i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. >> a new florida law takes credit card skimmers. it is requiring gas station owners to better protect customers. john rogers explains the new changes. >> reporter: skimmers are increasingly being found inside gas pumps throughout tampa bay. they are becoming more sophisticated. so lawmakers want to december courage it. starting saturday, a new law will increase the offense of the crime so criminals can serve a longer sentence. >> before, it just wasn't taken very seriously. it was sort of unknown as a crime. so there was a low penalty. idea. because right now, it wasn't enough. and it is nice to see they are doing something about it. because, it is a problem. >> reporter: the law also increases penalties against crooks who have fraudulent credit cards and gas station owners will be required to take certain security measures to prevent skimmers are being installed. now, along with the new law, they want driver to be vigilant at the pump. john rogers, newschannel8. >>> do the owners of recalled note 7 phones samsung rel

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a new florida law will take effect late they are week. the new law increases the penalties for installing the devices which means more time behind bars and it increases penalties on those who steal credit card information and requires gas station owners to take measures to protect their customers from skimmers. the new law starts o ctober 1st. >>> right now, many around the world are mourning the former israeli president shimon peres. he is known as one of the founders of israel. he shared a nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace deal. president barack obama called him a friend who forceds to expect more of ourselves. he was 93 years old. >>> coming up on 4:38. hump day, how is it looking out there? >> well, similar to yesterday. you might notice it's a few than yesterday. yesterday was a little bit of a treat. let me take you hour-by-hour through the temperatures. we start around 76 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and it will still warm up quickly. 81 at 10:00. around noon, 85 degrees. we hit 88 at 3:00. and 87 degrees at 4:00 p.m. what about the

a new florida law will take effect late they are week. the new law increases the penalties for installing the devices which means more time behind bars and i penalties on those who steal credit card information and requires gas station owners to take measures to protect their customers from skimmers. the new law starts o ctober 1st. >>> right now, many around the world are mourning the death of former israeli president shimon peres. he suffered a massive stroke two weeks ago. he shared a nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace deal. president barack obama called him a friend who forced us to expect more of ourselves. he was 93 years old. >>> let's see what's happening weather-wise? >> not too bad this morning. almost all of us completely dry. mary a little more humid than yesterday morning and. the reason is, we have the onshore wind flow. and notice the spotty showers all out in the gulf of mexico. a few of those may get onshore in the next few hour your temperatures. we go from about 76 degrees at 7:00 a.m. to 81 at 10:00. and an after

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. florida said they have found zika in infected mosquitoes for the first time in the continental u.s. officials say that development is disappointing but not surprising after dozens of nontravel-related zika infections in people in miami-dade county. but until now they hadn't been able to find mosquitoes with the virus. >>> in a major announcement today georgetown university, the oldest jesuit institution in the u.s., says it will start making amends descendants of people it bought and sold as slaves to get the same treatment as its most elite alumni. nbc's kristen welker with more. >> reporter: it was news maxine crump and michelle harrington could have never imagined. >> it was shocking. >> reporter: earlier this year the sisters learned they're the direct descendants of a group of slaves sold to louisiana in 1838 to save georgetown university from bankruptcy. today another stunning revelation. 272 slaves sold and anyone who helped build the university will now get preferential treatment in t

hena daniels, cbs news. >> florida state staged the >>> time now for the chevy sports break. >> it seems like the rockies either get good offense or good pitching and it is usually more offense then pitching. yesterday the rockies had a huge third inning playing the san francisco giants with the bases loaded for cargo. a grand slam made it 5-0 with the rockies scoring six runs in chad bettis was the talk of the day become the second pitcher to pitch a complete game shutout allowing two kids or fewer at coors field. >> you do that and it was outstanding. >> it is something that is a once in a lifetime. hopefully it workers a little lifetime. the rockies and the giants back at it again today. >> this has been the chevy sports break brad stuver chevrolet. the most reported car company ,, (?) (?) but you have got a full day ahead of you, try mucinex 12-hour. only mucinex has a unique bi-layer tablet. the white layer releases immediately. mucinex is absorbed 60 percent faster than store brands. while the blue extended release layer lasts a full 12 hours. relieve chest congestion with mucinex,

