petersburg. it was near the avesta apartments on 54th avenue north in st. petersburg. the crash happened when traffic westbound on 54th and one boy was riding the bicycle and the other was on the handlebars. for hours fhp troopers had no idea who the victims were or the name of their parents. >> i have been waiting outside, waiting for the parents. haven't seen any parents, and i was telling one of the employees earlier tonight, if they come back in, let me know so i can call police so we can at least try to find the one big question we still have this morning is whether or not the parents or guardians of those two boys will face any criminal charges. we know the boys were left apparently alone riding the bicycle in st. petersburg last night, and we are checking back in with florida highway patrol to see if any charges could be on the way. gayle? >> such a tragic story. thank you, mary. >>> the university of south florida fraternity has been suspended this morning after a hosted by the frat. it w

petersburg college. this 2002 accident report says mento was hurt when she bumped into a window during a physical confrontation exercise with her instructor rick tapia but when the college investigated the incident- it determined she was forced through a window. mento says her leg was sliced open and she nearly bled to death. shle lawsuit claiming- it was known the training's location was dangerous. but she says the worst part about the whole ordeal.. was that her instructor got an award for saving her life. the same instructor who she says forced her through the window. mento- ended up settling for 45- thousand dollars. instructor rick tapia is the same person accused of causing several injuries to kathleen denardi during her training. she says she was injuries to kathleen denardi during her training. she says she was forced to box against men twice her size. tapia- couldn't say much more because of a pending lawsuit from denardi. now to amy andrews she filled her own suit against the college after she

petersburg was at a competitive disadvantage. >> st. petersburg is playing catch-up, the city opening its first-ever economic development corporation. >> the mayor has been pushing for an edc since he ran for office. it helped attract national businesses. abc sells them on why it's in their best interest to relocate to say pete and several companies have already done that on the road. but edc would draw even more. >> is edc is doing its job is bringing businesses to this community and helping those that are here grow their businesses. >> thame paying jobs feeding right into the locally on. >> they're already working to catch up to their counterparts. those localities edc adding more than 25,000 new jobs since 2009. st. pete hoping to as much development, and jobs right here in the downtown. one of these entrepreneurs hoping by the lower-cost and technology company here eight years ago from tennessee. >> i was the first one who had 200,000 people in a higher ratio locally on businesses to large organizations. st. petersburg hit the mat.

petersburg. i checked with my weather watcher patty in new port richey and it's 70 degrees at her house. max defender 8 scanning the skies this morning. not really anything but maybe some fog. the winds increase, not many shore crease -- shower with this front, maybe a 10% chance. tonight we drop down to 68 on saturday. that perfect fall day on sunday at 79. >>> leslee, how is traffic on the 8s? >> it is getting busier. we are seeing more vehicle s on the roadway. we still have a good drive on 275, especially through pinellas county. no delays here. st. petersburg looks good heading into tampa. that's where it tends to get busy. still a wonderful drive,speeds at 60 miles per hour. bearss in dade city this is looking better but still old lakeland highway is blocked at clinton avenue. use u.s. 301. i just got word of a new crash that's tieing up in lanes in the lakeland area. more on that coming up in my next report. now back to candace and gene. >> thank you. >>> remember ken bone the undecided vo

petersburg police officers. today, members of his family spoke at the intersection where the shooting happened in 1996. >> i never thought that i would be going up and then in 18 years, my brother is killed in the middle of the street. 40 some people witnessed him being accused and the officers who got found not guilty. >> reporter: on october 24, he in his essay officer knight fired shots through the windshield when the vehicle started to move, the shooting sparked an uproar in the community putting st. petersburg in the national spotlight. grand jury deemed the shooting justified, the officers are still with the department today. >> we will always fight justice for everybody that has been killed. >>> officials believe a group of men in halloween masks could be behind a string of crimes in on sunday, four men tried to break into a metro pgs store in port charlotte. an hour and half later, a similar crime was reported at a puma store in ellenton. officials believe the two crimes could be connected and in both ca

clearer skies now with the drier air highb . 85 international. 83 at saint petersburg. and the dew point a little higher with the easterly flow. high levels of the atmosphere. that doesn't add up to much in the way of substantial cloudiness to help dry to showers across the state from east to west. in the tropics we are watching an area with an 80% chance of developing into a named storm. next name on the list is otto. this likely would stay offshore though as you can see here on the graphic. this likely would be the area carry this pretty far to the north at this point. so we are not too concerned about this one affecting us. it is a reminder that the 2016 hurricane season is underway. that is the track from the computer models here for invest 99-l. that is what it is called. an area of investigation by the national hurricane center off of florida's east coast. this is an area during october, where these storms typically develop. this is a storm in the pacific nowhere near us but it should pass north of manila in the philippines. south of taiwan. it is headed for south

