stacie schaible joins us now. and, this is a pretty personal mission for you. >> reporter: it really is. it started about 15 years ago for me when my sister had a heart attack. she was just 40 at the time. much like becky described her strokes. and then, my dad has had heart trouble through the years. i am thrilled to say that they are survivors and that is why i am so involved in this. >> last year, viewers stepped up. this year, we hope they can do it again. >> we will need their help. we are trying to make $100,000. 50 of that will come from fuccillo kia. >> thank you very much stacie, our goal is to raise that fuccillo kia is matching the first $50,000 we raise so every dollar you donate counts as two. that walk is november 12 at raymond james stadium. for more info, head to wfla.com/heartwalk. >>> breaking news right now. a child death investigation. this is happening in palm harbor. according to the pinellas county sheriff's office, the investigation is taking place on castlewood lane. that appears to be a h

. >> i'm stacie schaible. we're going to head over to we need to know what to expect weather-wise. >> it is. across the atlantic, active. we had tropical storm julia. ian is post-tropical. just late last night. tropical storm karl developed. let me focus on julia. we have the latest information in. it's still sitting off the coast of carolina, still a tropical storm as of 11:00 this morning and will sit over there the next tuesday, it heads out and dissipates. now we talk arable tropical storm karl. it will head west and gain strength. by the middle of next week, it is a category one hurricane. the track is pushing north, which is great news. bringing back home, has a tropical feel to the air, uncomfortable level of humid still. in our headlines, today and on sunday. no relief from the heat. upper 80s to low 90s for the rest of summer, stacie. >>> there are questions about a massive sinkhole this morning on top of a mosaic gypsum stack. eagle 8 flew over it. take a look at it. in the middle is a waterfall. it'

we'll tell you when he found out. >>> i'm steve jerve. >> i'm stacie schaible. we begin with the shooting at a south carolina elementary school. tonight we're learning all of the victims at the school, two children and a teacher, are expected to survive. teenage suspect's father was found dead three miles from the school. >> at this point it is unclear what the gunman's mow fif was in all of this. here is more from the scene and this was in townville, south carolina. he hacks the latest. mark. >> reporter: good evening. yes, wee elementary school. you can see that administrators and teachers have been allowed back into get their possessions >>> after what has been a very terrifying day. >> it happened just after lunch. reports of shots fired at the elementary school in greenville, south carolina. after least three people at the school were murt. >> one patient flown to the

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i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. right now, the search is on for a killer after an online sale turned deadly in polk county. it happened after the buyer and lake land lakeland. melissa marino, this is outrageous. you have a so-called buyer who turns out to be a killer. >> reporter: really scary to think about. they met here at the family dollar. the transaction started and that is when it turned deadly. >> it should beware. it should also be seller beware. >> reporter: it was just before 10:00 sunday night when jeff morrow went with his friend to sell an item he posted online. a person interested in buying agreed to meet at the family dollar. >> the suspect is going through his pockets like he is looking for money and he reaches in and he grabs the item. and takes off running around the car. >> reporter: morrow jumped out and chased after the man with the shotgun.

i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm keith cate. new developments in a breaking 8 on your side investigation. a big apology from mosaic to its neighbors. the community and polk county for keeping a contaminated sorry? well, for failing to timely notify people living near its new wales plant in mulberry of a sink hole that sucked hundreds of millions of gallons into the aquifer. steve andrews broke the story last week and he is back tonight with an important update that includes that overdue apology. >> reporter: keith before i get into that, let's show you what the sink hole looked like five days ago and what it looks like today. this is what thursday as we flew over on eagle 8 hd. this thing developed under a gypsum stack. it is round, circular, about 45 feet across at this point, today, this hole is getting bigger. it is widening. it appears as though the walls are eroding, cracking, separating. i looks as though it is about to collapse. now, florida's department of environmental protection claims