new athletic director away from another sec school. after six years at mississippi state scott strickland becomes florida's new a. d. he replaces foley who ended up retiring. >>> after a beating usf last week north carolina or at least that's what their head coach jimbo fisher says amidst rumors that he may be in the mix for the lsu job. he was there from 2,000-2006 before he joined the florida state staff. he was ls ushs's coordinator coach so he has history. many believe this is the one job that he could possibly leave tallahassee for but fisher maintains he's had no contact with the folks in baton rouge. i don't listen. i don't accept anything. don't talk anything. don't do anything. i'm not talking about lsu no. and i'm not -- we're talking about north carolina. >> he is not talking about lsu. i don't know if that was a job denial. but he's not talk about it. guys back to you. >> anchor: that's his agent's job to talk to lsu. >> that's right. >>> finally tonight a man who was given just six months to live chose not to give up and fought for his life. >> now he is going help others do the same thing. his nam 14 y

so -- and this is home. >> reporter: they plan to ride out florida's first hurricane in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, apalachicola, florida. >>> al roker joining us. when can we expect landfall? >> some time late tonight, savannah. but you can see the eye of the storm right now. this is strengthening. if there's any good news, it doesn't have a lot of time to strengthen much more. so that's good. we have tornado watches in effect in central florida, and we're watching hermine 85 miles south of apalachicola, 75 mile-per-hour winds moving east at 14. landfall late tonight in the panhandle. by early saturday afternoon it's off the carolina coast. we're watching this and the cone of uncertainty still includes boston, new york. it will continue to expand. we may be talking about this into early next week. we have tropical storm watches, hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings all the way from atlantic city to apalachicola. storm surges, the flooding that comes onshore, 6 to 9 feet in the big bend area, 1 to 4 feet in tampa. georgia/north carolina coast could see 1 to 3 feet. we have the possibilit

new footage released of the shooting that injured an nhp trooper. ((patrick walker)) >> and... hurricane hermine slams into florida's gulf coast. we'll take a look at the damage. ((kirsten joyce)) 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader, starts right now./// ((now, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) ((kirsten joyce)) >> hurricane hermine is bearing down on florida's big bend area ...after making landfall overnight. thanks for waking up with us i'm kirsten joyce ((patrick walker)) >> and i'm patrick walker in for brian. the category 1 storm already took aim at the state's gulf coast.. pounding areas with heavy rain. forecasters fear the system could even trigger tornadoes. don champion has the latest from the florida panhandle. of florida's panhandle with heavy rain -nats- and forceful winds shortly before making landfall overnight. in coastal community of pasco county late last night- people tried enjoying the scenebefore the boardwalk was inundated with water. (sot felipe reyna/ fl resident) i hope everyone is safe and alright but other than that i'm here to play // (sot gov rick scott/ r-fl) this is life

. >> a new florida law taking effect this week will crack down on credit card skimmers. >> right now on newschannel8 at 6:00. >> the governor at the giant mosaic sink hole. but 8 on your side wants to know when he learned about the crater. >> and a toddler fatally shot in a tampa apartment. tonight, new information about who pulled the trig. >> plus, cracking down on crooks at the gas pump. good afternoon everybody. i'm jenn holloway. >> i'm keith cate. it took a month, but the governor lineally showed up at the site of the sink hole. notifying neighbors about a potential threat to their well water? this attempt for answers has been going on quite some time. steve andrews broke the story 12 days ago. and once again, today, steve is pressing the governor for answers. >> reporter: expectations for high today. the governor's ounce announces he is meeting at the sink hole site. helicopters buzzing him around. the press is expecting an explanation. what did he deliver? a whole a quick helicopter tour provided governor scott with a bird's eye view of the sink hole causing concern in mulber

