continues. >> paul mueller live for us in hillsborough county. thank you paul. >>> the entire gulf coast is dealing with the damage left behind by tropical storm hermine. one of the hardest hit areas is to our north. this is video from cedar key in levy county. streets, businesses, homes all flooded by the storm surge. >> people there will spend most of the weekend cleaning up from the damage. jeff patterson joins us live from the area. jeff? >> reporter: good evening and rod. governor scott was here touring spots like this to see for himself. there was a mandatory evacuation order. a lot of people road out the storm in places like this and their stories are frightening. >> most of the night, we were on that couch. >> reporter: denise decided to ride it out in her condo. floor of her building. >> if you look out, you could see waves breaking over the rocks there. it was scary. it was very scary. >> reporter: as the storm raged on, things got worse. >> i saw my kayak float by which i had chained to the fence. then i saw the fence float by. it was

mueller wanted to resolve the case. he did not want to have the a trial where he would testify. >>reporter: as part of the plea deal the government is no longer seek ago life sentence for mueller. instead 40 years. >> right from the beginning law enforcement screwed up the investigation. >>reporter: police investigators first interrogated believing he murdered denise then called the kidnapping a hoax after only the cell phone was left behind and in a statement today the u.s. attorney office praised law enforcement including vallejo police for the high quality of work. couple attorney says fbi case agent david is also at fault. >> i'm sure he if a i would to disclose that he had a personal relationship with the intended victim and kidnapping. >>reporter: intended victim was the ex fiance. judge will make the sentencing decision in january. >> if ever was a man who deserveed to do life behind bars it's matthew mueller. >> known him since he was 4 and totally out of this character. >>reporter: this is more justice than we have ever gotten but won't be real justice until, until the

mueller held her hostage at his home in lake tahoe and demanded ransom. he then drove huskins the woman right here to her hometown of huntington beach and released her. >> mr. mueller was trying to show that he was accepting responsibility and we feel that this is the way that will someday open a door for him to return to society. >> attorney representing huskins and quinn said today's guilty plea is a big step toward justice but he also said vallejo police and the fbi mishandled this case by initially calling it a hoax. >> they didn't do a good job in this case. they impeded the investigation to the point where they had to suffer through two days of anguish and assault. >> douglas repertory says when huskins was being held, quinn told investors that the kidnapper planned to call him but the detectives put his phone on airplane mode and then missed the call. another attorney is representing the couple in a civil lawsuit against the city of vallejo. >>> new numbers to share with you tonight from the loma fire that's burning in the santa cruz mountains. cal

paul mueller, news channel 8. >>> three dozen stolen guns are on the streets this morning and they could end up in the wrong hands. >> yeah, polk county investigators are scrambling to find the firearms and the thieves who took them. meredyth censullo has information on a big reward and also why investigators think the thieves were no amateurs. >> reporter: yeah, unfortunately, deputies don't surveillance video is pretty crummy. it's a brown extended cab pickup truck with a chrome grill, wheels and bumpers. it pulls up to the store around 2:30 a.m. sunday. four people wait about 20 minutes and then three get out, smash the front window, rip out the burglar bars and take 26 hand guns and 10 long guns. the sheriff says this was well planned, the n well. >> they knew that the firearms were not secured in the store. they knew that the burglar bars weren't approximately installed. >> reporter: and that crime took just two minutes. there is an $8,000 reward. you can send your tips to remain anonymous. >> thank you. and we have posted the video on wfla.com if you want to look. >>> some pasco co

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i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm paul mueller in for gene ramirez. and this started around midnight when a woman claims she was robbed at gun point at a burg ryan hughes live at the scene right now where deputies are working this morning. ryan, what's up right now? >> reporter: well, good morning to you guys once again. the last of the deputies here at the burger king have since left the scene. at the height of this, there were roughly a dozen of them here along gunn highway investigating this crime. let's go to video right now. it shows k-9 units searching for the robber here in hillsborough. a helicopter looked from above.

paul mueller joins us with the latest. paul, is there a solution in sight? >> reporter: there could be, you know, that meeting happening right now here at city hall has been happening the last couple of hours. both men admit there is a whole lot of work that need to be done and they need to do it quickly. and two of the biggest options on the table, the quickest options on the table right now is to ramp up the expansion work at the southwest plant as well as reopen shut down just last year. exclusive video you will only see on newschannel8, water pouring out of the top of the holding tank out of a city waste water treatment plant. this comes after hurricane hermine slammed saint pete dumping 15 inches of rain on the city in four days. mayor kriseman got grilled by the council and we showed the video to other counselors. >> we have said multiple times on the record, the second we started discharging i thought should have informed the public. we should have informed the media. >> reporter: the water from the waste water treatment plant flooded the area. krisem

