And we begin with a news alert right now out of charlotte , North Carolina. For the second night in a row, the streets have been filled with violent protests. The governor of north state of emergency in the city. And the National Guard has been sent in. It started last night as a peaceful prayer vigil, but quickly got out of control with angry marches. One person in the crowd was . Shot and critically wounded by another civilian. Four Charlotte Police officers were also wounded by the protestors. All the injuries are considered minor. Officers in riot gear had to disperse the crowd with flash grenades and tear gas. Several Office Buildings and restaurants were also damaged and looted. Stems from the deadly shooting of a black man tuesday. Keith scott was killed by a . Black police officer. After police say he refuesed several orders to drop a gun. Scotts family claims he didnt have a gun. But a gun was found at the scene. And here in tampa. One officer just faced a very similar scary s
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
Im see you then, thank you, paul. Were hours away from the tevision event of the year. Hillary clinton and donald tmp willquar off in the first debate and who know was will happen. They will it is at hofstra and it will be 90 minutes. Can you watch it here. 75 Million Viewers with will tune inra c patrick is here, thats a lot of viewers what nobody knows thats what is driving the viewership. This may be the most watched because teats its the most unpredictable and coming at an interesting point in the race. Look at the real clear average of polls. Remember Hillary Clinton was up 6, 7 points last month. Right now we have a nail biter. And actually thats 1. 7 at 46 surely they will change depending on how they perform. Which donald trump will show up. The aggressorurng insupplements as he did during the debates or be calm and cool and more disciplined as he has been over the past three weeks. We do know that the trump team has developed, quote, psychological profile of Hillary Clinton to
United States Donald j. Trump. Reporter facing off for the first time. I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted. I made a mistake using a private email. Thats for sure. And if i had to do it again, i would obviously do it differently. Reporter Hillary Clinton and donald trump each on the attack dishing personal during the debate by saying more crazy things. It is nothing crazy about not letting our Companies Bring their money back into the countries. Donald, i know you live in your own reality, but that is not the facts. But you have no plan. Oh i do. Reporter and hitting each other on the issues from taxes. My tax cut is the biggest since ronald reagan. Your plans would add 5 trillion to the debt. Reporter to stop and frisk. The argument is that it is a form of racial profiling. Away from the people that have them and that are bad people that shouldnt have them. Stop and frisk was found to be unconstitutional. A
New this morning a bay area boater rescued by the coast guard. His boat started taking on the water. In the middle of the gulf. But thankfully. He had a working radio. The coast guard got the mayday call just before three yesterday afternoon. A man said his 20 foot boat was sinking, about ten miles off johns pass. A coast guard helicopter crew flew down from clearwater to help. This is video of the rescue just released by the coast guard. When they got to the boat they say the man was trying to get the water out, with the only thing he had a cup they lowered a dewatering pump. And a rescue swimmer. And helped him back to a dock. If the water on the boat rose just another . Half an inch. The battery would have flooded and the boat would have gone under. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is covering this story for us. And shell bring us a live update. Coming up in our next half hour. A lot of Unanswered Questions this morning. After a car hit a young girl on her way to school. The girl is recovering