. he was 87. >>> it's debt bait debate to want. -- debate tonight. d

live at adelphi, i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >>> thank you, melanie. moving on to another story a wilmington man under arrest in connection with a human trafficking ring. 32-year-old he marcus smith was running the operation out of the delaware motel. and the texas found smith through a prostitution ad listed on --.com and over the last month, smith traveled to various hotels right throughout the state using verbal abuse and her twoyn control victims. and if you know anything about this case please call police. >> and police are investigating a conference in south east d.c. that happened after 11:00 sunday night at a construction site in 700 block of pennsylvania avenue and police say someone stole 300 poumd of copper wiring and several drills and saws. if you have information about this or anyone tries you copper or construction tools police want to hear from you. >>> and a local opera singer got herself into hot water offer the weekend just by doing what she does best. she was singing on the streets of old town alexandria and police arrested her. >>

i am melanie michael in for gayle. how are we looking with the weather. >> when you look at the water in the atmosphere, the red color, the dry air, has spread south to our area. it is what happened yesterday and will happen again today, the reason i am only expecting a few storms. dry through the morning and a 20% chance later today. t, 91 with was the afternoon high yesterday, too. at 4:38 i am tracking two systems. and leslie is watching a few things on the roads but not -- lesson leigh is watching a few -- leslie is watching a few things on the roads. >> yes. no delays out there. let's take a live look at i-4 at kathleen road in the pasco county looks good and 275 in tampa no delays. that is a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and melanie. >>> new developments on the giant shoal sending millions of gallons of contaminated water in the florida aquaphor. today federal investigators are visiting the site. officials from the u.s. environmental protection agency or epa will be there in a few hour, this that fert

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melanie woodrow is live on the stanford campus melanie? >> reporter: they say she was one of the superstars on campus. her passion for research was matched by her passion for climbing. she was smiling in 2013 as she received her white coat at the stanford school of medicine. >> dr. charles prober first met her during orientation. her research was a combination of immunology and microbiology and engineering. >> it was aimed toward the prevention and treatment of complicated infections. >> outside of academics she spent as much time as she could rock climbing. >> this is something she cared deeply about. i learned that she was accepting an offer to go to utah versus accepting an offer going to stanford. >> balance ultimately guided her decisionful in her med student bio she wrote i found it important the current students i met were able to lead balanced lives and were encouraged to pursue interests outside academics. she was climbing with a partner when she lost her footing and fell 800 to 1,000 feet. a chp helicopter assisted in the recover

melanie alnwick is live at thel station.liv melanie, what are youe at seeing this morning?ug th >> reporter: well, we'is mreornw seeing a little bit of bit activity still up on the upper platform. it's kind of hard to see here in the dark sometimites's and k earlier this morning we sawe s some folks up there with a ladder just kind of checkin the ceiling area so we don'tea d have an exact confirmation onat where this happened but we're b' guessing based on where we're seeing metro maintenance crewsas pay most of the attention. so, if you see where the sign is that basically tells you tls when the cars are coming and's sort of at the top of the escalator. metro says they'll make an one announcement by the 5:00 a.m..m. time to let people knowe k whether they'll be able to getr on trains here or shuttle shu buses instead.nstead. the first word of this problem p happened around 8:30 last night.nigh that is when metro rail info tweeted out there was a problem with as you said thatd a metal and concrete falling fli from a ceiling.ling. and then it was later that they said no stru

melanie woodrow is live on the stanford campus melanie? >> reporter: they say she was one of the superstars on campus. her passion for research was matched by her passion for climbing. she was smiling in 2013 as she received her white coat at the stanford school of medicine. >> dr. charles prober first met her during orientation. her research was a combination of immunology and microbiology and engineering. >> it was aimed toward the prevention and treatment of complicated infections. >> outside of academics she spent as much time as she could rock climbing. >> this is something she cared deeply about. i learned that she was accepting an offer to go to utah versus accepting an offer going to stanford. >> balance ultimately guided her decisionful in her med student bio she wrote i found it important the current students i met were able to lead balanced lives and were encouraged to pursue interests outside academics. she was climbing with a partner when she lost her footing and fell 800 to 1,000 feet. a chp helicopter assisted in the recover

