deputies faced a frightening choice: shoot a man or be choked by him. the confrontation followed a series of car crashes. >> heard a lot of noise. coming from hernando county. >> reporter: hernando cup spoke with 30 year old ronald robbibaro before he crashed into a front yard, but they let him go. he stole ripped through a fence and -- >> he says this truck is weaving on both sides of the lane. >> reporter: the detention sergeant follows but the truck stops and backs up over the deputy's car. >> the coca-cola truck hits the front corner panel of the f- 150. >> reporter: sheriff chris been arrested several times before, once for resisting arrest. a night that started at a hernando county strip club ended with murder at a hotel. kayla collins met her victim jeffrey lott saturday night. they headed to the holiday inn express where they say she shot him several times. then they say she took his truck and on monday, many county health departments will begin offering free zika testing for pregnant women but will there be enough to go around? the department of health has been scrambling to get enough resources ready. >> i just get very nervous and worried about things, you know. because i got a lot going on with the zika virus, it's like oh, my goodness. >> the health department in polk and pinellas counties expects to be able to start the testing monday. there are now 16 non-travel- related zika cases in florida, all of them in miami dade county. an overloaded extension cord started a fire at a mosque in tampa. in this know a refrigerator was plugged into an extension cord that couldn't handle the load. they are looking into any possible connection with yesterday's small fire. the staff at busch gardens has seen an outpouring of support following -- a man is charged with injuring pinky, the bird, so bad earlier this week, the bird had to be put down. pinky's caretakers who are still grieving. a usf student injured in a car accident in cuba more than a year ago is set to graduate saturday. as rod carter shows us, it took a long fight for her to recover and get back home. >> reporter: barbara jimenez traveled to cuba last year and on day 1 got into a major car accident. she and what's worse, her health insurance lapsed and she didn't have money to get back home. >> i'm doing the walk, everything, homecoming queen wave. >> reporter: now she's laughing and enjoying life. she is graduating from usf and despite what she's been through, only one semester later than what she planned. >> some of my doctors were telling me take more time off, i'm like, no, it's three classes i'm not going to take another year of doing nothing. >> reporter: now that she's home, healed and happy, she's ready for the next chapter in her life. the opening ceremony begins in just about 30 minutes. it promises to be a spectacular night in rio. some people in the bay area are already gathering to see the show. i am so excited about these opening ce are too. >> reporter: well, you're not the only one excited. everybody is getting into the olympic spirit. we're here at game time in ybor city. the tvs are already turned to us here at news channel 8. people are ready to see the olympic opening ceremony. they're having a watch party here tonight. pre-kickoff party starting right now. this is the big attraction. come over here. brought in specifically for the rio 2016 olympics. people are over here getting ready to play this game. so i played it. it was pretty breath taking. pretty fun. but they've had this game for three weeks and it's been telling me the line has been so long to play this game. there are all different types of games on here and it goes from mario and sonic. you can choose your characters. it's a everybody's getting into the olympic spirit. we will be here when the watch party kicks off. >> i'm so excited, i can't wait. you know who else is excited? this guy. >> absolutely. >> we're going have our own watch party here at the news center. >> because we're going a little late tonight. the pageantry. i love pageantry. >> can you say it one more time? >> pageantry. >> i like today every time. the fireworks display? two weeks ahead of that stuff. look forward to it and go usa. 1.91 inches in august of rain so far. and in terms of how that compares to the average, almost an inch above normal. this is tampa international airport. it doesn't represent the whole area. it is just a snapshot of what we've seen in some areas. other areas much drier than that. some more. you can see across th sections of the area, quiet. interior has quieted as well. this is the nature of the west and southwesterly flow. they drift inland as the day progresses. that's the view right now. 82 degrees. 