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Hillary of and we are answering the top googled questions during the debate and some people were asking about roe versus wade. A forensic specialist has her information stolen by this woman. Nobody deserves that, i work really hard. The way other women were able to get other peoples critical information you rethinking what you purchase over the phone. What is going on with our National Bird in florida . Three recent cases of bald eagles running into cars. The animals we found. It is 4 00, time for the now tampa bay clear pictures today of the moments right before and right after the prisoner managed to kidnap a Corrections Officer. Can you imagine being the person sitting in their car running up to them asking for help. Ryan raiche joins us live from the park in bartow where this happened. Reporter im going to try to walk you through what we know right now, five prisoners along with a Corrections Officer were on work release in this park where we are right now when one of them the prisoner who escaped got a hold of a knife investigator say at one point he put it to the throat of the Corrections Office demands, directed to the other inmates, he told them to all go back through this door, theres a bathroom behind the store in another room, and he didnt stop there, he found a piece of rope similar to this one started tying it around the doorknob to keep the door from opening at that point, the prisoner along with the Corrections Officer who is now at handcuffs jump in the city truck and take off. Inmates got out quickly, ran over to this area outside where we are right now, found a woman eating lunch and did the right thing, she calls for help. There was about four inmates that came running up to me. They were on work detail, they said one of the other inmates kidnapped the officer and they leleft in the truck. They pointed which way they went and the block and i didnt see them anywhere. By now you probably know how the story ends, the inmate drove the officer to the saint pete area, the guard, he was not hurt. According to documents all he wanted was a ride but we dont know where or why, these are considered lowlevel offenders who were on work release but it has rattled some neighbors. We walked past year all the time, that scares me a little bit. Reporter i want to point something out, those inmates, think about the tricky situation they were in, low level offenders, near the end of their sentence so they dont want any trouble. They dont want to do anything to jeopardize their release, thankfully they got out of there, they were frantic but they found someone nearby to call for help and they they did the right thing to stop this from escalating any further. Live from bartow ryan raiche the now tampa bay. A man with a hard name to take serious is being charged, west wild hogs indited a few hours ago for kidnapping a fouryearold girl from lakeland. And amber alert went across five states for rebecca lewis, they were seen on surveillance different states, a nurse eventually spotted them in memphis, tennessee. We watched as rebecca was reunited with her family. Down to 19 days before the election, come monday early voting sites open in florida and right now the democrats all over the state, the president in miami, bill clinton in orlando tomorrow and over the weekend, tim kaine in south woman coming forward accusing donald trump of having inappropriate sexual contact with her. The woman you see on your right says she is not considering a lawsuit at this time, but she did have a message for trump today. Perhaps you do not remember me. Or what you did to me. But, i can assure you, i remember you and what you did to me as though it was yesterday. Virginia claims donald trump groped her in 1998 at the us open in new york, she says nobody asked her to come forward and she was afraid of speaking respond to trump denying other womens allegations. Donald trumps camp responding saying give me a break, voters are tired of these circus antics and reject these fictional stories and the clear efforts to benefit clinton. Meanwhile trump has new accusations of his own on twitter. He is claiming Hillary Clinton got debate questions before and he clarified his stance on if he would accept the results if he were to lose. Of course, i would accept a clear election result, but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. This just in, we learned 70 Million People watched the debate last both trump and clinton will meet tonight at an annual dinner in new york, both will be speaking. Now to wisconsin were trumps daughter yvonne trump is spending the day, her second stop of the day. President barack obama making a second stop in miami, this is the crowd waiting for the president. Large insurers polar pulling out. The white house is being optimistic saying enrollment is expected to increase by more than 1 Million People or 9 next year. For all the good the Affordable Care act is doing right now, for as big of a step forward as it was it is still just a first sp. What happens next with obama care will depend on who becomes president , Hillary Clinton wants to keep it to change some things. Donald trump wants to replace it. Lets take a look outside, traffic is moving along just fine over on falkenberg road. Is definitely warm out there, but you claim we might be able i will show you the update on the temperatures coming up but look at the temperatures right now, we made it to 88 in tampa well above the average for this time of year, we should be around 83 degrees that is about where it is in lakeland, lake wales, brandon 85, 86 brooksville, Crystal River 82, take a look at how sunny it is outside, this is the rivergate tower tampa camera, blue skies fairweather clouds th i havent had those cool front rolling through yet so if you are headed out to the game tonight the puck drops at 7 30 am expect temperatures to be near 80 degrees if you are heading out around 7 00, no rain to get in your way we