contain 215 million gallons of radioactive water. water swallowed by a sink hole at a phosphate plant. 8 on your side reporter steve andrews exposed it all last night. tonight, steve has your update. >> reporter: the sink hole beneath this gypsum stack opened august 27. it sucked 215 million gallons of radioactive water into the aqfe how deep was this go? no one knows for sure. the immediate concern. >> threat to the public. >> there is no threat to the public. >> reporter: the water was in a containment pool. it was used to produce fertilizer. the mission, contain contaminated water on mosaic's new plant. stop it from spreading to the wells of neighbors like jen. >> i am not too concerned now. i have been here long enough to was designed to capture the plume. >> it is starting to detect traces. >> reporter: what's the plan to fix the hole? do what they did in 1994 and again in 2004 when sink holes opened on this property. inject a stabilizing cement or grout. fill the hole. the florida department of environmental protection is the lead government agency monitoring this incident. dep points out mosaic notified all the agencies but none of the agencies, the county commissioners for the dep bothered to notify the public. some wonder how they can possibly capture all the contaminants now in the aquifer. david says the recovery process will take years. >> if i start to see a difference in my water then i will become concerned. >> reporter: steve andrews, newschannel8. well, trying to make marijuana wax in your home is really a bad idea and here's searching for the man who blew up his own home trying to make the concoction. it happened in port richey september 3. steven brown rescued his drugs from the burning building but left his crated dogs to die in the fire. a one-year-old was also inside the home. but escaped injury. brown now faces a dozen charges and he should be considered armed and dangerous. tonight, tampa police think they know who fired the stray bullet killing a grandmother in june. they have charged 19-year-old tyre degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. it traveled 90 feet across columbus drive hitting marie contreras in the backseat of a car. three former wal-mart employees are facing serious charges over the death of an accused shoplifter because of an incident happening in lakeland in july. jeff patterson has video of the incident tonight. video shows 64-year-old kenneth wisham in the store putting items in his coat. he is confronted by wal-mart employees at the door. the manager tells police she and other employed tried to stop wisham from leaving. when he ran, they chased him. nunez told police she knocked the 64-year-old over as he ran. >> the guy, he was fighting. he was not stopping. he wasn't quitting. >> reporter: she even admitted to police, she knows is against store policy. >> if they run, we are supposed to let them go. >> reporter: asset protection manager randy held wisham down. he is a 21 year wal-mart employee and sayings he was only trying to protect his coworker. >> he was swinging pretty freely at her and fighting with her. i said well, i don't want her to get hurt. i need to get up there as quick as i can. >> reporter: the former wal- mart employees now face manslaughter charges in this well, some students at dunedin high school plan to use the democratic process to change a policy they say is preventing them from flying the american flag. jamel lanee shows us how they are fighting for freedom of expression. >> reporter: dunedin high school students say they are flying the american flag out of protest. >> today, we set up this to try and stand up for ourselves as we can fly our flags. >> reporter: students say they were told they had to take the flag down school principal kyle johnson said he never told them not to fly the flag. he says the school's policy says any loose items on cars or truck beds are safety hazards. anything on a vehicle must be secured. >> we never confiscated any flags. the flags were stuck in the back of the pickup trucks loose. we wanted to make sure no loose items could be picked up, swung around, hit somebody by students a chance to write a new policy. >> in our proposal, we talked about how the recognized national flags are allowed in school truck beds as long as they are secured properly so it is not a safety has. >> safety hazards. >> reporter: in dunedin, jamel lanee, newschannel8: getting through life without a car is a struggle but tonight, two homeless families are giving thanks for their new rides. workers at restored two new cars for the family promise to present the vehicles to a couple of deserving families. one of the recipients, yvette brown. >> right now, i am so happy. like ... what i went through before i actually had a car that a friend was loaning me and it broke down, the tires kept popping. we didn't know what was wrong. and i was spending money on uber. and, taxis. so, this is a blessing. children. so you can better believe her new car is going to be packed full of kids but she says it will be a lot easier than fitting them into an uber car. something in the water today over on the east coast of florida. look closely. now, this is kind of a strange sight. you may have never seen it before. it is a massive, massive school of mullet. possibly a million mullet. they were swimming off the coast of palm beach shores. it is what you call a larger predators in the water like tarpon and sharks. mm, mm, mm. makes me want some smoked mullet right now. >> they had good eating today. it is an incredible view to see that from the helicopter. >> do you fish? >> i don't. but i love wildlife and things like that. >> i'm taking you fishing steve. >> you fish offshore? >> yes. love it. you better believe it. >> man. all right. >> how