melanie: thank you. while there are a lot of negative views of both presidential candidates, the majority of americans seem pretty happy with the current one. and 54% say the country is doing well. the most positive view since 2007. today, polls are open for early voting in maryland and we want to ask you, have you made your choice? go to wjla.com to answer the good morning washington question of the day. john gonzalez is live in rockville. how are the lines looking? john: the war room, if you will. we are at the sick and of office building in rockville, one of 10 polling places in montgomery county and the line has been long the entire morning. we are told in the first four hours of voting, close to 700 people have come through. this is the ballot being used in maryland. only two pages. the first vote you cast is for president. donald trump followed by hillary stein. take a look at the crowd. it has been this way all morning long. election officials are not that surprised. during april primary, more tha

. >> and i'm melanie michael in for gene ramirez. it is monday morning after a gorgeous weekend. >> i mean, if you're going to step outside, go for the morning jog, walk the dog, max defender 8 is giving you the a- okay as we use our million watts of power. showing you there's obviously no rain. 46 in crystal river. that's cool. but we're all warmer than yesterday. 56 auburndale. 61 in fish hawk. brooksville, you're nine degrees warmer right now than yesterday at this lakeland. four degrees in bradenton. and temperatures warmer than yesterday, still below average the. the average for today is 83. i'm expecting 81. the average for tonight is 66. i'm expecting 63. so we will go more specifically hour-by-hour through the day at 5:08 in weather and traffic on the 8s but going to give you a check on traffic right now. >>> yeah, a couple issues this morning. most of them have cleared up, including the construction on the sunshine skyway bridge. but eastbound on the selmon expressway, just got off the phone with fhp. but they're in the proc

i'm melanie michael. let's get started with leigh weekend. >> boy, did it feel like fall this weekend. and max defender 8 has been using all million of its watts to try to find some rain and it has been bone dry. you get the all clear this morning as you head out the door. in fact, it is still cool. now interestingly it's warmer than yesterday but still cool. 51 in zephyrhills. 45 in inverness. bartow, you're 61. 62 in sarasota. i mean look at lakeland and brooksville, you are nine degrees warmer than you around 5:30. but another pleasant afternoon. a high of 81. and in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight- day temperature trend to show you how long it takes this nice. and leslee lacey has the roadways. >>> traffic right now is pretty nice. we have some construction creeping back on the sunshine skyway bridge. that in a second. right now, a great drive on 275 through st. pete and also through tampa. bearss to i-4, nine minutes on your drive time. if you are traveling across the sunshine

i'm melanie michael. let's get started with leigh spann. >> if you have to get up and go to work and school on a monday, might as well feel awesome, right? so max defender 8 is confirming as it scans the skies, not a cloud out there. it is still cool. now not as chilly as yesterday but a refreshing 57 in plant city. 60 in fish hawk. 61 in sarasota. 50 in zephyrhills. that's cool. look at this, 24 hour temperature change. you are actually at 6:30 yesterday. five degrees warmer in plant city. and just a pleasant day. sunny, 81. at 6:38, i have an eight-day temperature trend. and we will let you know how long it stays this comfortable. and leslee lacey has the roadways. >>> getting busier. we have some issues in pinellas county. that's what i'm going to talk about. st. pete, this accident is tying up lane, haynes road at 6th avenue. be aware of that. and hopping over here, another one with injuries involved, 54 58th street. and now let's head over to one of my favorite places in the bay area, safety harbor,

i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm melanie michael in for gene ramirez. it is monday morning after a gorgeous weekend.

. >> and i'm melanie michael. store. >> good morning! you know what? max defender 8 scanning the skies this morning, and giving you the all clear because there's nothing on the radar, and that means there's no rain, and there's not even a cloud, and the only thing different from yesterday and today, we are slightly warmer. 63 in seabring, and this just gives you the perspective from 5:30 yesterday and 5:30 this morning, and you know, plant city, you're 2 ee warmer, and you will notice the slight difference, otherwise, a high of 83, and coming up with weather and traffic on the 8s, 8-day temperature trend to see if we trend cooler or warmer. >> reporter: it's a nice tuesday commute right now, and we are looking good on the bay area interstates, and let's talk about polk, through lakeland, looking great, and also as i mentioned, i-75 looking great. drive in. look at that on 275, taking you 9 minutes. 275 at hillsborough, the traffic looks great. now back to gene and melanie. >>> hillary clinton seems to think she will be victorious on november 8th, and n

melanie. man >>> if you're planning one plan heading out for halloween this t weekends, the washingtongton regional alcohol program wantslr to make sure you get home safely.fe they are offering free cabre rides from 10:00 p.m. saturday0u night until 6:00 a.m. sunday. morning as a way to keep local l roads safe from impairedm impair drivers during that eight-hourhu period all rides forid for passengers 21 and over are hers >> very good option. optio 4:50 is the time. despicable act of vandalism atst one maryland high school.ma the searchryla now on for whoevr did it. the one clue police and what to you see coming up next.ext. >> later, once thought to prevent a certain infection iec turns out cranberries may notesy actually be that big of a helpfh after all. hm. >> as we head to break rightto r now live look outside acrossoss the region, time right now 4:51. back in a moment. >> and did we mention it's friday? >> it's friday all day. avors. sip salty and sweet with our new salted caramel macchi