are looking at a dry night tonight, by the time you are headed home, things are still looking good, nice and dry with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. When will we see 70s for highs . Good mormon beach day that forecast coming up. Stop those annoying robo calls for good. Putting your number on the do not call list it doesnt really work. Another Company Found a solution, you will want to hear this. Before we go breaking news ou ago, a bomb threat in a parking garage near a courthouse, it looks like the robot is behind the car right now, these are pictures from the scene, we are being told no one is being allowed inside or to leave the courthouse. Area roads are also close, apparently there was a note attached to a car saying there was a bomb inside. We will follow the story threat launching today in tampa. The tampa downtown or go from the Tampa Riverwalk to the aquarium and places in between, heres the map you are about to see, just download the free app and request a ride starting at 6 00 tonight. The best part, the rides are my favorite price, free. Services were launched in other locations, boca raton and delray beach. You know the annoying robo calls you put your number on the do not call list but they keep calling. We found a company today stopping those calls for good. The nows Courtney Gerrish with what you should know. Their prerecorded voice most of us dread, robo calls finding ways around the system put in place to block them. This call is officially a final notice. Threats and and scams flooding your phone. For this person it was too much, he works out of his home, his landline is his business phone. We have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Robo calls became a constant problem. I would have a business signed up for no more robo for free to block the calls the Technology Uses a simultaneous ring feature, if it is a robo call, the phone only rings once and then it goes to work. Lets see the calls coming into your house. And then we answer it for you. The federal trade commission robo call challenge. Right now the blacklist database has more than 400,000 phone numbers, these automated blasts hit up to 40,000 phones in the us per day. The do not call registry is almost completely ineffective. Early indicators show voter turnout was low. This includes political robo calls. Politicians to make the calls it is also illegal for consumers to say we will block it. He gets a lot of thank you emails during election season. People will report to me they get 10 to 15 political robo calls per day. He surprised it took this long for the blocking technology to come out. Not having to be worried about harassment. He is thankful for the peace and quiet. Robo. To the millions of people watching the debate, they clearly wanted to stay informed, googling things they didnt understand and laura has the answers they were looking for. Lets go candidate by candidate. When it comes to the number one google question with donald trump was he for the iraq war . Google donald trump iraq and invasion. Our partners finding trumpet in fact said he supported troops going into iraq during eight 2002 interview with howard stern. Struck question number two what did Justice Ginsberg say about trump . She was forced to apologize but these are statements that should not have been made. She called him a figure saying that he has no consistency about and what does this mean . Has said this word on several occasions but there is a chance he could be saying big league. Either way dictionary. Com tweeted out the meaning of this word saying it is they add verb of the word big or huge. The number four google question about donald trump, did he really call clinton a nasty as will donalds. But what we want to do is to replenish. Yes. Yes he did. The Big Questions that were googled about Hillary Clinton, first, number one, what does roe versus wade mean, the womans right to choose when it comes to abortion. Clintons stance on this. The government has no business in the decisions that women make with in accordance with their faith with medical advice. A conversation last night about the Clinton Foundation so what really happened . There have been allegations of pay to play of sorts with the nonprofit but clinton claims it is doing nothing but helping the less fortunate. This next one might be shocking. What did clinton delete . Emails. Emails eventually recovered by a few months ago the fbi said they cannot find evidence to criminally charge clinton, all of this conversation about tax returns many of you asking where can i find clintons t ta returns . She put them on her website. Less talk about something nonpolitical. Of whether. Right here, people will agree on the weather. I hope so, there is always somebody who doesnt like the truth, i love it warm but im looking forward to the weather this weekend. The main sail beach plenty of sunshine right now, we have had another warm day making it to the upper 80s across tampa bay. You can see no rain in sight so we have a few showers working their way through Highlands County into Desoto County not doing a good job of holding together, the bottom line we are going to continue on this tonight it is unlikely you will encounter rain and the same deal through midnight, tomorrow morning when we wake up you will see a few extra clouds because the front is on its way, you likely will not wake up to rainfall but by midday you might see a brief passing shower and these will be coming from north to south because there is the front the cooler air will start moving in tomorrow afternoon and along with it drier air going to see a beautiful weekend ahead, so a much cooler weekend. If youre planning on heading out to Clearwater Beach tomorrow is going to be the warmest day for little while, water temperature at 83 degrees. A gorgeous day to head out to the beaches, gorgeous sunny skies may be a brief shower passes through around noon or 1 00. Other than that, a dry day. That forecast coming up. Imagine