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WFLA News Ch8 First 4 September 21, 2016

Was not shared with Hillsborough County. The sinkhole opened at the mosaic plant in august. It sits close to hillsborough. They kept the lid on this for 19 days. According to hillsborough Environmental Protection Water Division protection, mosaic never reached we were not notified by them. We reached out to them when we had heard of the news. Mosaic insists that its not traveled beyond its traveled. They told 8 on your side that hillsborough epc tested several bodies of water near the mosaic plant and found no contamination. Meanwhile, some we will test results from around t today. The sinkhole. Jeff patterson shows us many more people are anxiously awaiting results. They hired an outside company to individually test wells. So far the outside company is saying their test results show nothing out of the ordinary. The asterisk or the star is the the mosaic plant and the circle is where we took samples. Gary is with the were looking for a fingerprint that would be indicative of mosaics water. Theyre looking for high levels of sodium, sulphate, acidic content and radioactivity. We are not drinking the water. Courtney lives near the plant and is worried for her familys safety. Her well will be tested later today. What is it doing if it is here and whats going to happen if it is here . Test results will become available tomorrow. Now, if you live near mosaic and want to request that water test, heres the number you should call. 8135006575. We posted that on our website, you can find it at wfla. Com. Now your first alert weather. Weve seen a little rain downtown. We sure have. You can check out the view behind me. This is veterans ford and i pouring at this location. You can see downpours and winds fairly light. Temperatures of course have dropped at this location due to the very heavy rainfall. Were seeing pockets of scattered storms around this afternoon. On the radar, not a whole lot of action across the state, but again some places are dealing with some brief, heavy downpours. You can see the showers, a few sitting right over the davis island area near downtown. Heres the heavy rain we just veterans. You can see it towards carrollwood. In this is just north of the airport. Tracking a decent amount of lightning east of i75 towards river view and brandon and eastern Hillsborough County and north of poke city down through dundee and lake whale. Expect to see scattered activity for a few hours, a couple isolated showers to the south of us. Water vapor imagery shows just to the north of us, that bright red color, thats much drier air. But for now we have a decent amount of moisture. Some of the drier air were going to tap into in the next couple days. Our showers and storms will continue to push east of i75 in the next couple days. Polk county and high lands county this evening have the best rain chances. Then the rain comes to an end around sunset. Well show you the lower rain chances in the forecast coming of running a worldwide computer scam. A polk county man fell victim and hes out nearly 60,000. He responded to a pop up ad on his computer for a 499 Antivirus Software program. A person contacted him from the company, Computer Tech help. Com, and ended up getting the victim to give him access to his bank accounts. The scammers drained his life savings. Hes reimbursing them out of his Checking Account and he looked in his savings account and he lost money. There are at least two other victims, one in sausalito, california, the other in colombia, missouri. Detectives believe there may be others in florida as well. The Supreme Court could rule tomorrow on the death row inmates after the highest court the first question is what to do with the 388 people who woke up on death row this morning. Should they all get life in prison now or a new sentencing hearing . Jacksonville lawyer representing one inmate argued all of them should be sentenced to life. We start drawing a line and thats where the problem is going to be. The second question is whether the states new death sentencing scheme which lawmakers ed requires 10 of the 12 jurors to agree on death. I dont think 102 repairs the deficiencies in the statute. Lawmakers say they wouldnt have been able to agree on anything if they didnt agree on 102. But they may get that same result because they compromised at 102. Reporting from the state high speed ferry service. We learned its going to launch in november and a round trip is not going to break the bank. The vessel will travel back and forth between the Tampa Convention Center Waterfront and downtown st. Pete. It will cost 10 for adults, 8 for kids during the sixmonth trial run. It is a pilot test project and i think commuters will give its a sixmonth project. Were not asking them to give up their cars. Were asking them to try a different way and experience it for themselves. During the week of thanksgiving, the cross bay ferry will offer free public runs so the community can of test the waters, if you will. Still ahead big business pharmaceutical ceo defends why her company hiked prices from 100 per epipen two pack to 600 in ten years. Its time to start tailgating for our Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ill show you what appetizer tampa bay is amazing. I work here, i raise my kids here, i even take care of my mom here. But you know what . I could use a hand. Hey we hear you its why aarp is supporting family caregivers like you with free tools and resources. And were making our community an even better place to if you dont think this is right for me when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. Get to know us at aarp. Org tampabay. Now to your consumer watch, evenflo is recalling booster seats because children can loosen the harness. It involves threein1 seats. There is no report of injury, but if the harness isnt snug, potential for injury in crashes is possible. Samsung says 500,000 galaxy 7 replacement phones have been shipped to stores and they have available to customers today much the Company Recalled 2. 