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Transcripts For WFTS Action News At 9AM 20161028



people in tampa. >> outrage over a snapchat video exclusive to abc news that was posted to social media minutes before the driver, pablo cortes iii, lost control of his car and crashed into a family's minivan. >> team coverage. we are live at tampa general where the victims are recovering. we go to lindsay logue, with more. she joins >>reporter: good morning. truly shocking to see this video. watch it again. it is taken of pablo cortes as he drives over the howard frankland bridge. the posted speed limit is 65 miles an hour but according to the snapchat app, he was clocked at 115 and the video coconut palm drive. i will show more of the video. it was taken by his girlfriend, sitting in the passenger seat and you can see the speed filter on the app, it is popular. it shows as cortes hits 82 miles an hour and then 115. shortly afterwards, he lost control of the car and witnesses said they had no time to react. >> it was going so fast. it hopped behind me. i escaped. it's traumatic. >>reporter: the car slammed head-on into a minivan killing the mother and two of her children. they were coming home from church and cortes and his snapchat filter has been at the center of a deadly crash investigation and there are lawsuits because of it and people are pleading with the creators of snapchat to ask them to get rid of the speed filter. they said it promotes speeding. live in tampa, lindsay logue. >> wear hearing from loved ones of the victims of the crash. >> three people are in the hospital and two in critical condition. we are live outside tampa general. how is the family holding out? >>repoer broken. especially for the 19-year-old recovering in critical condition with her mother, little brother and sister all killed in the crash. >> when she wakes up and realizes her mom is not here and her brother and sister aren't here -- >>reporter: the thought of the 19-year-old realizing her mother and siblings are no little brother and sister. she was so attentive and made sure they did her homework. she yelled at them like a big sister and she loved them. >>reporter: lena, her cousin and another man remain at tampa general. 9-year-old john, 10-year-old maria and their mom were killed in the wreck. >> we are in shock and don't know what to do. we are lost. we lost three family mbe to mango elementary were classmates made cars to remember them. their deaths are hitting the students and staff, hard. >> we let students know they are resilient and capable of handling difficult things. >>reporter: the family is making funeral arrangements, trying to remain strong. >> i don't know how she will wake up and live with h that. it's going to be horrible. will be on hand at mango elementary for those students and staff who need it. reporting outside tampa general hospital, abc action news. good morning on this friday. it looks nice and we woke up to temperatures not as cool. low to mid-60s, low 70s along the coast and current readings are t afternoon, 85 with the dewpoints not superdrive but it feels humid in the morning and then will drop to something more comfortable. warmer than it should be with high clouds rolling through. a cold front coming up in a few minutes. good news. work early. no longer the need for the detour. in sarasota, problems northbound and southbound on i- 75 with a crash at bee ridge and at clark with a massive backup in that area. work your way around that. here's a live look at 275, up to speed in both directions from bridge to bridge with no crashes or breakdowns, to you. >> we follow breaking news out of new york city. cruise track a shirtless man currently climbing up the george washington bridge on the new jersey side, happening right now. traffic is closed on the upper levels and it's unclear what story develops. two runways have reopened at laguardia airport in new york after republican vice presidential candidate, mike pence, had his plane skidded off the runway. it fishtailed as it landed in the rain in new york and no one was hurt. mike pence checked on the press corps and spoke about the ordeal on good morning america this morning. >> i'm really grateful, really grateful for some quick action by the pilots and first responders that seemed like they were on the scene at laguardia. >> he returns to the campaign trail today. 11 days from the election and hillary clinton has an apparent elect for a lead. you see 272 electoral votes, which is enough to win. you need 270 and donald trump are in blue, meaning they are solidly leaning democratic and 22 states are in the color red, solidly leaning republican and six, including key states like florida, north carolina and ohio are considered battleground states and could go either way. congressional districts in nebraska and in maine could go either way. if trump wins the battleground states and can flip a leaning democratic state like wisconsin or michigan or virginia, he could win the election. >> every vote in florida is important and more than 2.1 million floridians voted early or by mail and republicans have a slight edge over democrats, right now. the latest numbers show nearly 876,000 republicans have cast ballots compared to more than hillary clinton is receiving help from the oval office. president obama will campaign for her this afternoon in orlando during a rally at the university of central florida. he plans to explain why her vision for america is better than donald trump's and encourages floridians to take advantage of in person, early voting. a practice may sound illegal and it is called vote swapping. here's how it