youre driving down the interstate both hands on the wheel, not texting and driving and then something comes flying off the car in front of you. What is happening, what you need to know and the imagine you are driving down the road minding your own business and the person in front of you, the sunroof on their car comes open. Hyundai recalling nearly 63,000 of its 2015 and 2016 sonatas the carmaker has gone several reports of the sunroof detaching while people are driving, the is no reports of injuries or any deaths or anything about that yet the manufacturer is putting out notifications in the mail they will let you know if you need to go to the dealership to get it fixed. Surveillance pictures of women accused of stealing peoples information and then opening credit cards and going on a shopping spree. The phone call you could have made that handed them the take a look at this, crime and punishment and other peoples money, three local women tied to an Identity Theft scam, right now one of them on the run. 18 people losing a total of 0,000. What is worse, police dont know how one of the women got a hold of a Social Security woman number. Isabel rosales tracked down one of the victims. Knows a thing or two about she crime but when she was contacted to verify her bank account she knew that she was the victim. My name, my date of birth Social Security number. Police say these women are behind a yearlong fraud and turns. Potentially there are more victims. Isabel dallas is wanted she worked for magazines are limited, over the phone, customers gave her therefore critical information, her daughter jessica opened new credit cards with the information and use them to pay bills and give money to her childs father in jail. All of the victims were outof state but the tricky part, chantel jones, melanie was one of the victims. No one i work really hard and im still building my credit. They used a different technique to Online Banking accounts. Here she is using a fraudulent card, police dont know how she did it. Sometimes it gives us a chance to explain business. Weeks after disputing the fake bank account police said in her name. She is trying to stay positive. I would have liked to see the furniture you picked up. Eight people including firefighters and Police Officers are recovering after a big natural gas explosion, it happened in Portland Oregon you can see the massive aftermath the damage in the video was incredible, today they say the explosion happened after a Construction Contractor cut into a gas investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the blast. 19 days until the election, both candidates have teams of people working in battleground states, this is mike pence speaking in reno, nevada. And later tonight, he is going to be stopping in albuquerque new mexico earlier we saw his wife in wisconsin. President obama in miami right the podium, bill clinton will be in orlando tomorrow and Vice President nominee tim kaine coming to florida this weekend. Trumpet in ohio both he and clinton will be in new york tonight together attending a dinner, out of all the things trump has said many say the answer to a question last night was the most shocking and threatening the legitimacy of our democracy. The nows todd walker breaks down the history refusal to accept the election outcome. The moment that stunned the world. Do you make this and could minute commitment you will accept the result of the election . I will look at it at the time. After weeks of claiming the election is rigged, donald trump would not say if he would accept the outcome. I wont accept it if i dont win. He did not say that. Today at a rally he said just that. I will totally accept the results of this great and historic president ial election if i win. It is hard to imagine but that is probably the most shocking thing he has said. This Political Science professor says the statement is something that hasnt since 1860. A fair chunk of the country said we do not consider abraham lincolns election legitimate. That led to a secession and a civil war. Trump and his supporters say the 2000 election is why he couldnt and shouldnt make that commitment. When the Supreme Court ruled which was one month after the there was a clear outcome. At the end of the rally trump didnt back off a bit. Of course i would accept a clear election results, but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. For the now, im todd walker. The lightning hosting a home game tonight, against the colorado avalanche, an are going into this one with huge bragging rights the team landed number one on espns ultimate Team Standing list and the amazing fan base helps get them there. The Hillsborough County fair opens today, dont get this confused with the Florida State fair, a lot of cool stuff, fun fair things, rides and food, it will actually feel to make you feel better i got it confused. The good thing to know is that it is east of brandon on state road 60 in the dover area, you can find all the fun. We will all be finding gorgeous weather. It is looking fantastic, tomorrow will be the warmest day of the next three with 87 as the high and then temperatures through the weekend topping out in the upper 70s, a lot of sunshine, a slight chance for a passing shower since the third is open until 5 00 you will be rain free by the time the fair opens its gates, to the weekend nice and dry on the cooler side with lots of sunshine. As far as our weekend goes in tampa, and across the beaches i have an update on the fall temperatures you can expect this weekend, just how cold it will be coming up. Macys, lows and taylor cards, today we will tell you which ones you want to make you have been there in the checkout line tell you save an extra 15 off open a credit card today. I am guilty. They do ask every single time. So you have never done it . I have not done it yet. You might want to reconsider especially with certain stores. Interest rates for the store branded credit cards they are cards nearly 