5 million phones worldwide due to a malfunction which can cause fire, even explode. New controversy for the makers of epipen accused of hiking up the price. Lawmakers on capitol hill have the ceo in the hot seat and this is a live look, taking a look at the proceedings happening where lawmakers are demanding answers. The ceo, Heather Breschs father, is a u. S. Senator. Tom costello reports that she says its investments and middle men. No one is more frustrated than me. Only once has mylan ceo faced tough questions on camera over the dramatic price creases for an especially price increases over the epipen pack, going up just as her compensation took off. Youre making 18 million a year. You understand how that looks . I understand better than inconvenient to headline. More bad headlines. Usa today reports Heather Breschs mother helped lead the effort to get epi pens in all schools. As the head of the National Association of state board of education, she was appointed to the West Virginia board of education by her husband and then governor and now democratic senator. In a statement, she tells nbc news, my only concern and motivation was and always will be how we can protect as many children as possible from a threatening allergic reaction. Mylan is calling usa todays report factually inaccurate saying the company is not the only provider of the injectors and adding they give four a year for free to any school that requests them. On capitol hill, bipartisan outrage is growing. Theyve spent over the last few years millions of dollars trying to get schools to stock pile the drug. We want them to earn a end consumer. The company says those numbers dont tell the whole story. Mylans profit, it says is only 100 per epipen twopack. That was tom costello reporting. Mylan says its worked hard to get epi pens in schools where theyre needed most. But critics say the profits are way out of line. Also sparking controversy today, controversial boxing promotor don king dropped the in ohio about donald trump. It was a slip of the tongue that he quickly corrected. During this trip, king is praising trump as fearless, courageous and brave, saying America Needs donald trump. And several of the ak torz in marvel movies have teamed up in support of Hillary Clinton. This video is part of a starstudded online video series. Mark ruffalo will get nude in his next movie. The news that Angeline Jolie filed from brad pitt has people surprised. Heres david daniel with the hollywood minute. Brad pitt has a new love, at least on screen. The day his split with Angelina Jolie w posted a steamy spot for allied, his world war ii romance. Hollywood is buzzing with speculation to the off screen pairing played a part in the on screen script. The move any opens november 23. The often eccentric jared let 0 let leto is starring in a i consider it a great privilege to work with him. Russell crowe was happy when ridley scott was inducted into the Hollywood Hall of fame. Scott is receiving this years American Cinema tech award for his career in film making. Russell crowe will serve as the evenings host. And matt damon who starred in the marshawn for present him with the award. Julie is joining us for another check of the forecast. The heat rolls on and on. The humidity actually does. Both. Theyre still with us. The rain helps. It is. Were seeing some of that today. If your lucky enough to get some of the downpours, it will be cooler for you. Check out the view fort lakeland auto mall. For the lakeland auto mall. Temperatures are back into the upper 80s with the winds fairly north. Brandon 79 degrees with nearby rain around. Were seeing pockets of showers and storms, especially around the tampa, Hillsborough County area. For the rest of the evening, at 9 p. M. , any rain will likely be coming to an end. Temperatures will be in the low 80s. And then as we head past midnight, well drop back into the upper 70s. Its going to stay warm with a mostly clear sky. Temperatures tomorrow when you wake up will be warm. Were back up close to 90 in the afternoon. Its going to be steamy as well. The heat will be back with us and well probably see a little less rain. Right now we have isolated activity. You notice not everyone seeing rain this afternoon, but there are pockets of decent downpours and a whole lot of light thing in this storm. Weve got heavy rain off i4 and tracking heavier rain towards airport. Inland into polk county, Highland Park about to deal with heavy rain there as well as the showers and storms slowly drift off towards the east. As we head tlut evening, a through the evening, a few lingering showers are expected, wrapping up after sunset. By tomorrow morning, temperatures will be warmer, in the mid70s. A few clouds around. Notice through the day, the rain is going to be pretty limited. Slightly drier air starts to sneak in. Well keep our Storm Chances near 20 . The same is true for your friday morning. By friday afternoon, well see temperatures close to 90 again and not a whole lot in the rain department. Expect a mostly dry day on friday. Out in the tropics, were tracking tropical depression karl and Tropical Storm lisa, neither expected to impact the u. S. Or florida. Good news there. Now for us as we head through the end of this week into this weekend, well keep our rain chances near 20 . 30 chance of rain sunday. 