dust can be inhaled. >> they're on the floor. they're getting a lot of hand to mouth exposure. >> reporter: the best thing to do is test the surfaces for lead using kits you can buy at a hardware store. there's lead. areas. from older pipes. to avoid that, run the water until you feel a temperature change. that means the lead in the steal water is flushed out. use a name brand water filter that filters lead. for maurice, he isn't concerned. the home has been freshly painted and he doesn't believe exposed. >> i don't know if my mom is going to like it but she has a place to stay. >> reporter: you can buy these lead testing kits for about five to ten dollars at any hardware store. the sun coast safety council says before anyone comes in to renovate your home make sure they are certified to work with lead-based paint. >> thank you, lauren. the highlands county school district is trying to get in front of multiple sex scandals in the county. two teachers are being investigated by the sheriff's office for porn and another teacher, stacy lynn hooks, is in jail right now accused of sleeping with a 14-year-old student. next tuesday, there will be a special school board meeting at 3:00 inside the school board's board room. leaders at hill middle school in sebring are under investigation for failing to report suspicious behavior between hooks and the 14-year- old student. during the meeting, the sheriff will talk about the mandatory reporting requirements. an abandoned home in the university neighborhood has been the thorn in the side of neighbors for years. adam walser has discovered it's another example of how easy it is for squatters to take over neighborhoods. >> reporter: there's no power abandoned house. neighbors say plenty of people have been living here and it's been bringing down the neighborhood. 121st avenue east is the place where people wanted to live. >> we look out for one another. >> reporter: that was before this house at the end of the street became abandoned. >> the man died a few years ago. >> reporter: it went into for close and you became a free for all for drug dealers and prostituted and homeless that eventually found it. >> they just go in and sleep there and come out when the cops come. they take them out and they come back like they live there. >> reporter: this woman is retired and lives alone. >> we have to stay inside a lot at night especially. >> sometimes riding my bike at night, you know, just getting a little exercise and there's, you know, a little harassment from them. >> reporter: yvette sanchez says she and other parents tell their kids to stay inside. police patrol and neighbors call them often but they can't witness them committing crimes. neighbors say they witness plenty. >> they're taking their customers down there. you will see condom wrappers and all kinds of other things there. they're hollering and screaming at night. >> reporter: they're hoping that someone will eventually buy the house and make it a real home once again. neighbors say the complaints are finally being answered. this door was boarded up for the first time after three years of sitting open yesterday. reporting from east tampa, i'm i-team investigator adam walser taking action for you. >> thank you, adam. we have a date correction here in an earlier story. next tuesday, there will be a special school board meeting at 3:00 inside the school board's board room. leaders at hill middle school in sebring are under investigation now for failing to report suspicious behavior between hooks and that 14-year- old student we talked about earlier. during the meeting, the sheriff about mandatory reporting requirements when there is suspicion of child abuse, neglect or criminal activity. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. made it to another weekend. started off with rain first thing this morning. then everything cleared out. actually the only thing popping up right now on titan doppler radar is what is left of a fire. this was actually a controlled burn. for a period of time it was going pretty good. now things are beginning to wind down. this evening, skies should be mostly clear. temperatures still upper 70s down south. upper 60s across our northern counties. under clear skies this evening. you will be waking up to temperatures in the metro areas in the 50s. maybe a few areas in the 40s up to the north. next week we have the warmest weather of the season by the way. i will tell you how high it will go in a couple minutes. >> thank you, den. u.s. officials are responding to a new threat by military to get nuclear weapons armed and ready. the development is coming after an announcement on north korean television. abc news was told that they are closely monitoring the situation, urging north korea to refrain from rhetoric that can aggravate tensions. but a recent test by north korea's military in january and february of missile technology aimed at reaching the u.s. have made the threat more yesterday skill concerning. a student just filed a of north texas. in her suit she claims a library employee sexually assaulted her at the apartment in january of last year and the investigate it. she formally reported the incident but never heard anything when she asked for updates. last july the university said that they completed the investigation but refused to give her those results. and we now finally know brown's death. examiner says that she died of emersion of water in her system. the list of drugs lengthy. it