Construction from overnight is cleared and were starting off with a clean sate there and into downtown tampa looking great. Five minutes to get from here to the Howard Franklin bridge. And we have exclusive dramatic video right now wanted moments before a deadly crash in east tampa and this is a video that youre watching here. It was posted to snapchat and taken from inside the car that caused mlk wednesday night. At one point, the video shows the driver going more than 70 miles over the speed limit, pablo cortez. Reporter good morning to you. That is 70 over the speed limit. The speed limit in this area, 45 miles an hour and do the math. 115 miles an hour there and that was posted to snapchat. And since we posted the video to social media, more than this is video taken from inside the car driven by pablo cortez and taken by his passenger as they drove along an open stretch of mlk on wednesday night. And then, the video was posted to snapchat. And that is just 9 machines before cortez crashed. You can see here on the app he hit speeds of 80 and up to 115 miles per hour. Shortly after, that is when he lost control of the car, flew over the median and crashed headon into a minivan with the mom and her children and anothe cortezs car hit two more cars. He and his passenger died instantly. And this is not the first time that snapchat speed filter has been at the center of a deadly crash investigation. In fact, in some states, there are lawsuits now based around crashes like here in tampa and some are calling on snapchat to remove the speed filter saying are monitoring hotspots in the warehouse on barry road and caught fire yesterday afternoon. Everyone inside got out safely. Several birds and pay monkey, were told, did not. Firefighters entered the building and several explosions forced them back out and took them hours to put out the flames. Firefighter was injured and not seriously. Were learning the cause of the fire. Skidded as it landed at new Yorks Laguardia airport. And penc echecked on the press core after the rough landing and chatted with Emergency Responders on the scene. He cancelled a Fund Raising Event last night because of the accident and he spoke to trump last night. Clinton sent him wellwishes on twitter. And Hillary Clinton may have chosen a secretary of state. Campaign insiders told politico the remember toker secretary of job if he will accept and clinton hit the campaign trail with Michelle Obama yesterday. After all North Carolina has gone through with the efforts to suppress peoples votes, you will turn out in the biggest numbers ever to say no, we demanded the right to vote earlier this year, a federal court struck down a North Carolina law imposing voter i. D. Requirements and the courts it was designed to keep African Americans from voting. Local election boards responded by limiting voting hours and locations. And trump is trying to focus on the economy the last days in the election and is trying to spend 1 trillion the next 10 years and basically improving roads and bridges. He can finance it without raising taxes by using private generate money, meaning more toll roads and bridges. And trump is trying to appeal to minority voters the final days before the election and a speech in ohio may have struck the wrong tone. Were going to work on our ghettos, our and you look at what is going on where you have pockets of areas of land where you have the inner cities and you have so many things and many problems and so horrible, horrible problems. The violence, the death, the lack of education. No jobs. Trump continues to talk about vote rigging but hes been toning that message down to discuss the economy. 5 05. A man accused of vandalizing trumps walkoffame star in hollywood is free on bond this morning. James otis said he vandalized he is an heir on the, to to the Otis Elevator for tune and is charged with felony vandalism. And it probably isnt, called vote swapping. They use their smartphones to trade votes with voters in other states. The fact of the matter is that if its a oneonone transaction involving just two people with each other, that in and of itself is an expression of speech and not a illegal act. All right, the idea is that pele in return for people in other states voting for third party candidates. For example, a green Party Supporter in the battleground state of ohio would pledge to vote for Hillary Clinton and in return, a clinton supporter in california would vote for jill stein. As long as no mean 6 changed, the courts consider it an exercise of free speech. And iraqi fighters are checking out a bombmaking facility in a network of tunnels near mosul. They made the discovery in a the challenges they face. Extremists have the advantage of armored trucks driven by suicide bombers, booby traps and snipers. Iraqi forces are 10 days into the mission and four miles still from the city. And leaders of an armed group who took control of a National Wildlife refuge