works. participants use smartphones to trade votes with people in other states. >> the fact of the matter, if it is a one-on-one transaction involving two people with each other, that, in and of it self, is an expression of speech and not >> the idea is that people in swing states vote for major party candidates in return for people in other states voting for third-party candidates. the green party supporter in our battleground state would pledge to vote for hillary clinton in return for a clinton supporter voting for the green party candidate. experts say as long as no money is exchanged, the courts in free speech. if you live in pasco county and received a flyer about early voting, check the information. the republican party apologizes for mailing out incorrect information. earlier, they deliver the flyers to voters but were missing three of the locations and dates to indicate when early voting starts and ends and they were incorrect. >> you have to be cautious at all times, as a voter, because of continued allegations throughout the last few elections that things haven't been on the up and up. >> i don't believe the i overplayed card. >> the florida g.o.p. sent this statement that reads that earlier this week we sent out a mailer with erroneous information and we sincerely apologize. rest assured we are taking every step to get the correct information out to the voters. new video shows dramatic dashcam video of an officer involved shooting in tucson, riding a motorized scooter and tried to pull him over. he crashed and ran off and as he did, he fired shots at an officer chasing him on foot. a bullet grazed an officer's head and he was released in the hospital one day later. the suspect is being treated and drugs were found on the suspect. he is charged with attempted first-degree murder. 9:11 and another delivery app reached the tampa bay area to make it easier to get grocery items. you can get food and a bottle of wine delivered to your door. a pipeline protest reached a chaotic pitch when officers point over a multistate, multibillion-dollar oil pipeline in north dakota. >> police arrested 141 people at a protest against the dakota axis part line -- pipeline. to use pepper spray and officer said they were throwing things and refusing to comply with orders. officials said among those was a woman who fired at officers, narrowly missing a deputy. tensions have been mounting since july when the python project was approved by the u.s. army corps of ein through four states. the standing rock sioux tribe is suing the corps of engineers, saying the project threatens the environment and their tribes religious and cultural lands. the leaders of an armed group that took over a wildlife refuge in oregon are off the hook for the 41 day standoff which ended in february brought new attention to the long- running feud over control of federal land in the western u.s. last night, jury found brothers amann and ryan bundy not guilty of having a firearm not guilty. five of their followers were acquitted, but the fight isn't over. they still face federal charges for the standoff in nevada in 2014. breaking news. in new york city, a shirtless man is climbing the george washington bridge and is now in custody. it's unclear if police are charging him with a crime. traffic is starting to move again. authorities closed until they could get him down. officers are trying to figure out why he did it. an international crackdown on child sex trafficking rescues 82 kids and leads to the arrest of 239 suspected pimps and other criminals. the fbi said operation cross country x exposes the grim fact that children are being sold for sex and the u.s. and the operation is in the tenth year thailand and the philippines. women are accusing an ex- university of wisconsin student of sexual assault. alec cook is accused of raping a woman for more than two hours and four more women are saying cook attacked them. they found a black book in his apartment where he described in chilling detail the women he met and documented what he wanted to do to them. his attorney said his innocent and the victim of character assassination. the death toll from hurricane miami has reached 28 in north carolina and the governor said a man died from injuries sustained earlier this month and said that 200 and one county are still in shelters because of flooding. real speed chase. that is video from the front seat of a getaway car. his friend said it was posted started when stewart tried to enter a dorm at southern university and he had been banned from that building. officers fired at him as he sped away and he was later arrested. chipotle has changes to bring back customers, following a major health scare. >>reporter: please come back to chipotle. that's what they ask for the diners quarter. they plan more programs and deals to coax you back. they reported revenue down 15% from one year earlier despite the efforts made to rebound from the health scare last year including merino coupons and a loyalty card. they plan more changes to bring back business, such as speeding up the lunch timelines. chipotle told investors they plan to add a second food prep to prepare online and mobile app orders that can slow down the line. they plan to add in store ordering kiosks to punch in your order, grab a table and wait for your food to be done. they are talking about adding dessert next year and will think about how popular ice cream is at mcdonald's or the cinnamon twists at taco bell. they report that they hope to have a sales jump next year. abc action news. it is easier to groceries and alcohol delivered to your front door. another online delivery service is expanding