. >> let's begin live with abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow. melanie? >> reporter: you can imagine just how scary this was for students and parents, happening just as classes were letting out this afternoon at 3:18. we have video to show you from sky 7 over june jordan high school. san francisco police saying that the victims were shot in the school parking lot but they ran inside of the school. the school was put on a lockout, that means anyone who left for the day could not come back in and anyone who was still inside the school had to stay inside of the school for just about an hour, we want to tell you about the vips. there are four victims, a female victim, who has critical, life-threatening injuries. police say she was shot in an upper part of her body. three male victims, two male victims, all three with nonlife threatening injuries shot in lower portions of their body. initially, police only knew about three victims, but just a short time ago, they say a fourth victim with a gunshot wound walked into the bay view police station. police right now

we have vic lee at the hospital, but abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live outside june jordan but we'll go first to vic lee. vic? >> well, details of the shooting are still sketchy. we're still receiving information bit by bit. i'm here at the hospital. as you said, we have another reporter at the school. here at san francisco general we have seen family members of both of the victims enter the hospital and a rush, of course, trying to see what they can find out about their family members who were shot. the first group that came in here, family members of the 16-year-old boy who was shot, we spoke briefly with a woman who identified herself as the boy's eldest sister and she told us that he was thank god in stable condition but that's all she knew. the next group came in here apparently members of the family of the young girl. now a man told us he was her uncle and that she was 15 years old. he also did not have much information and, again, he did know she was stable. family members are here at the hospital. boast young victims have been taken here and are obviously under trea

. >> our melanie alnwick joinsanie us live from temple hills with the very latest. les where do things stand today, to, mel. >> reporter: well, it is day wes three and still no resolution.o. i just want to give you guys aua sense of what it's like here.er it's very eerie and dark anda you can see here that this thi condo association obviously obvy not in the great of the t financial shape if you're going to judge it based on the condition of these buildings.ldn it owes more than a millionreha dollars in unpaid power andd pow residents and supporters will ask a judge tout order the utilities back on on while a settlement can be n reached. there are 400 families thatilie have been forced tos leave thehe building that was after it was declared uninhabitable. the condo association says its i tried to settle up with pep hehe company and washington gas but the 80's want add 20 to t 25 percent down payment that dow assistance from county exsecxs rushern baker and senator sat muse. senator muse is proposing that the state step in is and use au taxpayer money to front the do

now back to gayle and melanie. >>> we begin this morning on the campaign trail. it's hard to believe the next president of the united states will be decided 2 weeks from today, and the final push clinton feels so confident, the democrats are now shifting their focus to hopefully win congress, but republican presidential nominee donald trump is not giving up. ryan hughes is live for us in downtown tampa. tim kaine was slamming marco rubio yesterday, and it was a real showdown. >> reporter: he was in south florida where he continually grabbed marco rubio. back congress, starting right here with rubio's seat. >> if if someone is unwilling to condemn the many things that ought to be condemned about donald trump's devicive campaign, you have to ask if they are the right person to represent you and your values. >> there's never been a political phenomena like we are doing right now, and we are all part of it, and we have to finish it off, so get out and vote. >> reporter: as you heard, donald tr despite the national polls that point in health care health care's favor.

. >> and i'm melanie michael. right to traffic and weather on the 8s with leigh spann. >> reporter: max defender 8 getting a break as it it looks for rain fall, not finding any. not only is it clear, but it's slighter warmer. and 53 in inverness, and arcadia, 61. when you look at in the 24-hour temperature change, during the afternoon, i expect the high of 83. a degree above the average of 82, and down to 66, just the average overnight. at 5:00 8. i will -- 5:08, i will take you hour-by-hour through the commute. >> nice drive, and look the at skyway bridge. we had construction tieing up left lane northbound. they finished that early, and let's look at the maps here. through new port richey, and we ron speed through the palm harbor area, and there's an accident at state road 54 and daiquiri lane. >>> the next president of the united states will be decided two weeks for today. that's creeping up on us. president obama feels so confident with the win, the democrats are now focusing on down ticket ng congress, but rep