74 degree dewpoint. that's very summer like with a west wind at 3 miles per hour. temperatures have actually been held down. we have upper 70s right now for shower chances are low. we'll have more on that weekend forecast coming up. still ahead -- >> plenty to do and see here at tampa bay comic con 2016. coming up, a sneak preview. thousands of villains and superheroes are descending on downtown tampa for the annual comic con event. every year the convention draws tens of thousands of people to the area. chip joins us live. it's been pretty busy there today, hasn't it? >> reporter: the vendor area shut down about an hour ago, but you can still see there are quite a few people milling around, taking pictures and earlier this place was absolutely packed and one of the event organizers told me this is actually the slowest day. last year, comic con did 50,000 -- this year she believes there may be close to 60,000. i think it's safe to say you don't have to be into it to be entertained by it. it attracts characters of all sorts. characters like bill gandolph. >> reporter: what's the most exciting for you? >> taking photographs with the people, with everybody. that's what i enjoy most. >> reporter: some come here to shop. this for $20, which is just -- it's about $60 worth of stuff. and this one will take you up to third level. >> reporter: some just for the experience. but is this just a convention for the nerdy types? and vendors like brandon believe the green you see exchanging hands is proof this is no longer an event for some. >> everybody is into comics. once they started putting real comic books on the big screen, that translated well to the customer base. that's been very good. >> reporter: and comic con is beginning today and runs through the weekend. shuts down at midnight tonight and back open tomorrow. tickets are not $30 for today, $30 for sunday. $40 admission for saturday. or there is a three-day option, $60 for the entire three days. >> it's just hard to put a price on all that good people watching. i'm telling you what. there are a lot of fun things to see. >> reporter: you know, you want to talk about people watching at the airport, people watching at the mall, this tops is all. >> excellent. chip live for us at comic con. it is the first ever olympics that you can experience in virtual reality. we'll explain what you need to get lost in the excitement. >> plus get ready to see more selfies on facebook. especially from your canadian friends. almost every time i go there i see something that reminds me of why i like to shop there. i'll see someone else smiling and walking away happy, and i know that they just got the same great service i always get. i've been shopping at publix well over 20 years now... i always walk away happy. there is always someone who appears who can answer that question for you. and if they don't know the answer they will find someone who does. it's the little things like that, it makes such a huge difference. on wall street today, the dow gained 191 points. and the nasdaq climbed 54 points. today's rally was fueled by an encouraging job report. the economy added 255,000 jobs making it the 2nd straight month of strong gains it. wasn't enough to move the unemployment rate which remains at 9.4% nationwide. a lot of parents are dipping savings plan. new data shows nearly half of parents have made a withdrawal. some use the cash to pay for weddings, vacations and monthly bills. all right, so some people do not want pokemon appearing on their property and one cyber security property is finding way toes exterminate them. it alters the game's code to remove the pokemon and sends the suggestions to the game's makers. apple is joining other companies offering a bounty to hackers who find flaws in its software. a hacker could receive up to $200,000 for reporting a problem. and if you donate that montow charity, apple will match it. apple hopes it will discourage e details of the flaws to hackers. we're not going to see this new feature just yet in the u.s., but users in brazil and canada will receive the update. it makes facebook more like snapchat which also turns on the camera by default. facebook will also offer selfie faces before posting. google's homage to the olympic games is pretty fruity. we'll be seeing google doodles featuring fruit performing various olympic events. the fruits are playing out at a fruit stand -- this year you can watch the olympics or plunge into the middle of them reality. this is the first time the olympic games can be experienced in vr, but if you want to get lost in a virtual rio, you'll need samsung products like a galaxy phone and a gear vr head set. the goal is to make you feel like you're the one receiving the gold. >> and that's really brought the experience of what it's like to truly be at that event to a very large audience, to new and profound way. >> more than 100 hours of vr content will be available throughout the olympic games. subway is giving its logo an update. it tweaks the yellow and green colors to look more like the 1960s. this is the first change it's made in 15 years. tesla better watch out. it looks like the mercedes benz is ready big way. mercedes is getting ready to launch an entire line of electric vehicles including two electric suvs and two sedans. bloom berg cites anonymous sources that will give the subbrand an entirely new name. they hope to start selling the cars before the end of the decade. now we know amazon will bigger. they unveiled amazon 1, a boeing 767. its first ever branded airplane. the cargo jet will be used to support one and two-day package delivery throughout the u.s. the company plans to roll out 40 plains like this one over the next 40 years. if you don't watch the channels on your cable program, why should you pay the flex pack starts at $40 a month while some of the bigger bundles cost more than double that amount. if you've been cheated, when you need help, she's on your side. better call behnken. >> investigator shannon behnken is trying to help a largo family whose backyard fence has been hit two times by out of control cars. the home owners want a guard rail to protect their property the fence. >> had