shannon behnken has more on what she found out. >> the report is so dire that city officials want to evacuate resident, but government red the state regulates apartments, so now a councilman is calling for city action if state officials don't step in by noon tomorrow. >> the welfare of the people comes above the law. >> reporter: he wants to see moving trucks. of after our investigation exposed a void, at least 100 feet deep under this building at the french quarter apartments that also makes other buildings unsafe. how do you feel knowing the property owner had this document 7 years ago, knowing it's unsafe and they're still collecting money? >> it's terrible. not the right thing to do, and he or she or they, or whatever corporation should be held responsible for the limits of law. >> reporter: 8 on your side dug up this explosive engineer's report urging residents be evacuated. we took the report to enforcement. with people inside. >> reporter: the french quarter property manager didn't have answer for anyone. hi we're with channel 8, trying to get some information -- >> no questio

. >> thank you shannon behnken. we will look forward to that tonight at 11:00. >>> and be sure to join shannon behnken for her coverage tonight at 11:00. >>> a night thing strike sparked a fire in a horse barn in georgia. check out the flames. the fire spread through the barn spooking the clydesdales. the door was blocked so the son of the owner took drastic action. >> i ran right out. no clothes, no shoes, nothing, and jumped in the gator and ran it right through the door. and opened up the stalls. and we were able to push the horses out that way. >> the barn is a total loss, but all of those horses survived. >>> all right steve, here we are again. it is cooler. >> saturday and sunday will be very cold. >> it is nice though. >> feels pretty good. that florida sunshine really warms things up. you can see the lake club and lakewood ranch. we show our palm tree because it is always blowing around in the wind. it is doing that today. 58 degrees current temperature at that location. a lot of sunshine. sun toyota, new po

our investigation into shoddy construction resulted in millions of dollars in repair, and shannon behnken found another builder with similar problemmings. i almost can't believer it. >> yes, it that has look of kb homes all over again, and we were there last week as engineers tore off stucco and found big problems, appearing to be code violation, and i couldn't help but remember the same thing happening in bradenton, and that was two years ago. and in that case the builder came in and ripped off part of the outside of every single building, and that was the only way to fix it, and now here we are, these years later, more residents turning to 8 on your side desperate for help. >> but again just to clarify it's not kb home we're talking agent, so is this a widespread >> it seems to be. there are a lot of people with on your side. this is not kw, i'll hold back on the rest, tune in at 11:00 to find out, but if you bought a home in the past ten years pay attention. >> thank you. you can see the results of shannon behnken's story, construction fail tonight at >>> some new audio tapes on the ap

shannon behnken is looking for answers. >> reporter: we are toad they were working on a memo. then this week, they said no memo. we want to know why inspectors didn't catch major problems that were going on here. it is a question that anyone buying a new home wants to know because we found shaky balconies and mold and these houses were literally falling apart at first, no one wanted to speak to us today. but we kept trying and were finally able to score a pretty good interview. >> so you got some answers. is the county making some changes? >> we got some answers and they are working on it. they are still trying to figure and how they are going to make the changes but this was the first time we were able to get a pretty candid response from the man in charge about his building inspectors and everything that they missed. >> we are looking forward to hearing from him at 11:00. thank you shannon behnken. >>> well, you can see the results of shannon's story tonight at 11:00 right here on newschannel8. >>> clear skies, warm south wind at 14 miles an hour. a nice breeze coming in fro

shannon behnken joins us now. you are on this case again. couple. they came to us when their insurance company dropped them because they discovered the sink hole and they actually found a large crack that cracked right down the middle of their living room floor. look at it there. the crack opened up in the middle of the night. this couple had to leave fearing for their children's lives. we confronted the sellers and found they had been collecting a big insurance settlement, but didn't fix the sink hole problems. a jury found them guilty and they face prison, but instead, a judge ordered them to six months house arrest and probation. so today, i went back out to the house to find out what it looks like. and you will have to tune in tonight. it is really interesting. you can actually see the visible sink hole activity. there is no doubt about it, it is definitely sinking again. >> what about restitution? has that happened yet? >> reporter: it has. that is very interesting too. you will be very surprised to find out what happened there. and tonight, we