include cocaine, marijuana, medications used for sedation or to treat anxiety and morphine. the late daughter of whitney houston was found unconscious in a bathtub in january of 2015, similar to how her mother was found. she was in a coma for nearly 7 months before she died in hospice care. now to the water crisis in flint, michigan. today flint residents for the first time expressed their frustrations to top congressional leaders. >> reporter: it's help they have been desperately hoping for. construction crews digging up water pipes which connect water mains to homes. the latest event in an attempt to fix flint, michigan's contaminated water crisis. >> it feels great to know ignoring us. >> reporter: the digging coming after a pushily flint's mayor karen weaver to start swapping outlines. >> my goal is to totally get the lead out of flint. >> reporter: it also comes 24 hours after a construction crew funded by private and charitable organizations dug up service lines. michigan governor rick snyder today assuring the people of flint that he is staying on top of city and federal agencies to ensure the water contamination is resolved. he had this to stay at a committee meet. >> this is something that we have great urgency to do. and let's get the job done to protect the citizens of flint. >> reporter: the outcry of citizens who live in flint on the government's response is forever growing, including leanne waters who says her home is ground zero of the crisis and is suing city and state officials for health problems that her children suffered due >> congress is debating proposals on a $200 million federal aid package that will be used to fix the city's infrastructure. this will be a topic that will be discussed during this weekend's presidential democratic debate. abc news new york. new tonight, most state workers probably won't get a raise this year. the florida senate budget chairman says there just isn't enough money to go around to offer the raises to everyone. he did leave the door open for select employees to get a pay boost. lawmakers want to use any extra money they have in the budget to boost health care, more money for schools and offer tax cuts. a happy update to bring you. >> the dog shot twice and tied to railroad tracks and left to die is now thriving. you remember cabella. it was one year ago today that the photos went viral of a police officer saving her after she was tied to the railroad tracks and shot. more energetic not ever before. and you really can't tell that she was shot in the leg. we talked to the clinic that helped save her life. >> she has four legs. she runs and plays and jumps. she sleeps. you know, she is just a regular dog that, you know, would be a joy for anybody to own. >> i'm going to read this slow because with i want to see this video. >> it's awesome. >> she looks really good there. some of the people involved in the abuse case were eventually sentenced to probation and fined. a state trooper is being called a hero after a crash. next at 5:30, the one thing that he did that saved a woman from an explosion. plus, a school bus driver arrested and the accusations against him are shocking. how he was using students to make money. at 6:00, a special needs student believes a school resource officer went too far >> once a car catches on fire, the time it takes to go up is pretty quick. >> less than 90 seconds after he carried crawford from the scene, the car exploded. the man accused of causing that crash is facing several charges. a school bus driver in maryland is being charged in connection to a teen sex trafficking ring. police say this red roof inn plus motel served as the back drop for a teenage prostitution ring. 36-year-old mcclan and 22-year- old sharp allegedly hired a 16- year-old around christmastime saying she would make $750 a night. investigators believe mcclan picked up the teen on the bus route. he worked as a bus driver for nine months. he faces up to 75 years in prison. grip on the media in that country. their target is tv that shows feature gay characters. the guidelines have been in effect since the beginning of the year. the sensor ship applies to all shows that depict what that government calls abnormal sexual relationships and behaviors. the new guidelines also prohibit showing witch craft and any historical depiction that could ute the unity of that country. well, call it a fashion emergency. a south carolina toddler dials 911 when she needs help getting dressed. >> the deputy surprised the family when e showed up. they didn't realize the 2-year- old made a phone call, let alone dial 911. >> her grandfather answers the door. she comes running up to the front with half a pant leg on and the other one is like falling off. she wanted me to help with her shoes. then she wanted me to hug her and hold her. made my day. it was the highlight of my day. she was so sweet and outgoing. >> the deputy took time to help the little girl put her pants on. the deputy believes she has made a new friend. