but we do have the trump rally happening this morning in sarasota. sarasota police asking drivers to expect some delays right around the arena. we are seeing a little bit of a slowdown. not sure if we are seeing this that area. fruitville right around 8 a.m. the doors open. the rally is at 11. you might want to find an alternate route. back to you guys. >>> 5:31. in democracy 2016, latest polls show the fight for florida in a virtual tie between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> the trump campaign is making one final stop here in florida this morning. abc action news james tully is live at the fairgrounds. trump knows florida is a must overstate the importance of florida to donald trump. he'll be here at the sarasota fairgrounds as janelle said at 11 a.m. his supporters already lining up behind me. if he were to lose the state he'd have to make up its 29 electoral votes in many states that hillary clinton is polling ahead of him, and has been polling ahead of him for the entire election cycle. what do we expect trump to say today in his final stop

these protesters took a peaceful approach in sarasota this weekend. they were chanting quote love trump's hate. dozens held signs and talked about why they don't like president elect donald trump. >>> well, this morning the bucs are celebrating a big win against the bears, but that's not what has people talking here wide receiver mike evans is coming under some pretty heavy criticism on social media for protesting the election of donald trump by not standing for the national anthem before the game. we're joined now live from the stadium, so did the team have anything to say about this? >> well, the bucs did issue us a statement about that protest late last night but evans had a lot to say to our cameras after the game here. evans explained his controversial stand the game saying it was different than that of san francisco 49ers quarterback not standing to protest what he called oppression of african americans, and police brutality. >> he did that, i'm doing it for a different reason for how , you know, a reality star can, you know, be the president. t

in sarasota this weekend they were quoting love trump's hate. dozens held signs and talked about why they don't like president elect donald trump. >>> the bucs are celebrating a big win but that's not what has people talking here in the bay area. wide receiver mike evans is coming under heavy criticism the national anthem. we're joined now live from the stadium. did the team have anything to say about this? >> reporter: well, they did issue us a statement late last night but evans had a lot to say after the game to our cameras after that game at the stadium. evans explained his controversial stand after the game saying it was different from that of san francisco 49ers quarterback. not standing to protest what he calle and police brutality. . >> he did that i'm doing it for a different reason for how, you know, a reality star can be the president. that's not a good look for america, i think. i'm not going to stand for that. when kutcher comes out and says we've been punked i'll stand again. >> reporter: the bucs did release an official statement

. >>> our sample low with and antoinette dowling, they are here to talk about that sarasota opera and upcoming fundraiser, so -- first, samuel, tell us about sarasota opera such a tradition in the community. >> there is it is, we just opened the 28th season, he had a fantastic for production. the first time the opera has been seen -- that opera has been seen on the stage followed by --followed by production. and then we are looking forward to launching our winter festival season on february 10 with 2 new production sets never been seen and the grand italian big singing of course and the season as well. >>> when you plan the season you try to have some variety. >> we do you don't want to have known -- four offers that sound similar to each other. having completed the cycle last composers in. all love and we can bring it to the stage >>> -- some . >>> doesn't happen with a lot of community support and that brings us to the opera guild and antoinette you have a big fundraiser coming up on thursday december 8th the poinsettia luncheon, and it's a big tradition. >>> this is our 32nd year o

in sarasota isabel mascarenas 10 news wtsp julia is your typical teenager. she has a boyfriend, is part of the sarasota crew rowing team, volunteers and sings in the choir. loves reading sci-fi..but now she's reading about genetics. julia wants to attend mit and become a biomedical en computing. calling all prince fans -- how would four days of non-stop music by the late icon sound? coming up -- learn when this ultimate tribute will be held and when. coming up tonight on 10 news and c-b-s. starting at 8:00, rudolph the red nose reindeer, followed by n-c-i-s at 9:00. news at 11. mmm... i can't believe it so delicious. i can't believe it has 40% fewer calories than butter. ngredients. i can't believe we're on a whale. i can't believe my role isn't bigger. oh, it's real. real ingredients. unbelievable taste. late musical icon prince will be remembered during a four day festival on the first anniversary of his death. the festival will be at paisley park in minneapolis and held april 20 through the 23. prince's band the revolution, morris day, the time and others

petland is suing sarasota county, calling the ordinance unconstitutional. so pretty much a local breeder who breeds an animal in the county can still certain circumstances. if the county wins - petland's attorney says the store would have to shut down. in sarasota, shannon valladolid 10 news wtsp. take a look at this. take a look at this. yes that's moldy food. there's mold in the jelly and at the bottom of this sandwich. and that right there... is exactly what a sasrasota school served to a 9-year- old girl. now her mother the sarasota county school district says the moldy jelly packet was the second one found in a week. so they are now talking with the manufacturer and warning other schools. it's one of the worst calls any parent could get. finding out that your son collapsed at soccer practice and his heart -- stopped. one family is now on a mission to help others -- after c-p-r brought their teen back to life. 16 year old billy cohen is surprisingly nonchalant when he talks about the day he dropped dead at soccer practice. 24:04i was actually pronounced

let's head down to southern sarasota county. venice boulevard we do drive a little bit of construction around i-75 in sarasota and here at 38th avenue east at 15th street we have a crash as well. meanwhile i-75 . >>> it is the last day of campaign 2016 and donald trump is back in the clinton, the fbi completes the review of those newly discovered emails and says she will not face charges. hear how trump fired back in response. . >> and final preparations for election day are underway. 8 on your side making sure officials are taking steps to safeguard your ballot. >> well, good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. >> good morning to you and happy monday. it's straight up 5:00.