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> melanie, thank you. >>> deputies arrested four men just before 9:00 last night. look at the pictures here. officials say detectives spotted the men in the in and out burger parking lot in millbrae. detectives say when they moved in, one of the man rammed his vehicle into the patrol car trying to escape. they didn't get away. all four were arrested. >>> an erie site in san francisco. a large section of interstate 80 completely without cars. police closed the road down because of a boom threat at a tow yard under need the skyway. vic lee is reporting from right near that tow yard at this point with the rest of the story. vic? >> reporter: well, larry, in fact, the tow yard is right over my right and the streets are now open but for three hours this was like a ghost town. all of the streets around this area were closed. in fact, that section of highway 80 right up there was also shut down and it all started at about 11:30. employees of auto return, the tow yard that you would go to retrieve your car if it were towed were evacuated qu

melanie woodrow returned to the school where grief counselors were on hand. melanie? >> larry and ama, the students we spoke with today at the school seem resilient, their parents slightly more concerned. tonight there's no official update on the victim's conditions because they are minors. other than that, those four victims are recovering from their injuries. meantime, police say they are working with school officials to make sure they can respond quickly in a situation like this. after those school officials call what happened yesterday a miscommunication. signs of solidarity, one day after a shooting in the june jordan high school parking lot in san francisco. the school known for equity and social justice. >> you can just smell community like when you come in. >> reporter: one female student and three male students were injured as school let out. may come in within this perimeter and make it okay to -- to do harm and hurt other innocent children. >> police initially believed there was an active shooter. >> you have to attack this very aggressively. can you not st

jorge and melanie laura were not far from school when they were hit and killed. this accident happened here at highway 27. >> reporter: it is really heartbreaking keith. the accident happened right over here in this intersection. and we have learned it doesn't appear that either driver was speeding or distracted. it is just >> mother heard the crash. she came out and saw the vehicle and went up the street. when she saw what had happened she passed out. >> reporter: two of their children's lives ended tragically. brother and sister. 18-year-old jorge and his sister 15-year-old melanie. >> it is horrible. it is just horrible. an aerial view in frostproof. it happened at 6:00 this morning. as jorge pulled out of his neighborhood onto highway 27, they were hit by a chevy silverado. investigators believe he never saw it coming. his parents always worried about it. >> they told him to watch going out there. it is horrible trying to get out. it just really is. it is just heartbreaking. >> reporter: the teens attended frost proof high school. jorge was getting ready we a

melanie? >> reporter: you can imagine just how scary this was for students and parents, happening just as classes were letting out this afternoon at 3:18. we have video to show you from sky 7 over june jordan high school. san francisco police saying that the victims were shot in the school parking lot but they ran inside of the school. the school was put on a lockout, that means anyone who left for the day could not come back in and anyone who was still inside the school had to stay inside of the school for just about an hour, we want to tell you about the vips. there are four victims, a female victim, who has critical, life-threatening injuries. police say she was shot in an upper part of her body. three male victims, two male victims, all three with nonlife threatening injuries shot in lower portions of their body. initially, police only knew about three victims, but just a short time ago, they say a fourth victim with a gunshot wound walked into the bay view police station. police right now

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live with us with the late. melanie. >> reporter: well, can you imagine how horrifying this is for both students and parents. the shooting happening just aft and as you said this is overhead june jordan high school. calls came in about 3:18, just when students are getting out of school. we have heard that the school had been put on lockdown for a time, but we've been talking to students so it's unclear whether or not that lockdown was lifted or the students may have exited the building for the day prior to the shooting happening. some students described to us they saw what they looked like a group of students, possibly not who ran up the street and seemed to be waiting for a student. one of the individuals we spoke to said that he believes the student who was shot was either a freshman or a sophomore female classmate. students we talked to described what they saw and heard. >> there is a group of eight students that from down there they came up running all over here and they started hiding over there by the tree

melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with the latest on the story. melanie? >> the victim was 29 years old and a father of two. the suspect, still a teenager and a member of a controversial program that is now receiving even more scrutiny. outside richmond court, his family reflected on seeing the 19-year-old charged with their son's death in person for the first time. >> it was not good. >> it made me sick because i feel as though -- it's like he doesn't care. it's like it's a joke. >> reporter: dawaun killed him on september 19th. >> we're feeling a great loss. >> reporter: he was in a controversial richmond mentorship program that pays them for work they do as well as meeting certain life map goals. it's funded by private donations and taxpayer money. earlier this month, we asked about the program. >> we're not paying anyone to stop shooting. this is a life leadership development opportunity. it just so happens to be designed for young men suspected of being lethal fire offenders in the city of richmond. there's no program in this world that can pay a crim

melanie woodrow joins us live from campus with the latest. melanie, the continuing search for four suspects. >> reporter: absolutely, and we are waiting to hear from police regarding the latest on that search for the four suspects. the students we spoke with here this afternoon seemed resilient. their parents slightly more concerned. tonight school officials say that the four victims are recovering from their injuries. meantime police say they are working with school officials to make sure that they can respond quickly in a situation like this after what those school officials are calling a miscommunication yesterday. june jordan school for equity students are standing together one day after a shooting in the school's parking lot during dismissal. >> you can just smell community like when you come in. >> reporter: one female student and three males were injured during the shooting. >> very concerning that we would allow someone to come in within this perimeter and neighboring okay to do harm and hurt other innocent children. >> reporter: poli