melanie? >> host: karen, there is already a schedule of all the artists that will perform here and as we saw today now this of 30 months of design and more than million hours of construction.staff say its the largest classroom on campus. box office, eating areas, lounges, dressing rooms, rehearsal areas and of course the 18-hundred seat auditorium. now it just needs artists of dance, music and theatre and...the audience. dance, music, and theater and of course the audience. >> and the team from the get go had the spirit. this feeling that they knew that hafrner was a special place and cha they wanted to do everything they could do to create the most wonderful possibly do. and i think they have done it. >> reporter: the official ribbon cutting ceremony and open house will be this friday. covering the corridor in iowa city, melanie moore, live at 5:00. >>> here is a live look outside. thank you, by the way. here is a live look at riley's where a fire has been burning this afternoon. although fir

. >> i'm melanie michael. heartbroken moms and dads have a message for governor scott tonight about the possibility of a group home closing leaving their disabled children displaced. that story is coming up. >> today on better call behnken, i'm trying to help a woman who is receiving red light tickets and toll violations for a car registered even with the death certificate, it is not enough to straighten things out. i wore a badge for 38 years knowing how much you trusted us to keep you safe. yet when a officer was killed in action florida was not doing enough to give their families the help benefits they are entitled to and the honor they deserve. dana young has our back and she has yours. dana young for the florida senate. >> tonight, bay area parents of seriously disabled children are facing a very big problem. and they need a solution. a group home for children may soon close. and as melanie michael shows us, it has left one mom very desperate situation. >> reporter: katherine greco sits with her son marce

he been tang economics classes at the college melanie's entire life... nally get his associate's degree, at the end of this semester! he started college back in the 1950's, but got sidetracked by marriage, family and work. melanie is really proud of his perseverance.. and his cheerful outlook. now he plans to go on to the texas, and get his bachelor's degree. it's 5:-- stay with us. degree. it's 5:-- stay with us. golden outside or fluffy inside. deep pockets or delicious ridges. tasty egg or savory bacon. experience dunkin's new belgian waffle breakfast sandwich. it's not this or that. it's all of it. ?? this fall at dunkin' donuts, get lost in pumpkin with a $1.99 medium macchiato or latte from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. sip in the season today. america runs oduin'. (jen ow to a look at the orm rmine. some people in pinellas county have found ? uyjackson teeynn paddboar the video w ot in indian rocks beach. and just a reminder: it's ?never a good id to go into rrying all kinds of bacteria... and wild animals. (wally speaking , look at this... this gato didn't

i'm melanie michael in lake land. you will watch the video of a little boy making the touchdown of a lifetime. it's a dream come true. >> today on better call behnken, i have san update to a story that struck a nerve. a manatee county woman who turned to me for help laying her husband to rest after 19 vo: we asked women in pinellas county woman 2: backwards. woman 3: out-of-touch... woman 4: that's 3 words. vo: david jolly shares donald trump's backwards agenda for women. jolly opposes a woman's right to choose and voted to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to basic health care like mammograms and cancer screenings. woman 5: i have 3 words for david jolly... not for women. vo: house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> tonight, video you have to see. a four-year-old little boy in a wheelchair spent his life on the sideline wishing he could score the winning touchdown. melanie michael shows us how dreams really do come true. >> reporter: ask any football player and they will

abc 7 melanie woodrow is live. melanie, any word when alameda county could file charges? >>. >> reporter: yeah, the d.a.'s office says when criminal charges are filed, those charges will be announced. tonight, the contra costa d.a.'s office is investigating allegations of additional, possible criminal conduct. >> it is all going to come out. every lie has an expiration date. >> her attorney says she is safe and then called out richmond police department. >> they've tried to sweep this under the rug. >> reporter: the department investigated 11 currents and former officers, while some violated departmental policies, the chief said the engagements were noncriminal. >> the reports we have is not accurate. >> reporter: the girl's attorney said they shipped her off to a florida rehab, and chief brown says that representation distorts reality. the eye team spoke to her before she left. >> a paid vacation. >> one lawyer told us the joke is come to florida on vacation, leave on probation. >> reporter: her attorney sid the treatment center wouldn't let her call her father, and when