have went to the scene directly, i would have wanted to see it myself firsthand. >> reporter: shannon behnken, 8 on our side. >> slater insists the report was never given to him, the officer that signed for it no longer works for the city, and they want the property owner to see if the voids have gotten worse. >>> well, it's a miserable day in new england. check out the video from massachusetts today. blizzard conditions hit the area with as much as 18 inches of snow expected, and winds topping 65 miles per hour. candace mccowan too reporting in thatat wintry weather in the northeast covering the primary up there in new hampshire, but windy and wet, an ararea of low pressure, same one that helped cause showers across the bay area this weekend, and causing high winds and snow for that part of the world. 54 at 11:00 a.a.m., breezy and chchilly in the state fair forecast for tomorrow. 57 degrees at 3 3:00 p.m., 51 at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. it's now 61, not too bad. we have the southwest wind right now stilill, ahead of a cold front. once that front moves through tomorrow we'll have a northw

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >> so the a.g. settlement requires kb to years old, but kb has to fork over $6.5 million in fines, many of which will go to homeowners. keep in mind our 8 on your side investigation already led kb home to spend about $71 million to fix homes. if your home was built by kb and is in need of repair, inspection. the phone number there on your screen, 813-387, 9600. we are also posting this information at www.wfla.com. >>> still to come business opportunities with cuba. >> coming up 8 on your side's jeff patterson is in havana tonight to show us the changes and how they impact you. >> plus brazil considered ground zero for the zika virus, coming up how that's having an impact on the travel industry. >> a bit more sunshine today helped lift our high temperature to 66 degrees, very nice day, even warmer tomorrow. nice weekend forecast, a few more clouds, but i think you'll like it. >>> 8 on your side's jeff patterson is once again in cuba as the u.s. considers lifting the cuba embargo. congresswoman kelly

hi, this is is shannon behnken. so i went back to state regulators with e-mails and phone calls. within an hour i had a promise from a state official to get to the bottom of this. zulmyer hopes this leads to help and soon. >> it's heart breaking. it's frustrating. it causes anxiety. >> a spokesman for the department of financial services assures me this will be taken care of. he said computer problems are the easiest to fix, but getting that information in front of the right people is not always easy and, of course, it should be because this is clearly another mistake. >> why can't they just cancel the accounts in she doesn't have? >> it should be an easy fix and that is what makes it so troubling for her because she is getting termination letters and she doesn't know if it's for the right account or the account that she actually needs. >> my goodness, what a mess. thank you, shannon. >>> in an 8 on your side consumer report tonight coupon cutters might not get as good of deal at macy's. the store complain is no longer applying coupons to clearance items. traditionally macy's let

shannon behnken is here and shannon, you broke this story nearly four years ago. you have been working on this a long time. >> reporter: we have je nebraska and this story is very near to my heart. we received piles of letters in 2012 for people begging for help. we found balconies falling off. walls that didn't have enough nails to hold them up. florida's attorney general took notice of our investigation and they did their own investigation. last week, they came up with a big settlement. now, we are going back to willow brook to find out what it looks like now. there are still a lot of questions here. like what happened to the building inspection? the attorney general mentions a lot of violations. why didn't the inspector's catch it? >> yeah. an i mean that is exactly the question. isn't that what they are supposed to do? >> it is. so we want to know what happens when they don't do what they are supposed to do. so we are going to look deeper into what can be done. it is pretty surprising because everybody thinks that the inspectors are there to help you, but they

shannon behnken has more about it. >>> this steals the joy out of homeowner ship. >> this couple have owned their home since 2013 and they just found out it is listed on the >> chris and rebecca craft. >> reporter: yes. baby caden. they are just so worried they are going to end up losing their house. they had no idea until they on the market. >> so they go online, see the house listed for sale. how did they find that out? what makes you go to zillow to see that? >> reporter: they had been getting strange things in the mail from people in real estate wanting to help them out of foreclosure, but they were never in foreclosure in the first place. they had a person in real estate take a look online and find this listing. there were strange things in the listing. there are a lot of lessons here. >> that is what you take away from it. tonight at 11:00. >>> well, a man named rocky was homeless until a social media post changed his life. >> coming up next, meet the good samaritans who want to provide a roof for rookie. >>> also ahead, a new air travel agreement with the u.s. and cuba. 8 on yo

