Im candace mccowan. We are tracking hurricane matthew. The warnings have been issued forjamaica and haiti. Are are boarding up and stocking up with people lining up to fill up their cars and plastic storage containers. The first stage of an emergency has been declared in cuba. Raul defense ministers and officials as they oversaw the storm preparations. Heres a birds eye view of matthew. They will be flying in and out in the coming days. Ed bloodsworth has the latesten where this is headed and the impacts it may have on florida. Reporter the latest update coming down an hour ago from the hurricane sent, and they are looking at powerful system. The winds are at 150, and the ragged. Signs of the system may be weakening a bit, and we will see if the next update at 11 will move it. Right now winds at northwest at 5 miles an hour. They found strong winds. The latest forecast, the hurricane mornings for haiti, jamaica, and now eastern cuba under a hurricane warning, and its expected to continue to weaken a bit as it slides to the north, and its oring across eastern cuba, and from there, to the bahamas. Its warm water in theth hasntic. You could see this off the florida coast for a category 2 storm. If gets closer, and we could have higher impact for the east coast of florida. We are expecting higher wind gusts and p perhaps high waves facing beaches. High clouds, beautiful shot for lakewood ranch, and its 77. Not much happening on the radar, and it will be quiet for the first half of the day. 88degrees for the temperature this afternoon, a degree above average here, and we will call for a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, and a detailed check of the sunday forecast for the week ahead. Ed, thank you so much. Police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash in cleaer jana jones with what happened. Reporter this happened around 4 30 this morning when Clearwater Police say a man stumbled into gulltobay boulevard, and thats when a vehicle hit him. Happened around duncan avenue. If you have to walk some place, the safest way and smartest way is to use the crosswalk, and this is not the first accident that happened here in the last couple of days, and this is the four days here. On thursday a wheelchair was being pushed just 100 yards from a crosswalk. You urged to use the crosswalk if you have to cross the street. A part of the boulevard was shut down for 3 hours this morning as Police Continue their investigation. Reporting in clear water, jana jones, news channel 8. In your vote, Hillary Clintons campaign is seizing on a New York Times report about donald records. He declared a 619 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, allowing him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years. Trump has dechained to comment on the documents. But his campaign aid mr. Trump is a highlyskilled businessman who a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family, and his employees required. This morning robbie mook says this shows his business failures and how long he may have avoided paying federal income taxes whatsoever. Mosaic officials confirm their lithia office received a letter with a substance that was determined to threatening. Three residents are suing mosaic about not notifying the public about a sink hole. It puts mosaic in the position of having to take corrective action in advance of the problem and apparently they didnt or wouldnt have this problem. Reporter as for who sent the threatening letter, we are working to learn if authorities have any leads. Police are investigating the death of a man found floating in a lake. Park. Foul play is not suspected at this time, but people who go to the park have concerns and want answers. Its just not a good thing. I come to the park every day, and thats not something i want to see. As soon as we learn more information in the case. We will bring it to you on air and online. A largo woman was hit and killed by an suv overnight in st. Petersburg. 29yearold dana santos stepped off the curb and right into the path of a dodge durango. The driver swerved but his right side hit the victim. He immediately pulled over and called 911. People are recovering after being stabbed apt club sky on east 8th avenue. One person was rushed to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, and we are told Police Detained one person, but we dont know how new tests suggest moose key tees in miami beach may be still inflected with the zika virus. A new sample from the area tested positive for the disease. The tests need to be confirmed by the cdc. If confirm, this is the sixth sample from miami beach with a positive test. A memorial for the late Jose Fernadez was discovered floating off the coast of florida it shows his initials and hi the cuban flag is displayed in the middle of the memorial for his home country. 