we sarasota. so when the front comes through front just the 10% rain chance, not super cool in behind it but we'll lower the humidity levels and it will be breezy on saturday and next week staying mostly dry and comfortable in the low 80s. >>> 3 elementary schools are on lock down right now out of sarasota but all students are safe. police tell us someone morning. out of caution the school board placed sarasota high, and sun coast school for innovative studies on lock down while police check the area for 2 suspects. we want to stress the students are safe and once we know more we'll bring you that information. >>> a 71-year old man accused of hitting and killing a mother and injuring a sheriffs deputy will be in court. right now charlie lewis is judge later this afternoon. a tip led deputy to say lewis. someone called crime stoppers after spotting his pickup truck. he faces 2 charges leaving the scene of a traffic crash and leaving the scene of a crash causing death. we checked and it does not app

sarasota currently at 83. and then throughout interior, temperatures generally running in the upper 70s or lower 80s. now the view across the state partly cloudy skies. as you look a bit further into gulf of mexico. we do have more cloud cover more scattered showers that extends all way back towards texas. weak boundary slicing through the country. that will continue to work its way on to the east. and that means we see an increase in the clouds. but a lot moisture with this kind of fizzle out. as we go through the next 24 hours. so that's why even though we've got more clouds heading our way. we talked about the chance of rain, we're talking about a 20 percent chance of a couple of showers. but there has been some rain extending all the all way into great lakes lot of cloudy weather up there on backside clear skies, cooler temperatures. but there's nothing really to push that cooler air down across the deep south. what will probably actually see is maybe just a little bit of a drying effect. we actually kind

and expect delays over in sarasota due to the trump rally. police are warning drivers you might want to avoid fruitville in front of robartz arena. the rally is supposed to start at 11 a.m. this morning. >>> 6:31, in democracy 2016 for florida is on right now. latest polls show the fight for florida in a virtual tie between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> trump is making one final stop this morning, and the clinton campaign is bringing big names to the bay area. we've got team coverage this morning, rodney dunigan is standing by in st. pete where vice president joe biden is going to be later today. >> we start with james tully live at the sarasota fairgrounds. ours is a state that remains crucial to any path that trump >> reporter: dan, absolutely. if he were to lose florida he'd have to make up 29 votes in several states clinton hob polling ahead of him. he'll be here starting at 11 a.m. this morning. you see behind me people forming that line. they've been forming this line since 5 a.m. when we arrived. what will be trump's message in

following an investigation -- sarasota state attorney, "ed brodksy"... found deputy "caleb johnson's" actions justified. and killed "levonia riggins." the deputy says he feared for his life... and only later learned that riggins was unarmed. deputy johnson remains on leave -- as the sheriff's office continues their own internal investigation. ((jen)) still ahead.. the man working to transform downtown tampa has concerns about our city's future. ((walter)) what jeff vinick says is the bay area's biggest weakness. plus.. another bizarre development emerges in the south carolina serial killer case. what one dunkin's sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back with twice the crispy, caramelized peppered bacon. experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. be noisy. be silent. be near. be far. there's a new twist in ate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. america runs on dunkin'. the case of the alleged south carolina serial killer. prosecutors say "nicole carver".. impersonated a cop to try and find her missing, estrange

this is sarasota right at that sarasota manatee county line here where university is. there's ongoing what we've got going on this morning at least until 6 a.m. we've got one of the westbound lanes blocked, 2 lanes on university westbound and then the southbound on-ramp to i-75 here at university is completely blocked. so keep that in mind. again it should be wrapped up in about an hour and a half. we do have a crash u.s. 27 by i-4. it's off to the side of the roadway it's not going to slow you down. polk county looking pretty good overall. >>> happening today tampa's park will turn into a winter wonderland. it features an outdoor ice risk. you can enjoy it through december 25th. tickets are $12 per person for 90 minutes of skating. you can spend the whole day there. they have a cafe, a pop up market. >> i've done that with the kids. it's a lot of fun. a fraud and a phony but now mitt romney will meet with the president elect. >> still ahead what could be discussed when the 2 get together. >> and a male police officer caught on camera punching a woman in the face. comi