let's get right to melanie michael live in the enclave subdivision. and melanie, what are you learning there? >> reporter: good afternoon jen. a man is dead in this neighborhood after deputies shot him 1:00 this afternoon. they were responding to a 911 call that this man was mentally instable in a house full when they got there, they tried to talk him down. tried to get him calm. instead, they had to shoot him. he is dead at this hour and neighbors are in shock. in this quiet weeki wachee neighborhood, no one realized one homeowner was in crisis. around 1:00, a healthcare worker at the home calmed 911 to tell the sheriff's office that the man was surrounded by guns inside his house and threatened to harm himself. a woman next door was told to go back inside her house. letting my dog out earlier, paramedics were parked in front of my house right here. and, i wanted them to know i didn't make a call. they told me to go back inside and lie down. they wouldn't tell me anything. >> reporter: as a deputy and a sergeant went inside the home, they found a man

in north liberty melanie moore. >>> minutes ago the university of iowa president was offered the title of his office. he has been serving as the president for 10 months and spent the last month living in the presence residents he officially accepted the symbols of his office. during an event they included the presidential seal with that. right now in celebration there is a free concerts blaring outside along with the pep rally, tailgate party and write here we are showing you a line stream dash lifestream.>>> the story of a veteran suicide his battle with p-t-s-d. ketchum took his own life on july 8th - hours after trying to get into the v-a hospital in iowa city. his family says it must have taken ketchum a lot to even ask for help - and they're upset he was turned away. cbs 2 news reached out to the hosptial after his death, trying to get answers about why ketchum wasn't admitted for treatment. all v-a officials could tell us was they admit anyone who needs immediate treatment and there were other factors involved. they couldn't tell us what those factors were because of medical priv

melanie joins us now life tonight from tampa. side when a battery goes bad and a company promises to do good. you're watching a macbook meltdown caught on camera. >> battery just started melting or went through an explosion on the dining table. >> reporter: this laptop lit up, then blew up ignited by a bad battery. s there >> smoke started -- bad battery. >> smoke started pouring out for about three or four minutes now. >> reporter: the computer got so hot that the right onto the fingertips of this tampa father of two as he tried to get the goods out of his house fast. >> it was really, really hot. i have no doubt that everything around it would have caught on fire if it had sat in the same place. >> reporter: gill sanderford shared his story with news channel 8 hoping to warn others about the product he says he purchased at batteries plus. experts tell us an after market battery cost his happen -- market batteries for them. a lithium ion battery can literally explode at any time. >> reporter: after our 8 on your side story aired

melanie? >> reporter: no sign of rodriguez just yet tonight. he has about three months left to serve here and tonight there is a bench warrant for him. victor rodriguez walked out of jail on wednesday night after being released by mistake. >> unfortunately, the court clerk made a mistake and entering that information so the information we received is that all charges had been dismissed. and accordingly, we released him. >> reporter: the sheriff office said he was already serving time in connection with a robbery and battery and resist ago re-- res arrest saying. >> that he had a ak-47 and he would shoot deputies if he was pulled over in his car. >> reporter: in department 23 rodriguez's attorney said the judge dismissed one case and modified rodriguezs a probation on another. leaving him with approximately three months left to serve. >> the court clerk did not accurately record what the judge said. >> reporter: the sheriff's office said the jail released rodriguez around 10:00 on wednesday night between 7:00 and 8:00 the next morning someone no

his lawyers would've put melanie on trial, not him. well, you can certainly understand how a father might want to, how he might follow his daughter's murderer one dark night when he was sure no other people would be around, how he might confront him with a gun he'd brought back from the war, be overcome with rage. every time he brought the girls to see us, i watched a little piece of my wife die. a visit from your grandkids should be life-affirming, not a reminder of how your only child was murdered. i never said i killed him. i said a father might be justified. the police told me sam was shot in a robbery, and without evidence, there'd be little chance that his killer would ever be brought to justice. and i'd like to see a-a lawyer if i could. (police radio chatter) no, sweetie, i just wanted to make sure i said good night. you got it. strawberry happy face pancakes on me. mwah. later. exis missed me. how did you know? spidey sense. hmm. by the way, it was my mother, not my father. we were supposed to go to dinner together-- my mom, m