24 . That is way above the National Average for other kinds of credit cards and it is more than 15 is what those cards go for, the rates on store cards are higher because they typically have lower credit limits and highrisk applicants. Here the cards to avoid or pay off he medially, big lots the highest Interest Rate followed by zales and staples, Interest Rates are the lowest on dil if you are in it for the incentives nearly half the cards actually give you a sign on bonus. We are now going to say undecided but maybe you are torn between clinton and trump. Maybe there are some things you really like but cant stand about both, get back to the basics zero in on the issues. Of online surveys you can take right now to figure out which candidate you relate to. And what is with the bald eagles running into cars in florida we go to a Wildlife Rescue for the breaking news out of california, this time in los angeles about 20 passengers on this spirit plane said they felt sick, you see the pictures coming in the spirit plane on your left the centers for Disease Control went on board to check this out, still no word on what the exact symptoms are or what could have caused this, we do know the spirit from atlanta. Strike breaking news out of San Francisco where there is a bomb threat in a parking garage. This is new video from moments ago you see the closeup shot of the bomb robot close to the car. No one is being allowed inside the courthouse or allowed to leave the courthouse. Area roads have been closed we have been following this for much of the hour, when we get more information there was a note on the card that read there is a bomb in this car. That is what started all of this. An interesting story, right now we have another story of an eagle being hurt in florida this video from the troopers dash cam of him helping the bird that flew into his windshield this week. That is the story, then there is this one also in florida after hurricane matthew, this guy got stuck in the grill of a the road in clearwater, he was also hit by a car, the question becomes why all these incidents . Erik waxler looks into a. She is going back and forth. Chris porter cares for injured birds. We will check the brain bleed in a day or so. When a bald eagle is hurt, she understands the attention. Everybody knows when an evil hates i probably have that were hurt last week. She operates the sanctuary for wildlife out of her home helping take care of the evil found in countryside boulevard a couple of weeks ago, susan miller was the closest volunteer. Getting an eagle is great rescuing any injured wildlife after car collisions. This shows a Highway Patrol trooper saving one after being hit by a jeep in osceola county, this one got stuck in the grill of a car in clay county following hurricane matthew. It is common for scavenger birds to get hit by cars because they target prey on the side of the road. Birds of prey dont think about cars they just to see the food source. More eagles are flying in the skies heading south for the winter and avoiding them on the roads is almost impossible. You do are in your windshield. Just drive the speed limit and be aware of surroundings, if you hit a bird called the Wildlife Commission as for the eagles she helped rescue, she is on the mend with the help of the veterinarians at busch gardens. Helping people who are mentally ill became a rallying adults have a Mental Health condition, 20 of the Adult Population equating to one in five people, more than half did not get any treatment, that is the conclusion of the nonprofit Mental Health america. The report finds the number of young people who are depressed is going up, 80 either get no treatment or insufficient treatment. The question is, how do these statistic breakdown stateby state . Mta maine massachusetts and vermont offer the best access to Mental Health care but people in alabama mississippi and nevada have the least access, in florida we came in at number 43 for access to care, in 2011 we were 42nd, so we have gone down a little bit. The zeka virus has been found in a Blood Donation at a does not mean the person who donated the blood lives in tampa bay. Where learning more information today, one blood tests the blood, the company has not said where the blood came from, it is a scary thought, the virus being at the blood bank but they said no blood is released until it has been tested. This one is not going in the blood supply. Another look outside the beautiful window over the bay at the south tampa, beautiful outside shay just wanted a. It is warm, temperatures from the mid to upper 80s across tampa bay, you can see it is those blue skies and fairweather clouds so no rain in sight, we have had that northeasterly flow so the showers have try to work their way across the state but have remained in south florida and away from us so looking good it is hot and steamy out there, but just wait, this is the culture headed our way, it is working its way in our direction so it wont be on top of us until later in the day tomorrow where we will have a slight chance for a shower but that cool air is on its way. It will just take a little time and this is what we have in store, these are updated temperatures for the weekend, tomorrow we are ahead of the front so 85 degrees the height if the front make it to 86 or 87, slight chance for a midday shower it would be brief coming from north to south as we head into the weekend, saturday morning the low in tampa near 60 degrees, a lot of suburbs to the north in the 50s and then we will be in the 50s here in downtown tampa closer to 60 degrees for saint pete and clearwater, the rest of the area to the north would not be out of the question if you saw that is for sunday morning, the afternoon highs will be in the upper 70s, hard to make it to the 80 degree mark saturday and sunday, by monday we start to see the warming trend so the lows near 60 and the high of 81 still looking beautiful into the first of next week. I will show you how long