saint pete clear skies and 73, sarasota even though sarasota hit the low 80s still at 78 even though the morning started in the low 50s, as we mention you can put away the radar for the next seven today -- to 10 days. as we head into thursday night maybe into friday, we will start to see an easterly flow clouds friday afternoon, we will star on the cool side warming up to the lower 80s but no rain. even with the big front, here's the change i talked about. by monday, we will be feeling the effects, even sunday highs in the upper 60s, low 70s on sunday, monday morning will be very cool. this is something you have to keep your eyes on, traveling to the northeast that mid-atlantic or in the forecast this weekend and could be more the forecast off the coast of new england thanksgiving or the day after thanksgiving. if you have trouble plants check us out live facebook hits next week answering your travel questions, because we know thinks giving a lot of folks come down and a lot of folks go back to the north, for the boaters winds out of the northeast keeping temperatures forecast, if he

hospital with serious injuries. >>> take a look at this picture of a crash in sarasota. the driver of that suv got several citations after crashing into the front of a cafe and breaking a gasoline. you can see the damage to the business there. parts of washington boulevard and main street were closed while the gasoline was repaired. the cause of the crash is still unknown. >>> and this morning a madeira beach man is recovering following an apparent divin old who was also hurt died from her injuries sunday. the 2 were diving off madeira beach when the woman went unresponsive after getting help, william also lost consciousness. deputies believe the couple's injuries are related to diving. >>> let's get a check of weather and traffic on the 8s. >> we're getting a lot of pictures in from the super moon. we had people who were very clouds broke. here's one from susan, look at that beautiful super moon. we'll still have clouds around tonight. basically the hour by hour forecast keeps it cloudy. 75 at noon, clouds also keeping temperatures down a bit, 77 at 3 p.m. and there's a

we are live this morning in sarasota as trump fights for florida votes. . review of those newly discovered emails and says she will not face charges. hear how trump fired back in response. . >> and final preparations for election day are underway, 8 on your side making sure officials are taking steps to safeguard your ballot. >>> good morning p.m. and welcome to news channel 8 today.. >> it is straight up 6:00.

what a gorgeous view in sarasota. hyundai new port richey breeze not much. 59 degrees overnight temperatures could be ten degrees below normal. famous taste in brandon look how clear that sky is 61 degrees our current temp. the relative humidity at the surface relative to saturation which is a hundred percent obviously saturated atmosphere. 27% here at freedom plaza so again we're looking agent very dry conditions for the rest of the evening 61 degrees. finally in lakeland same story as well. 62 degrees with that northwest wind. so our count down 3 days to thanksgiving. hard to believe. it's coming up so quickly. winter and 34 days to christmas. this year did go quite fast. november rainfall not much the way to sum it all up. if we look at the total for november .01 inches. big downpour there on that wednesday. letter carrier toy drive coming up. this is exciting on december 3rd someone sent us a picture as a thighs reminder. this is what you leave a new unwrapped toy folks from toys for tots will pick this up. this i

. >>> a sarasota day-care center in a hot van during a field trip. a sarasota mother says she got a letter that her daughter was being kicked out of the school because of a facebook post and for commenting and talking to abc action news. the day-care is under investigation for leaving a child in a hot van for two years during a field trip in october. parents say the day-care never notified them about what happened. >>what if it was a longer field trip and the child was in there more than two hours? there could have been serious consequences and it seem like they're looking at that side of t he was okay so the situation is okay, and it's not. >>the director of the preschool refused to comment. the department of children and families is investigating the day-care for abuse. >>> pasco county school leaders are moving forward on a controversial rezoning plan. a committee of principals and parents approved a plan that would move the long leaf neighborhood and a few others into the river ridge school zone. parents say it is tearing leaders insist it's nece

i 75 in sarasota we have new traffic pattern. it is all a part of a new let's move over and talk about i 75. it is a wonderful drive. no delays as of yet. not a lot of people out on the roadways. overall traffic is looking good >>> breaking news, overnight donald trump will become the next president of the united states. >> america will no longer settle f we must reclaim our country's destiny and dream big, bold and daring. >> donald trump's past path came from several -- path came from several key swing states. >> good morning and welcome to

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and sarasota and inland the mercury is in the mid-70s now. 76 the dew point and winds off the water. the low pressure. high pressure over oklahoma is a lot of sunshine and the next couple of days they are good, seasonable temperatures. lots of sunshine right now the weekend is looking aok. it is mostly cloudy and seasonable. down to 65. and sunshine tomorrow low humidity. this is the veteran's day forecast. lots of sunshine. pleasant and 78. that's it. 78 on friday. and 80 on saturday. the weather for the buc's game on sunday. that is the game. looks good. 81 degrees. that is perfect. >>> well we have all been on the edge for weeks now but this morning was different. many doubted the day would happen. what was different? >> doug martin returned to the practice field the bucs running back has been o his hamstring. his return a welcome. he was health wry but limited. dirk koetter said being without his running back has been tougher. i mean you got your 22 starters on different levels. you have elite players. we have 4, 5. they are harder to replace. sometimes you have a good guy behind

