streets. stepping out to stop diabetes. >> the 2016 election comes to tampa. i'm rob carter. breaking news out of pinellas county. people are being warned to avoid virginia avenue. there is a gas leak and no one had to be evacuated and everything should be back to normal and if you have to go in that direction find a different route. we turn to your vote. the bay area is front and center once again. tonight mike pence is here along with marco rubio. and there is a lot of excitement happening. reporter: a lot of excitement and you can see a lot of preparation to pull off an event this size. >> hours before the event, the gop this dinner is rallying the groups. this is one last pow wow for us to hear michael pence and to go back to our individual counties and carry the banner for our team. >> tony ledbetter is the chair of the republican party says this is so important. >> everyone hated reagan for four years and donald is going down the same path. the people like donald trump. >> the younger voters, it is about learning about the process. >> i think it is important that the younger generation gets more involved in politics because we are the millennial generation. a huge part of voting and most people are not informed. so becoming part of it, we are benefiting the way we vote. >> and the event kicks off in 15 or 20 minutes. vice presidential candidate mike pensce is headed to ohio and north carolina. reporting live in tampa abc15 news. donald trump doubled down on accusations that the election is rigged. >> instead of being held accountable. hillary is president in what looks like a rigged election, okay? it looked like a rigged election. >> trump accused the media of pushing false accusations so hillary clinton can become president. clinton's campaign hit back and her manager says participation an the electoral system should be encouraged and not dismissed or undermined because a candidate is afraid he is going to lose. the clinton camp expects a believe voters will turn out in unprecedented numbers because they can see through trump's shameful attempts to undermine an election weeks before it happens. the sheriff's department is looking for an older blue van. the suspect is white male bald from 30 to 35 years old. anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff's office. almost one year later and still no one arrested for this frightening night. one person was killed and several others hurt at a zombie themed festival in fort myers. police examined the images from that killing. monday is one year since the tampa bay and many have had questions on how that happened. jana jones got an upclose look at how waste water is processed and treated. >> up a flight of stairs. >> this was the irration basin. >> and to a waste water tank was the best way to explain why waste water got into tampa bay. >> anything that you flush down your toilet or put in your drain comes in to this plant and the operators have to deal with it. >> on an average day 15 million gallons of waste water travels to this plant and during tropical storm hermine much more was flowing in. >> we are trying to treat 150 million during a storm and that means that much water got into our system from these storms. and it is just overwhelmed our capacity. >> those are the tour got to see the tanks can only hold so much water. >> we tried to treat it to the best quality and dispose of it to humans and to minimize the impact to the neighborhoods. >> treating water means flowing into the plant. going into a tank with microrganisms and going into another tank being tested. >> this is actually a sample for it where the operators pull some samples. >> and being bleached. >> this is a 12% bleach and at home you are using about a two- and-a-half to a three percent bleach. >> just like not fast, fixing the problem is not either. >> two to three years to treat it but we will have ongoing issues to plan for. >> in st. pete jana jones, new channel 8. we have a clearwater man recovering after being shot. this happened at highland avenue. the victim was rushed to the hospital and is going to be okay. investigators now searching for the person who shot him. motorcyclists that died. lewis reed was killed when his bike collided with a car in the southbound lanes of the 8500 block of u.s. 19. reed was pulling wheelies and driving recklessly and the driver of the car was not hurt but the daughter has injuries. when a cobra escaped there was a search and the owner no longer have snakes. mike kennedy found his king cobra in his neighbor's garage. this was the third time he lost a venomous snake and he lost his license to own exotic pets. his wife has a permit and those pets will likely to stay where they are. a deserving fight caught on coming up, we will show how the dashcam video and explain how this happened. hurricane matthew is gone but some states are dealing with the after effects. still recovering. where the death toll stands right now. tracking a couple of showers on max defender radar. a couple of nights for the stargazers. explain coming up next. we want to outdate you on the gas leak is now repaired. and those streets are opened to drivers. graphic dashcam video out of chicago that shows a man severely beating a female officer. >> he started to punch her like she was a punching bag. way -- especially her. the officer. she got hurt bad. everyone was like get off of her. and even other people got off of the cars and trucks to help and he wouldn't let her go at pull. >> the officer did suffer a concussion and bone chips and a wrist and neck injury and bits of concrete pull from her face. the 28-year-ol was high on p cp. a dallas police officer recovering after he was shot in the foot investigating an unrelated crime. the suspect and another man died. a third man involved in the shooting is in stable condition. hurricane matthew continues to devastate parts of the southeast. tonight, two more deaths are being blamed on matthew in north carolina. their dies were found inside 43. there was a wildfire that is ripping through nevada. one inferno burned two thousand acres in waso county. a state of emergency was declared in that