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melanie woodrow was in court today and joins us live now from the hall of justice. fe melanie. >> reporter: he is facing seven felonies and one misdemeanor, a bit of awkwardness when mill ear rivalled, the courtroom was still locked. leaving him and his attorney and his family members and a private investigator he hired on his behalf to pace back and forth in front of several cameras. former 49er bruce miller didn't have much to say regarding the events that led up to his arrest. >> do you remember what happened that night? do you want to say anything? >> i'm just go -- i'm not at liberty to talk about it right now there is an investigation going on. >> reporter: sundays are for the boys, miller posted to instagram ore over the weekend. about 11:50 a mang said he tried to take customers' food and we obtained this cell video. a manager escorted miller out. >> [ inaudible ]. >> miller then allegedly tried to get into a 70-year-old man's room at the marrot around 2:45 a.m. on monday. he charged the 29-year-old son who told miller he had the wrong room. >> he was punche

melanie woodrow is live from the school where a memorial is growing. melanie? >> reporter: absolutely. and we've seen a number of friends of these teens coming by here to pay respects today. some of them coming here after visiting a third teen who survived this crash and is recovering in the hospital and there is another candlelight vigil scheduled for here tonight. the families of two teens killed in a crash on sunday morning on interstate 880 in hayward gathered at a home in flunewark today. >> i never thought this would happen. >> danielle wearing his brother's football jersey said she fought with her baby brother the most and is taking his death the hardest. for a time that seemed joe jr. would make it. >> he is fighting through a lot of surgeries. >> late on sunday the family found out he did not. james logan, high school senior, isaiah also died in the crash. >> isaiah had the biggest heart. he never stopped. >> friends of both teens have been stopping by a candlelight vigil outside of the high school. >> i love them both. it is just -- funny and strong.

melanie? >> reporter: well, larry, the fight that involved bruce miller happened here at the marriott around 2:45 on monday morning and as you said, restaurant employees are saying they escorted mill fresh a san francisco hot spot a couple of hours earlier, just two miles from here. bruce miller's labor day weekend ended with this booking photo early on monday morning. sundays are for the boys, the now 49ers player posted on instagram a day earlier at palm house on union street. miller was with friends here. but the general manager said he was alone when he came in at 11:50 on sunday night. >> he did wobble while he was standing. he did lean on a lot of things to keep himself up. >> he said miller stood at the counter looking at the meat for a while. >> he really wanted one of tommy's sandwiches. >> reporter: problem was he didn't seem to have any money. >> he eventually gave up and he sat down for about 20 minutes and then he stood back up and went back at it with a -- with a guest trying to

let's get right to melanie michael live in the enclave subdivision. and melanie, what are you learning there? >> reporter: good afternoon jen. a man is dead in this neighborhood after deputies shot him 1:00 this afternoon. they were responding to a 911 call that this man was mentally instable in a house full when they got there, they tried to talk him down. tried to get him calm. instead, they had to shoot him. he is dead at this hour and neighbors are in shock. in this quiet weeki wachee neighborhood, no one realized one homeowner was in crisis. around 1:00, a healthcare worker at the home calmed 911 to tell the sheriff's office that the man was surrounded by guns inside his house and threatened to harm himself. a woman next door was told to go back inside her house.

covering cedar rapids melanie >>> crews began removing the temporary walls around the sheriff's office today. the barriers along second street are coming down. people are supported of the barriers and people are asking them to keep them in place. we find out why that is not option. >> reporter: workers and volunteers built nearly 10 miles of barriers and berms but it won't fly for future protection. they did their purpose of keeping the floodwater back. the temporary system did let the water through but they managed it with pumps. it does not meet long-term that's not what you want to see from a permanent protection system. >> there is a lot that goes into that as far as ordination and testing requirements and certain types of materials and documented and considered to be permanent. >> reporter: the city the barriers and berms and seed them down with grass. most of the work will come down. >>> several businesses and organizations are looking for help removing sandbags. st. patrick's church is one of those places. volunteers are asked to show up developments by downloading the news at.

