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An aerial view in frostproof. It happened at 6 00 this morning. As jorge pulled out of his neighborhood onto highway 27, they were hit by a chevy silverado. Investigators believe he never saw it coming. His parents always worried about it. They told him to watch going out there. It is horrible trying to get out. It just really is. It is just heartbreaking. Reporter the teens attended frost proof high school. Jorge was getting ready we are told he had just started working to buy his cap and gown. Now instead of a celebration, the family must grieve. We think of them every day. Reporter and the community whose lives they touched. I watched them grow up. Both of them. They were good kids. Very good kids. Reporter you can see a cross has been placed here at are expected to be okay. Melissa, lake immediate and frostproof. They have a Football Game tonight. I guess they have planning something a little special for melanie and jorge. Reporter both teams will come together and the field and hold a moment of silence. Melissa marino live in polk county. Thank you. And we have an update now to breaking news. Hillsborough deputies believe a motorcyclist and a driver had a fight before the biker ended up dead in a crash. This is a look at the scene fr it happened at 19th avenue northeast and 30th street. Detectives do want to talk to the driver of the blue ford ranger pickup truck. We have a crew on this story. We will bring you updates as soon as we get them. And new evidence tonight in a deadly crash that killed five people. Fhp says this snap chat video shows speed was a factor. It was recorded minutes before 22yearold pablo cortez ran head on into a family in a mini bartilome died. The mother and her children died as well. Well, at the end of the day, i just want people to just. You know, remind themselves, nerve deserves to die. It doesnt matter if you are a good person or a bad person. You dont deserve to die. Fhp troopers say the video doesnt prove or disprove racing may have have said all along. Speed did. Now to breaking news. A passenger jet caught fire at one of the nations busiest airports. You can see the flames and all the smoke just pouring out of the American Airlines plane. This is sat Ohare International airport in chicago. An faa spokesman tells us the planes engine malfunctioned. The plane was head today miami when the pilot aborted takeoff. According to the airline. Seven passengers and one Flight Attendant were taken to the look at the runway. The fire is out. But, the incident is still causing issues at this airport. A lot of flashing lights around the airplane. Dozens of flights are delayed. If you know someone headed in that direction, take note of that. Nbc nightly news will have the latest on the plane fire. Detectives investigateing the murder of a lake wales store clerk have recovered what could be a key piece of evidence. The victims cell phone. Someone found that phone at the and evergreen drive. They turned it into police when they realized it belonged to mohammed alam. He was the man shot and killed seconds after closing up for the night. No arrests yet, but detectives are following up on some leads. Now, an 8 on your side investigation. Crater cover up. The state continues to drag its feet on releasing information about who knew what and when a florida congresswoman says the blame squarely lays on the shoulders of governor rick scott. Gwynn graham says it is bad enough the state failed to notify mosaics neighbors that radioactive water threatened their wells. The state is thumbing its nose at the law. Reporter until they turn over records we wont know who to believe about what. Now, the governor claims he was kept in the dark about that sink hole until our first report really . When the state refuses to give us records showing who knew what and when, my challenge to you, governor, prove it. Someone is holding up the release of state records about the bright idea of keeping the information of this sink hole secret. Congresswoman gwynn graham lays the blame on governor rick scotts crew. We have gotten nothing. Reporter grahams office the department of Environmental Protection all correspondence about the sink hole. The sink hole opened beneath this gypsum stack august 27. The state learned the contaminated water lost the next day. Neighbors were not informed for weeks. Dep deputy secretary gary clark laughed it off in september when confronted about the delay by our mike vasilinda. So tell me. Whou done more . [ laughter ] reporter 8 on your side pressed the governor for answers. Governor, did dep keep you in the dark, if so, are you going to fire secretary steveerson . Wikileaks are in the middle of an ongoing investigation. Reporter John Steverson wasnt chuckling when we caught up with him in tallahassee earlier this