melanie a form er girl. >> i think dennis is the leading doctor in women's cancer research.saved countless lives. having a daughter, there's so much information that i've gained from knowing him that i can certainly pass along. >> associate professor of surgery at santa monica breast program just grabbing a spot on his team. >> had no idea he even knew who i was. he gets on the phone and asked me what can you do to get me to ucla. i couldn't turn that down. >> everyone impressed with these docs and with halle berry. >> look at her skin. >> she's airbrushed, by god. it's not normal. p>> when it comes to star introductions, there are a few ways to go about it. you can go, hi, i'm tracy edmonds, nice to meet you. >> well, our a.j. found his own unique way and it appears to be catching on. >> aj calloway, black guy, "extra." >> aj calloway, black guy, "extra." >> but i think it's now denzel approved. >> denzel washington, black guy, actor. my man, black guy. >> black guy. >> denzel washington and antoine fuqua teaming up with chris pratt in the "magnificent seven." >> how many y

is now determined to find the loved one who lost it so that employee contacted 8 on your side and melanie michael is live with the story in too many pa. mel? >> reporter: good evening to you keith. someone, somewhere out there, has got to be frantic looking for this locket. heart when she found this. it's a heart of gold. you will see it right now. >> if it was mine, i would be devastated. i want to get it back to the right person. >> reporter: when pamela martini saw this locket for the first time, her reaction was instant. she was on a mission to return this piece of the past. >> did you ever see yourself as such a detective? you have been serious investigative work. >> i'm a woman, i'm a detective. [ laughter ] no. no. i'm determined. >> reporter: as a long time wal- mart employee and customer service, her heart went out to the person who lost the locket somewhere in the aisles of the supercenter on gunn highway in tampa. the pendant is engraved and contains the ashes of a man named john born in 1956 and died in 2013. always in my heart. >> i could be somebody's husband. a brother. a g

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> melanie, thank you. a police chase ended in front of lafayette high school prompting a lockdown at two schools. police say one of the suspects jumped out of a stolen car and ran out on to the campus. a chase began that ended at the high school. police found one suspect near the high school gym and another in a backyard toolshed. >>> a person was hit by a truck on interstate 80 in san francisco this morning. was also shot. investigators say a ford pickup truck struck the pedestrian around 5:00 a.m. near the westbound 80 and 101 connector. that person was taken to the hospital and later died. >>> two women had to crawl out from their overturned car after it collided with a semi truck in san jose this morning. this is around 4:00 a.m. on 101 southbound near brokaw road. the women's suv flipped over into a ditch. the u.p.s. truck ended up on its chp closed lanes for traffic. it lasted for six hours as crews -- nobody including the truck driver was seriously injured. fire officials say one of the vehicles cut

melanie. >> reporter: pierre dyson is out on bail and on his way to a treatment program. his family and attorney general are hopeful the d.a.'s office will reconsider a proposed deal that will send him to prison. this was pierre dyson in july, shirtless belly down in the tenderloin, his hands in his pockets. san francisco police say he was armed. this is the gun, and ammunition they recovered. for nearly four hours police attempted to get dyson to take his hands how the of his pockets. >> i'm just thankful that i'm still here hand the police did their job as far as not killing me. >> reporter: interim police chief tony chaplin says officers did what they were training to do for six months, creating time and space. > the sanctity of humanly. we would have stayed here until the next day. >> reporter: officer shot him with rubber bullets. >> hot burning. felt like i was shot with real guns. >> reporter: one round left a mark and they say they broke his ribs and injured his elbow and his face. >> why didn't you comply? >> because i was terrified that they would kill me if i t

nothing against the miners, but go melaniers and rocky ford, thanks to the -- for the year. best part of a friday on next is made possible because of you. you help us remember the good things in life, the stuff that makes you feel happy. >> i've got my son, doing a play tonight. he's acting and i've got my little cousin performing doing hip-hop music, singing and stuff like that so everything is good. >> i am reading harry potter for the second time just excites me today that it was ready and i picked it up and that it's friday and that this weekend the broncos play. that's always a good thing. >> i'm happy that i have two wonderful kids and a loving husband and my daughter just turned to and we're -- two and we are celebrating her birthday. >> the good news is i'm happy and doing what i need to do to be successful in the community. >> what part of the community are you in -- how proud are you to be there? everything is good. >> just makes you feel good. really quick, brad stevens on twitter. i really need one of the green jackets you wore tonight but you won't let your reso

i'm melanie hastings. emergency gas line repairs are tying up a major commuter route right now in northwest dc. john gonzalez is live on fox hall road. >> reporter: melanie, quite a mess here in northwest gas. take a look, washington gas crews are using heavy machinery to dig up fox hall road here near nebraska avenue. if it's unclear what caused the leak. emergency repairs right now. all the southbound lanes closed. the work will take 6 to 8 hours we're told. back to you. >> anchor: busy day ahead. thank you very much. we'll have your full traffic right after the break. ?? know time and effort can lead to something special. ?? know the best things in life are achieved by working together. know you can enjoy the party you've dreamed of for 15 years. ?? today looking like similar to yesterday, breezy sunshine. winds not quite as strong. we have some cooler mornings ahead. today we started in the 40s to low 50s. tomorrow morning's temperature, about 44 with the wind, it will feel like we're in the 30s. warme

