." >> reporter: sarasota, florida. the perfect backdrop for romance. beautiful beaches for long walks, gorgeous sunsets and the slow rhythm of a gentle gulf tide. stories of love abound in this city by the sea, but not all have ended happily ever after. like the one that unfolded here back in the summer of 2012. when secrets, lies and inf infidelity led to murder. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> a man's been shot. >> reporter: it's really a twisted love story? >> it's so twisted. it's tangled. it's a knot. i'm not sure that it will ever come undone, but i do know that there is more to the story than has been told. >> reporter: it all began back in 1998, when a 26-year-old local firefighter by the name of sam dreher met the love of his life, danielle lebourveau. >> they were just the ideal young couple. they held hands. they looked at each other dreamily over dinner. he seemed crazy about her. >> reporter: sam's older sister, cindy lutz, was thrilled when she found out sam had a serious new girlfriend. what was your first impression? >

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turning to sarasota, florida. an amazing site caught on camera.wo water spouts next to each other. hundreds of these sea twisters strike florida each year, a double water spout like this is pretty rare. >> karins has more on the powerful hurricane threatening the gulf coast. >> the rainfall predictions are atroe no, ma'am cal. even when mathieu came ashore we didn't have widespread huge amounts of rain predicted like with this show. the pink shows 15 inches of rain plus. from corpus christi to victoria to houston, san antonio and austin it has improved a bit for you. both our long-range forecast, both target that area from victoria to corpus christi to houston. that's where the astronomical flooding is potential of two feet, maybe towards three feet. that's just crazy. here is a closer look at the day ahead. well, you can see the weather will quickly deteriorate in the south coast of texas today. tropical storm force winds moving in during the day and hurricane winds this evening. we will see rain bands getting into areas of florida but associated

turning to sarasota, florida. an amazing site caught on camera.wo water spouts next to each other. hundreds of these sea twisters strike florida each year, a double water spout like this is pretty rare. >>> now nbc meteorologist bill karins has more on the powerful hurricane threatening the gulf coast. >> the rainfall predictions are atroe no, ma'am cal. even when mathieu came ashore we didn't have widespread huge amounts of rain predicted like with this show. the pink shows 15 inches of rain plus. from corpus christi to victoria to houston, san antonio and austin it has improved a bit for you. both our long-range forecast, both target that area from victoria to corpus christi to houston. that's where the astronomical flooding is potential of two is causing major hearing damage in diplomats from cuba. "early today" is back in two. that moment you suck up all that doubt that fear all those reasons why not and decide to begin. get your game on with under armour. now at kohl's. watching this breath savers protect mint neutralize the plaque acids in m

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. >>> down near sarasota, florida, an amazing sight was caught on camera. two waterspouts right next to each other. while hundreds strike florida every year a double waterspout like this is pretty rare. >> now nbc's meteorologist bill karins has more on the powerful hurricane threatening the gulf coast. >> we'll be talking about this storm a week from now. an ultra marathon of a hurricane. so the storm surge, this is going to be tonight and a little bit tomorrow. we have storm surge warnings that consist of much of the texas coastline. five to seven foot storm surge, 6 to 12 feet is possible. that's enough to do some significant damage. less up near the galveston area. we'll talk about the long range foreca all through the intermountain west. and everyone is hoping and wondering where fall is at this point. so i'll just tease it up to say that our european long range computer model i'm going to show you later makes more than one landfall in the next week. >> what? >> i have to feel for everybody out there and for you too because you'll be covering it all. t