nick bryant, bbc news, florida. katty: for more on the status of the campaign i spoke with anthony zurcher. ofs is the beginning september, generally a critical time that sets the tone for the rest of the election. how is it standing? anthony: it is a 60-day's trip to the finish. the polls are starting to tighten. that should not be too much of a surprise. hillary clinton got a bump out of her convention, but some republicans are coming home to donald trump, and some wavering of clinton supporters because of the steady beat of media coverage on the clinton foundation and e-mail servers. they're not willing to go to donald trump, but they say they are not supporting her when the polls come out. katty: i spoke to a democratic supporter yesterday, and even she said that what is frustrating is that these are problems of mrs. clinton's own making. is there anything that she can do to change her fortunes herself? anthony: a lot of it is baked into the cake at this point. she comes out in interviews talking that the e-mail

cecilia vega abc news, orlando, florida. >>> and be sure to stay with abc news for full team coverage of that first big debate. 9:00 eastern here on abc, and it will be live streamed on abcnews.com. >> it will be a big night. of course, later on after that on tuesday morning, we'll have full analysis right here with the political team, but the candidates are preparing. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today. donald trump has a rally later tonight in philadelphia suburbs. >> a lot of talk of how they are preparing for all of this. we're hearing from their campaigns they're preparing rather differently. we'll have more on that coming up as well. >> the question that's not been answered, who in the mock debates, if there are mock debates, plays hillary clinton and donald trump? >> i always want to know that. who is fake hillary and who is fake donald? >> that'd be weird. many ideas popping into my head -- not politically correct ideas. >> looking forward to seeing how the debates play out. again, so much anticipation, more so than in other first debates in recent memory. >> abso

abc news, florida. >>> well, coming up, we're going to have the rest of the morning's headlines including a troubling story from tulsa. >> family and friends of crutcher are searching for answers after he was shot and killed by the police while apparently reaching into his vehicle. >> and strapping in all those young kids. but did you know that according to a new study, number of children are not properly restrained while riding around. what every parent needs to know. >>> check out our behind the scenes picks on instagram. you're watching "world news now." ahh...still sick, huh? i'll take it from here. i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. ah! what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. wow, that sort of blind-sided me. this is awkward. new mucinex fast-max clear & cool. feel the menthol burst. and clear your worst cold symptoms. start the relief. >>> in syria, new outrage this morning, a u.n. humanitarian aide convoy carry foods to temperatures of thousands was hit by an air strike, at least 12 killed, and it happened m

>> replaced the new florida chief. like they are starting to open up field offices, it's late. it should help. one of the things the trump camp pushes back on, look, if ground game made that much of a difference and we had no field offices, we're tied in the polls. what's the big deal? it's easy to say now because it's a snapshot in time. one of the things the ground game does is help plant the steeds come to fruition during the general election. and right now, it still looks like shint better organized, better messaged, and better on task, but we still have two months to go and absentee ballot goes in the mail between october 4th and october 11th, florida's going to start voting in short order. >> chrissy, very quickly for you, new reporting from nbc news today about how portman and trump could be helping each other in your state with portman kind of getting that white collar vote, trump going for blue collar. how could that help trump potentially? >> yeah, you know, the portman campaign is drawing a lot of the tradit

news." >> florida won't forget hermine anytime soon, floodwaters plague areas northwest of tampa forcing evacuations from low lying mobile home passion -- parks and apartment buildings. 350,000 people are without electricity. without power, some schools as well may not reopen tomorrow. >>> tropical storm warnings are up along the massachusetts coast. boat owners spent yesterday pulling their vessels onshore in anticipation of a swipe from hermine. coast guard crews headed out to monitor the waters offshore. the seas picked up after midnight because they want to be in position in case any rescues are needed. keep 6abc.com/weather at your finger tips, you're a few clicks away from hourly forecast and updates on facebook and twitter is a good way to stay connected. >>> we're following breaking news from the philadelphia eagles. rookie quarterback carson wentz will start on sunday against the browns. doug peterson made the announcement after they said sam brad folder was heading to the strike -- bradford was heading to the vikings. he said he was ready to play with having no preseason experi

