Hes been a cab driver here for five years and told me hes not making as much money as he used to. We used to make 100 a day. Now we make 25 to 30. They want new regulations like fingerprint background checks for drivers. A 7dollar fare for each ride. And a seven minute wait for each call. A regulation that favors the fair. If im doing it, they should do it too. But the tampa mayor sees it differently. This is about competition. Competition is a good thing. If you cant compete. You dont deserve to be protected. Today buckhorn called for a statewide regulation for ride sharing services. I continue to belief its a dinosaur in a society that doesnt lend itself to dinosaurs any more. Today uber hinted they may proposed resumes are passed. This is an extreme proposal pushed by the Public Transportation commission in Hillsborough County specifically designed to push uber and other Ride Sharing Companies out of the market. The ptc meeting on the subject is this wednesday. Uber pulled out of ma
Detectives detective with the Hillsborough County have new information. The owner of this house rents out 3 bedrooms to different couples. One of the tenants overheard an argument and approached a man, wood, and he had a gun and he opened fire. The guy that fired the fatal shot was released and not charged. Learning new information about a case of zika. Before news time there is another case of nontravel related zika in miami beach. That brings the total number of locally transmitted cases to florida to 71. Our governor is asking the federal government to fund zika prevention programs. And right now the future of Ride Sharing Companies like uber and lyft is uncertain in hillsborough. The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission voted patterson has more about what this means, hi, jeff. Good evening, josh and stacy. This vote today the ptc came from objections mayor from bob buck horn. The legislation that urged the pcp to vote on the state law to be formulated. Uber and lyft packed
The other at a local group home. This woman told us her son was one of the victims in 2013. He should be locked up. Reporter this mother says her son was able to fake an asthma attack and able to convince the teenager to call his mom at the office building. He told the woman at the office he is trying to rape me. And she said what . He said he is literally trying to rape me. Reporter the teen was arrested. He admitted to police that he tried to sexually assault the 11yearold. Its pretty traumatizing. Reporter now this mother wants to know how her son was able to leave what she thought was a secure campus and why this teenager was allowed to be around her son. How does this affect him for the rest of his life . Reporter her son is not in school because he doesnt feel safe. Now, pin be lass schools didnt say much because of student privacy rights but they say they do have qualified staff supervising all of the district schools and they do receive reporting live in Pinellas Park tonight,
Fighting operation. Thankfully a baby is found safe but the search is on for kidnappers. God bless America Hillary clinton celebrates her win in South Carolina primary. Now, all eyes are on super tuesday. Youre watching fox 13 and the 10 00 news starts now. Im rain lloyd sowers. Im haley hinds. Deputies made a bust on a cock fighting ring. Evan lambert is live in ybor. Have the deputies caught the ring yet . Haley, not yet. They say its an investigation that could take weeks. Cruel and illegal cock fighting ring left behind. Dozens of dead chickens and some alive but aggressive and caged. Theres a lot were still in the process of counting them at this point. Deputies spent hours rang ling them. Wrangling them. It was well set up, it looked like it was going to be more of an in depth thing at that time. Its just we got there early. Reporter deputies say neighbors tiched them off but neighbors say they watched dozens of cars drive onto the property. On rival arrival, deputies observed do
Showers will be rolling into minnesota. Nothing severe and the lightning associated with it has fallen apart here as expected. Were in good shape as we widen out the view. Theres the boundary there with, again, just broken line of showers rolling in. These are moving about 40 to 50 miles per hour. What that means for you and me is by the time we get to the midday hour, we are not only rain free, well have temperatures in the low to middle 70s. First things first, we have rain. We have light showers but nevertheless, its enough to make you slow down a little, especially across the south. You were mentioning sarasota and manatee area. My map of the area shaded in green is where you might find wet roads. You can find bradenton a little south of that. Just use some caution if you elsewhere, across the bay area, were in good shape. Here is a live look outside at 22nd avenue north. Not many cars out there on the road pushing 70 right now from bridge to bridge. And a check of the drive across