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i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm paul mueller in more gene. this started around midnight when a woman claims she was robbed at king on gunn highway. ryan hughes is live at the scene where deputies are searching in the air and on the ground. >> reporter: good morning to the you guys. once again, at this point, the hillsborough county sheriff's office looking for the person involved in this robbery. take a look behind me and you can see a number of units are still here onscene processing the scene at this hour. let's go to the video we shot a couple hours ago.

today an inspection yielded mold and newschannel8's paul mueller went looking for >> reporter: they are pulling their son south of the campus. >> here is is a major problem they are trying to cover up. we have lost all trust. >> reporter: they lost that trust when pictures of mold at the school surfaced. parents demanded answers that were tough to get. >> you said there was no mold, then you said there was mold which is it? mold or no mold? >> this is not qualified as mold of significant levels endanger human beings. >> reporter: the results, mold in the duct work hand in the floors. not dangerous, the founder says. >> can you stand here today and tell me, the teachers, the parents, and the students and assure them that there is no mold for the last time that there is no mold in this school, can you stand here and tell that to me truthfully? >> okay, i will tell you this. number one. >> reporter: no, yes or no? no in. >> there is no level of mold dangerous to the health of children. >> reporter: paul mueller, newschannel8. health has released an update on the zika virus confirming 19 ne

i'm paul mueller in for gene. night, two hbo shows came out on top. >> the emmy awards are trending this morning in tampa. much more on last night's winners in just minutes. >>> first a check on today's weather with leigh. good morning. >> good morning. as we start this work week we actually go through the last few days of summer. fall starts on thursday. we are feeling every bit of summer today. right now 75 in frostproof, 80 in sarasota. enough humidity to get the afternoon storms to form. a 30% rain chance at 4:00 p.m. the storms will be pushing inland. when it's not raining on you steamy with a high of 90. now at 4:38 i'll have a look at the tropics as well as where you can see that rainfall today. leslee is going to help you get through your morning commute. a few issues this morning. 275 at fowler looks fantastic. not so good over here on i-75 right around martin luther king. still have some flashing lights out there. this was a vehicle fire earlier. they have that out. none the less, a disabled vehicle stil

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paul mueller joins us live from the scene. this is a heated issue to say the least. >> reporter: racial tensions are mounting as they have been the last couple of days. i. i want to give you a good idea of what we are talking about. that is 22-year-old riggins. that store on the corner it says breakfast get and go. that is where he worked. now, it was back on tuesday that deputies executed a search warrant at his house. it was a month long investigation in which investigators bought pot after of him. they said the deputies had no choice to shoot when he didn't comply with their commands. >> they didn't see what he history of his arrests and connection to guns in the past. >> they murdered that boy. he was murdered by the police. the same people we call to some save us are kaling us. >> reporter: there are some deputy ins the parking lot there. if we could swing around here l are three there are several more if you like right there. these deputies want to keep the peace tonight. there is a concern that these protests could brea

. >> and i'm paul mueller in more gene. this started around midnight when a woman claims she was robbed at king on gunn highway. ryan hughes is live at the scene where deputies are searching in the air and on the ground. >> reporter: good morning to the you guys. once again, at this point, the hillsborough county sheriff's office looking for the person involved in this robbery. take a look behind me and you can see a number of units are still here onscene processing the scene at this hour. let's go to the video we shot a couple hours ago. robber. at last word the person got away. deputies the tell us the robber approached a worker as she locked up for the night. she was apparently carrying a bag of cash to be deposited at a nearby bank no. word if the robber got away with money. the woman -- bank. no word if the robber got away with any money. the woman did not appear to be physically hurt but obviously a scary situation for her. back here live at the burger a we're told that crime scene tech anythings will look at surveill