high winds coming ashore near sarasota, and carving a path across the state. the tiny island of ana maria taking a hit. abc's gio benitez is in ft. myers beach tonight. >> reporter: tonight, tropical storm emily drenching florida's gulf coast with up to 8 inches of rain. the system rapidly developing this morning. the governor now declaring a state of emergency in 31 counties, some 18,000 losing power. >> i urge you to keep alert, to look at weather and road conditions. >> reporter: a construction worker in st. petersburg shooting this video as emily moved ashore. >> emily has arrived. >> reporter: those powerful winds shutting down the sunshine skyway bridge. the coast guard rescuing two brothers clinging to a navigation light in tampa bay. their fishing boat striking the structure and sinking during the storm. in bradenton, a race to find foster homes for rescue animals. >> a lot of rain, real fast. dead flat property and the sump pump stopped working so we're trying to catch up. >> reporter: this tractor trailer losing control while driving on slick roads i

reporter john rogers is in sarasota florida tonight -- and looked into why that's the case..: new abuse photo, no chargessarasota floridathere's a lot of work involved to investigate cases like this. and i just received documents from a prior federal investigation connected to one of these men, and it shows just how hard it can be to charge these people.this new photo has surfaced- depicting one of the ringleaders in the shark dragging video holding a spotted eagle ray.a florida fish and wildlife spokesman says this is a protected species and holding one up is illegal.it's just one of numerous photos and videos, showing this man and others mistreating animals, and despite this, no charges have been filed yet.<"i'm a little surprised, in cases these days there's so much video evidence that we have now because of the advent of technology, that things are a little easier to solve.">we just obtained a report from the u-s fish and wildlife service. in 2015 the agency investigated this same man after photos surfaced of him harming protected birds. the special agent admitted the pho

what that shark after it was torturedthe men involved in that video are believed to be from the sarasotabut no arrests have been made.f-w-c is also investigating a hammerhead being used as a beer bong.a group laughs as one man is drinking the beer from below the shark's body. eric hovland/ shark expert: "that makes it monstrous. pouring that liquid into that shark. that shark was probably far gone or on it's way out already."and now this new video.it's unclear where it was taken or when.f-w-c says it is illegal to shoot a shark in florida waters but it's not against the law in federal waters.what animal activists say makes them so upset is the men on the boat are smiling and laughing while the shark suffers. russ rector/ animal rights activist:shooting a shark in the gills is not an instant kill. that shark slowly bled out. and suffocated." (justine) florida governor rick scott says he wants to make sure florida's fishing regulations strictly prohibit "inhumane acts." (grant) san francisco's largest manufacturer and a craft beer icon... has been bought by a japanese brewing company. anch

two that one came off the golf really fast into tampa, sarasota and saint pete.ave some rain down in southern california. if you're at the airport going down to palm springs. it's raining. also in los angeles and oceanside and san diego. right there. it's coming from arizona and some of it may take the turn and bring clouds in a peer. temperatures inland today will be very warm. ukiah, near 110. santa rosa and san jose, low 90s. mostly sunny. i think there will be some high clouds coming in. 72 degrees for the game. it cooled off from 92 yesterday. it is cooler. san jose, 57. saratoga, 59. a heat advisory is out and that goes until wednesday and hilar elevations. -- and higher elevations. there is more fog than the satellite is showing. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. thunderstorms in and around the tahoe area. in southern california, the cloud cover will make an appearance tonight or tomorrow. >>> they bay bridge is crowded. we will also show you some of the other commutes. good morning. if you are just about to get onto 880, let's take a look at at 83 solano c

what that shark after it was torturedthe men involved in that video are believed to be from the sarasotaa but no arrests have been made.f-w-c is also investigating a hammerhead being used as a beer bong.a group laughs as one man is drinking the beer from below the shark's body. eric hovland/ shark expert: "that makes it monstrous. pouring that liquid into that shark. that shark was probably far gone or on it's way out already."and now this new video.it's unclear where it was taken or when.f-w-c says it is illegal to shoot a shark in florida waters but it's not against the law in federal waters.what animal activists say makes them so upset is the men on the boat are smiling and laughing while the shark suffers. russ rector/ animal rights activist:shooting a shark in the gills is not an instant kill. that shark slowly bled out. and suffocated." (pam) florida fish and wildlife investigators are asking for any information about the people in that video. florida governor rick scott says, he wants to make sure florida's fishing regulations strictly prohibit "inhumane acts." mid and upper level