i'm melanie michael. news channel 8. >>> clown costumes have many parents on edge. so much so that some consider carrying weapons tonight while trick or treating. dozens of people have reported seeing clowns across the country and most have been creepy but harmless. weapons to be vigilant and to use good judgment. >> if they plan on carrying a weapon, they do so within the law and they do so responsibly. >> authorities ask that you contact them if you see suspicious activity tonight. >>> people backing medical up in your kids' halloween treats. why backers of the amendment believe the ad is a scare tactic. >> pot packaged like candy. >> reporter: the ad is from the group vote no on 2. it warn that is if the amendment is passed, pot looking like candy will become a danger to children. >> this is totally unfounded. >> reporter: christopher caneo believes pot danger. >> there is no credible danger or credible threat to cannabis edibles winding up in your kids' halloween candy now or ever. >> reporter: backers of amendment 2 -- the tv ad is reality. her child suffers fr

melanie alnwick is liver with there on what led up to the shooting, mel. >> good morning, guys, yes, so montgomery country police tell us it's very early in the investigation and the shooting happened at that home you see where this a light on outside. 7901 mondaycaster mill road. not a lot of houses in that small cluster here it's a busy road. 911 call came in before 10:00 last night for shooting inside the house. once police and rescue got inside they found a man was shot. emts did try to save him there. he died at the house before he could be taken to the er. mondaycaster mill was shut down while they tried to reaassure the neighbors. they don't think there's reason for folks in the neighborhood to be fearful. that's not sure if they know who they're looking for or have suspect were moan to each other. they really guys last night were not prepared to give any of that information out to the public. they did say that they're going around the neighborhood talking to neighbors and trying to finish up that investigation. also, told us that they would have extra patrols. montgomery coun

melanie michael is asking tough questions about how it happened. >> there were four inmates that came running up to me on work detail. they said one of the other inmates kidnapped the officer and they left in a truck. they are poig detail one wild scene where trustees were doing work detail in the park when their fellow inmate david ross grabbed a steak knife from a park restroom and took the officer hostage in the city truck. >> i'm driving around the block and i don't see them anywhere. >> reporter: a lot of questions remain in the case. and 8 on your side went looking for answers. we wanted to know why carry gun. we were told since these are trustees, they only carry handcuffs and pepper spray. there is good news to share. the correction's officer is okay. the suspect is being held at pinellas county. and detectives are trying to find out how the steak knife got in the bathroom. i'm melanie michael in bartow, newschannel8. >>> largo voters noticed something missing from their ballots. the first batch of mail-in ballots theyt than 200 residents missing the city commission race for s

melanie alnwick gathering more in me know traffic moving and live snot both directions. let's take a look at maps. very good news for wednesday morning commute. you don't have to worry about alternates you can see red i wanted to zoom in there around the previous closures. please give yourself extra minutes. rhode island avenue, bladeensburg to bening still a good option if you try to get around that congestion. cleared up shortly. northern maryland now the outer loop nice and quiet. take a look at green from 95 congestion yet and nice and queue nutter ban aand 234 to 248 eastbound side smooth sailing and at speed and last day of safe track surge nine single tracking on very and ato west falls. we don't start surge 7 in the later in the week. maureen, wisdom. >> 4:4 is the time. cold weather has many ready to turn on the heat. for hundreds of residents that not an option. >> the management company did not pay the utility bills. "fox5" annie yu live with the latest. annie. >> hey, good morning to you wisdom and maureen. this is troubling store write and as you mentioned t

the neighbor says the little sister melanie nine times out of 10 rising school bus to today. the three men and the other truck are expected to survive. >>> it will continue to follow another deadly crash that killed five people including two children on east mlk boulevard on wednesday the there is a vigil tonight and memory of pablo cortes the driver accused of stalking them all take car accident. and if you commenting about the snapchat video rate here showing w some pointing out the motorcyclist speeding ahead of his car. trooper say major have any proof that street racing had anything to do with the crash. >>> the most accurate weather team in florida >>> another date with such an extent of clouds in the clouds and upbringing any rental we're not expecting any anytime soon or maybe in a distant future yesterday look at the winds gusting 25 to 30 miles per hour. even if it was unusually warm and humid it felt very nice with those windy conditions. we did see some cloud coverage at times and i think that will be a sign of things to come for part of the we can prepare the car

for now, our prayers and our thoughts go out to them in this time of need. >> melanie michael live for us in tampa. thank you. >>> another tragedy tonight, this one in polk county. a truck plowed through a she was in a front bedroom when ryan talent drove his truck through the front of the house. fold's husband said it sounded like an explosion. talent got out of the truck and tried to make a run for it but was stopped by several people. >> ryan talent with his wrecklessness, changed the life of this beautiful family forever. and through the criminal justice system, we plan to change ryan talent's life. >> investigators tell failed a field sobriety test. this is new video of him being booked in just a short time ago. fold's husband who is a local pastor, was not hurt. >>> donald trump striking back today at accusations that he harassed and groped women. donald trump calling it a coordinated vicious attack by the media and hillary clinton's campaign. the new york times and the palm beach post published accounts from three different women who lewd behavior. newschannel8's national corres