. >>> two saint petersburg officials forced off the job over a sewage scandal are firing back at the mayor. they were placed on unpaid leave by mayor rick kriseman last month. they were accused of covering up a report that warned of major sewage spills if the treatment plant. levett wrote there was no attempt by staff to hide the report and the whistle blower's e-mail was taken as fact despite his misrepresentation of the report. now, a retired publics works administrationer is weighing in. mike connor said none signed up given false allegations. >>> the northwest little league in saint petersburg continues to struggle to pay its bills. earlier this season, the company that handles registration and fees failed to pay the league the $35,000 that the parents paid but only three weeks left in the season. the league president is still geting the run around. >> the dog died, sorry, i have been out of town. i have been sick. we have heard a lot of excuses why they cannot givetous money. >> the league presid as well. the dark as the days get shorter, they must pay more to keep the lights on

petersburg police busted a fell theft ring. detectes identities of at least 18 people and the victim count is likely to go higher. now the pair and third person are accused of running up thousands of dollars of debt for all kinds of purchases. peter bernard is live in st. petersburg. this case took what, a year to crack? >> reporter: right, josh. it took that long for investigators to gather all the information they needed on this case. tonight two of the three people involved in the scheme are facing justice. life at a standstill. >> reporter: music teacher eileen etioli is constantly hounded by creditors all because police believe these three stole her identity. >> tried to open women's accounts like victoria secret and they got into bank accounts and put them in my name, but the irs was the worst. >> reporter: police tell me denise dallas headed up the scheme st information from her employer to pay for utilities and cable tv at the house she shares with her daughter jessica. >> we found where 18 different credit cards were u

petersburg st. petersburg -- in st. petersburg peter bernard news channel 8. >>> this internal memo of 8 on your side tells employees of the tampa bay times to brace themselves for more layoffs by year's end. employees told us they received the e-mail today and are now very concerned about the future. in the memo the paper's ceo told employees next year's budget includes reduces slips. this comes after times bought the tampa tribune in may. 200 people lost their jobs then. several people were retired. today news channel 8 went to the paper. we were not allowed past the security guard. no one would meet us in person. >> reporter: did they say why he can't talk with us? >> no. from what i'm told he's in a meeting. >> reporter: i've left multiple messages and still waiting to hear back. okay. you're on the record for no comment. thank you. >> 8 on your side did learn fr building that many fear for their jobs. in the memo the ceo blames cuts on low ad revenue. >>> new tonight a reported rape on the usf campus, one student d

petersburg. from new buildings to new businesses. but 10 news reporter jonathan petramala was shown four thousand square feet of the city that everyone, including time, has forgotten for years. - time flies. always rushing by. we just try to weather it but there is a place in st. petersburg where more when gina marie bought the warehouse over a year ago she never really looked inside, mostly because there wasn't a way to walk through it all but when she started to take the time... she found stuff worth saving. as far as she can tell, things began collecting here from around the late 70's through the mid 90's even some of it is much older from classic cars to coca-cola classic a pickers paradise that gina feels chose her sorting, sifting, saving through it to be an overwhelming task...that is unless you have time. in st petersburg, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. gina hopes to keep some of the treasures... sell others... and preserve as much of the history as she can-- whether at different art studios or even museums. new dash camer

petersburg at 11:45 this morning. the mayor's of tampa and st. petersburg are among the more than 20 and current and former mayors campaigning for hillary clinton. >>> donald trump is heading to north carolina today and then off to pennsylvania. monday he's having a rally here in the bay area. that's set to start at 7:00 p.m. again, it's monday at the mid florida credit union amphitheater at the florida state fairgrounds. yesterday donald trump addressed his repeated claims that the election is rigged and made his supporters a promise. >> i would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the united states that i will totally accept the results of this great and histic if i win. >> well, trump has received a lot of criticism for refusing to say he will accept the election if he loses. now, a lead attorney in the 2000 bush versus gore recount is speaking out. david boise argued the case for al gore and he said that al gore and former president bush said they would respect whatever the hillary clinton

petersburg this morning. the mayors of tampa and st. petersburg are among the 20 former and current mayors campaigning for hillary clinton as part of this tour. >> donald trump is heading to north carolina today and from there he will head onto pennsylvania. monday he's having a rally here in the bay area at 7:00 p.m. at the mid florida credit union amphitheater at the florida state fairgrounds. >>> well, at a campaign stop in addressed his repeated claims this election is rigged and made his supporters a promise. listen. >> i would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the united states that i will total accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. criticized for refusing to say he will accept the election if he loses though. now a lead attorney in the 2000 bush versus gore recount is speaking out. david boise argued the case for al gore and explains in that case that gore and former president bush said they would respect and abide by whatever the resu

petersburg up to 87. macdill 86 degrees tomorrow afternoon in tampa. again if we see any gonna be limited. lots of dry air in place, but a few little sprinkles possible late morning, early afternoon. the moisture stays over the gulf as the frontal boundary will be moving through and it will push south of our area by about 11:00 and then comes the colder air moving in. dew points dropping down into the 40s. that is very, very dry air. keep in mind we have dew points in the 70s for most of the summertime. here comes the cold front south across the united states. that colder and drier air that a lot of folks have been waiting for. it's time to break out the sweaters, the jackets. ladies, bring the boots out. check it out. 50 degrees sunday morning for the folks in crystal river. here is your seven-day forecast. it's a good looking one. lots of sunshine for you. temperatures a little moderate by the time we head back into next work week with highs back in the mid 80s and lows warming back up into the reg. >>> apple is suing to make sure online retailers ar