249yearold fathertobe died in a boating accident off miami beach. Happening today, the clear water superboat races. Strap n sit back, and take in the action from pier 60. The first race on the course will kick off at noon. A second race at 1 30, and the last race at 3 00 p. M. Beach resort. The afterparty will begin at 4 00 p. M. Morning a warning for residents of california. Starts of the state under a major earthquake alert. Remembering the 6yearold victim of a South Carolina school shooting. His mothers message of forgiveness next in our news across america. Its 9 08, and youre watching news channel 8 today. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. She ate like a pig. A person whos 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 . Across america, a warning residents o. Officials issued a heightened major earthquake alert in effect until tuesday. It follows small tremors located on the 800mile long fault. A 6yearold boy shot at his school in South Carolina earlier this week has passed away. A bullet truck one of jacob halls ma who calls her son an angel who has forgiven already. Jacob was more than everything to us. He was everything to everybody, and he was an ajell brought to this earth to show love and to show kindness and forgiveness, and jacob never had a bad intention ever in his body. In hiswhole 6. 5 years on this earth. He loved his mommy. And son will ever have. He loved his daddy. He loved to tell stories, and he had an imagination as big as he was. I cant imagine that mothers pain. Investigators say the gunman killed his father before driving to the school. Hes charged as a juvenile with murder. The ntsb is still investigating the deadly train crash in new jersey. They found the data recorder in the back of the train, and now they are looking for the search is difficult, but the site is not safe. These reports should reveal how fast the train was going when it killed one victim and injured more than 100 others. Video of one heart warming touchdown gone viral. Caden bowers is in a wheelchair, and his teammates pushed him to the enzone. He has muscular dystrophy. He has never missed a practice or a game. Sidelines, but his teammates wanted him to deal what they do. If you believe in the zodiac, brace yourself. Signs may be shifting based on when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. You know me, i grew up here. And while politics and the Political Parties may have. Changed, i havent. Ive always stood up to the special interests and for. The people. To protect Social Security and medicare. For womens healthcare, and our veterans. In congress i wont let them privatize the va, cut Social Security and medicare, take away a womens right to choose, im Charlie Crist and i approve this message, because ill put you, the people first. I always have, and always will. The way you lived your life f you believed in the zodiac, it may have been completely some may say this is life altering news, but for john mayers, he has known this all along. Its actually very old, and its been there, and it had an effect. The zodiacs were dropped to fit the 12month calendar. Originally there were 14 signs. For sign is a serpent, chances are you will not see anyone sporting this sign any time soon. Quite a few week get zodiac tattoos. Reporter if your sign changed, add that to the list of the regrettable tattoos. Sometimes its a name they want to forget. They are a leo and feel like a virgo or whenever, they can updating the 50dollar tattoo cost . Double to triple the area, and at least 100. Reporter the Silver Lining . The most important thing to understand, your sun sign is not who you are, its what or who you are becoming. Thats upsetting news for a lot of people. Nasa said they didnt change any signs, they just did the ma across really all of tampa bay, beautiful start from the hula bay restaurant and seeing the folks take the boats out with all the sunshine. 78degrees this morning, and innisbrook as well. A lot of folks on the golf course, temperatures of 80 right now, and a lot of sun, high, thin clouds, and new port richie similar story. Complain with that. Tony colon with this this pic. Maybe sure you send us your photos. 1 00p. M. , seeing 86 degrees, and temperatures will warm up. The humidity coming up as well as moisture is on the upswing, and by 4 00 p. M. , scattered thunderstorms, 88 degrees, and any storms we see this evening will slide back to the coast. Heres matthew a strong category 4 hurricane with 150 latest pressure at 9 47, and thats come up over the last 12 hours, and the storm is looking, not quite as organized, and the eye is a little more ragged this morning. The hurricane warnings up from jamaica, cuba, and haiti as the system will head in that general direction, potentially making land fall as a category bahamas. Most of the models favoring an easterly track, and we are expecting high surf and winds along the coast here, and thankfully for tampa bay, not anticipating direct impacts here. As matthews will round the upper level ridge that will break down, and that will provide a path for the