to tampa bay and it is called instacart. they can order and deliver goods from places like public stores, costco and more. they focus on delivering groceries, including alcohol and they are serving the tampa bay it's going to be fantastic. we take a look at the beach and it will be beach weather for this weekend, even without the oppressive humidity and with the water temperature in the mid-70s to cool you off. through the weekend, it will be mid-80s, a little bit above average. the dewpoint is humid, but not in the bad outside. high clouds rolling in and in the south, a disturbance with an elongated area of low pressure. nothing tropical, but it is bothering south florida with showers that continue and the jetstream is dependent on the weather and south of it, we will be on the warmer side with first snow had accumulation. this is from barbara. for those who love snow, they are not here -- but the first couple of inches, and things melted quickly through the rainfall. great weather this saturday and sunday, if you have halloween plans. callaway looks good, on the dry side and warm with temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s. the water temps are comfortable. for both weekend days, great and mid-80s with comfortable humidity and the only issue is for the boaters. it gets a little gusty through this afternoon and on the water, it could be bumpy with small boats into halloween. steady and mid-80s and nice for the trick-or-treaters and temperatures in the mid-70s. fishing wildlife agents about a monkey on the loose and we will tell you where it is spotted. >> i'm not talking about monkeys. an important deadline for anyone wanting to celebrate everyday heroes in our community. tonight is the deadline for out. i've been sitting her 30 minutes playing with trevor, the dog. this is bill gray introducing us to the pet of the week. trevor is a boxer and full of energy. >> he's in a boxer rescue. i don't know how much boxer he is. he is probably about seven months old and was found as a stray. the family took him and and we will find him a home. >> active members to keep him busy? >> may be another dog to play with or some kids would be great. he is young, about seven months old. >> still a puppy? >> yes. he's a great dog. >> he has some boxer in him? >> we will say that, today. [laughter] >> how do people get a hold of trevor? still to come, disney arrested two tourists who had guns. what changes you can expect to see at the theme parks as live from the station taking action for you. this is parents in pasco county after a man allegedly tries to lure an a boy into the woods with candy. coming up how deputies and the neighborhood are responding. >> plus an emotional plea from the families who lost their loved ones in a themed park accident in australia. the father of two of the victims speaks out about grief and demanding answers. a senseless killing track down the suspect. good morning thanks for joining us. i'm deiah riley, we have a look at your forecast and the weekend forecast. >> reporter: looked great out there. beach out there. stressful week, a lot of bad news out there but you go out and enjoy yourself and take in the sunshine. we'll have plenty of it through the weekend. a few clouds fill terg the sun at times but in pretty good shape. we'll feel just like mid-80s. low 70s right now. today, which will be a little bit above average. we'll talk about that and the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. we'll detail specifically the triblg or treaters forecast. a man tried to lure an 11- year old boy into the woods before school yesterday morning. abc action news smith smith is live how deputies and neighbors threat. >> reporter: good morning, and you know all this morning we've noticed an unusual amount of people outside, parents, neighbors et cetera keeping watch right here over man grove drive as students walk to the school bus stop and take a look behind me, you can see law enforcement still here this morning keeping tabs on the final roubd of school bus pick ups. a lot of caution after a man reportedly briebd a child with candy. we spotted pasco county sheriff's units this morning on stand by patrolling the neighborhood before the bus eep arrived and as the bus arrived. also parents and neighbors more than usual outside watching for themselves making sure everyone got on the bus safely. an 11-year old says a strange man approached him right here in the 6400-block of man grove. the man wanted to take him into the woods and promised him candy. the boy ran toward the bus stop the good news the boy was not harmed and this morning school bus stops from what we could tell all went smoothly. now, pasco county sheriff's deputies if you have any information on this incident, to give them a call. live this morning in wesley chapel, smith smith abc action news. firefighters monitoring hot spots in tampa. all the people inside the building managed to get out safely. but several did not. firefighters were able to get in the building but several explosions forced them back outside. it took them 4 hours to put the flames out. injuries were minor on one fire fighter. no cause yet. two people killed two people in sarasota county from a house fire. stafrting at 10:00 in morning the victims were 268-year olds and there was a third man recovering from injuries. an australian theme park is morning the lives lost on the thunder rapids ride. 500 of the staff honoring the victims bringing flowers to the gates where a centerline continues to slow. the families are pleadg adults killed red an emotional statement on behalf of the families of the victims. >> their loss will be deeply