st. petersburg home. can see the holes and that roof. and, the fire and smoke of that home. and, we are working to figure out exactly how bad the woman's injuries are. we do know that officials are calling her a trauma or at we are also being told that firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion. >> wrecking developments about the man believed to have pland gs. the surveillance video helped identifyhis man. ahmad khan rahami as a prime suspect. he is in custody and undergoing surgery. he is accused of planning that attack which her 29 people. >>> we're learning more about a st. pete police officer arrested for domestic battery. his live in girlfriend with an argument over insult -- over a cell phone. >> and, what kind of punishment that officer could face. >>> according to this report, both of the officer and the grove and had been drinking. they were arguing over a cell phone and, then it turned violent. >> the report is detailed and graphic. a police officer is arrested for allegedly body slimming his girlfriend. adding all of his weight on her chest while he tried to use he

. >>> water is covering the streets, trapping people in their homes in st. petersburg. police shut down roadways and fire crews had to rescue one mother and daughter from their home. candace mccowan joins us from pinellas county. and candice, there are many people stranded. >> reporter: -- candace, there are many people stranded. >> reporter: absolutely. here in st. petersburg. lake maggiore behind us. here. all these people in these homes down here, they're stranded and stuck. and the thought of it getting any worse was too much for one family to take. >> i couldn't go to work. i couldn't get out. >> reporter: that's when denise knew it was time to call for help. st. petersburg fire rescue not driving their truck through this water. insteainthis high water storm water truck. they drove down pallanza drive and then came back with two dogs and her >> we don't know what went on, baby. i was a nervous wreck, y'all. i am glad he came and got us. >> reporter: she's going to her daughter's nearby home, telling us the water only seems to get closer and higher. the high water tr

st. petersburg saying their homes are being taken over with rats. one man told us he says he knows why the rats keep coming back. he has a nursery which is the perfect habitat. >> i'll even see some in my garage and backyard running around. >> the easiest t the food source by cleaning up trash around the neighborhood. >>> continuing our coverage on the clean up after hurricane hermine, there's a new way you can make sure victims get the help they so badly need. united way of pasco county put together a special fund. you can donate by texting the word pasco to this number, where you can donate online. find me on twitter. >>> we talked about bed bugs and rats and a hurricane. we need a break. we need a nice weekend. i think mother nature is going to cooperate even though there are widely scattered showers out there. most of the area this evening and weekend rain fre to mid 90s and dew points are up so the cool refreshing dry air earlier in the week is gone for a while. 95 today in tampa and 95 in sarasota. here's a look at future cast on through this

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. >>> a mother and daughter had to be rescued from their home in south st. petersburg on polonza drive. the two were in a string of homes surrounded by water. the mom and daughter were both pulled to safety using a stormwater truck that wouldn't stall in the floodwater. >>> crashing waves and wind caused damage for shark tails restaurant on st. pete beach. pier's decking stripped away. look at that. you can also see some driving rain and big waves washing over the parking lot. >>> and a reminder for parents tonight, a lot of bay area schools are closed tomorrow j including hillsborough, pasco, pinellas and citrus counties. polk and sarasota schools will be open. you can find all the closings on www.wfla.com. >>> a lightning strike now appears to be to blame for the power outage at a pasco coun night. more than 200 patients forced to relocate from regional medical center bayonet point wednesday night. ambulances from all over the tampa bay area responded to this one to pick up the stranded folks. the hospital's ceo explains staff members sprung into action after the lig

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st. petersburg when a mattress inside their home caught fire. as you can see here from the home, there is not much left. firefighters were quickly able to put the flames out before they spread. the family tells us a recalled samsung phone may to be blame. >>> despite public outrage and questions from lawmakers, the has no plans to lower the price of those epipens. today on capitol hill lawmakers accused heather bresch and her company of jacking up the price to get filthy rich. bresch, however, said people are wrong if they think mylan is pocketing massive profits. >> i think many people incorrectly assume that we make $600 off of each pen. it's simply not true. recent epipen price increases mylan that many assume. after subtracting costs our profit is approximately $50 per pen. >> $608 for a two pack up more than 400% since 2008 is the current price. she said a generic version is planned to be sold of theepipen for around $300. >>> a few showers on the radar tonight down in highlands few lightning strikes south of town north of the archibald are

