, spanish florida. the ambition of land had already been achieved. so we're okay for now. so into florida comes all these red sticks and hundreds, if not thousands, of african-american slaves. if you can imagine during the red stick war and the tumult of war, if you're a slave living somewhere along that frontier, it's dangerous. but your ability to find freedom in that chaos is slightly better than freedom outside of that chaos. and so they often joined up with indians, or they made their way behind enemy line, and they found their way into florida, and set up in what we call marooned communities, independent, separate, african-american-free communities and sometimes they joined seminole or creek or indian communities in florida. now, how do you suppose the governor of georgia, or alabama, or mississippi, or south carolina, or any of the voters in those states felt about the large influx of african-americans heading into florida? come on. someone's got to stand up and come to the camera. >> because the

he tweeted a picture of the visit florida logo on a soccer jer seechlt congratulated florida for hitting the 105 million visitor mark and tweeted sexy beaches and hoe tells only in florida. while promoting competitor las vegas from thank you vegas, to want to go to vegas. we can't see what we're paying. more details of the contract because it's confidential. >> we have to adhere to and respect his wishes to not have his trade secrets disclosed to the public. >> but in tallahassee that's up for debate. >> it's absurd that we would allow a private partnership and deal is. >> governor scott ordered a review within his own administration. >> in government you always look to see how to do things better and more efficiently. >> critics like joyner want more. >> we need an independent unbiassed firm that has no political ties. we really want to know how the people's money in the state of florida is being spent for tourists. >> okay. check o for more of our investigations of government spending. on youtube search for craig patrick money, power & politics and click subscribe at the top of the pag

and spanish controlled florida. the war was fought in part to prevent slaves from fleeing into florida. florida state university is in tallahassee. the class is about 50 minutes. >> if we think back where we were last week, and the week before, the seminoles are forming in georgia. we have all this large context. we've talked about coal essence, civilization, migration, all of these different themes. we've even talked about this idea whether we thought the seminoles existed as a people and we talked about the red stick war. this is kind of these culminating trends that we're trying to work up to and today we'll look at what is often seen as the start of an american awareness that the seminoles exist and it gets a name called the first seminole war. what i'd like to do today is challenge a little bit what we normally think about the first seminole war. up here i put up in simple terms how other people have described it. first seminole war really quickly makes me think of first seminole war, we can think of first worl

florida goes beyond that. it is unlawful that the supreme court of florida has said to require four asked the jury the sentencing jury to provide a special verdict that in any way indicates what their quote input is on the sentencing factors. specific jury findings on aggravate her's without guidance of their affect on the sentence could unduly influence the trial judge's own determination of how to to sentence the defendant. the trial court alone must make detailed findings about the existence and weight of aggravating circumstances. >> is that post-ring? what's the date? >> yes this is post ring. they also held that ring didn't apply. it has no jury findings on which to rely. in fact the court also explains later in the decision in franklin that if florida bars special verdict precisely because requiring specific jury findings on aggravate her's without guidance about their affect would harm the juries independent determination. counsel my colleague on the other side says there would not be a statutory probl

helicopter crash in central florida. the national transportation safety board says the crash was caused by a safety bolt. it killed the pilot. the rotor blades were being worked on a week before the crash. >>> police in houston arrested a man they believe is responsible for the murder of an auto parts store owner. the crime was caught on surveillance. the victim died from a neck motive. >>> a final meeting today of the dozier task force as they figure out plans for a memorial for the dozier school for boys. dozens of theme speaking to the task force. the task force voted to have a memorial in tallahassee. school officials have been accused of physical and sexual abuse. usf scientists finding the remains of 50 children property in northwest florida. >> but the reason why it's not is because the people need to open up their hearts, they need to open up their love and they want to turn this around. >> their bodies should never ever be returned to that school or jackson county. manner that isn't like any civilized nation has

congratulated florida for hitting the 105 million visitor march and tweeted visit hotels in florida. but he repeatedly promoted our tourism competitor las vegas as this thank you vegas, viva las vegas and want to go to las vegas and visit florida has pulled the plug on its secret deal with pit bull. we still don't know how much it it call for more transparency and to justify the deals and visit florida has decided not to renew that particular contract. >>> well, the second big point of the night, trump has in fact changed his immigration policies after ann culter wr wrote, there is nothing that trump will do that won't be forgiven except change his immigration policies. >> go a step further. they will pay back taxes. they have to pay taxes. >> craig: after pledging to mass deport all people living the good ones may be able to stay if they pay back taxes. check thought tweet from conservative radio host mark levin, trump just adopted jeb bush's gang of 8 position. what can he say. trump has backed off of his call for mass deportation and abandoned his proposed ban on foreign muslims e