the fence not been there, they would have continued right through the house. >> reporter: amber davis came home from work last week to find destruction. >> i don't want my kids to get hurt. they play in the backyard. >> reporter: huge section of her fence was gone. a thief in a stolen 2013 toyota camry fleeing police took the curve way too fast, lost control and plowed through fence. seeing the damage was like dejudge view. this is the second car to slam through this fence. >> the first time i thought it was a fluke thing so i didn't do anything about it. but twice in 6 months, i think this could happen again and again and again. >> reporter: the family put up a temporary wood fence and think largo police should help fork over the $14,000 to buy damaged -- they should have something set up for that. it's innocent people that get their stuff destroyed and they don't do anything to help them. >> reporter: but that's not the case. largo pd calls the case a civil matter between the home owners and the crook. okay, but this looks like a good argument for a guard rail. i went to pinellas county officials to get answers but the spokes person wouldn't speak. can you come out for that cell phone call was after 45 minutes of waiting in the lobby. we've been waiting for quite a while. i was hoping to talk to you for a few minutes. i was told i would have to make do with a statement. i'm disappointed i'm over here sitting here and you can't give me 5 minutes. pinellas county officials say they have looked at this area before and thought everything was fine and safe, but after these accidents, they have shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >> pinellas county officials say this resident complained previously of safety concerns and they will reevaluate the situation and consider what they call mitigation strategies. if you have a problem, shannon certainly wants to hear about it. here's the number: 1-855- behnken. well, temperatures are much cooler thanks to the clouds and you can see the view there at connorton. at hula bay, 82 degrees with south winds at 6 miles per hour. 80 degrees with a southeast wind, almost a half inch of rain. not bad at all. at the very least, not as hot. 88 degrees for saturday, 86 for sunday. rain chances are fairly high and would favor pinellas county northward. but because of the westerly flow, we can see morning rain. a.m. the northern spots have a slightly better chance. 88 degrees at 4:00 p.m. temperatures in the 70s at this hour. even low 80s. we can thank the clouds and occasional showers for that. 81 lakeland. you can see most of the cloudy skies persist around the area. as we just showed you, most of the activity inland is drying up at this point. on the rpm forecast computer mo this activity to the north. with an area of low pressure farther to our north and sitting there for a while, it will probably stimulate the northern sections. inland areas not as much. the better chances -- especially earlier in the day would be pinellas north. saturday evening, same as tonight. temperatures held down a bit. you can see mostly cloudy skies in the forecast. in the low to mid-80s tomorrow. heavy rain possible and drifting inland. we have about a 60% chance for this day. the conference could be a little better. 50% rain chance saturday. 60% on sunday and same for monday. note the high temperatures are a little bit less hot. 90 degrees our average. and the next couple of days looks like we'll stay that way. we had 89 today, 88 yesterday. we're running a little cooler. not as intensely hot. that's nice too. >> i did think it was nice. write this down because i don't usually say that. >> you rarely say that. i wasn't going to bring up temperatures until november. >> i thought it was pretty peasant today. in florida, people are working hard, just to get by. but in washington - "republican senator marco rubio has the worst voting record in the u.s. senate." i'm proud to work with president obama. to protect social security and a woman's right to choose. and grow this economy so it works for all of us. i'm patrick murphy and i approve this message beach, why not bring the beach to your own front lawn? as it turns out, it's really a bad idea to cover your yard with sand. a missouri home owner is having this makeshift beach removed after fighting with the city and his neighbors for three years. he covered the lawn with 80 tons of sand. on the plus side, he didn't have to mow. on the down side, here's the problem: the sand clogged the storm drains and pretty much made scooped up and hauled off. >> he had an issue with the city -- >> seemed like a good idea at the time. so the olympics coming up next. and you just told me you're practically an plan. you hold a record at your college for the -- >> the high jump. >> reporter: the record are still stands? >> it's that good. or the team just isn't that good. >> 23. >> will we see you or any of your family in the olympics? >> no, not at all. >> opening ceremonies start in 7 seconds. >> the most dominant in olympic history. pure gold. the striking vista of copacabana beach on evening in rio de janiero, brazil. where tonight, a mixture of excitement, curiosity, controversy and concern, the games of the xxxi olympiad officially commence with an opening ceremony at storied maracana stadium, promising music, dancing and a spirit for revelry that endures a brazilian

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