. >>> a mother and her daughter had to be rescued from their home along pallanza drive along south st. petersburg today. several streets along lake maggiore closed. the women were pulled to safety kind equipped with special equipment to keep it from stalling out during a flood. >>> meantime, breaking news in clearwater to tell you about. a wastewater treatment plant has shut down, creating all sorts of sewage issues there. mark douglas joins us live near the marshall street plant. that's the last thing you want. >> reporter: absolutely, keith. you can see these manholes. thousands of gall sewage flowing out of the storm sewers. iscreek flows directly into clearwater bay. not what anybody wants to happen along here. the plant has shut down because of mechanical problems. they brought in temporary pumps to bypass it. that is designed about 10 million gallons a day. they're getting 30 million gallons through it. apparently, it was overwhelmed. this is the result you see here. and this isn't the only problem they have had in clearwater clearwater's courtney campbell beach is underwater today. the bik

st. petersburg. virtual house calls. >> see your doctor at home. you can be on the weekend, it can be the middle of the night. >> reporter: it's been talked about for years and it's now readily available. >> we have pediatrician, family medicine, emergency room doctor, urgent care available on the site. and you can claim on a specific doctor and that starts your visit immediately. >> reporter: the bay area anywhere app is a simple download away or just log on. you don't even need to have an establishe have to be specifically tech savvy to do this. >> it's very simple and easy to do. if anyone knows how to use a smart phone or computer, you can do it. >> reporter: and many of the same diagnose you can get virtually. >> colds, low grade fevers, sore throats, rashes, some even ankle sprains. >> reporter: and as more medical groups make it easier appointments in different fields that much easier. >> you can check up on your diabetic patients or patients who are depressed and see how they are in their home environment. >> doctors can even write you an e

home. st. petersburg is where i grew up. this is where i went to high school. this is where my father practiced medicine 55 years. i'm running for office because i love these people, because i want to serve them and make sure their values are reflected in washington, d.c. we don't give the bickering you are volunteering so we have somebody willing to work across the aisle, work with other people in washington. so the people here in pinellas county get their voice heard instead of the nothing you have done in washington in two and a half years. [ applause ] >> we have going to move on to the lightning round. remember to keep the answers to a few words or sentence. congressman joly, do you endorse a cuban -- >> i think it should be in st. pete. i think it's a great opportunity for this city, yes. >> governor crist? >> no, i think it's the right thing to do, no question about it. i think st. petersburg would be a great place to have the kons late. i have taken the view of getting rid of the embargo on cuba is the right thing to do. we need to be more enlightened t

rescued from a home in south st. petersburg. candace mccowan is now live with us. she is along mlk drive where many people are stuck in hair homes thanks to the high water, candace. >> reporter: yeah, stacie, good afternoon. look at this water. the it's deeper than where i'm standing farther out there. and if you were to drive your car through this, it would absolutely be stalled. all the house, there's people inside of them and they are stranded and there was a mother and daughter inside a house and she decided they wanted out. take a look at this video. it's of a storm water truck that the city brought in to help get the two women from their home, a mother and a daughter. they called fire-rescue because they wanted out. the water was rising from a nearby lake. there was fear that the truck was stall so they brought in the storm water vehicle which was higher profile. and they were able to get the mother and daughter and two >> all right, we apologize, we are having technical difficulties with candace right now. and the flooding is rough near the beach. we will hav

st. petersburg but she's also willing to make virtual house calls. >> see your doctor at home. you can be on the weekend, it can be the middle of the night. available. >> we have pediatricians, family medicines, emergency room doctors, urgent care available on the site. and you can click on a specific doctor and that starts your visit immediately. >> reporter: the app is a simple click away or just log on. you don't even need to have an established relationship with the doctor. >> and you're saying you don't have to be specifically tech savvy. >> it's very simple and easy to do. if anyone knows how to use a smart phone or computer, you n same diagnoses you would get during a regular check-up, you can get virtually. >> colds, sore throats, ankle sprains. >> reporter: and you will find follow-up apoint. s in different feels easier. >> you can check on your diabetic patients and patients that are depressed and see how environment. >> and doctors can write you an electronic prescription. and if you are part of a hospital's network, doctors will have access to your medical records m

firefighters are looking for hot spots on the home of 13th street south in st. petersburg. a fire probing out just after 4:00 this morning, and you can see it's an active scene there, as investigators comen through there looking for hot spots, and they believe the fire is out. no word if anyone was inside at the time the fire started, but the problem is, firefighters have no the homeowner, and they are currently looking for the person. they are not sure if the person is inside of the home. we will bring you updates as soon as we learn more. >>> and happening today in your vote, we are getting down to the wire here, and in just 2 months we will elect our new president. another campaign stop in the bay area by another candidate. hillary clinton will be in the bay area later today, and ryan hughes is live from the university of south florida, and ryan, she is expected to keep our country safe? >> reporter: good morning. that's the main issue on her agenda here today, how she will work with allies around the world. she is expected to take the stage at 1:45 this afternoon, and h

st. petersburg and threatened to vandalize their homes if they don't take down their trump signs. larson says the photo copied letter gives the impression it's from someone she knows. >> the way it's worded is to make you feel someone next door to you is going out of their way to accuse you -- like w >> larson says she will not take down the donald trump signs. instead she's reporting the threatening letters to the u.s. postal service. >>> one of the third party candidates hoping to get your vote will be in tampa tonight discussing issues directly affecting bay area voters. green party presidential nominee jill stein will be at the cuban club in ybor city tonight at 7:30. plans to talk about the pinellas county sewage problem, aerial spraying of mosquitos and damage to the florida aquifer by the mosaic sinkhole. >>> helping today, miami-dade officials plan to release the locations of mosquito traps that captured zika positive insects in miami beach. the state and county previously refused to disclose the locations. they argued the records were exempt from public records law becaus

