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clifton french is live in the middle of it all. clifton, how does it look out there. reporter: we got caught up in the flash flooding. we were covering the story about the tree that fell this trailer and then this street, this is teak street in new port richey near the intersection of canton. this street was overcome by the water. i want to show what you we had to do to our vehicles over here. we were parked further down on this driveway. we had to get to high gr us how quickly this water can come in and the flash flooding comes in. and it s like this on several streets across new port richey. so when you re driving around here, you see streets like this. stop and turn around. we can t tell you enough. don t be one of the people being rescued on us-19 when there s high water. get out of the way. turn around. find high ground. and wait it out if you have to. i m reporting live in new port richey, clifton french, abc clifton, thank you. there is fear of water ri ....
unarmed black man in tampa has led to protests some of which have turned violent. josh cascio joins us live, and those protestors are still going wronstrong out there. absolutely, it s been kind of a wild chaotic night. i want to give you a sense of the scene. you see 78th stree all of the deputy cars out here, and as we pan across the street you still see people dmangd demandingjustice for a man shotd killed at the hands of police. they believe his death is unsuf unjustified. riggins with a 22 years old and deputies. they laid out their version this afternoon at a press conference alongside leaders of the black community, and they say after buying dr drugs fromm several ts they served a search warrant on his home but he was uncooperative and refused to come out of his bedroom, and the deputy perceived him as a threat, as he weapons but they never found a gun on him. mr. riggins then jumped up and moved his hands toward his waist band and the deputy fired his gun on ....
they believe his death is unsuf unjustified. riggins with a 22 years old and a drug dealer according to deputies. they laid out their version this afternoon at a press conference alongside leaders of the black community, and they say after buying drugs they served a search warrant on his home but he was uncooperative and refused to come out of his bedroom, and the deputy perceived him as a threat, as he had a history with weapons but they never found a gun on him. mr. riggins then jumped up and moved his hands toward his his gun one time, just one time. i don t think he had time to regular his eyes. like i said, he felt he wanted to sh shoot somebody that day ad he s chose riggins. the state attorney is going review the case and determine if the shooting was justified. the deputy is on paid administrative vibe is half protest and half party, meaning that emotions are running high. this party or protest whatever you want to d call it is likelyo go on into the morni ....
yet because we still have a lot of leftover tropical moisture that is streaming through the area. i think today is going to feel be a lot like it was yesterday afternoon where you just had a lot of cloud cover, occasional showers running through the area. this morning we had a little bit of rain in the citrus county area up to leve. not a big deal. we are not going to put too much more in the bucket. we can t have more rain, there is nowhere to it go. the rain %. south-out east winds at 3 miles per hour. a lot of cloud cover. a few showers mixed in. it is not going to ruin your day and not going to rain every minute of the day but keep checking the sky tower radar for chance of showers. tropical storm hermine causing problems for the part of the country. i will talk about that in a minute. investigating a house fire in port richey. it broke out before 4:00 on westport drive in port richey. bring you an update as soon as we get more information. also new this morni ....
i am about to ruin it for some. we have tons of moisture in the atmosphere, okay. we are not going to go from all that rain to nothing. and transition slowly and notice the showers. the tropical downpours approaching the west coast. again this morning. and, boy, they are so close if not onshore already right around hudson, southward. new port richey, port richey, holiday, a batch of heavy rain that is moving through anclote now and that is going to come minutes or so, and i know i know the last thing you want is more rain. here is another shower too. right over the pinellas part of the gandy bridge and that is moving toward south tampa. so we may have started off quiet. got the sun up on a quiet note, but this is what we are going to have to deal with unfortunately. and i think the best rain chances will be let s say if you drew a line, i-4 north where the best rain chances are going to be throughout the day and just more scattered showers and storms at least by lab ....