begin to fizzle out all that is left is western manatee and sarasota. moderate showers in highlands county, temperatures to the south in the 70s where it was near 90 earlier, anywhere from i-4 northward in the low to mid 80s, they do points are very high and you can notice them today, they have that sticky feel. look at the index between 65 and 70, we will not see anything this high by the weekend, those numbers will drop again as a cool front comes through. we hit 89 in sarasota, 88 tampa, 84 lakeland, up north in crystal river and brooksville we were well into the 80s. as you can see there is still clout cover across the southern counties but that will begin to hours, tomorrow should be sunnier than today for everybody. 86 template humidity 48%. we hit 88 degrees today and that is one degree shy of the record 89 from 1972. this time last year we were at 80 degrees. syncope, partly sunny 79 degrees, the dewpoint 70. sarasota 82, east winds 11 miles per hour, the high dew point means fog first thing in the morning, hernando sumpter even pasco county. we

sarasota is looking at 12 miles- per-hour sustained winds. overnight we could see the winds around 5 to 10 miles-per-hour. just a couple sprinkles here and most of it will fall apart. tomorrow is a lot like today and we will see those partly cloudy skies around today but i think just a little less rain around tomorrow. the best chance from-4 southward but not a big chance that. high temperatures tomorrow back into the mid-80s so we stay above average and that is what we have been expecting tomorrow cooler side but not by much. it looks like we will go northeast tomorrow and a light chop on the day. tomorrow is one of our best boating days we have seen because it has been is clear uncomfortable with really good football weather check. there are no lightning delays with this game. the cooler air still looks like it is coming down and issued cool as for the weekend and then it could be another shot now trying to come back to reinforce it. . it in some upper 60s but dry saturday and breezy chance for a shower from the breeze we will have on sunda

it is already 63 in zephyrhills and brooksville. 67 armadale. 71 sarasota. a thin layer of ou notice we have a couple showers coming in off the atlantic ocean, even maybe a sprinkle in sarasota county. otherwise say we have a high of 84 which is above the average of 81. we have a low tonight at 68. at 5:38 i do have an eight-day temperature trend letting you know how much cooler it will get this weekend. leslie will let you know what is happening on the roadways. but we do have some issues out there. no delays on i 40 near the plant to be area. 60 minutes between each of the polk parkways. wesley looks good and so does -- wesley chapel looks good and so does i 75 near the area. no lanes are blocked and we don't have any delays. we had a fatal crash happened at around midnight. last check the leftla that is a look at weather and traffic.>>> egg breaking bakes ball news this -- baseball news -- big breaking baseball news this morning: the cubs win, the cubs win, the cubs went. is a historic finish in the world series. the chicago cubs when their first champion

let's talk about sarasota, i mentioned my story before about the diamond interchange and we have a little bit of overnight construction right now on it northbound on i-75 where we have a lane taken away. should be wrapped up within the next hour. also the tarpon springs area seeing a out here. tarpon off and u.s. 19 is where the didn't has been reported so keep that in mind. that's a look at weather and traffic. >>> happening today a turkey give away to kick off thanksgiving week, it is first come first served at the pendes law firm. if you take a live look you can see people already lined up, lots of them. again this is a live look right now it's only 5:10 in the morning. thisat west doctor martin luther king boulevard. employees will be handing out turkey for 2 hours starting at 8:30. it is first come first served. 3,000 birds up for grabs. please remember these are for families in need that otherwise would not have a turkey on the table for thanksgiving. >>> well the buccaneers get a big win on the road sunday. >>> plus the satellite is now orbiting the planet. >> and you're golden yea

once you have the drive to learn, you can do whatever you want it your life. >> reporter: in sarasota, isabel mascarenas, 10news wtsp. >> i am in awe of people like that because algebra and all of that stuff is not -- >> hmm-um. >> lost in the woods. so smart. >>> you know, we should point out julia is a typical teenager. she has a boyfriend, is part of the rowing team. also loves reading sci-fi. now she is reading about genetics. >> she wouldn't like me. [ laughter ] no, she wouldn't. we wouldn't be able to go out. julia wants to attend and -- become a biomedical engineer in genetics. specifically, dna computing. >> good for her. brilliant. >> her list is so long. >>> all right. cyber monday almost over. still though there is time to score a great deal. >> your best bet for getting deep discounts. >>> i chose that. it would be a true challenge. [ laughter ]. >> today on the road, how she is taking on the world's highest mountain to help special students here at home. >>> tracking showers. some big time thunderstorms as well across the deep south. our way. how much rain will be left o

we will have a report from sarasota coming up. our kimberly kuizon listening to trump and she is just walking out now so as soon as week get her live we will bring that report to you. if you haven't voted early your chance is up you have to wait until tomorrow election day a nearly half florida's registered voters have already voted and 13 million people took advantage of an early vote and vote by mail. florida is key to trump cam page. if he house. clinton campaign know that is really well. they are doing everything possible to make sure she wins the sunshine state. as part a last minute push dr. jill biden is also with jimmy buffett will perform later tonight. event albert whitted field and a doors open this afternoon about 3 o'clock. of course fox 13 will be there. to talk about all of this let's brink in a fox 13 political editor craig patrick. already voted, trump and biden are campaigning here in florida. his going to make any difference late in game huge difference what we're seeing in early vote totals neck and neck. yes d

