technicians, whose job is to monitor water levels in the ponds when they were making their rounds identified that there was a water level drop. >> reporter: 215 million gallons of contaminated water used to process fertilizer is drained into the hole. >> we activated a recovery well so that we can capture any water that has gone down the hole. >> reporter: so far, the wells have not detected any additional contaminants in the ground however, the company says the entire process to pump out all could take months. d water guys, just to give you an update and kind of an overview of how huge the hole is, we're told it's about 45 feet wide and so deep they can't see to the bottom of it. this is an issue they will have to monitor for the next few weeks and possibly months. news. checking in with the friday forecast. 82 in tampa. temperatures are running in the low 80s. the current feels-like temps, how it feels outlied, 89 in say -- outside, 89 in sarasota. you get the idea. it will be another steamer of a day. by the afternoon, we'll see the clouds building up and heading into th you can see the storms developing and push to the south over the next several hours between 1:00 and 7:00. sunshine, and plenty of it through the early part of the weekend. we'll talk more about the thunderstorms and check on the busy drop on the atlantic in just a few minutes. let's head over to the traffic center to see how we can wrap things up with janelle. >> everything's calm. i could have left a few minutes ago but this courage is just in county. i am seeing a backup on dell mabry. if you are heading out the door, you may want to find an alternate route or leave early. this is just south of toledo avenue. we have a crash and we're seeing a backup here as well. one option for you, you can make your way over to u.s. 41. that seems to be moving a lot better as you are heading northbound. we still hav here on 275 just before you get to bush. this is causing a slight delay on 275 as well. back to you guys. three minutes after 9:00 right now. a deputy-involved shooting investigation is under way in hernando county. detectives spent several hours at a home in weeki wachee. the 911 caller said the homeowner may be suicidal and shots were fired and schlosser was killed. >> didn't expect this because i was just with him on friday. he was in good spirits and we were doing some business at the marine corps league. he was looking forward to getting involved. he was in a lot of pain, and i think today he had a plan to commit suicide. >> reporter: authorities say a deputy a administrative live pending the investigation. things turned deadly for one man after getting into a fight with his friend. the two friends got into a violent fight. wilson punched darling in the head six or seven times. when police got there, darling was on the ground and was pronounced dead at the scene. wilson was charged with one count of second-degree murder. new information on the ex- crime. according to an arrest affidavit, 32-year-old joseph shriver told officials he was embarrassed and never intended to hurt anyone. a former inmate believes someone put shriver up to setting the fire because he believes shriver wasn't capable of planning the crime himself. the mosque was the same one that the pulse nightclub shooter attended. >> it was a scary ride for a group ofid in south florida. it t-boned a truck. shear a look at the after--- here is a look at the after- math of the crash. both drivers had to be taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police say the truck drive wears trying to make a left turn when the collision happened. a fight between two homeless men in st. pete beach ended with one of them dead. detectives say, again, bruce wilson and kenneth darling were drinking yesterday when they got into that fight. again, this happened on st. pete beach. a shuffle board scuffle ends with a man in jail. police say 81-year-old herbert hayden got into a fight with another man and the game of shuffle board quickly led to an argument and turned physical. hayden, accused of hitting the victim, with his shuffle board 2 stick. he sits in jail charged with simple battery. updating you paralyzed man suffering from als finally has his van back. his family reported his wheelchair-accessible van stolen wednesday morning. that warn was his only way to get to -- that van was the only way for him to get to and from his doctors appointments. he now has it back and one day hopes to pass it along to someone elsep. dropped. he has been holed up in london for the past four years. assange says he is ready to serve prison time here in the u.s. but only if president obama grants clemency to chelsea manning. manning is a former army intelligence analyst serving 35 years in prison. she was convicted of handing out a massive amount of classified materials to wikileaks. >> expanding, and that is -- dollar general is expanding, and that's good news if you are looking for a job. this are holding hiring events now through september 24th. if you live in town and country and you have junk sitting in your yard, today is the day to get rid of it. the fight the blight initiative is offering free curbside