we are here at the florida state fairgrounds. they are sets up here for big crowds expected when trump speaks tomorrow around 1:00. now, he will be a part of two events here in tampa bay. this public event and also a releasing many details about now. what do you think is important for mr. trump to get across? >> i don't think there is one specific message that is more than another in terms of if it is an issue. i just think it is important that we continue to encourage people to get out to vote. >> reporter: donald trump surrogate is calling for prime recruits grounds. getting supporters to work. >> we have signed up 30,000 volunteers alone in of florida. >> reporter: but the crowd will be anxiously awaiting trump's stance on immigration. will he continue his call to deport 11 million illegal immigrants or soften his position as his new campaign manager signaled? >> looks like he is getting ready to totally change his stance on immigration policy. give me a break. we can't trust anything this alec sync is at a hillary clinton cam

>> the florida department of brge. ortation is in charge of because of our story ty're going to sweep the bike lanes and make them safe for and you your family to bike ride or walk. >> good idea. >>> an update on the recent ford recalls. the number rising to 113,000. ford three different problems. first faulty fuel pump modules in the ford taurus, flex and lincoln cars made between 2013 and 2015. ford is also recalling 2017 escape suvs to update power window software. >>> with the threat of storms knocking on the door, many of us are thinking about protecting our homes. the city of st. petersburg is flood area. as ashley yore explains tonight, the savings will go into homeowners' pockets. >> reporter: it's a beautiful view that comes with a price. >> insurance costs have gone up over the two years significantly. >> report: the shore acres home is in what saint pete caspecial flood hazard areand flood insurance can be notorious lehigh here. some relief could be coming. it will drop from a 6 to a 5 saving the families $1

that has a bigger impact on the state of florida and the coast of florida. we will talk about that coming up. >> thank you, denis. >>> tonight people are pleading for something -- >> he was my best friend. i can't talk to him no more. i cannot talk to him no more. i can't because he is gone. >> tonight something should be done to help fix this sways. another person has died crossing a busy six-lane road. >> here is the thing, people rarely even cross the intersection of roosevelt street in pinellas county safely because the nearest crosswalk is several hundred feet away. >> lauren rozyla is tonight pressing f-dot for answers. >> reporter: on any given day you will see cars flying by. and people illegally crossing the street at roosevelt and morgan. now, another person is dead. a homeless veteran who had fallen on hard times. >> he was -- he was a friend. >> reporter: wesley mertz has seen one too many accidents there. when he learned it was his of a car. for others, the pain is fresh too. >> i can't talk to him because he is gone. >> reporter: brett says the

florida. >> thank you for spearheading this hearing and raising the alarm in tech central florida. the deadliest attack in september 11, 2001. last night, terrorists mowed down 80 people by running them over with a truck. our homeland security efforts must adapt to a growing threat, a global jihadi. despite numerous appeals from orlando officials and chairman mica himself, the management agency denied urban area security initiatives in orlando the last two years, fema's reasoning was terrorists were unlikely to attack orlando if fema was wrong. the deponent of homeland security and federal emergency management agency must allocate preparedness funding in a way that recognizes recent terrorist threats, specifically fema must change its methodology to listen to appeals of cities that are closest to the threat. there on the ground, the first responders, they know what the risk is. people pour into central florida in the greater orlando area containing soft targets like amusement parks which see l

we await donald trump in florida. a brand new map showing seven more states moving toward clinton this gives her a path to 322. and she needs 270 to win the presidency. and the wall street journal pointing to an article that states a trump victory over hillary clinton would require a sweep of set of battle states that he is competitive. ohio, florida, pennsylvania and north carolina and both describe them as the heart of the race. mrs. clinton could win with just one of them. and all of this as the poll shows clinton with a slight lead in north carolina. and joining us with more on that is our are expertses. focusing on florida. we spoke to the governor there. i am curous what you think of trump's chances of florida and issues he needs to take on to won that state. >> the majority of the polling is showing that trump is down and hurting down ticket races. you are seeing rubio, a strong conservative republican facing opposition. now the polling is tighten nothing states like florida because that is a strong swing state

rust belt strategy. >> take a look in florida. the latest nbc wall street jor nal poll has clinton beating trump by five. in ohio, by four. it's the pennsylvania number raising eyebrows. >> has anyone been able to come back from those numbers. >> nobody at this point of the major party candidates has been able to come back. >> the chairman agrees with trump against them. >> i encourage everybody to be a part of the process. don't listen to the 30 second sound bites. >> he says more campaign organization in florida is on the way. >> i think we're opening 25 offices on the ground in florida. >> what needs to happen for him to win? >> he needs to control his moth. -- mouth. >> telling me today that the they will be here -- and they will be here almost every other week. >> donald trump has his camp and hillary clinton has her camp. how many voerts have not -- voters have not made up their minds? >> you have party loyalists that are going to vote with their party no matter mush. only 5% of voters have not made >> 84 days to go. thank y

