earlier. let's go to that. car parts are everywhere. as i have been standing out here, i have been hearing wails of people, relatives of people killed in this this. just moments ago, we heard from people on the other side of the crash area, screaming, obviously being notified that perhaps some of their loved ones had been killed. mlk is closed right now in both directions. early reports are that at least one car was on fire, that some of the original responding emergency crews, firefighters and deputies from the hillsborough county sheriff's office had to go in and try to rescue people. we're back out here live. you can see the scene here, just terrible. there are cars in the middle of the road. bumpers lying in the road. smashed glass. that white car right there. you can see it's incinerated. obviously unsurvivable. four people dead out here. hillsborough county and we will get more information as it becomes available. >> thank you. fire rips through a home in sarasota. killing two people inside there and sending another to the hospital. the house went up in flames in mere minutes. several neighbors believe if the house was not so full of clutter, the victims may have stood a better chance at survival. paul, firefighters really had a lot going against them and tonight, as you take a look at house. there are still a whole lot of unanswered questions. most importantly, what sparked a deadly flames that caused this terrible tragedy. >> it's very sad to hear what happened with them. >> reporter: a neighborhood in shock. two neighbors dead. their son in the hospital. and their house here on sugar lane, a total loss. >> i pray for them. i feel sorry. sad situation. >> a sad situation for neighbors who say, the family, very often. >> they were very quiet. just stayed to themselves. they had health issues. >> many arrived home to see the tragedy unfolding. >> pulling into see this is quite a reality shock. >> the fire chief said the house went up in flames in mere minutes. when they first arrived, they had no idea anyone was inside. but when they found the son, they had to knock down a wall so they could save him. >> i'm being told the victim difficult time getting him out of the structure. >> reporter: neighbors say the family may never have stood a chance. that the home may have been a fire hazard. >> overly cluttered i would say. >> piles of stuff? >> yeah. they may have had a hard time maneuvering about in the their home. there could have been more of a fire hazard already. >> neighbors wonder, could this have been prevented? >> very sad to hear what happened. their family. >> reporter: so what could have sparked this fire? several neighbors say the power went off. the power line was knocked to the ground. a transformer blew, and one neighbor right next door said his surge protector blue up. >> and that's because there was a utility crew in the area working that morning. i guess that's why all of these things were starting to happen. the investigation continuing. thank you. new tonight, guilty. after less than two deliberations, a polk county jury found rapper kevin gates guilty of battery. he was caught on this video kicking a female guest in the chest. jen joins us live from outside of that club in lakeland. what's the reaction there tonight? >> reporter: well, we're far away from the club for good reason. no one here wanted to talk on camera. and we were very politely asked to leave. the vicinity of the club. video. this video showing rapper kevin gaits kicking a fan when he is reaches for his leg. he and his attorney claimed self-defense. but the jury of six women, didn't buy it. >> we the jury find as follows. the defendant is guilty of battery as charged in the information. so we say this 26th day of october. >> reporter: the trial itself lasted only one women serving on that jury. gates is now going to have to pay court costs and fines as well. and keep in mind, he was a convict felon before this trial. jen? >> jen, hollway live. thank you, jen. and according to police the 1-year-old shot in one leg and there the other while he sat on a bed. another 17-year-old was holding the gun at the time. mother. the case is under investigation. hill rhodehillary clinton on the campaign in tampa today. she spent her 69th birthday on a crowd of about 4500 supporters. clinton is in a battle for florida. a florida atlantic university poll shows she's now only three points ahead of donald trump. a bloomburg poll shows trump now in the lead by 2 points. 45 clinton did her best encouraging florida voters to stand with her. >> he says not paying taxes makes him smart. i don't know how smart you have to be to lose $1 billion in one year. >> reporter: clinton's running mate will be holding another rally in tampa by a later on this week. donald trump was on the campaign trail for a few hours. opening in his new dc hotel. a lot of media there to see hotel. trump's comments on immigration during the campaign caused two chefs to quit. still, he made the case, this project was an example of what he could do for america. >> my job is to look at undeveloped spaces and imagine what they could be. these are spaces that have no hope. have no future. but you need imagination and you need the ability to get them done. >> trump finishedup carolina. and as we get closer to election day, you'll want to keep an eye on our election day 2016 coverage. you can find all of the early voting location and whether they're open. go to wfla.com and click on the news tab and hit politics. an update now to a story we brought you last night. on a voter fraud concern in hillsborough county. a voter turned to 8 on your side after the state mailed a registration card and a but the woman on the card, with his address is someone he doesn't know. today the hillsborough county supervisor of elections told us they fixed that issue telling ugh was a clerical error. in order to vote, you have to present not just that voter card, but a photo and signature id. well, a gimpy foot and a surveillance video puts an end to a they arrested the guy. jose m a, faa i, a. also seen dropping one of the motors on his foot twice. deputies