we want to begin with breaking news. florida hit with its first hurricane in more than a decade. hermine slammed into the florida coast early this morning as a category 1 hurricane. packing winds of up to 80 miles an hour. it's since been downgraded to a tropical storm. forecasters still warn the storm surge and flooding could be life threatening. so let's go right to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the latest on this as we continue to watch hermine as it's making its way across the land there in florida. again, being downgraded to a tropical storm. all right, bill is watching all of this as the rest of us, especially those in florida, how bad is it there, bill? >> good morning to you, betty. all night long the north florida coastline was the one that sustained the most damage with a lot of power outages around the tallahassee area. that's where they saw the highest winds. we haven't seen any reports on land of hurricane force wind. it was estimated it was a hurricane at landfall at 80-mile-per-hour winds about 1:30 in the morning. the storm has moved across northern florida, a

florida it is what it is. if you -- ride it out. >> watching fbn:am first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ ♪ compl.tropical storm hermine pounding northern florida georgia with winds heavy rain much sunshine state, under emergency tornados possibly across the region extent of hermine coupled to move into he carolinas tonight eventually up the east coast. >> sr., meteorologist live in fox extreme weather center with latest we are hearing that this is going to cross over land move offshore gain strength what can you tell us. >> definitely the possibility, of that, it is right onshore now, in north florida, and you can see the heavier rain bands moving through georgia and south carolina, tornado watch as you mentioned until 8:00 a.m. local time probably see, tornado watches being extended north and eastward with tropical systems we typically we tornados so that is going to be ongoing threat next couple days, tropical storm force winds probably very least gusts 50 miles per hour along the coast north florida georgia south carolina, at the very least tropical storm force wins six to 12 hours tropical st

the florida department of environmental protection is onsite investigating. >>> a new port richey auto sports store is in shambles after an suv slams into it. police say the car was going about 60 miles per hour. new port richey tell us was southbound on u.s. 19. it's six lanes. the suv crossed a median up and over the concrete and grassy divider, then hit a pole and didn't stop. >> that vehicle crashed a fire hydrant, rolls it on to sunset road, when we're on now, into a building at 60 miles per hour, crushing into a building. bayonet pointe with serious injuries. they question why was the vehicle going to fast. >>> this morning, a port richey man is dealing with raw sewage in his home. it's so bad, he is staying in a hotel. >> this is where it started, started filling up the toilet and tub eventually. as i said, it poured out , started coming out here. >> that's michael, describing what happened. raw sewage bubbled out of and bathtub, flooding his house. officials blamed overworked pumps and explain the pumps were trying to hand four times more water after recent flooding from hermin

so we new that florida was going to get slammed. but looks like the carolinas shall specially earn edges of the state, not to mention our shore lines, get hit with decent rain, as well, and current indications through labor day as the storm starts to actually starts to stall well off shore, are that we end up with several inches on the order of two and a half plus worth of rainout of this. so, very quickly, we want to walk you through the impact, short list of bullet minutes, wind gusts 06 miles per hour at the coast, dealing with coastal flooding, beach errosion, not the best beach weekends unfortunately, things really have gone downhill in that regard. but, temperatures have also been the same, top off 70s, majority of the holiday weekend. >> a lot going on, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, happy friday. burlington bristol bridge is back down now, also the construction on 95 northbound between allegheny and betsy ross bridge, two lanes block, now clear as well. and the vine, westbound side, now open, eastbound sid

