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
Trump now in the lead. Trump beating clinton by two points. 4543. Supporters vowing to do their part. I have two other voters at home. I have to make sure they get out and vote. Reporter while clinton promoted her policy, she mixed in digs aimed at donald trump. He says not paying taxes makes him smart. Well i dont know how smart you have to be to lose a billion dollars in one year. Reporter clinton fighting back against a trump comeback in election problematic for everyone. If you are casting doubts, you want to keep people in suspense as to whether you will respect the outcome of an election, that is contrary to who we are as americans. Reporter and, when it comes to protester, we saw some of them outside at the gate of the event. There were 4500 people in attendance at this rally today. And it is already underway. And clinton knows that. She wants people to vote now. She doesnt want them waiting right . Reporter she says hey, something could happen on election day. You could stub yo
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
Survivor in the van. My biggest thing is i hope they didnt suffer. Because, the car did catch on fire. And there were children in the car. And theres no reason. There is no reason for that to happen. Reporter marinela and her children were inside the mini van when it burst into flames we church. We do question how it happened. You know. Why did it happen . Reporter according to eyewitnesses, the driver who slammed into the mini van was street racing. Investigators tell us 22year old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. But there is no evidence to prove he was racing. He and his passenger were both killed. We also pray for the families of the other people involved because they lost but it was something that could have been prevented. Reporter and tonight, that is the toughest part of all this. These five people died in one moment and so many lives have been affected by it. In addition to the teenage girl fighting for her life, her cousin was also in the car. And she just came out of s