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WFTS Action News At 9AM October 18, 2016

About the assault allegations against her husband. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for abc action news at 9 00. Im dan shaffer. Im Lindsay Logue in for deiah riley. A massive fire guts a supermarket and employees were inside. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live at the supermarket. You spoke to the owner this morning . The damage most of the morning. We are getting a better look with daylight. You can see the entire store gutted, destroyed from the inside. Investigators will try to determine exactly where in the store this fire started. Now, as you mentioned, i did speak to the owner. He was too upset to speak on camera. He told me he was thankful his employees made it out. A quick moving fire tore through the big and deal super time. One of them explaining to investigators what they saw. They were finishing up for the night. He said he saw some smoke so he grabbed a fire extinguisher to fight the fire. Nothing could be done. When tampa firefighters arrived they say smoke and flames were pouring from the building. Due to safety concerns, firefighters were forced to stay outside and attack the flames of this threealarm fire with two aerial units. The building totally gutted. I didnkn store customers shocked to find all of this this morning. Their thoughts with the store owners and those workers who made it out. As long as nobody is hurt, thats all that matters. You can rebuild and replace the store. Reporter the fire marshal will be out this morning to assess the damage and try to determine an exact cause. Firefighters were here throughout the night and this morning knocking out hot spots. Out this morning taking pictures, trying to survey all of the damage here. The owner says, obviously, this place will be closed for the foreseeable future. Reporting live in tampa, Rodney Dunigan, abc action news. Thank you. A ups driver discovers a murder victim in palm beach county. The Delivery Driver was making rounds in jupiter. He saw the man lying in the grass. The victim, David Middleton wa kind man with no criminal record at all. Detectives havent revealed a motive or any information on a possible suspect. A state representative is now calling for an investigation into hillsboroughs Public Transportation commission saying there is a blurred line between them and the people they regulate. They are trying to keep Ride Sharing Services like uber and after emails showing staff talking about sting operations. Taxi drivers posed as customers and then they are find. Uber and lyft claimed for some time that ptc staff worked for special interests. Despite this, they good morning. A lot of sunshine. Comfortable temperatures for now. Low to mid70s. We will warm it up this afternoon, into the 80s. We picked up a couple of showers yesterday. It will be the same case today with the flow. Watch the futurecast. Spotty stuff. Not amounting to much. We have to keep the 10 in the minutes, we will talk about the tropical wave that could become otto. I will let you know where its headed coming up. Good morning. Usually at this time the crashes and break downs have cleared. We have a few out there that i want you to know about. A couple in palm harbor. Eastbound alderman at u. S. 19 and not far from there another crash northbound belcher just south of county road 39. Expect delays there. A lot of red on my maps. We have 49th street closed. This is a fatal crash that we are learning in st. Pete at 58th avenue north. You may want to take 58th street north instead. Back to you. Now to democracy 2016. Recent polls show Hillary Clinton leading donald trump nationally. Trump says new documents show criminal conspiracy mail probe. We are live streaming. Reporter comedian Billy Crystal hosting a starstudded fundraiser for Hillary Clinton monday. Our goal tonight is simple. We have to raise more money than donald trump lost in 1995. Reporter those celebrities cheering clinton on as her opponent this is felony corruption by any standard. Appearing to show a Top State Department official sought to have the fbi back down on classifying an email from clintons server. Trump calling on the official to resign. The suggestion is that the state department and fbi engaged in acquitted pro quo classification of the email which would give the fbi more agents oversees. The fbi documents show under secretary of state Patrick Kennedy made the request for in other words, a deal. Under secretary kennedy needs to resign. Reporter the state Department Says Patrick Kennedy will not resign. The fbi did not declassify the email in question and both departments denied any quid pro quo arrangement. Amy trumps recent talk of a rigged election, experts say fraud is rare. In her first interview about the now husband bragging about groping women, Melania Trump says the only thing that surprises her is his language. As what trump was recorded saying in the tape, melania blames the tv host. I wonder if they even knew that the mic was on because they were kind of boy talk. From the host to say dirty and bad stuff. Melania defended her husband against what is clearly a planned attack by the clinton campaign, a sentiment echoed by trump calling the election rigged. Nbc news fired today show cohost billy bush. He was suspended last week just days after the tape was revealed. On the tape bush could a reminder the third and president ial debate is tomorrow night. You can watch it live on abc action news station starting at 9 00. We will stream it live on our free mobile app and on our facebook page. Tune in thursday morning. We will fact check some of trumps and clintons statements. New developments this morning in the advance on ahead. The troops achieved their objectives and are holding positions. This comes after a day of intense fighting involving air strikes, heavy