anyway. now for headlines at 4:00, number one breaking news, the latest in the search for this missing father. and number two, clinton in candidate in dade city. three, school intruder. security in question after a man is caught inside an elementary school during class time. and number four, mystery monkey. we'll show you what's being done to try and catch this guy. good afternoon, everyone. thanks for being here. i'm josh. >> and i'm stacey. this is first at 4:00. we have breaking news about a missing jet skier. the search for a father who took his son out on the river

the dad's body. melanie michaels is following this tragic story. >>reporter: good afternoon from the banks where this tragedy still remains a mystery at this hour. the search for 38 year-old billy morris was massive and nonstop. his body discovered this morning after he went missing on a jet skiing trip with his 3 year-old son. they were supposed to be gone for just an hour on return, billy's wife used face time to call them. the toddler answered the, if any, and was alone on this island in the river and billy was gone. less than 24 hours later, the dad's body found along the shoreline. right now, investigators trying to figure out what led up to this tragic accident and billy's wife tells me it's a very difficult situation for the family.

and the candidate wills in a fight to win votes in florida. donald trump has taken the lead in numerous polls. >> and democrat hillary clinton is trying to take her florida lead back to let's go to news channel 8 candice where hillary clinton is on stage in dade county. high. >>reporter: good evening. clinton took the stage about 12 minutes ago and let's listen to what she has to say. >> will be debt free and we will help you pay back the debt you already have so you can get out from under it. but i can't just talk about all the good things we want to do because people are making up their minds. this is a consequent choice.

a lot of his supporters don't like to hear this. i don't blame them. if i were supporting him, i wouldn't want to hear it either to be honest. but i guilty to tell you -- got to tell you, i learned way back in elementary school and learned it in sunday school, you know, it's not okay to insult people. it's not okay. look at what he does. he calls women ugly, disgusting, nasty all he calls women pigs. rates bodies on a scale from one to ten we just heard from alicia . she was miss universe when donald trump owned the pageant. he said she put on some weight and it made him angry so he called her miss piggy. called her miss housekeeping because she's a beautiful

to a gym to watch him order her around to exercise. now, you know, he also said this is somebody who likes to eat. well i have to say, who doesn't like to eat? ( cheering ). >> i mean, really, can we just stop for a minute and reflect on the absurdity of donald trump finding fa universe? but you've got to ask, why does he do these things? who accounts like this and i'll tell you who, a bully that's who. and thankfully alicia refuses to let such a small person get her down. she knows that donald trump, donald trump doesn't get to decide her value in her eyes

and her friends. but what about our girls? what about girls watching all this? what happens to their confidence? their sense of self-worth. if you've got a daughter, granddaughter, a sister, a mother, a wife, a good friend, someone like this becoming president who insults more than half the population of the united and what about our boys? this is not someone we want them looking up to. >>reporter: all right, well, josh, stacey, you heard clinton talking act the former miss universe and her interactions with donald trump. we'll have more on this coming up tonight at 5:00. >> candice live in dade city right now. thanks so much. hillary clinton isn't the only

former president bill clinton scheduled to campaign for his wife in a couple of hours in st. pete. we'll have a preview of that at 4:30. mike pence and donald trump are teaming up in philadelphia to bash obama care. following word obama cares will rise an average of 25 percent next year. trump and pence promised reforms including buying insurance across doctors, hsas, and full choice of preexisting conditions. early voting underway right now and before you head to the polls, check out or election guides on wfla.com. first at 4 whether with with meteorologist julie phillips. >> thank you, stacey. here was view that debbie send us this morning.