. >> and 8 on your side investigator shannon behnken uncovered all of this in 2012. she pushed the state for action and today, finally, resolution. shannon joins us now. it certainly took long enough, but your persistence paid off. >> reporter: it did. better late than never. we were the first to expose the crumbling walls, the falling balconies and the missing screws. could you imagine buying a new home and have it look like this a couple of years later? this was going on all over the state, but we kept on them until something was done. and today, finally, answers. first, 8 on your side uncovered moldly balconies falling off the condominiums in bradenton. dozens of homeowners turned to us when their builder, kb home, ignored their construction complaints or did band aid

shannon behnken is with us now. ing health insurance coverage can be mri kateed, and some people are having -- complicated, and some people have having trouble getting in to see their own doctors. dealing with an insurance nightmare, i told you about it last week, the phone has been then. there's a woman who's having trouble, and her situation is scary. she had this florida blue plan for 2015, but last week started receiving strange phone calls from her doctors, telling her florida blue called them and said she doesn't have coverage at all any, and she didn't have it at all for 2015, and that means they want all the money they paid for every single thing she had in 2015 returned to them. >> my goodness. and you're getting to the bottom of it? >> we are, and we discovered some things that will have all of us checking our plans to make sure this doesn't happen to us, because it can happen to anyone. she didn't do anything wrong. >> and if phone calls since friday are proof of that. thank you. and be sure to watch toni

. >> and 8 on your side investigator shannon behnken uncovered all of this in 2012. she pushed the state for action and today, finally, resolution. shannon joins us now. it certainly took long enough, but your persistence paid off. >> reporter: it did. better late than never. we were the first to expose the crumbling walls, the falling balconies and the missing screws. could you imagine buying a new home and have it look like this a couple of years later? this was going on all over the state, but we kept on them until something was done. and today, finally, answers. first, 8 on your side uncovered moldly balconies falling off the condominiums in bradenton. dozens of homeowners turned to us when their builder, kb home, ignored their construction complaints or did band aid >> this was a car. law. >> reporter: then our investigation peeled back the layers of bad construction and took you within the walls of a condominium that didn't even walls together. >> all the two by fours are here. especially at this elevation. this is the third floor. >> reporter: we discovered fol

shannon behnken joins us now with that proof. >> reporter: the engineers that found ththe activity in 2008 say it was so bad they notified officials right away, so when they heard fishes all these -- denying that, they called me to set the record straight. >> nobody should even walk on it. >> reporter: this engineer found a void, at least 100 feet deep under building 6411 at the frfrench quarter apartments. >> >. if they're saying they never heard about it, that's shocking to me. >> reporter: she along with a structural engineer said the building should be abandoned, and not built upon again, and warned nearby buildings weren't safe eitherer. >> it's not a matter of if the building will collapse, just a matter of when. >> reporter: : but all these years later, an 8 on your side investigation found d nothing was done to fix what's under the e now vacant buildiding. the property owner wants more insurance money to fix it, and continues to rent out apartments all around the void. city officials insisted nobody told them. >> all i can tell you is i wish we knew 8 years ago, but we care of

shannon behnken joins us now to explain. >> reporter: this landlord not only said this was a violation, he also filed for eviction. otherwise. >> it is a medical device as opposed to a pet. >> reporter: for pam clark, her german shepherd ammo is a lifeline. he is a highly trained medical service dog. pam, who has severe post- traumatic stress syndrome can barely function without him. >> the chemical changes that happen in your body depending on the different medical events, he will smell and be able to alert me to long before i even know about it. >> reporter: pam was awarded am mmo from guardian angels who trains service dogs and pairs them up for people with disabilities. this text message came from their landlord. the dog is a breach of the lease. >> the ada has law ins place to the fact there are loopholes people can find to get around it, it is unfair. >> reporter: that loophole? the landlord evicted them for failure to pay rent. >> did you evict them because of the service dog? you know that is against the law. >> reporter: carol warden from guardian angels is outraged. >> there

shannon behnken, newschannel8. >>> did you see what they have in fargo yesterday morning? it was real frosty up there. tree branches and fens covered in hoar frost. water condenses and friezes on objects making for incredible pictures. fargo. something up to see. i'm from the area so i can use my old accent there. beautiful. eight day forecast the next couple of days, wednesday, 80 degrees. today, 82. thursday, 73. see that dip as temperatures fall below the average line as saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. rain chances will come along with that. we will talk about that shortly. 75 this evening. still warm. a nice night for a stroll. low clouds, patchy fog. mild temperatures. as we get into tomorrow afternoon. very warm again. those 80-degree numbers, a few clouds later in the day along with a slight possibility of a shower developing inland. but mostly north associate north associated with that front. 78 in river view. 80 in apollo beach. 76 bartow. lake placid 71. area of low pressure continues across the central u.s. north central u.s. you have heard all about the bliz