florida has become a hot spot for the zika virus. more than 35 cases have been reported in south florida. now over the weekend, several non-travel related cases were reported in miami beach. some of those cases were reported on south beach. and the centers for disease control is asking pregnant women to avoid some areas of south florida. maybe even reconsider traveling to the state. pregnant women are in serious danger if they contact the zika virus. they risk delivering with severe developmental problems. now local doctors are telling women to avoid getting pregnant altogether. >> i've never really said that before and it's obviously bad for business but if you can delay, delay because there's so many unanswered questions right now that it's better to wait until we know more information. >> reporter: and again, the round table discussions starts here at 10:00 a.m. afterward, the governor will discussion at 1245:67:89 and then he will -- 12:45. and then he will head over to south florida. >> i can't imagine being an expectant mom rig

some are west of florida, some are east of florida. some are on top of florida. we will talk about what to expect when coming up in a >>> w information in the deputy-involved shooting. the suspect with a violent criminal history telling police they're lucky to be alive. >> we're waiting on a live shot out of south st. pete from ryan smith. at this point we can tell you a few details about this. one shot was fired in this confrontation. no one was hit. ila group of deputies and detectives on the scene. they're waiting to execute a search warrant out there. >> after arresting their suspect in this house, we want discovered an extensive marijuana grow operation. according to the pinellas county sheriff, 26-year-old williams created armed robbery d kidnapping last year. and pinellas park pd went after him for strangulation last month. he was charged for possessing cocaine riana and luding prescription pain pills. they have been after him for several weeks now. detees use video surveillance before they move in for the arrest today. >> he tried crawling out detectives

senate is in balance and florida is one of the key five states that can race, not only in florida but nationally. >> rubio/murphy matchup will also result in millions of dollars being spent on political ads in florida. look for clinton to hold rallies for murphy and even donald trump to share a stage with his one-time nemesis marco rubio as both sides try to claim the claim the tight race. david jolly now will face former florida governor charlie crist in the general election. >>> we found out more people cast ballots in hillsborough county for this primary compared to years past. most not in person. most chose to vote early or send in mail-in ballots. in total more than 150,000 ballots were cast, that is 18% voter turnout countywide. >>> one unusually heatedded race, clerk of the circuit court. incumbent pat frink defeating campaign that saw a lot of mud slinking. >> to have a contentious race was not comfortable. i'm just hoping that people who supported him will join hands with me. >> frank now faces republican eric seidel. >>> a few other races to know about. former democratic nat

guests throughout the state of florida. the florida wildlife commission is pushing to get more bat boxes in the state. they're actually man made houses kind of like birdhouses. most can house 50 or more bats at a time. each bat can eat as many as 1,000 mosquitoes and flying insects in one hour. >> i think it would be a good natural way least reduce the problem. >> while we're sleeping, bats will be sleeping mosquitoes so i'm for it. >> while we're sleeping, that's right. experts add milt it is difficult to game the effectiveness of -- gauge the effectiveness but it could mean fewer mosquitoes. >> our team has put together everything you need to know about the virus, just head to wfla.com. >>> hands off, that is warning officials have for beachgoers as sea turtle hatch lings leave their nests. reporter: florida's beaches are a natural draw for humans and many breeds of wildlife. >> i looked down and i saw one turtle. year old boy spotted baby sea turtles trapped in a storm drain. >> if they would have been in there probably

((dave)) chaos in a florida shopping mall... after people ?think they hear gunshots, and start running for their lives. it wasn't a shooter, fortunately.. but several people still got hurt in the panic. all of the chaos was captured on shoppers running through the halls of "the florida mall" in orlando. the loud pops -- were followed by an alarm. it turns out-- it was just popping balloons. and it was part of an inspection... done ahead of the grand opening of "joey fatone's" new restaurant -- "fat one's." but not several people suffered minor injuries during the chaos. officials say an announcement was made over the p-a -- warning of the test. but some say the whole thing should've been handled differently. the state of florida won't be getting any emergency funds... to help deal with a growing algae outbreak. fema just rejected governor scott's request for a federa actually the ?second time they're rejected it... so the state cannot appeal it anymore. the governor started asking for the money in july, when the bloom started showing up in sev