petersburg. no word on the child's condition. and deputies haven't released any other details about ?how this happened. a clearwater man is charged this morning with breaking into the florida holocaust museum. an alarm went off at the st. petersburg museum just after three sunday morning. when officers arrived, they still inside and quickly arrested him. officers say they reviewed surveillance video and saw venegas kick and break an electronic keypad and call box. it's still not clear ?why he was inside the museum... but they say he didn't actually take anything. now on hillary clinton's ?latest email scandal. over the weekend, the f-b-i obtained a ?warrant to begin looking into some newly-discovered emails. they say the emails ?could be linked to the previous investigation into from a laptop computer that belongs to longtime clinton aide... huma abedin. the aide isn't commenting on the investigation and hasn't even been ?travelling with clinton over the weekend... something she normally does. clinton also didn't comment on the c

petersburg, beau zimmer, 10news wtsp. and still battling for your vote, the candidates for u-s senate faced off wednesday night for the final time before election day and it got ugly. patrick murphy also took every marco rubio to donald trump. right now, rubio leads murphy in the polls. the verdict is in! the jury finds rapper kevin gates guilty of battery-- and he'll have to spend the next 180- days in jail! gates kicked a fan during a concert at rumors nightclub in lakeland last year. the girl grabbing his shorts twice. gates' attorney argued: gates was defending himself. now to an alarming new survey about a highway many of you drive everyday. "i-4" is ranked as the most dangerous interstate in the country. the interstate is "132-miles-long"-- and runs between tampa and daytona beach. data compiled by the driving safety app "everdrive" shows i-4 had the most deadly crashes per mile between 2010 and 2015. researchers say-- the problem is their cellphones. a new recall -- this one involving more than 100- thousand subaru

. >>> saint petersburg police tonight investigating the death of a man found floating in a lake. the 60-year-old victim was discovered at booker creek park on 13th avenue north. foul play is not suspected at with saw the police show up. and has a lot of concerns. >> this is not a good thing. i come here to park every day and it is not something i want to see. >> as soon as we get more information about this case, we will bring that to you on air and online. >>> a largo woman was hit and killed by an suv overnight in saint petersburg. dana santoyo stepped off of a curb onto a path of a dodge durango, the driver swerved but the right si her. he immediately stopped and called 911. she later died at the hospital. >>> two people are recovering to night after a stabbing at an ybor city nightclub. this happened in club sky on east eighth avenue. one person rushed to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. another victim suffered minor injuries. we are told police did detain one person, but we don't know how that person is involved. >>> all new tonight, a sad update to a story. a

petersburg. the crash happened when traffic westbound on 54th was stopped, and one boy was riding the the handle thebars. for hours fhp troopers had no idea who the victims were or the names of their parents. >> i have been waiting outside, waiting for the parents, haven't seen any parents, and i was telling one of the employees earlier tonight, if they come back in, let me know so i can call police so we can try to find the parents. >> now the parents of these two boys, ages 6 and 9 years old were identified late last night, and one big question that we have this morning is guardians of those children will be criminally charged in the case. we know they were riding the bicycle without any apparent supervision. i just checked in with florida highway patrol, and i will bring you an update if we get one, gayle. >> so tragic, thank you, mary. >>> right now the university of south florida fraternity is suspended after a girl was raped a the party hosted by a weekend during the party at the phi kappa

petersburg if the wastewater problem is not fixed. jeff patterson, news channel 8. >>> as hurricane matthew looms, thousands of floridians are dealing with damage from hurricane hermine. fema representatives are going door to door in the hardest hit county showing people how to apply for assistance and registering them on the spot. out of 174 homes in the suncoast gateway mobile home community, 100 of them have water damage. fema representatives encourage homeowners and renters to apply if hermine caused damage. >> grant money is available for basic home repairs, rental assistance and other needs not covered by insurance -- qualify for a low interest loan. i questions -- ask questions. >>> vice president joe biden gave a passionate speech to a fired up crowd in sarasota this afternoon. during the speech, he blasted donald trump's temperament and questioned his economic policies. he is rallying the vote, urging floridians to get registered by october 11 and stressed the progress made under obama could vanish if trump wins. a joke, in a

petersburg is completely vacant . the sheriff was there this morning as deputies went door residents were served eviction notices after a real estate firm bought the motel and plan to demolish it which is had troubles through the years to make way for a business development. >>> neighbors fed up with the paving project paid for by taxpayers. >> it's leaving behind puddles in what the city has to stay about this problem. touc woman 4: that's 3 words. vo: david jolly shares donald trump's backwards agenda for women. hood and deny women access to basic health care like mammograms and cancer screenings. woman 5: i have 3 words for david jolly... not for women. vo: house majority pac is responsible y251cy yi0y this is medicine. medicine. uh... medicine? with amendment 2, this is what "medicine" will look like: pot, packaged like candy. up to twenty times stronger than it once was. sold next to schools. in nearly two thousand pot shops across florida. no medical standards. no pharmacists. no prescriptions. and no way to sto