system to slide off to the north. Back here at home, 79. Tampa, 77 for plant city, and a few degrees cooler to the north, and the moisture values, the dew point values have been slowly coming up. As we frontal boundary providing drier air yesterday, that will slide to the north, and the sea breezes will develop, and a good coverage of showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon, and the good news for your monday morning commute, as everyone heads back to work and school, quiet start expected, and bit afternoon, headed home, you will soon be driving through the heavy tropical downpours, and everything is sliding back to the coast, and then longterm, the moisture values will start to come down, and that means north, and highest rain chance to the south, and thats where the deepest moisture lies. All eyes at 4 05. The bucss game playing host to the denver broncos, and 87. We can and 87. We cannot rule out the thunderstorms. 87 for monday, expecting the high to stay right about where they should be for this time of the year. 40 chance on monday, and then drier air through the week ahead, and by next weekend, a lot of pulled in by matthew, and that could actually really give us a our first true taste of fall with the morning lows in the 70s, and the humidity will be very low by next weekend, candace. I dont know what that feels like anymore. We will get a glimpse of it this weekend. Fans filling in the College Stadiums across the country. Coming up an exciting saturday of college football, and in case you missed the games, we all the highlights for you on this is medicine. Medicine. Uh. Medicine . With amendment 2, this is what medicine will look like pot, packaged like candy. Up to twenty times stronger than it once was. Marketed to kids. Sold next to schools. In nearly two thousand pot shops across florida. No medical standards. No pharmacists. No prescriptions. Unless you vote no on amendment 2. She saw the boots and fell for fall all over again. A store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, but you know youre gonna love it. As a federal prosecutor, ive spent my career prosecuting criminals and fighting for the rights of victims. I want to make the state Attorneys Office a model for criminal justice. Ill prioritize Violent Crime and be tough on murderers, gangs, and anyone who commits Domestic Abuse or sexual assault. And ill make the system fair by working with police to wear body cameras and using dna to put criminals behind bars, im andrew warren. As state attorney, ill make our county safer for our families. Former british churchhill with us said history will be kind to me for i intend to write it. And thats light marlin mack he entered 95 yards shy of snapping the all time yards rushing record. He gets the lead into the locker room, and thats 2420 usf, and then quintin flowers is more elusive than an yewer on south howard at closing time. Than an uber on south howard surge pricing and then mack, 49 yards up the sideline to break the all time usf rushing record with that touchdown run, and south florida stops cincinnati for the icing on the cake. This was a wild one, the knowles battling back from the deficit, but the tarheels take the lead with under 3 minutes to play. Jackson taking it up the sideline for a score, but the extra point is blocked, and that allows fsu to march down deandre, dodge, duck, dive, dodge, and score a touchdown the extra point is true, and Florida State is up 3534, and the knowles left too much time on the block. North carolinas nick wilder attempting the 54yard field goal for the win. The tarheels snap the knowles 22game win streak with the 37 35 upset, and keeping it in the acc, miami honoring se sticker in the game against georgia tech, and the defense winning out for 16. Quarterman is a 3scoop guy at the ice cream parlor. This appears the qb has a case of fumblitis, and jackson takes it back. Thats a t. D. Pass to stacey. The u gets the dub. Next up, florida at vanderbilt, jordan scarlet starts the highlight and Football Game quite frankly, the gators led it in the 4th. Nick washington, more like pick washington, and despite 236 yards of offense, the gators hold on to win it 136. If you prefer directional schools, time to rage the killings in the name of adrian kylings 100 yard for a ecu qb does not see the 63 defensive lineman in front of him. The knights win it 4729, and Florida International edging Florida Atlantic in the back and forth battle, 3331 and alex mcgue accounting for three touchdowns, and florida a m is winless no longer. The rattlers beat savannah state. The rowdies making the push for august 20th. Erica tickling the twine, and that would be the equalizer but the rowdies with a critical point in the 11 draw. Thats it for ports. Im paul ryan. Our first look at trumps taxes. The new documents show the president ial hopeful could have avoided paying federal income taxes for nearly 20 years. How this could impact voter a bomb shell report, Hillary