right now on news channel 8 at 6:00. a motel erupts into flames. tonight fire crews believe they know exactly what started that fire. good evening everyone. i'm rod carter. thanks for joining us this saturday night. two people had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a pasco news channel 8's jamel is joining us live with the latest on this fire. >> reporter: good evening, rod, fire officials say that the owners of this motel are very lucky the damage was only suh taned to one of the rooms. let's look at video that we shot earlier today. the firefighters say the fire started before 9:00 this morning at the belmont inn here on u.s. highway 19. fire officials say when they arrived, there were just some flames coming from one of those rooms. out. there were two victims inside of that room during the time of the fire. one person was able to escape. while the other had to be rescued. both were treated for smoke inhalation and transported to a nearby hospital. but fire officials say there was very little damage. >> they're very lucky. the hotel is actually. that it was limited to the one room. and basically just to the mattress and a pile of garbage >> fire officials say this looks to be an accident right now. the chief says that again there was very little damage that was done. and he thinks it was maybe some smoky materials that may have started the fire. but again, this is all under investigation. >> jamel, reporting live for us tonight. thank you. right now authorities are trying to figure out if the body dive teams found is the body of a missing boater. with his fiance. we're told he jumped off the boat to get it off the sand bar. he went under water and did not come back up. the body that was recovered was recovered where the boater went missing. >> this is a very tragic instance. and very sad. as investigators and officers, we just don't want to see this happen. >> officers urge you to pay boating or in the water as conditions can change and they can change suddenly. a driver who caused a fiery crash on the veterans expressway is in the hospital tonight. florida highway patrol reports 54-year-old oscar was speeding on the expressway when he collided into the back of another car. people in the second car slammed into a concrete traffic barrier. the vehicle exploded in the flames. both people died. now to a developing story tonight, the fbi and homeland long hack that targeted a company that acts as an internet switchboard. that attack cut off access to website giants like twitter, net flix, amazon, and paypal. how could so many companies go down? the answer is found in a strategic target. >> hackers aim their attack at dine, a company that acts like the address book and switchboard operator of the internet. this time security experts say the hackers deployed the latest weapon in be virus that infects millions of internet connected devices like dvr's or baby monitors, turns them into a virtual army of cyber bot slaves and uses them to send so many information requests that a system like dine overwhelmed and crashes. >> it seems crazy that a baby monitor or dvr could topple amazon or twitter. but that's happening here. an army after baby monitors can assemble enough pour to knock companies in the world. >> they're manufacturing devices with weak default passwords making them extremely vulnerable. >> the fact that companies can make hundreds of thousands of devices and put them on the internet. and have their entire product line turned into a bot net and start attacking the united states is kind of a problem. >> so far there's a lot of speculation on who is to blame. but a senior u.s. intelligence official tells nbc news this is a classic case of internet vandalism and it doesn't appear to be what is clear, a new weapon has been deployed as companies and countries try to prepare for the possibility of cyber war. now we turn to coverage of the 2016 election. police are trying to investigate a suspicious white powdery substance discovered at hillary clinton's campaign headquarters the brooklyn office was evacuated after the envelope was found. the first tests on the powder were negative for any harmful substances. today donald trump spent he unveiled his plan for his first 100 days in office if elected president. he'll push for new congressional term limits and deport undocumented immigrants who are imprisoned for violent crimes. during his rally he said he wanted to use president abraham lincoln as a role model. >> president lincoln served at a time of division like we've never seen before. it's my hope that we can look at his example to heal divisions we're living through right now. >> during his speech. he did not leave out that he will sue all of the women who accused him of sexual assault. strong reaction on social media after a singer performed the national anthem kneeling at a miami heat game. the singer is danasha lawrence. she did that to protest the killing of african americans by police officers. miami players and coaches stood with their arms linked. it could be time for the headquarters for the department of defense should scrap its 40 billion-dollar aircraft carrier. the center for a new american security says that the pentagon needs to make hard decisions to stay ahead of china and russia. the cnas also urges the pentagon to buy fewer strike fighters. the pentagon responded saying the strategy is laid out in the president's budget for 2017. about 10,000 california national guard soldiers have decade after signing to serve over seas the los angeles times is reporting that the pentagon demanded that money back after audits reveal that the california guard over paid the soldiers in order to fill ranks to serve in iraq and afghanistan. the guard offered bonuses of $15,000 or more. two men involved in a violent home invasion and brutal attack on an elderly woman are facing charges. metal object. they took off with their safe. a maintenance worker tackled ricardo marquez torres. thomas dedenez and a third man were later arrested at a gas station. news channel 8 received several calls complaining about their tv service