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> this warmer weather we're starting to experience, laura is dealing with allergies. >> the first time in my life. >> everybody is dealing with them right now. i was looking at the allergy forecast. it's high for the next four days. your cars. now. mom, i'll be fine. >> you see the pollen on the cars. it is in as e-- it is nasty out there. we actually had decent rains overnight between 2:00 a.m. clearly they are long gone. looking at the main sail, it will be a great weekend for the beach, for spring training, for whatever you have going on the strawberry festival. very pleasant in the afternoon. titan doppler radar, all is quiet now. i suspect it will stay that way for the foreseeable future. outside right now, tampa, 70 degrees. mostly sunny skies. the dew point down to 54. pretty comfortable. the winds out of the west at 12 miles per hour. and the pressure is holding steady. today, we hit 76. that's about where we should be. this morning we only dropped down to 63. average is about 57. as i said, i think tomorrow morning we will be below normal. probably around 53, 54. maybe even upper 40s across the northern counties. st. pete, sunny and 68. sarasota 67 and sunny also. the winds at 14, gusting to about 19 miles per hour in the st. pete and sarasota area. all right. satellite picture, all that is let of the rain this morning after sunrise is pretty much across the southern counties. most folks had mostly sunny i saw a couple of comments on facebook about 2:00, 3:00 in the morning saying we're getting thunder and lightning. inverness had storms rolling in. now drier air has moved in. it's going to be here for a while. now, the only thing that i would like to caution in terms of this weekend's forecast is we're going to get more of an eventerly wind setting up. we will quickly go from a north/northwest flow to an easterly flow. i often say in florida it isn't just cold fronts that bring you rain. all you need for clouds to come in is a change in wind direction. and by saturday morning, we already start to see more of an easterly flow off to the east side of the state. now, usually it doesn't bother us. but every now and again, if that wind is strong enough and the flow is just right, you can see the clouds come to the anterior counties. i don't think that will happen for us. this weekend, maybe daytona and down to mel bourn and the east side of the state, thanks to spring training games down there, there is a chance that you could see a few more clouds. but for us, it won't be an issue. we are going to be partly sunny and probably mostly sunny all day long. and sunday looks even better as i think we're hard pressed to find any cloud cover at all. what else happens on sunday is we warm up. and we warm up big time. now, we will still be in the low to mid-70s across most of the area on saturday. cooler along the beach where the gulf temperature is in the mid-50s. the gulf temperature is 65 in clearwater. north winds at 5 to 10 knots. exact same thing on sunday. if you're taking the boat out either day, that's the way that the winds will be locally. there's your high tide at 1:00. sunset at 6:33. hour by hour, clear skies overnight. waking up to partly sunny skies. it won't be cloud-free. in the mid-70s. but monday, we're up near 80. next week the warmest weather of the season, low to mid-80s the rest of the week. >> thank you, denis. a new study that could save your life. the jobs that experts say >> beautiful. >> newer job may be bad for your earth. >> some jobs may take more of a toll than other. 68% in sales had poor eating habits. 69% had unhealthy cholesterol levels. 90% of police officers and firefighters are considered overweight or even obese. and 79% of food workers in the study were found to have poor diets. well, a home made license plate lands a woman behind bars. it is made of cardboard and paint. can't understand why she got pulled over for that. the vehicle lacked a front the driver also forget to paint herself license and registration. she didn't have either of those. she is now charged with a felony. here is wendy ryan with a look at what is coming up at 6:00. >> a great story. we continue our focus on jobs in the bay area. we will tell you about the growing number of large local companies who are expanding their workforce and how to get a job without ever having to leave your home. plus this -- >> i was leaving class. so all of my classmates saw me getting arrested. a new ordinance could change how you're treated by police in tampa. why getting caught with pot will still be unpleasant. beating on her. i don't think that's right. a special needs student says he was only trying to do the right thing. now the family is demanding answers about the way that a school resource officer handled >> live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> special needs students pepper sprayed. it happened during a lunchroom brawl. parents are saying the school resource officer crossed the line. >> i'm wendy ryan. >> i' jamison uhler. >> a student and family are coming together and saying the use of pepper spray was >> this student told me that he is on the honor role and administrators at the school were about to name him student of the month. but his day on campus ended without a pat on the back and smile. >> i could taste it. i could smell it. >> in this mug shot you see his eyes are still watery and red. the school resource officer pepper sprayed the 18-year-old special needs student here at richard l sanders school in pinellas park. >> they didn't give me any treatment for it. >> he means school. by there, he means jail. where officers took him in cuffs thursday following a lunchroom brawl. he and his friend are charged with disorderly conduct. he says they didn't start the brawl. they only jumped in to protect a female classmate who was being attacked by another male

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