and twitter if you have some. another nice view from new port richy, 84 degrees. no rain at this location. a nice breeze. it's been fairly breezy during or afternoons over the last few days and that will trend. overall it's gonna stay dry for the rest of today. you can see that bright red color on our water viper imagery. the air's dry and not going to be we're back up in the mid to upper 80s in some spots this afternoon. definitely above average for november. 87 currently in bradenton. 85 in tampa. coming in at 83 in wikiwachi. falling back into the upper 6 0s, we should drop back to 65 in temple terries, 66 in tar

in brooksville and 66 in winter haven. comfortable overnight and warm again tomorrow. next cold front on friday. drop temperatures down over the weekend and a full look at that weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. an intruder found inside a polk county elementary school and now that man is behind bars. don stevens is facing burglary and trespassing charges. teachers noticed him trying to open locked doors in the fifth police officers caught up with stevens a few blocks away. it happened yesterday and prompted a lock down. >> i don't think it was portrayed that the kids were in danger. i feel my daughter was in danger but i'm glad they were able to get him into custody quickly. >> the school board is telling

monkey in the bay area. a number of people have seen the monkey and some have taken pictures and video to prove they're not crazy. it's been seen in hudson beach and near lake tar bin. don't go near the monkey because they can be very dangerous but asked to call fwc if you do see that little guy. and you're watching the cross bay ferry during today's maiden voyage. the 98-foot long multimillion vessel travel from st. petersburg to fort lauderdale is on the move. scary new scam out there targeting ride sharing customers. we'll tell you about the fake driver problem coming up. and then a midnight swim turns into a pool side attack. see a video of a crocodile as

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you your consumer watch first at 4, samson getting a head -- amazon getting a head start on the busy shopping season. it's launching a black friday store with the first of holiday deals. find them on amazon new through december 22. a growing number of day. so far more than 50 major retail chains announced they will not be open including lowes, home depot, staples, sames club, nordstroms, and macy's. >> the holidays return to starbucks today. they're available at starbucks stores in the u.s. but served

last year starbuck's red holiday cups stirred up social media of using symbols of the season. starbucks said this year's cubs celebrate unity, immunity, and to be good to each other. uber drivers make five million trips a day globally. >> as joe shows us, those new challenge: fake drivers. >>reporter: order a car on demand from your phone and in minutes you're off. over the country, a growing number of fake drivers are pup pulling up to scam you at places. >> just before 6:00 a.m.. >>reporter: in chicago, catherine believes she was almost scammed when she

house for a predawn airport. >> saw a vehicle parked sitting idle in the middling of the street in front of our home. >> all i said was good morning, it's me. he said go ahead and get on in. >> i real estated when looking at my phone, this is not my uber. she said she quickly got out and spotted her real uber two miles away. and called 911. >> i realized something did feel right. >>reporter: uber says fake drivers have reached crisis levels with over 2300 illegal trips happening each week at jfw and la guardia airports alone. >> it's tremendously scary. we know from individual complaints where people feel locked in the car, once indense where someone was taken to the atm and driver demanded they

>>reporter: rogue drivers often pray on people who appear stressed, tired or distracted. >> might let your guard down and fail to check the license plate or model vehicle you're to be expecting. >> always use the app to accept rides and never from drivers in person. match the plate number with the number on your app. if you' sit in the backseat. >> lookout for yourself. have to have your ordinary reason back. -- own back. >> the penalties for posing as an official ride sharing driver are relatively week. usually a small fine. uber and other companies calling for harsher punishments especially at the airport.

here's the view from eagle 8 hd. awesome day to be on the water. temperatures warming back up into the mid 80s today. see folks on the water there and just anitis pleasant day. still a bit breezy. probably the only complaint from some of you. we've been seeing plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures, still a little summer like but no complaints here. here's the view currently from veteran's ford in tampa. 83 with our winds coming out hour. no rain at this location and we're not expecting any rain here today. game 5 of the world series happening tonight in cleveland. should be pretty nice there. 68 degrees at 8:08 p.m. for the start of the game. partly cloudy skies, and a mild breeze. weather should in the be an issue for the rest of this evening in cleveland. for us at 9:00 p.m.. comfortable with temperatures in the mid 70s.