. >>> a new florida law takes effect this week that will penalties and requiring gas station owners to better protect customers. news channel 8's john rogers explains the new changes. >>> good afternoon, the new law kicks in saturday october 1st. it's going to make it a much more serious crime to install a skimmer. skimmers are increasingly being found inside gas pumps throughout tampa bay, and they're becoming more sophisticated. lawmakers want to discourage it. starting saturday, a new law will increase the offense of the crime so criminals >> before, it wasn't taken seriously, it was unknown as a crime. there was a low penalty. >> the law also increases penalties against crooks who have fraudulent credit cards. and gas station owners will be required to take certain security measures to prevent skimmers from being installed. reporting in sarasota, john rogers, news channel 8. contaminated water began leaking into the aquaphor, the governor showed up at a mosaic plant in mull bury, governor scott flew over the sink hole that opened up in august beneath a gypsum stack. neither florida

news. >> adam: next on 7 a florida state football player surprising a new found friend with a shirt off h >> reporter: football around the corner and so is 90 degree heat. forecast up next. >> kim: then at 5:30 rocked by crime. the west coast land mark kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare...

could be 20 inches of rainn't to make matters more difficult, there could be tornadoes in florida and georgia. cbs news, clearwater florida. >>> to get rain like that, it is flat land. it just hangs out. horrific and it has the made landfall so there is a lot more to go. outside for us, we're talking about hermine in a moment, but we do have some blue skies. we have a little bit of cloudcover out there and it is warmer for us here in denver right now than it was yesterday. eastern plains are cooler. we had the fog yesterday and a little more cloudcover. 11degrees warmer in denver. 6degrees cooler. denver at 69 burlington so it is pretty nice. 73 greeley. avon, 77 steamboat. 85 in grand junction. >>> looking at our satellite and radar, we have some rain and a few thunderstorms as we head to our western side softer state and into the southwestern corner. here we're fairly dry right now. again, we still have the monsoonal flow so rain in texas right now and parts of oklahoma. we're going to talk about the tropical storm and it is hurricane yet. it will get up there by this evening so that will be the firs

would you still live in florida if the population ballooned to more than 30 million and a third of the state was roof tops? >> listen to this. a new study could be a reality in the sdapt future. university of florida researchers found that over the next five decades, sunshine state will grow by leaps and bounds from 20 million people to nearly 34 million people by the year 2070. this map shows the expected population growth. usual hot spots will see biggest influx of people. and that's especially so in corridor through polk county. this is important. because new homes, businesses and roads will swallow up millions of acres farms animal habitats and sdrascally increase urban pollution down to lake okeechobee. also costed drinking water sewage systems we know are already in trouble in parts of our area. the group that commissioned the study hopes the information gives the state plenty of time to plan for this influx of population. >> and you look at that map, right central florida. i know whaur athinking why can't we just move it further south? it's all swamp. you can't. so there are only certain places you can populate. we just hap

and could an insurace defnts a campaign sign put this florida senate in jeopardy. >> we have the video on the fox # 13, 11:00 news. >> thank you sin thee a. and police have arrested a man connected to a fire at a south florida noks. once attended by pulse shooter inside his home of michael slieb bertha linked him to the arson. schreiber is the one seen in surveillance video moments before the fire broke out. police say social media comments have also red thoam to consider the fire a hate crime. if convicted schreiber faces at least 30 years behind bars. >> uber and lyft and the commission are far from ending their battle over regulation. the ptca gave up some strictest rules to enforce. the croiz not in agreement here. uber threatening to leave tampa if rules proposed today are passed. the ptd crrks got wid ploiftsd con have fro vear shall ones. fairs and minimum wage time. they include fingerprint pript background checks with you bher and lyft propose and a cap on surge price at ten times the rate and no surge pricing during the emergencies. mosm we shall she see how it turns iewt. >> and is it too soon to see w