st. petersburg, martin luther king, jr. was flooded, making the commute home difficult. >> i think it's just -- they know it's going to happen. >> chris: he went out in the rain to get medicine for his child. he made it home, but his car is flooded in his front >> i made it out, but it just stalled out. that was it. >> chris: we're driving throughout pinellas county and pasco, looking at rivers, retention ponds where you can tell there's not flooding in homes in most areas, but many like this have already taken as much rain as they can. >> we don't have any evacuation orders there, but that really could change, depending on the conditions, especially what happens tomorrow, perhaps. >> chris: yeah, absolutely, keith. emergency managers in pasco county have said they're not issuing evacuation orders yet, but they did advise people who live in low-lying areas this might be a good time if you have family or friends in higher areas to spend time with them. >> good idea. thank you for that. >>> in pasco un stood in line to fill 7000 sandbags. this is the emergency o

home. lauren, how are things looking in st. petersburg? >> reporter: you can see those people driving through these flood waters right now. th fast. and what we're seeing is that there were still roads blocked off this morning. about four to six inches of water in some of the more shallow parts. even deeper on the residential streets. especially here in the shore acres and snell isle neighborhood. this woman's neighborhood and home were left vulnerable. >> last night it was scary in the middle of the night. the wind was blowing bad. >> we have lost a lot of trees homes are threatened by flood waters and our infrastructure is clearly stressed right now. >> reporter: the mayor saying this is one of the worst storms he has seen. and he is warning people to stay out of this water. now, back out here live, he actually said in some areas, he believes it could be contaminated or full of snakes or even alligators. right now we have about 6800 people here in pinellas county who are still without power. they're working to right now. reporting live i

st petersburg. >> it started with recreational drugs, then harder ones. i had problems at home. my first wife left me. >> roman tells him to get a on. he wants lunch served on time. but then arseni discovers a secret stash. a new arrival has hidden some eggs. >> 18 eggs? now i know where all the eggs have got to. were you planning to sell them? >> embarrassed, the boy brings them out. he wanted to use the money to buy something to smoke. roman goes easy on him, because we're filming. lunch is ready. the ex-addicts have to prepare this themselves. roman makes sure everything is done properly. no one is given preferential treatment. that can lead to upset. >> we all have different opinions, but what brings us together is our addiction. you talk about it a lot and really helps. >> he hopes to be able to sell some camera equipment in st petersburg in about six months. roman is optimistic about arseni's future. he's understood how essential is to make changes in his life. there are cameras in every roman leaves nothing to chance. right now he lives a bit like orthodox priest. but at

st. petersburg is dealing with flooded streets. and that's keeping people away from their homes. and adam is joining us live from there right t now. -- >> it seems that we lost that live shot. >> wherever he was, he was at that area and it was crazy to watch people trying to drive to that water that they can't -- through the water that they can't see through the bottom up. >> you wonder what they are thinking, but i guess they aren't. and, minutes later after dropped out and, they did drop the tornado warning. there is still a lot of spin out there, and look at that picture. this should be a webcam for somebody across the world. i mean, that is a great shot. you have got the surf coming in, the wind blowing, and we are not seeing palm trees bent over sideways because they will not have that kind of weather. we will have a ton of surf, and that's going to be an issue to have another high tide before the out of here. it won't be as high as this last one. and, still looking at that tornado watch until 11 pm but that warning that was in effect they canceled it. the weather service di

officials are working to get a search warrant so that they can go back inside the home to investigate further. >>> st. petersburg police are searching for man who smashed glass door of a scientology center. and just kept walking. just after midnight on sunday. you can see him with group of people fairly clearly. including another man that was dressed as thor. walk up to this building on anything, call st. petersburg police. >> also in st. pete, police searching for couple who stole hundreds of dollars worth of soccer memorabilia from restaurant. happened earlier this month on fourth street south. a couple walked into a private room at the german restaurant. you can see the woman shoving items into her backpack helping this man is helping her zip up before they walk out. >>> and there is now a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of an center of fort piers. the fire was set late sunday night by man on a motorcycle. and all caught on surveillance video. the it was occasionally attended bay shooter in pulse night club attack. st. lucie county sheriff's office says person behind fire needs to be

