Marco rubio. The only one to state in the race against the former president ial hopeful. And Patrick Murphy from jupiter, according to the the wall street journal hes getting money from a superpac. Congressman Allen Grayson is further left and represents the orlando area. Hays campaign tarnished by his exwifes domestic violence. Pam keith from miami is a lane attorney and former naval officer. Another race to watch. House district 13. David jolley was running for the senate but changed his mind before the filing deadline. Challenged by mark bircher who endorsed donald trump. Get more on abcactionnews. Com, our mobile analyzing key races all night. The coast guard making a move in anticipation of tropical depression 9 that will bring Gale Force Winds to our area. Right now the ports are open to all commercial traffic but large ships are urged to leave before the storm arrives. The coast guard will set the port condition to yankee if it looks like the storm will strike in 24 hours. At th
Right now on news channel 8 at 6 00. An unpleasant surprise for two Home Invasion suspects, how the victim made sure those crooks wont be bothering anyone any time soon. Good evening, everyone. Im rod carter. Thanks so much for joining us tonight. Well begin with the expected to drench Pinellas County this week. Residents arent taking any chances. People traveled to the Community Park in st. Petersburg with their shovels and filled sand backs for free. This started at noon and about an hour later 150 bags had already been given out. We spoke with a man that says its better to be safe than sorry. I think its important just for peace of mind. Even if the weather doesnt hit, i still got a couple bags. A bit and i think its important to allow communities to prepare themselves. Sandbags will be available again tomorrow in st. Petersburg from 9 a. M. Until 5 p. M. The sandbags are limited to 20 bags per person. Just how much rain are we talking about . Lets go straight to storm team 8 meteor
Right now on news channel 8 at 6. Good evening im ron carter. Thanks so much for joining us. An Emergency Landing in st. Petersburg happened this afternoon. That plane is damaged but the pilot and passenger did walk away. Live there for us and chip, this pilot is actually a young man flying a very old plane . You are exactly right and first let me show you whats happening right now. Crews are here working to remove the wings from that plane to get it on a tow truck and get it out here. St. Petersburg police tell us the teenage pilot, 18 years old, was flying from lakeland to Manatee County and started having a mechanical issue. He was trying to make it to the airport but he knew he couldnt. The plane a 1939 taylor craft clipped an oak tree on a golf the pilot and passenger walked away and told the residents what happened. A number of years people have said its happened again. So when you heard what happened what was your reaction . I dont know my neighbor called and told me about it an
The power to do. And as the country turns to mailin voting in response to the coronavirus pandemic, trumps year long assault on the Postal Service is appearing to slow down the agency ahead of an election that right now according to every poll he is projected to lose. Joining me now is former United States attorney general eric holder. Thank you very much for being here this morning. Well, thanks for having me. Good to see you. So i want to play some sound from a hearing that your one of your successors participated in on the hill this past week. Lets listen to that and ill ask you a question on the other side. Do you believe as the attorney general of the United States that mailin voting will lead to massive voter fraud . I think theres a high risk that it will. I just state i think what is a reality which is if you have wholesale mailin voting it substantially increases the risk of fraud. So former attorney general eric holder, do you believe as a former attorney general of the Unite
Trumps niece. Im talking too freely, but you know, the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, holy [ bleep ]. But hes appealing to the base what theyre doing to the kids at the border. Maryanne trump also said about her brother, all he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. And his base, i mean, my god, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this. How do democrats counterprogram the rnc . Joining me now is chief of staff to Vice President nominee Kamala Harris, Senior Adviser to the Biden Campaign and author of moving forward. It is great to see you, especially in this new role. Welcome. Thank you so much, jonathan. So good to see you as well. Thanks for having me. Thank you. So as i ask the question, how are you going to counterprogram the rnc . Are you going to do that . Usually, you know, the campaign of the other side stays dark while the other one has its convention. Well, first, let me just step back to last t