today. there have been major outages in the tampa bay area. a spokesperson told us there was a problem with a piece of hardware in their facility in the bay shore area. technicians are to fix that issue. keeping drugs out of the wrong hands. today local agencies partnered with the dea as a partner with operation medicine cap net. prescription drugs are misused and abused more often than any other drug, except marijuana and alcohol. at the event, participants dropped off old or unwanted medication. they were also given a product that deactivates drugs at home. >> getting rid of these pills effect our environment because now those chemicals are getting into our water system. and that's something that we don't want to happen as well. if you missed today's event. drop off old or unwanted medicine at a police station. they collected more than 300- pounds of medication today. a recycling plant goes up in flames forcing residents to leave their homes, coming up, we'll tell you the status of that fire tonight. also ahead, a recall that you definitely need to about. the lawnmowers, how one company wants to make sure you take them back to the store. we'll tell you all about that coming up in a minute. after a healthy dose of fall, we have chill on tap tonight. your complete storm team 8 it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. tonight the fire is under control. which is great news. the fire destroyed several structures on the property, including a business that stores wooden pallets. about 200 people had to evacuate. but they're all back home now. the fire released so much smoke that air quality officials had to issue an advisory. two firefighters also hurt. but they should be okay. all right. check out this severe flooding caused by heavy rain in central and eastern massachusetts. the city of wooster was one of more than 5 inches of rain fell. floods roads caused cars to be stranded and trapped drivers of the cars. one man had to climb on the roof of his car when the water started filling up inside. dozens injured after a double decker bus slammed into a bridge in london. the roof was torn off. three people were rescued from the top deck. transport for london claims the bus was privately hired. the good news is none of the threatening injuries. parts of china bracing for more rain after a typhoon made land fall there. the storms brought heavy rains and strong winds. firefighters had to rescue people from submerged cars. people trapped in a factory. they expect torrential rains to batter southern china again tomorrow. a consumer alert if you need to know about. there's a recall we need to tell you lawnmowers. the engine and blades continue to operate when they should be off. there have been 53 incidents. however no injuries reported. for more information, head to wfla.com. if you're searching for the right halloween costume and that has you scared, you may dress up like everyone else, check out google's fright guist if they have it right. you'll see a lot of harley quinns. jokers, super heroes and pirates this halloween. coming up, meteorologist dan oliver has a look at your weekend forecast. coming up, we'll show you how one bay area woman wants to in honor of breast cancer awareness month a breast cancer survivor held a kick boxing fundraiser in tampa today. a combat cancer event was hosted at 360 fitness west proactive with their health. >> we want to spread the word. and just instead of feeling like cancer is making us a victim. we want to be warriors. and i like to say we want to be as ruthless as cancer as it has been with us and our loved ones. >> money raised will go to breast cancer research and support. well, it certainly wouldn't be halloween without a pumpkin patch. the bucks unveiled a massive one. it was the team's inaugural bucks squad patch for buck squad members and their families. activities included picking a pumpkin, pumpkin decorating and meeting bucks legends and cheerleaders. >> we want to give back to fans who have been phenomenal to us for decades. this is just for them. >> all profits from that event ben fete buccaneers academies which support under served children throughout the tampa bay area. >> now, max defender 8, the world's most powerful radar. >> what a switch up to get the weekend started today. had that cold front come through yesterday evening. and behind it, some of the fantastic fall weather that we've been enjoying today. this is a live look at max defender 8 as you might expect with skies looking like this. it's completely clear. this is a live look out from iness brook in palm harbor. it's been breezy at times throughout the day today. lake land this has been the case all day today. and here in tampa, veterans ford, 67 degrees right now with that northeast wind. there was a front coming through yesterday evening. you see all this red invading the entire state of florida behind it. that's the very dry air aloft. we're also enjoying it at the surface. check out these dew points. 40s. we have spots in the 30s. remarkably dry air. the most comfortable air we've enjoyed. so far in this fall season, april or early may. excuse me. at last check. this is the mugginess forecast as we head through the next few days. you notice still refreshing for the next few days. maybe just a little atmospheric moisture back above us. with another front approaching that we'll see a minimal 20% chance for a few isolated showers around wednesday afternoon. and then a 10% chance headed toward thursday. here's today's high temperatures. it w 75 in tampa. the average this time of the year, still 83 degrees. we have a cool day today. it leads to a chilly night tonight. the average is 66. our forecast is 55. northern spots again could sneak into the middle and upper 40s. record low was 47 degrees. that's an old record. set back in 1898. forecast heading into the day tomorrow, chilly start, lots of sunshine will be in the mid 50s. a little milder tomorrow afternoon with highs back in the upper 70s. those temperatures still cooler 83. staying dry with no showers expected the next few days. the changes will come during the middle part