And im paul lagrone in for ashley glass glass to the. Action air 1 getting a new view of a sink hole at the mosaic plant in polk county. That water is radioactive, toxic and flowing deep underground. Today were focused on finding how far that water is flowing and whether or not its safe for the people who live nearby to drink. The nows ryan raiche i any reason why they kept this sink hole a secret for three weeks . Reporter theyre saying they did the right thing by notifying the Regulatory Agency and didnt tell the public because there wasnt a risk to the public. Thats their words. This is the knawels plant in polk county across the Hillsborough County light where theyre kind of in crisis mode, dealing with a massive sink hole right beyond that completely drained about a 250 million gallon pond of toxic radioactive water used in the fertilizing manufacturing process. Now, here is the video you have to see taken earlier by action air 1. We have been talking about it all day long. Its un
For the is iewftd sue esh. Concerns over waste water dumb noopped the bay. What is being done to make sure the water is clean and why one local mayor insures it is. This is our new florida. Ah hashtag but still no action. The govenor spends day two no n our Nations Capital fighting for zika funding. So what is the hold up . And a shop lifort take down at walmart turns deadly. New tonight what happened moments before the attack and what employees told investigators. Youre watching fox 13 and the 10 00 news starts now. Good evening everyone. And protesters making good on their pledge to show up at a city of st. Meteorologisting again night. They are angry over the a. Waste water that has been nowrd the bay thanks to hurricane hermine. And the mayor says he is take their suggestions to heart and axel is there to explain it all. What did they say. Reporter well, the mayor spent 45 minutes with the protesters personally outside the meeting where he answered citys response. He also said that
Brockovich is commenting on the situation tonight. This is a crime against humanity. The government in florida will sweep this under the rug. The u. S. Environmental Protection Agency is a co conspirator, her words. She goes on to say this could destroy the Groundwater Resources in the area forever. We should point out tonight that both mosaic and the state department of Environmental Protection says that the water is safe. To read the rest of Erin Brockovichs comments go to abcactionnews. Com. Happening right now a sentencing hearing is underway in Pinellas County for a man on trial for killing a 20yearold skateboarder. Hubbards lawyer says the four year minimum is unjust. Hubbard had a panic attack during the crash that killed emma and he could not logically think straight. Hubbard testified today that he was drinking the night of the crash but he was not drunk. And did you have anything to drink at that bar. Yes. What did you have to drink. Two beers and a shot. What kind of beers.
It is 4 pm, and the now tampa bay is on. We start with breaking news. A sergeant and deputy are on paid leave after shooting a person to death. You can see this picture that we just got offline. A healthcare professional called 911 telling them a person possibly suicidal, was in a home with a bunch of weapons. When the deputy went inside, they tried to arrest the person without getting violent sometime after that the shooting started. The person was taken to the hospital later died. And big news today, Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail and back in the public eye, for the First Time Since her collapse. This is a live picture from North Carolina. She is still speaking, actually she just wrapped up speaking, i should say. She was also taking shots at donald trump calling him a showman are going on dr. Oz. Earlier, she said that she approved of having some time with her thoughts busters recovering. And she also talks a little bit about americans that run into hard Financial Tim
Thank you for being with us. Jim not much going on there. A little warm and everybody is talking about the Football Games and we have got n nicelooking weather not only today but all weekend long for all the games at Raymond James. You look outside at the tampa net cam and you can see the scattered clouds overhead and making for a beautifullooking sunrise across the area. Outside right now 77 degrees. Dew point at 72. Humidity checks in at 84 . Currently very light winds, so right now we are registering so satellite and radar, you can see more moisture down to the south. We did have big thunderstorms late yesterday down across our southern counties down in the highland county, and if you want to see some rain, thats generally where you will have to go a bit to the south because in central florida, most most of the rain is just not going to happen for today. A slightly better chance of seeing some showers for tomorrow. But we will keep that 20 chance of a lateday shower in for today. Da