st. petersburg. in a homeowner to the hospital. -- and a homeowner to the hospital. it's working the home in just minutes. >> i saw those flames coming out of the living room. the kitchen window blowout, and it -- it took no time. >> witnesses are on scene -- they are on scene trying to determine the cause. >>> they're stponing plans to they are asking for the hearing to get pushed back. then, the company making a requestr they learned about the toxic sinkhole. then got they were going door- to-door. and, they contracted a third-party company to do that water testing. many of them thing they didn't trust them to tell them the truth. and, paul is following that money t >> we spent much of the day digging through financial disclosure documents and tonight, while they are trying to plug that sinkhole, have also been stuffing campaign accounts with a lot of money. >> i am proud that it has a lead role in achieving those goals. >> that is the mosaic executive, he is featured on the company's >> the water is our blood. >> look how it is bleeding into the aquifer. and tonight, they have uncovere

st. petersburg, lindsay logue, abc action news. >>> happening today -- we're home that happened earlier this year. 65-year-old willburt mouton died after being left outside gracewood rehab and nursing care in pinellas park. he suffered second degree burns and dehydration but it was heart failure that ultimately killed him. investigators say the man who had mobility issues was outside for hours on a 90-degree day. officials are holding a news conference at 10:30, will reveal new information in the case and also announce proposed laws to make su happen again. we will monitor that news conference and bring you updates both on-air and on- line. >>> 90 degrees in the sun more like 95 to 100 there. we keep going like this right through -- october. remember last december we were in the upper 80s the whole month? let's hope for cooler times ahead. for now upper 70s. we had the cool spot this morning and yesterday morning. not as cool this morning. a little taste of early fall if you will. that is it. we're getting back to our hotter humidity levels, that means it will feel stickier and we're going t

home. st. petersburg is where i grew up. this is where my father has practiced medicine for 55 years. running for this office because i love these people. because i want to serve them and make sure their values are reflected in washington dc, and we don't hear the kind of bickering that you are volunteering tonight, so we have somebody who is willing to work across the aisle, work with other people in washington, so the people here in pinellas s heardget therir voice and get things done, instead of the nothing you have been able to do in washington in two and a half years. [applause] to move on tog our lightning round. please remember to keep these answers to a few words. do you need have a cuban consulate in st. pete? mr. jolly: i think it's a great opportunity for this city, yes. >> governor crist. governor crist: i think it's the right thing to do. no question about it. i think st. petersburg would be a great place to have a consulate. getting rid of the embargo on cuba is the right thing to do. we need to be more enlightened as we deal with our neighbor to the south and having a c

st. petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as an arson. the flames broke out at a home on 18th avenue south. you can see it's still an active scene right now. this is a live picture from the at home at the time. now they're trying to locate the owner. >>> all the rain from hurricane hermine overwhelmed bay area waste water plants sending sewage flooding into tampa bay. and now some are demanding action to stop it from happening again. news channel 8's meredyth censullo is live from the tampa news center this morning. and we all hope something could be done to stop this in the future but it seems to be a far reach. >> reporter: yeah, that's the big question this mornin have launched a county-wide storm water task force to keep the bay free from raw sewage. 29million-gallons of raw and partially treated water was dumped into the bay, lake seminole, joes creek and irrigation canals and other places during hurricane hermine. the nasty water could be to blame for the deaths of those birds that you saw now washing up on shore. why does it happen? rain water floods the system

home, avoid driving. don't go out the door. we heard from st. petersburg mayor kriseman, stay in. too many trees and power lines down. hillsborough county sheriff's office -- >>russell: and csx saying don't drive usnles you have to. this storm surge is pushing flood waters into people's homes and forcing them to shelters. county, that's where shayla reaves is this morning. good morning to you. >>reporter: good morning to you. we've been able to make our way to the beach here at hudson beach, florida and you can see the area where i'm standing just a few short hours ago, this is an area that was underwater. we continue to see the flood waters recede but in some of the neighborhoods nearby, that is where people are waking up, they'll likely see their streets turned into rivers in some as that water continues to flow down those neighborhood streets. in fact, we were here throughout the morning as some of the folks were trying to evacuate from their homes. you're seeing video captured during the overnight hours. many of them were just trying to get their belongings to higher ground. we

it's still not clear how lila's father found the foster home where she was staying in south carolina. a coast guard crew returns to st. petersburg after an eight-week patrol in the pacific ocean. the yesterday. they covered more than 10-thousand miles patrolling the waters of west of central america and mexico. during their patrol they intercepted five drug smuggling ship that were carrying more than three tons of cocaine worth 112- million-dollars. ((walter another month, another record at st. pete/clearwater international airport. in august, they saw six-percent ?more passenger traffic than last year at that time. more than 142-thousand people traveled through p-i-e. and numbers are up for the ?year as well. the airport director is projecting nearly two-million passengers, before 20-16 is up. ((jen)) be careful while driving in tampa... all the rain we've gotten, is taking a toll on roads... holes or depressions have opened up in a few places... and that could be bad for your ?commute... and your ?car. ((jen fox-13's kellie cowan is at one of the new (wally in world news this morning: flexing some serious military muscle. the