. >> they went out to sinking apartment building today and shannon behnken was right there with them. they are finally going to do something about this. >> reporter: they are working on it. everyone here agrees this is dangerous sink hole activity. the property owner is busy fighting in court to get more money from his insurance company to fix it. but city officials fear it cannot wait. 8 on your side exposed a 100- foot sink hole so dangerous city officials are taking action. they have a plan to inspect buildings and consider moving residents out. they don't buy the property owner's excuse that this is tied up in an insurance court battle. >> those are money deals. we are not talking about money here. we are talking lives. charlie miranda is working with tampa city code enforcement to determine what should be done. >> what are we going to do with them? we are not geared up to move people out. >> reporter: city officials should have been notified seven years ago when an engineer working for citizen's insurance described one building as so dire that "any attempt to grout or underpin co

shannon behnken has a preview now of tonight's story. >> we found the laws are there to protect people with service dog, but landlords are finding a loophole. for ptsd, but her landlord filed for eviction. it caught the attention of another woman who also had this happen to hire, fought, and -- her, fought and won. she want toss spread the word that this kind of discrimination is not okay, and 8 on your side wants to know what can be done to prevent this. >> all right, looking forward to that report tonight at i 11:00. >>> after a long and bitter battle, a famous bay area building is facing the wrecking ball. >> we get a unique look at the demolition of the hotel. >>> and big changes coming to us relations with cuba. exclusive coverage of travel and trade agreements coming up. >>> and a mostly cloudy day, but a much milder feel to the air because we have a more southerlily flow. changes tonight, and the possibilities of strong and severe thunderstorms overnight. -- possibilities of strong and >>> liquor laws allow this business to sell before noon, and this one has to wait until after

shannon behnken joins us with a look at what she is working on for the 11:00 newscast. >> reporter: we went out with a blind man in pasco county as he his name is mike keech. desperation. it didn't take us long to find out what he meant. we wanted to show you a little bit of what he goes through. he has a service dog named go anywhere. the sidewalk ends so mike doesn't know where to go. and he called us for help. he has been trying to get a sidewalk for eight years now. we have taken information. talked to the county about it. coming up, i will tell you what they have to say. >> pretty frustrating for him and looking at the video. your heart skips a beat imagining. >> we were worried. we didn't know how long to let this go. we wanted to see what he goes through, but didn't want him to fall on the street. it was really scary. unimaginable. >> thank you shannon. be sure to tune in for the full stepping into danger. >>> we have the breezes going. you can see the palm tree going around. some strong gusts. not a cloud in the sky. just a beautiful afternoon overall. and in new port richey as

investigator shannon behnken saw the investigators firsthand. >> reporter: it was the first time city inspectors able to get an up-close look at the damage and now they are demanding the property owner to further testing to see if the whole has gotten worse. city officials showed up in full force. code inspectors, fire marshals, and attorneys to inspect the french quarter 100 foot void since -- underneath the center building. >> it seems to be limited to the front section of the building where it slopes. >> reporter: the property owner closed up the building after learning of the big hole seven years ago but the sinkhole activity was not fixed and the landlord continues to collect rent from tenants just feet away even after engineers on other buildings could be in danger too. city officials say they were not informed of any of this until 8 on your side gave them the report and we were there today when officials that the first glimpse inside the vacated building. one of the first things you notice is the floor is sloping this way toward armenia avenue on the other side of the wall. the

now, more than three years later, as shannon behnken shows homeowners. >> reporter: first, 8 on your side uncovered moldy balconies bradenton. dozens of homeowners turned to us when their builder, kb home ignored their construction peeled back the layers of bad construction and took you within the walls of a condominium that didn't even have enough screws to hold the walls together. >> all of the two by fours top and bottom are supposed to have a strap in here. a hurricane strap. especially at this elevation. this is the third floor. >> reporter: we discovered followed. charge of the building didn't seem concerned. >> so how is it possible these things were missed? >> i don't know that anything was missed by inspections. nothing has been verified that anything was missed. >> reporter: but after our persistence, even county officials realized there were catastrophic problems and major safety issues. >> we don't know where it is coming from. but the same thing that appears policies have happened in the back. water got in and deteriorating the decking. >> reporter: so did attorney gener