melanie michael is there live tonight. and mel, this is just an unimaginable loss for that family. >> reporter: you know, stacie, first of all, good evening to you. many of us cannot imagine, cannot fathom what it would be like to lose an entire family. but, a husband is going through three loved ones, his teenage daughter is fighting for her life right here at tampa general. >> he is suffering right now. and he is no pieces and i don't wish this upon anybody. he is in pieces. >> reporter: it happened in an instant. the most painful heart ache a family could ever go through. this husband, john bernall lost his wife, his youngest daughter, and his little boy. all at once. his teenage daughter seen here survivor in the van. >> my biggest thing is i hope they didn't suffer. because, the car did catch on fire. and there were children in the car. and there's no reason. there is no reason for that to happen. >> reporter: marinela and her children were inside the mini van when it burst into flames we church. >> we do question how

melanie, great job. sounds like the county really got right on top of the situation. what are the plans for the future? >> reporter: well, they are going to continue monitoring this situation. as i mentioned there are mosquitoes nearby. just no larva present in the ditch. but they is a if it comes up, the population increases, they will spray the area for sure and you can bet 8 on your side will be in on it >>> winter haven police are searching for a cross bow thief. officials say this man walked into the wal-mart on cypress garden boulevard and took off with the bow. he gave a receipt from publix and left the store. police want you the to look out for a black ford explorer and anybody with everybody is asked to call winter haven police. >>> investigators tell us an early morning fire at a hillsborough county mobile home home. charges against the alleged arsonist are pending at this point. >>> manatee county is embroiled in a deadly heroin epidemic and officials are scrambling to try to contain it. there is no other county in florida with as many deaths as manatee cou

live at noma-gallaudet, i'mllau melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. news. >> distracted driving in nevert a good idea but one collegeolle student's decision to do so he is going viral this morning.. her excuse for crashing into a t police cruiser. >> first though amazon beingn sued for one of last year's >>> as we head to break let's bl take a live look across thes the d.c. region. fox5 news morning back in just 30 seconds. come on. >> ?? >> back now at 5:10 with a check of our other top stories this morning.k nour o. 141 people protesting that dakota access oil pipeline pipen were arrested yesterday.ay. police fired bean bags andbags a pepper spray to try to clear toc throwing rocks and threateningoc them. the confrontation marked amar major escalation of a protest that has raged on now foras ragr months. demonstrators want to stop construction of the disputedon oil pipeline.e. >> leaders of an armed grouped p who seized a national wildlife f refuge in oregon earlier thiseri year were acquitted yesterday yy after a 41 day standoff over a o long runni

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick isniec live at the seventh districtth r police station with all thestath mel. >> reporter: well, guys, sol,s, this started all around 10 o'clock last night and it's pretty incredible that nobody nb was hurt in any of these shootings. now, the first one that we areha going to he show you some som pictures of right now reallyeall just the aftermath here.th her you see all these bulletse b holes. a woman told fox5 that shen to woke up in her apartment onparto naylor road southeast to the t sounds of gunfire and smoke.ke at least 15 rounds fired inside her a sources told our marina marraco they believe a machineac gun might have been used ingh shooting.ing.t ha not too far from there over inrr the 3,000 block of stantonnton road you'll see pictures heres of multiple vehicles that weretr also struck by gunfire,re windows shot out, bullets bulle lodged in the back of trunks ofs of vehicles and that wasn'tand s the end of it for last night lan here in the seventh district. dc also, literally just on thet ont same block, another apartment ae on stanton road shots

>> all right, melanie michael reporting live for us in polk county. thanks mel. >>> a major identity theft bust in saint petersburg. three women accused of stealing victims. police arrested jessica dallas and shantel jones and are still looking for isabel davis. detectives say the women used the victim's personal information to open credit cards. police believe that there are more victims. >>> well, tampa dodged a bullet when it came to hurricane matthew. but a lot of people still need help tonight. >> coming up, we will show you where crews here in the bay area are headed to help get the power back on. >> plus, we have proof of an denying that it was? that it does not exist? 8 on your side investigates that coming up. >> a bright sunshine today. humidity higher at the surface than we would like. but drier air and cooler air on the way for the weekend. we'll have the numbers for you >> tampa crews are lending a helping hand to after hurricane matthew. the power company sending about 20 people to grand bahama island tomorrow morning. the damage is so b

jorge and melanie laura were not far from school when they were hit and killed. this accident happened here at highway 27. >> reporter: it is really heartbreaking keith. the accident happened right over here in this intersection. and we have learned it doesn't appear that either driver was speeding or distracted. it is just >> mother heard the crash. she came out and saw the vehicle and went up the street. when she saw what had happened she passed out. >> reporter: two of their children's lives ended tragically. brother and sister. 18-year-old jorge and his sister 15-year-old melanie. >> it is horrible. it is just horrible.

