I dont believe in standing up for it since theres more than one religion. Reporter he may be only 12 years old, but mark dawson, a 6th grader at liberty middle school, sure knows what he believes in. Reporter why is this so important to you . Because i believe in more than one religion and one wait, more than one nation. Reporter he says a teacher yelled at him here at school last month for not standing classroom. Turns out it was the teacher who was in the wrong. A School Spokesperson told me that teacher was unfamiliar with the school policy, but now theyre aware of it thanks to a talk with the principal. So when he does this, do you consider him courageous . Yes, i do. Reporter his aunt said he did the right thing by standing up for what he believes in. Oh, yes. I will stand behind him if hes right and if hes wrong, i will tell him hes wrong. Reporter he continues not to take part even though other kids he claims give him a hard time. Why not just do what everyone else is doing . Because i want to follow my own path. Reporter what is that path . Believing in what i want. Reporter and the family claims this has happened not just once but three times they claim while the School District says it happened once and then the issue bed. Paul, does the family have any plans to take this issue any further . Some say they have a legal right to do so. Reporter in fact, theyre actually thinking about that right now. Tonight they told me theyre actually thinking about suing the School District because they claim the district infringed on their childs rights. So obviously stay tuned on this one. Paul mueller live for us in tampa tonight. Thank you. This story is sure to have a lot of people talking. Share your thoughts now on the news channel 8 facebook page. Some breaking news tonight, another death blamed on those dangerous takata air bags. The 50yearold woman died september 30th in california while driving her 2001 honda civic. The faulty air bags can inflate with too much force causing the metal interior to rupture and spew shrapnel inside the vehicle. This is now the 11th known fatality in the u. S. Attributed Venice Police have a dangerous criminal off the streets. Last night after 8 00 ralph forte attacked a masseuse at the 88th spa in venice and made his way to a publix reportedly and attacked an employee. Investigators tracked him down by fingerprints left at the scene. As the search continued this morning, several schools were placed on lockdown. In the meantime some locals are criticizing police for not school. So notifying a parent at 10 00 at night that a crime occurred on the island and the suspect fled in the opposite direction of the high school, im not sure if thats a decision the parent wants to make keeping the child out of school. Forte apparently admitted to the crimes. The injured masseuse is now out of surgery and recovering. A financial nightmare is over for a Pinellas County woman now that st. Petersburg police busted a fell theft ring. Detectes identities of at least 18 people and the victim count is likely to go higher. Now the pair and third person are accused of running up thousands of dollars of debt for all kinds of purchases. Peter bernard is live in st. Petersburg. This case took what, a year to crack . Reporter right, josh. It took that long for investigators to gather all the information they needed on this case. Tonight two of the three people involved in the scheme are facing justice. Life at a standstill. Reporter music teacher eileen etioli is constantly hounded by creditors all because Police Believe these three stole her identity. Tried to open womens accounts like Victoria Secret and they got into Bank Accounts and put them in my name, but the irs was the worst. Reporter police tell me denise dallas headed up the scheme st information from her employer to pay for utilities and cable tv at the house she shares with her daughter jessica. We found where 18 different credit cards were used to pay the monthly credit card bill since november and we found out where the information was compromised from. Reporter they even used a stolen card to buy food for jessicas boy friend, an inmate at the Pinellas County jail. Also accused is shawntell jones. Police believe she opened a names and went on a spending spree. Its been a horrible life experience. Reporter eileen is still trying to recover from jones escapade using her good name. She has a message for her tormenters and others contemplating id theft. I would say dont do this again because your life will be in jeopardy with the jailhouse. Reporter st. Petersburg police want to find denise dallas. The detective tells me she knows he hopes she turns herself in. Peter bernard live for us in st. Petersburg, thanks. A cafeteria worker is hailed a hero there just seconds after an inmate took a corrections officer hostage in bartow. Tina morris was eating lunch in a nearby park when four inmates came running