The first president ial debate is now less than a week away and both candidates are gearing up for trump made another stop in our state monday. He headlined a rally in lee county. Praising the Law Enforcement officers who investigated the bombings in new york and new jersey. And the attack at the mall in minnesota. Hillary clinton took her message to millennial voters in philadelphia. She told them she has the experience to fight terror. Recent polls show the candidates are now in a virtual . Tie. Back here in the bay area two familiar faces went headtohead last night. Jolly. And former florida governor, charlie christ. Theyre both running for floridas 13th Congressional District. Jolly is the incumbent republican. Taking on crist, the democratic candidate. They squaredoff in their first debate last night, in front of a packed house at st. Petersburg colleges palladium theater. The debate covered everything from zika to minimum wage to medical marijuana. But the most Heated Exchange was on the subject of flipflopping. On this race is gaining nationwide attention since the Congressional District was recently redrawn to incorporate parts of st. Pete that werent in the district before. Most polls show this race is pretty much a toss up. But well see if that changes after last night. Making headlines across state tragedy for a family in north miami. Police say a mother backed over her oneyearold son. While he was in the driveway. The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened around six last night. Police are not university of florida have contracted mrsa. Both students live on campus in beaty towers. The university is working with the Alachua County Health Department to determine . How the students contracted the mrsa. It is not clear whether the two cases are directly related. Students are being warned about the infections and how to protect against it. Mrsa does not respond to firstline antibiotics that typically treat staph infections. Changes are underway at the pulse nightclub in orlando. Crews spent monday tearing down the huge fence thats surrounded the site ever since the deadly shooting back in june. They replaced it with a smaller fence. This is to help people navigate the area more easily and safely. The new fence is also covered with local artwork that honors the victims. Actually began late last week. Staff from the Orange County Regional History Center began collecting the mementos from the fence and taking them back to the center for preservation. Deputies in pasco county need you to take a good look at your screen right now. If you recognize this guy from surveillance video. Give them a call. They say he broke into the anclote Village Marina sometime between midnight and three am on sunday. And stole several boat motors. This is in holiday. If you know anything about the crime. Just call the sheriffs office. And. A wild rescue for polk county de they posted this photo to their Facebook Page with the hashtag only in polk county. Four cows escaped from their trailer while it was parked at a red light. It happened in downtown lakeland, right near the lakeland center. Polk countys agricultural deputies responded and helped catch the cows. The owner of the trailer also fixed the door. So hopefully there wont be its been two and a half . Weeks since hurricane hermine. But some local communities are . Still trying to recover. After the break how you can help people in pasco. With some simple donations. And. For the second time in less than a week. Jimmy fallon jokes with a president ial candidate. Later this half hour how weeks after hurricane hermine ripped through pasco county. Many families are still dealing with the aftermath. More than three hundred homes were either damaged or destroyed. Which means many families are homeless and in need of basic necessities. The countys Human Services department is now asking for donations. The list includes nonperishable food items. Clothing. Home furnishings like towels and bedding. Baby items. And hygiene items. They can be dropped off at the flood resource center. Which is at the boys and girls club on youth lane in port richey. Its open from 8 to 5 monday through friday. You can also make a monetary donation online at united way pasco dot org. Weve posted the link on our walter jen awards are great. But im more than just a trophy. Im not sitting around collecting dust. Im moving forward. Thinking about all the steps that i havent taken yet. What helps keeps me going . With 15 grams of protein. 