. -- her. 80 degrees in tampa and clearwater home wins in both locations partly cloudy -- partly cloudy skies and 81 in st. petersburg winds coming out -- these are the area portions of goldsboro pasco, manatee, her so the county's delivered are getting -- colonies the rivers are getting near crest the cause of all the rain that has come down. even though the rain has stopped the water still writing and continue to keep an eye on that as with -- the with -- that as with the folks in the neighborhood and speaking of writing we will watch the temperatures rise tomorrow. as we see some -- we see some sunshine back up into the upper 80s and return to normal specially into labor day. 15 minutes. >>> tonight people in other parts of pasco trying to clean up after the storm. leaders are still back in the forces of nature and hurricane's long ways away, but the damage already done. showers to help this mobile home park driveway turned into a pond with debris everywhere. >>> i lost everything today yesterday and -- yesterday and today i feel really discourage county stressing patience -- stressing patients tonight is official

st. petersburg. firefighters are investigating a house fire as an arson this morning. the flames broke out at this home in the 1000 block of 18th avenue south. you are looking at a live picture of the scene. that's the house right there. fire officials say no one was inside and the home at the time. they're trying to locate the owner. we will keep you posted on the developments out of st. pete where the house fire investigated as arson. >>> right now, the battle between regulators and ride sharing companies could still drive uber and lyft out of hillsborough county for good. news channel 8's mary mcguire is live in tampa. wednesday's vote by the public transportation commission wasn't necessarily a win for either side. >> reporter: the ptc did back off on a couple of the rule changes but they stuck with the requirement that would have there were protests outside of the county building. uber and lyft drivers spoke up. the ptc considered rules that would require a minimum fare and a minimum wait time for rides and a fingerprint background check for drivers. in the end, they only went ahead with the finge

home grown weather, staying consistent. started and 79 in clearwater and 80 in st. petersburg. we're going to see the temperatures warm into the upper 80s for st. petersburg. could see ana shower or two later. a high of 91 in tampa with with the rain later on. >>> the pool, nice out there, the poolside yoga cast. hollander pool in st. petersburg. after that, maybe have a nice appetite. should be a good day for burgers and beer in raymond james stadium. no beer here, but going to have a lot of burgers and a lot of craft beers with 15 vendors onhand. this is going to -- vendors on hand. going to be raymond james. the mean green, invading the swamp. how about that? sounds awful. 79 to 80 degrees as they get under way and go down to the 70s as the game progresses. good day there. good day for us today and tomorrow. 40% chance of showers today. 30 % tomorrow. we'll ramp those rain chances and the highs remain near 90 90 degrees next week. this time of year, average high is 89. and it's a little bit above that in the sun-drenched week. >>> high paying jobs for high school grads. goin

st. petersburg. but she's also willing to make virtual house calls. >> see your doctorate home. you can be -- see your doctor at home. tell medicine is now available. >> it's very simple and easy to do. if you can use a smart phone or computer, you can do it. >> and many of the same a regular check-up, you can always get virtually. and as more medical groups make telemedicine easier for patients to use, you'll find follow up appointments in many different fields that much easier. >> you can check up on diabetic patients and patients who are depressed and see how they are in their home environment. >> reporter: one of the may reasons you're seeing telemedicine more readily available is because there are new florida laws in place practice virtually. that includes writing prescriptions. and if you're all ready in a hospital's network system, doctors will access your records, which makes it easier for you to be treated virtually. if you would like to explore telemedicin , head to wfla.com. i'll walk you throughout to get started. -- through how to get started. >>> ed is joining me t

home for peculiar children." it stars eva green, dame judi dench, and samuel l. jackson. it's about a woman who cares for children with special abilities. the movie was locations include st. petersburg, sun city center, bellaire bluffs, treasure island, and the gandy bridge. screenings start tonight at most bay area theaters... at seven p-m. ?trying to get your hands on the ?hottest ticket in tampa bay? up next: why your opportunity is now just ?hours away. plus... dave has another check why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring ...fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. in other local headlines... a story that should ?really perk you up. ?free coffee! and that's because it's "national coffee day." several nationwide chains are celebrating the big day with a free cup of java. best deal... it's giving away free cups of coffee... and a free glazed donut. "dunkin donuts" isn't free.. but pretty cheap. it's selling cups of coffee for just 66 cents... to celebrate its 66th birthday. all "wawa" locations will give away free coffee today. and it don't even care if you go back for ?more. the de