also through sarasota county, we have crash i-75 northbound. is this a right through north port right before you get to river road. we are still seeing a backup on i-75 and i-4 seems to be clearing out and nicely now. we have this crash still off to the side, but, again, we are seeing some improvement, about 30 minutes to get from lakeland into downtown tampa. >>> 9:09. pinellas park police investigating the murder of man at an apartment complex. it happened just off park boulevard at 76th street. the suspect called them and admitted he killed someone. officer says they did find a man fatally shot inside an apartment unit there. police say the suspect and victim are actually family members. that suspect now in custody. the victim's family is being notified. >>> detectives in st. pete are investigating a possible murder suicide. they believe a 69-year-old woman murdered her 90-year-old mother before taking her own life. the bodies were found in an yesterday morning. a 19-year-old returned to the apartment and found her grandmother and great gran

down in sarasota, 66. lower 60s in a few wauchula at 61, arcadia at 60, but lakeland, currently at 63 degrees. haines city 65 along with winter haven and down with b bartow at 64 degrees. and dew point which is simply the measure of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. now this big cold front that came through over the weekend last weekend. that dropped these numbers down into the 20s. we had this cold, refreshing air. and step outside during yacht the air. now that we have these numbers into the 60s. doesn't have that crisp refreshing feel in cold front that will work its way down the state will drop the temperature 2, 3, 4 degrees, but what it will really do is tend to dry the atmosphere out which will really help to make things feel a lot better but you still have some of these clouds and we will at least deal with the clouds through the afternoon and into this evening giving back to a little more sun as we get into tomorrow. but still, partly cloudy skies for today. daytime high of 78 degrees and

we're coming to you live in sarasota where the republican party is scheduled to host a huge vent here and i mean massive more than 3,000 rsvps have come in already. the leaders here in sarasota, but the candidate himself the presidential candidate donald trump was here in sarasota just yesterday, this of course, an all important area in the political race for president, and there was a massive crowd yesterday, i don't know if you had a chance to watch some of the coverage here on news channel 8 but 5,500 people 2,000 outside. so we're talking about a big big crowd there going on, again, the republican leaders here in sarasota talking about the importance of not only the i-4 corridor but the neighboring counties here in sarasota, so again, a big party on tap here tonight for donald trump, again, the congress recess man going to be talking to us in a couple of hours about the importance of sarasota, the importance again of florida in this ever important race where we have seen just about everything, and i've got to tell you here there's always that buzz right before the event begins, th

john rogers joins us live from sarasota to explain why. >>reporter: this is very shocking because police say he had only known this girl for a couple of days. if he dock this to her he can do this to someone else. >>reporter: sarasota police say last month 45 year-old fernando palamino hired a 16- year-old girl to work at his restaurant. she was so youn >> she was only working there for two days. >>reporter: but her stint ended in horrifying fashion. police say at around 1:00 p.m. on october 15th. palaminos wife left to run an errand he locked the door and assaulted the teenaged girl. the girl ran away crying to a nearby business and called the police for help. this restaurant is very popular in the area. >> i mean that's terrible. >>reporter: scott dixon works next-door he said palamino is friendly and this crime has he and his family on edge. >> that's scar i that's for sure. >>reporter: we visited palamino's business and his home but he wasn't available. police say he admitted to assaulting the girl and they are worried he could have at

manatee, sarasota county we are in the low 60s. it won't be long. we are dropping down into the 50s. lakeland 59 degrees. clear skies. very, very dry atmosphere. all the way up. very dry here. drier as you go it's going to be cool. mid-30s for brooksville, crystal river. this is a couple degrees warmer than last night, but if you protected the pets and the plants, do it again tonight. tomorrow morning -- excuse me, tomorrow night into wednesday morning will be warmer. we won't have to do it then. most areas in the mid-40s and a couple of spots near 50 degrees at the beach. 53, 54 for st. pete. the forecast tomorrow starts the warm-up. 77 degrees. that's close to average for and northeasterly winds. travel weather. we have that system back out west. this is going to start to move off towards the east. red eying it tonight, shouldn't be too bad. scattered showers and a little bit of snow in the higher elevations. tonight have some great lake effect snow. this is the time of year when the lakes aren't frozen. that cold air puts a lot of snow down. that