. >> good evening, i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm josh benson. thans for being with us tonight. >> tonight, hillsborough county sheriffs deputies are trying to get their hands on a dangerous criminal who fought with a deputy and then took off. >> it happened during a traffic rod carter is live at the sheriff's office with details. hi rod. >> reporter: hey, good evening guys. rain or shine, investigators want to get their hands on this guy and find him quickly. this started with a traffic stop. actually, for a seat belt violation. but, the passenger decided he did not want to get a ticket. and he didn't want anything else. so he fought with the deputy. >> everything happened very fast. >> reporter: deputy steven gutierrez tells me what went down when he pulled over a couple for violation wednesday morning at the stop and shop store on 18th street and 147th avenue in tampa. >> at that point, the passenger was trying to leave. >> reporter: the passenger now identified as 37-year-old rod jer main rayford, knew he was wrong. >> he knew he was wrong. >

i'm josh benson. >> i'm stacie schaible. thanks for joining us tonight. >>> well new tonight, a buccaneer busted for dui and now off the team. austin sefarian-jenkins cut just moments after he got out of jail. and this is not the first time asf has been in this kind of trouble. he has been arrested for dui he is live at one buc place. hi rod. >> reporter: hey, good evening. when i came here this morning just after buccaneers morning practice, head coach dirk koetter said he was going to withhold make any decision on what happened with austin sefarian-jenkins after he got that information. he must have gotten that information quickly. within a couple of hours, asj was done. tampa bay buccaneer austin sefarian-jenkins was not a happy man he spent time this morning trying to talk his way out of a dui after the fhp pulled him over at 275 and state road 60. they said he was flying down the road doing 80 miles an hour in a 50 miles an hour zone. and even whizzed by and cut off a trooper in the process. >> all right man, whatever m

i am keith cate. >> i am stacie schaible, a shocking case of child abuse in polk county. james ballone is facing nearly 200 felony charges for allegedly having choild porn aug-- child pornography on computers and worse, some images of him be more victims. melissa, the sheriff said he had it all set up to attract children. awful stuff. >> reporter: absolutely, terrible. look at his yard, toys, cars, scooters, a play house, a trampoline. the sheriff said all to lure children into his sick world. we are told james ballone had a secret room in his home, inside he would do horrible things with children. >> he wouldn't allow his wife to gon. >> reporter: he has been in jail since july when he was busted in a child pornography sting. >> it is a clue when you have 52 different devices. >> reporter: as detectives were going through, they found 4500 child porn images, even worse, some of the photos were james ballone pumesting little boys. at least-- molesting little boys. at least 2 have been identified,

newschannel8's stacie schaible joins me now. and this technology is so cool. because it really is revolutionizing pacemakers. >> reporter: it is not just a little tweak. it's an overhaul of the pacemaker and it is considered the world's smallest pacemaker. about the size of a large vitamin. the new device means a less one gives it two thumbs up. >> i found that i was getting tired a lot. and i was ... sitting in the dining room table. i would fall asleep. >> reporter: 73-year-old jim schrader of clearwater was having a problem with his heart's normal rhythm. >> my heart wasn't beating right. >> reporter: his condition made him a perfect candidate for this. a new and improved version of a standard pacemaker. he became the first patient in florida edge device. >> it is a major improvement. a new era. >> reporter: dr. jose says the world's smallest pacemaker doesn't require leads like a standard pacemaker meaning there are no wires leading to the heart lowering the risk of complications and it is not visible under the skin like a traditional one. >> so you don't

good evening i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. well sarasota officials are finding a disturbing case of heroin laced with elephant tranquilizers. it's an effort to get a high, but having deadly results. news channel 8 john rogers joins us live from sarasota to tell us about this growing problem. john? officials are desperately getting that warning out there because a lot of the users don't realize how dangerous it really is. for years, trisha bailey is trying to help her big brother, sean. but ultimately his life was his responsibility. >> it was very hard to watch him and to see him on the streets at times. >> reporter: sean was addicted to heroin. he would get clean and then relapse. >> the last time i saw him, i was angry. i never thought him. >> reporter: heroin later claimed sean's life. sadly local officials say that others are dying because of a new version of heroin laced with carfentanil used as an elephant tranquilizer. it is 10,000 times more potent than morphine. >> it is actually killing people. >> users could die wit