melanie woodrow is live outside with this dangerous not. melanie? >> police say the suspect did not know his victim, making this case more bizarre. tonight, investigators are not releasing that suspect's name, but because they more witnesses need to be interviewed. he is in custody and brought back to california to face charges. investigators are comparing it to something you'd see in a tv crime drama. july 28th, a man attempted to abduct a 23-year-old woman, grabbing her and dragging her towards a car with after market rims. a 31-year-old man intervened. >> i see her bombing her in the eyes with pepper spray and dragging her into the vehicle. >> the suspect police say resembles the man in this sketch pepper sprayed leal, then med the car so he can escape in his car. he and the woman got away. >> without his help that morning we may have been investigating the case that could have gone cold 20 years. >> police say the suspect is from orange county and they say he was discharged from parole just 10 days prior to alleged on ducks. >> we don't know wha

melanie? >> reporter: there is already a schedule of the artists that ready to put on a show as well. the building is a product of 30 months of design and more than 1 million hours of construction. staff say it's the largest classroom on campus. it's complete with a main lobby, box office, eating areas, lounges, dressing rooms, rehearsal areas and of course the 1800 seat auditorium. now it needs artists of dance, music and theater and the audience. >> we are anxious to get people in those seats. we're inches for people to com >> reporter: the official you more inside hancher. covering the corridor in iowa city, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. right now - some cedar rapids city leaders leaderswant to roll the dice on possible new interest in the land originally set aside for a proposed casino. the gazette reports at least three council members are asking the city to look at other uses for the property. the iowa racing and gaming for the casino two years ago.a property. the racing and gaming commiss

i'm melanie michael, news about an online sale that turned deadly. it happened when the man set up a transaction in the parking lot of the family similar. jeffrey corrow's friend was meeting a buyer there. the buyer took off without paying, and that's when the thief started shooting, and morrow was place is suggested, but the choice could make all the difference. >> and meredith censullo is showing us how to add an extra layer of protection. >> reporter: craigslist reports 80 million ads on the site each month and facebook sites are incredibly popular, and these apply to both. never reveal any personal information including a home address. that means never meet at home. people you know or are acquaintances of those you know. meeting in a public place is important, but you need to add on an extra layer of protection. police departments are open 24/7. consider meeting in the parking lot. tell someone you trust what you are doing, and consider having someone accompany you. keep your cell phone in hand during the entire transaction, and don't pay in cash

melanie alnwick joins us live with the latest. what happened here, hel? >> i know it's probably usual political sights right you can't get straight up and down bill. this is t failed in congress even as cdc warns it's running out of money to fight the spread of virus. senate democrats blocked 1.1 billion measure last night because they objected to conditions tacked on by republicans. that included offset doubts pay for bill. and a ban on money to planned parenthood clinics in puerto rico reporting more than 13,000 locally acquired cases of zika. zika now touched every state in the u.s. including 11 cases in d.c., 85 in maryland and 75 in virginia all travel related and florida is dealing with dozens of cases not track related there's concern the virus will spread further. the white house is pushing for action. >> each day that goes by, until then is a missed opportunity for the u.s. government to be doing everything possible to protect the person people from the zika virus >> now public health officials say the money is needed to develop a quick test, vac

melanie woodrow spoke with him outside the courtroom. >> former san francisco 49er bruce miller would not talk about what lead to his arrest. >> do you remember what happened that night? do you want to say anything? >> i am just not at liberty to talk about it right now. there is an investigation going on. >> sundays are for the boys, miller posted on instagram over the weekend. around 11:50 on sunday night a manager atom me's -- atom me's restaurant say he tried to take a customer's food. veronica gave us this cell phone video. >> you're tripping. >> a manager escorted miller out. >> i i don't know who you are. we have no issue. keep on keeping on. >> miller tried to get into a 70-year-old man's room at the marriott at fisherman's wharf. when the son said he had the wrong room miller charged him and then punched and assaulted his father with a cane. >> it is a major embarrassment to us because not only were they visiting the city and were victimized, but this is a clear case of elder abuse. >> reporter: surveillance video captured him across the street at the travel lodge. his forehe

melanie, this morning more bombs were discovered at new jersey train station. >> reporter: that's right. sara and gene, two pieces of information we learned last 15 to 20 minutes. inside the pressure cookers there were bb's and atf as well as fbi apartments and looking into new jersey and unclear what the connection is. all happening 16 miles away from where we are. twenty-third and 6th avenue in chelsea, this is where the first bomb went off and right now at this hour you can see they still have the road blocked off. latest information, latest bomb once again found by two men in a trash can at the train station in elizabeth, new jersey. right there, that's video you heard of the bomb squad and detonating the explosive. the man that found it calls police when they saw wires and pipe coming out of the bag. multiple devices were found inside and the bomb squad once again accidently detonated that. let's take a look. >> the robots that were going in to disarm it cut a wire and exploded. i don't know the technological aspect of that, i know there are other they are made up of but have to be