petersburg tomorrow night and then there's more. vice president joe biden in tampa on wednesday to stop for hillary clinton. >>> plenty of time to cast a vote early. wfla.com. >>> now to creepy clown fears this halloween. they are heightened tonight and law enforcement making a grave warning that dressing up like a clown could be very dangerous. that's because freaked out parents plan to arm themselves while trick-or-treating. we go live in pinellas county where there have been reports of clown sightings.>> reporter: good evening and yes there have and law enforcement say if you don't feel safe you can go the unincorporated part of pinellas county. they said instead of parents taking action they would rather than not overreact. angel will be one of many parents on the lookout for creepy clown costumes tonight. >> it makes trick-or-treating not the same as it used to be.>> reporter: numerous clown sightings have freaked parents themselves with weapons just in case. he believes that's going too far. >> what if you go at someone with t

petersburg city council. it is monday morning. and you are watching news >>> happening today, a special meeting in st. petersburg to get to the bottom of the sewage spill scandal. news channel 8's mary mcguire is live in st. pete. mary, the mayor was furious when he found out the report on waste water was never shared with his office or city council. >> reporter: he certainly was. this information should have been shared with city leaders back in july before hurricane matthew hit. it warned of sewage issues during heavy rainfall. millions of gallons of waste water was released into tampa bay after the hurricane. a report warned of sewage spills if the city closed the treatment plant. the plant did close but st. pete's mayor and city council claim they never saw the report. back in september, the former st. pete mayor claimed the >> somebody wasn't paying attention. i'm not going to blame the administration or city council, somebody wasn't paying attention. >> reporter: now the head of the city's northwest water treatment plant who

petersburg several times were bad conditions. >>> a smelly problem on bay area beaches. a red tide outbreak from tampa bay to charlotte harbor and an environmental group believes the sewage released after hurricane hermine may be contributing to the problem. suncoast water keepers filed notice they may sue because of the wastewater release into the bay. the group believes the sewage releases making the red tide outbreak worse. i also think it's on disputable that raw sewage or partially treated sewage flowing into waterways contributes to conditions which causes red tide. >> the florida fish and wildlife condition says red tide is a natural occurrence but nutrients in the water can contribute to it. >>> the florida state university student accused of stabbing a couple and biting the man's face off is ge austin harrouff has been hospitalized since the attack and blood text came back negative for street drugs but the fbi still searching for traces of bath salts and flacco. >>> she waited for months to get her medical records and nothing. >> she got fed up and she better ca

same in saint petersburg. but the wind direction is from the northwest. dry here here ahead as i mentioned. dry air behind the front. that is the actually front. you can see it on the water vapor imagery. at the surface too. maybe a few clouds pushing to the south. you saw the radar reflectivity there on max defender 8. next five days, this area we have a prayer. the cold front coming in is just going to sweep it all away. not that concerned at all for us and not looking to become a tropical storm. but it is on the map. football forecast, usf, they are traveling to philadelphia to play temple. scattered showers. that game is played tonight at 7:00. ucf. orlando ucf and the huskies are playing in east hartford, connecticut tomorrow at noontime. tallahassee. should be fantastic weather for north florida and the bucs are playing san francisco, 49ers. 70 degrees there out in california. they always have great weather. rpm wrap model for the short term, here comes the fronted. note the wind shift, everything coming in from the northwest. that's good. because t

petersburg on 54th avenue north in st. pete. troopers say the crash happened when traffic westbound on 54th was stopped, and one boy was riding the bicycle while the other was on the handlebars. at a nearby drugstore, an employee said she sees the pair in the store often. >> i watched them cross the road the other day, and i'm looking, and i'm peaking and thinking they was going to get hit. them claims they didn't see the boy. the impact threw both of the children into the street. the case was complicated by the fact that for hours afterwards, troopers couldn't find the parents of the boys and didn't know their names. we checked in with all children's hospital this morning, and one boy is in stable condition here, and the other is in critical condition, and we are trying to work to get more information from the florida highway patrol as to whether or not the parents of these children could possible charges. gene? >> such a terrible situation for these boys. glad to hear one of them is stable, and we hope the best for the other.

