The fsu Wellness Center on monday. Blisters on hands, and some students had blisters on their feet. And we normally see this in day care centers. Reporter after tuesday brought new cases, the university canceled fraternity and Sorority Rush events that night. I dont know if they expected it to be gone that night. But activity has resumed. Reporter most students we talked to were aware of the virus and what to do. Thats all i know. And they said to wash your hands . Just, use hand sanitizer. You can wipe it right away. Reporter the best advise is to clean, clean, clean with a bleach solution. There were no new cases wednesday, but thursday did bring another case. It is nothing that is life threatening. Reporter the university has asked that the outbreak could be in any way related to a hurricane hermine was hitting the capitol. Even if sewage wasnt the culprit, hurricane hermine probably was. We think the hurricane and no electricity led to this. In terms of humid hot conditions, cant do your laundry. Reporter there is no cure for hand foot and mouth disease except time which is between five and seven days. And, officials here stress this is really not something to really worry about. It produces a fever and a rash, but it is not life threatening. And, as they are telling students, wash your hands, use sanitizer and you can avoid getting it. Mike vasilinda reporting live for us tonightment thank you mike. Now, we want to bring you breaking news. Right now, eagle 8 hd is above i75 in hernando county. All southbound lanes are being crash, newschannel8s paul lamison is there. What are you seeing . Reporter actually jen, it is the northbound lanes. Good evening to you. There is at least a fourmile backup. What they are trying to do is because of the crash, they are keeping the cars back. These cars were stuck so they cannot get through, back at u. S. 98, that is where they are exiting the cars even back to state road 50 they are exiting the cars. And im trying to be careful because this is a fatal and the body is still out on the street so im trying to stay wide so i really cant show you the crash scene too much. But, you can see the cars are blocking i75 northbound. And, this is a six vehicle accident. So, there are six cars that are involved. And let me push around. Sorry about that. I have to try to watch what im shooting up here. But, anyway, a six vehicle crash, one fatality, the road is still closed northbound up here in hernando county. And it will be closed for the so, if you are headed this way, you need to avoid it. There is really no good way to get around it. But it is going to be backed up for a while. In eagle 8 hd, paul lamison, newschannel8. Thank you very much paul. We will check back with you again as this story develops and warrants. Florida senator marco rubio wants all commercial flights to and from cuba to stop immediately. He believes it puts the country at risk for terrorist attacks. Agreements will have an air marshal on board, but according revealed this week that cuba has not allowed air marshals aboard scheduled flights. And rubio says that is putting american lives at risk. Theoretically, some terrorists can travel from any country in the world into cuba and then try to come into the united states, common commandeer an aircraft. Senator rubio filed a bill cuba until an Adequate Security plan is in place. They have approved daily flights from tampa and havana. Southwest anticipates booking flights before tend of the year. More breaking news to tell you about right now. The u. S. Consumer safety at city announced a massive recall of Samsung Galaxy note 7 phones. Customers are urged to act right now because of alarming reports of phones bursting into flames. You can go to samsung. Com and either enter the code on the back your phone is a part of the recall. And you can get a replacement phone if it is. Or you can get a refund. Now, this comes as another car fire is being blamed on that very device. Check out this incredible video out of saint lucie county. The driver says he was charging his phone on the passenger seat when it burst into flames. Fire Officials Say they are still looking into that. Today, a Florida School principal is taking a stand national anthem. In collier county, the principal applied a policy. He says any student who sits down during the anthem will find themselves sitting at home. An they will not get their money back either. Students have mixed feelings about this new policy. I feel like he has the right to do that, but, that is is a little harsh. He shouldnt be doing that to people because they dont want to stand. Everybody has their voice to say something. To respond to the request for comment about this policy. The situation of course coming on the heels of National Discussion about nfl players refusing to stand during the anthem to protest racial injustice. The battle between regulators and Ride Sharing Companies could still drive uber and lyft out of Hillsborough County. Newschannel8s mary mcguire has more on what wednesdays vote by the Public Transportation Commission Means for one uber driver here in tampa. Reporter the ptc and ride at each others throats for years over rules and regulations. This morning we took atrip along with an uber driver to see her reaction to the proposals. Snacks, water bottles, a phone charger. Ronita wilson lakes to make things comfortable for her customers even if she is not comfortable with the new rules in Hillsborough County. They are saying it is a safety thing. But really, can we keep someone safe just by fingerprinting somein mental state of a person. Reporter as a single mother, she relies on uber to support herself and her two children making such good money, she quit her other job to drive full time. I need something that is very flexible so that im able to pick them up from school, take them to school, be there for their sporting events. If they are sick or anything, all i have to do is just shut my little thing off and go do what i need to do. Reporter on wednesday, ptc considered rules that would fingerprint background check for drivers. In the end, they decided to