artillery and car bombs. The battle for mosul started monday. It will last weeks or perhaps months. We are expected to learn how the u. S. Department of health and Human Services plans to fund the response to the zika virus after an additional been approved. We will let you know how the money will be spent. Almost 30,000 cases of zika have been reported in the u. S. And its territories including poor to rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Still ahead this morning, an unmanned rocket is heading to space to deliver much needed supplies to the astronauts. What is on board. Why the launch was so special. That is next. First, we will tell you how saved two officers lives in california. What is being called an attempted assassination on an attempted shooting on two officers goes awry after the suspects Assault Rifle malfunctions. Officers call it an attempted assassination of the two officers on break at starbucks. Police say adam policy is the man behind the powell is man behind the attack. He walks up to the coffee shop and sprints away with an officer chasing him. He was trying to clear the weapon as he ran. Officers shot him three times near the starbucks. He is in Critical Condition this morning. Today loved ones and the community will honor two officers in california. They were shot to death earlier domestic disturbance call. The deaths rocked the tight knit community. The warring parties in yemen have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire in effect shortly before midnight wednesday. A u. S. Special envoy says it on legs all parties obliges humanitarian supplies. The war began in 2014 when shiite rebels seized the capital. Judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the agency of negligence in south carolinas church massacre. Lawyers for victims and survivors argue if the fbi had done its job, roofs prior drug arrest would have shown up in a background check and he would have been denied trying to buy after police spent the night searching for a gunman. Police told students to stay inside in a safe place after reports that shots were fired near a campus baseball field. Two people told police they saw a man with a gun. Police havent found the man. The white house is responding to a firebombing attack that damaged a North Carolina Republican Party office. The administration is saying there is no justification for the use of any agenda. Some democrats are trying to raise money to rebuild the campaign office. The table is set for president obamas last state dinner tonight. Look at this. The italian Prime Minister and his west are the guests. Right there on the right, the as the chef. Get ready for changes at one of the most popular Retail Stores in the country. Why target believes Smaller Stores mean bigger business so you dont waste your money. Reporter for decades stores got bigger adding more departments, more products, larger more sprawling suburban locations. Target started a major change that could shake up the industry. Its getting smaller. This is what we think target, a giant box at the back of a huge parking lot, a lot that is almost empty unless its Holiday Shopping season. Target is starting to shrisk. They are fighting declining sales with Smaller Stores like these. The wall street journal says instead of building 150,000 square foot stores, the new stores will be 45,000 Square College towns across the country. But from the doesnt that stink file, why small Big Box Stores dont work. Walmart is closing 150 of its smaller walmart express stores because of poor sales. Target is aiming for more urban locations and hip i didnt think millennials. It believes young people want small stores and not miles of ails for an embarrassing mine craft meme with snow shoppers. Dont be surprised and dont waste your money. Im john mat john matarese. You asked is it soup day . Soup weather. In the morning. Chocolate, sleep in saturday and sunday. It will be cool enough for that. The temperatures for now, i think this is the deal. We will go from upper 80s. The we hit 90 yesterday to the cool air coming in. Drastic change will be noticeable, no question about that. Mid70s. We are doing that with sunny skies. A few clouds later this afternoon. Then a couple of spotty showers with temps climbing up to the mid to upper80s again. Humidity moderate but its not comfortable as more moisture. It will feel like 92 this afternoon. Notice the showers are persistent as long as the wind taps into the atlantic. We will continue to get spotty showers. Up above its dry. Not much in the way of thunderstorm activity or anything like that. Quick moving showers is about it. Coverage of 10 today. Similar tomorrow then changes will be on the way. A couple of things to notice here. This computer model forecast is doing that. Drier in between this feature and the front coming in. We will be even below 10 . No rain for thursday. No rain for friday. Notice the front itself, very little moisture associated with it. When it passes through friday night, we will be sleeping and set the stage for a fantastic looking weekend. Keep an eye on this low. The same front will keep it away from the united states. The this could become otto in the next few it has a high chance. The computer model forecast brings it toward the u. S. But no worries. That front will push this out to see. So, that is just going to be another tick on the names and we dont have to worry about it. Temps this afternoon, warm for this time of year, anywhere you are watching us from, mid to upper80s. Boating looks good. For the weekend, keep in mind the winds will get fresh about 20 knots. For now its 10. 