in oregon are off of the hook. The standoff brought new attention to the longrunning fight over control land in the western u. S. A jury found brothers not guilty of having a firearm in a federal facility and conspiring to prevent federal workers from doing their jobs. And after this fire killed two people in sarasota county, rescuers are returning to the neighborhood today hoping to save others from the same fate. Starting at 10 00 this morning, they will go through the Kensington Park neighborhood handing out smoke alarms. The authorities identified the tos kauai third person and that man is recoverings with serious injuries. Saint petes Bike Sharing Program launches next week and they will install bikesharing hubs. There is a Bike Sharing Program that run a program in both cities. For the initial phase of the launch, there will be 10 hubs along the Central Avenue corridor and 100 bikes available to start and they will be available on both sides of the ferry and the Program Starts on tuesday and will add hundreds more bikes next year. And Madeira Beach begins today. There is a Ribbon Cutting this afternoon. The votes will run from today to sunday and launch from Hubbards Marina and go to treasure island, saint pete and saint pete beach. And the mayor is making a pitch to land the Tampa Bay Rays of unveiling this design. The rays are searching for sites in hillsborough and pinelas counties. The mayor is proposing building downs racetrack. And they would pay for the park and straddles the hesboro Pinellas County line. Homeowners have concerns. And its a good thing for them. The revenue. And taxes between hillsborough and pinelas. But it will cost a lot of traffic here. And the stadium could cause the daily chokehold traffic at the intersection to become gridlocked. The race has rays have not said how long the search will take. And nearly 40 of women in an abusive relationship wont leave because they dont want to leave their pets behind and that is why i group opened a Domestic Violence shelter involving animals and this organization of women in safe place with animalcolm pannions. And if youre heading to walt disney world, you might notice extra security. And reporting all ghosts now without bags will be sent through metal detectors and this week, two tourists were detained who came to the park carrying concealed weapons. And one penguin at Sea World Orlando is going viral after the outfit made her an international celebrity. And you losing her feathers, something that can happen to penguins in the wild as well. The Wardrobe Department at sea world designed the wedge suit to keep her warm. And what. Okay. And looking great there. 7 00 a. M. , temperatures at the bug stop looks good and not jackets and some upper 60s to the north and that is pleasant. That 85 is moderate and out of and coming up, a man in louisiana posts video is to snapchat while being chased by police. And he doesnt think he was going to get away. And a tech giant helps a principal crack down on fights after school. The key role that twitter. After it skidded off the runway last night. Nobody was hurt. Everybody is okay. Pence will be back on the campaign trail today. And more women are coming forward accusing an ex university of wisconsin student of sexual assault. Police arrested alec cook last week. A student claims he raped her for more than two hours in his apartment and four more women are telling police that cook attacked them, too. They found a black book in his apartment where he described the women he met and documenting what he wanted to do to them. Hes innocent and the victim of character assassination. A new Jersey School district is shutting down a violent social media feed. And students set up a twitter account to share videos of after school fights. Twister shut down the account. The School Superintendent said the students involved have been disciplined. A yoga pants parade in rhode island said the fight is not over yet. The women marched in front of his house in roactivity after he support a letter to the editor of the local newspaper saying women over the age of 20 and said they should not wear yoga pants. He met the letter as sat tire. Hes angry now at critics who he refers to as evil Sorority Girls and that he wrote another letter hes trying to get published and there is no word on what is in stay tuned for that. And good morning, looking good out there weatherwise. We have 70s and widespread 70s at this point and not as cool as yesterday and mid to upper 60s and were monitor monitoring the temperatures with the east wind from one to five degrees and warmer. The shot is not here and there is a lot of cloud cover and you can see that from the thunderstorms there and that is getting blown in our direction morning. Well break out into some nice sunshine and why not more to get the perspective here on what is going on. The clouds roll in from southwest to northeast and up above and very high in the atmosphere and lower levels. You see the flow from west to east and that will provide us with plenty of clouds through the afternoon and the warm temperatures and that, witness again, are in the mid to upper 80s average. 