Clintons campaign pouncing this morning as we get our first look at Donald Trumps tax history. The new reveals trump may have avoided paying federal income tax for nearly 20 years. With just 5 weeks until election day, we look at the importance of the race in florida, and Governor Scott is facing criticism over the mosaic zipping sink hole. Could that be a pitfall for him in his senate run . Trumps taxes, but not by his will, New York Times said he 916 million in 1995 and could have avoided paying taxes 18 years. The documents came to them with a return address of trump tower. Its impossible to know what he donated to charity that year, but he declined the opportunity to donate to several charities. Trumps campaign did not deny the allegations saying in part mr. Trump is a highlyskilled businessman with a few dish area responsibility to his business, his family, and his Hillary Clintons Campaign Said its a bomb shell report that reveals the nature of Donald Trumps business failures and how long he avoided paying any federal income taxes whatsoever. Trumps refusal to release his tax returns has been a central part of the races and addressed in mondays debate. I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted. American people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he has paid nothing in federal taxes because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didnt pay any federal income tax, so that makes me smart. If he has paid 0 thats not the end of the conversation. Hillary clinton is refuting criticism over an audio tape clinton is heard giving a blunt take on the Bernie Sanders millennial generation who are children of the great recession. Some are new to politics completely, and they are children of the great recession, and they are living in their parents basement, and they feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves, and they dont see much of a future. I think we understanding of that and try to do the best we can not to be, you know, a wet blanket on idealism. You want them to be idealistic and set big goals but to take what we can achieve now and try to present them as bigger goals. The comments coming in february as clinton is battling sanders in the primary. Donald trump characterized the millennials are hopeless and ignorant, but Clintons Campaign says she is sympathetic to their generation. Donald trump has more controversy with a former miss universe. At 3 20 a. M. On friday morning, he called Alicia Machado disgusting and accused her of having a sex tape. She called it cheap lies with bad intentions. Many reacting to his tweets even Newt Gingrich saying if you want to be president , you cant be tweeting at 3 00 in the morning. As election day approaches, trump is losing support from conservative newspapers across the country. Breaking from tradition and supporting Hillary Clinton or gary johnson. Among those outlets, the Arizona Republic who is endorsing a democrat for president for the first time 1890. Im joined this morning by George Farrell and barry edwards. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Lets start with the release by the New York Times. We are finding out more about Donald Trumps financial history, more than ever before. What impact will this have . A good impact. The taxes were released, and people know he has failed businesses, thats public knowledge. Nothing surprising there. The knowledge is i think it reconfirms he doesnt support the troops or give to charities, and it reconfirms theres a reason he hasnt released his tax returns. He doesnt make as much money as he says he does, and he has used every loophole. Whether they are legal or not, people expect you to be supportive. If youre a billionaire, people expect you to pay your fair share. Hes not proud of that. Does this increase the need for him to release his tax tax returns when hillary releases the 33,000 emails she has not released. It was 1995, and we are in 2016, and looking apt tax returns for 1995 does not give you a persons we need to see his tax returns. We will see them when hillary releases her emails. There should not be a quo pro. Two wrongs dont make a right. After he lost the debate, he went in a rant against the former miss universe. He shows temperamentally on his tax returns and everything else, he is not qualified to be president. He cant take criticism, and commanderinchief, you have to take a lot of criticism and make the tough decisions and showing hes not qualified. And forth Alicia Machado. You said sometimes he says too much about things. Do you think he fed the controversy . I think he fed the controversy. Its something that happened 20 years ago, and youre judging someone by what they did 20 years ago no one should be judged. You build your character, and 20 years ago all of us were not what we were today. If you judge 1995 to today, you cant do that and before you hillary and bill by what they did in 1995, shes not qualified for president