felt. not just amongst their families but amongst all of their friends and work colleagues like everyone else in australia, we want to know what went wrong. we want to know why our loved once were taken from us. >>. the theme parng has been went wrong. no rides will reopen until internal and external safety audits are completed. now to democrat kraes 2016 we're leerng hillary clinton may have already chosen at least one of cabinet members. if clinton wins she wants joe biden to serve as secretary of state if he will accept the job. clinton hit the campaign trail in north carolina with the first lady. it was the first time they had been o >> if people wonder, yes, hillary clinton is my friend. she has been a friend to me and barack and my girls. her running mate was supposed to be sarasota but that rally is now cancelled. he is set to campaign in tallahassee this morning. donald trump is accusing the nbc network of breaking the making lewd comments about groping women. it happened when he was on a bus for access hollywood. the microphone was not supposed to be on. he claims it was illegal for nbc to record his kovrgs because it was a private dressing room. california law makes it a crime to record private conversations unless all parties consent. the rocky fighters are checking out a bomb facility in mosul. the discovery was made in a village recently retook from isis the findings give a glimpse into the challenges they face as they move closer to the city. rocky forces are now 10 days into the mission to claim mosul from isis and at least 4 miles still from the city. a senseless act of violence under investigation at a nature center. crimestoppers are offering beat three deer to death. this entry was in charge of teaching students about the three deer that lived on the property. 3 weeks ago she found two deer dead on the ground and a third was badly injured and died the next day. >> if someone is willing to do this to friendly deer what else are they capable of? >> they have very few leads because the security c stepping up security until the arrests are made. people in hudson should be on the lookout for a monkey on the loose. wfts wants to here from you. the monkey is not native to florida but there is a population in lake county and also a mystery monkey was caught in saint pete back in 2012 that lives in a. >> in day city. international stock the dow down 28 points, and the dow slipped 30 points thursday. well twitter is looking to cut about 9% of the work force and ending it's popular wine app hoping to make a profit. the company had 9 quarters of slowing revenue growth and monthly users have been stagnant for the last year. possible suitors have rejected the opportunity to acquire twitter in recent weeks. a mayor is making the pitch to land the tampa bay raise. the raise are searching for new stadium sites. the mayor is proposing building the stadium on 120 acres of land across from the tampa bays downs race track. tax revenues could help pay for that. world series is heading to a well-known stadium. wrigley field tonight. the cubs host the cleveland i understand yapz for game 3. chicago buzzing with excitement. the last world series held at wrigley back on october 10, 1945. the indians and cubs are currently tied at one game apiece. the game starts at 8 coming up a famous u.s. gymnastics duo being named sexual saut lawsuit. take a look at a wild fight inside a sin city bar. we'll tell you what sparked the at 9:41 take a look at this what was supposed to be a girls night out escalated to a brawl in las vegas. you can see the bartender tossing the girls off the counter. three different times. multiple bar symptoms and bottles are thrown. one of the women says the trouble began when her friend was dozing on the bar. well that's when one of the customer said he an bankruptly snatched her wallet so she climbed over the counter and it escalated from there an alarming video out of california take a look how close the plane is flying to the water. you will see surfers in the way just blow. they are in danger. the faa is investigating the daring move. it is illegal to flooif within had 00 feet of the person. they they find him. a former team u.s.a. gymnast is suing a doctor and the coaches failed to protect her. according to the indy star more than 30 people accused to longtime u.s. gymnastics doctor larry nas certificate of sexual abuse. the unnamed gist nis say u.s.a. gymnastics and the coaches turned a blind eye to the abuse. they concealed sexual and protect the reputation and businesses. california prison officials have denied parole for text wat sovenl the self- described right hand man for mass murderer and consult leader charles manson. he took part in the killing of pregnant actress sharon at a time and six others in 1969. a district attorney says watson shows plaque of remorse for are the murderers. he can request parole again in 5 years. a connection with smashing donald trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame has been released on blame. he is facing a possible charge of felony vandalism. he admitted to smashing the star wednesday. he caused about $2,500 in damage. he told the newspaper he was sick of what he calls trump's aggressive language and sexual violence towards women. new privacy rules may make tracking. customers may have to now be asked permission to use or share their data. that could make it harder to obtain services used. extra measures disney is putting place to keep you and your family safe at theme parks. all guests without bags going into the theme parks must go through previously only randomly selected guests were skreepd. it's unclear how