just south of fort meyers five inches of rain, 3 1/2 inches almost in sarasota. widespread swathe of 2 to 4 inches of rain in a short amount of time. the track of em little takes her well away from the lower 48. however, over the coming days likely some rough surf along the east coast thanks to this storm. back here at home, all about the heat tomorrow. look at these numbers. 101 that number in concord. a little bit better in oakland. 79. 92 in san jose and 72 in san francisco. a pair of hot days on the way with a heat advisory in effect. as we go into the weekend, the heat will ease back down to more typical levels this time of year. just a couple of days of really hot weather. >> on to sports. >> yep, and some a's news. >> a's and giants playing each other tonight. with sonny gray getting traded the longest tep you're day is semien. semien. he came up rather grand tonight food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just

civil war education association and has a symposium in florida and many of you i know go there in sarasota. well, i gave some sort of talk on halleck and i confessed to the audience that i didn't really know much about halleck, and i didn't understand why he had such contrasting -- such a contrasting personality, successful, yet a failure, it seemed. so i asked these people and i said i'm writing to letters to the editor and all of these thing, asking for any information on henry halleck particularly this question of why is he a success and then he's a failure? well, it didn't take long. i just about finished and it just so happened that in that audience there were several medical doctors, at least four that i talked to, anyway, and there were others because they said they had talked to others, too, but several individually came up to me after the talk and asked, had i thought about the possibility that halleck had graves disease. graves' disease is a thyroid gland problem. maybe this is why there's such a difference between success and failure, and i had to admit i never thought about the

latest night in bradenton, florida and into sayres so ta, ov sarasota, 60 homes flooded. storm could be named later this afternoon. tropical storm watches and warnings along the florida, georgia, coastline. the name, erma. but that's tomorrow. and only moves slowly. we knew a slow system. hang around maybe a week. even though we've seen tornado warning, 99 issued by the hurricane system in houston, there will be more. can't let our guards down. the only thing i can think of, any storm in recent history, that is something like this, this is the track of alison in 2001. took two weeks, but the first week was in the houston area. it made landfall as a tropical storm. it was weak. came in with little or no fanfare. moved up, circled around, came back through houston. over 35 inches of rain. well, we're seeing that. economic loss, $9 billion and 41 lives lost nap was just a tropical storm. the magnitude, state of calamity, a one in 1,000 year event unfolding before our eyes. talked about the computer models and like to see where the storm is moving. did well moving in land. th

what that shark after it was torturedthe men involved in that video are believed to be from the sarasota area but no arrests have been made.f-w-c is also investigating a hammerhead being used as a beer bong.a group laughs as one man is drinking the beer from below the shark's body. eric hovland/ shark expert: "that makes it monstrous. pouring that liquid into that shark. that shark was probably far gone or on it's way out already."and now this new video.it's unclear where it was taken or when.f-w-c says it is illegal to shoot a shark in florida waters but it's not against the law in federal waters.what animal activists say makes them so upset is the men on the boat are smiling and laughing while the shark suffers. russ rector/ animal rights activist:shooting a shark in the gills is not an instant kill. that shark slowly bled out. and suffocated." (grant) florida fish and wildlife investigators are asking for any information about the people in that video. governor rick scott says he wants to make sure florida's fishing regulations strictly prohibit "inhumane acts." (vicki) in phoenix, ar

what that shark after it was torturedthe men involved in that video are believed to be from the sarasotagating a hammerhead being used as a beer bong.a group laughs as one man is drinking the beer from below the shark's body. eric hovland/ shark expert: "that makes it monstrous. pouring that liquid into that shark. that shark was probably far gone or on it's way out already."and now this new video.it's unclear where it was taken or when.f-w-c says it is illegal to shoot a shark in florida waters but it's not against the law in federal waters.what animal activists say makes them so upset is the men on the boat are smiling and laughing while the shark suffers. russ rector/ animal rights activist:shooting a shark in the gills is not an instant kill. that shark slowly bled out. and suffocated." (anny @ landing) a bungee jumping ride in a traveling carnival malfunctioned at the ventura county fair. this as a teenager was left hanging upside down. it happened wednesday night. while the man was left dangling upside down, his two friends were stuck in a steel cage hanging from a crane. they were