either. Reporter he tweeted this weekend, he tweeted at 3 00 a. M. And shows he doesnt have impulse it shows he stays up 24 hours a day. Reporter you have to have impulse control, and he doesnt have impulse control. The ballot go out in 10 days in florida. People will start to vote. He is showing every single day he is not temperamentally qualified. They both have skills. Bright guy. I have been to his house for dinner. He is not qualified. You can see that every time you interact with him. He doesnt have impulse control. You have been to his house for dinner . I have. How come youre not his friend . Because i met him. Have you met hilary. I have. I was stunned by her depth of knowledge. Let me bring it back. A debate this week, coming it next weekend. What can they do differently to do better in the next coming debate. Donald trump needs to be donald trump. He backed off trying to be a nice guy. He needs to go at her about benghazi. He didnt ask questions about the emails, and hillary did not answer a lot of questions. If you ask her 2 plus 2, she comes out with a theory. More prepared. He says he didnt prepare. He needs to control his temper, and she needs to do one thing, i think when david marris wrote the biography saying hill i have is a phony phony. She and in herself is a nice woman and not well packaged. If they hillary, they would walk away with it. Let her, and she will win. Much more to talk about with these two guys. We are going to wait and talk about it after the break. Coming up, the race in florida is as important as anywhere in the country. We will look at a new poll that was out this week, including the bay area, and who is leading. Later, we will look ahead to 2018 and Governor Scotts political future with his handling of multiple big issues shes supposed to fight all of these different things, and she cant make it 15 feet to her car . Give me a break give me a break [ cheers ] give me a break that was donald trump speaking at a rally in pennsylvania last night, mocking Hillary Clintons medical episode to her car last van. Once again florida is living up to its reputation as a battleground state in the election. Who wins it . Thats anyones guess. Rob carter is break down the race in until. I have a feeling by the end of the evening i will be blamed for everything that has happened. Why not . Yeah, why not. Reporter it was a testing time but did the 90minute exchange change florida voters masondixon shows its an edge for clinton by 4 . They registered voters between tuesday and thursday by phone. If i was here, i would be concerned, and im donald trump, and im elated. Reporter dr. Ed bitton says hes surprised the numbers are so close. Its been nip and tuck, and it will be until the end unless some kind of major shocking event occurs that moves people show along the i4 corridor, clinton has a 4740 advantage, and the Hillsborough Democratic Party says it reveals more differences between the candidates. It shows the voters were listening and it moved the needle. Central florida, trump has 46 to 43 . Hillsborough county republicans say trump has t dime in florida advertising dollars, but clinton has spent millions. Maybe foolishly because they are within the margin of error. Reporter rob carter, news channel 8. We have barry and george joining us again. You are a clinton supporter, why are the numbers so close . The first and most important reason they are close, we are the most polarized we have been ever. If youre a republican, you dont care about your your values. The republicans are voting for republicans about 90 , and 90 of the democrats for democrats. The reason the polls have gone for clinton, trump has lost about 10 of the Republican Party vote. Hes down to 80 . The independents, three times of independents. Leaners to the republicans and democrats, and they are locked in, too. We are looking a the 5 of the swing voters up for grabs, and everyone uc in its a narrow bandwidth. As trump done enough to win over the minority voters . He is doing great. Charlie crist got 18 , and republicans can win black minority voters and hispanics, and the state has changed in those years. Now we have a whole different crop of minorities that are in the state, and those people didnt know jeb bush, and that was proven, but they know donald trump. Hes going to win this state and win by 10 points, and predict donald trump is going to get 20 to 22 of the minority vote. We are going to talk to you the sunday after the election date. The mosaic sink hole, and Governor Scott facing big problems in florida. What could be his down falls after an obscene amount was spent building this controversial courthouse, the state learned the contractor had overspent on framed photos that were never used. When the state refused to pay, bob buesing sued. Demanding taxpayers foot the bill, including his own legal fees. Bob buesing profitted from government waste and abuse . Welcome back. Governor rick scott is under fire for failing to