. >> i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. we're going to head to leigh spann for the latest on the labor day weather. a lot of people are heading that beach it's a far cry on the look i was giving you on friday when it was stormy and the waves were crashing way up here. now you see people walking around. there's plenty of beach to enjoy. the sunshine has come out, 84 degrees. we had low clouds around the area this morning. they've scoured out. we're warming up. 85 lakeland and brooksville, 82 in sebring. 86 in sarasota. at lunchtime, a stray shower possible, 86 degrees, rain chance going up to 40% at 4:00. the storming pushing toward the coast by the evening, high around 90. basically, today is pretty close to what we expect for labor day, seasonally hot and humid with an average rain chance. the rain chance lowers type tomorrow and wednesday. >>> right now, hermine is water the category 1 hurricane brought to us, especially in pasco county. that's where we find newschannel 8's mark douglas this morning. when can we expect th

i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm gene ramirez. thank you for joining us. iconic figure. arnold palmer revolutionized the game of golf and made it popular. >> the legend died due to complications of heart problems. >> arnold palmer grew up the son of a greens keeper turned head golf professional in pence fans crowded the fairways in groves and came to be known as arnies aarmy. many who couldn't watch him on the course in person did so in their living room. palmer helped make golf the tv sport it is today. his popularity grew. companies wanted arnie pitching their products. >> ernie, they said, you'll like it. the tractor will like it. strength and shot-making. he loved to take chances on the course, saying you must play boldly to win. and win, he did. seven majors, 95s offal victories, including the champions had tour. palmer stopped playing the champions tour in 2006 but remained a part of equipment, and clothing lines. he designed 200 courses around the world. in 2012, he was awarded the congressional gold medal, recognizing contributions as a golfer and philanthropist.

. >> i'm stacie schaible. we're going to start with leigh spann. >> good morning. downtown camera through our wfla tower camera. it's already 88 degrees. this dew point number is 73. that has continued to climb. the higher that dew point gets, the more muggy it feels. you notice the different between yesterday and today. it's hot. 88 in plant city, 88 in sarasota, 82 in lak a little bit. we added to our rain chances, about a 30% each day, staying into the low 90s each day next week. above average today. i'm expecting 92. the average high is 90 degrees. that's important. this is the last day of an average high of 98. we spend 98 days with an average high of 90. 90.3. we are gradually cooling. >>> happening today, addressing fears and concerns of the zika virus. right now, more than 80 women in our state have this rye russ. how local leaders are reaching out. >> doctors will meet here at stetson university in tampa to discuss this very important issue, involving pregnant women and the zika virus. pregnant women all over florida are on a heightened state of alert. mem

. >> i'm stacie schaible. we're going to head over to haste. >> we're at 84 degrees and dew point at 74. once it get to mid 70, it feels hot. we're going to warm up. the average is 88. i expect us to get to 91. it's hued surface. we're going to greatly limit our chance for seeing thunderstorms. that's one of the reasons why it's going to be hot. we don't get cooling relief. slim rain chance today and tomorrow in the afternoon. low 90s through sunday. we do go into the upper 80s next week. that's because we'll start to increase rain chances and increase moisture coming up. >>> we have breaking news at us they have arrested tampa bay back nears tight end austin jenkins. it's not the first time. we're told he was speeding and weaving. he previously pleaded guilt to dui back in 2013. >>> the environmental protection agency getting it's first look at county. they just arrived onsite. the ginning hole, you'll remember, opened back in late august underneath a jim gypsum stack. the company didn't notify neighbors. whe

