Ride sharing Companies Like uber and lyft. Today the ptc agreeing on rules mainly with your safety in mind, how to regulate cars d drivers. But the fight is not over yet. Kara is joining us from downtown. Uber and lyft drivers are not happy today. What is the hangup . Reporter you know, it all has to do with the fingerprint background chks. It seems like a simple thing. But from the beginning of this fight, both compan lyft, have said no way, were not going to fingerprint drivers. It comes down to time and money and sometimes the tests can be inaccurate. The county of course is saying its necessary and it will keep you safe. They found out from attorneys that the state law requires that they fingerprint any drivers that they regulate. All right. The next question that i have for you is ridesharing against that finrprinting, right . Rertthats actually true. Theres a coy called fare that prints their drivers right now. Theyre operating in texas. They came into the city of austin after th
Flight from phoenix to tampa, that wasnt the case. Right now youre looking a some video captured bay passenger on board flight number 574. This is a plane making its way from phoenix to tampa and about 5 miles out, one passenger described the situation on board that passenger told us he felt a rumble and then heard the pilot over the intercom tell everyone to problem with the left main landing gear. However, we will make a landing listen to your flight attendants. Again, that is information coming from one the passenger on board the plane circled for some time. Before making its way towards the ground as the pilot reportedly on the aircraft continued to yell over the loud spear brace, brace, brace, and brace. Listen to what some of the passengers on board had to say about the experience. This donna. They cant get landing gear down. Were leafing everything to you. Ill go home and make a will. I hadnt done that yet. And i said take care of my dog. Its tough. You make this quick phone cal
Theyre up in the air and on Hernando County. So just south of brooksville, along highway 41 you get that quick shower beginning to fall apart and now just moving onshore, still west of 19 around the bay port area, i have a quick little tropical downpour to throw your way. Other than those two, most of the activity has been offshore first thing this morning. Lets look at the temperatures here at 7 00. 79 in tampa, 78 in clearwater, 80 in st. Petersburg. Inland locations in the low to mid 30 rain chance along the coast, 50 further inland and High Temperatures should get right back to that 90degree mark again. Vanessa thanks. 7 01. We do have a couple of crashes were seeing reported but the good news is none are reported with lane blockage. You shouldnt see any big delays from them. We want to check out the congestion levels on the interstate. 75 is where were taking a live look. This is the fowler avenue exit. Were starting to slow down as a 13minute ride coming from fowler avenue headin
A smart phone with apps installed and instructed her how to send naked pictures and videos of herself to other students. While he didnt have any pictures sent to himself, we are learning that he would take that phone to see those naked images of that child. Out of jail but not answering his door, we attempted to talk to 321yearold Michael Geist a former Science Teacher charged with lewd conduct with student. He was always nice and respectful to me. Reporter his neighbors shocked by the arrest, saying that he was always friendly, even offering to watch his neighbors young child. I love it here. And i think this is a good place to live. And, you know, when you hear Something Like that, you just dont know who your nextdoor neighbor is anymore. Reporter while his adult neighbors didnt see anything wrong, according to the School District, it was suspicious student whos came forward, teacher. Just said something didnt seem right about this particular teacher and a student. Reporter the distr
Martinezs phone. A couple clicks on the computer revealing she lives at this lake wales apartment. The same apartment as the man waiting to give a urine sample. Obviously he didnt think he was going to be able to pass the test. Reporter it turns out that the two texted back and forth as he waited. According to her, he ordered her to do something now. Threatening to blow up a building, whether its a state building, private building, no matter what is serious business. A lot of resources need to be deployed. Reporter a as in text officers using taxpayer money to investigate a couples love for each other. Sending them both to jail tonight. Love can make you do things that normal people cant fathom. Reporter ryan raiche, abc action news. Now the most Accurate Weather Team in florida, abc action weather. How are you doing, everybody. You can blame tropical orm julia for this. Its extending from the carolinas down to our area. The moisture and the rains in the gulf will be rolling in right o