pickup through the 23rd. the idea is to get rid of breed mosquitoes. they'll accept furniture, junk and electronics. they are holding a tire amnesty through tomorrow to help you dispose of unwanted or unused tires. also this morning, it's up to the florida statehouse to fix the toxic algae problem affecting both of our coastlines. the state ? approved the use of $1.9 million from going into the st. lucie river. instead, after a series of engineers will divert the water south into the everglades. the house still needs to approve the bill, though. attacked and under the watch of surveillance cameras. one man watched his own father attacked and shot in his front yard. >> the worry over zika spreads beyond just the virus. why the battle is making even more people sick. >> just in time for the peak of the hurricane season, we're developing. i'll talk more about that and which one has the highest potential to threaten land in a an emotional plea from a son of a man brutally attacked while watering his lawn. you can see two men ride by on surveillance. they return moments later and one robs, beats, then shoots his father. the victim neighbors who recognize those two member to come forward. >> i'm supposed to talk about what a good person my father is in order to garner your sympathy. i don't want to. i think the headline, 71-year- old man shot and robbed while watering lawn should be enough! >> while the hunt continues for the attackers, the victim is expected to be released from the hospital soon. new developments in the fight against the zika virus. folks living in miami now say they would rather be bitten by chemicals being sprayed to kill the bugs. >> nearly 200 people packed in the meeting to protest the spraying. some say the mild flu-like symptoms zika causes don't warrant the spray. it is currently being used at levels deemed safe by the cdc and epa. new research shows for the first time traces of the zi eyes of six people infected in south america. the next step now is to see if this causes vision problem in adults. >> the virus isn't only taking a toll on people's health, of course. according to a recent survey, half of walt disney world vacationers are canceling trips due to zika. bloom reports zika cases in florida may be causing tourists the resort has seen no impact on cancellations or bookings. disney and other theme parks are handing out free mosquito repellent to their guests. an important health alert this morning. this may seem odd but if you have ever thought about kissing a chicken, don't. >> i'm good. >> the cdc is warning people that kissing chickens can lead to contracting salmonella. a new study shows the increased flogs have created an outbreak. some people inspected said they touched, can id, or let chickens roam freely in their homes. >> even though the idea of having a chicken as a pet is appealing, they should never be allowed in the home and of course don't kiss them. we have a consumer alert this morning. g.e. is recalling washing machines because they run the risk of catching fire. if you have the ge profile high efficiency profile washing machine, stop using it. pose a fire hazard. we've got it posted on our mobile app. another recall you need to know about before you run errands. hyundai is recalling tuckson suvs due to a software glitch that can stop it from accelerating. if your vehicle is affected, take a teen who sued chipotle will eat more are about reit toes. she's been awarded a couple of dozen free coupons as part of the settlement. you'll remember hundreds got sick last year after eating at chipotle restaurants. a drone system chipotle burritos to hungry customers on the campus of virginia tech. right now it's only available for a few hundred people invited to take part in the project for the next couple of days. those lucky few get to order the food from a kiosk. it gets prepared on site from a food truck and delivered by drone and lowered to the hands of hungry kids. >> i think it says a lot about the work that virginia tech does to improve technology and stuff like that. i think they find it to be a good place to try it out. >> there is more to the experiment than just sendin to the faa with plans to deliver medicine or batteries to rural areas or after a natural disaster. take a look at this picture here. an oregon girl ordered chips from a restaurant. it looks like it's just pepper flakes on the chips, but that's not pepper. those are dead ants. >> emily wagner ate a few before noticing what was wrong. the manager of the restaurant offered a new bag of chips, but she declined. she only got an apology after chips went viral. lyft is facing a multi- million dollar lawsuit claiming the company regularly overcharged new york city riders. it seeks nearly $60 million in damages. attorneys argued lyft made it a habit to charging the higher cash rate for tolls instead of the e-z pass rate. the cash rate is higher than the e-z pass rate. the limousine commission says only the e-z charged. kicking off child passenger safety week. to make sure your kids are riding safe and secure, all infant and toddlers need to ride in a rear-facing car seat until they are 2 years old or until they