. >> a good monday morning to you i'm paul mueller in for gene night. two hbo shows came out on top and two made emmy history. >> much more on last night's winners in just minutes. >>> first a check on today's weather with leigh. good morning, leigh. >> good morning. and it is a steamy start to your monday. if you're just stepping out the door this morning maybe going to walk the dog in odessa it's 79 degrees. 76 in sun city center. widening this out a bit, dade city 76, frostproof 74, north part part 76. this humidity will translate into afternoon storms. this is your typical summer forecast. slim rain chance at noon, better rain chance during the afternoon and evening going up to a 40% chance. a high of 90. at 5:38 a look at the tropics as well as where that rain can fall. >>> leslee is going to let you know what is happening right now. roadway at 75 at martin luther king. that has cleared from the roadway. let's talk about clearwater beach. memorial causeway at island way an accident wrapping up there. over here in largo this one should be wrapping u

the answer, keith, no. >> paul mueller live in clearwater tonight, thank you. >>> two pasco county men face federal charges for burning a cross in the yard of an interracial couple. thomas zigler and william dennis were indicted today. the incident happened in 2012. prosecutors claim zigler and dennis relatedly harassed the couple eventually setting a cross on fire in front of their home. >>> a clearwater woman is carrie smith worked at a law firm. the victim came there for legal assistance. smith convinced him to pay her large amounts of money. detectives believe she stole more than $90,000 before the victim passed away last february. >>> the security firm that hired pulse nightclub shooter omar mateen is slapped with a fine by the state. the firm g4s listed the wrong doctor on psych screening paperwork for more than applications including mateen's. the state wants to fine the company $150,000 according to the tampa bay times. >>> this sunday will mark 15 years since one of the darkest days in this country's history, september 11th , 2001. americans are pausing to remember the victims

in tampa, paul mueller, newschannel8. >>> new numbers show saint petersburg released much more sewage into the bay than first reported. more than 128 gallons of partially treated waste water were dumped into the bay during hurricane hermine. newschannel8's jeff patterson shows us the blame game this mess has caused. >> reporter: as hurricane hermine pounded pinellas county, 15 inches of rain fell on saint petersburg in a four- day period. and the city of saint petersburg dumped partially treated waste water into tampa bay. >> climate change has arrived. >> reporter: in a new youtube video, the mayor explains the city faced a difficult choice. dump the waste water into the bay or let it back up into contributed to the problem. because they leak and storm water floods into the waste water pipes. >> this mayor doesn't have a pipe problem. he has a capacity problem. that is the primary issue. >> reporter: state representative kathlene peters is calling for a meeting of local leader to find out why the waste water was released and what can be done about it. jeff patterson, newschannel8. >>

i'm paul mueller in for gene today. and let's check in with >> that's right. f0 this is an active part of hurricane season. we've had ian and not a bother to anyone. and now we have julia and as of last night, tropical storm karl. so i'm going to focus on julia. still a tropical storm. actually yesterday downgraded to a tropical depression so it strengthened. notice the forecast track doesn't have it moving anywhere through the weekend. finally taking off to the north and east into next week and moving away from the carolina coast. and here's karl. miles per hour winds now. and it will slowly get some strength as it moves west. in fact, the latest forecast here, wednesday morning, it is a category one hurricane. i like seeing that the forecast is starting to move north. hopefully it will stay away from the united states but at this point, it bears watching because it's headed west. locally, feeling a little tropical. uncomfortable amount of humidity today. and that's going to translate into, well, typical summer if you live in the area, you can get by but no t

mueller held her hostage at his home in lake tahoe and demanded ransom. event driven haskins to her home in huntington beach and the minister. >> mr. mullins was trying to show that he was accepting responsibility and we feel that this is the way that will someday open a door for him to return to society. >> an attorney representing haskins and cleanses the guilty plea is a big step towards justice the office toledo police and the fbi mishandle the case by the first calling it a hope you that they didn't do a good job in the case. they impeded the investigation to the point where denise had to suffer through today's language and assault. >> the board says quinn told investigators the kidnapper plant to call him the detectives put his phone on airplane mode and then missed the call. miller attorneys representing the couple in a civil lawsuit against the city. >>> is 4:40 am and any spacesuited facing some disturbing charges. the rest that led to his arrest. check members of congress billing the head of wells fargo bank about the bank accounts, that were cr

i'm paul mueller in for gene today. and let's check in with with three named storms. >> that's right. karl is the latest one. it formed late last night. ian not going to have an impact on anyone. but julia regained tropical storm status although it's going to continue to just move around the south carolina and north carolina coastline for the next couple days. we will keep an eye on it. but for the most part, not much of an issue for us. and then there's karl which bearss at least a little bit of watching. 45miles per hour and it's slowly gaining strength, becoming about a 60 miles per hour storm on sunday. 70miles per hour storm on tuesday evening. it's still a long way away. we will just watch it for sure. now locally, it feels tropical. our humidity is high for this time of the year. it's not oppressive. that's july and august. but it's uncomfortable which will lead to showers, the first few popping up around noon. much better rain chances east evening. at 4:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i will have the eight-