week. We are going to protect the citizens and the resours of the state. Reporter the Governors Office claims rick scott was kept in the dark about all of this for weeks but the state that nor who was involved in keeping this secret. Every floridian should be up in arms and appalled that this is how the department of Environmental Protection is operating. Reporter they worry it may take a lawsuit to pry loose records getting to the bottom of why people were not notified. We must do better. We must do better. Thank you for holding those accountable who should be held accountable. Reporter deps explanation for not releasing information to the public, it speaking of law, they may be ignoring another law here. Florida has a public records law. Absolutely. Reporter and florida congresswoman are remedies to that. But it is a sad statement of affairs that government in the sunshine is keeping us all in the dark about these records that we have requested. All right, thank you very much steve. If you have a problem that you think need to be investigated, call our 8 on your side help line. A pet owners desperate plea for help. Her dog was stolen by burglars. How the power of social media might lead to clues. Plus, the search for whoever shot a majestic bird. Why this crane killer could end up in trouble with the feds. 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. Ponzischemer swindle millions. Buesings firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. Now, buesings running for senate. How far will bob buesing go . Sarasota county firefighters went door to door after a couple died in a house fire earlier this week. Officials want to make sure every home has working smoke detecters. It is unclear if the house that burned had those smoke detectors. And there was a push on social media to find a dog that was stolen during a burglary in temple terrace. The n is a picture of zeus stolen from a ho nice ears. Temple Terrace Police have posted pictures of the dog on their facebook page. Take a look. They are asking you to help out if you can. Share this post. And tickets are about to go on sale for the new Ferry Service between saint pete and tampa. Cross bay ferry tickets go on sale tuesday on the website. Also on tuesday, a ceremonial Maiden Voyage and newschannel8 will be on board for that. The creature that is supposed to be protected. We see these beautiful creatures brutally killed. We will explain how this crane died and what authorities are doing to find the person responsible. And coming up the stakes are high. The lights are bright. It must be friday night. Our friday night blitz game of the week. Ill preview that coming none sport. A reminder, the tampa bay heart walk is tomorrow. We are nearing our goal. Go to wfla. Com heartwalk to join my team and donate. Amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, promotes safe solar, and is endorsed by floridas firefighters. So, why are outofstate billionaires attacking it . Because amendment 1 stops their subsidies. Amendment 1 blocks special subsidies for special interests. Its solar done right. Vote yes on amendment 1. I moved on her like a [bleep]. You can do anything. Grab them by the [bleep] we have to make sure that donald wins this election. No we dont. Marco rubio stands by trump and failed to show up for florida. Heres what i believe in. The aisle to get things done. Protecting social security. And building an economy that works for all of us. Im Patrick Murphy and i approved this message because ill be a senator who always works for you. 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 , in a nation where theyre valued and respected. Donald trumps america is not the country i fought for. So, im voting for Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton want to get to breaking news right now. A fedex plane in Fort Lauderdale has caught fire. This is a live look right now at the scene. You can see all of that fire retardant coming out of the back of the plane. The Broward County Sheriffs Office tweeted out that the plane had a rough landing. No word yet on injuries, but this a neighborhood is on edge after a sand hill crane was shot to death with a pellet gun. Some residents are fearing for their safety as they track down who did it. John rogers joins us live in manatee county. John, officials definitely not taking this lightly. Reporter oh, they certainly arent stacie. Sand hill cranes are federally protected. Take a look where the cross is. That is the spot where the cain was killed. Literally between two houses gotten hurt here. This sand hill crane is in trouble. It has a broken leg and its life is in danger. So, Justin Matthews is determined to save it. He runs matthews Wildlife Rescue and he has made it his mission to save these animals but earlier this week, there was one he couldment save. On tuesday, this