Reporter bottom line, say experts, elections in states like florida are won by drawing crowds to the polls, not rallies, appealing to the middle ground which in this election. Amazing. Reporter has been hard to find. Eric glasser, 10news wtsp. If trump rallies were drawing big crowds in blue states, that would be a more reli rivera live where Hillary Clinton just wrapped up her rally. Mark, the big turnout in Hillsborough County two weeks before the election, how important is this . Reporter you know what . Clinton knows if she can win Hillsborough County and tampa bay, she can make it nearly impossible for trump to win florida and that would put him out of the running for the election. They are taking down the stage donald trump up two points in the latest poll. Still within the margin of error. Listen to what Hillary Clinton has to say to her fans, her supporters here about how important their vote is. We cant make any of this happen if we dont have you voting. Now, donald trump says
Tonights big story. Statistics are eyeopening. There have been more than 9,000 crashes involving folks walking across the street here in florida over just the last 12 months. More than 7,000 people were hurt in the crashes. And listen to this. Another 600 people died in something that is potentially preventible. But it is going to take all of us to make these roads safer, and i am joined now by 10news re valladolid. You spent the day getting both perspective of this issue. Phil, you were behind the wheel . Reporter yes, driving up and down gulf boulevard today. Really surprised at the number of people i saw stepping out right in front of our car. I mean, and shannon, you were riding shotgun. You saw it as well. Reporter the most disturbing part was not seeing people illegally cross the street, but the fact that they had their small children with person running across. They make it most of the time. When they start dragging two and three and fouryearolds across the street in the middle
Cruise control at 70 Miles Per Hour, cars kept coming up behind us fast and whipping around. Cars werent going fast enough for some drivers. I work on i4. I see it every day. Reporter the one thing drivers tell us they see so often, people on their phones. Texting and on their phones. Absolutely. Like without a doubt. Texting and driving. Reporter a lot . A you look over and the person is slamming on brakes and texting and driving or on their phones. They are texting. You see them texting all the time or on their phones. Most cars have it. Music. Reporter all right. We just wanted to give you a look at what we are seeing as we drive along. I have seen several people in the last few minutes on their phones as the traffic increases. Thats when you need to be more rush hour or even a sunday afternoon, because of the conditions of this road, you really need to stay alert at all times. Back to you. And gene, i am glad he had his eyes on the road. You know whats making the roads so dangerous
Rumors swirled that the driver responsible was street racing. Comments are being said before anything was ever confirmed. A super nice guy. Sweetheart. Help anybody. Didnt matter. He would give the shirt off his back. Real good guy. Just no one had anything bad to say about him. Reporter until now. Many people who dont even know pablo cortes are trashing him on social media for street racing. Something officials and friends say wasnt people jump to conclusions however they want to. They see a fancy car, they go, oh, street racing, just like anybody. Hopefully, they realize that it wasnt that way. They drove right and it was just an accident. An accident happened. Reporter cortes was speeding, but speeding and racing, his friends say, are two different things, and they say the comments being made dont help anybody whose loved ones were no longer here. We just want people to take people to take away from his memory . Be careful out there. Drive safe. Dont jump to conclusions until you kn
You make it through the water. Operated vehicles, robot submarines to do dangerous work deep in the gulf of mexico. You make it go forwards and backwards and up and right and you control the arms with the joy sticks. Reporter but on his first day on the uncle john rig he felt something was not right. That first ship is when it all started the very first shift. Yes. Reporter before the uncle john left the harbor he noticed Hydraulic Oil dripping off to the water below and he took pictures and laid down absorbent cloth and told his supervisor that did not care. I remember his response. It was oh, it is just 32. Dont worry about it. So i was kind of shocked. I was like what . Prelude to an even bigger shock when the uncle john got to its work site. A well operated by walter oil and gas. 60 miles off of port bushond. Here is hour it was supposed to work oil flowing 15 hub feet through the gulf of mexico through pipes called the Christmas Tree stacks and it connects to a pipeline through a