toward her with one heck of a wild story. They told her their fellow inmate held an officer at night mate and drove off with him in a bartow knifepoint and city truck. She called 911. These four inmates here are like freaking out, but i drove down to flower and i looked both ways and i dont see the work truck anywhere. In the end Deputy Jeffrey rexrode escaped when the two stopped at a gas station. The inmate david ross was later caught in Pinellas County and according to the department of corrections, because these werer not typically carry a gun, only pepper spray and handcuffs. A somber moment tonight in largo while family and friends remember loved ones who died from overdose or of drugs or alcohol. The Pinellas CountySheriffs Office and narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education Group also known as nope hosted this event. Those attending spoke of their loss, but also their support of those who continue to struggle with addiction. I come out here for my daughter who is addicted to heroin. Shes been clean for 2 1 2 years. This is the eighth year for that vigil. Hillary clinton and donald trump are back on the campaign trail tonight. The bitter rivals coming together less than 24 hours after their final debate to break bread at new yorks waldorf astoria. Sitting just one seat away from each other for certainly been a tradition for the candidates to attend this annual alfred e. Smith Memorial Dinner and then poke fun at themselves and each other. There is a lot of talk now that the final president ial debate is over, poll watchers we talked to believe clinton won the debate, but what everybody is talking about today, trumps comments on whether he will accept the election results. Today he clarified that position saying he would accept the results if he wins. Analyst dr. Ed bitten. This may not bode well for the republican candidate. People who might have an inkling of supporting him and overlooking his indiscretions and so forth probably were turned off by it. So it hurt him i would think. Trump also said today that he would accept a clear election result, but he also says he reserves a right to connest it or file a contest orfi hell be making a Campaign Stop in tampa monday. We are on your side with everything you need to know ahead of election day. Go to our website www. Wfla. Com. Click on the news tab, then click politics. There youll find our 2016 general Election Voter guide. Right now investigators in portland are slowly going through the debris left in the wake of a building explosion. Take a look at this mess, a Historic Building destroyed, but there is some good news tonight. That blast are now out of the hospital. A subcontractor is blamed for hitting a gas pipeline during excavation. This is video of a texas cop credited with saving the life of a little boy and its going viral tonight. The entire incident was caught on dashcam video. The 3yearold was visiting his mom at work when he spiked a fever, had a seizure and stopped breathing. Even though the officer wasnt directly dispatched, he was close by when he heard the call. Once there he immediately started cfr. That little ambulance showed up. Too close for comfort. Coming up next a city leader who is telling 8 on your side the relationship between the ptc and the cap company it regulates is inappropriate. Plus apple may be planning to add a Second Screen to its new macbooks. Well explain the magic toolbar just ahead. Temperatures reaching the upper 80s, a very warm day around the bay area, but there are big changes for the weekend. A cold front is headed our way, when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. How far will he go . Buesing fought to foreclose assistedliving retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. Then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzischemer swindle millions. Buesings firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. How far will bob buesing go . Welcome back. There is new information tonight about a story weve been reporting for weeks now and tonight victor crist is calling for an emergency meeting of the Hillsborough County ptc. Emails uncovered by 8 on your side show a very close relationship between the director of the ptc and the regulating. Tampa mayor bob buckhorn thinks this should be investigated. If there is collusion there, i think people need to answer for, that but clearly the perception is that that is an agency that is way too close in my estimation to the people that theyre regulating. State representative dana young is formally requesting the fdle to investigate the relationship between the ptc and cab companies. Today the fdle assigned the alert tonight, hyundai is recalling more than 60,000 cars because their glass sun roofs can fly off while driving. A wind deflector anchor plate on certain 2015 and 2016 sonatas was not properly bonded. That apparently can cause the sun roof to malfunction, but