She tied a mark with her sixth u. S. National championship, while becoming the first woman to perform an amazing move. Yep, that tripledouble right there. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 12th. Good monday morning. So glad to be back with you after a couple of days off. A good way to start the week. Did you miss me . He said, did i miss him . I talked to him every day, i saw him when i was in miami. Did i miss you . No, i saw you. So . Tell the people. I miss sharing this desk with you. How about that . Oh, there it is. I just have to force her to Say Something nice. So glad kenneth is back. Hey, thanks. We do begin this half hour with the capture of a suspected killer who had been on the run in tennessee. The search came to an end yesterday hours after he was spotted on a Home Security camera. Heres abcs will reeve. Reporter a fugitive, convicted kidnapper and accused murderer caught in tennessee after a tense fiveday manhunt. Officers from tdot, dhb, tdi, spot
We want people just like them so we dont have to roll the dice on a craigslist ad. Reporter businesses facing a new reality. In san mateo, abc 7 news. Now to that brutal finish to the week on wall street. Staubs plummeted again across the board on fears that chinas economy is slowing. The dow plunged 530 points finishing at 16,459. Experts say that is a correction. The nasdaq lost more than 170 points closing at 4706 down 3. 5 . The s p 500 dropped 64 points to finish at 1970. The recent reduction in the value of currency weighed on the markets heavily and weaker manufacturing has been affecting Tech Companies and their revenue. Investors say it is too early to panic. If you look over the last five or six years we have had some pretty wild swings and the market has always bounced back. Its not a matter of if but when. Economists warn the worst thing a person can do is bail out. We may be in a drought but past rainfall caused major flooding problems for some San Francisco neighborhoods.
Treatment plan. These are not a quick fix. Its also going to take a significant investment of time to get everything done that we want to accomplish, everything. It will take about five years, ending in 2021. Reporter the estimated cost is 300 million. St. Pete resident Walter Donnelly is on board he lives near Eckerd College and his home has been his home has been flooded several times sie where i live. I could throw a stone and it to where it overflows. Thats why we are involved here. In the plan that was presented today, that will prevent that from happening to me and my neighbors. There are 10,000 of us in the group that i represent who are absolutely concerned about this and this is the way out. Reporter the city only has about 161 million budgeted for looking to go after state and federal money, bond money as well and of course possibly increase the rate on the project. Thank you very much. From the tampa bay area to daytona beach, the i4 corrider is a must win in a crucial swing
Minute with look at the skytower radar forecast. Right now though, some st. Petersburg roads are being flooded because of the consistent rain. Just minutes ago car had to be pushed out road after being stuck. Look at that. All of that water. Keep in mind, were just getting going here with this thing. So, lets start with vanessa and then well move over to dave. Yeah guys we have some big problems on the roadways. Crashes galore and then of course the flooding concerns which well talk about in just a second. Big problems that were seeing here, w back ups overturned vehicle crash Sunshine Skyway bridge with heavy northbound lane blockages. If youre just joining we do have one lane passing the right lane thats going to be passing. But if you can take 75 instead. You might save your self some time sitting in traffic over the bridge. So well keep you up sedated on that crash. Meantime heavy congestion all way around of course were dealing with slick roadways in hillsborough southbound look n
The forecast center. I cant call it a name because it still doesnt have one. It is just depression 9. Hermine is the next tropical depression on the list. It could be good news that it is not a Tropical Storm. That it is is a tropical depression. Not in a very good environment. Not much better than it was 24 hours ago. There is the big picture there. Gaston out to sea. We are interested in tropical depression number 9 wh still a tropical depression by the way. According to the National Hurricane center. As of 5 00, 35 miles an hour winds. Theres your forecast track very close to what the consensus of the major models are doing. A slight northerly shift. Of course, as we get closer to potential landfall, the cone itself, that white cone, gets a little thinner. 65 miles an hour thursday afternoon. You can see moving off to the northeast. Tropical cyclone. We could bring some very strong tides into the west coast of florida. Especially high tide thursday any time from noon until 3 00 in t