let's head straight to michael paluska live at the duvall park apartments. michael. >> reporter: jamison, deputies telling us they had no other choice. they are still here on scene investigating. witnesses also told us that they did see the man lunge at deputies with that knife. we also did see a picture that we are not showing our viewers it did show that man holding a very large kitchen knife. the 911 call came in just before 5:30. pinellas county investigators say the man who was shot and killed by deputies had just battered his girlfriend. she ran to a anybody's home with her children and told deputies that her boyfriend was armed. >> they described the door opening quickly. he had the niefn his hand and said you are going to have to kill me. >> reporter: deputy tyler green sh >> one officer is over to the right, and the one to the left popped him. they didn't after choice. you don't do that. >> reporter: a number of children witnessed the shooting. duvall park is a community to help veterans in need get affordable housing. a board member says the man who

michael paluska, abc action news. >>> tampa's immigrant community also protesting tonight in tampa. cameron polom tells us why they're so worried about a trump presidency. >> reporter: for immigrants who heart. >> i got sick. >> reporter: there's growing concern. >> i said, oh lord, we are in trouble. >> reporter: people from cuba, the dominican republic and florida taking to the streets. >> i want him out of office. >> reporter: as a teen, this man ran through a mine field, then scaled the fence at guantanamo bay just to reach the anti-immigration stance could produce laws that rip families apart. >> i know men in the united states that have been here for 30, 40, 50 years, and they are illegal but they're paying taxes. >> reporter: cars driving by honk their horns in agreement. some drivers even yelling their support from their car windows. concerned trump's temperament could lead to a conflict sending her son to war. while their hope of trump stepping down isn't likely it's not stopping these immigrants from making their voices heard. >>> good evening, everybody. clear skies acros

michael paluska. >> a deputy had to use force to subdue a woman and the story said his story fell apart when crews checked the surveillance truck behind me at this mobile gas station. a surveillance camera caught the entire incident and the sheriff says it is obvious that the deputy crossed the line and lied about it. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. >> there is no question in sheriff bob's mind his deputy made up what happened on this night, march 25th during a traffic stop. >> you don't tell the truth. shoved him. the sheriff showed the moment showing the moment he grabbed her license back. >> he claims he was shopped by her. >> and that never happened. >> and then a fight. >> the sheriff says his deputy lied on the report and even charging the woman with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. >> it was clear that there is no contact. that there was no push or shove or anything. >> investigating the sheriff says the truth was clear and the charges against taylor were dropped. during wagner's two years with the office he was praised for his

michael paluska talking to parents on the fence about seat belts in buses. >> they forget about it. they did nothing. >> romero is revereis sent letters to the school saying the buses will have seat belts. >> i am interested in justice and having a new bus. >> this video from imia a company that tests features shows how scary a rollover school bus crash can be in the odessa crash there was video inside the bus before impact into the pond. >> i make sure they are clipped with no seat belts on. >> shantel gassery's 11 year- old son was thrown from his seat and wound up under water. >> it was best that at the didn't have the seat belts on because they got out from under the water easier and quicker and better. >> parent we spoke to that watched the video out of chattanooga are extremely grateful that the school bus they were riding on went past the tree and missing it by a few feet and missing another tree closer to the water. >> however, if it would have been a couple to those trees we could have been in the same situation. >> the first thing i saw when i saw that bus into that big tr

abc action news reporter michael paluska breaks it down tonight. >> we have video of the notes in question getting placed onto the podium. >> it was a strange thing to begin with the start of with the powerpoint of 10 minutes into the speech after the candidate cut one of the staffers came up to us frantic. at the time that worker asked us about the notes and we thought they were misplaced because the power went out when the bullhorn and a flashlight there was a lot of confusion. today the tram campaign reached out to abc action news looking for our photographer for information. we confirm through of asked if they got video or so who might have taken the notes of pence off of the podium. it is unclear whether these notes contain the speech her last night or what he wrote them in containing top-secret information they campaign does not want to be linked to the clinton camp. this is a breaking story we will continue to update. >> the campaign trail focused on the bay area again with hillary clinton over my shoulder. in a few minutes her husband will take the stage in st. petersburg we have m

michael paluska has more on why the -- >> they said evacuate everybody out of here. >> oh my god. >> that car is fixing to blow up! >> chaos, extreme chaos. it melt a guy's car right there in the driveway. >> reporter: kayo getting everyone out of the house. >> reporter: a fire started inside a recycling truck. the driver nod where to go. >> and all of a sudden it just erupted into a big black smoke. >> this guy was not safe there. this mailbox into the ground. neighbors we spoke to say they couldn't believe that just because the truck was on fire that the driver dumped everything out, putting this neighborhood in danger. a representative said the driver followed protocol and did everything right. >> he put all of our houses, families, kids that we even have running around out here, pets, everything in jeopardy. >> reporter: waste pro doesn't know the exact cause believes someone mixed chemicals or flammables in with trash. >>> police in lauderdale lakes are searching for two burglars who broke into a restaurant and grabbed the cash registers. ru68 $2,000. >>> we want to you take a l