2foot seas, light chop to the the beach, 80 degrees. Beach weather continues. No question, right through the end of the week. There it is saturday and sunday, temps dropping into the 60s and 70s. In the next forecast, what your town will see as far as temperatures on early sunday morning. Still ahead, we are learning new information about the texas 911 dispatcher accused of dropping the ball on her job. Dispatcher in houston who was hanging up on callers. Prosecutors are certain she hung up on 825 people. She is charged with hanging up on one caller trying to report a robbery. A Convenient Store owner was shot and killed. Prosecutors say that is not the only time she hung up on callers in need of help. There was one recording where the she hung up on a gentleman calling to report People Racing on the freeways. After disconnected, you can hear her speaking. What she says is aint nobody got time for this, for real. The dropped calls were discovered last spring after an in house audit. One of nasas main delivery contractors launched the first space station shipment from virginia in two years. It launched last night. Its heading to the International Space station. The rocket is topped with the hardware and scientific experiments. Peruvian environmentalists have a bizarre case. They are investigating the deaths of 10,000 giant frogs. They are endangered. The group that reported the deaths blame pollution in the river that feeds into the lake. The population has been declining rapidly few years. Coming up, fishermen in bermuda reel in this massive lobster. How much this crustation weighed. Plus, a reminder to lock your door when pumping gas. Last call. You need to be registered to vote by today. Election officers are expected tobies see. We are giving you everything you need to know before you head out the door and pick up a pen. A warning about fake cash as we head into the holiday season. We will show you what to look for on your dollar bills so you dont get scammed. Heartbreaking Surveillance Video shows a young girl alone in the middle of the night on a College Campus. How she ended herself. Good morning. Thanks for joining us, im dan schaffer. Im Lindsay Logue in for deiah. If you havent felt the cooler temperatures this morning, ivan cabrera is in with floridas most accurate forecast. Comfortable temperatures. The real cool air doesnt come until the weekend. It will make a huge difference. The coolest air mass even for daytime highs. We had mornings where its nice and chilly if we can call it that but afternoon high thats a big deal. A couple of spotty showers as we have been in the earl flow. That continues today easterly flow. That continues today. The rest of the state is in the 70s and 80s. The blue here, the 34 in denver will continue making forward progress to the south and east. Not that cold but cool. Down right chilly saturday and sunday. I will be back with the details on that in a few minutes. Today is the final day if you want to register for the general election. This follows two extensions by a federal judge following the impact of hurricane matthew. James tully is live. If you want to cast a ballot, this is the last call. Feels like i said this before. I have, two other times. But today these the question you need to ask yourself. Get the Voter Registration election offices, find a form, fill it out and hand it in by 5 00. If that is sitting in front of you at home, fill it out and postmark it by today. Voter registration is up all over the area. Extensions have helped but today is expected tobies see with the new applicants. Election officials are preaching patience. We want to remind people, it will take us get the registrations processed. It wont be overnight. People may check online or something and say im not registered yet. They have to give us time to get it in the system. If you are registered voting by mail you have until november 2nd to request a mail in ballot. Request by phone, in person. I did mine online in about 30 seconds and you can do that in person at the supervisor of dont have to pay postage when you mail that back in. In all counties you can come by and drop off your vote by mail ballot in a box like this if you are more comfortable doing that. Live in hillsborough county, james tully, abc action news. Up to usf students, Hillary Clinton would win by a landslide. The school took a straw poll yesterday. More than half voted for Hillary Clinton. One in donald trump. 35 said the economy was the most important issue with education in second at 23 . And if the students are anything to go by, it will be a tight senate race. 43 of students picked Patrick Murphy and 40 want to reelect republican marco rubio. An update on the pennsylvania mayor we told you about who came under fire for making controversial posts against president obama on wagonful of orangutans and referred to moving day and another referred to a lynching. It caused an uproar. Yesterday Council Members accepted his resignation. Governor scott is frustrated with president obama over his response to hurricane matthew. He said fema didnt get assistance to people fast enough st. Johns county has billions in damage. Scott wants more money from the federal government to rebuild the tourism industry. Easy to get help recovering from hurricane hermine in the bay area. Fema opened a Disaster Recovery seven in Hudson Center in hudson. It will be open from 9 00 to 6 00 and you can get help registering for federal aid until november 11th. Teachers at a apopka high a van caught fire outside of the school. Take a look at it. Investigators say a crew was Power Washing outside the building and the gear caught fire. The flames quickly spread to the van. None of the students were injured but one of the workers was taken to the hospital with burns. A trend picking up this holiday season. Take a look at these 100 bills. Do you notice anything off about them . They are tell used to train bank employees. If you look closely, they have special markings on them, pink chinese symbols. Some say criminals are using the fake cash to rip off business owners. Some in tennessee repo

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