area and a smaller fire broke out in galina. the inferno is threatening five hundred structures. the u.s. and 150 other nations reached a global deal. the wanda is being held at historic. the deal limits the use of greenhouse gases known at h vcs. it was led by developed countries including the u.s. the world's second worse polluter. that coming up next. now, max defender 8, the world's most powerful radar and your storm 8 forecast with meteorologist ed bloodsworth. >> we are tracking rain this evening on max defender 8. we had showers early this morning. those started to move out to sea but now a few more fire up. everything getting caught in the easterly flow. you can see everything generally moving from east to west back we got down pours over tampa bay. sliding to southern st. pete or southern pinellas county and a few showers heading towards longboat key and bradenton. they are long top showers. you can see in the volume metric view sliding into showers. made its way through plant city parallelling i-4 to head towards stefner for this evening. have the umbrellas in case you get caught in a downpour. some folks managing to enjoy an afternoon. that's the view from veteran's ford. wind strong earlier. and winds from crystal river at 79. to break out. two nights to check out the super moon. tomorrow it will be a hunter's moon here. the last full moon of the month. so get your cameras ready. at 9:00 p.m. a stray shower along the coast and tomorrow morning you will wake up to 72 and scattered cloudiness and 85 and rain chances coming up. temple terrace. the easterly flow here, this pattern will continue. we had dryer air and that is what limited the coverage but you can see the dryer air starting to go away. we are getting a little bit of moisture. added moisture and that will help to increase the coverage of showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow. so not quite as dry. and that will lead to a slightly better rain chance and that does not last long. by monday and tuesday. an and so again, high pressure will be the dominant feature and that easterly flow and showers are pushing towards the gulf of mexico. showers will develop and with that added moisture loft, we think we can get a few thunderstorms to fire up. don't be surprised to hear thunder. and the dryer air starts to settle back in. the rain chances start to came afternoon. hear is the good news. the dew point stays high and we get potentially a big drop in the dew points by next weekend. 86 monday and tuesday and rain chances increase with the frontal boundary. next week end. 80. a nice taste of autumn air. florida autumn. thousands braved and ignored the rain. they ignored the rain and walked through downtown tampa. the american diabetes association held a stepout walk. the 25th year for the event. one in 11 americans has diabetes and every 23 seconds someone in the u.s. is diagnosed. that's why walks like today are important. they raise money and awareness. >> it goes to fund research programs and education. education is important. so many people are at risk and don't know it. >> i was proud to serve as the emcee for that event today and as i have done and i sit on the board of the diabetes association. thanks everybody that went to my facebook page and donated money. not too late for that. the lightning are making a change in nets before the second home game of the season. plus there is a lot when usf faces yukon. his speed was evident and he competes hard. >> 20-year-old braden points he will dress as the lightning host the devils. ben bishop in the win over detroit. his prize, a night off. head coach john cooper is planning to dress the same set of skaters as the season opener. the lightning rallied from two goal deficits tracking three times and going on to win 6-4. the devils lost in overtime. head coach john cooper is did opening night. we got a big boost from our crowd. i thought that was -- that playoff game atmosphere and you can -- the crowd is getting into it and the guys could feel the energy. we were getting stronger and feeling the mojo and the guys do what they do. >> also coming up at 7:00. the bulls eligible. if usf does get it, this will be the second earliest the program has earned bowl eligibility and coach taggart knows that is a big deal. >> it shows the growth with the program and expectation and everything you want from a football program. around here and we want much more than that. elsewhere in the sunshine state. florida state leads wake forest. florida up big on missouri thanks to pick 6s on back to back possessions. quincy wilson doing some damage. i will have the highlights at 11. one final score. florida a and m picking up the second win 41-27 over delaware state. can i get a what, what? >> what, what? we are done. thank you very much. will be right back. how is the forecast? mild and 72 degrees and 85 tomorrow and slightly better chance with a few afternoon storms and drying out for monday and tuesday and the rain chances creep up by the end of the week and have the umbrellas ready. facebook book ceo mark zuckerberg is looking for the voice of his assistant. >> a l? >> al >> ironman jump on that opportunity. downey, jr. says he would do it however there are a few conditions. he wants zuckerberg to pay the fee to paul betney that play the voice of ironman's virtual assistant in the movie. betny would have to donate all of the funds to a charity chosen by benedick. comerbash plays the role of dr. thing. >> is morgan freeman too busy to do it. >> apparently so. thanks for joining us. abc nightly news is coming our way. see you back here at 11. ggd hitting back after more allegations of sexual abuse, saying no one has more respect for women than him. transcripts exposed. some of the wall street speeches hillary clinton has refused to release now stolen, and made public. tonight, what she allegedly said about the republican party, business people running for office, and how the hacks have changed her campaign. midwest terror plot. three men arrested for what the government says was a plan to attack an apartment complex and kill muslim immigrants. and doctors at your door.