and then of course as you were talking about earlier, the contested election florida, florida, florida in which the difference was 537 votes. so this is the key battleground here. the state of florida is changing dramatically. the number of la tee ftino str r voters increasing. and the demographics are different. these are young port kuerto ric who may not vote like their parents voted. >> and frutrump campaign says t won the primary in florida and they have a base there that they can win. >> and that could be right. and marco rubio now running for re-election. the question was, was he going to run for re-election and of course now he is. will people vote for marco rubio? rubio has said he will support the republican nominee, but he's not out there campaigning for donald trump. this has been turmoil in the republican party there. and so the question is turnout and the question is will there be ticket splitting in the state of florida and again, the history here is it's not easy to win the state of florida. hillary clinton spending an awful lot more money. the trump campaign has said, y

to market florida in concerts and social media. he also made a music video using his song "sexy beaches" to market florida's beaches and hotels. visit florida now says the contract actually expired on june 30th. and they have ?no plans to renew it. they also never released the ?price of that contract. but much of it was likely paid by taxpayers. later this half hour in sports: a late ni it all ended, with one crazy play. and after the break: a state of emergency in the midwest... after ?several tornadoes touch down. why the danger is ?not over yet. break 1: 2:00break 2: 1:45 break 3: 1:40endbrk: 1:30 rhyme rhyme z236az zy6z y236ay yy6y want a different way to cleanse? try micellar water from garnier skinactive. the micelles attract dirt like a magnet to: 1. remove makeup 2. cleanse and 3. soothe. no harsh rubbing, no rinsing. topping world news right now: a deadly attack... on the american university in afghanistan. at least a dozen people are killed... including several students. it happened at the american university in kabul. tw

he's florida's bernie sanders or florida's elizabeth warren. it was close until the allegations of the ex-wife. it has been a two year fight. >> it's a big issue to the typical voter, the progressives who like grayson because of his positions and intellect don't care but women's groups have withdrawn support recently. reporter: let's go to murphy and his resume. some people say there are things that don't add up. how will they la out. >> i think if a primary, it fo if you were progressive, you liked grayson and it reenforced that. if you liked murphy because you think he's plain vanilla, it doesn't bother you. reporter: we talked about the allegations of the abuse against his ex- wife and the video of the confrontation. some say grayson wasn't being professional, what's your take on that? >> grayson is very bright. he went to through as a night janitor and a watchmen. he's half a foot, at least a foot taller than i am and sometimes his presence is intimidating but he is controlled when he needs to be and i think its his passion that gets miscon

cases in florida. including the first one in pinellas county. officials have not given an exact location where in pinellas county this to be in tampa to discuss zika preparedness with hillsborough county leaders. as we told you monday tampa mayor bob buckhorn says the city can't wait any longer to take action to fight the spread of zika. >>> we've learned the deliveryman accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of amazon packages refused to make the deliveries because he never received money he was owed. 36-year-old julio hernandez was arrested last week on theft and extortion charges. amazon merchandise piled high in the garage in lehigh acres. he's a driver for amazon and claims he didn't make the deliveries because he was never paid $1,800 he was owed. he was released from jail saturday on $40,000 bail. >>> a new push from pasco county this morning to fill several 911 dispatcher openings there. emergency services putting out a video to recruit applicants showing a state of the art dispatch syste

still rain across florida and wind. there are still winds -- in together reconfound 63 miles per hour winds. tropical storm force winds are already occurring. there's no spin. it's just a big thunderstorm. like we get here in the summertime. heck, like we had yesterday. over the next couple of days, we expect at least the possibility of this getting better organized. and right in here, the central bahama is where it will develop sunday and impact somewhere along the southeast coast. our question is, will it go across the state? will it go on the straits and up the coast or out in the gulf? those are all questions we will talk about in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, denis. >>> a deadly crash blocking one southbound lane on i-4 in seffner. we don't know what happened in the accident. we're making calls on that. we know at least one person is dead. action air 1 is on the way to the scene and will bring you >>> taking a look at i-4, a different part of i-4, and tonight new numbers are showing crashes in the area have go

. >> florida holds primary elections tuesday in florida's 23rd congressional district. isocrati tim canova challenging representative debbie wasserman schultz for the party's nomination. we will show you a debate in a few moments. first, anthony man, a political writer with an over view on the election there. host: joining us from fort lauderdale is anthony man. he is a political writer for the "sun sentinel," focusing on the 23rd district between incumbent debbie wasserman schultz and her challenger tim canova. thank you for being with us. why has this become a primary to watch on tuesday? canova result of the money and he gave them credibility as a serious challenger and it allows them to open up a lot of offices, bring in a lot of nvasersincluding ca going door-to-door and it allowed him to be on broadcast television in the miami area med ia market for weeks. host: who is he and what does he bring to the table? >> he is a professor of law>> in the fort lauderdale area. political omer to campaigns. he has never run for office. he comes from the bernie sanders movement