. >> i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. with an update on hurricane matthew. >> mt. last minute ago, we got an update that it is a major hurricane, the second of season, a category three, wind at 115 miles per hour in the caribbean, moving west/southwest. it's going to drift down, remain a category 3 hurricane before making the turn to the north on sunday. when it makes that turn to the north will be critical as to much impact the state of florida will. have it's expected to pass by jamaica as a category 3 monday morning, cross over cuba, through bahamas, weakening to a category 3. it's way off the coast but we're keeping an eye on it. the hurricane hunters have been trying in on this storm. the strongest wind speeds, 113 they upgraded to a category 3 hurricane. almost all the computer models, making that turn to the north, pushing it to the bahamas. a couple models get it close to the east coast of florida, which is one reason why we're not taking our eye off this until we make sure it turns to the north. weave been watching a couple of tiny showers all morning long

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. jacksonville overnight. 40miles per hour winds and rain threatened homes and businesses there. a lot of wind and rain hitting northeast florida. and a gas station just east of jacksonville lost a chunk of the awning in the high winds and rain. it's far from us but that does not even we're not feeling some of julia's effects. let's check in with leigh spann for more on that. >> yes, and in fact, just across basically the state of florida at this point from us but it's just our effects winds which makes it just tropi i'll zoom in and show you more. it s left gie coasat this point. but it's south carolina stnggoe advisory 11:00 from the hurricane center and they kept it as a tropical storm with 40 miles per hour winds. and in this forecast, even in citrus county and down into la ni?a county, most of -- down into hernando county. and most of the rain along the coast. and same thing into pasco and pinellas county. this is a look from the hyundai of new port richey where it's 82 degrees. ab

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. we are going to go straight to leigh spann for the latest on your weather today. look that the. when you look at the loews don cesar over the gulf of mexico, it's like glass at this point. 87degrees, a perfect summer day on the beach except for the last 40 minute, the it's no longer been summer. we are officially in fall. it began at 10:21. the average high today is still 88 degrees. i know what you want to know is when is it going to cool down? look at this, november 1st, average of 81. break out the sweaters for high of 75. even though the average is 88, we will be hotter by the afternoon, 90 degrees. not many storms developing so fall begins and summer heat continues. the rain chance today, tomorrow and saturday just 20%. out in the to bics, two systems -- tropic, two systems out there. but both should stay in the open waters of the atlantic. a 20% rain chance today, tomorrow and saturday and 30% sunday and monday. >> thank you. can only be described as chaos. protests over the off

i'm stacie schaible. >> and i'm gene ramirez. thank you for joining us. let's start with a check on the weather with leigh. >> another beautiful morning. we're just starting to see a couple clouds develop. and you can see from the lake club in lakewood ranch, a few clouds, still beautiful though. 84degrees and warming up. the air is dry not just at the surface. you're noticing lower humidity but more importantly, it's dry through the atmosphere. this is the red color. that's why you have the bluer skies. but you see the humidity, this is more moisture in the atmosphere. and it's starting to nudge its way to the north. we have one more day to enjoy this drier air. it's 86 in plant city. 82 in petersburg. 88 in venice. and 84 in inverness. next five days as far as rain chances, just 20% today and tomorrow. and now the rain chances do increase 30% thursday and friday. 40% on sunday. and this is really good news that we have drier air because we needed our rivers to come down from hurricane hermine. and this morning, little manatee river, it's gone below floo

. >> that was stacie schaible. news kate is committed to raising $100,000. fuccillo kia is matching the first $50,000 we raise. the walk is happening november 12th at raymond james stadium. i will be there along with stacie schaible and many of us from here at news channel 8. there. >>> an interesting story in our medical report this morning, fertility specialists from the u.s. are reporting they delivered a baby conceived using the dna from three people. the procedure involves replacements. it's meant for parents at high- risk of passing dangerous diseases to their offspring. scientists replace the nucleus of the mother's egg cell and place it into the donor egg that is fertilized in a lab. >>> passing a kidney stone, yep, that's a painful experience but apparently getting on a roller coaster is easier. listen to the study from a urologist. the doctor said he had patients telling him after riding big thunder mountain, that's at disney world, they were able to fas stone. one passed three different stones after riding multiple times. so he tested for himself,