of the upcoming workweek with temperatures and moisture levels slowly starting to increase. this evening, we've got that cool air above us. chilly start to the day tomorrow. high pressure in place off to our north. so you can expect a sun filled day to wrap up the weekend tomorrow. more of the same to take us into the workweek. it'll look like this. this is the tower cam in tampa. it's 71 degrees with the wind out of the west/northwest 72 degrees in plant city. 73 degrees in zephyr hills. wind speeds out of the north, 5 to 10 miles per hour. guests higher than that. but that's the work of the cold front last night. temperatures right now, about 10 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. you can expect a high temperature around 78 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, and then temperatures eventually back up above average into the second half of the up coming workweek. bucks heading to san francisco san francisco. tomorrow, low temp tonight, 55 degrees. heading well below average, breezy, a little milder tomorrow. lots of sunshine with a high temperature of 78 degrees. sunshine to take us through the first part of the week. and then just a minimal rain chance with the temperatures back into the mid 80s. the over night lows more like what you would expect this time of year. mid 60s. >> it was nice. i got back from that trip to iceland. it's like some of the came back with me. >> welcome back. congratulations. coming up next in sports, the lightning began a six-game road trip tonight. and the bucks make a roster move on the eve of their game against the 49ers. dan lucas is in the house to tell us who's in and who's out. here's what you'll see monday morning on news channel 8 today. many people drink green tea because they like the taste. some have heard of many health what's in this big helped reduce the risk of prostate cancer. don't forget to wake up with weather and traffic on the 8s on news channel 8 today. i moved on her like a [bleep]. you can do anything. grab them by the [bleep] we have to make sure that donald wins this election. 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. port tampa bay has now become florida's largest and most dana young is working to continue that success, by attracting high waged jobs for families who need them and fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way. dana young for the florida senate. a return to common sense. well, the lightning begin the nhl season. perfect in the results at least. the bolts trailed in all four games. rallying to win three of them. now the show hits the road. a six-game road trip beginning tonight in ottawa against the senators. and former bolts head coach. the lightning have yet to score first in any game this season. and captain, steven feels the team just hasn't played very well. but a road trip can change at home. but sometimes you go on the road, guys get together. and you know, you don't try to impress your fans. you go out there and play your fan. there's a positive and a negative to both. we're looking forward for the first road trip. and against some division opponents. we should have no problem getting up for those games. >> the bucks made a roster move today in california promoting wide receiver freddie martino from the practice squad and placing receiver donte die but was declared not ready to play tomorrow by head coach dirk cutter. the bucks and 49ers want to run the ball tomorrow. for the bucks defense, that means a big dose of 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick who had his troubles last week against buffalo. but still managed more than eight yards per carry on running plays. the bucks preached discipline on defense. all week. >> it can be very frustrating. but if we do the things we need to do on defense, such as we can go out and have a great game. >> our biggest thing is working on us. working on our defense, making sure we know what we're doing to take care of them. and the rest will play out. >> all right. light college schedule today. we had ucf on the road at uconn. mackenzy milton, the knights were down 13-0. but milton, 22- yards in nelson. ucf on the board. it's now a 16-7 game just before the half, milton and ucf takes over in the third quarter. milton, perfect strike to adrien killins. the knights win it 24-16. a couple other games going on. florida-a&m leading hampden with a couple minutes to go in that game. and congratulations to cook man, the wildcats get their first win of the season of those scores. >> exactly. >> the other one's a rival. >> exactly. >> we'll be right back. this year the voters of pinellas county have an opportunity to elect a public servant who has always put the people first. ngs done and i know you can trust charlie to do the same in congress. he'll fight to protect social security and medicare. defend women's health care and planned parenthood. and take care of our veterans. charlie needs your vote, please stand with him. i know he'll always stand with you. and a final look at our forecast. >> one cold front comes through yesterday and it's fall all of a sudden. get set for a little fall chill tonight. temperatures drop in the low and mid 50s which means some northern spots could sneak down into the 40s. fantastic finish to the weekend tomorrow though. lots of sunshine. temperatures still below average though. upper 70s. finally tonight, some police officers are finding a different way to serve the public right now. clear water police officers are waiting tables at the red robin at westfield country side mall until 8:00 tonight. at the annual tip a cop event, officers are filling drink orders, busing tables and washing dishes. all tips earned for the event go to special olympics. thanks so much for joining us tonight. nbc nightly news is coming your at great 38 at 8:00. and we're back here tonight at 11:00. have a good night everyone. on this saturday night. 17 days as the candidates hit key battle ground states. donald trump vows to sue his accusers. another one comes inside the battle. the iraqis are 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