sand hill crane was found with bullet holes next to a home. It had been shot at least three it was just the bird just laying. And, its mate was walking around, just looked distraught. All upset. Reporter minutes later, Jennifer Mathis has taken photos of the bird in her backyard. Now it was shot to death right outside her childs window. Who is to say they missed whatever they are shooting at and shoot my kid or dog or the neighbors kid. Its scary. Reporter sand hill cranes are federally protected. The shooter could face fines or possible jail time. Why you would shoot a bird just to shoot it and watch it fall doesnt make any sense. If you can do that to a defenseless animal, what can you do to people . Reporter back at the rescue scene, the mission is a success. This crane could have a fighting chance. Sadly, the murdered crane didnt. But mathis is determine today a florida fish and Wildlife Conservation commission is investigating the case. They are offering a 5,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. John rogers, newschannel8. Now, max defender 8, the worlds most powerful radar, and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. Although we had heavy rain across south florida yesterday. Max defender 8 not picking up on anything in the way of precipitation. We continue to scan the skies and, again, clear skies probably later on this evening though we continue to see a few high clouds that stream across the area. Heres a look at connorton. 78 degrees with a northeast wind at 12 miles an hour. A very good breeze. We see the palm trees moving pretty good around land o lakes. In lake land, 78 degrees. Got a freeze frame here. The flag got a pretty good breeze going with a northeast wind at 11 miles an hour. And, at veterans ford here in tampa, it has been much gustier than this. For saturday, 86 degrees. Very similar weather. 85 degrees for a high at Tampa International airport. This is shot from our own Ed Bloodsworth. The meteorologist at the Hillsborough County fair. The goat show underway is how he reports this photograph here today. World series forecast taking fans. Partly cloudy, mild for this one in chicago. Our temperatures will be not too bad for this time of the year. Only, it will cool into the 50s before too long. 86 degrees at 4 00 p. M. Brandon, 81 degrees. Same in new port richey. No rain, makes for great football weather for the evening. Winds continue from the east. Strong at times still gusting over 20 miles an hour lakeland, down to sarasota. Clearwater. So, it is still kind of a breezy night. Lake placid, same story. Mostly deep moisture. This area. About a 0 chance of possible development in something tropical. But still spreading some rain. Probably helping to tighten the Pressure Gradient just a little bit to help create the stronger winds. High clouds moving in from the southwest. Football forecast tonight, this here in tampa. Pleasant, same for High School Football weather. Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in jacksonville. 80 degreesment u playing notre dame. In sound bend. 70 degrees not too bad in sound bend. Clemson, and florida state, this clash in tallahassee, 74 degrees. Ucf playing houston. Only a small rain chance for that game. And, florida a m, they are playing North Carolina anc and greens boar, north gorgeous skies. 72 degrees. We are headed out to raymond james. 82 degrees sunday. Rain chances are low as you can see saturday and sunday as they have been all week long. We are definitely in this pattern all the way through halloween where rain should not be a problem. The weather should be quite comfortable. You will trick or treat or follow a little trick or treater around. Temperatures in the 80s. Perhaps drier air. But overall rain chances are low into november. [ laughter ] if you are looking for a way to enjoy the perfect weather, here is an idea. It is the final weekend of the Hillsborough County fair. And meteorologist Ed Bloodsworth joins us now. He is live at the fairgrounds in dover. You found a lot of things going on out there. Whats the latest ed . Reporter we have had so much fun this afternoon hanging out with the livestock and the rides are all fired up. And they just got done with the firefighter demonstration a few minutes ago. Out of their firefighter gear right now. The fair goes all the way until 11 00 p. M. Tonight. It will start up again tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. So many events have got the big truck coming up at 7 30 tonight. In the big Demolition Derby on sunday. Now, the one thing i have been waiting for all day long, is to get one of these things. That is a deep fried oreo. So, if you are going to come out, bring your grandparents. Bring the family. It will get ruined okay . Back to you guys. All right, we are not going to slow you down. Just have one for