say his foot was still in bad shape what he was caught. we have some new information out tonight that names i-4 as the most dangerous interstate in america. the marketing firm every quote looked at interstate fatalities from tampa to orlando, ranks number one. other florida highways that made the top 10 are i-59 and i- 10. data found that florida drivers use their phone nearly one and halftimes each trip. florida also ranks seventh worst in the nation for phone use while driving. investigators in australia trying to figure out what caused a major ride to malfunction. four adults river rapids ride. one flipped over, throwing two victims off and trapping four people beneat it. two children survived. dream world is closed indefinitely. and today, bush gardens opened their congo rapids ride. the park close the ride out of an abundance of caution. since it is similar to the one in australia. we also learned the rides were not manufactured by the same company. so it's back open. old calls 911 on his passed out father. >> 8 on your side looks into the dangerous trend. >> plus, an unwanted visitor creeping around a florida neighborhood. how neighbors figured out exactly what was lurking in their backyards. >> temperatures warmer today. a bit of sunshine. definitely bringing back the humidity. although the weather conditions are still pretty pleasant. we'll see if there's any when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. that's up to you. had couldn't get his dad to wake up so a scared 10-year-old boy called 911 and searched a parking lot for an adult. it's not first time he's tan god with the law behind the wheel. >> reporter: tuesday evening in this parking lot, deputies say 39-year-old john porgagsl, sky slept in his car. high on something. and his scared 10-year-old son. his long rap sheet shows numerous arrests and convictions for dozen of traffic offenses. he has mug shots on file that date back to 2009. >> that kid. he's going to have to carry this the rest of his life. >> repor mobile home park say he lives with his mother in this single wide. this man, asked we not show his face and alter his voice because he fears retaliation. >> i think that's pretty sad. definitely neglect. i mean what that child is going through. seeing his father like that. on drugs or whatever, that is very shameful. >> reporter: this case isn't isolated. this mother passed out in her car. and an ohio couple passed out with a 4-year-old in the car. and now similar case here in the bay area. >> and what's going to happen to the kid? what kind of environment does he grow up in? if you grow up in a weed patch, you're going to be a weed. >> reporter: news channel 8. >> that so-year-old boy is now -- 10-year-old boy is now with a real ty. he had no idea where he was but fortunately, in this case he's a little older and was able call for help. two powerful earthquakes rock central italy. the cake caused damage to some historic buildings there. this quake was also felt as far away as the plaza in roam. it's the second round to hit the area within two months. the last killed 300 people in that region. and for the second time this week, a tourist tried and failed to bring a loaded gun bailey turner was in a bag check line when an employee found the gun in her backpack. her license for that gun had expired and that profited her arrest. -- prompted her arrest. and we're learning more details about the death of marlins pitcher and local high school star jose fernandez. a report from the wildlife commission says the medical examiner detect and strong odor of alcohol coming from the bodies of fernandez and in fernandez's boat and 35:00 a.m. before crashing into a jetty. the largest autorecall of all time is now even bigger. toyota recalling another 5.8 million vehicles because of takata's exploding air bags. the faulty air bags were already linked to at least 11 deaths in the u.s. residents in a panhandle neighborhood were surprised to lurking around. a giant black bear. for several weeks now, the bear was spotted searching for food at night. one neighbor set up a surveillance camera. local police and fwc will be hosting a meeting. so residents are bear aware. in the meantime, residents are on edge. >> now, max defender 8, the world's most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast. 8hd. look at this massive gator. spotted on the buffalo creek golf course. we caught him sunbathing for a little bit. eventually he have got a little warm. and maybe hide from the helicopter as well. not much precipitation on max defender 8. been a very dry day. clear, conditions around the region. although we have been developing low level moisture. humidity you can certainly feel in the atmosphere. more of an earl flow and that'll keep our moisture fairly high. 68 degrees with a north wind at 3 miles per hour. you can see 81% relative humidity at the moment and again, the temperatures have been fairly pleasant. after that sun goes down. and it does go down earlier. we're seeing the temperatures drop a little bit more. 89 our record, 199 1991. so these temperatures are fairly warm given this time year. gorgeous shot from carl randall. hashtagged us there. and danny cook got kind of screwy looking clouds here. this is out of the clear water beach. high clouds. probably a bit of a wave pattern. mostly clear conditions at that location. 79 degrees at noon. 85 degrees at 4:00 p.m. extra clouds and warm conditions for us. 74 degrees l a, rgo. i mentioned, largely because of higher humidity. largely because we're seeing a stronger earl flow. at the high levels of the atmosphere. that's where these clouds are streaking in from the west. at the lower levels, that is generating a few showers across south florida for tonight. places likekey largo. and a few showers continue to roll off here to the west. on the rpm forecast, computer model. a few clouds don't roll. that'll be in florida and they're lifting to the north. and we might see in the afternoon, a few extra clouds for us. so we'll look at that in the sky. but the rain chances are really 10% or less. probably more on the or less part. because the shower chances -- just are not that great. nothing to really trigger the shower activity. and there's a lot of stability in the atmosphere overall. but earl flow is definitely in place for friday afternoon. a mix of sunshine and clouds. the humidity will be relatively high. but generally lower rain chances. 