reporter michael paluska shows us the major disruption that forced pence to campaign old school. >> reporter: kind of a fitting and bizarre night here. he trick or treaters a short time ago but it was a pretty bizarre turn of events that includes the lights going out and him grabbing a bullhorn. the mike pence rally started strong. then less than 10 minutes in -- >> but as more facts from this investigation come to light, men and women in florida -- >> reporter: pence stood silent, then walked off the >> we are going to make sure hillary clinton never wins the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: pence focused heavily on the reopening of hillary clinton's e-mails. >> we commend the fbi because here in this country no one is above the law. >> reporter: compared to a donald trump rally this group was tame. hundreds packed the hangar compared to thousands that show up for trump. >> this is why i'm out here for mike, because i feel that he gives stability to the whole program. >> give it up for the coast guard, everybody. are these people great or what? >> reporter: despite interruption

michael paluska shows us why owners are shocked at what the their studio because the power is out, they can't pay the bills, they have their computers here. nothing was stolen, it was just tipped on its side and broken. then they went to the kitchen in the back, unplugged this fridge, opened up everything and let their food rot. >> absolutely destroyed our studio. >> reporter: this is what 444 radio in sarasota looked like a couple of weeks ago, the owner recording the aftermath left behind by a vandal on his cell phone. >> we're out. >> they stole our cash and broke 100% of everything else. >> reporter: they're both shocked to learn none of their equipment was stolen. >> i would have been okay, maybe a little better, if they would have just stole everything. >> reporter: however, $15,000 worth of computers, micro phones, mixers destroyed. >> we work hard and we've been working hard for a long time so this is tough. >> reporter: they have 200,000 job. and now the radio station is off the air. >> mostly anger honestly. i've been depressed because this is basic while eve always wanted to

. >>> michael paluska has more on why family members of that little girl always thought her mom was guilty. >> 911 what is your emergency? >> my baby is missing! >> reporter: that was part of the 911 call that she made that for her daughter aliayah lunsford. neighbors tell us lunsford kept to herself. family members in west virginia told our affiliate they are relieved. >> this is what we have been working for the whole time is to get closure, to find answers for the truth. we have all had our suspicions. we have all had our ideas what happened. and everything always goes back to lena and ralph. >> reporter: her aunt has always said she thought that she killed her child. the sheriff of louis county, west virginia is holding a news conference to release more lunsford's arrest here in pinellas county. mike mibach cal pallas hupe, abc action news. >> a serial flasher now off the streets and behind bars. police say this man would drive around asking for directions while touching himself. deputies arrested him today after linking his wife's car to the vehicle he was driving when he committed th

michael paluska is live at the scene where the damage stretches for several miles. >> reporter: james, pretty incredible. it actually drove right through the seawall. if you pan over you can see one of the boats got clipped and is now laying under the dock. let's show you the boat, the one responsible that witnesses describe seeing driving through the bay about two hours ago. we're told there were two people on board. they were driving extremely fast. they hit multiple docks in this area close to the seawall, then they went and hit a sailboat, drug through each part of the areas that they hit. these are wooden, solid frame docks that this boat hit. a commercial fishing boat. people here were just unbelievably amazed at what happened and that these guys weren't stopping. they even said there were kids out on some of these docks just moments before they were hit. >> they were on the dock fishing. a good thing, because one of the parents saw them coming and started yelling at them, and with those kids all over the dock, that would have been an ugly sight. >> reporter: fwc is investigatin

pete, michael paluska, abc action news. >>> happening tomorrow, florida governor rick scott will meet trip fueling speculation scott could be joining the trump administration. earlier this week scott floated the idea that he could run for u.s. senator. >>> tonight immigrant groups concerned about what president donald trump might do in office. during the campaign mr. trump promised to overturn laws that protect undocumented people who came to the u.s. as children. even president barack obama has asked trump to reconsider his plan. roughly 750,000 teens and adults have applied for petersburg, a toddler recovering tonight from a near drowning, police telling us that the 23-month-old girl fell into a pal at her home. officers say her mom noticed the child in the water not moving. the mom started cpr until paramedics arrived. doctors say the child is expected to make a full recovery. >>> good evening everyone. in weather, temperatures right now mostly mid-50s. valrico 59. skies are clear. they are going to stay that way. our rain chances right through the weekend, for that matter right th