live in gaithersburg, i'm melanie alnwick. "fox5 local news". >> police say an ice cream truck the driver was shot seven times on alabama avenue. he was type hospital in critical condition. people who live nearby say they're fed up with the it, that i have an emergency alert on my phone so that if i'm in the neighborhood getting off the bus i know if something is going on you know and at night, the thing is beeping all night it, beep, beep, crimes going on. this is really sad. >> the shooter has not been fouled and police are investigating. >>> lawyers for the maryland man who's murder conviction was subject of popular pod cast are on bail while awaiting a new trial. saad's lawyers say they poses no danger for the community and is held for a crime he did not commit. his cop vision was over turned as lawyers successfully argued previous evidence in the case was nowed. >> virginia bored of health was lifting proposed restrictions on abortion clinics. they voted to scrap the hospital style building code for allstate clinics. unco

melanie woodrow is live on the em bark dare row with the story, melanie. >> reporter: that came after the motorcyclist crashed into several vehicles. the motorcycle then burst into flames. chp officers say the motorcyclist denied being part of the larger group that symptomed traffic. this side show in july involved a couple of mustangs, officials say there's a weekend side show involved approximately 200 motorcyclists. >> they were doing wheel lis and burnouts and donuts and all of that. we did hear from a number of eyewitnesss that a number of these motorcycles did in fact crash. >>. >> reporter: it began shortly after the blue angels wrapped their air show saturday. frustrating drivers. >> that would be a nightmare on the bridge. >> reporter: and lawmaker law enforcement. >> you never know what could happen. >> reporter: chp officers got calls about a side show as well. >> 40 to 50 motorcyclists. >> reporter: most were wearing helmets and bikes had no plates making identifying them difficult. >> it's almost over before you know it. less than three minutes. >> reporter: by motorcycli

. >> there could be more changes with job cuts fare hikes and service changes.hang melanie alnwick live outside the fort totten metro stationo a in northeast with detailsismh dt good morning, guys. transportation directors inn di d.c. and montgomery county are warning people that they dore me need to make alternativeerna plans. here at fort totten the signs ts are out here for shuttle bustl service that will take peoplee o bridging over tover to noma-gallaudet. that is because right here-g ata fort totten you see the sign s there no rail service. servi this is where the line endse for folks coming in from glenmont so they're going tont o have to get on those shuttlehute buses if they want to continuetu into downtown d.c. and basically there's going to's be other impacts as well. w because that, too,lk is going tg have a big impact on riders r going into the next year. tt y the budget proposal that was released yesterday could mean cn slower service and slightlyervis higher fares. the budget blueprint basically has to closeas a $275 million5 o gap. that was left pretty much byy people le

tonight in a story you'll only see on news channel 8 that father tells our melanie michael why he is begging for this cave to be closed for good. >> reporter: hey there, good evening to you from hernando county. we are just outside eagle's nest and i've got to tell y from a father whose heart is aching after losing his own son and grandson three years ago and tonight he is also grieving for the divers' families who lost their loved ones over the weekend. >> it was my favorite time of the year before that. now i just like to see it go and pass. >> reporter: for this father christmas day, 2013 is a moment too painful to remember but impossible to forget. that day he lost his beloved >> like a piece of me just was taken away. it's like i've aged 15 years that day. >> reporter: darrin spivey and dillon sanchez were so excited for their adventure during the holidays, cave diving at eagle's nest. sadly the father and son would never resurface after they ran out of air. their lives lost amidst the delicate dangerous caverns beneath the surface. >> if someone saw you going into a spider web

i'm melanie michael. gene and stacy have the morning off. thanks for joining us. happening at this hour in st. petersburg, city leaders are meeting to try to get to the bottom of a real stinky mess and we mean really stinky. millions of gallons of sewage that poured out of a waste water holding tank during hurricane hermine flowed into tampa bay. new's channel has been following the story all morning. leaders say they never saw the warnings that this could happen. but we know that's not true, correct? >> they actually still maintain they did not see the reports. and they grilled the consulting firms that were hired to produce the reports and examine the city's sewage and waste water problems. now today, various consulting firms explain their involvement in regards to waste water and sewage studies. representatives from brown and caldwell claimed information 2014 report. council members maintain that information was only shared with staff members in the storm water department and not with the entire city council. >> this report that we're talking about was 2014. wh

but it was something that could have been prevented. >> reporter: melanie michael, newschannel8. >> in lake wales, two suspects are on the loose after robbing and killing a store clerk. check out the footage from the incident at the qp store in lake wales. it shows 48-year-old mohammed alam walking to his car. two people wearing hoodies ambushed him. one person points a pants. then the person shoots him. we spoke to a customer who dropped off flowers at the gas station in the aftermath. >> because he was a nice man. he helped us out. my kids loved him. he even helped this other lady out when her car wasn't working. hopefully, they find who did it because he didn't deserve this. >> in this video, you can see the suspects run off with the victim's pants. if you have any information stoppers. there is a $3,000 reward being offered. >>> no monkey business here. fish and wildlife officers are searching for a prowling primate spotted in the hudson beach area. take a look. >> that's a freaking monkey, dude! >> yeah, it sure is. cory cotrell captured this video of the reese's macaque running a