florida is the only state to report local cases. another region vulnerable to zika is harris county, texas. >> this is my trap. in here, i should have mosquitoes. there is a couple lying around. harris county, texas including houston is 1800 square miles and the third most populs county in the u.s. health officials warn this center could be the epicenter of zika this summer. with a warm muggy climate it is an ideal habitat for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. max is a mosquito hunter and he knows what attracts mosses to humans. >> my trap has a light. and it memiceses a house. and so he comes to the trap to get a blood meal and they will pick up hum and take care. >> we don't just blindly spray. >> they direct mosquito control for harris county. >> we go out and trap and collect the mosquito and bring them to the lab we sort and id them and see if they have west nile virus or denghi and zika virus also. >> the houston area has another big problem. record rainfalls hit the region over the memorial day holiday and putting neigh

florida has traditionally been considered too hot and humid to grow hops. ryan peerson is a horticulturist at university of florida. he started to grow hops three years ago. he said his hops are good he published a paper to announce his finding. since then, dozens of farmers have contacted pearson with interest in growing hops. >> >> tampa ranks second overall as one of the best cities to retire in. analysts reviewing 150 of the largest u.s. cities, comparing affordability, quality of life, recreation, tampa hit high marks in all categories. >> >> here's look at what is coming up all-new at 6:00. >> video from south florida, an armed robber caught on surveillance video stealing from a 72-year-old woman. the one thing he was able to get away with, plus these top stories. >> >> makey money on solar energy. >> any time there is an opportunity for costs to go down, it will increase sales. >> the reason your vote could be the key to cheaper energy bills and more higher paying >>> the local business targeted by sophisticated scammers, how you can protect yourself

then we may ha can create some significant issues for parts of florida. so if that happens, here is where it may make its way on shore into south florida. and that would be early sunday morning. moving across the state, exiting into the gulf by late sunday and into early monday. and then once it gets out into the gulf waters, the projections that the models are making is that it fires up and organizes considerably. and the latest projections have somewhere around the alabama to mississippi border. and, again, this is all just a possibility. the model projections prior to this had the storm making its way on shore in florida a little farther north and then hooking back and making its way north into the bend. so there's a lot of variation between the models. the bottom line is that it's headed in the general direction of the always peaks our interest. getting damaging rains across florida between sunday and monday exists at this point but just a possibility. we will continue to monitor this very closely. and we will be updating you from model run to model r

petersburg, florida . big results in your area with congresswoman brown losing. >> she is under indictment, she should have lost. is thewasserman schultz reason the republican party is in charge in florida. as the chairwoman of the democratic national committee, she did nothing to support any type of democrats in the tampa bay area. her only support is in south florida and fort lauderdale and in that area. she has caused the republicans to take over the whole state of florida because she hasn't put any support behind any democrat besides herself. >> a jacksonville losing, becoming the fifth house member to lose in a primary challenge of this year. >> i want to thank the best volunteer supporters and constituents in america. so much for your love and your support and friendship and for knocking on doors. practically living in our campaign headquarters. , i want to of all thank the people i have had the privilege of serving for newly 12 years in congress and 24 years at a public servant in this community for

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>> florida should take care of florida's problem. a point where states have to take care of their own problem. i'm not saying the federal government doesn't have a role. don't put me in that category. worried about stuff being weighed down with pork and the federal government takes forever florida governor scott should take matters in his hands. why do we need a national infrastructure bank to build roads and bridges when states determine how they need to spend -- >> when it's going to go to iowa when a guy from iowa sleeps with a woman from florida and gets to iowa. >> if rick scott doesn't take the steps -- >> rick scott is not capable of managing his state and managing a national epidemic. >> president obama thinks that isis is a jv team. how will he get rid of zika in florida. >> don't want to give the nih funding for zika. >> i will say the problems -- >> it's a mandate -- >> the problem is we send so much tax money to d.c. and then we have to beg for it back whether it's for education or emergencies. let's leave it there. we ha

watching showers along the florida's east coast. and we have a east to northeast wind today and that's going to heat us up quickly but by lunchtime, rain starts in inland areas and stronger storms around 5:00. 40% chance. and we're at 93 today and tomorrow. and 92 friday. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> here's what's shaking on 275. a great drive to the howard frankland bridge but into tampa, slow there. and also bearss down to downtown tampa, about 18 minutes from bearss to the junction. and we're seeing slow downs elsewhere like ybor city. heavy, nine minutes 301 to 275. and ehrlich to 275 southbound, we're at about 13 minutes starting to get stacked and packed there as well. and we have an accident folks. this is actually westbound, i-4 through the ybor city area. so keeping an eye on this one. and might be tying up leaps, slow and go traffic southbound 275. and howard frankland bridge still looks good into tampa. and not busy yet. a crash state road 54 at hunt road. and look at between the sun coast parkway over to u.s. 41 east