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. we will head straight over to leigh spann for the latest on your weather. >> and we do have an onshore in extra humidity off the gulf of mexico and it brings in morning showers along the coast and that's what i've been tracking. the hula bay restaurant in tampa, you may be able to pick out the water falling from the sky. 82degrees, so cools you down when you get a shower. but notice the general motion, the winds off the gulf of mexico. at this point, tracking lightning strikes here along the 275 heading east toward thonotosassa, some heavier downpours around egypt lake. and there's e just seeing, that's where the hula bay restaurant is located. and even lightning strikes over the gandy bridge. and eastern portions of pasco, pushing into the northern polk county area. and showers in the gulf of mexico set to come onshore in citrus and hernando county. not raining on you though. that's when when it's hot. 85 in wimauma. that is not the whole story. factor in the humidity and that's why

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. we want to head straight to weather. >> i have seep a few people out there playing golf. otherwise, it is hot, 8 7 degrees, partly cloudy skies. when i look up through the atmosphere, we can see the amount of water and all of this red color is dry air. and it has been over the last day or so sneaking farther and farther southward. so when i zoom in here, look at the red color, it's starting to retreat. what it will do is help to limit our rain chances and that's what we have seen so far today. a couple showers just offsho but not onshore, at least not yet. in the headline, the storms will be limited during the afternoon. but even though fall starts tomorrow, the first few day thes of fall will all be near -- days of fall will all be near 90 degrees. and in the tropic, two surgeries neither will affect the united states. -- two systems out there, neither will affect the united states. and the rain chances closer to the weekend coming up. >> thank you. >>> developing this morning, charl

. >> i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. let's head over to meteorologist leigh spann for the weather. >> weather feels so great out lower humidity. so there's bright blue skies. it's 85 degrees. humidity down to 59%. i've got the humidity in the not-too-bad category, after spending months in either oppressive or uncomfortable. going to get just a few days to enjoy it. not so bad. and the reason is actually hermine. right now, hermine sitting off the northeast coast, still sitting there with 60-mile-per- hour winds. it's post tropical, which mes it doesn't have tropical characteristics. when i look at the water vapor imagery, how much water is in the atmosphere, the counter clockwise fashion around it, bring this dry air here to florida. so we can finally dry out from the rain hermine brought us last week. today's rain chance, just 10% for areas like frisco and pasco. you don't get the 30% until farther down to the south. >> thank you, leigh. >>> and happening now. law enforcement authorities are saying goodbye to an officer

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. >> and i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. we're going to head straight to the leigh spann for a check on your weather. >> well, so far, it's been really nice. this is a look from the wfla towercamera in downtown tampa. we have spun it around, looking toward tampa bay. again, clouds are starting to and a dew point of 74. now the higher you get the dew point, the more humid it is. and once you get into the mid- 70s, it's steamy. kind of tropical-like, in fact. this is a tropical wave in the east coast of florida. and it's going to drift to the north and west which will help to enhance our rain chances during the afternoon. already getting maybe a little drizzle here in the eastern portions of polk county but more rain will develop through the rest of the day today. this tca us a better coverage of storms. and seasonable temperatures. it's been so hot lately. highs in the upper 80s to near 90. and the rainy pattern will continue through the end of the week. when it actually comes to an end coming up. >> thank you, leigh. >>> a s