long the changes will last. they tend to change up procedures to keep things un predictable. this week two tourists were arrested trying to enter the parks with concealed weapons. >> reporter: once you do it will be fantastic, into the 80s. people will come to visit and we enjoy the warm weather this time of year although the cooler air gets you into -- we're in good shape cool temperatures in the morning and warm up in the afternoon. that's exactly what will happen when we head through today. looks good. high cirrus clouds that won't rain on us certainly here way up above the atmosphere. low to mid-seventies. all out of the 60s. it is taking a while to get out of the 60s so you can enjoy a good chunk of the morning with cooler temps down. widening out the shot. nothing organized as far as any fronts coming in our direction. cool. we have the featured down to the south that replans and won't be coming up in our direction. south florida seeing on and off showers because of that and cuba certainly rainy but for us staying on the drier side of the closer you are to the high pressure the drier it is, more continue to see futurecast not showing much. you can see the clouds screening in from east to west. that will be about it. right now monday morning. even there after we're in great shape. quiet in the tropics we're entering the last month of tropical activity and hopefully we won't check off another name here. certainly a little above average but right where we should be and we had all the intense major hurricanes as well. atlanta basin pretty good quiet in the trop pictures for us. 85 for the high tern tour today. extended 7-day forecast takes us into halloween and beyond. november 1st tuesday with temps in the 80s. quick check of the trick or treater's forecast if heading out, 78 nothing spooky about that monday evening. mostly clear skies. we have breaking news just died in an early morning crash. the two were inside a jeep turning off prov dense avenue when it was struck by another vehicle. both teens in the jeep was killed. one was a 15-year old and the other teen 18-year old. they are brother and sister. southbound lanes of expected to remain closed for several hours. stay with us. we'll be right back. abc action news is brought to start start good morning we are a few hours from the deadline to nominate for the bee line award, the academy award for nonprofit charity and nonvolunteer groups who compete for the cove vet honors. abc action news is a proud here just a few of the kodak moments from last year's event at trop can that field. 5:00 p.m. is the deadline to submit all the information online. there is no fee involved and joining us in the studios with more we have the vice president of communications for ewedu who's office is flooded with all of the forms and also the executive director florida hol kaus museum. winner of the award. two of them from last year. thank you for coming in this morning. the deadline is 5:00 p.m. today. what do people need to do, what do they do? >> sure. absolutely they can go on liep and make a nomination for outstanding volunteers, outstanding nonprofits. it's free, it's easy will take you a few minutes but you have only until 5:00 today to do that. we have paper applications for which is a little bit of a task but you can do it by 5:00 today and drop those off at wedu or have them post marked by today. >> reporter: as long as they take it to the poets office and have a postmark of today it's good. >> that's correct. >> reporter: each category has different information they ask for. >> they can visit wedu.org and find out all the information on the categories. five application categories and a number of a sorted nomination categories again for nonprofits, outstanding small nonfrofts. a mading voluntarily teerdz. be more inspiring for young people. we would like to here about it. >> how many nominations would you say you got last year. >> last year we were a little over one hundred between nominations and applications. this year we've well sur passed that already. >> reporter: my gosh. >> we're hoping for some more. through each of them. >> each one. >> what has it mept for the florida hol kaus museum to receive the honor. >> if i can speak on behalf of the whole nonprofit community i want to thank you you all for doing this because it's amazing to recognize what an incredible treasure of nonprofits and the people who support them here in our area. for us it kicked off an amazing year and we were so excited to be -- we had two awards, one for our volunteer that was extraordinary to be able to recognize here in such a large arena. >> reporter: we're going to continue the conversation on facebook with some more pictures and we're running out of time but we'll do that on facebook if you would like more information on the application, folks, here it is. you by lake land toyota. nice and warm today. halloween weekend forecast. i got -- it's halloween monday we will be here but big parties for this week. we're one penguin in seaworld orlando. her name is wonder twin and can't help her wad ling around in her costume. she wasn't able to regulate her body temperature so a body suit was built for they are. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com ? [music] ? ah, good friday morning. i'm carley boyette. >> i am natalie taylor, and i am so glad to be back. i'm coming back on a friday. >> i know, one day! we're so excited to have you back. welcome back. you tack a little time off to go to ohio, right? >> yep. we went up to my hometown in ohio and spent time with both sides of my family, which is

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