about the weather? >> oh yeah, the weather. the harvest moon is tonight. that is the last full moon of summertime. and fall actually begins next week. thursday, at 10:21. so enjoy this. if you can see it. eventually overnight, potentially you will. a few storms still possible this evening. a big concern for the friday night blitz going on. at halftime, 81 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. certainly very high humidity. but keep in mind, if you see a shower it will help to lower the temperature. there are a few scattered showers remaining out there at you can see across the central part of hernando county west of brooksville pushing slowly to the southwest. eastern sections and southeast parts of hernando county as well. moving into the northern part of pasco county. and also, the southern parts of polk county. around fort meade and interior sections of manatee seen a few showers and also, southeast parts of hillsborough. also north port in storms too. we will talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. >> a sarasota restaurant owner wanted to make his political opinions known so he put it on a sign. >> today on better call behnken, i have heard your requests for updates to some of our most popular stories. so i'm czeching in on three >> sarasota restaurant made a public political statement sirring up controversy. he placed a message on his marquee outside expressing his view on politics and guns. as john rogers shows us tonight, not everybody is a fan of the message. >> reporter: bill davis, the owner of barnacle bill's is not shy in sharing his opinion. and this week, he was fed up. >> you can put half of trump supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. >> reporter: after hearing hillary clinton say this, he >> reporter: it reads nra member, concealed carry okay. not a deplorable. vote trump. >> i usually sit on the fence being in public business, but i just got to a point where i couldn't do it. i had to make a statement. >> reporter: in less than 48 hours, he heard from thousands of people both here and around the country. >> i think it is insulting. i think that it show it is mentality that we are >> he put his business on the line. >> reporter: davis is not trying to alienate anybody. >> i welcome anybody. and they don't have to think the way i do. i respect everybody's opinion. >> reporter: davis plans to keep the sign up until after the election. reporting in sarasota, john rogers, newschannel8. now keep in mind, davis has also received a surge of new customers. most of them trump supporters who say they are very proud of the message that he is sharing. well guess what? the new iphone is on sale right piece was so very important that the headphone jack had to go through. also keep in mind this year's heart walk is coming up in november, but right now, join us and join stacie schaible and the team that will all be walking for. fuccillo kia is generously matching the first $50,000 that we raise as a team. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... >> on wall street, the dow was up. the s&p dropped. the nasdaq was down five points,. ge has a warning for you tonight about a warning on a very popular they are recalling 222,000 top loading washers. all due to a risk of fire. electric components in the machines can burn and catch on fire. 71 times this year, it has happened. three models are affected. they were sold between 2003 and 2011. if you have one of those, unplug it now. contact ge for a free repair. and the iphone 7. certainly a big talker right now. it is officially on sale and all around the world just to be the first to get one. a few customers got an added bonus as well. a selfie with apple ceo tim cook. he showed up at the palo alto store. he is pocketing a lot of money from this as well. despite the crowd, analysts expect sales for the iphone 7 will be slower than in years past. and now that the phones are in the hands of peop people who have the phones are now tearing them apart. the techs at i fix it are always among the first to take a look under the hood. and today, they revealed the inner workings of the iphone 7 plus including its dual cameras. they discovered what took the place of the headphone jack. it is a piece of plastic which mashable.com reports is a vent to equalize pressure allowing huh. there you go. well, another gadget making its debuts in stores today will make pokimon chasers very happy. the pokimon go plus went for sale. it allows you to catch pokimon and cash in on poke stops without removing the phone from your pocket. well, catching pokimon can be very distracting of course. and a new study is proving it. researchers from sandi a ten day period and found 4,000 that use the words pokimon drive or car. a third of those tweets revealed a distracted driver, passenger, or pedestrian. 18% suggested that someone was playing while they were actually driving. 