. >> and i am stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. >> storm team 8 has been tracking hurricane hermine for us. julie phillips has the latest on the storm. >> thank you,guys. that's really the big story today. hermine was upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon. maximum winds now at 75 miles per hour, making its way north, panhandle, big bend region of florida, expected to make land fall later tonight as a category one hurricane. you can see hurricane warnings posted for areas north of the tampa bay area. and then as we head into friday, it will continue to move away from us and then up the east coast as we head throughout labor day weekend. so at this point, it's looking like this could be the first hurricane to hit florida in over 10 years. hurricane hunters were out investigating this storm the today. and that's why they were able to upgrade it hurricane. they found wind gusts up to 86 miles per hour. so it has strengthened in the gulf over the course of the last 24 hours. and now it's moving more quickly as it

. >> i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. new tonight, a polk county school bus driver writed in a he stepped down one day before 8 on your side revealed a history of crashes with him behind the wheel. he pulled out in front of a pickup truck while driving a school because of kids on board. marissa joins us live in lakeland. that is where the crash happened right there behind you, correct? >> reporter: that is right. take a look right over here. he got a ticket for it. we looked into his record. behind the wheel of a school bus. parents want to know why he was on the job so long. >> 20 students were on the bus during those terrifying moments including randy noble. >> can you describe what it was like inside the bus? >> carey. we went flying. >> reporter: three kids went to the hospital right away with minor injuries. noble's parents took him later in the evening.

. >> good evening, i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm josh benson. thans for being with us tonight. >> tonight, hillsborough county sheriffs deputies are trying to get their hands on a dangerous criminal who fought with a deputy and then took off. >> it happened during a traffic

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. >> i'm stacie schaible now to your vote and the night everybody has been waiting for. in about three hours hillary clinton and donald trump will face off on the debate stage for the first time. one of the big talkers of this debate has been the issue of fact checking. >> it sure has. hillary clinton's camp is calling on lester holt to fact check everything donald trump says. trump says clinton is trying to sway the debate. news channel 8's rod joins us live from hofstra university. there is going to be a lot of eyeballs watching this tonight. >> reporter: you know what, there really are. >> let me tell you what riding over on the media bus the first thing i heard was out this issue of fact checking. let me tell you there's so much media here. down the row there all of the media outside and then insiders a lot of media, as well. i talked to a political analyst about this issue and the senior

stacie schaible -- >> i'll be there. >> gayle guyardo as well. head to wfla.com/heartwalk for more events. >> it's huge. >> yeah, a lot of people. it's a great event and good cause. >>> a neighborhood dispute gets out of hand when one man gets into a bulldozer. >> a wild police chase and shoot-out coming up. an end. >>> first, a military face-off to the presidential candidates. where donald trump and hillary rodham clinton will sound off about national security and how you can watch it. you're watching news channel 8 >>> in your vote, anticipation is building for the first-ever commander in chief forum happening tonight lye on nbc. the two major party presidential candidates will participate. hillary rodham clinton and donald trump will take the stage separately back to back to discuss national security and veterans issues. the questions will come from the audience made up of service members and veterans. you can watch the forum live from new york right news channel 8. matt lauer will moderate. it begins at 8:00 p.m. >>> and across america, a ban

. >> and now, is the time to join stacie schaible's heart walk team. fuccillo kia is matching the i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. do you treat women with respect? i can't say that either. >> on wall street, the dow gained 135 points. the s&p up 13, and the nasdaq climbed 48 points. the risk of exploding batteries users. 90% of customers who traded their phones in have swapped them out for a new note 7 certified to be safe. more than 60% of users in the u.s. have already been able to get a replacement. just last week, we saw go pro unveil a new drone. dji just gave it competition, they introduced the mavick go drone. and the propellers fold up. it is more expensive than go pro's version. it sells for just under $1,000, you can preorder one now. they will startshipping on october 15. >>> they unveiled virtual reality hardway. they are calling this headset goggles. you can watch the video feed