but overall, mild start in the upper 60s. bring back a small rain chance for tomorrow. could see a small popup showers over the day. temperatures will stay warm in the mid 80s by tomorrow afternoon. see currently, across the state of florida, it is quiet. we're not tracking any showers or storms but as we head into tomorrow, that could change. we could see a few more weak showers and see that in our forecast model. so through this evening, we'll keep that light northeasterly clouds around, sprinkle not out of the question and through the day, a few popup showers. don't think the rain will be verhoeff visitor or last very long. a possibility we'll let you know about. by thursday morning, looks nice. lots of sunshine and a slim 10 percent rain chance for thursday as well. next front heading our way on friday and we'll bring down the temperatures just in time for the weekend. so a little extra moisture as

small shower chance and the front on thursday. still warm out ahead of this. breezy out ahead of the front and the front passes on friday. bring up the rain chances slightly with the front. just about a 20 percent chance and then as we head into the weekend, the cooler air filters in, high pressure builds in and looks activities salutely gorgeous. bring our -- absolutely gorgeous. bring our rain chances out of the forecast and temperatures in the upper shaping up. perfect fall weekend and top it out, time to fall back an hour already. >> not gonna find many complaint withs that. >> no, you get more sleep. >> it's a good thing. >> i think a great forecast for us. >> thank you very much. look at the right side of your screen. that is a crocodile you're about to see slip into a pool

the man quickly jumped out and left the woman swimming in the pool to get away from the crock. >> not very romantic. >> no, she's probably been talking to him all day about that. astronaughts discover aliens, disney finds it's next remake, and a celebrity star finds the next hook we're looking at the first proof of life beyond earth. >> finally a daddy. gonna be a big custody battle over this one. >> a discovery crew goes from delightful to dangerous. ryan reynolds and jake gylenhall star in this one. >> syndergaard releasing lacks

cinderella was a hit and a lot of buzz around the beauty and the beast but now disney has a live action remake of snow white in the works. it was considered one of the most successful animated takes of all times. he wants everyone to know he's not sleeping with boxing and madonna was ring said and they hung out after the fight leading people to believe they were an item. he says don't believe the hype. doming up, show you some of our favorite costumes from halloween 2016. >> at 4:30, families with loved ones in hospice know how

families. first, the bucks made a trade deal before the deadline. see who's involved next. get developments on all of today's biggest stories on tampa bay's most convenient prime time newscast every night on great 38 at 8:00. we'll be right back.

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no wide receivers picked up. instead corner back jonathan banks traded to the detroit lions. it was the parting of the way between bucks and banks. it was reported monday that banks was going to be released. the bucks get a conditional sent round pick in 2018. that's peanuts i think for a guy good on the depth chart. they lost mike smh going to see the field but belongs on a defense in the nfl. >> we want through an open competition throughout the offseason. we're gonna play the guys that give us the best opportunity to win, and i wish jonathan banks the absolute best. great guy, great teammate, and that's what you got to have in this league. got to have great teammates. he did everything that we asked and again, when you're putting together a 53 man roster and

decisions have to be made. >> is tonight the night? the cleveland indians will try again to finish off the cubs in game six of the world series. which team has more pressure? cubs manager joe madden had the team travel last night in halloween costumes. the indians are staying loose as well. including mike tomlin. >> if tomlin doesn't win, he won't beat him or back down. all the thgs not backing down from a challenge. >> it's a game six and we have a chance of winning a world series but you still can't have that mind set of trying to go out there and win the game in the fist inning. >> now, the cubs will go with their game two starter jake arrietta who took a no hitter into the sixth inning. tomlin was a game three winner so someone's going down tonight. >> interesting management style

pressure in the hard moment saying, yeah, right. herelleishes that. >> it'll be -- he relishes it. >> it'll be tough to take two in cleveland. >> yeah, it will. >> all right, we'll be right back. i served under president bush and obama. i fought the taliban.