paul mueller joins us live from the largo campus. and paul, first there wasn't mold, then there was. now it seems like we are back to square one. what is going on? >> reporter: it seems that way here at largo's plato academy, but it depends on what your definition of mold really is. and ... who you ask. >> within the third week of chronic coughs. >> reporter: they are yanking their son out of plato academy's campus. he has chronic upper respiratory problems. doctor's orders. >> there is a major problem they are trying to cover up. >> reporter: they lost their trust when pictures of mold at the school surfaced. parents demanded answers and they were tough to get. >> you said there was no mold, then, there was mold. you had said. >> i say it again. >> which is it? mold or no mold? >> this is no mold of significant levels that endanger human beings. >> reporter: the results, mold in the duct work and in the floors. not dangerous, the founder said. though with the tests comes a pretty big bill. >> so why spend $15,000 tearing up floors a

. >> and i'm paul mueller in for gene ramirez. and this started around midnight when a woman claims she was robbed at gun point at a burg ryan hughes live at the scene right now where deputies are working this morning. ryan, what's up right now? >> reporter: well, good morning to you guys once again. the last of the deputies here at the burger king have since left the scene. at the height of this, there were roughly a dozen of them here along gunn highway investigating this crime. let's go to video right now. it shows k-9 units searching for the robber here in hillsborough. a helicopter looked from above. away. deputies tell us the rob area approached a worker as she locked up the restaurant for the evening. she was carrying a bag of cash to be deposit at a nearby bank. that's when the man attacked. no word if he got away with the money. the woman was interviewed by deputies to give her account of the situation. she did not appear to be physically hurt. again, back here live, deputies have since left the scene and we're told detec

definitely more to come on this. >> all right, paul mueller live in tampa. thank you. >>> now, to some breaking news. detectives are working a suspicious death on saint pete beach. this is happening right now at the intersection of 78th avenue and kokino way in a residential area just a block from the water. deputies tell us that is where they found a man dead around 1:45 this afternoon. they are the second man and according to deputies, there is no danger to the public. >>> it is called home. a program designed to track young criminals but is it working? we took that to the state commission and newschannel8's jamel lanee joins us live from the juvenile detention center. the home program has been in place now for months but there are still program participants sitting right there behind you behind bars. >> reporter: that is exactly these teens cannot stay out of trouble, but the sheriff is defending his initiative he started about four months ago. early tuesday morning, two teens stir up trouble in a seminole neighborhood. janice saw police lights outside he

paul mueller joins us live now from st. petersburg city hall. paul, this keeps getting bigger and bigger. very controversial vote taken here by the council at city hall back in 2011. this was in around to closing the albert -- was in regard to closing the albert whitted wastewater treatment plant. it shut down last year and some say things have never been the same since. >> i think the second we started discharging at the northwest plant the next second we should have been notifying the media and public and letting them know. >> reporter: st. councilman steve cornell sounds off to 8 on your side saying he's done everything he could disappointed by the recent dumping of nearly 150 million gallons of sewage into the bay in the wake of hurricane hermine. >> these overflows wouldn't be happening because they were clearly caused by this closure. >> reporter: that closure? the albert whitted wastewater treatment plant. cornell said there's a good possibility the environmental nightmare could have been averted if only council had voted to keep the plan

thank you, paul mueller reporting live for us tonight in pasco county. want to catch uber, the service may soon be allowed to legally operate in hillsborough county. currently uber and lyft drivers face heavy fines if caught in hillsborough, put a proposed new deal requiring extensive background checks and insurance but no fingerprints may end the controversy. the only problem, cab companies continue to oppose the plan and it still has to be approved by the public transportation commission. >> it would prove that the ptc is on board with embracing new it would help rebuild the confidence with our state legislature by clearly showing them it's a new day in tampa bay. >> the ptc will vote on the proposed deal at their next meeting in october. >>> we are keeping an eye on hurricane matthew tonight. our chief meteorologist steve jerve is joining us from the forecast center with a look at this latest track. >> it's a little stronger tonight, 80 mile-per-hour winds northerly turn is eventually expected to happen. look at the satellite imagery as you can see do

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paul mueller has been checking out neighborhoods on the coastline all night long and i'm wondering how does it look for you out there right now, paul? >> reporter: just like jeff up in sand key we're seeing a little bit of a lull right now. the winds and rains are dying down just a bit. look at where i am standing on this footbridge right across this canal. i want you to take a look at has accumulated throughout the afternoon -- that has accumulated throughout the afternoon and into the night. take a look at that road out there. it's going to go clear over u.s. 19. streets turned into rivers in some coastal parts of crystal river, roads under water left behind, many homeowners who decided to ride out the storm. >> i can deal with it. >> reporter: craig ingram moved here about a year ago. he's not too worried, but just surge, we might be able to prevent any sort of flooding on the inside. so that's what we're hoping for. >> reporter: he spent the night stacking up sandbags and if it gets really bad -- >> i may take off. i'm not going to be like that guy on the titanic waiting for a wall