. >>> let's bring in melanie zanano from the hill and cnn anyonely peter golds.re getting more information, peter, from the governor and others right now. what does it look like to you? >> i think it's still too early to call, but, as deborah said, what you do now is you eliminate things. you eliminate track. you can eliminate the braking system if there's been -- you can test that. you can eliminate other, you know, elements of the accident investigation. and then you're going to zero in on human factors. >> what similarities this accident, this crash, melanie, do you see compared so others in recent years? >> right. last year we had the deadly amtrak crash near philadelphia. in that case the conductor got distracted, sped around a curve. there was no automatic braking system in place there. and federal investigators came out and said that would have prevented a crash. >> o or a second engineer could have prevented that crash as well. >> potentially, yes. >> there are hundreds of passengers on these trains. i don't understand why they can't have two engineers. >

. >> melanie wad row is live where officers are facing the fallout. melanie? >> reporter: according to his attorney at least one officer is facing severe discipline and more notices could be issued this week. in a five-page letter to officials they say the department investigated 11 current and former officers regarding their involvement with the woman who calls herself celeste guap. the chief said the engagements were noncriminal. it varies from termination of employment to reprimand and counseling. the chief said the investigation exonerated or eliminated some of the 11 officers. a break down of discipline actions and for how many officers was not released. richmond's mayor said he asked for it. >> we will get the same level of information the mayor gave regarding the oakland officers. it is important to get all they can. >> reporter: he represents some of the officers. >> some of the officers are calling their lawyers saying what is happening to me. >> reporter: so far only one richmond police officer has received a notice of intent to discipline. he called

melanie michael talk with the victim in land o'lakes. >> reporter: good morning to you. so many people can relate because for many of us, we see road rage on a i didly basis and it happened here in this parking lot. a-- rage on a daily basis and lot. >> he pulled up and i couldn't see him. it was just dark. then boom. >> reporter: jake everett never saw it coming, a blast from a shotgun. >> it felt like a real -- i sting. like it was just so quick and i was so amped. >> reporter: an angry driver followed him and his girlfriend into the parking lot of a pasco walmart. the mystery man had a gun >> it's frightening. never been shot before. >> reporter: it started on state road 54 when a black suv began brake check the couple. they turned in the parking lot and the shooter followed. >> were you scared? >> i mean, i didn't know what was going on. but after the fact, yeah, it was scary. very scary thing. >> the most frightening thing. i have never had a gunshot go off that close to me. >> reporter: everett and his her little girl wasn't in the backseat where she would have bee

i'm melanie michael, newschannel8. reopen a road in miaca state park. a big hole opened up. florida transportation officials blame all the rain from hermine for causing the washout. in citrus county on u.s. 19, this is at snug harbor lane near the crystal river mall, a hole opened up. it is just a hole isn't it? we are waiting for word on what caused that hole and how long it will take to repair it. >>> some pasco county residents frustrated by two consecutive years of flooding. in wake of hurricane hermine, they are demanding help from the county. >> reporter: a week after hermine blew past pasco county, some neighborhoods are still dealing with flooding. >> it went down half an inch the day before yesterday. then it came up. two inches last night. >> reporter: county emergency managers came by to document points. there is a big impact. >> reporter: the flooding and lack of help is frustrating for stan shave wore has lived here his entire life. he wants to know when something will be done to fix the problems. >> why? where are the tax dollars going? what is going on here? y

cambridge christian school filed a federal lawsuit and tells our melanie michael civil rights are being violated. >> i'm a dad of a young man who team. >> reporter: tim is fired up. he says he can't believe the football team was banned from prays over the loud speaker before games. >> i take offense to that. as a citizen of the united states, as well as the head of school of cambridge christian school, and as a dad. >> reporter: it started when cambridge christian school made it to the championship game in december. they planned to start with their traditional prayer. but they faced a penalty before they ever took the field. the florida high school athletic association told the government property. >> it is teaching the students that the first amendment doesn't apply when you go to a championship football game. that's wrong. it just is flatly wrong. >> reporter: though this lawsuit was filed in federal court today in tampa when we reached out to the florida high school athletic association. they tell us they haven't received any paperwork and cannot comment on the case. i'm melanie mich