shannon behnken shows us how all this happened. >> reporter: the first shots were fired before 6:00 saturday night in the parking lot of an apartment complex. the gunman shot a mother who was with her three children. she's in serious condition. about four hours later and 15 miles away shots were fired at a car dealership. 18-year-old tyler smith and his father killed. >> looks like where somebody just driving around finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks. >> reporter: 15 minutes later more shots, this time at a popular restaurant. ninth street, 5581 south ninth street at the cracker barrel. shots fired. >> reporter: five more victims, four more dead. a 14-year-old girl reported to be killed survived, rushed into surgery after she squeezed her mother's hand. she's in critical condition. in all the shooter had eight victims, six were killed. about seven hours after the first shots were fired police arrested 45-year-old jason dalton without incident. authorities found a gun and other evidence inside his car. dalton is an uber driver who authorities say has ties to the community.

. >> shannon behnken, thank you. >>> former usf quarterback matt grothe is out of jail this afternoon after a warrant was issued for his arrest. the 29-year-old was accused of punching a man in the face at his home last december fracturing his nose. grothe played for the bulls from 2005 to 2009. >>> pinellas park police now know who was behind the wheel of this dangerous stunt, three people in the car doing donuts in the middle of an intersection. we're told they're all juveniles and authorities may charge that driver with reckless driving. >>> a burglar did whatever it took to rob an antique store in deerfield beach. you can see him trying to throw a rock through the glass door, doesn't work at first, a second or third time. through. he got away with several items. investigators hope this video leads them to the thieves. >>> we experienced some strong storms this morning here in the bay area, but it was nothing like what residents in miami- dade had to deal with. >> news channel 8's jen holloway joining us with a look at some incredible video now. >> surveillance camera in miramar, f

she reached out to 8 on your side investigator shannon behnken. disgusted that this had happened again. >> reporter: medical service dogs are truly a lifeline for people who need them and there are laws with strict penalties to protect against discrimination, but disability advocates tell me land lords find loopholes to get around those laws. >> that's how amazing she is. >> reporter: sharon fowler is blind and she can't imagine getting through a day without her service dog laura. >> laura halt. >> reporter: but two years ago her hoa tried to evict laura claiming the dog violated the neighborhood's pet rules. illegal. service dogs from any pet restrictions. fowler fought and won. >> you shouldn't have to choose between an extension of you and your home. >> reporter: her story went national and she hoped it would help end this kind of discrimination. >> it's a medical device as opposed to a pet. >> reporter: so she was stunned to see our 8 on your side investigation and learn that pam clark and her fiance james moved to a shelter after their landlo

found flaws that looked strikingly similar to those made by kb home. 8 on your side investigator shannon behnken shows us the problem. >> reporter: this is so similar it's eerie. we were there last week when engineers tore apart the outside of 10 condo buildings and we saw the moldy wood they removed. now we want to know what the america's best is going to do about it. a gorgeous condo community, but pop off the stucco and there's a moldy mess. engineers opened the outside of 10 buildings at dr horton's schooner cove in south tampa. they found wood so rotten it crumpled like butter. inside one condo is a containment wall to keep the moldy nasties away from the rest of the home and here's how it started. >> dripping. >> reporter: home video shows water pouring in around living room windows. just look at the water dripping down the wall. >> so you can see here where the water has been coming in and going down. >> reporter: the condo association is fighting. 8 on your side was right there with them when engineers checked to see how widespread this problem is. they found way more than just rotten wo

pay millions, but some homeowners are still not happy with repairs. 8 on your side investigator shannon behnken shows us why. >> reporter: from the outside willowbrook condominiums look all shiny and new again. >> took all the stuck co out and everything -- stucco out and everything. >> reporter: our 8 on your side investigation exposed shoddy construction 3 1/2 years ago. we found walls not built with enough screws, homes not up to florida building codes. >> all want by 4s top and bot are supposed to have a lurk strap in here. >> reporter: pressure from 8 on your side got kb to spend over 70 million in repairs. last week florida's attorney general announced a multi- million dollar settlement that forces the builder to fix more homes and pay fines, but all is not well yet. are you happy with the repairs that kb did to your home? >> absolutely not. i still have water intrusion, flooring issues, mold. >> reporter: she's not the only one. a big part of the settlement requires kb to have a baby- sitter, that's right, a third- party inspector to watch over new home construction, but hold up. isn't t