petersburg 15-mile-per-hour winds reported. as we head into the afternoon at times those winds will pick up. that's because we have a tight pressure gradient in place between an area of high pressure across the southeast united states that's keeping that nice dry weather pattern in place. low pressure in counterclockwise flow around that area of low pressure. clockwise flow around that area of high pressure. we are in the middle which creates a title pressure gradient. overall, wind speeds should stay less than 15 miles per hour today. high temps upper 80s to mid- 80s. 83 st. pete, 85 clearwater, brooksville 85 degrees. temperatures running 2 to 3 degrees above average for this time of year. as we take a look at current temperatures around the nation, perhaps you are flying out of tia this morning, hope you have northeast. right now 37 degrees in syracuse, new york, 46 in cleveland, and 40 degrees in chi town where the big game three is tonight in the world series. around the nation very quiet for the midsection. warm, too. we

it is called casual mail handler and it pays $12 petersburg, sarasota, tampa, lakeland. you can apply on the service's website. >>> a fire storm set off in saint petersburg and it all began with just one e-mail. >> and, we have gotten our hands on the whistle blower e- mail that led to a sewage scandal. coming up, we will tell you the amendment 1 guarantees your right - to generate your own solar energy. and placing that right in florida's constitution - keeps the politicians from messing with it. amendment 1 also allows for common sense use that's the right way to do solar. amendment 1: good for the economy. good for the environment, good for florida. vote yes on amendment 1 - for the sun. y251cy yi0y >> battling boondogglings and >> a whistle blow nor saint petersburg uncovered a sewage scandal costing taxpayers millions. tonight, mark douglas has his hands on the e-mail that started the whole thing. now, craven ascew first alerted the mayor about the mistakes of dumping millions of gallons of sewage into tampa bay. tonight, mark douglas is on it because you will be pa

this is eagle 8 hd video of the scene where the inmate was found in saint petersburg. the kidnapping itself happened in polk county very close to department of corrections crew was doing work. and that is where we find newschannel8's jeff patterson live right now to bring us up to speed on boy, what happened here. jeff. >> reporter: yeah, good evening stacie. it was a crazy scene here a women of hours ago as police flooded into this park to search for the abducted deputy. neighbors and witnesses described a chaotic scene, and a frightening sequence of events. work details with prison inmates are a fairly common but, sam and amira noticed something. >> we saw the prisoners out here. and we saw all the cops coming. >> reporter: bartow police say 32-year-old prison inmate david ross locked four other prison inmates into a room in the building and overpowered the guard jeffrey rexroad and escaped. >> that is scary. and you know, they don't have weapons. how did he do this? >> reporter: they unusual source. >> the four inmates left behind were able to get out of the room th

petersburg. so northeast winds continue today. and as do low top showers coming across the state. one or two of those, other than that, partly cloudy and h ?? halloween excitement is back at dunkin' with 2 dozen donuts for $12.99. drizzled, decorated, and all dressed up for the season, share the fun with 2 dozen donuts for $12.99. america runs on dunkin'. how tall are you? america runs on dunkin'. how do we measure greatness in america? the height of our skyscrapers? the size of our bank accounts? no. it's measured by what we do for our children. the values we pass on. i've spent my life fighting for kids and families and it will be my mission to build a country r every child in every zip code. college that leads to opportunities... not debt. and an economy where every young american can find a job that lets them start a family of their own. we face big challenges, but we can solve them the same way families do. working together. respecting one another. and never giving up. what if one of the big

dew points, 65. 70 in saint petersburg. throughout the last week, we have seen the easterly flow across the bay into downtown, so the humidity has been a little bit higher higher but the dew point numbers have been a little higher as well. temperatures have been a little bit cooler. red tide not very good news here for pinellas county. of the infectant here from the actual red tide into some of the inland water ways. the canals. folk ins sarasota county are feeling this. if you are sensitive to red tide, you feeling it along coastal areas. satellite, quiet. radar, same thing. we have dry air, quite a bit high in the atmosphere. but it is helping to stabilize the atmosphere. 35 miles an hour winds for this tropical wave invest 99. you can see that forecast ac keeping it well off the east coast of florida. not the same story in the pacific. we have typhoon hyaima. the philippines should move across the northern part of the philippines and pass generally north of manila which is good news. and eventually pasting south of taiwa

petersburg in chaos. that is when police shot and killed tyronn tyron lewis. when an officer got in front of his car, lewis tried to run him over, and that is when he was killed. within minutes a crowd gathered. two decades later where the shooting happened, to remember lewis and what they consider other victims of police violence have been through. today lewis' son spoke with us. >> i just have one thing to say. i just want. [ inaudible ]. he is still fighting. that's it. that's all i have to say. >> and to rename part of 18th regard its of whether the city gives permission. >>> it is the war on heroin, and manatee county is ground zero. marco rubio met with first responders to learn more about the heroin epidemic. isabel mascarenas spoke with a recovering addict who says the solution begins with the addiction. >> you know, and i never figured i would live to see 30. >> reporter: yet john thompson and heroin addiction. >> i have found a couple 12- step programs and i have surrounded myself by people going in the same direction as myself. >> reporter: the 34-y

in saint petersburg, i'm mark douglas, 8 on your side. >>> it is an uber accomplishment. a cross country beer run. we will explain this when one 8 i've seen what can happen as the result of hate. my son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. he was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. they offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. they drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a split-rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. our president. priorities usa action >> a downer on wall street today. >>> underarmour stock c

