Dealing with a lawsuit and the city of st. Pete trying to stay open. But it could close at any time. That will low the lives of kids into chaos. Think about it this way, what if it was one of your kids living here. Reporter Pinellas School board member flowers says the kids are already facing the toughest of challenges. Poverty, hungry and more. Its hard to study when you have two adults and four kids size beds. Reporter the school board is putting parents through job referral programs and finding them transitional housing that they can afford. Its putting many pieces of the puzzle together. We dont want to move a family and next week they cant afford to pay for where they are. Reporter Board Members are hoping this will keep the schools in school keep the students in school for now. They can focus on being a thats what they need to do. Reporter parents like theresa say this is what is needed. A lot of kids stay here. And im sure that would help them a lot. Reporter its still unclear w
It takes a minute but he finally gets out of there as well to kind of squeeze through that window. Again, a special needs student there. And abc action News Reporter ryan raiche joins us with live on what tipped off police to this whole case here, ryan. Reporter i just left a press conference with sheriff judd a few moments ago. This leaves even the sheriff dumbfounded. How do you leave a child on a bus, not once but twice. Its the end of the morning shift for bus attendant simmons and her driver gayle brown. They grab their belongings are and out the door. No one bothers to take a close look at the seats. I have a question for them. What were you thinking . Reporter 15 minutes goes by and look who wakes up from a nap on this empty locked bus, a 13yearold boy with special needs. Watch as he takes matters into his own hands, opening the investigators say he then hitch hikes 30 miles home to davenport. They never did it. Okay. Now my kid will never, ever ride a bus. Never. Reporter as in
Absolutely with that vehicle destroyed them. Reporter today in front of a judge, conte says that he needs a public defender and behavior. Mind. Reporter conte did not have a drivers license. That was already revoked. According to the Sheriffs Office, they found a crack pipe in the truck. The Sheriffs Office says his rap sheet was 30 pages long. And that was before today. Eric waxler, abc action news. Thank you, eric. Breaking news out of washington, d. C. Matt gutman just tweeted this out, that a suspicious white powder was found at marco rubios headquarters in washington. The staff has been evacuated to the roof of the building. We will continue to check out the situation and update you when we get more information. Also happening right now, flooding still a major concern in the south tonight. Thats a major travel artery between texas and louisiana. This is new drone video coming out of the flooding happening in that area. Its the French Settlement area in louisiana. The photographer
In one case a plane flew into a home. We continue with adam walser. What did you find out. Reporter serena, we have been looking at the records over the past several years. We have seen other incidents at the airport. Since the mid 1970s, 18 other catches have been investigated by the f. A. A. At the airport and several other near misses. The Peter Oknight airport has a runway about half the size of the normal runway in the u. S. And sits directly on the bay. Visibility problems were to blame in 1975 when buddy colt crashed a single engine plane while returning from a show. He and two other colleagues survived. A third wrestler died. He was having what he described either as a sputtering or some type of engine problem. Reporter between 1999 and 2006, 7 other people died in crashes in single or twin engine planes. Emergency landed and struck the home of tommy and cynthia tate that was destroyed. The pilot was killed and the copilot was seriously injured. Cynthia tate was the only one at
And we start with breaking news off the top. This video youre about to see is from moments ago from action air 1. The action happened in the last hour. The person inside the car was trapped. Just moments ago the person was put in the ambulance and taken to the hospital. This happening at mlk and the i 4 onramp in tampa. Theres a little bit of backup but they have cleared the scene of the accident. Also breaking right now, breaking developments in the race for the white house. Ben carson saying he doesnt see a path forward after the results of super tuesday. He announced he wont be at the debate tomorrow. This afternoon, 2012 republican nominee mitt romney will give his take on the race for the president tomorrow. He has been criticizing donald trump a lottery sently so it what he wants to talk about. Also right now, were learning who it was who was killed in that fire in a mobile home in lakeland. Sadly a cup approximately their dog dying in that fire overnight. Abc action News Reporte