picasso lithograph gil horne came for he'll take it home, along with another picasso, for less than half of what a gallery would chargein st. petersburg kellie there's much more to come on good day. let's turn it over to russell and laura - to find out what's ahead in our 6 o'clock hour. ((russell/2-shot)) there is a nationwide amber alert for two young children in our area.. they were taken "by force" saturday..((jen)) we are live in citrus county - on the desperate search for this brother and sister - who are believed to be in danger.. (jen/take vo) and: being a teacher is tough.. being an "exceptional education" teacher is the toughest.. coming up at six - what schools are doing to fill these positions.. (russell/take vo) and: here in florida, we ?need this.. no, not because of zika.. find out why this bodysuit could be the next ?million dollar idea! florida was not doing enough to give their families the help they desperately needed. dana young understood. that was wrong, so we changed that law. to ensure these families get the benefits they are entitled to and the honor they deserve. dana young has our back and she has yours. dan

st. petersburg under water. lake crept up into the backyards of some of those home. we also saw a lot of streets under water. and after all that rain over the last few days, many people are still cleaning up all over the bay area, especially in our northern counties. fox 13's kellie cowan is live from pasco county this morning. kelly, how are things looking there. we are in port richey and things are looking a lot drier than yesterday evening when we were live out here. but as you can see just behind me, roadways. we actually became stuck on other side of this massive flooded-out area here in the roadway that you can't even see the yellow lines here. that's why we did not try attempt to get through here last night. we -- our news crew actually had to be towed out of here. and with sustained rains throughout the evening, you can see it is just as messy as it was last night. the waters have receded a little bit, but not enough for cars to get through. there are a couple of cars around here that have just gone ahead and parked and not even bothered attempting it this morning. and we have seen plenty of vehicles

st. petersburg. but she's also willing to make virtual house calls. >> see your doctor at home. you can be on the weekend, it can be the middle of the night. >> reporter: it's been talked about for years and it's now readily available. >> we have pediatricians, family medicine doctor, urgent care available on the site. and you can click on a specific doctor and that starts your visit immediately. >> reporter: the bay area anywhere app is a simple download away or just log on. you don't even need to have an established relationship with the doctor. >> and you're saying you don't have to be specifically tech savvy to do this. >> it's very simple and easy to do. if anyone knows how to use a smart phone or computer, you can do it. virtually. >> colds, low grade fevers, sore throats, rashes, some even ankle sprains. >> reporter: and as more medical groups make it easier for patients to use, you will soon find follow-up appointments in different fields that much easier. >> you can check up on your diabetic patients or patients who are depressed and see how they are in their home envir

st. petersburg with 71 degrees. we showers later with a high of 91. i will give you the bucs forecast for the home opener letting you know when and where the rain may come. right now, lindsay, back to you. >> bill, thank you. >>> well, after heavy pressure, the charlotte police have released dash cam video from the shooting of keith shot. one or the one his wife released yesterday if he had anything in his hands. this has called widespread protests. >> now, these new scenes, we have more controversy. >> reporter: in this video, you can see the final moments before the shooting. keith scott is seen back wards, then -- >> we have shots fired, one suspect down. >> reporter: this body video has another perspective. an officer wields his baton to get scott out of the car. the 43-year-old is seen lying mortally wounded. officers appear to be police have confirmed this gun is the gun they recovered at the scene from scott. >> based on what we have seen, he absolutely had a gun at the scene. >> reporter: the police have released this video of a gun scott was wearing. investigators say testing on the gun f

st. petersburg area, no issues to report. we'll check the roads again in 15 minutes. >>> this morning detectives are looking for the vandals that spray painted racially charged graffiti on businesses and homes in brandon tuesday. happened along gornto lake road. wrote the words "kill white people" and "black lives matter." county workers painted over it also vandalized. >> it's uncalled for. there's a way to protest. a way not to. this is just -- it hurts everybody. >> detectives say without surveillance video or witnesses they really don't have much to go on. counting on the community to bring the vandals to justice. >>> instead of flocking to florida touristses may avoid our state. as a result our local economy could take a big hit. a study shows a 15% drop in visitors could happen because they are worried about the zika virus. in tampa we could see a 33% drop in touristses. travel is up at daytona beach and tallahassee. >>> search on for a maryland jewelry store thieves who broke inside by ramming a car into the store. their quick getaway away even though thieves left the car behind. >> a princess for the first number one costume. what is? after the break. >> highlights coming up in >>>

st. petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as an arson. you are looking live right now. you can see it's a very active scene. the flames broke out at a home in the 1000 block of 18th avenue south. again, this is a live picture from the scene. we are getting a close-up look. you can see investigators are inside and right now. fire officials say no one was home at the time and they are trying to locate the owner. >>> now an 8 on your side consumer watch. getting ready for the holidays, not too early. retailors and deliver -- from christmas. retailors and delivery services are already looking ahead to the holiday season. ups is looking to about a thousand workers. retailors like target and walmart are working on hiring thousands of part-time employees. nationwide, there will be an extra 700,000 seasonal jobs. >>> more people are opting to take their lunch to work instead of going out to price hikes at restaurants are blamed for the decline. the average cost out is about $8. >> sometimes you can't get out of the office to eat. >> exactly. >> that's true. >>> weather and traffic on the >>> time for weather and traffic on the 8s. sending the ki