68 degrees. that's our forecast low. 85 degrees in the afternoon. a few extra clouds and barack obama normal temperatures. with an overall earl flow. that at times today, certainly we could call that breezy. 85 as well for saturday. sunshine and clouds. but note that rain chance, we were talking about that less than 10% chance, we're going to not much chance at all. the best chance, if any, for a few drops will be across the southern portion of the of course, we want nice weather for that. trick or treaters, and there was the moral of the story, don't dress your kid like warm clothing like eskimo or bear costume. something more tropical. miranda perhaps. with the fruit. >> you can google that. >> there's a lot of people who know who that is. the cubs even up the world own. >> and bucs head coach faces one of his coaching mentors. find out how the radars head coach helped him learn about the nfl. and remember, this year's heart walk is coming up in november. but now is the time to join stacy's team. you can go to wfla.com slash i fought the taliban. i was asked to form a global coalition to counter isil. when someone makes the comment that they know more about the islamic state or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses to the united states and to the american people. and i believe she understands how to wield american power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. i'm hillary clinton buoy -- boy, game two of the world series was opposite of game 1. the chicago cubs had the almost unhitble guy on the mound. and the indians, so smooth on tuesday. finally hit a rough patch. something they have really avoided almost this entire post season. cleveland. rain threatening. they got this game in. there's a lot of rain coming tonight. trevor bowerrer. bower. a night he would rather forget. he only allowed 2 runs. but they were costly. anthony rizzo drives in a run in the first. and kyle sharber. one of the developing stories in the series. back from knee injury. all season long. drives in a run there. the indians did not get a hit until the needless to say, this was all cubbies. we are now tied at 1. >> some encouraging news. buc's defensive end iowaers and -- seen getting after it at practice. the official injury says both players with were limited. the onlying a itive player that did the no -- only active play they are did not practice was doug martin. for all of the stories about buc's head coach and defensive coordinator hitting jacksonville jag ware days, -- jaguar day, the del ri o, and smith, they sprouted from the baltimore ravens tree. and left and an impression on cutter. cutter's offensive mind bolsters del is rio's jags. but there's more to coaching up and down when cutter shakes his hand on sunday, there's an implied thank you for all of years. >> the thing i learned from him was about, you've got to get the players to the game as healthy as you can. and i never played in the nfl. not even close to being good enough. when you play football in high school, or whatever, you go out there and you play as hard as you can every day. but in the nfl, you can't do that. these guys -- their bodies couldn't hold up. and i thought jack really did a great job of, you know, without unquote taking care of the players. running backs ever in hillsborough county. announce and verbal commitment to guess who? the florida gators. judgment high's malik davis just broke the counties all time rushing record. all of the recruiting experts around the country had him pegged for the tarheels. so what do we know. >> is this early? >> it's a verbal commitment. he can still change his mind. before for him, a lot of players, they want to get it they're getting ready to start the playoffs. finish up school and get going. >> it's on tape now. >> thank you very much. we want to take you t hillsborough county. four people killed. this is peter on the scene. >> reporter: we're right in front of everest university. that this is at coconut drive. this is mlk. they are four people dead. three cared involved and at least one of them caught fire. we understand that there was some troopers out here. and some folks from the hillsborough county sheriff's office and the fire department that had to try and rescue some of the people out of car. unconfirmed reports now that there is debris all over the place. and there is an engine, a motor out in the median. there are three cars involved. there's the white minivan, what looks like a volkswagon. and way over on the other side of the road, there's a car near development there that is right that and we believe there are victims from that as well. right now not much going on right now. there eventually and probably going to have map out exactly how this happened and all we know there are four victims. we don't know how it all went down. >> a lot of force on the impact for sure. lives in hillsborough county. we'll have an update tomorrow morning starting a the 4:30. >> such an unfortunate situation. in the morning -- temperatures a little bit warm. humidity come back a little bit. but still pleasant. afternoon hours. but overall, not bad for this time of year. we'll top out at 85 degrees. afternoons a bit warm. >> thank you. >> and thank you for joining us. >> jimmy fallons fallon is coming your way next. >> our next newscast at 4:30 a.m. have a great night. i moved on her like a [bleep]. you can do anything. grab them by the [bleep] no we don't. marco rubio stands by trump and failed to show up for florida. here's what i believe in. bringing people together and reaching across the aisle to get things done. protecting social security. and building an economy that works for all of us. i'm patrick murphy and i approved this message because i'll be a senator who always works for you. 15 billion for 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