he'll be speaking to pastors in orlando, florida, before a rally in kissimmee, florida, tonight. that's where hallie jackson is today. what's the latest down there? >> reporter: let's look at what trump has going on today. and some of the fallout that he's facing from new comments just this morning. you mentioned he'll be at that rally in kissimmee. the home builders event in a couple minutes where we expect had him

one brings it to florida. at this point, i think the most likely scenario is that it does not strengthen, but could bring upwards of 5 or more inches of rain. >> dave price, thank you. >> you bet. >>> flash flooding swept through the streets of kansas city and indianapolis overnight. and pedestrians. crews rescued people from the rising waters. in indianapolis, the fast-moving floods carried cars away. look at this woman. she had to wade through waist-deep water to safety. >>> breaking news overnight as the arrest is made in the stabbing deaths of two nuns. police took rodney earl sanders into custody and charged him with two counts of capital discovered on thursday after they failed to show up at the clinic where they worked. >>> and now to the doctor who wrote the letter about donald trump's health. dr. harold bornstein said he wrote the letter in five minutes. the doctor said he normally would not have used over the top phrases for a patient, but he for hillary clinton today, meanwhile, it is briefing day.

from florida. i'm herechardson: representing the ame church, celebrating 200 years this year of civic engagement beginning with our founder, whose lapel pin i show here today, represented on the forever staff. from richard l into right now, civic engagement has been what we are about. aligned withe are faith in florida and will take the lead in coordinating early voting that would deliver 100,000 african-american voters in nine counties. through the engagement of 725 churches across denominational lines. we will account are put patient through individual churches, commitment cards from voters of each congregation, and not by the congregations that sign up. the counties will consist of miami-dade, broward, hillsboro, duval, orange, seminole, leon, osceola and st. lucie. , faith in florida has a formal partnership with agreement with the ame church and the 11th district in florida, one of the strong african-american denominations in the state. a minimum of 60 congregations in 69 cities, each with a t

happening today former florida governor charlie crist meeting with concerned bay area citizens. he is scheduled to host a round table discussion with senior citizens at 11:00 this morning at the public library in gulfport. >>> also happening today, the pasco sheriff's office will hold an active shooter drill that starts at 10:00 this morning at river ridge high school in new port richey. the sheriff's office says it is all part of training. >>> today kicks off the tax free holiday weekend. know about this year. one of the biggest changes, computers are absent from the tax free list this year. and this year you only have three days to shop for the tax free holiday from friday to sunday. last year it was 10 days. another big difference this year, you won't pay taxes on clothing $60 or less. last year you could buy $100 worth of clothes tax free. for everything go to our website abcactionnews.com. >>> as you are getting ready for the school year and are shopping for back supplies, remember our back to school supply drive is now underway. this year abcactionnews is teaming up with h

right now the florida department of law enforcement is investigating. deputy richard ny on administrative leave until the investigation is complete. >>> a 15-year-old facing charges tonight after being accused of stealing a car with a baby in the back seat. the mother walked inside a 7- eleven to grab a slurpee. the teen took the car and baby on a the car was founabandoned and the baby still thcar seat. police believe the teen was part of a four-person teen and more arrests are coming. >>> more than 60 heroin overdoses in cincinatti and officials beli could be connected to to a drug used in elephant tranquilizer. 2-millimeters of it can put a 2,000 pound elephant to sleep. combination is resistant to the overdose medication. >> it takes something 100 times more powerful than that being mixed in. it's extremely dangerous. >> people want to die who are is >>wopeople have been arrested in connection with these overdoses. but police believe there's more than one dealer, one of whom is giving it away bore free. >>> some call it a privacy nightmare. a plane f

it poses some threat to the west coast of florida. we have tropical depression 9 and tropical depression 8 that could affect north carolina and hurricane gaston which is well out to sea and not a concern. there's a track you can see tuesday at 4:00 pm with 35 mile per hour winds. and then reacting to a trough surface cold front. 60 mile per hour winds undergoing some wind sheer limiting the strength of the system we hope. stronger with the advancing winds, potential coastal flooding. that's the current thinking on the timing. note the cone.