inform the public about contamination caused by the mosaic sink hole. His own state agency kept him in the dark. According to one florida congresswoman, both are inexcusable, and that could give the governor problems if he decides to run for a senate seat in 2 years. Steve andrews revealed the sink not mosaic, not state or local government notified us. It sent 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the aquafir. The governor fumbled answering one simple question we had. Reporter when did you find out about this incident . Jerry can get you the time line of when we did it. Its accurate. Reporter 24 hours after it happened . She will get you the time line so reporter the Governors Office said Governor Scott was not informed of the disaster until after 8 on your side broke the still the governor issued an immediate change to public notification laws. This is another potential pitfall for the governor. George and barry, lets talk about this. Does this point to a larger problem that the governor is having if his own state agency is not notifying him of absolutely. When the governor got in, he froze all the spots of dep and left them vacant, and then he left more money. He put an Incentive Program in, if you were more money, you got a bonus, and everything was done for efficiency as far as getting more business rather than their job of protecting the environment, and he created a culture, and this an example of the culture. D. E. P. Mosaic is going to be facing a future, uncertain future with liability issues, drinking water, and this is mosaics problem, and they have to step forward and become a good corporate citizen. Lets not blame who got what when, and lets talk about the company who had the liability. Steve had trouble answering this question. Is that acceptable . Its acceptable when you have the information in front of informed. Thats not a simple question. Hes rushing to an emergency situation. Hes rushing in, trying to control the situation, but he needs to get the answers for mosaic, and if the mosaic lawyers up, thats tougher. Thats the problem. He was rushing to an generalsy situation. Every year he has been governor, and they have talked about fixing water problems with the leakage in north florida, and every single year he has the position of not wanting to do supporting the democrats initiatives. Democratic initiatives . We have sewage going into tampa bay lead by democrats. Democrats talk about being environmentalists, and they are not environmentalists, barry. The democrats are not environmentalists its a false narrative that they are environmentalists. Back to Governor Scott. Theres a possible [overlapping speakers] will this, with what ap i think it will. He has to get to it and have mosaic step to the plate, and mosaic has to say this is our fault, and we will handle it, and the state has to be there in partnership to fix the issue, and we have to fix our clean water issues and sewage issues. We cannot produce clean drinking water, and we are not producing Sewage Treatment or educating children in south st. Peteringburg. Theres a reason why i dont think we are becoming a third world country. I republicans have neglected infrastructure. Instead of toll roads on the Howard Frankland bridge, you need gas taxes to appropriately pay for the needs of the citizens who are using them. Instead of trying to call auxiliary lanes and lanes people use, you need an infrastructure in place and a funding source. Its a modern tax system, not an archaic one. I feel like you could go on thank you for joining us, and what kids are saying about the president ial race. You dont want to miss this. I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here priorities usa action is responsible finally this morning, this years president ial race has been like none we have seen before, but what about the kids . Advice of the 8yearold and 9 yearolds. Reporter what advice would you give to donald trump and Hillary Clinton if they were at this table . I would say stop interrupting people. Follow the golden rule, and if you interrupt the other person, you will probably get interrupted when youre trying to say something. Take a chill pill. Just take a chill pill take a chill pill good advice for the week. Thank you for joining us this week. Joe biden will be campaigning for Hillary Clinton in sarasota mo a oneonone interview with him tomorrow night. This sunday, trumps terrible week. A rough debate. 3 00 a. M. Tweets. And an obsession with the 1996 miss universe. She was the winner, and you know, she gained a massive amount of weight. And it w now, a report that trump could have avoided payingaxes for 18 years. Ill talk to trump supporter Rudy Giuliani and Clinton Campaign manager robby mook. Plus, a lead opinion lined up against donald trump, but to what effect . Ill take to antiestablishment voices from the left and right. Michael moore and glenn beck. Also, the vp debate. How much will tuesdays pencekain faceoff matter