30 as well. The first bucs home game is this weekend. A lot of folks will host watch parties, or maybe youll be at the game tailgating. You dont have to do all the workday of. Gail has an idea you can prep ahead of time. Now, you know you cant show up empty handed at the next Tampa Bay Buccaneers tailgating party. So today im going to show you how m appetizer. Tailgating recipes are trending on pinterest and with the first home game this sunday, were throwing out ideas. What are we making today . Sesame tuna. In the kitchen at duffys sports grill, chef eric is searing sesame tuna, about 20 seconds a side. While that cools, were making sour cream, cucumber. Lemon zest, garlic, olive oil. Fresh chopped dill. Squeeze on fresh lemon. I love those gadgets. These are great. Top it with sea salt and pepper and set that aside. Once your tuna cools off, slice it thinly. Chef eric places everything on deep fried,ef any kind of parmesan crisp you can buy is good. Then you stack your sliders with the tuna, sauce, some chi ves and a dab of sauce for a latin, greek and asian flair. They look amazing. Right. Looks like youve done this before. This is good. I used to wash it down with its made with yagermeister and brat worst. Thats crazy. The buccaneers need to win. They sure do. Coming up next in sports, were going to get a good look at them as they prepare for the sunday home game against the rams. Watch tampa bays most convenient prime time newscast every night at 8 00. Get caught up on everything you need to know. Now lets check in with dan. Not a good week for the running backs. Adrian peterson, ouch. Hes done for probably the year. Possibly the year. Torn meniscus. Doug martin limped off the other day. We finally got word on him. Life without running back doug weeks out with that hamstring that he suffered on sunday at arizona. This morning offensive coordinator said the team hopes to have martin back sooner than those three weeks. Were going to see. But here we go again. This time a very talented duo picking up the workload. Charles sims, the proven backup with a little different skill set than martin. He runs taller, catches the ball very. And rogers who got into the game last week, success playing under head coach dirk before. I got in under him last week, but i was ready. For me, my goal is to get more familiar with the playbook so i can xwo out there and can go out there and be able to playful speed when my number is called. Theyre both good in pass ball, both good to the back field, can run with power when needed and were excited. I dont see an issue with us being able to run the ball this are. After last sundays 407 loss, head coach revealed that the team had some sloppy practices during the buildup to that trip to arizona. Human nature or not, last week they relaxed a little bit after that big win and got burned. Lesson learned, perhaps. Quarterback Jameis Winston doesnt even want to remember what happened a week ago. Anytime something negative happens, Everyone Wants to point fingers. But ovell weve got to try to find a way to fix that. Last week is over. Were not focused on last week. Were focused on playing better this week and having better practices this week. Arent we all . They were one of three teams to begin this season with back to back road games. 16 teams, by the way, thats half the nfl, has a record of 11 after two weeks. So everybody is in the same boat for the most part. Going to see a better effort against the rams. Its our first home game. The home game has got to make a big difference thats going to be a lot of fun. The team is going to be happy to play at home. The rams, i think the fans expect a win here and thats right. But the rams are tough against this buccaneers team. Last year was a nightmare some in st. Louis with turnovers. The rams defense has very good success now the last couple of times its played against the buccaneers. Itot task. No doug martin running up the middle. So theyll have to do something. It will be fun to watch. Theyll be able to watch better. Thats for sure. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things that he said. Trump should not be supported. Now four headlines at 4 30. Number 1, new details about the suspected bomber in new york. Ahmad khan rahami is still in the hospital in police custody. The 28yearold is facing federal charges accused of in chelsea. That blast propelled the bum sister more than 120 feet and dumpster more than 120 feet and 29 people were injured. Hes believed to have purchased the ball bearings and steel nuts inside the device on ebay this summer. Hillary clinton is campaigning in florida today. She is in or lando for a public event. Shes there to discuss her vision for america and an economy that works for everyone, Republican Donald Trump is campaigning in ohio today. Investors say its time for volkswagon to pay up for cheating. They want just over 9 billion in damages they sustained as a result of the massive emissions scandal. About 40 of the companys market value was wiped out. Volkswagon admitted fitting at least 11 million vehicles worldwide with software that construction, apple has unveiled a massive solar plant built in the arizona desert. Its on 300 acres just outside of phoenix. It will power the nearby Data Command Center and the spillover or extra electricity will go back into the grid to power nearby homes and businesses. A 13yearold student is facing felony charges, accused of trying to poison her teacher. The into her teachers coffee. This happened in pasco. According to deputies, the teen ground up a piece of chalk and distracted the teacher by asking her a question about a portrait. Once the teacher turned her head, she put the powder in the teachers cup. Another student stopped the teacher from drinking it. Its troubling when any student takes action that could physically harm a teacher. Shocking. Clearly this little girl has troubles that hopefully she can get help for. School officials tell news channel 8 that student will be expelled. Also making news across america today, a North Carolina teacher is defending his decision to stand on the American Flag to teach his class a lesson. The picture shows honors history teacher lee francis giving a lesson on the first amendment. Francis to offend anyone, but rather drive home the definition of free speech. The city of charlotte is on edge after police shot and killed an africanamerican man. Police were serving a warrant for someone else

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