gone go ahead with the fingerprint background check. The tnc rules before you today are a set of sensible rules designed for Public Safety. Reporter though she disagrees with the fingerprint background check rule, wilson says she wont stop driving. Human being uber is threatening to pull out of Hillsborough County if these rules are enforced. E a Public Safety measure. Reporting in tampa, im mary mcguire, newschannel8. Still ahead, a florida man is now the first person to get the worlds smallest pacemaker and plant it into his chest. Coming up, newschannel8 caught up with him to see how the device is changing his life. Plus. The passing of one of their assistant coaches did not stop our team of the week from taking this bad boy right here home. Coming up, i will show you how an epic win came secondary to honoring a great coach. Cool us off. We still have a tropical tomorrow off the east coast of the u. S. And we will look ahead to the weekend forecast coming about three mi worldwide have pacemakers. They are small devices implanted under the skin to regulate the heartbeat. But a recent medical breakthrough is changing the game. Newschannel8s Stacie Schaible joins me now. And this technology is so cool. Because it really is revolutionizing pacemakers. Reporter it is not just a little tweak. Its an overhaul of the pacemaker and it is considered the worlds smallest pacemaker. About the size of a large vitamin. The new device means a less one gives it two thumbs up. I found that i was getting tired a lot. And i was. Sitting in the dining room table. I would fall asleep. Reporter 73yearold jim schrader of clearwater was having a problem with his hearts normal rhythm. My heart wasnt beating right. Reporter his condition made him a perfect candidate for this. A new and improved version of a standard pacemaker. He became the first patient in florida edge device. It is a major improvement. A new era. Reporter dr. Jose says the worlds smallest pacemaker doesnt require leads like a standard pacemaker meaning there are no wires leading to the heart lowering the risk of complications and it is not visible under the skin like a traditional one. So you dont see it at all. You dont see it. It goes inside the heart. The whole pacemaker goes inside there is no bump here. And, the patient is very comfortable. Reporter and the procedure to implant it is minimally invasive. They went up my groin inside my heart. So i have no monitor outside my heart. It is all inside. Im a bionic man. Do you feel like a bionic man . Yes. I feel really good now. I dont get tired. If i get tired now it is because im tired. It is a miracle. Thats what it is. Its a miracle. Reporter and it is amazing from the old pacemaker. Right now, it can only be used with patients who need a pacemaker on the certain side of their heart. But the advancements are coming very quickly. Know what else is coming quickly . The heart walk. Reporter it is, because we are hoping to raise a whopping amount of money. The goal is 100,000 with help from fuccillo kia. They are matching the first 50,000 we raise dollar for wfla. Com heartwalk to sign up for our team and donate. The kathlene red devils Football Team is full of emotion these days. They managed not only to play a football game, but win in convincing fashion after a pregame celebration to honor the memory of long Time Assistant coach reed pomeroy. Anthony allred has the story about our team of the week. Reporter with heavy hearts, the kathlene red levels honored the life of permanent picture of the long time coach in the south end zone. May he rest in peace. He was in so much pain. He had to have surgery, hip replacement. He never complained one day. For us, that is the true definition of a warrior. And what we do this year and from here on out is all for coach pomeroy. Reporter with that inspiration, the red devils started running wild, scoring touchdowns early an often on offense, defense, and special teams. This game wasnt so much about points or so much about especially after our loss. It shows what happens when we play assistant coach individuals and what happens when we come together. Reporter before it was over, the red devils defense sacked the quarterback five times and got four interceptions throughout the game. The linebackers, they were just keyed up and doing their jobs. And just came up with picks after being patient. We forced them to do some things on offense they didnt want to do. Throw interception and we did great things with special teams. We did some great things on our offense. We jumped second quarter. And we will take that any given day. Reporter kathlene red devils, holler at me [ screaming ] defense, offense, special teams, not only were you guys firing on all cylinders, you guys were scoring on all cylinders. You got the whole team. You cleared the whole roster to get in the game. It was a total team effort. That is why you are newschannel8s team of the week. The kathlene red devils. Newschannel8s team of the week. With the kathlene red devils, anthony allred, newschannel8. Sports. And we will have that friday night football forecast coming up. Right now, you can see in palm harbor, it is 86 degrees. We have a west wind in lakeland. 83 degrees right now. A little bit of rain cooled air. Four onehundredths. Not a whole lo but it helped to drop the temperature a little bit at that location. Temps elsewhere have been warm today. Humidity quite high. And our new camera here at famous tate in brandon. 86 degrees along 60. Highway 60 right there. So you get the view. Darker look skies there at the moment. This is actually a North Carolina looking to see if there is any effect here from the Tropical Storm julia that is spins off the east coast of the u. S. Some higher seas a little bit it looks like. But again, nothing extreme at the moment. South. Not a lot. A few scattered showers south of brooksville. Very light rain at this point. A few lightning strikes with one. It has wandered a little bit off to the northeast. A few showers dying out into the central part of polk county. A few thunderstorms you can see. This is generally south of zephyr hills at the moment drifting to the east. Pinellas is quiet. Manatee, sarasota. A few inland showers here. De soto county. Thats it. Your chance is to cool off. Mugginess forecast is high. Oppressive as a matter of fact. Friday, saturday, sunday, the dew throughout this period. When you see them in the mid to upper 70s you know that is very high. Forecast air temperatures, 78 degrees at 7 00 a. M. A lot of sunshine. A muggy start to the day. Warm temperatures, partly cloudy skies. 