0 added sugar, 0 fat, 0 artificial sweeteners. Zero holding me back. Im cam newton and im unstoppably myself. Oikos triple zero, be unstoppably you. Now 4xxx. And heres a look at the top trending stories today and we begin. With some more late night laughs in the president ial race. Last week. Donald trump stopped by the tonight show. And jet jimmy fallon mess up that perfectly combed hair. But last night, it was Hillary Clintons turn. Fallon started off the interview joking about hillarys recent bout with pneumonia. He pulled out a surgical mask to greet her. He then used Hand Sanitizer after shaking her hand. Said trump left a bag behind in the dressing room from . His visit last week. It had a heart framed photo of Vladimir Putin in it. The interview was actually taped last friday. It marked clintons third appearance on the late night talk show. And now. To some big . Bling news. Kim kardashian just gave ladies of the world another reason to be jealous of her. Her husband kanye west. Just bought her some new jewelry. And of course kanye cant do anything . Small. After the emmy awards sunday night, kanye surprised kim with a new diamond ring. So she now has one. For each hand. It comes from designer lorraine schwartz, the same person who designed kims . Other diamond. For her engagement ring, which she got back in 2013. And its likely around the same size at the other one. About . 20 karats. So both rings are . Million dollars. Each. . Think taking home videos are silly . You might think twice. After hearing one country stars emotional story. After the break the movies that are bringing his late wife. Back to life. My sweethearts gone sayonara. This scarf all thats left to remem. What she washed this like a month ago the long lasting scent of gain flings in local headlines Pinellas County officials are hosting a roundtable discussion today on the zika virus. The focus is on local prevention efforts. Its taking place at nine am county Mosquito Control will be represented, along with city and county officials. The public is encouraged to come and and learn how to protect themselves. Especially since a . Locally transmitted zika was confirmed in Pinellas County last month. Its the . Only such case in the bay area. And the homeless are getting help fighting the zika virus today. Molina healthcare of florida is hosting a free zika education and prevention event. Its taking place at the faith cafe on clearwater avenue in tampa. Attendees get a free zika prevention kit. There is also a workshop and free food. It starts at 1130 this morning. Johns hopkins all Childrens Hospital is having a big reveal today for its pediatric cancer patients. They recently completed a remodeling of the oncology infusion room at their cancer and blood disorder institute. And today. The room will be unveiled to patients. Those kids can spend several . Hours in that room getting treatments. And they will now have a brighter more engaging space to raise their spirits. Is marking Childhood Cancer awareness month. A special screening tonight. At select theaters across the country. Its a documentary called to joey, with love. Its the story of singer joey fleek , who passed away from cancer back were part of a very successful country duo, know as joey and rory. The film follows the last 2 and half years of her life, as rory filmed most of it. Including the year they took off from the music business, to raise their daughter, who was born with down syndrome. The movie is also raising money for several charities. Also today in tampa. Gardening with . Gerald. Bucs star gerald mccoy is heading out to Lanier Elementary School this morning, to help teach the kids how to plant and nurture foundation teamed up with United Healthcare to give the school a learning garden. Mccoy is one of several bucs players taking part in the event, along with the bucs cheerleaders and the bucs mascot. And in sarasota theres a new resident at the big cat habitat and gulf coast sanctuary. Theyve just adopted a tigon. Thats a mix between a female lion and a male tiger tigonsar bred in captivity. This one is named rhaja. He was moved to sarasota less than a week ago in order to help out another rescue facility rhaja will more than likely spend the rest of his life at big cat habitat. He cant be released into the wild because he was born and raised in captivity. And tigons liger. Thats a mix between a . Male lion and a . Female tiger. 2shot toss to dave. vanessa toss to shayla. Shayla. Toss to Vanessa Vanessa still ahead in the five oclock hour of good day breaking news. At Tampa International airport. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is there . Live. With the latest on a very . Scary landing also in the next hour the . Secret. To going debt free. How you can do it. Just by giving up . Five simple back. In just two minutes. We invited women to a spa to test a new body wash. Dish soap. You may not feel it, but some body washes can contain cleansers found in dish soap. Dove body wash is different. It has only the gentlest cleansers. It just made me feel good. This is dove. Its so delicious. I cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Oh, its real. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. Passengers on an American Airlines flight into tampa. Ran into something scary in the air. jen all is . Well . The important water tests starting today, for people in polk county. They want to know if theres something . Toxic in their wells. And if their powerful . Neighbor is to blame. walter and. Talk about girl power a fifthgrader takes on a boy in her class. And totally puts him in his place. Her confidence. And swagger. Are gonna inspire you. walter thanks for joining us. Im Walter Allen Jen and im jen epstein. Lets start off with a check
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