the heart walk is november 12th guyardo, stacie schaible, the whole gang. go out and join us. go to wfla.com/heartwalk. >> we go and walk and then have brunch. >> beautiful. >>> new drama in the ryan lochte theft case. >> what the olympian's father proves that lochte is innocent. >>> plus, do you know how to spot someone having a seizure or stroke? still ahead, how a tampa woman >>> we're back. in your vote, senator marco rubio is responding to reports that donald trump's company against cuba. rubio calls the allegations troubling. a news week report found that trump's hotel and casino company secretly violated the embargo back in 1998 spending at least $68,000 there. rubio told the miami herald that he will reserve judgment until we know all the facts and after trump responds. >>> officials may think that ryan lochte made up the story about being robbed in rio but innocent. he has won a dozen olympic medal, six of them gold but his recent accomplishments were overshadowed after accusations that lochte lied about a night. his father says there's a three minute video showing se

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coming up in november, but, now is the time to join stacie schaible's team. kia is graciously matching the >> on wall street, the dow gained 46 points. the s&p up 6, the nasdaq climbed 26 points. batteries burst into flames will probably cost sam sung a billion dollars. that's the estimate compiled by bloomburg. samsung is voluntarily recalling its note 7 phones in response to nearly three dozen units caught while charges. they are not putting an exact dollar amount on the recall but are calling it heartbreaking. the note 7 launched just two weeks ago and more than a million have sold already. >>> all eyes will be on apple tomorrow as it unveils something. there is no official word on what to expect but it seems like a new iphone 7 is a pretty safe bet. there is plenty of speculation that apple will remove the head cone jack from the new models tooth. the apple watch will likely require an iphone to operate. cnn reports updated mac computers and ipads are not expected tomorrow. more people are switching from their web bruisers to app. smartphones and tablets

up for stacie schaible's team. >>> still ahead, a long awaited event for apple fans. >> the brand new iphone 7, what is different, what is better, what is possibly worse about the newest version. donald trump facing new criticism - he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability. "you gotta see this guy. 'uhhhh i don't know what i said, i don't remember.' he's going like 'i don't remember'." "putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. "you have to be wealthy in order to be great. i'm sorry to say it." "he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured." i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he wears it like a crown. "make america great again". but trump made his shirts in bangladesh. his ties in china. and his suits in mexico. so don't believe the hat. you can't make america great again, if you don't make things in america. >>> tonight's 8 on your side consumer alert, it may be time to upgrade your phone, and your watch while you are at it. today apple unveiled the newest iphones and apple watches, the iphone 7 and the 7 plus will get brigh

. >>> this year's heart walk is coming up in novemb is the time to join stacie schaible's team. you can go to www.wfla.com for >>> on wall street today, the dow jones was down 166 points and the s&p 500 dropped 18 and the nasdaq was down 48 points. >>> fans of the spaghetti warehouse will want to plan a final meal. the restaurant is closing for good this time. the popular pasta place announced back in march it was shutting down but a surge of business and -- and support urged business owners to keep it open but today the owners announced there is no way to october 2, this sunday will be its final day. >>> snapchat wants you to put on a pair of spectacles. over the weekend, snapchat announced new sunglasses with an embedded camera. tap a button and the glasses record 10 seconds of video and then upload them into the snapchat memory section. the battery should last about a day between charging and spectacles will sell for about $130. the company behind the snapchat app is changing its name to snap.>>> campaign is showing its snapchat savvy, offering a filter during tonight's debat

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can head to our website w fla.com/heart walk for details our to join stacie schaible's you have your eye on it. >> absolutely strong thunderstorms developing. feels like summer. but one of those days but there might be a little actual drier air in the midweek. lower humidity, in the longer outlook. palm harbor you can see a good view of the showers and storms to the east. very dark clouds obviously moving just to the east. 75degrees probably dropping activity. lakeland had good downpours. and here at famous tate out in brandon looks like nearby showers, too. there we go. 78degrees got a freeze frame there but you get the idea. cloudy skies in this spot. lots of sun at plantation crystal river. 88degrees with a north wind. shays that severe thunderstorm warning expired but still a pretty good area of thunderstorms starting to harbor. not moving stationary. so maybe picked up an inch possibly more than that of rain in some spots. heavy downpours in lakeland still raining there. this main area is pushed south ward into hardee county. this is all west afros so pretty good storms out ther