man: school ends, new at 11 - florida a & m >> new at 11:00, florida a and m university looking for a new president by a vote of ten to one. they a voted to call for myra imagine gum to step down immediately. even though she has six months left on her contract. she was the first woman president. she held t and ave years. and she was rocked by a hazing scandal and other issue. the school named larry robinson as interim president. and police arrested a man they say was sek lit rhettly video taping people in the dorm showers at the university of florida oof and they say the suspect was a student that lived on campus. de live there. students in the bath room. he told a friend while they were out drink and a few days late thear friend came forward and told police. we always urge people to let us know as soon as possibly that way that victim doesn't violate any one else. the fact that those privacy was taken in vait vaided like that and those videos could of gone anywhere. six people have come forward. fuentes is on interim suspension and not aloud permission. scott couldn't ask for a much

prepared or not, florida residentare in for a long night. don champion, cbs news, panama city beach, florida. 3 3 we've got much more news and weather ...coming up....including a live press conference from police chi breaking news now -- chief ed flynn is expected to hold a press conference any moment... milwaupo august has been the deadliest month on record since 1991 when murder victims were discovered in jeffrey dahmer's apartment. we will be bringing you the chief's statement live when he arrives so stay tuned for that. august 2016 numbershomicides and homicides per homicides total numbersaugust 2016 august 2016 numbershomicides total and homicides per 100,000 both milwaukee and chicago chicago year of 2016 numbers homicides total and homicides per 100,000 and homicides per homicides total numbersyear of 2016 numbershomicides total and homicides per 100,000 milwaukee and chicago two cities 3 thanks for looking in at four thirty -- libertarian presidential candidate, gary johnson will campaign in milwaukee tonight. tonight.his name will be on the wisconsin ball

new warning for , parents. the message from the nation's top pediatricians this afternoon. emily: a major development in the fight against zika-carrying mosquitoes in florida. new at noon, the health concerns embedded downpours. the timeline on when they taper off and humidity rakes. and unprecedented wins at the primetime emmys last night. a complete wrap up on the way. >> the 10:00 news on metv boston with maria stephanos and ben simmoneau. now on comcast channel 942, verizon 461, and over the air at v.o.: kelly ayotte says she's on our side, absolutely be defunded. v.o.: ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that, defund planned parenthood. and both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. ayotte: well i certainly think that roe should be overturned... trump: there has to be some form of punishment. matthews: for the woman? trump: yeah, there has to be some form. v.o.: ayotte and trump, wrong for new hampshire women. planned parenthood votes is responsible for the erika: we continue to follow breaking news. the man believed to be back on the weekend explosions in new york and new jersey captured. shootout with police in linden, new jersey. two

according to a new study income equality is the worst in new york and connecticut but florida ranks fifth in the country. the naples area has the biggest dissparity. employees filed lawsuits against the bank. >> comes amid allegation that's employees opened accounts not authorized by customers. the employees say they were wrongfully terminated because they didn't meet their impossible quotas and made an example of "so that all other employees would learn they must engage in these fraudulent actions in order to meet the unrealistic sales quotas." >>> keep watching this video. you're seeing boaters speeding away after they say an 11 foot long gator tried to take a bite out of their boat. the two men from brevard county say they are just happy to get away from the monster gator. the gator though did do some damage to their boat. like a movie. >>> upper 70s now. mostly clear, clouds will begin lunchtime 88. 40% coverage today. keel futurecast that for you coming up in a few minutes. >>> 5:40. still to come -- are the bucs bad habits back? what went wrong? >> the most adorable incident z246oz

a new mom with ties to florida is among the victims. >>> is former florida governor jeb bush turning on donald trump? why some think he could be casting his ballot for another party this fall. f0 >>> we are tracking breaking news. a deadly crash on 75 north of the i-4 junction. right now the southbound lanes of 75 are completely shut down. and just ahead, leslee lacey has the latest on how to get around this morning for your morning commute. >>> thank you for joining us on first, let's get you out the door because the tropic, it's heating up. >> yeah, a big development overnight when the hurricane center had to put out a special advisory at 2:00 because hurricane matthew strengthened so rapidly to a category two hurricane. mountainsing west quickly at 14 miles per hour. one thing they did note too is the strongest wins are close to the center of circulation so they didn't have to increase the warnings. didn't get stronger for land at but it's expected to be a category three hurricane through the weekend, getting close to jamaica early monday morning, crossing over eastern cuba and the