. >> but some didn't fare so well against the wicked ways of hermine and tonight paul mueller takes us to citrus county where two sea cows were rescued today and more rescued are on the way. >> reporter: at crystal river those two manatees were carefully lowered into the water earlier wednesday right into king's bay. folks from fwc to the rescue. >> we could see it was a manatee. they had it out of the water on a sling of some sort. >> reporter: carefully using nets hoisting them out of the mud and bringing them to freedom. >> how in the dickens they got in that ditch. >> reporter: hurricane hermine, that's how, leaving them stuck with nowhere to go, but they aren't the only ones needing to be rescued. >> there was a bigger b previously planned. >> reporter: that job to rescue the manatees in that pond at the plantation at crystal river. right now they're okay eating all that vegetation. >> the fish and wildlife people say it's wonderful for them. it's wonderful food. it's freshwater rather than brackish water and they're in no hurry to get them out. they're not in any danger. >> repor

wbz's louisa mueller is live in boston tonight. louisa? >> that woman suffered nonlife threatening injuries but you saw that video. it is pretty scary and unfortunately it's not the first incident of its kind. a duck boat surveillance camera was rolling. when this woman seemingly unaware rambled right into its oncoming path and the two collided. >> i just saw people gathering >> reporter: it happened in the busy back bay just before noon wednesday at the intersection of boston and arlington street. the video shows the woman was not in the crosswalk. >> seemed pretty concerned. >> reporter: the latest in a series of incidents involving the city tour company. first in april, when a moped driven by alison warmuth was crushed by a duck boat killing the 28-year-old. after that, boston duck tours must's parents to improve safety. >> we pray there will not be another tragedy like this one. >> in july another woman was struck by a duck boat in back bay. the company said she did not have a crossing signal. in august, a duck boat crashed into a driv

wbz's louisa mueller is live outside the home in vernon vermont. his background. >> reporter: lisa, court documents state carmen had a rifle that was similar to the one used in his grandfather's death. and that he had a history of violence as a child but carmen says he loves his grandfather and his mother. >> i just want to thank the public. for their prayers and for their concern. for both myself and my mother. >> reporter: a day after the coast guard returned him to associated press that he did not harm his mother. 54-year-old linda carman who finished at sea and had absolutely nothing to do with the death of his grandfather. whose murder is still unsolved. his father saying the same. >> two closest people to my son in the world. and let me just say that there's no way he would ever injure either one of them. the life raft he said he had been floating in for more than a week. he told the coast guard he lost sight of his mother when his boat sank during an overnight fishing trip that the to sit out on from rhode island. >> when i saw the life raft

i'm paul mueller in for candace this morning. we want to get you out the door this morning to get your sunday activities on so we head to head. reporter: good morning. any out door activities you have, the weather is picture perfect. just a gorgeous shot from land o' lakeses. 78 degrees for your current temperature there. 's clearwater. seventy-eight for brooksville. we've had one lone shower sitting just offshore of anna maria island there. the lightning is gone but still getting a few clouds from that. notice through the middle of the day, not much activity coming our way. by the afternoon, we could see a few pop up showers and thunderstorms. but it will be steamy at 90 degrees. >>> right now, deputies are investigating an early morning shooting happening just before 3:00 this morning on gandy boulevard north between waterford and oak street. deputies tell us one person was shot. at this hour, no word on the victim's condition. there's the map where it happened. we will bring you updates as soon as we get them. >>> some good ne

on the ensuing kickoff, andrew mueller finds the hole. he's not stopping for anyone. takes it all the way for the touchdown. his team couldn't be any more excited. around a minute to go in the first quarter on 4th, milke lake country lutheran wins this big time 40-14. >> reporter: king undefeated in the city conference. on the punt return, royce buckner. 49-0 win over milwaukee north. in our final segment of sports. >> reporter: the badgers open the big 10 schedule state. >> we always talk about opportunities. and we have an opportunity this week to play. and there will be opportunities in the 90s the game. offensively or defensively. and just being ready to maximize that opportunities. >> chris got great grabs. history. brewers rally in the 7th. two rbi single and the crew wins 5-4. a governor's proclamation making it ken sanders day all over the state of wisconsin. >> scott walker, the government state of wisconsin, proclaims friday september 23, 2016 as kent sanders >> reporter: matt kenseth looking for the season sweep in new hampshire. >> i don't have one at home