sarasota meaning southern sarasota county and that's venice, let's zoom in. hills boulevard. it is off to the side of the roadway and let's hop over now and talk about branednon, 30th avenue east we have a collision as well and a little bit of construction lingering around university and i-75 at the county line. that's a look at traffic and weather. >>> and breaking news this morning the death of former u.s. attorney general janet reno. she was she was at the center of several political storms. >> one of the them includes the 2000 stand off in miami over a 5-year old boy. you may remember he was from cuba and staying in the home of his relatives. she ordered the storming of his home to return him to cuba. she also unsuccessfully ran for florida governor in 2002. she was 78 years old. >>> on the campaign trail this morning it is down to the final trump and hillary clinton are still fighting for the sunshine state. >> trump will spend the day rallying in 5 states beginning in florida. we're joined now live in sarasota where trump will speak later this morning. he has been furio

let's take a look at i-75 wonderful drive through bradenton and sarasota, no delays and here's 275 right around hillsborough avenue, things are looking good. that's a look at weather and traffic. >>> new information this morning about a tragic bus accident that killed 5 elementary school students and when they put their child on the bus each and every morning that the driver won't keep their kids safe. we're joined now in the news center. the school bus driver is now charged in the death of those kids. >> yeah, that's right. the driver is charged with 5 counts of vehicular homicide as well as reckless driving, and reckless endangerment and more charges are pending. . >> school bus flipped off the >> that call went out around 3:30 monday afternoon. the bus was carrying 35 children ranging from kindergarten through 5th grade. 5 children died at the scene. more than 20 children were rushed to the hospital some of them in grave condition. . >> taking care of the children that are injured is our number one priority, taking care of families who are looking for caring for and grieving for child

sarasota at 81. we'll stay quiet tonto really pleasant evening. wind generally out of the northwest at eight for brooksville. some other areas reporting calm wind. so a light wind tonight. partly cloudy skies and staying mild with a reading of 54- degree frimo staying in the low to mid-60s. for at any thank you coast, a lot of 50s -- for the nature coast, a lot of 50s. across manatee, sarasota county, low temperatures in the 60s. 62 for venice. lake land at 60 degrees for your friday morning. much cooler across portions of the nation. 32 at minneapolis-st. paul. bismarck, north dakota, 27. bit cool for those folks in texas too. back here at home though, a beautiful afternoon shaping up with 82 degrees. anything wasn't to do, shopping or head to the beach, it will be fantastic weather for that. staying dry friday. even though the model shows a few little blips of moisture, we won't see anything more than an isolated stray shower and 99.9% of us won't see anything. your seven-day forecast looking great too. slightly cooler for sunday way low tempera

a little bit milder closer to the coast 51 in sarasota. we're all cooler than yesterday. lakeland 11 degrees cooler than yesterday morning, yesterday was cold didn't you. 16 degrees cooler in brooksville and of course max defender 8 not only showing you how dry things are as far as rain is concerned, but very low humidity which means i barely expect a cloud today. 8 a.m. still 46 degrees but your lunch break a little bit warmer at 62, even in the afternoon with blue skies we only hit 67 at 4 p.m. at 5:38 i'll have an 8-day temperature trend and that will show you how >>> we've got a good drive starting off nicely but a couple little issues here over in tarpon springs, an again seeing a little bit of a southbound slow down on 19 right at tarpon avenue. so be aware of that and that crash apparently has injures, a little bit of police activity this morning is from an officer-involved crash that had minor injuries. now, you can get by and it's been cleared off to the side but a little bit of police activity might still be remaining the meanwhile sarasota a little bit construc

fox13's "ken suarez" is live in sarasota this morning... that's where "donald trump" will be later today. good morning! thanks, ken! thanks, ken! and "hillary clinton" is bringing out some big names for a final push in the bay area as well. vice president "joe biden" and his wife doctor "jill biden" will pete. they will be joined by singer "jimmy buffett". it's taking place at albert whitted park in downtown st. pete. doors open at 3. the concert is expected to start around 5:30. sad news in washington this morning: "janet reno" has died. she was the first woman to serve as attorney general of the united states.. reno's goddaughter made the announcement early this morning and said reno died from complications of parkinson's disease. reno was one of t recognizable and polarizaing figures. she faced criticism for the deadly raid on the branch davidian compound at waco, texas. in the spring of 2000, the miami native enraged her hometown's cuban-american community by authorizing the armed seizure of 5-year-old elian gonzalez. she also unsuccess

we've hit 81 currently in venice and sarasota. above average. the average is 80, i'm expecting 84 and we stay a little above average tonight with an overnight low of 64 degrees and then it's time for election day. by the way, did you know that the election is tomorrow? in case you didn't it is tomorrow. if you go to the polls before you head to work 64 degrees and comfortable. 78 around lunch time hour, then the polls will close 74 degrees a gorgeous evening just a little bit breezy, over the next couple of days we do trend coo get to friday, veterans day 79 degrees and emoji man is giving it the big thumbs up. >>> on the campaign trail today early voting data has suggested a huge spike in hispanic voters but a drop in the african american vote. . >> reporter: early voting data latino turnout, hispanic early turnout has increased 129% from 2008. the hispanic early vote here accounts for 14% of ballots cast, president obama carried the hispanic vote in the last election, democrats believe this coupled with donald trump's language in addressing la

