for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >> nicole, thank you. >>> right now looking live at hampton, new york. the tropical storm warning dropped in the last few hours. hermine is not done yet. the surf is still high there and the conditions to the parts of the northeast are still pretty bad at this time. >>> speaking of though, on the other coast, hurricane newton making landfall today near cabo san lucas. on the left you see the winds, the rain and flooding it brought. the radar as it is right. the storm is expected to still be a tropical storm when it makes its second landfall on the northeast coast of the mainland early tomorrow. it's also expected to make its way the u.s., hitting arizona. let's take a live look at phoenix w.ri it looks pretty dece. a clear. but they're under a flash flood watch in anticipation of newton, which will bring a lot of wind and rain to the area tomorrow. and still on the east coast, the northeast, you can see all of the way from the mid- atlantic states through new rk and then f tohe north, into -- into maine. we're seeing this small craft advisory in effect.

eric and his wife have gotten it as the now's nicole grigg found out, it isn't in any condition to get him to important doctor appointments. >> reporter: if only every thief had to meet every person they're really robbing. >> that must be part of the car. >> reporter: someone would have to face margie's husband, eric chapman. >> yeah. >> reporter: we talked to him just yesterday. someone stole his handicap van >> reporter: eric has als. he is completely paralyzed and his van is the only way to get to and from doctor's appointments. >> they already trapped him in their body. they shouldn't be trapped in their home. >> reporter: margie was thankful when someone found their van until -- >> until we realized it's not drivable. >> reporter: margie says it won't go anywhere. the axle is likely broken. >> it's a violation. i don't even want to clean it now. >> reporter: tampa police say it was found in this off of 14th avenue, just four miles from eric. today i talked to the woman who called 911, not knowing it was stolen. >> the neighbor across the street was the one that originally brought

for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >> a new wave in food delivery is on the road in tampa as we speak. it's called uber eats. it works just like uber you see the map in the tampa bay area. they tell me they will a lot more counties in our area coming soon. as uber gives you a more out at home or work, it's also a way that you may earn a little extra cash. >> reporter: 75 tampa restaurants for a $4.99 fee tacked on to your tick e that's what uber is bringing to the people of tampa through the new app. you stroll through, pick your restaurant, order the food that you want and wait. you can keep track of your food the entire time, even see how far your delivery is away. >> i'm so hungry. >> reporter: uber eats delivery driver right there. >> so you went and picked up the food. >> i did. >> was it like regular uber. so instead of picking up a person, you just picked up my food. >> exactly. >> do you get paid anything extra to pick up food? >> no. just tip that's are optional. >> so it's the same thing. it's not like you're having to pay an additional fee to be you're an uber driver. >> i'm

nicole grigg broke the story when the mom felt she getting the run-around from investigators. >> reporter: i n g istory for a now, checking in to see if the teacher here at jay's bright learners has been arrested. a day after our d,aiwe found out -- nicole with abc action news. >> casey burke was arrested and she has bonded out on jail on one felony count of child neglect. burke had nothing to say to us. but from social media and the toys in her garage, it appears that she is around children. >> as a mom, you feel like it's yo >> reporte we were the ones to was bit a dozen times while der >> reporter: in an arrest from the sherifs a dozen kids alone at nap time to, out around other staff because she is around 1 and 2-year-olds all day long. >> where one to come rescue or comfort my son. investigation through dcf that could take weeks. i found two other reports of kids being left alone in december and april. the director told authorities then she fired that teacher. the day care hung up on us today on our repeated attempts for a statement. as for the boy, he was the hospital and given medi

the now's nicole grigg shows you how you can opt out. like from hillary clinton. reminding you to register to vote. >> there's a lot up for grabs here. >> reporter: frank walsh just moved to florida and since registering to vote, he's getting a lot of random phone calls. >> that number calls me to ask me who i'm going to vote for. >> reporter: everything that you fill out on the re and party is public information. >> we will type in francis. >> reporter: frank and i put his name into votersrecords.com. it's illegal to post your information. they get it from the state through public information requests. >> are you familiar with it being public record here? >> i just assumed it was. >> reporter: and we're walking you through the site to show you how to take your name off. look for something like this opt out. click on that. >> you will remove yourself. >> i might think about it now. >> reporter: anyone who has eve haveo e.it o there so you will for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >> and we should point out not every state just hands out personal information like this. b

nicole grigg joins us there river view with a look at what was lost. >> reporter: hillsborough county is a mess. a lot of people don't know right now you can see two trees behind me at this mobile home. and here is the problem, the ground is so saturated. as soon as any wind comes through, trees are being uprooted. it only took minutes. >> really came down hard. >> reporter: for neighbors to come outside to this damage. >> a lot of potential for damage here with the ground soaked. >> reporter: the red cross coming in to help at least one family here at the in river view. but 20 minutes away from here, me list is on her own. a tree went through her home off of north valrico road. her house and one other destroyed. this damage is so severe. take a look at this mobile home. you can see right through it. the tree sliced it in half. take a look at all of the damage right here. you can see trees like this all wind gusts picking up to 50 miles per hour. >> well, the truck started moving, so i ran inside. >> reporter: clean-up now slowly underway. just this area alone will take at least three