if you try to force it closed, it could fly off. There have been no reported injuries or accidents, but a few have detached. You can find more recall information that a russian citizen was responsible for a massive 2012 data breach. That man was arrested yesterday in prague. Hes now awaiting extradition to the u. S. The hacker apparently tried selling 117 million passwords on the dark web for about 2,000. Linkedin still does not know how many passwords are still in use. Rumors are flying about what well see at apples event next week. It looks like the new macbook screen display that takes the place of some of the keys. The trademark ninja believes this feature will be called the magic toolbar. The display will change based on a program thats running using only the keys needed at the time. Fedex has some holiday Job Opportunities available planning to hire 50,000 full and parttime workers during the holiday season. Seasonal jobs include package sorters, drivers and delivery mondays after thanksgiving to be some of the busiest in the companys history. Today marks a major milestone for professional hockey here in tampa bay. It has been 20 years since the ice palace opened its doors as the official home of our tampa bay lightning. In october, 1996, the bolts beat the new york rangers in its inaugural game. Way thanks to its owner. Its been transformed into one of the most beautiful fan friendly links in the league. Its remarkable to think this rink is 20 years old because it seems like its 3 or 4 years old. Of course, the bolts home to bring that stanley cup home once more this season. Paul ryan will have an update on tonights game coming numb sports. Up in sports. Now max defender 8, the and your Storm Team Forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. A super typhoon smashed into the philippines overnight with 145 mileperhour winds. It toppled trees, knocked down towers and flooded towns. Thousands of people were forced to flee, samening as a hurricane. Theyve had quite a same thing as a hurricane. Theyve had quite a few this year, i think six category 5s a few thundershowers. You can see on a live sweep nothing detected at the moment. The orion meteor shower takes place tonight. There might be interference from the light of the moon. Could see up to 20 per hour if youre lucky. Get away from city light. That moonlight will be just there. Friday night football tomorrow looks pretty good here, 77 degrees, may see a few clouds, slight chance of a sprinkle as this cold front slides into the area, should of the game, near 70 degrees. Well slowly see humidity fall. 79 degrees sunday, 78 saturday, a few clouds, but breezy generally as the effects of the front are initially felt, but this all comes with lower humidity which most of us say were looking forward to. Nice shot from beth howell tonight at indian rocks beach, what a gorgeous sunset on the beach. Thanks for that feet in the start the day at noon, dew point 68, north to northwesterly wind 6 miles per hour. Current temperature 72 degrees in bartow, 706 in st. Petersburg, 69 degrees weeki wachee, 72 winter haven. A lot of dry air aloft with the clear skies this evening. Some of that dry air tends to filter down to the surface. Folks inland were feeling that more coast. The few clouds disappeared as the evening went along. The precip off to the east. In the tropics the next five days were still watching this area, about a 50 chance down from 80 chance a couple days ago, so not as impressive. It certainly is there. The forecast says generally in this area for possible development and the computer models want to move this farther north and eventually push it northeast. Clouds around, near 70 degrees friday morning, lots of sunshine. Later in the day here comes this cold front headed our way, a small chance of showers near the boundary as it continues to push south. Later friday it goes all the way through, switches the wind direct around to the northwest and then were in the drier atmosphere. Saturday afternoon nothing but sunshine, High Pressure taking over and will control the next several days, not an unusual weather pattern for this time of year to get this kind of setup over the the forecast friday, saturday and sunday a mixture of sunshine and some clear skies. Temperatures meanwhile will stay in the upper 70s with that drier atmosphere, overnight low temperatures cooler as well. We start to return some humidity long term. Well start to see temperatures come back overnight with a bit more humidity in the atmosphere. This is the routine this time of year when cold fronts go through. They switch their winds around back to the east. Good timing for the weekend in terms of very comfortable the orinid. Of the constellation orion. Coming up in sports the bucs head out to San Francisco a day earlier than usual. Find out why. Thats ahead. Plus the lightning look to start the season 40. Could they survive the avalanche