st. petersburg. nonprofit organization. oldest of its kind in pinellas county. they partner with plenty of rescue groups like pet pal. and this is cricket. she's eight years old looking for a home. she's so sweet. i these old dogs need love too. she's a good girl. anyway, contact pet pal to adopt cricket and stay tuned to learn more about dog training club of st. petersburg. introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. america runs on dunkin'. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a race going on right now. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. ((laura 2shot)) new information released about concussions this morning shows that as parents..we might be doing m new information released about concussions this morning shows as parents, we may be doing more harm than good when helping kids not on purpose just because we may be relying on out d

more than 300 homes sustained major damage in the storm and leaders plan to apply for state and federal aid to longer. >>> st. petersburg has a sewage problem. today the city council is meeting to discuss it. public works official give more updated numbers and run down the plans in the works to fix that system. hurricane hermine brought a lot of rain into the city sewer system and it couldn't handle it. it's estimated more than 20,000,000 gallons of raw and partially treated sewage and rainwater is being dumped into >>> voters on the hillsborough river me to slow down. the city of tampa installed idle speed and no wake some signs on the river. hoping to protect the wildlife. the rules are effective immediately. boaters caught speeding could face 8 $90 fine. >>> florida job link is hosting a diversity career fair in tampa. it's going on now through 2:30 pm. available. some companies are hiring on the spot. be sure to bring a resume and you want to dress professionally. >>> it is that time of year. walk time. news channel 8 is committed to raising $100,000 with your help. >>> kia is again generously is $2. go to our websi

st. petersburg road flooded entries were not the roads.t do not drive into flooded get onto you have to the road, recognize that your it could go into someone's home, keep out of the water. the could be power lineses, snakes even our donorss damage estimated to be in the millions of dollars, death, a person hit by a fallin tree, mud and ice and had to be rescued from their homes in several communities,,d it has b downgraded to a tropical storm, expected to bring in a lot of rain along thect east coast, the getting ready from north carolinaa to the jersey shore n as hard-hit as florida many hop for it big crowds seaside to cap off the summer. down to park in a parking lot and get on the beach and if there is an thread, they just hold back, but they forecast an someday i can tell as many as 3,000 daily badgesb you get weather with a chance of shower and thunderstorms that is cut i halfu thnd. >> have a south winds from the carolinas to newew england as t slow-moving storm expected to dump several inches of rainfall they cautionmch beachgoers to s out of the water because of riptides >> it has been a quiet hurrican season this of the first to hea flo

homes for sale. experts hope this uptick in price will encourage sellers to list their properties. >>russell: st. petersburg, city council members have unanimously agreed to hire an independent firm to review the city's water resources department. the vote came after mayor kriseman and public works officials faced harsh criticism for millions of gallons of city staff will work on a firm to undertake the investigation. city council will remain involved in every step of this process. class-action lawsuit fab filed by neighbors of the mosaic plant in mulberry after more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water were leaked into the ground. >>laura: the fallout has gotten the attention of at least one presidential candidate. florida department of environment protection and mosaic. >>russell: she said that mosaic should be held accountable. governor scott asked the florida department of health to ensure the drinking water is safe. >>laura: the bucs are upgrading the play book to try to get a win. >>russell: that's not the only thing that will be new. stadium upgrades will enhance you're on camera again. >>d

st. petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as arson. the flames broke out just after 2:30 a.m. this morning at a home in the 1000th block of 18 avenue south. when firefighters got there, they saw smoke coming from the building. we're told multiple small fires were set inside the home, which by the way, appears to be in the process of being remodeled right now. the fire department says nobody was home at the time. >>> a man setting a florida moss gunfire made his first court appearance this morning. he'd. -- he appeared in the st. lucie county courthouse video -- via a video feed. he is charged with arson and florida's hate crime enhancement for allegedly setting fire to the islamic center of fort pierce. he is no stranger to law enforcement. rests for numerous des previous now he faces up to 30 years in disease. crews are wiping down all dorms with bleach. and some events are being canceled. hand foot and mouth disease is common among babies and toddlers. but this time, it is college students being diagnosed with it. it spreads through contact with unwashed hands or services. it causes sores, skin ra

st. petersburg. average price $290,000. that's almost 38% higher than it was last year. the next one, quick look at other cities, homes in miami going for $450,000. that's up 13% since last year. orlando is sitting at $229,000 and last year, it was 18% down from this year. pretty amazing numbers there. >>> actually we are just breaking now because we have a severe thunderstorm warning that is in parts of northern hillsborough county also into pinellas county and pasco county. anywhere from keystone, odessa east lake area of palm harbor into the new newport richard -- new port richey area into stationary it has a potential of 60 mile-per-hour winds and also some hail. you can see heavy downpours in this area. andean this is nearly stationary so this warning is >>> all right. we do have a severe thunderstorm warning right now for parts of pinellas county, hillsborough and pasco counties. you can see this orange box, severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:15 because the storm is nearly stationary. spinning in the same spot. i'll put the radar into play and you can see the heaviest rain from keystone and then movin