connecticut, delaware, massachusetts and new york and others remain democratic strong holds so do alabama, arkansas, mississippi and the like. the toss-up states of floridaevada, new hampshire, north carolina and ohio, they remain the same. but now take a look at what the ap says are leaning democratic and leaning republican states. previously, thought to be battle grounds. both campaigns were fighting over like colorado, pennsylvania, and arizona. well they're now until each camp's corner toss-up states and it remains to be seen if those states will flip for the other party before election day we'll be watching lots of numbers before we get to that super bowl politics. >>> organic chemistry, just the sound of the topic will make any student nervous. but one student in ohio state has shot a shot to fame here after making a crazy bet with his professor. watch now, as he -- the student sinks a toss -- landing this impossible shot. it guaranteed everyone a perfect score on their first quiz and made this student back to school hero. >> impressed me for organic chemistry you need all the help you can get. >> yes, i would be falling asleep no doubt. the atlant

we'll go live for an update from cnbc. >>> and breaking news, hermine is tracking to the northeast after making landfall this morning in floridaorgia and the carolinas will be dealing with the storm today. our friday forecast, looking good. chuck is back after the break with how long that will lt, thoughas. >>> breaking news attitude 5:40. hermine is now a tropical storm and headed through georgia. >> let's check with chuck bell. does it make it any less of a threat for us? >> absolutely not. it has nothing to do with the forecast. allon as a tropical storm off the outer banks of north carolina and the delaware beaches. no change whatsoever just because it's been renamed from hurricane to tropical storm. temperatures are in the low to mid 60s. pleasant day to get out to school and work. 65 at 57 a.m., highs, upper 80s for today. jeans, short sleeves, sunglasses and your spf for today. perfect weather for high school football tonight. saturday into sunday. this is what we're watching when the storm comes up the coastline here. more rain toward the east of i-95. in the d.c. metro area, could have winds easily 20 to 30 miles per

all i know is, we're >> reporter: only trump is not leading in new polls out today in florida, new hampshire, and michigan. at this rally, trump pointed to a bad mike at monday night's debate and now he's getting some backup from the debate commission, confirming there were audio issues that affected the sound in the debate hall. lester? >> thank you. >>> both hillary clinton and that former miss universe are firing back after trump's attacks and clinton is also seizing on a new report any trump's from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: hillary clinton in brauld florida tont responding to donald trump's tweet storm about alicia machado. >> i mean, really? who gets up at 3:00 in the morning to engage in a twitter attack against a former miss universe? >> reporter: clinton clearly enjoying trump's fixation on machado, now in its fourth day. >> his latest twitter meltdown is unhinged, f >> reporter: clinton calling machado today to thank her for speaking up. also seizing on a "newsweek" report that trump's company allegedly violated the u.s. embargo against cuba in 1998. citing documents, incl

a new mother with ties to florida is among the victims but how could it happen. >>> and we are tracking breaking news. a deadly crash on 75 in hillsborough county just north of the i-4 junction. right now the southbound lanes of 75 are completely shut down. just ahead, leslee lacey has the latest on this and also how to get around this for the thank you for joining us. i am gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. let's get you out the door on this friday morning with the tropics. f0 that is the big news this morning. >> that's right. a 2:00 advisory. a special update from the hurricane center came down because hurricane matthew strengthened rapidly overnight when they flew the hurricane hunters into, a category two hurricane. this is the 5:00 a.m. update, came in about an hour ago. still expected to strengthen to a category three major