melanie woodrow i live on the em bark dare row with the story, melanie. >> reporter: that came after the motorcyclist crashed into several vehicles. the motorcycle then burst into flames. chp officers say the motorcyclist denied being part of the larger group that symptomed traffic. this side show in july involved a couple of mustangs, officials say there's a weekend side show involved approximately 200 motorcyclists. >> they were doing wheel lis and burnouts and donuts and all of that. we did hear from a number of eyewitnesss that a number of these motorcycles did in fact crash. >>. >> reporter: it began shortly after the blue angels wrapped their air show saturday. frustrating drivers. >> that would be a nightmare on the bridge. >> reporter: and lawmaker law enforcement. >> you never know what could happen. >> reporter: chp officers got calls about a side show as well. >> 40 to 50 motorcyclists. >> reporter: most were wearing helmets and bikes had no plates making identifying them difficult. >> it's almost over before you know it. less than three minutes. >> reporter: by motorcycli

. :51:46/melanie bean/player "i love it." melanie bean says..walking around..catching the digital critters..is a great way..to enjoy the outdoors. :52:13/bean "usuallyit;s just people having fun." :35:28/jennifer pauling/neighbor "at night-it's just not safe." jennifer paulin says..she doesn't mind people she just wants them to clear out of the park..at 10..when it's supposed to close. :35:32/paulin "night is when a lot of bad things happen." neighbors like paulin complain.. some players..hang around the park..into the wee hours. :35:43/paulin "at night-that attracts more of the bad stuff." she worries..the presence of late- nighters..could attract more dangerous activity. nat of meeting tonight..neighbors ..met..with clark county commissioner larry brown. some..demanding the county to put up more signs..telling people when the park closes..get police to kick people out of the park 10..and put up a gate..lock out the late-night pl drugs- it brings in the bad :20:12/commissioner larry brown "i'm sure most of the game users are

reporter melanie driven is -- that's a lock by any means. >> reporter: we're outside oakland city hall where the mayor is expected to deliver her state of the city in 30 minutes. her communications director says she will not be talking about the raiders during tonight's address. meantime, of course, raiders owner mark davis put out that statement earlier today and the fans are reacting. it's not difficult to see ray pair its is an oakland raiders fan. >> i'm a season ticket holder and i dress up with face paint and shoulder pads every sunday. >> reporter: he says he's confident the raiders are here to stay. >> there's no need for fans to cry. if you're a fan, look at las vegas and say thank goodness that our city government isn't waging our future for a billionaire like las vegas. >> today nevada lawmakers approved spending $750 million in public funds to build a stadium in las vegas. the nfl would still need to okay the deal. the owners will meet tuesday in houston. >> the only time they should be worried is if the national football league gives a clear and unequivocal sign that las v

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live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >>> melanie, thank you. here is another live look now we're go toing stay on top of the breaking news. you're going to get updates as they happen. sky 7 is zooming into the scene that we've been talking about. we'll stay on the story. >>> a boy reportedly abducted by his mother has been found safe in an amber alert issued for him has been cancelled. both found just hours ago in his grandmother reported him missing. authorities say she st not have legal skuft of her son. >>> a xulter outage shut down most services at dmvs across the state today. some services were still available. all offices are expected to be up and running. >> at 6:00 an injured canine is now back on the job. take a look. this is a new picture of yele posted today. a suspect stabbed yele with hedge clippers. >> here is a live look from our camera. rain drops covered the lens. and drivers. >>> ichlgs of rain in point reyes. we have had low rainfall totals in other areas and here is the storm impact scale with which we rank intensity of each

live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >>> melanie, thank you. here is another live look now we're go toing stay on top of the breaking news. you're going to get updates as they happen. sky 7 is zooming into the scene that we've been talking about. we'll stay on the story. >>> a boy reportedly abducted by his mother has been found safe in an amber alert issued for him has been cancelled. both found just hours ago in grandmother reported him missing. authorities say she st not have legal skuft of her son. >>> a xulter outage shut down most services at dmvs across the state today. some services were still available. all offices are expected to be up and running. >> at 6:00 an injured canine is now back on the job. take a look. this is a new picture of yele posted today. a suspect stabbed hedge clippers. >> here is a live look from our camera. rain drops covered the lens. and driver >>> ichlgs of rain in point reyes. we have had low rainfall totals in other areas and here is the storm impact scale with which we rank intensity of each storm of modera

melanie alnwick joins us live from the scene with pour on this sorry. mel, what can you tell us. >> wisdom, we information confirmed from prince george country police public information office telling us that the person who died is a woman. she was taken to prince george hospital where she was pronounced dead. and the other shooting victim is a man. but we don't know the extent of that man's injuries just information that that man may have been taken to a hospital in d.c.. they're still as you can see here in middle of block on ridge apartment complex and there's a car that is about three back or three up from the end of where these cars are parked here and that's where we saw the focus of the investigation. a car door was on with a number of items strewn on the street. they since sut that door. you can see investigators and detectives still there on the driver's side as well. that seems to be the focus of the investigation. some of the officers on the scene told me as far as they know it appears to be contained and on prince place in largo. it was 1 45