82 and were not breaking records or anything and that is not in the cards with that east wind. The High Pressure to the northbound is keeping us with the pattern here and into the weekend. Well end october and get into halloween with the fine weather and the early part of next week and november begins the last month of hurricane season, which is quiet out there in the tropics now. North. Good morning, everybody. And good morning. Were watching a crash in your area eastbound on state root 52 and approaching u. S. 19. We have a crash here in the eastbound lanes. I am getting word from fhp this is in the clearing stages. If youre heading out of the door and into this area, leave yourself extra type. And we not sure if the entire eastbound lanes are blocked or not. Again, leave yourself some extra time there and across the water this morning, no the sunshine sky way looks clear and this is lee at the Howard Franklin bridge, about six minutes to cross and the drive looking good. No crashes or breakdowns from lakeland into downtown tampa and that is taking you about 22 minutes. Back to you. And there you go. I am on the real speed chase. And left for a long time. And that is video shot from inside a car. It started after he tried to enter a dorm and was banned from the building of the officers tried to arrest him and he took off and were told that one of the shots hit stewart and he was also later arrested. And we to a bizarre low speed chase in phoenix. A driver with an outstanding warrant refuses to stop. He didnt stop for police but he stopp restaurant. Ordered a meal in the drive thru and the man left eating his dinner. The police eventually stopped him at a nearby neighborhood. And 5 19. Still ahead, the person who beat three deer to death is on the loose this morning. Why Authorities Say they dont have much to go on. And the California Family said their neighbor is to label for a 2,000 vet bill and what they want him to do to keep their puppy safe. Candace gibson and maris have more. Reporter Apple Unveils the new line of sleeker and pricier laptops. It features a touch bar allowing users to choose emozi and use Additional Information from the app there and more. There is a new fingerprint sensor. The prices start at 1,800. And this is something for the kids. Facebook alive is looking more like snapchat with the halloweenthemed filters for live facebook calls them masks. And twitter is sadly pulling the plug on vine. The app featuring sixsecond videos that produced little in the way of profits for the struggling social media platform. And that did make for fun videos, including this guy with a mintos suit. Dunked mentos suit dunked in a nevada soda and that is brilliaent. How will we survive without. Its 5 24 on this friday morning. A senseless act of violence is under investigation at a Hillsborough County nature center. Crimestoppers is offerring a reward to find a person who beat three deer to death. She works at natures classroom and was in charge of teaching students about the three deer three weeks ago, she came to work and found two of the deer dead on the ground. The third badly injured and died the next day. If someone is willing to do this to friendly deer, what else are they capable of . And fwc has very few leads. The park security cameras didnt capture the crime. The natures classroom principal is stepping up security until an arrest is made. A Chocolate Lab company is recovering from a bee attack and their neighbors blame for thing can error errors injuries. The door dogs injuries. The vet removed 155 bee stingers with a bill of 2,000. And the family blames a next door neighbor who keeps a beehive and they asked him to take his bees somewhere else. And coming up on abc action news this morning, the dangers of baby powder coming to the forefront again. Cancer because of talcum powder. And before the crash, a social media post from a couple who died on a terrible wreck on mlk that claimed 5 lives. Well hear from thman who was only feet away from getting z256qz zy6z. A look inside the car blamed for a deadly crash. The video posted minutes before that accident on mlk and the man who said he barely escaped the tragedy. And this morning, were learning more about the family killed in a tragic tampa accident. Ahead, reaction from loved ones and the conditions of surviving victims. And such a tragedy. Five people including a mother and two Young Children died in that crash and well have more on that in just a second. And im deiah riley. Im dan schaeffer. First, lets kick off friday with traffic and weather together. And looks great out there and for today, a lot of sunshine from mark; a gorgeous sunset last night and near
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