how about sarasota. already made it to 70 degrees. let me tell you, it's going to lots of sunshine 78 degrees for high. sunny and nice tomorrow. 80. stick around i'll have your seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> see you then, thanks, dave. and on the roads we really don't have too many complaints throughout morning just few crashes with lane blockage. but overall very quiet. right now this is latest one we're following. along university parkway in tuttle avenue. is this is manatee sarasota area. two lanes are going to blocked in westbound direction. so that will be your area of concern in your direction of co yourself extra time here. >> overnight more demonstrators took to the streets. in portland police are calling them out right riots. broken windows and businesses, fires started. they are warn protester to stay in their designated zone are be arrested. and while these were violent, there were other more peaceful demonstrations too. including here in ybor city. again last night. then more violence in chicago. david will c

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so this morning we are live at north port high school in sarasota county. the students are so excited. >> are they? [ cheers and applause ] >> you can see. on cue right there, they are up with us bright and early on this friday morning. we have a lot to talk about with the school. >> yeah, this is an amazing school. i spoke to their global prospective students yesterday, a core component of their program, similar placement ap program. not only that. they have an amazing robotics program. so check it out. >> it was something that not a lot of other schools offered. it's specific to north port high. >> reporter: robotics is a popular program, but it's more than just fun and games. it offers a hands-on approach for students to learn engineering fundamentals. >> it's not just i am going to put together a robot. >> reporter: steps including prototypes, and building the robot. for competitions, the robots must complete tasks, but teamwork and the content of the notebook are judged as well. >> robotics is a part of our program. it's a big part. but we teach the ki

we attacking a kreidler in sarasota county that targets your bank account. a new credit card skimmer was discovered on monday at a bp gas station on north at a bp gas station on n. lockwood ridge road. in sarasota . the police removed it but they are not sure how long it had been there. if you have any information call the sarasota fired -- is the latest addition to the k- 9 unit. officer shepherd is controlled remotely invoiced by a nearby officer in real time. separate is part of the dickinson police department commitment to community outreach. its mission is to let kids no law enforcement officers are the good guys. >> he's awesome because he could talk and he can drive. [ laughter ] >> $12,000 and with paper by private donations. -- and was paid for by private donations.>>> a legal maneuver attempting to prevent brendan dassey from being released from prison at 5:30 speculation soaring and we have new details this morning about governor. scott's meeting today with post is a woman car with her dog and said. her plea this morning as police tracked down the

will have at least one or two more days of this, mid-80s may be upper 80s, 88 today in tampa, 89 in sarasota. maybe a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow but still unusually warm, we are still talking tropics, the hurricane center keeping their eyes on would move to the northeast anytime we have a stall front that is the only time we have to worry. sometimes they can coax the tropical develops but at this point not expected in our area. water temperature in clearwater at 73 degrees, slowly coming down, tides and sunrise and sunset, our by our partly cloudy overnight some fog in the northern counties a warm and muggy one with temperatures in the upper 60s a look at the most accurate seven-day forecast maybe a sprinkle tomorrow a 20% chance of a shower the weekend looks good, cool in the morning 50s and 60s, highs in the upper 70s to the low 80s. looking ahead to the buccaneers game 8:25 kickoff the falcons and the buccaneers partly cubs who reverse the curse? we have a preview next in z2 y6 >>> hello folks, regardless of who wins the world series i don't think it would be crazy to say again be

we also have an accident in sarasota. this is us 41 and martin luther king and then a new crash on state road 54 a little road. that is a look at weather and traffic. >>> raking news for you, back to the news about that deadly crash near the i-4 junction. a motorcyclist is that and an off- duty deputy is involved in the crash. >> it there are still a lot of questions about what happened this morning. ryan is live in the scene. >> would be learn so far right . >> good morning to you guys. >> once again the crash happened late last night on i 225 in downtown tampa. the highway was closed for several hours. things are back open and traffic is flowing smoothly right now. this is a motorcycle involved in the crash hit a barrier wall and tossed the writer in the northbound lanes. an off-duty deputy was headed home on north i 275 when he was involved somehow in the accident. that biker was pronounced dead at the scene. right now investigators are trying to determine how the crash happened precisely and if the motorcyclist was sp

authorities finding the device monday at the bp gas station in sarasota. deputies removed the device but they do not know how long it was their. keep an eye on your bank account if you know anything about who put it there please call sheriff's office. >>> now, abc action weather. >> good evening, skies are clearing we started in the 40s across the area, low 50s closer to the metro and we ended up near 80 degrees, now temperatures have cooled to the upper 60s skies are clear, and they will stay that way, we have a lot of change in store over the next week for temperatures, what is not going from the lighting of the ybor city christmas tree skies will be clear kind of warm with temperatures around 70 cooling off to the mid-60s by 9:00. we will extend the forecast through thanksgiving coming up. >>> new changes coming after a i-team investigation discovered top agencies selling recalled vehicles to the public. katie lagrone joins us with more. >> reporter: these florida highway patrol cruisers will likely end up on the auction block that is what government ag