this cooler air sticks around in the sevenday forecast coming up. The epa under fire in the flint, michigan water crisis, Inspector General says emergency order seven months before it did. It says the epa had the authority, and enough information to one people the water was contaminated as early as june to one people the water was contaminated as early as june 2015, the water was tainted in april, in 2014 when the city of flint started drawing the water from the flint river in order to save money. Lets go to iraq, brandnew front lines of the new battle to retake the city of moz oh from isis, today is the most intense day of fighting. The direct Prime Minister says troops are advancing faster than expecd, they have even retake in this town near muzzle , hundreds of us soldiers working with iraqi units. Your favorite bottle of wine could be getting more expensive because bottled Wine Production is expected to be down 5 from last year. The International Organization of win 2016 production the lowest in 20 years. The group is blaming floods. The good news, the bad weather isnt hurting the quality of the wine. That is good. We continue to talk about the debate in las vegas, the nows mike sacks spent some extra time in the battleground state of nevada. Happened there could have a bigger impact on our country than you might think. In nevada a small group of students at a private high school are debating the same thing we have been four months. Who would you vote for . In nevada it depends on the pole and the day. Hillary has the best temperament. It is a close race. Nevada has a winning track record deciding wi students are at odds over who they would support. At this point it is the lesser of two evils. My parents are going back and forth all the time. Their republican but they dont agree with donald trump but they are against the clintons in general. Im not sure where theyre going. The most recent cnn poll shows her family is not alone. About voting. In the last couple of decades we have had a lot of disunity between our political parties. These students would be more enthusiastic if it was about the issues. What is important is where we are in education right now, we are so far back we need to emphasize education. If we got into specifics of education and foreign policies those would be the things that candidate would be better. Still too young to vote but they know it is too important to ignore. Those concerns could have farreaching effects as control of the senate and the Supreme Court are writing on who turns out to vote in nevada. For the now, im mike sacks. In virginia a judge extending the deadline to register to vote today just like what happened in florida. Except in virginia the state people can register online and it was just overloaded. It goes to show people want to participate, now people have until midnight tomorrow evening to register. I wont be able to go out on the eighth. Your voice does matter. Early voting starting today in North Carolina and a lot of people doing their duty, look at these lines, waited one and a half hours, obviously this way of voting is popular, in 20 1256 of people who voted did so early, for us in florida early voting begins monday. Some of the voters in North Carolina got a pep talk from democratic Vice President nominee tim kaine himself. He is in charlotte for a Campaign Event and made an we have had this conversation all day long. Are there really people out there who are considering themselves undecided when it comes to the election . Paul, i know you had a chance to speak with them yesterday and even on facebook live. Even after the debate they were undecided but they said by election day there will have a decision. Maybe they are just not getting the answers they want, candace of the less might help them. It lets you expand on issues. This is one of the 42 Million People that have taken this side of the survey. The survey takes a few minutes to complete and asks questions about the economy immigration obama care and more and shows you which candidate you relate to the most. You can click on the candidates and explore their one of the limitations is that they are closed ended questions, where do you stand on this topic . Yes, no, instead of asking what are the issues most important . That can drastically impact the outcome. These types of things are helpful but i would encourage anyone to use this as the sole basis for their decision. It is best when youre doing re and youre looking for trends. Cebit the sense you identify as more liberal or conservative. It can help educate you on where candidates stand you should take the results with a grain of salt. Did the results match . No, i dont agree at all. For now, im candice aviles. The station taking action for you, this is abc action news. Refusing to back down, the bold stance donald trump took after critics took aim at him for a comment that threatens the entire political system. We are hearing the 911 call that alerted police to a daring escape and kidnapping good evening im jamison uhler. And im wendy ryan. Ryan raiche has new information about how a prisoner to control and made his escape. This is where all of the chaos happened, five prisoners and a Corrections Officer on lunch break when one of them went broke rogue using a knife to threaten the officer and the inmates been demanding they go tied the rope door shut with rope. The inmates did the right thing. If the story has a hero. There were four inmates that came running up to me. The award would go to the woman eating her lunch in the park who called 911. These inmates are freaking out. Also the inmates caught in a tricky situation who dont want trouble near the end of their sentences. Tina morris called for help when the men frantically explained what happened. She calmly relate every detail. There appointing which way they went, i am driving around the block. Every unit on this side of the county raced to the area, by then it was too late. The prisoner was long gone with