petersburg to get to the bottom of the sewage spill scandal. it centers around the release hurricane. a report in 2014 warned of sewage spills if the city closed the albert treatment plant. st. pete's mayor and city council members claim they never saw that report. >>> lots of happy folks around town this morning. the bucs return to town victorious. they beat san francisco 34-17. they are now 3-3 for the season. next week, bucs are hosting the raiders at ray jay. >>> the first looks of da plaza in sun city center. 58 degrees, yes, it's cool but crisp and fall like. the coolest spot in inverness right now is 45. but tampa is 61. plant city, 60. 60 in bradenton. cool, refreshing, 68 at 8:00. 74 at noon. pleasant and warm at 81 at 4:00 p.m. can't get better than this. >>> all right, looking at traffic. ybor city, folks, heavy ehrlich to 275, 11 minutes. the usual suspects away from new tampa on 75 but we have a collision with injuries. bearss avenue, that's bearss like fierce, not like a bear. right at livingston avenue. >> a lot of people and me,

petersburg motel --excuse me. that's in the wrong place. but i watched the entire episode from start to finish. and it was hysterical. >> yeah, they also take a little bit of a jab at hillary rodham clinton for the trumped up, trickle down. >>> all right, if you're stop this morning, it should be dry for them but i know we had heavy rain late yesterday evening so watch for puddles. 75degrees this morning. when you come home from school, the storms will just be getting going. so we call for about a 30 to 40 reasons when the bus drops them off. 87degrees is the average for today. and we go to 88 tuesday and wednesday. and actually get a little bit cooler and less humid by the end of the week and that's thanks in part to hurricane matthew. now look the winds only extend 30-miles from the center but tropical storm- force winds extend almost 200 miles. the latest track for hurricane matthew coming up. how about traffic on the 8s leslee lacey? >>> well a i vehicle caught fire. and it's going to be around gandy boulevard and 275. now i saw a littl

petersburg. communal apartment, housing multiple families with just one kitchen and bathroom, may be a bit too close for comfort, but it is a surviving remnant of the soviet era, which shows no sign of dying out. i'm in the center of town at ligovsky prospekt number three. >> they're expecting me. in one of the most unusual apartments i have ever seen. ♪ first, a hallway, long and dark, then, sixteen rooms with sixteen families. this is a "kommunalka," a shared apartment, a relic from soviet times. it's like a journey to the past. in the heart of st. petersburg, i meet the people who make their home in the kommunalka. a home they value, despite all the difficulties. >> the power lines from the 1950's can be a problem. it's pretty awful here. >> the kitchen is the heart of the kommunalka, with clear rules and a strict hierarchy. >> those who have lived here longer get the better parts. that means your own table and your own part of the communal stove. i was born here, so my husband and i are among

petersburg will also be coming. singing with the winner of the tchaikovsky competition. >> the international far east festival began on july 30th and continued for 12 days. the theater staff worked on arthur days off, promoting the shows by distributing pro >> the response from not just locals, but from japanese, chinese and korean tourists has been great. they were happy to take a brochure. >> i couldn't be more honored to be part of this festival. it's hard to believe there's a place for the arts. this event is immense. both for a city, and for the theater, it's the start of a revolution. >> anticipation builds as the opening day of the festival approach approaches. >> i'm ecstatic. i never dreamed there would be an opera and ballet theater here in the far east. it's wonderful that we're bringing back culture to the city. >> i haven't taken a close look at the program yet. but i want to go twice at the very least ♪ >> lyubov is anxiously looking forward to the festival. during the soviet era. lyubov was a prima ba

petersburg. i will take you looking east at quite a bit of cloud cover this morning and a swift east wind, 74 degrees. look how this rain. not to stay won't be a rainout by any means. hi. hola. let's see... you're back! they're back! ? so glad you've come back. we love to see you so. ? ? you've come for your favorite dish - enchiladas & tacos. ? welcome back! come back again and again for the epcot food & wine festival or even all four theme parks. become an annual passholder now and get u're back! after an obscene amount was spent building this controversial courthouse, the state learned the contractor had overspent on framed photos that were never used. when the state refused to pay, bob buesing sued... demanding taxpayers foot the bill, including his own legal fees. bob buesing profitted from government waste and abuse? tampa bay." >> anjuli: the pacific northwest riding out bad weather. winds expected to reach 70 miles per hour in some parts of washington state, and according to the national

janna jones, live in saint petersburg. thank you, janna. >>> republican presidential candidate donald trump will campaign in new hampshire and maine today. rival hillary clinton has no scheduled events until wednesday's presidential debate in los angeles. kain, will campaign all weekend in florida. senator kaine has a voter registration event in miami, and another one tomorrow in palm beach county. republican vice presidential candidate mike pence is campaigning here in florida. he attended a rally in miami on friday. governor pence will join senator marco rubio at a campaign dinner in tampa today. the victory dinner event brings together influential grassroots leaders from across the state. the event is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. >>> they're young. before, and they may hold the out come of this year's election in their hands. nbc's jacob soborov looks at whether marijuana on the ballot can drive millennial voters to the polls. >> this is a voter registration booth. normally you'd see one of these things at a college cam