90 degrees for us. Look for a 40 seasonal chance. 89 degrees tampa international. The dew point 73. Shows the general movement, a sea breeze trying to form across the area. Might have generated a few hours. Nothing near severe levels. Tropical storm julia on the visible satellite images. You can see it is very dry on the western side with the air aloft. As well as some pretty good wind sheer. That pushes all the convection to the eastern side. You can see the dry side where the coastal areas are. And most of the precipitation, the thunderstorms, just being pushed further off to the west. Thisec you can see over three, four day period here, wall the way through sunday, wobbles about. We will be in a cold front in the northern part of the country. Now keep an eye on tropical depression number 12. I mentioned it because it is moving to the west, we dont know the kind of shape it will be in dealing with wind shear, drier air for the short term, but it is out there. We will keep an eye on. Tomorrow night, kickoff forecast, 84 degrees. Cant rule out a possibility of the games. Halftime, maybe an isolated shower. But final play there, 80 degrees. Mostly dry conditions. But it will be warm. So make sure to bring plenty to drink. Rain chance, 40 . 30 saturday. A little lower sunday. Slightly drier air sneaks down the peninsula. I dont think it is a big dew point change. But it might help to low terrain chances which will give us a lot of sunshine and lift our temperatures easily into the 90degree range. Guys . All right, thank you steve. Okay. A walmart parking lot to tell you about. Come up next, how a fight over a parking space ended with handicapped man on the ground. Remember, you can join me, jenn holloway, and Julie Phillips tonight on newschannel8 at 8 00 on great we are one nation under god. That black and white, we are one nation indivisible. That republican and democrat, we are all americans. Id like to punch him in the face. Theyd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Priorities usa action is responsible now to whats making headlines across america. The family of sandra bland who was found dead in a texas jail cell is getting a settlement. They settled with the Waller County sheriffs office. It involves change to jail procedures. Bland was arrested in a traffic stop and found dead in a cell three days later. A fight over a parking spot and bruised. This is a horrible story. This confrontation outside of a walmart in california caught on camera. The 64yearold victim was arguing with the attackers girlfriend because she parked in a disabled spot was a handicap placard. That is when he pulled the man from his car and started punching him. He was yelling to the lady im handicapped. This is for handicapped people. And the lady was irate and cursing at him and screaming i other customers stepped in to help that man. The attacker by the way still has not been caught. A dog is lucky to be alive after eating an entire bag of heroin at doggy day care. Get a load of this, a drug dealer threw 17 bags of the heroin over the fence running from the police. On the other side was a bunch of dogs playing. On this video you see a dog an employee noticed and the dog was rushed to the vet. The owner got the vet and couldnt believe what she was hearing. She is high on heroin, we are treating her, you need to come as soon as you can. Good news, the dog is going to be okay. Police caught the drug dealer as well and arrested him. All right, newschannel8 at 6 00 is coming your way next. Stacie and keith are here with what we are working on. We are working to find out more breaking news. A deadly deputy involved shooting in hernando canety. What led to the deputy opening fire and what the sheriff has to say about the shooting. More breaking news. This time in polk county where eagle 8 hd found a giant hole letting radioactive water seek into an aquifor. It never should have happened. That story ahead. At the va, does the left right hand is up to . In this soldiers case it appears not. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. Well i dont believe thats how you get things done in our country. It takes democrats and republicans t health care for 8 million kids. Rebuilt new york city after 9 11. And got the treaty cutting russias nuclear arms. Weve got to bring people together. Thats how you solve problems and thats what right now on newschannel8 at 6 00. A man shot dead by a deputy. What led up to the shooting and what is going to happen to that deputy . Plus, two mayors and very different explanation of an environmental crisis. Who or what is to blame for saint petes sewage mess . And a baffling battle between the va and a veteran who has had open heart surgery. How on earth could there be any question whether he has Heart Disease . We will show you. Good evening, im Stacie Schaible. Im keith cate. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. We begin with breaking news. The company just confirmed to 8 on your side that millions of gallons of contaminated water are flowing into the aquifer. Steve andrews has more information and he joins us from our tampa news center. Hi steve. Reporter hi stacie, the sink hole opened beneath the compartment of the gypsum stack. Eagle 8 hd flew over the sink hole a few hours ago. You water flowing into it. We flew directly over it and you can just not see the bottom. Now, the sink hole opened august 27. Mosaic says 215 million gallons of contaminated water went directly into the aquifer beneath the stack. The water is slightly radioactive and contains phosphoric acid. The company has a large
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