matthew mueller is expected for sentencing in january. >>> cameras were not allowed in the sacramentocourtroom but he admitted he drugged denise huskins and then kidnapped here. he held her hostage at his home in lake tahoe and demanded a ransom. he then drove her to her hometown of huntington beach and released her. >> mr. mueller was trying to show that he was accepting responsibility and we feel that this is the way that will someday open a door for him to return to society. >> an attorney representing hoskins and quinn says the guilty plea is a big step towards justice but he also said vallejo police and the fbi mishandled the case by initially calling it a hoax. >> they didn't do a good job in this case. they impeded the investigation to the point where denise had to suffer through two days of english and assault. >> he says one hoskins was being held, the kidnapper said he planned to call her boyfriend but his phone was put on airplane mode by investigators and they never received the call. >>> coming up at 6:00, the areas that will be targeted in an effort to eliminate traffic

butt kami mueller/ncgop spokeswoman: "if they were concerned standing up for the privacy and safety of their athletes, they would be much more concerned about the women who were being raped by baylor football players." )) ((brian loftus)) >> north carolina republicans called the nc-double a's decision -- quote-- absurd and silly. the acc says it is discussing how the law might affect their tournament games later this week./// ((brian loftus)) >>> one of the strongest has now set it's sights... still ahead on 8 news now,.. the valley's news leader.. and sherry will update us on the winds outside... and when fall weather will get here... ((you're watching 8 ((you're watching 8 news now at noon.)) news now at noon.)) tar as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. danny tarkanian's out for himself, not us. >>> taiwan is preparing as a powerful typ

commander brian mueller is the head of the local drug task force.n he heard tara overdosed on lsd, it just didn't add up. >> we don't see that with lsd-related drugs. >> lsd, also known as acid, was created by a research chemist back in the '30s and has been studied for decades. much is known about its effects. and in mueller's experience, he knows lsd can trigger deadly behavior. somebody jumps out a window or acts out because of the lsd? >> absolutely. yeah. injures themselves or gets in a fight or, yeah, jumps out a window. >> but the drug itself is not usually deadly. >> an lsd overdose typically isn't going to happen in our experience. and so our concern at that time is immediately what was ingested, you know, was that the cause of her death and is there any more out there? >> even tara's grief-stricken father was perplexed. >> when i heard "acid," i thought i have never heard about anybody overdosing from acid. so it seemed really peculiar. i mean, this is some of the things that were running through my mind. >> and another question, if tara a

i'm paul mueller in for gene today. and let's check in with meteorologist leigh spann today with three named storms. f0 the peak of hurricane season cement 10 south we are in an active period in the tropic, especially the atlantic. tropical storm julia, tropical storm ian and newly formed tropical storm karl. ian is not a problem for anyone. julia, it regained tropical storm status after it had been downgraded yesterday to a tropical depression but really it's just going to sit and spin off the carolina coast through the weekend and next week. not much of an issue. and now we turn our attention to karl. karlit 45miles per hour winds. moving west, it slowly gains strength. in fact, with the latest forecast this morning, it makes it a category one hurricane by 2:00 in the morning on wednesday. but what i really like to see is they're starting to turn this to the north. there's the united states coast way over there. we will watch it because it is head add cross the atlantic but it's a long way away. what we do know, it fe

pleading not guilty to charges of stealing cash meant to pay parking tickets..prosectors say melissa mueller failed to record at least three different payments in july.the alleged theft was caught on surveillance cameras. milwaukee philanthropist michael cudahy is hoping the public can help find his missing swans.a family of five trumpeter swans.... dad, mom in these photos. the kids are 30 pounds and mom and dad are around 60 pounds if you know anything, you are asked to contact the pabst theater up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--the racine county event aimed at helping needy families get ready for the school year.plus - what some international students at carroll university say they expect to find here in wisconsin let's take a look at tonight's prime time lineup....at 6:30 packers pregame at i packers as they take on the chiefs in kansas city.then for a lot of families, "back to school" means an extra financial burden. there are a lot of supplies to get, and things to prepare for. last night in racine, hundreds of families got some much needed help. knapp elementary school was