petersburg, clearwater but tampa made the list. >>laura: we'll have the full list and reasons why coming up. plus tragedy after a what the driver did just moments before mowing down dozens of people. >>dave: nice, clear start to our day. we have 63 degrees. brooks -- brooksdale, bayshore camera. lots of sunshine to start, that means it's going to be nice and warm and toasty this afternoon with high temperatures back in the mid 80s. trick-or-treaters, it will be donald trump's behaviors until... i heard that tape, that was the last straw. i don't want my granddaughter thinking it's okay to be... treated that way, and my grandson growing up thinking... that's how you should treat women. that scares me, that scares me a lot. so hillary's got my vote. we don't see eye to eye on everything, but she's strong, and i respect her. and she's someone that my grandkids can respect too. im hillary clinton and i approve this message. ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena? rapid wrinkle repair works... ...i

petersburg, and the troopers say when traffic westbound was stopped and on the bicycle and the other was on the handlebars at a near drugstore one employee says she sees the pair in the store often. >> watched them cross the road the other day, thinking the worst, thinking they was going to get hit. >> reporter: the driver who hit them claims they didn't see the into the street. for hours afterwards, troopers couldn't find the parents, and at first they didn't know their names. we found out one is in stable condition this morning, and the other is in critical condition. we are trying to find out from highway patrol whether or not the parents will face charges, gayle. >> mary, it's gene. we will check back with a bit, thanks. >>> a man with an annual pass to seaworld is accused of molesting two young girls. a 12-year-old and 15-year-old accused macormic of floating against him. seaworld is claiming they will not allow him back into the weatherwise this morning. >> we will talk about what is happening today, and then the potential long-term effects for matthew. hour-by-hour planning ou

petersburg police department. and caught the police chief placed him on administrative leave without pay. this is not the first time that he has gotten in trouble for drinking and driving. he was suspended back in 2010 after a dui conviction. part of the policy says that officers who have had a dui cannot have a sip of alcohol potential of getting randomly tested. the chief stressed behavior like this will not be tolerated. people in his own neighborhood say they are shocked. >> every encounter that i have had with him is always professional and he gives you the straight story on things and he was always helpful. >> reporter: the chief says that officer green and -- his patrol car be confiscated. >>> voter registration ending just minutes ago after two extensions. >> in the meantime, we're waiting to hear from hillary clinton about a new series of emails. best time hackers broke into the account of clinton's campaign manager. they found that they grouped potential running mates by race and gender. the only name no

petersburg. the group dispatched a helicopter, lifting off with safety. >>> tonight is one year's report which you wanted went missing and her family and loved ones are on. crowd out here listening to speakers and getting an update from deputies on search for this young woman. 22 (hackett has not been seen or heard something about a year. family and friends are very fearful she could be caught up in human trafficking. that's because she was known to be involved in prostitution from the age of 12. loved ones have heard a lot of stories in the past year, but that she is alive or where she might be smart and share photos and a message of hope that she may be found. there also raising awareness of dangers that so many young women face in our communities everyday >> is a reality of your if we could start the bullies and act in love and reach out to these girls in the community, and viavoice to the girls that it is not like i think it would office and a private investigator are looking into her disappe

petersburg at 73.

petersburg. that is warmer than yesterday. only by a degree in tampa and st. petersburg. brandon, you're 4 degrees warmer than 6:00 a.m. yesterday du that's even above the average of 82 despite the extra clouds. at 6:08 i take you hour by hour through your friday and then plan out your weekend for you. >>> leslee is going to help you plan out your commute. >> looking forward to the weekend. >> yeah. >> things are business ness -- busier but good. when i show you surface roads and they are yellow it's a good drive but that's a lot of surface traffic lights that you have to go area. st. petersburg,a great dive on 275. in tampa, bearss avenue down to i-4 just a 10 minute drive. we have a collision over in manatee county. just a head's up. it's off to the side of the roadway, u.s. 19 at ken hubbard lane. a little accelerate -- activity but no lanes blocked. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. >>> right now questions re main after a fire tor destroying the building and killing dozens of animals inside. investigators are trying to find out if it was illegal for th

petersburg there is a crash on haines road and this is right near th north. we do have a lane blocked there and i am seeing a slight delay. drive to sky 10, we are going to an accident along 5th avenue at 4th street. so this one is causing some delays as well. we will have a live look for you coming up in less than ten minutes. i also want to take you to your interstates because drive times are definitely getting heavy. >>> good morning. it's monday, october 24th. i am allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. this is your eye opener. a look at today's top stories at 6:30. never been to a crash where there has been 13 confirms fatalities. >> a tour bus slams into the back of a semi truck in california. >>> we are going to fix our rigged system. it's a rigged, broken, corrupt system. >> some people are sore losers and, you know, we just got to keep going. >> with just 15 days until the election. the presidential candidates campaigning. donald trump will tonight. he will hold a rally at the mid florida credit union amphitheater. >>> moving to florida for medical americ