we will keep you posted. >> melanie michael, thank you. live in tame that tonight. >>> now, breaking news, cnbc is reporting that the fbi is now investigating a hacking attack on democratic party officials' cell phones. it is believed this could be connected to the russian government. we will bring you the latest updates as we get them. >>> meantime, th between hillary clinton and donald trump is in the history books. from trade deals, tax returns, stamina, accusations of sexism. so much to process. both candidates believe they won the night. but hillary clinton seems to have the bigger smile on her face, steve handlesman joins us tonight from washington dc tonight for the day after reaction. both candidates really had their moments last night. but they were trading some verbal jabs back and forth. >> reporter: they did. they did. course. and it won't stop today. trump's campaign claiming he won and they are pointing to the proof in the $16 million plus they say he has gotten in campaign contributions since the debate. but a lot of republi

melanie michael live in tampa. thank you. >>> well, hillary clinton just university of south florida. there are just 62 days until election day. today, clinton didn't pull any punches when it came to donald trump saying "he is temperament tally unfit to be president." >> he's even talked about using nuclear weapons. he is very loose in his talk about nukes. he says he doesn't care if other countries get them. doesn't know why they haven't been used it's so mind-boggling when i hear these things, i say that can't be true. >> coming up at 5:30, can candace mccowan will have more on clinton's aggressive attack on trump and trump's response. trump was campaigning in virginia today. at a rally in virginia beach, he claimed clinton wants illegal immigrants treated better than veterans and said laughs. okay? he laughs. putin, putin looks at hillary clinton and he smiles. boy, would he like to see her. that would be easy. because, just look at her decisions. look how bad her decisions have been. virtually every decision sh

i'm melanie michael in hudson tonight. newschannel8. >>> well, as an update after 8 on your side began asking the state some tough questions, we are told by the ceo of the group home that leaders in tallahassee could be planning a trip to pasco county. we will give you an update. we will keep you posted. >>> it may be one of the largest cyber security breaches at least 500 million user accounts were stolen. this breach is believed to have occurred back in late 2014. according to yahoo, the information could include your name, e-mail, e-mail address, phone numbers, dates of birth, passwords, all kinds of information. yahoo users are urged to change their password and security questions immediately. >>> well, new tonight, the family of a man killed at the defending its loved ones. the family of keith scott argued he had no weapon when an officer shot him on the street. >> did no hold a gun, that he did not carry a gun. as far as we know, we still don't know if there was or was not a gun even there. >> his death sparked anger

our melanie michael stepped in and got results. side when a battery goes bad and a company promises to do good. you're watching a mac book meltdown caught on camera. >> battery just started melting. or went through an explosion on the dining room table. >> reporter: this laptop lit up and then blew up ignited by a bad battery. >> smoke started pouring out, billowing out for about three or four minutes now. >> reporter: the computer got so hot that the plastic melted right this tampa father of two as he tried to get the goods out of his house. fast. >> it was really, really hot. i have no doubt that everything around it would have caught on fire if it sat in the same place. >> reporter: gill shared the story with news channel 8 hoping to warn others about the product he says he purchased at batteries plus. experts tell us an after-market battery caused the laptop to explode. the battery can explode at any point in time. and you know, you are causing your phone or computer to be a ticking time bomb. >> reporter: after our 8 on your s

melanie michael shows us tampa bay lightning's owner and bill gates want to tear down the property and start over. >> channel side as we know it may never look the same again. >> reporter: the current downtown property would be demolished, torn down to the concrete to make way for change. >> i would like to see all the and more people down here. and more people coming to live down here. >> reporter: like so many others, kim wants to see channel side brought back to life. and that's the promise from jeff vinik and his business parking lot partners including bill gates that new life will spring from the old borrowing ideas from other waterfront cities. >> inspiration drawn from areas in boston and washington dc and seattle and san francisco, and new york city. >> as the world continues to it is clearly a renaissance. we are seeing take place. >> reporter: and as we are learning, renaissance doesn't come cheap, $3 billion is the cost. and the vote for the final proposal is set to take place later on this year. i'm melanie michael, newschannel8. >>> with good weather we could enjoy a whole

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melanie?ter: we were live in sacramento earlier today for that plea deal in exchange format u muller's guilty plea, the government says it will no longer seek a life sentence. instead, 40 years. the judge will make that sentencing decision in january. today, some vindication for the couple vallejo police said made the whole thing up. kidnapping and sexual assault vi