me. Just keep ongoing. Looks good. Deep fried oreo. Thank you. Well do. Thats amazing. It is not a bad assignment. No, its pretty good. Coming up next in sports, the friday night blitz gets ready to crown district champions. And he has not played a game in about two weeks. Longer than that. Since week two. But, is this bucs defensive st raiders on sunday . Z25egz z16fz y25egy y16fy port tampa bay has now become floridas largest and most diversified. Which helps explain why it is one of dana youngs top priorities. Generating over 15 billion for the regional economy, and 80 thousand local jobs. And fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way. Dana young for the florida senate. A return to common sense. Hes gus hes gus hes gus hes gus Gus Bilirakis. Gus bilirakis gus is for us. For us. All of us. And he gets things done. And he gets things done. Gus stood up to his own party. To stop Flood Insurance hikes. Hes protecting our veterans. And our seniors. Gus is for us. Gus is always for us. Gus is for us. For us all of us vote Gus Bilirakis for congress. Im Gus Bilirakis, and i approve this message. World series euphoria has seats for 1,300. Get all the drinks you want. Appetizers and dinner included. Why not . Cubs fans just want to chance to be near history. And one thing we are not going to see tonight. Or may not see in game three, cubs outfielder kyle schwarber. He can pinch hit if necessary, but he was not cleared to play as an outfielder. The indians need to get their offense back on track. Robert ayers is questionable for sundays game against the raiders but he has hinted that he will play. Ayers injured his ankle in week two. Has not played since. The bucs could sure use him. The usf bulls home tonight against 22 ranked navy. The bulls need an upset here as they endured their first conference loss a week ago. There are points out there as navy ranks near the bottom of each defensive category in the american conference. Well, tonight is championship blitz. Several district titles will be decided including a flash of titans in class 6a. State title favorite armwood hosts hillsborough. This is a big one. Paul ryan is live in seffner where two long time friends are going to match wit to night as head coaches. Paul . Reporter thats right dan. Shawn callahan and earl garcia. Both of these teams are going to the post season. Thats already decided. But this game tonight is still huge for three reasons. District title on the line and Home Field Advantage in the first round of the post season. The defense between it being one and done and making a run in the Sunshine State playoffs. Number two, bragging rights. Garcia and callahan have been friends since the early 80s. Three, it is a quality of competition. Hillsborough still undefeated at this point. Armored with one loss. Very prepared for post season. The winner of this Football Game, both teams are going to be better for having played. I promise you, armwood will be better for having played hillsborough and we will be better for playing them. This is what you want before the playoffs. I cannot get enough games like playing for hillsborough. I love playing those kinds of games. Those are the ones we see significant change in armwood football. Reporter if you have yet to friday night blitz, highlights begin at 11 15 right here on newschannel8. Tonight is the night to stay up with us. Paul ryan is going out to kathlene taking on lakeland tonight. And you are headed to wire grass ranch. Good football for sure. Usf is playing. They need to win. If you like football, tonight is your night. The weather is perfect too. Dont go anywhere. Nightly news is next followed by newschannel8 at 7 00. And dont forget. Sports, its the blitz night. N fix it bomb the [bleep] out of em. Id like to punch him in the face. I like people that werent captured, okay . Hes a mexican she ate like a pig. I moved on her like a [bleep] i did not say that. I love war. Yes, including with nukes. Blood coming out of her. Theyre rapists. Wrong. There has to be some form of punishment. Such a nasty woman. I wanna be unpredictable. On 5th avenue and shoot somebody. Shes a slob. I dont remember and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves priorities usa action is responsible breaking news tonight. A bombshell from the fbi director, 11 days to the election, the feds investigating newly discovered emails related to the Hillary Clinton private server case. Separate probe into sexting allegations against her top aides husband, anthony weiner. New information still coming in, dd trump seizing on a stunning turn of events. More breaking news. Emergency at ohare, an American Airlines jet burst into flames on the runway, panic on board, smoke billowing from the plane as passengers race to escape with their lives. 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