pass the height and weight limit for a car seat. children younger than 13 need to ride in the backseat so they are not injured in a crash. a man in europe is him doing 88 miles per hour at the required speed to time travel in the classic back to the future movies. the time machine in the "back to the future" movies was 88. in the end, he said he didn't have to pay the ticket. the officer who pulled him over didn't show up in court. >> it's been a long time since i saw one that it actually started. >> what happens at 88? >> you have a trail of flames and end up in another time. he didn't have to pay. >> we're really in the future. that could happen. let's go back to this morning. look at ed there. that's a winner of a shot there. i could stare at that all day. the sun rose and we'll get the next few days. by the afternoon, we'll begin to see the clouds and thunderstorms begin to develop. we're not quite there as far as tracking the cold front. we'll talk about the tropics in a second here. it will feel tropical. 87 is the current feels-like in st. pete pushing 90 in tampa. that will continue to rise over the next few hours so that by later on this afternoon, we're really going to get into the steamer here. that's what helps with the thunderstorm activity we'll continue to pop. let's talk about julia still hanging on to tropical storm status there. the rain associated with it is to the east of the center. so it's not even bothering the carolinas. ian will be no more. at this point it's just going away. then there's carl. this is the one we'll be talking about the next few days because it will be moving in and zooming in closer to show you the latest from the national hurricane center. it is a tropical storm depression. it will have a tough time going would be about five days from now, we're looking at a category 1 hurricane. both the american and european models at this point move it to the north. that is a good thing. by the way, the european blows it up as a major hurricane. we'll watch it closely in case it decides to get a little closer to the west. of course that with impact the island on the southern fringe of it here with squally weather. for now, woo we're in shape here. 81 factoring in the humidity and it feels like 100. doing any boating? it went by quick. it will be an onshore flow about 5 knots. the water temperature is still hanging in the mid-80s with the extended forecast taking you through the weekend, of course, and rain chances are right where they should be, about 30 to 40%. no fronts, nolos, no wave -- know lows, no waves. thunderstorms through the early part of next week with high temps near 90. the new iphone 7 is now available. this time with controversial changes. we'll break down what's different and why you may want to consider getting an older iphone 6 instead. >> a stunning statement from donald trump as hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail it's friday. time to introduce you to our pet of the week. tell us about sidney. >> sidney came from a rural shelter in florida. she's about a year old and an american stafford shire and bulldog mix. she is a very active dog. she's never lived in the house so we're working on house training, but she's doing great. >> if you've got property, sidney would be a great dog. >> she would. she loves to she would be good with kids. i don't know about little kids. she might knock them around by jumping on them. >> not exactly a lap dog but about as nice as she's going to be. >> may fill out a little more. >> good personality. yes, you are. i are a good girl. if you are interested in adopting sidney, call second chance boxer rescue. the number is on your screen here. bill, thank you very much. >> sidney, thank you. next at 9:30, trying to do the right thing after causing a national uproar over a torte the rush 7 is in stores today, but not everyone will leave with a phone in their hand. i'm lindsay logue with an update on apple's backlog to the brand new phone now at 9:30. >> a lot of disappointed folks, though. >> there are some that aren't available even now. good morning, i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. ivan joins us now with the forecast. >> you are selling yours, though, right? you have a 3g over there. >> we'll get to it, though. temps in the low 80s right now with sunshine out there, scattered clouds out there with the east wind that will continue for a time and we'll switch over to the west as the sea breeze kicks in there. it will be hot and humid. this will begin to fill in. shay and denis will get showers for you later on this morning and put futurecast into motion and the storms bubble up so that by 2:00 and 6:00, that will be our time frame to thunderstorms and things wind down. this is a little overdone as i see it right now. sometimes the storms go back to the shores. we'll see if that happens. i'm not buying that at the moment. i'm thinking still it will be in the afternoon and then in the evening, it will be okay as we step outside as we enjoy our weekend here. temps fall back in the mid-80s after highs in the low 90s. the humidity will make it feel like it's in the hundreds. we'll talk about the tropics 7 