st. petersburg disabled been arrested. >> hard to believe here. as the now eric waxler reports, the it led to unexpected acts of kindness. >> reporter: when jeffrey came home from his appointment at the v.a. hospital, he had >> i felt chipping in a little bit to make his life whole again. >> reporter: that comes from the $600 from an anonymous donor named tom who said from one vet to another i hope this makes things bet. >> people need to know there are a lot of good people out there. >> reporter: but the news that he really wanted to hear from the police chief is the man they believe beat him with his is in jail. >> i can tell you ten minutes he is in custody. his name is harold stewart. we just arrested him in tampa. >> reporter: tips leading police to stewart came in after surveillance video showed this dodge durango leaving the wal- mart parking lot where the attack happened. >> this says a lot about the community. you mess with someone in our community, we're going to find them. >> reporter: he is recovering and he was worried he wouldn't be able to pay his rent. now he has $1,300 worth of donations and a renewed faith of the eric waxler for the now t

st. petersburg area overnight with torrential rains. here's a look at the aftermath from above. hermine snapped trees, crushed cars, and crushed homes. also it knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. it is the first storm to make landfall in florida in 11 years. now, let's take you to georgia. this is the scene as hermine hammered the vacation spot south of savannah, georgia. georgia's top emergency official says hermine is having less of an impact in the state than he expected. no deaths or serious injuries in georgia at this point. many people in south carolina lost power before hermine even slammed the state. you're looking at video from hiltonhead. forecasters say flooding is the biggest concern there. count on nbc 10 to track hermine for you until this threat is over. our meteorologists will be working around the clock bringing you the most up-to-date forecasts throughout the weekend. you can get the forecast for your neighborhood or holiday destination anytime on the nbc 10 app. >>> to decision 2016. a mixed welcome for donald trump as he met with african-american leaders in north philadelphia today. protesters, as yo

st. petersburg. >> reporter: the massive rainfall from hurricane hermine overloaded sewage systems in cities around tampa bay. the water had to go elsewhere, rushing out of man homes or pumped into the bay. the city of st.et maintains no solid waste with fecal bacteria came from them. the state senator wants the city to re-open the treatment plant causing the closure a big mistake. permanent fixes are in the budget years down the road. he wants short-term solutions now before it happens again. >> we can't have this kind of discharge continuing for another year or two. i just won't allow that. >> reporter: for now this that's a lot more than just pocket change. >> was the plan if the plant went down and they couldn't treat this sewage in order to dispose of it properly, was to do some kind of macgyver treatment and dump it in the bay? if that was it, then somebody dropped the ball like big-time. >> reporter: tomorrow the senator is calling together local and state officials to discuss this sewage issue at 3:00 a.m. at the mayor's office has several plans to discuss as does the senator. reporting live in st. petersburg, haley hinds, fox sp news. >> a lot of people w

homes will be classified as affordable housing. >>> a nine day mural festival aimed at bringing art to the public wraps up tonight in st. petersburg. this is the second year for shine st. petersburg mural festival. finishing touches their murals across downtown. the festival hopes to shed light on the power of art and how it can transform communities and inspire dialogue. >> it's very necessary to have art in the street to remind people that what we are. >> shine live is the grand finale event of this featuring music at local businesses. it runs until 10:00 tonight taking place right now at along central. best part it's all free. >> help is on the way for many of those whose homes were damaged in hurricane hermine. up next when federal officials will be here to representatives will be in citrus county assessing this week fema representatives will be in citrus county assessing the damage from hurricane hermine. the sheriff's office estimates about $1.8 million destruction was done in citrus, fema will go street by street and door to door to see what help is needed. >> in pasco county crew also begin removing storm debris. they are

st. petersburg still under water. this is the video from lake madory area. as you can see the water from the lake crept up into the backyards of a lot of those homes. we also saw a lot of streets under water as well. >>> and pasco county, we saw flooded mow women homes. and this is radio from jasmine boulevard and scenic drive. every street in this mobile home park was under water. >>> hurricane hermine left behind significant flooding and yesterday, rescuers had to help 40 people, many of them water rescues. the damage was so bad at fort island beach closed throughout the holiday weekend. neighbors explained the winds that came through crystal river like a lion's roar. flood waters, downed trees and entire neighborhood without power. many will be back cleaning up in crystal river and citrus county. many roads in the area were impassible for smaller cars. flooding plagued osa lo trai to fort island. downed trees and downed power lines knocked out power for those living in the area. concrete barriers and picnic tables were thrown by high winds and wave. businesses are taking stock of the water damage as flooding got inside the shops. the storm remin