Into our newsroom. Allegations of collaborations with cab industry to keep uber and lift to operating in hillsborough county. That was at topic of an emergency meeting this morning of the hillsborough Public Transportation commission. Fox 13s aaron mesmer is there sounds like they were ment of fireworks at that meeting. Yeah, got a really heated. Got contentious at timesBoard Members used lot different words and phrase circus witch nt collusion. And sham as they argued with one another. At state was a Public Perception of the Public Transportation commission. And also the future of executive director kyle cochran has come under fire after emails surfaced between him and members of taxi industry in which he worked with taxi and limo drivers to participate in sting operations aimed at ticketing uber and lift drivers. Cochran says he was simply enforcing regulations limo drivers who compared their partnership to a neighborhood watch. But chairman called for this emergency meeting accused
For her, victory here will be a bonus. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc news nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from the summer Olympic Games in rio. Welcome to copacabana beach, the lights of the Beach Volleyball stadium blazing right behind me where the u. S. Women compete later this evening. Coming ceremony celebrating the athletes in brazil, team usa was off to a great star as the rookie from virginia took the first gold medal of the Olympic Games. But here in the pool are where some of americas look to shine. Lets go about an hour from here to baja where we find nbcs Miguel Almaguer with the latest evening. Olympic park is open today. Thousands are still pouring in to the venue. There are gold medal events later on tonts. It is a nightcap to an incredible day. Today against this stunning backdr backdrop, the games began. The americans on the road. In the water. Shooting for gold. It didnt take long to reach the podium. 19yearold newcomer thra thra
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