tonight . Well have highlights and locker room reaction next. This years heart walk is coming up in november, but now is a great time to join stacie fuccillo kia is matching the first 50,000 we raise. Go to www. Wfla. Com heartwalk for details. Plus heres what youll see tomorrow at 6 a. M. Reporter is the next Mark Zuckerberg in a college near you . Ill tell you where nor students are majoring in entrepreneur more students are majoring in entrepreneurship and why thats not a bad idea. Plus weather and traffic on the 8s on news channel 8 amendment 1 guarantees your right to generate your own solar energy. It also guarantees that those who dont choose solar dont have to subsidize those who do. Amendment 1 means commonsense Consumer Protections safeguarding seniorsand all floridians from scams, ripoffs, and longterm contract traps. Amendment 1 good for the economy. Good for the environment. Good for florida. Robert kearney i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and ive been a republican all my life. But im the father of three girls. I cant stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos. And i sure dont want my daughters hearing it. I want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where theyre valued fought for. So, im voting for hillary clinton. Hillary clinton sports on news channel 8 is sponsored by your gulf coast honda dealers about. According to espns latest alts Team Rankings ultimate Team Rankings, tampa bay is home of the best franchise sports. The bolts have gone out of their way to let visitors score first in all three games this season and the boys in blue welcome the way. Matt duchene corrals the bouncing buck. 10 colorado after one. In the closing minute of the 2nd the avs strike again. This time duchene tips it open and unlike games one through three there was no comeback in sight. In the 3rd another bad break for big ben, second time this season a screwy bounce sabotaged him. This comes off the wall to andreas martinsen. Colorado deals tampa bay its heading out of town. Cant keep playing from behind. We played from behind in four games and did we deserve to be playing from behind in all those games . I cant sit here and say that. It would be nice to have the lead. You just cant keep testing fate because eventually you wont come back and we didnt tonight. We didnt play bad. They played well. Obviously wed like to come out with four wins. When you go 31 to now we got to go on the road and take care of business there. How about some thursday night football, the good kind, not the nfl variety, miami visiting virginia tech, canes trailing late in the 1st half, but berrios is found in the end zone, 169 at the end of the break. Kya wont quit. Hes better at throwing stuff but the hokies prove to be too much. Virginia tech beats miami 37 16. The u falls to 13 in the acc. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading out of town departing for San Francisco tomorrow. Sundays kickoff against the 49ers is set for 4 05 eastern, 1 05 pacific. Tampa bay is 515 against West Division opponents since 2002. Although wants to avoid jetlag if possible. If you do those flights three hours, you usually dont hop out of bed the crack of dawn and feel 100 of yourself. I cant explain why. Theres a lot of stuff in the universe i cannot explain like how to run it more consistently. I think thats more priority than worrying about lack of sleep. And its dry out there. I lived in arizona. Im going to miss this nice your winning lottery numbers. This is mikes office. If he doesnt show up, he doesnt get paid. Too often marco rubio didnt show up and failed us when he did. I am Patrick Murphy. To get things done, youve got to show up. Youve got to work together. Whether its protecting Social Security and Womens Health care or growing the economy, weve got to start solving problems instead of pointing fingers. I am Patrick Murphy and i approve this message taking a look at that forecast tomorrow. One more warmer day, but well get changes as the day goes along as the cold front slides through the area, 70 to start the day, but well end up with warmer highs it looks like in the mid80s. As the cold front goes through, it will change the winds out of the northwest and a little cooler drier weekend because the humidity will be much lower. In our night cap tonight the undecided voter an internet meme sensation has gone to washington. Heres ken bone known for his distinctive look in that red sweater and now izod has brought him to a get out to vote commercial. Hes seen around the landmarks and memorials in the ad, but the message is simple. Simply go out and vote. Does he get a lifetime supply of those sweaters . He became probably the sweater. That and the disposable camera. Thanks for being with us. Jimmy fallon is next. Our next newscast starts at 4 30 a. M. Have a great night [ cheers and applause ] . Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his