today, you have to get in line. excited fans around the world and tampa camped out overnight to make sure they get the one they want. >> lindsay, some people waited overnight only to be turned away. >> reporter: dan and deiah, unfortunately, some people did. some have been coming in here to be turned away as well. they are looking specifically for the 7-plus. that pre-order sales sold out. you have to wait until november if you want to get your hands on one of those. it doesn't necessarily mean people are walking out of the store empty handed. the line is not as crazy as years past. i say may eight to ten people were in line when the doors opened this morning. people continue to trickle in today. all of them getting the iphone 7, which is available. the basic model is available in every color except jet black. climb despite the initial grumblings over that eliminated head phone jack. fans say this is apple's best phone yet. >> i would have to say the camera and the fact that if you accidentally drop it in water, you won't have to ruin your phone. >> definitely black in 32 gig. just love the new look. it's nice to see the speed and different apps and play with it and learn on the way. >> reporter: yeah, there is a little bit of a learning curve, especially with the ios10 software. learning all of those tips, tricks, and aprils this morning. we've been joking warn with people buying the phones if they want to test out the water resistant future. that seems to be the one thing most people are excited about. you can imagine they don't want to dry it out, though, to make sure it cruelly it water resistant. weekend's sales. unlike in years past, now they are saying that no longer matters to investors. the pre-order sales, instead, say everything. best of luck if you want to head out and buy everything today. live in tampa, i'm lindsay logue, abc action news. rumors are swirling that another apple device may cut ties about a head phone jack. many users were surveyed asking how they use the head phone jack. weeks ago, apple announced it is ditching forcing users to opt for the wireless head phones or use an adapter cable. after reports of fires and explosions, samsung is recalling the galaxy note 7. they have received nearly a hundred reports to issue the recall in cooperation with the consumer product safety commission. the company is offering replacement or full refunds for company haute hopes the galaxy 7 -- the company hoped that the galaxy 7 would compete with the iphone 7. hillary clinton is back on the pain trail after her bout with pneumonia. clinton waste nod time attacking trump. >> the donald trump campaign said they did the obama administration a great service. the statement reading in part, in 2011, mr. trump was finally able to bring this ugly "eyewitness news" did enterto a conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. trump himself continued to raise this "ugly issue" in tweets and statements after 2011. as recently as 36 hours ago, he would not answer a "washington believes the president was born in the u.s. he said he'll answer that at the right moment. hillary clinton pounced. >> he still wouldn't say hawaii. he still wouldn't say america. >> reporter: also hitting trump for calling the minister in flint, michigan a nervous wreck. >> every time we think he's hit rock bottom, he sinks even lower. >> reporter: clinton was back on the campaign trail. ? [music] ? after caking a from pneumonia. trump taking part in a lighthearted moment on "the tonight show." >> can i mess your hair up? >> go ahead. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: cha trump campaign statement claimed hillary clinton was responsible for falsely starting the rumors about president obama's birth inaccurate. lana zach, abc news, washington. stocks falling in europe. here is a live look at the dow right now. the dow down 90 points. 18,123, a gain of 178 points thursday. a mattress store that created nationwide outrage with a tacky 9/11 ad could reopen as soon as today. here is another look at that ad. >> same mattress, great price. on sale all day long. [screaming ] >> we'll never forget. >> people were so angry with the ad that miracle mattress in san antonio had to close its doors. the store owner has apologized. he says he's hired new staff. it's not clear if he fired the woman who made the ad, which is his daughter charese. they both received death threats after the story broke. it's not clear if the public will forgive them one one 9/11 widow already has. when she heard about the death up the phone and called charese and personally forgave her for the controversial ad. a heart-stopping moment in north carolina. deputies found a missing 6- year-old girl chained to a tree. a bystander found himself in the middle of a rescue. the deputy flagged him down. the deputy asked if he had any bolt cutters in his work truck. he said no, but he did have a saw. stepny lopez castro was tied with a thick chain and padlock. they were able to get her loose. he says he doesn't deserve any credit. >> the sheriff's department, the rescue, fbi, everybody that was out there, they are the ones that will rescue that little girl. all i had