. >> if a man deserves life behind bars it is matthew mueller. >> reporter: they want to see prosecution for other crimes - - another attorney represents the couple in a civil case against the city, and it is still pending. >> the whole case is so bizarre, christina, i know the attorney also said that it was a case of mistaken identity. >> that is correct. the real intended victim of the kidnapping is a woman that appears to have similarities, as far as hair and body type, and today, he says he learned that the lead in the theater has a personal connection to the intended victim and calls at all conflict of interest. >> any word on how they are doing? i know they did not speak today, did they talk about it at all? >> one reporter asked how they are doing, they stood strong together, they were holding hands, you could tell that they did have a bond, and it is not a way to crew - - grow closer that is ideal, but it has brought them closer together. >> christina, thank you. >> you can click on the story at the top of the homepage for more information. >>> a deadly motorcycle accident in val

i'm paul mueller, news channel 8. >>> the branch of county government learned about a train wreck by watching an 8 on steven andrews tells us, they kept the mosaic sinkhole contamination a dirty secret. >> this hole swallowed 15 million-gallons of radioactive water in august and dumped that into the aqua fur. that is moving west. in addition to keeping neighbors in the dark, now we learn mosaic waited until the 11th hour to bring this to commissioner stacie white. >> i was briefed by a mosaic that the news broke. >> even they were kept in the dark. >> we did not hear from mosaic. we heard it from the news like everybody else i think on thursday evening. >> what is more shocking, florida's department of environmental protection sat on this, as well. >> we were not notified by dep. we reached out to them when we heard of the news. >>> gary clark laughed it off dep's blackout. >> [ laughter ] >> are you in communication? >> why should have the department done more? >> [ laughter ] >> what is not so funny is the contaminated water that has radium, sodium and acidic. >> if you detect a ta

paul mueller breaks down some of the issues facing those candidates tonight. >> lots of controversies on the campaign trail right now. the birther issue is back in the news. trump suggesting clinton dearm her security detail. and young voters, could bringing bernie sanders out on the election campaign trail help clinton. donald trump admitted for the first time ever president obama was born in the u.s., ending the controversy he began years ago, falsely pinning the blame on hillary clinton. >> i think the issue was settled with ail democratic voters and all independent voters. >> i don't think this is really an issue. basically, you know, trump needs to stay on focus on the issues. haven't then there's trump suggesting clinton dearm her security detail, also falsely saying clinton wants to take guns away from law abiding really are concerned about this issue, that trump is actually reaching out to, they're going to vote for trump regardless, but he always has to go one step too far, like saying that clinton should disarm. another example of why we can't control himself. >> reporter: a

james mueller, [inaudible] thank them. [applause] and on the construction management side, we have [inaudible] construction management. [inaudible] from public works involved in over 4 billion dollars of construction projects in san francisco and very luckily because we are busy and able to build the workforce to dlinch the projects. like all projects today is a milestone and will put the final steel beam up and make sure the project is completed on budget and on time. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mohammed. this modern facility provides structural, operation resiliency and efficiency. the new aufs moves us as city in the direction and strengthens our resiliency. here to speak next is chief medical examiner, dr. michael hunter. [applause] >> i want to thank two people today. i want to certain mayor ed lee and city administrator, naomi kelly. i want to thank them for their vision. if not for their commitment we wouldn't be here today. they understood early on the need to have this facility so want to thank th

that is following us tonight with david mueller. >>> the mother of a kidnapping victim making a plea to anyone who might be able to help. the fbi still looking for this man. seen walking down an alleyway before he took a 6-year-old cleveland girl right from her home. and because that man is still out there, she says that life will not be the same until he tonight, the mother spoke with us. we're live at fbi headquarters. tracy, they are the most concerned because he appears to be a stranger -- it appears to be a stranger abduction. >> reporter: those cases are rare. only 50 every year nationwide. that is why there is an urgency to find this man who the fbi agents called dangerous. >> there is no kids safe out there while he is on. >> for 17 hours, kristi jones told me she was living a wake up from. her 6-year-old snatched from her home on west 104 -- taken to a house and held in a bedroom for hours they've been dropped off in a neighborhood not far from her home. fbi agents believe this is the man that to christie's daughter. they also believe he tried to take a 10-year-old elyria gr