i am pleased to welcome from central florida sheriff jerry demings of orange county florida. he has our sheriff's office. he is also distinguished by just been named the president of the florida sheriffs association. welcome, sheriff demings. we have chief john mina. john mina is probably known across the country, both sheriff demings and chief mina, for what they have been through. just unbelievable nightmare in our community, and believes that force with distinction, the city of orlando police chief. we have walter purdy was president of the terrorism research center. welcome. then we have mr. ryan mccoy -- mr. kamoie at theme, the federal emergency management agency. gentlemen, this is an investigation and oversight committee of congress. we do require that all of our witnesses he swore. swore. if yo you would please stand i l administer the oath. raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> the record reflect that all of the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. some of you are new to the congressional hearing process. we tried to get you to submit anyt

in florida. >> the book i "zika virus emerging epidemic." mr. mcneill thank you for you time this snow thank you for inviting me. >> this weekend we're in montgomery, alabama, with the help of our local cable patter in, charter communications. next, we visit the last home of the great gatsby author, f. scott fit jerald -- fitzgerald. >> currently we're in the last of four houses f. scott and zelda lived in it's rogered on the national history. this house was saved from demolition. this couple averaged five months for 14 years. this house that we inhabit has been significantly expanded after they lived here. was broken into apartments but we still use the downstairs as a museum and you'll find artifacts that date back to the mid-19th mid-19th century. s da's grandparents, family bibles, baby shoes, odd assortment of books but to show you that our family as affluent. their daughter moved back to mont comery and lived here 16 years and everything in between. obviously the things that are most important to us and we treasure the most are our dir

the trump campaign has one central office in florida. it has other republican offices helping them out. no question the road to the white house for trump runs through florida. republicans believe he cannot win it without winning the state of florida. that is why the clinton campaign is coming back to florida again and again. she'll be campaigning in miami later today. ryan. >> the parents of two americans killed in the benghazi attack filed a lawsuit against hillary clinton. patricia smith and ryan woods filing wrongful death and defamation. the clinton campaign spokesperson responding saying multiple investigations of the benghazi incident have found no wrongdoing. >>> donald trump is trying to link hillary clinton to the execution of the iranian nuclear scientist accused of spying for the u.s. trump taking to twitter after the hanging of shahram. linking e-mails by the state department. the clinton campaign calling the attacks desperate. >>> republicans have recruited a former staffer to challenge donald trump. evan mcmillan announcing

back over to you. >>> still to come florida falling behind. the questionable spending the it missed uncovering forcing jobs out of the state and costing was scissorhands was filmed in lutz. for decades florida with the top three spot for making movies and tv shows but the workers are forced to go out date for jobs. >> investigator adam walser it looks into what is behind the >> action force downtown tampa parking garage shooting underway for no postage required an independent film but it was 20 people to work. charlie is producing and stars in the film. >> it is challenging to make a movie anywhere it's even more challenging to make a movie where incentives are not happening was 10% incentive from hillsborough county helped to bring movie to tampa considered coming elsewhere since florida has no film incentives. >> responsible to investors. >> reporter: florida is one of only 16 states currently no film industry rebates or tax credits. >> georgia, georgia, los angeles, georgia, texas, georgia, georgia, georgia. >> reporter: georgia cleaning ou

breaking news, florida officials -- reminder florida is a key battleground state are frantically trying to see what just happened. zika has spread out of its original counties to one of the wealthiest enclaves in america. we'll see how zika is affecting the business and could it affect the election? pulling back right now at session lows, should investors treat their portfolios like a game of pokÉmon go? and look abroad to capture real wins. we're less than an hou closing bell. let's start the countdown. ♪ ♪ . liz: breaking news. you're looking at live pictures on your left part of your screen in des moines, iowa. and that's where hillary's about to speak. on the right-hand side southwest virginia higher education in virginia where donald trump is set to speak. lincoln high school in des moines is where hillary has a crowd waiting and of course as we mentioned, we're waiting in virginia for what donald trump will do. people are waiting to see if he addresses the latest over what he said yesterday at a rally over how second amendment supporters could react to a hillary presidency. b

in north miami is now living in central florida. the 26-year-old was moved from a psychiatric ward to a facility for people with disabilities north of orlando. the family attorney says he is trying to process what happened. he was transported to a state facility because of a lack of group homes in south florida. >>> the student accused of a condition this morning. his father says his liver and lungs are failing, possibly from chemical poisoning. investigators believe the poisoning comes from whatever he drank in the victim's garage. you may remember deputies had to pull him from a victim as he bit off piece of flesh from the victim's face. >>> a california officer killed a man when he fired seven times, all of it caught on camera. the investigation continues as the sher tries to figure out why the officer fired so many rounds. you can hear just if melee there. the 71-year-old victim who is still unidentified threatening police or people with a knife just outside this market. the officers involved are on administrative leave. >>> an

cases in florida. these are people who got it by a mosquito bite here in florida. and includes one in pinellas county. officials have documented exactly location of where the transmission occurred. >>> today rick scott will be in taa county leaders. bob buckhorn is warning that the city can't wait any longer to take action against the spread of the zika virus. >>> where's the clothes? >> caught with her pants down literally. still to come -- an officer pulls over a half-naked woman but you won't believe what happened to the friend that came to pick her up from the police station. plus, a cake controversy at california bakery. why one of the cake designs is reactions on social media. >>> two bombings at a hotel in southern thailand killed one hotel employee, injured 29 others. that area of the country is increasingly the scene of attacks by islamic insurgents. both bombs were planted inside cars. the first one exploded in the hotel parking lot. the second one 20 minutes later in >>> overnight turkey lau