was a simple tool on the truck that they needed. >> stephanie is in good condition at a hospital found just a few miles from her home 18 hours after she went missing. a convicted sex offender who 2012 has been charged with her kidnapping. new york city police shot a man who was waving a meat leaver and attacked -- meat cleaver and attacked a police officer. he tried to remove a boot from a vehicle and he pulled out the cleaver as officers approached him. an offduty detective tackled him, but he lashed out with the cleaver, slicing the detective's face. officers opened fire hitting him at least twice. he is now in the hospital in critical condition. a miracle at the marina. a nanty county man -- manatee county man says if it wasn't for his dog, he wouldn't be alive this morning. the man says he was dead and brought back to life thanks to his four-legged best friend. >> reporter: the 1-year-old boxer mix feels like today is just another day slobbering on our lens enjoying life. >> reporter: he fell off his sailboat. no one herd the splash except his dog. -- no one heard the splash except his dog. >> she was barking, barking, barking. >> in the dark, i actually thought it was a baby manatee or something money. >> of course we wasn't suspecting it to be eddie but it was eddie in the water face down. >> reporter: the former army ranger jumped in, pulled shorter out, and started cpr. when first responders away, he walked away thinking the worst. >> i told debbie when they took him out of here that we probably wouldn't be seeing daylight. >> i was actually dead with no pulse for almost 30 minutes. >> reporter: shorter doesn't know how or why he survived. >> all i remember is that i was in state with no start. it was just abyss. >> reporter: shorter is thankful he rescued bay because he never imagined a short time later she would be rescuing i'm here. god has plans. it's not your time to go. she is the one that saved my life. >> reporter: michael paluska, abc action news. >> i like that. returning the favor. shorter says he was saved to quickly and because of that, he didn't suffer health problems. black bears enjoy calling the sunshine state home. florida's back bear population is growing. experts say the bear population has rebounded thanks to extra protection measures now in place. it's gone from just a few hundred bears 1970s to allowing the first bear hunt in 20 years. last october when 304 bears were killed. still ahead, a blind man fights back against a pair of gang members. hear how he turned the tables and the surprising thing he wants to tell them face-to- face. >> it's not a maserati and shouldn't be handled like one. >> you have to see this to . >> tampa bay's "dancing with the stars" gala is october 1st. until then, vote online for your favorite just $1 per vote. k through 12. call for details in hillsborough county public schools is recruiting to train the special ed teacher. 9:43. why don't you take a look at this disturbing video shot by a driver in new jersey. the man says the school bus driver got tired of the slow- moving fed ex truck in front of her and tries to go the truck driver wasn't having any of it. he even crosses the yellow line to block the bus. >> both vehicles are on the other side of the road, and it was just a second or two later that when they both got on this side that a car came the other way. >> luckily there were no kids on board the bus. the bus driver has been fired. fed ex says they are also looking into the matter as well and their driver may have to managed to fight off armed robbers. he said he just arrived home when someone hit him in the head. during the struggle, he managed to grab the attacker's gun and started firing it. he thinks he can recognize the gun because of the unusual expend extended clip. he recognized the voices and think the attackers are teens that belong to the bloods, a gang he started in dallas. he wants to help the teens turn too late. alexander hamilton used to be the forgotten founding father, but not anymore. "hamilton" has impressed critics, the president, and now high school students, a tougher audience. ? [music] ? >> history teacher jim cullens saw the musical last year and says he was surprised how much he loved it. after noticing the students go the into it as well. something. he designed an entire course around "hamilton." the students helped get through the 800 page hamilton biography they are reading. >> i'm like, high, guy, what's up. i'm excited to come to the class every day. so it definitely did help. >> that is hamilton on the $10 bill. it gives students a good insight into the writing of the u.s. constitution and the bitter adams versus jefferson presidential election of 1800. this may be overqualified group of interns you will ever come across. the women are at least 40 years old and not just breaking into the workforce. many worked for decades before but not recently. a pr firm in new york targeted women who want to break back into the workforce is giving a boot camp experience and modern public relations starting with social media. >> two years ago things didn't move a. as quickly. now you take a week off and a launched yesterday. >> reporter: it comes with curriculum including homework and recommended reading. arctic sea ice has shrunk to the layest level and the arctic ice cover has grown in winter and shrisks of course in spring and summer. the sea ice went down on september 10th to tie with the second lower ever, 37-year satellite weather. they believe in th years that we will see further dramatic loss of arctic sea ice >> antarctic ice, i understand,growing. >> that's the important ones up to the north. where's the ice going? it's going to the ocean. so many of us here in florida live below that 4 foot line here so it's not going to take a storm surge to flood us if we continue, of course. the next few years. circle as poll low beach. a shot of that -- circles apollo beach. a shot of that. >> which one to pick today? >> exactly. leave one for us, right? i don't know how to sail, though. i need the backup. this is carl, and this is a view you are not used to. with the technology we have hopefully one day we'll be able to put these into motion and bet these readily available. this space station taking a picture. this is an actual photograph as opposed to what i show you, which is certainly fine enough. been doing that since the '50s and otherwise, it would just be blind out there. that's the way things went back then. didn't know the storm was coming except for shipping lanes. a lot of times you didn't get the warning in time. here's futurecast. how about technology to tell us not only that but just where the individual thunderstorms will develop based on our flow here. up today. so we're not going to wait for them to move from west to east, right? we're just going to develop right on top of us. that is an indication of a tropical air mass. once they do develop, they tend to get stronger so the rain is a little bit more so. so between 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, we'll have the peak thunderstorm activity here. so julia is almost out of the picture for the carolinas. it's still there and on the western side of it, it's dry there with a few showers leftover, it's not raining. ian going away and carl is the one i just showed you. we'll talk about carl as that will likely be our next hurricane. that is the official forecast, although it will take its time to do so with this forecast, right? things change. that is a 75 mile-per-hour hurricane by the time it gets to wednesday at 2:00 a.m. it will curve to the north. both american and european models check in on that. if you are traveling today, 40s. chilly stuff, but for us it's back into the lower 90s, which means it will feel about 100 degrees. with the heat index out there, the weekend looks great saturday and sunday. both days, a lot of sunshine early on. through the afternoon, 30% coverage as far as the storms. we'll continue with that right through the early part of next week. abc action news at 9:00 good morning, everybody. we are getting ready for monday's launch of our taking action against domestic violence campaign. believe it or not, eight years, and this morning, i'm surprising dan and deiah with this beautiful gift. it was brought to us yesterday by one of the survivors that we're profiling this year. >> that's gorgeous. >> this was made by alyssa dudley. she took all pictures from prior years. it's just really exciting to excited she is to be part of the campaign this year. >> when do we reveal the officer of the year? >> this is year six. we will be revealing our taking action against the domestic violence officer of the year on monday on launch day. >> great. >> new this year, our officer we've gotten nominations from all across the viewing area. >> and this is honoring everyday heroes. it's so sweet. >> that's right. you know it's not all about money. we heard that again and again from the advocat home by bringing you examples by people who stepped up and volunteered their time or talents to make a really big difference in the life of a survivor. so we're excited. >> you pour so much of yourself into the campaign. thank you. >> lots of coffee. [ laughter ] >> get your purple ready. i know you've already started. get your purple ready for monday. take pictures and send them to us. we want to post them on our social media platform. we'll be right back. closed captioning is all right. 91 for today with the high. it'll feel hotter than that and we'll have showers and thunderstorms developing. nice weekend, though. 30 to 40%. scattered storms through the afternoon. highs around 90. >> but i didn't get to wash the car. >> you are 0 for 2. continuing coverage for the day's top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> "tampa bay's morning blend" is next. have a great rest of the day. we are in the kitchen. we meet an author with a fascinating connection. some of history's most notable characters. taking action for you. >> breaking news across tampa good friday morning to you. tgif. i am carley boyette. >> i am natalie -- you for joining us on today's morning blend. we will get this in a second. just a second. any plans going on this weekend? we are talking about friday. >> we were discussing football. we have -- football impossibly doing how shopping since my