4% were from pedestrians themselves saying they were nearly hit by a car. if you have been cheated, when you need help, she's on >> well, each and every day investigator shannon behnken helps viewers cut through all the red tape that is out there and sometimes, the solutions they happen pretty fast. but sometimes it is quite the process. and shannon stays on each and every story. tonight, she is giving us an update on her most talked about stories. >> reporter: first up, this sarasota lake was so green, you could hardly tell where the grass stopped and the water began. residents who live along lake crane and even the call the water home dealt with this mess for months before turning to me for help. within 24 hours of my call from this not so scenic lake, officials did what they should have done already. these photos show crews spraying for the very aggressive duck weed. and here is what the lake looks like today. it is clearing. next, pinellas county officials called this abandoned home one county. they say it is in such bad shape it need to be torn down. even so, they can't get bank of america to say yes to bringing out the bulldozer. the house looked like this during my first visit. then, recent storms ripped off part of the top exposing rafters. code enforcement inspected the damage this week and say it is still not bad enough to tear down without the bank's blessing. so, i have sent more e-mails asking the bank what is taking so l this is the remnants of my life. >> reporter: this largo woman is tired of living in this house after it was flooded with three inches of raw sewage. the stink was caused by city officials testing the water main. but, 36 days later, the city stopped paying the homeowner's hotel bill forcing them to move back. and just light fragrant candles so they can breathe easier. ubiqued county officials this a settlement offer. the city had already paid to clean up the sewage and is now ready to agree on a price to put this home back together. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. well, the peak of fall colors quickly approaching in colorado. the aspens are already turning to gold at some high mountain passes. and, the rest of the state will follow soon. one professional photographer predicts the peak is just about three to you know what it looks like when it just covers the mountains. absolutely stunning. this time of year, beautiful. fall for us is a bit different here in florida. our cool air comes a little later. plantation crystal river, mostly cloudy skies here at the moment. a beautiful view as always. 7:00 a.m., 77 degrees. quiet on the muggy side. still a 40% chance of developing showers and thunderstorms in tomorrow's forecast. 84 degrees rite now in temple terrace. pinellas park. 88 degrees in lakeland. temperature ins the 70s . a little cooler where rain has fallen. back to the west, you can see drier air working its way into julia. tropical storm, that, and strong wind sheer coming in from the west, northwest helping to sheer the storm so it is really not a factor. but it is out there. you can see a few showers moving across the state. converging showers for the west coast of florida and those down to the south. that is where the rain activity is currently located. we showed you radar a excuse me of tropical storm julia forecast track will continue to spin out in this area. the nice thing, the drier air ton western side has taken a lot of the heavy precipitation potential out of the system. but it is still spinning away out there as we can see on the visible satellite picture earlier. and minimal effects on the state of florida. this one we will watch more closely over the long term. tropical storm carpal. the latest position you can see wednesday at 2:00 p.m. potentially strengthening into a category 1 hurricane. watch. it is so far away. the bucs are in phoenix to play the cardinals. 100 degrees outside that gorgeous air-conditioned stadium. very nice weather conditions inside. as nor the forecast here, the rest of the period, we did have a bit of a sea breeze for the west, but the easterly flow has been in place. eye tote start the day. a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms favoring south of the bay. pinellas county, hillsborough, around south of that location. 40% rain chance for rd the atmosphere a bit. monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures stay warm near 90 degrees. and we turn into fall, we don't see the beautiful leaves like out in colorado. >> two words i love to hear together. fall colors. >> and the pictures we get are stunning. >> keep them coming please. >> absolutely. at least it will make us feel cooler. maybe in our minds. thank you. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be 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in the specific place they are at. and to be safe. of course. so my goodness. some crazy news there. >> we will have more coming up at 8:00. >> we will. donald trump, was it planned a new trump fan backstage. >> now on extra. did i mess your hair up? >> donald trump's worst hair ever. the story behind the late night moment going viral today and what you didn't see after it all went down. then bill o'reilly's spin on trump's visit to oz. >> i was thought he was visiting the wizard. >> aj as the cable news king another and his own feature at fox news. >> i'd love your job. >> a major shocker in the body christina brown. find responsible for her drowning death. >> amiley cyrus's big announcement. >> and jimmy kimmel opening his playbook. >> that is like a jlo show for me. >> and we're getting her ultimate fashion secret. >> a trend or style you won't stuff. >> and new video. why kim kardashian is getting a spray tan in the middle of the night. >> tan you guy. >> now on "extra," the entertainment capital of l.a. from universal studios hollywood. >> did miley cyrus just confirm he's engaged. and from the unray olt the emmy read carpet. zbru first jimmy fallon's hair raise i donald laughed it off on tv but. >> it is the moment everyone is still talking about today. three second of tv history with now "extra" about what you didn't know about the donald's wild night. the gone viral moment on trumps after trump revealed to mario. >> biggest pet peeve? >> maybe combing my hair. make it just right. >> the big skit at the end of the, a nervous fallon first asking, i there is something we could do that is just not presidential really. >> like what? i'm not liking the sound of this. >> before going going where few had gone before. >> today extra learning photographers were banned from taking photos of the gop candidate after taping.