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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 taste, color in your water, don't taste it. get it tested. >>> and speaking of the first round of well water test results live near mosaic. they hired an independent testing company for private wells in that area. testing found no signs of contamination so far, but some people are still very concerned. >> what is it doing if it is here? what is going to happen if it is here? what will they do to help us? >>> more than 30 wells were tested today. those results will be later this week. the testing company told us it >> >> tonight a person of interest in the murder of a man is behind bars. they

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florida? >> it's bad news flooding rains in florida, and that's just the beginning. we are analyzing some new data coming in, and this storm system is likely going to travel up the east coast and then stall. let me explain. let's go over here and talk about it. this is breaking weather news. there's the eye of her min. a category 1 storm, a minimal her cain, 75-mile-per-hour winds. but look at these outer bands with monster rainfall. hill, in these little bands that come in. they're all spinning like a top so these bands produce tornadoes all over the place. we've got a tornado watch in effect for most of the northern half of florida. cat 1 when it makes landfall overnight tonight, moves over tallahassee. here is the breaking news part. it travels up through as a tropical storm all the way up through charleston, the outer banks, and then look what happens. sunday afternoon, monday it does not move. 60-mile-per-hour winds. battering the coast from let's say near been all the way back through long island, all the way down the jersey shore. this could be devastating for

it's going to be interesting to hear what she has to say when hee spokes out at a news conference in florida. we will be hearing her at 11:00 our time. we will have full coverage on ktuv news. >>> antioch police told us the name of the suspect in an officer involved shooting. ryan kary hit the car, then the officer pulled out his gun and fired into the car. the man was not hit but officers said he still resisted arrest when they pulled him from the car. he's facing auto theft and assault a deadly weapon on an officer. the officer was not hurt sphcht two people have been arrested in a hate crime case in antioch. roy charles sorvari and christyne gail mcdaniel were arrested thursday. they fired bombed the hom of an african american family and painted a racial slur and swastikas on the house. it was because of a dispute with a person who lived at the house. >> it was an ongoing dispute between a relative of christyne gail mcdaniel and the person in the house. it was not a random incident. >> damage was minor and everyone got out safely. the charges include attempted murder and assault with a de

a new florida law will take effect late they are week. the new law increases the penalties for installing the devices which means more time behind bars and it increases penalties on those who steal credit card information and requires gas station owners to take measures to protect their customers from skimmers. the new law starts on ctober >>> right now, many around the world are mourning the death of former israeli president shimon peres. he suffered a massive stroke two weeks ago. he is known as one of the founders of israel. he shared a nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace deal. president barack obama called him a friend who forced us to expect more of ourselves. he was 93 years old. >>> time for weather and traffic on the 8s. >> and we're just starting to brighten slightly. remember our daylight hours are going to get shorter and shorter now. here's a live look from polk county. and just the glimmer of daylight. 71degrees at that location. by 7:00 a.m., 76 degrees. and we warm up quickly once that sun does rise. by 10:00 a.m., 81

tropical storm warnings, and tropical storm watches extending all the way up into here in new york city from florida to new york city. and as you see, here's the system. we've got tornado watches now from the carolinas, down into georgia, and look at this, right down here, we've got a tornado warning. so even our friends in northern florida still not out of the woods yet. this is the latest on hermine. 85 miles west-southwest of savannah, georgia. 50-mile-an-hour winds, but stronger gusts. and now it's forward speed picked up. moving northeast at 18 miles per hour. here's what we're concerned about. so it comes offshore, saturday evening. 65 miles per hour. we're going to be talking about this. we've been talking about this for 16 days. look at this. wednesday morning. at 8:00 a.m. 60-mile-an-hour winds. and the cone of uncertainty goes from boston, new york, providence, rhode island, atlantic city, salisbury all the way down to cape charles, and -- i mean, this is really going to be hanging out there. and there is no real stirring to knock this thing out. it's just going to meander so we're looking