. >> paul mueller shows us how a complaint brought action. >> reporter: students claim they were dressing up like ghosts but the ghosts wasn't buying. >> usually pointed hats. >> for him to see this today hurt his spirit. >> outrage. just complete outrage. >> reporter: and another student wearing a confederate flag. >> what message does that send to a student? >> a horrible message there. needed to be a lesson. the fact that you cannot walk around spewing hate. >> reporter: the superintendent calls the costumes unacceptable. >> it was dealt with quickly this morning. >> reporter: though parents swept under the rug if they hadn't gotten on social media. either way, a big lesson for the school community. just a costume or what it stands for? >> if our kids are bringing this type of stuff to school, we need to try to hit it on the head and try to prevent it from happening. >> the race relations and everything going on across the country, the last thing we need is to have any student dressed up regardless of race, dressed up in that type of costume. >> reporter: channel 8. >> for the three st

paul mueller one of our reporters captured that. venice beach, treasure coast, that is where he was ca we saw that into pinellas county and sarasota primarily but pinellas included as well. >>> showers and thunderstorms to the north. there is that clump of thunderstorms in a line. tropical storm matthew is definitely here and moving to the west. it is in the caribbean now. the forecast will be higher sheer environment category 1 storm saturday with 92-mile-an- hour winds. this will change, because you 60-mile-an-hour winds and moving fast to the west at 18 miles per hour. you dan get an idea the consensus is following closely to watch the national hurricane center is saying but that can change. >>> well formed system and moving quickly to the west. a lot of convection. thunderstorms, and on the european computer model which does weather, the factors warm ocean waters and light wind sheer. it could interact with mountainous areas on hispanola and cuba and this could help to move that system to the north. it is all about timing in the

in worcester, lous, uisa mueller. >>> police are looking for a fire. some stood beneath it on a barrel outside of the corner store. three people were seen running away from the scene. the investigators hope that other surveillance cameras in the area can give them a clearer picture of who those suspects are. >>> and volunteers are doing everything they can to protect dozens of dolphins on cape cod. it comes one day after rescuers and strangers race to save a stranded pod near wellfleet. katie brace has emergency boaters. >> reporter: rescuers stood here in case. a pod of dolphins was in the harbor dangerously close to the shoreline as the tide went out. two locals were not going to allow a repeat of thursday's stranding. >> come on, baby, go! >> reporter: an evening of oystering changeed to a dolphin rescue mission. they were in wellfleet harbor when they spotted 20 dolphins. >> when we went out at 4:00, they were still in there. >> reporter: the international fund for animal welfare that rescues stranded animals stood ready on the pier. they were conc

news channel 8's paul mueller has new information from st. pete city hall. >> reporter: a lot of this centers around a vote made by the city council here back in 2011 and that was to shut down the albert waste water treatment plant. now the doors closed just last year but some say things haven't been the same since. >> like the second we started discharging at the plant, the been notifying the media and public and letting them know. >> reporter: the st. petersburg city councilman sounds off to 8 on your side saying he has done everything he could, disappointed by the dumping of nearly 150 million-gallons of sewage into the bay in the wake of hurricane hermine. >> these overflows wouldn't be happening because they were clearly caused by the closure. >> reporter: the closure, the treatment plant. he says there's a good possibility this environmental averted if only council voted to keep the plant open. and in the wake of the water woe, the mayor put water resources director and the engineering director on unpaid administrative leave. both saw t

the ransom above all else, kayla mueller, woman from arizona killed by isis. wasn't ransom give edge for her? kennedy: u.s. government would no the allow her family to negotiate. meghan: u.s. government would not allow her family to negotiate. kayla mueller can die but these people can't. live by the law. melissa: get sandra in here. sandra: i'm letting meghan go, because this is something clearly fuming about. you have been, spoken on our show many, many times about that besides whether they can confirm money or payment to terrorism, just talking about the risk that it did, whether or not there is confirmation of it. meghan, you've been passionate on this issue. >> we don't allow families to negotiate and pay ransom. meghan: because we're funding terrorism. melissa: why okay the government to do it? kennedy: a bit hypocritical the united states government if they won't call it ransom call it leverage. the point cash was made for the transfer of american prisoners, wrong, wrong the absolutely 100%. >> i understand what you're saying but i don't think i think w

. >> paul mueller shows us how a -- ryan hughes joins us now. and the school district only got involved because parents went to the media. >> reporter: gene, good morning to you. the parents say they are outraged by this and they say they contacted the principal here at wiregrass high school and she claimed the issue was resolved. their son texted again and said costumes. >> my reaction was how could the school board or the high school say that this is just merely pictures of kids in ghosts uniforms. to me, it felt like they were covering it up and they didn't want to address what is a huge issue. >> reporter: the parents contacted the press and then the superintendent of schools addressed the issue and explained how the students were suspended. now this wasn't the at the high school. another student was pictured wearing a confederate flag on his back. that student wasn't reprimanded because the school doesn't punish anyone for displaying any kind of flag on school grounds no. word if the rules or guidelines regarding costumes will be changed be