. >> good evening, i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm josh benson. hurricane hermine destroyed hundreds of baby sea turtle nests in sarasota county. now they need the public's help to find out how many might have survived. newschannel8's john rogers joins us live from lido beach which was badly hit during the storm. right john? >> reporter: yeah, that's right guys. good evening to you. a lot of people don't realize how many eggs are in the sea

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. >> i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. 8 on your side revealed a giant sink hole that sucked hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water in our aquifer and now we know the government kept a lid on it. the sink hole in mulberry swallowed the contaminated water back in late august. all of this kept under wraps by investigative reporter steve andrews exposed it last night. he joins us now live above that sink hole from eagle 8 hd. hi steve. >> reporter: hey stacie, a couple of points i want to make off the top is mosaic said there is no evidence that the sink hole is growing or endangers other water come apartments of the gypsum stack. but, let's take a look. let's zoom in just a little bit here. this crevice just to the bottom right of your screen, wasn't so, it looks like part of the wall is either collapsing or possibly this thing is expanding a little bit. second point, recovering that 215 million gallons of contaminated water from the aquifer is a process that will take years. the sink

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you can go to www.wfla.com/heartwalk for details on how to join stacie schaible's team. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what >>> sports on news channel 8 is sponsored by your gulf coast honda dealers. >> the verdict is in on bucs running back doug martin out injury. this morning the bucs offensive coordinator said the team hopes doug is back earlier than that. that would be nice, but no matter how long martin is out the bucs running game just took a big hit or did it? they already have a proven backup in charles simms and how lucky are the bucs for signing a guy that already knows the offense? the audition for this role was more than two weeks ago, but key member of the buc

. >> i'm stacie schaible now to your vote and the night everybody has been waiting for. in about three hours hillary clinton and donald trump will face off on the debate stage for the first time. one of the big talkers of this debate has been the issue of fact checking. >> it sure has. hillary clinton's camp is calling on lester holt to fact check everything donald trump says. trump says clinton is trying to sway the debate. news channel 8's rod joins us live from hofstra university. there is going to be a lot of eyeballs watching this tonight. >> reporter: you know what, there really are. >> let me tell you what riding over on the media bus the first thing i heard was out this issue of fact checking. let me tell you there's so much media here. down the row there all of the media outside and then insiders a lot of media, as well. i talked to a political analyst about this issue and the senior presidential debates about it for the student at hofstra it seems like more of a party atmosphere than a debate but what happens inside is going to st. petersburg the future of the

. >> i'm stacie schaible. anger is rivalling days after the deputy involved shooting. today dozens taking to the streets of tampa after a man was shot and killed by a deputy last week. theyca deputy's arrest. news channel 8 melissa ramos is live where they blocked off the street. melissa? >> reporter: that's right they marched a mile to this area south 78th street. deputies are still here just keeping an eye on things, they're scattered around. over here just a little bit if you take a look across the street some of the protesters are still here trying to get along south 78th street. >> we destroyed it. it is a sad, sad tragedy. >> reporter: they blocked the street at the git n goodellly where levonia riggins worked. deputies eventually shut down the road. the fourth protest since tuesday. that's when hillsborough deputies executed a search warrant at riggins house for drugs. when deputies went in, he was hiding under >> they saw him moving around and were fearful that he was getting a weapon based on his arrests and connection to guns in the past. >> we will not let a

now's the time to join stacie schaible's team. fuccillo kia is matching the first $50,000 we raise so you can go to wfla.com/heartwalk for details. i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what >> on wall street, the dow jones was up, the nasdaq, and the s&p up. hyundai is recalling thousands of suvs because of a software glitch. the recall affects 2016 hyundai tucsons with seven speed dual clutch automatic transmissions. we are told the glitch can stop the vehicle