. >> the now's nicole grigg with the chthat could have people facing s >> reporter: 1st brings a wave of new laws here to florida. one important change involves threats with guns. for example, if you go on snapchat and make a joke or a threat abo a g, u can be charged withfelony now. this law partly created because of all of the school who is responsible. like in pasco county where a teen posted a picture of a backpack and a gun at sun lake high school. and as we get ready to elect the next president, you're going to be spending more to get all of the votes counted. all county election supervisors across the state are getting a big pay raise. the hillsborough county $160,000. so why all of the extra cash? well, that's because it's going to make us fay equal to other county elected officials like the county appraiser. every other county won't have the same pay raise, around $20,000. one other change would help stop people taking advantage of food stamps. look, people are online in florida right now advertising on facebook, food stamps for sale. so now if someone sell that card to someo

. >> nicole grigg looked into this and how the company was able to get up and running without the big fight. >> reporter: it's a huge hit in other cities right now. >> this is incredible. >> reporter: the downtowner basically is your free shuttle to take you all around downtown tampa. >> i love the downtowner. electric cars will be running. just like uber and lyft, you can request a ride through a phone app. this is where jasmine makes money driving for uber. >> i love the fact that i was making quick money and go on and off whenever i could. >> reporter: but the idea of a free ride could steal her business. if this sounds familiar, it's because the concept was in tampa before. hot tampa tried doing this six years ago. >> it just kind >> reporter: we spoke with tom, the owner, overskype because now he's in chicago. a permit. why he made the rides free but sold advertising on the cars. eventually, though, the ptc's safety demands became too much and he shut down. >> hillsborough county was probably the toughest county in the country. with the way it operate snooze into the shuttle serv

and for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >>> thanks, nicole. breaking news right now. a live picture of a congressional hearing right now about the epipen and the recent price hikes of more than 400%. heather bresch is answering questions right now in a prepared testimony of newer statement she said people wrongly assume the company makes $600 off each epipen. she says it's closer to $50. picture. of course so many people in the congressional hearing right now. it is used as a life-saving treatment for severe allergic reactions. in 2007, it cost $100 for a two- pack. now that price is $600 as we have said before. the backlash was swift and strong with the stock price hitting an all-time low. some parents launched an on time petition asking to stop the price gouging. we are waiting heather. there is a lot going on in the hearing. as soon as we get more and we hear her speaking, we will bring that to you. ?[music]? ?pictures of the smiles we left behind ? ? >> i could sing that all day. the way we were. >> just announced, the one and only barbara streisand coming novembe

the now's nicole griggs joins us live from the multi--- from the mosaic area with a test that claims to have immediate results. >> reporter: lab results were supposed to be in today but the company independently testing the water says they need more time. more time means a bigger a california company claims they have made home water testing kit. they sent us this at home test. because they are offering to people near mosaic for free. >> six drops of water. >> reporter: heather george live near the plant. >> she is still waiting for her results from the lab company. they are now saying radioactive results should be in by wednesday. are they trying to hide something? is something really wrong and they're scared to tell us? >> reporter: with her permission, and her own curiosity, we tried the test. and within six minutes, it claims to give you a pass or fail. for pesticides and a number of heavy metals. headers water got two blue dots meaning pass or good to drink. to keep testing their water. >> the first 40 results came back, everything was clear. with you drink your water if you know

nicole grigg explains what the neighbors did right then that helped put the suspects behind bars. >> reporter: this is probably the third or fourth door that -- >> reporter: every neighborhood needs battle. >> there was a young lady literally standing here next to the broken mailbox. >> reporter: you could say she is curious. >> i said well, that's weird, i'm not expecting anybody. >> reporter: no matter where you live, how nice it is, there's that one house. >> you have these abandoned houses, empty houses, you have renters, transients. >> reporter: and that house in her area is next door. >> they have been stealing lawn equipment out of trailers, out of garages and then they're using this address to sell the >> reporter: and over the weekend, she saw it all play out. >> a car pulled up. i'm still recording. >> reporter: that recording capturing three teens, along with 18-year-old javier lopez and wells. they're all facing charges from robbery to grand theft and fleeing from police for allegedly setting up a meeting from craigslist with a contractor here before robbing him and then

for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >>> all right. and taking a live look right now. you see all of this happening on the presidential campaign. we have just 47 days left until the country goes to the polls in november. mike pence in colorado springs today. colorado, a very critical state because it's one that could flip 9 electoral votes are up for grabs. the last two elections colorado went to president obama and the democrats. usually it goes to the republicans. >>> you would be surprised to learn that half of the guns in the united states are owned by just 3% of the country. a new study out today out of harvard estimates that 7.7 million people on average own 17 guns apiece. collectors, hunters, competitor shooters and people who are stockpiling weapons. most of the 70 million guns sold in the past two decades were handguns. two-thirds of the gun owners say self-defense is the main reason to have a firearm. >>> let's get a check of the forecast with shay. >> shay, i have to know, has it moved out or is it still here. >> it is circling in the same spot. it was movi

we invite you to go to nicole griggs facebook and take a look at these pictures and share them. >> i want you to see eric. he is in a retail as you can see. behind him is his wheelchair accessible van. he has als, and that van was stolen by his house. >> nicole greg explains someone took this gift to keep on giving. >> that's better? >> yes. >> a hand massage for eric chapman by his soulmate. >> the pain is awful. >> today he couldn't even get out of bed. >> and he could only talk to us through a small whisper. >> i like to go places. >> and a microphone to help us hear him. >> just days ago someone took and from his appointments, as he suffers from als. >> they are all ready trapped in their bodies they shouldn't be trapped in their home. they shouldn't be prevented from going anywhere that they desire. >> he has been fighting a hard battle he was diagnosed five years ago and his now paralyzed. >> it is known to be 2 to 5 years, and he will be heading into five years on november 8. >> this was parked outside wednesday off of eskimo avenue. margie is begging. >> if you don't want to