. >>> also in florida a teenager has been the odds. he survives infection by a rare amoeba that normally kills all of its victims. this 16-year-old sebastian deleon was diagnosed two weeks ago and the outlook was very grim. doctors gave him a in drug that had to be brought in from the cdc. he's one of only four people in the us in the past 50 years known to survive this type of infection. >> i saw hi he is ready to go home. >> sebastian will need several more weeks of rehab but is expected to make a full recovery. >>> tragedy on the highways. what experts say is behind the recent spike of traffic deaths. >>> why mcdonald's is issuing a recall on its happy meal fitness trackers and how you can exchange yours. the group that's working to give inmates a second chance. >>> hello everyone we have a beautiful night happening here. taking a look ahead we have more rain and thunder chances that will be coming our way. i will tell you all about it in >>> traffic fatalities are on the rise. it started two years ago. the economy improved, gas pri

florida fish and wildlife approved 5,000 permits. each hunter can take two gators this hunting season and it ends november 1st. >>> right now in tampa, 80 degrees, nice and dry so good weather for heading out the door early this morning. and all of our major roads and bridges are dry as well. little bit before sunrise, before coming back up. by noon we're in the mid to upper 80s. we'll be topping out today in the low 90s and around noon we'll start to see the showers and storms bubbling up inland and with an east-to-west flow we'll watch the showers and storms working their way along our coastline shortly after noon and continuing through about sunset. dan, yeah, even though it's a high of 92 it's going to feel closer to 100 when you factor in the humidity. >> thank you. deadly conditions in louisiana after authorities confirm a seventh person died in overnight flooding. why the worst of it is not over today. >> what to do with those red light cameras. the reason one bay area city can't hold off any longer on deciding if they will st

dana young for the florida senate. a return to common sense. >> on wall street, the dow gained 17 points, the s&p up four, the nasdaq, 15 points. >>> sales of new homes are to july. new sales climbed 12.4% nationwide. the boom was the biggest in the northeast. we fared well in the south with an 18% increase. >>> tesla just made the model s electric car even faster. this afternoon, ceo elom musk allowed a bigger battery pack letting it go 0 seconds. the range is also up to 315 miles between charges and the new price? around $135,000. >>> we told you last week how activity tracking wristbands from mcdonalds are irritating children's skin? now they are officially recalled. there have been cases of children developing blisters after wearing the devices. get a replacement toy and your choice of a yogurt tube or apple slices. >>> if you own an echo, amazon wants to cut your monthly cost for streaming music in half. most streaming services cost about $10 a month. but, according to a report from the website recode, amazon is p

the university of florida and florida state make the list. uf is 18th and florida state squeaks by in 20th place. >> i have to be careful what i say about this. >> i can attest that the university of wisconsin at madison is a party school there. >> i'm thinking about the kids in sarasota. they're eating at the all the great restaurants. >> and who needs intracollegiate sports when you can go suffering? >>> a tax break apple got is illegal. it's a hefty tab to pay. we'll tell you how much coming up. >>> a new flavor is coming to ice cream shelves. blue bell is teasing ice cream see if you can guess what the new flavor will be. 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. in fact, the real donald trump outsourced his products and you can't make america great again, if you don't make things in america. introducing carrabba's new family bundles. ng at $34.99. it's carry-out without the compromise. >>> it's

in the first six months 57 million tourists came to florida. we set another record with one 2 million floridians working in the tourism industry and 50,000 more jobs than last year.>>> the future you may have in your ride t >>> children targeted in a crime and the people that save time and the woman accused of trying to snatch them away. >>> the app that could keep children safe during an z22pnz zy6z y22pny yy6y >>> the last week in a freedom for students who go back to school this coming monday. >> tonight we are getting an up close look at a safety plan that's meant to protect your kids in the classroom. the emergency plan is now at a teacher's fingertips. >>reporter: at every pasco school and every classroom along with books and computers you will find this color flip charts the hope is it is never but when an emergency comes, teacher should know exactly what to do. >> at the shares office and rescue has to come in and respond to an emergency been no it will be enacted the same way. >> the plan put together by the shares office and school di