tim kaine will be in sarasota rallying for clinton on sunday. clinton spoke in pittsburgh and detroit today while trump was in new hampshire, pennsylvania as well as ohio. despite the close race in national polling, donald trump still victory. it would have to include a win right here in florida. >> meanwhile a number of early voters in the state of florida has already exceeded the early voting total since 2012. the early voting is still going on through this weekend. about 5.3 million floridians have voted already. voting between republicans and democrats is just about even at voters have also cast their ballot. >> it is all about making it convenient for the voters. we know people are busy. people have jobs. people have schedules. we are very lucky to have this much time to have that early voting. we have that lushgs -- luxury of being able to go when it is convenient for us. >> election day is this >>> deputies in south carolina find another body on this man's property today. she believed to be the same man responsible for kidnapping brown. t

pete and sarasota clear with 74. the dew points are comfortable at 52. last night we had clouds and a couple showers. now everything has moved down to the south where it will stay. we will have one or two fronts over the next week. we have a 0% chance of rain through seven days beyond. the only thing we won't dodge is clouds of time waking up wednesday morning with both days beautiful with clear skies and warm afternoon up near 80 and the morning still comfortable. a nice combination but you don't know whether to give the kids a jacket in the morning school. rainfall totals through the weekend zip. the models are showing no measurable rain across the area. this is the euro and that trough you see right now is white it is a little cooler. then through the end of the week a lot of red we get cooler air and by thanksgiving there is the potential storm across the northeast. the big cool down will sunday and monday and folks traveling north the data for thanksgiving there could be some issues. it is still something to keep in the back of your mind. keep it ri

in the bay area, dozens protesting in sarasota, you can see them right here holding signs and chanting against the president-elect, and in his postelection interview, trump said he owes his victory partially to social media. >> the fact that i have the numbers on facebook, twitter and instagram, i think it they spend much more money than i spent, and i won.>> donald trump staying out of the public eye on saturday but tweeting, "this will prove to be a great time in the lives of all americans. we will unite and we will win." you can check the interview on 60 minutes with the new first family at 7 pm tonight. >>> days after the election was lost, hillary clinton putting the blame on the fbi director decision to once again examine her email accounts is costing heard the presidency. clinton said that the campaign was winning the race until the director james comey letter to congress last month which announced that the fbi had uncovered emails that could be related to the earlier investigation into the clinton private server, the one she used while secretary of state. >>> the fight against

also looks good down in sarasota. clark road to state road 70 an 11-minute commute. construction on i-75 right around university, but you can still get by and that's on the northbound side. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> leslie, thanks. >>> we're following some breaking news this morning. the search continues for a dad who vanished while on an afternoon jet skiing trip with his little boy. they were on the alafia river when the dad just disappear disappeared. that boy was -- just disappeared. that boy was found on an island wondering what happened to his dad. news channel 8's is following this breaks story this morning from the banks of the alafia happened? >>reporter: at this point they don't. william george morris was on the river behind me, gene, when he vanished with his son. now, hillsborough deputies are trying to find out what happened to him and they're trying to find him. now, this is video taken right after the 3-year-old was rescued. he was wraped in a blanket, as you can see. deputies found him on an island is known by lo

a great disrief on i-75 in bradenton and sarasota. no delays sunshine skyway bridge up to speed as well and also the howard frankland bridge, absolutely no delays. and that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to gene and gayle. >> leslie, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news this morning. still no sign of a father who vanished while jet skiing with his little boy. an all out search will continue as soon as the sun comes up this morning. >> the twore on the alfaya river when the dad disappeared. the 3-year-old boy answered a facetime call from his mom and explained what happened. news channel 8's ryan hughes is live along at alfaya river this morning. so, ryan, what's the latest? >>reporter: and good morning to you both. as you mentioned right now, we're live along the alfaya river here in hillsborough county. this is the last place the dad and son were seen together before something bizarre happened. crews scoured the area last night, but to no avail. year-old boy wraped in a blanket after he was rescued from an isl

lo sarasota. the sun is going down in the bridges lit up. it's darker in our earlier. that's going on until 21 december. we are dry, no worries of rain. if you want to head out for an evening walk it's great weather for that. everybody is in the 70s. we will see 60s in the next couple of hours. next couple of hours and will clear out overnight tonight. we have a 69 degrees in brooksville, 72 in lakeland. 77 in tampa clearwater 75 in sarasota 77. it was on the breezy side today that's coming down. the sustained winds, at you can see the gusts coming down. that's the idea the wind is coming down for the evening we will keep a light breeze northeast at five miles per hour or six miles per hour. that will mix up the atmosphere and fog should not be an issue for your morning commute. it will be cooler. we will be cooler tomorrow morning than what we were this morning. tomorrow starts cooler, we go are back up to 82 degrees. we made 81 today. we are right back where we were today tomorrow, you know what i'm talking about. there will be changes wednesday. they will be subtle.