petersburg. it will now begin safety checks before service begins november 4. vinoy base and the taxi dock near the convention center. tickets general public will go on sale november 1. a lot of people very excited about that. >> anjuli: a great idea. i am excited to use it myself. >>> all right, lindsay, a perfect, perfect day and tomorrow will be pretty chilly as well. >> lindsay: the mornings, you notice the difference outside. no ac in the car. windows down this morning. we don't even have any cloud cover today. our air is that dry. and currently it is 60 degrees whh it is our coolest of the se season. and the coolest in tampa. i just looked back since may 7. a long time coming. north winds at 7. you can expect this in the air to a cold front that moved through. temperatures are coolest north of tampa bay. 52 in brooksville. 66 in lakeland. 57 in wauchula and yes, you see 67 in st. petersburg. but keep in mind our water temperatures surrounding pinellas county are still in them to be a little

petersburg college. representatives are stationed to answer your questions helping you make repairs. the center open monday through saturday from 9:00 until 6:00. >>> isis striking back in mosul as iraqi troops fight to take control of the city isis sending out suicide bombers and car bombs scattering ied's everywhere, soldiers are supporting from the air and on the ground many wondering how isis will respond if it loses control of the city, the group will likely seek revenge not only in iraq but around the world. >>> a merrill at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in us history. the pulse nightclub opening gates around the building for the first time. as i told you yesterday a lot heartfelt messages on this huge merrill, and artist created the merrill. representing orlando's love and resilience.>> we will always have the heart open to love. to love each other. >> there is a statement that we are here, we are not forgetting we are here, we give love.>> you can buy pictures of the one pulse foundatio

petersburg police on scheme at least 18 victims totaling $10,000. isabel dallas got critical information over the phone from her job, her daughter jessica used the numbers on fake cards to pay off bills, she even gave money to her child's dad who is in jail. in the meantime chantel jones permission, they don't know how she did it. tonight abc action news tracked down one of her alleged victims. >> they had my name, my date of birth, my social security number. no one deserves that. i work really hard i am still young and building my credit. >> if you have seen her contact the st. petersburg police department. >>> now, abc action weather. >> still looking dry, nothing crazy whether we have had lately and it will continue through the evening, temperatures on the warm side this evening, in the mid-80s for the most part but when we get past sunset we will see temperatures falling into the 70s, if you are planning on taking the dog for a walk or you have a bike ride or a jog in mind the weather will support it, no issues tonight and into tomorrow morning

petersburg police officer. today, his family and members of the movement spoke at th happened in 1996. >> i never thought that i would be growing up and see my brother killed in the street. people witnessed him being killed and the officers were still found not guilty. >> reporter: october 24th lewis was pulled over for a traffic stop by james knight and sanda minor. witnesses say knight stepped in front of the vehicle and fired shots through the windshield when the vehicle started to move. in the black community. put st. petersburg in the headlines. >> they are going to have to have tyrone on their route to work and on their way to get dinner and on their way home. >> we will always fight for justice for him. for everybody that has been killed. >> reporter: now, happening here tonight at 7:00. then, following a vigil. they plan to put a street sign up. >> what is the city saying about all of it this? >> reporter: i reached out to chief hollow, a y to ask about the shooting and he preferred the shooting and he

petersburg sami hernandez supports civil citation program larry ahern district 66 jennifer webb candidate for state representative they came from churches and temples across the bay area. hundreds calling for change. in the way law enforcement handles first time juvenile offenders. 48:22 once they are arrested they get that on their record. it's a part of you for the rest of your life. samantha hernandez knows first hand. at 12. she was arrested for stealing an eight dollar bracelet-- a stupid mistake that still haunts her. even today. 49:14 its been very challenging, because i'm in the medical field. i wanted to be a doctor. the arrest... still visible on her record. costing her jobs. even hurting her education. 49:37 i was almost denied from college to get my certified nursing degree. canidates running for state and local office agree now is the time for change. 46:34 it just takes more push. it has to become a priority for the chamber members. 54:50 people overwhelmingly supported this in my district. and as much as they supported this they were also tired. of the private prison indust

that new law can mean tougher charges for this petersburg. police say this video actually shows her attaching a skimmer to an atm inside a 7-eleven on 4th street north. they do not think many customers used that machine while the skimmer was on it but asking anyone who may know that woman to give them a call. >>> starting this morning, a new way to get around madeira beach. a new ferry service and those behind say the waterways could ease traffic in the area especially right along gulf boulevard. use these waterways to move people up and down from businesses to businesses, from towns to towns. >> anjuli: pretty exciting the ferry boats will take passengers to nine different locations including a number stores and different restaurants. kellie cowan will have more coming up in the next half hour. >>> creepy clown sightings are being reported all across the country and now concerns are growing here in the bay area as well. pasco county deputies say they are investigating at least three reported clown sight information hudson and holiday. deputi