there's also that thunderstorm and that mess there off of fort myers south of the tampa area around sarasota not named yet. barely off the east coast. between these two systems and storms, the water is a mess in the gulf. people can't get to their ports where they want to go. 20 different cruise ships can't get to where they need to go. they're kind of floating and waiting to see where they can get people. i guess we said they were stranded before. if you're stranded anywhere, a cruise ship doesn't sound like a bad place to be. >> stand by. i'll going to talk live with the man who knows hurricanes better than anyone else. he led south hurricanes better anything else. he led south florida through andrew. you're watching live coverage here on msnbc. not this john smith. or this john smith. or any of the other hundreds of john smiths that are humana medicare advantage members. no, it's this john smith. who we paired with a humana team member to help address his own specific health needs. at humana, we take a personal approach to your health, to provide care that's just as unique as you are. no

you are looking at 12 lovely ladies who are all from the same senior care campus in sarasota, floridas from 100 to 105. i'll have what they are having. that is fantastic, guys. >> that's really cool, al. happy birthday to everybody. thank you, sir. safe travels. >> he says thanks. >> he's in a food coma. >> make sure you stick around for the next hour. we're going to have fun. >>> good morning. i'm tracy davidson. coming up on 9:00. let's get right to first alert traffic with your most accurate weather forecast. >> had to check the calendar, make sure it is still august. it is, but it feels like september. temperatures in the 60s. the humidity so nice and low. look at that sunshine in the lehigh valley and the suburbs which cooled to the 50s overnight. now warming. upper 70s this afternoon. the warmest spots will reach the low 80s. philadelphia, new jersey, the shore reaching the low 80s and delaware, too. nothing but sunshine. and if you're heading out, let's check with the roads are first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >>> northbound around ridge pike, bewe're doing bette

you are looking at 12 lovely ladies who are all from the same senior care campus in sarasota, florida ages from 100 to i'll have what they are having. that is fantastic, guys. >> that's really cool, al. happy birthday to everybody. thank you, sir. safe travels. >> he says thanks. >> he's in a food coma. >> make sure you stick around for the next hour. we're going to have fun. >>> this is a nbc4 "today" news break. >> 8:56 now on this thursday morning. it's august 24th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start by getting a check on the commute. jack taylor has your first 4 traffic. jack? >> aaron, thank you. eastbound on the toll road we had some earlier activity, a broken down dump truck finally cleared to the left shoulder. inter loop of the painful out of springfield. all the earlier activity on route 7 has been moved to the shoulder, but that delayed stretched back into the springfield interchange. back to you, aaron. >> thank you. we'll have a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us. but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some

you are looking at 12 lovely ladies who are all from the same senior care campus in sarasota, floridaom 100 to 105. i'll have what they are having. that is fantastic, guys. >> that's really cool, al. happy birthday to everybody. thank you, sir. safe travels. >> he says thanks. >> he's in a food coma. >> make sure you stick around for the next hour. we're going to have fun. i )m ... ==topvo== tensions are rising ahead of two weekend rallies planned >>> good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. tensions arise ahead of the two weekend rallies planned for by conservative groups in the bay area, one, convertly, the other in san francisco. during a meeting last night held by a liberal group by any means necessary, a fight started when conservatives refused to allow the two groups into a meeting. at 10:00 this morning a separate an hi hate rally is being organized outside of berkeley's city hall ahead of martin luther king's civic center park event. >>> bob redell is in berkeley for that rally talking with leaders about the pledge to keep the peace this weekend. bob will have a live re