when someone makes the comment that they know more about the islamic state or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses to the united states and to the american people. and i believe she understands how to wield american power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. i'm hillary clinton

a massive explosion rocked a curable pipeline in alabama. colonial, the company that ow worker kill and had five overs injured. an excavator hit a gas line igniting the fire. number two, medical insurance open enrollment begins today and some consumers bracing for sharp increases in premiums or having to change companies that may not include their doctors. the challenges facing the

the need of enrollment needing more healthy people to sign up. number three, bill cosby has a pretrial hearing in philadelphia. he's facing three counts of aggravated indy cent exposure and his attorneys filed court paperwork claiming the comedian is legally blind which could hamper himself to defend himself against accusers. cosby said he didn't do it. number four, wells fargo is paying $50 million to settle overcharging thousands of homeowners for appraisals. the suit claims they didn't know because the fees were listed as other charges. a standard appraisal is $50 or less. breaking news now into our news room, a woman's body discovered in the palm river area. paul is live with more on this

>>reporter: hey, josh. good afternoon. we're located in the palm river area on 58th street south and 20th avenue south. the body discovered by a person ride ago horse in this area. more of a rural area. body found about 4-5 feet off the road. cannot see where they are and underneath the tree doing their investigation. you can see here the sheriff forensic van is on scene as well as over patrol deputies out here as well. still an active scene and found earlier but still investigating and right now they don't know what happened, but they're certainly looking and trying to find out. we'll bring you more information as we have it. paul, news channel 8. >> thanks for the update. and in your vote 2016, the fbi continues to look through hillary clinton's e-mails today. >> yeah, this time it involves a computer used by clinton aid

weiner. a poll taken after fbi news brock shows trump ahead of clinton 46-45 percent. trump tweeted gone up 12 points in two weeks mostly before the crooked hillary blowup. >> hillary clinton is in dover near dade city and peter is waiting for former president bill clinton another county. >>reporter: both counties charging hard in the state. both clintons are here at the rec center to see her husband bill clinton. she must solidify her support of black voters and that's why bill clinton is here tonight and hillary is campaigning in black neighborhoods to encourage people to get to the polls on tuesday. >> with her coming out and

today, that will definitely get the voters out. >> her husband is expect today encourage people attending tonight to canvas area ands bet people to the polls. >> i think wisdom and logic is she carried herself her whole life for children for the working class. she's the clear, obvious choice. >>reporter: bill clinton will take the podium sometime after 6:30. peter bernard, it's not just candidates with a lot at steak next tuesday. high profile constitutional

vote yes. >>reporter: utilities pump another $3.5 million into amendment one, a solar constitutional amendment environmentists call shady. that's in addition to the already $22 million the state's largest utility companies had already put into the campaign. >> utility companies are the most heavily regulated companies. wise and that's the system they exist under. shouldn't ever other energy source also have to be regulated to protect consumers? we think so. >>reporter: environmentists say the amendment is -- environmentalists say they're trying to fool people. >> they're pumping money into their misinformation campaign because they're losing voters. >>reporter: the amendment might not have the 60 percent backing

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt. >> check out our election guide before heading to the polls with everything you need to know. volunteering is a great way to put your uniqual legitimates to use in a meaning -- unique talents to use in a meaningful way. >> we're talking act volunteers who give your time to hospice hospice is supporting their emotional wellbeing and doing the same for their families. diane that fish played for the president and digny tears. now as a volunteer at hospice centers, dianna plays for patients and their families facing one of life's most difficult times.

for the families. >> she provides calm and stability often when families are grieving the loss of a loved one. >> a little background and maybe a little sense of peace. >> music is known to have a calming effect and pet therapy can do the same. that's why volunteers with special talents are vital to nonprofit healthcare centers in addition to helping patients volunteers help relax staff members too. >> it really takes someone with an open heart, someone that really wants to just serve and give something of themselves. >> while always in need of volunteers with special talents, hospice volunteers are also needed to be a friendly face or hand holder providing comfort to those who may be facing the end of hair life. >> if you would like to

m path health is holding a volunteer drive from november 9 from 3:30-6:30 p.m.. the information is on our website, back to you. hello, open you're enjoying your afternoon. talk about a little bit of road work that kicks off tomorrow morning in tampa on columbus drive right offend north boulevard. a closure and lasts through saturday for water main construction. you'll be detoured up to mlk. downtown tampa, ongoing construction i want to remind you again in the channel side area that lasts through the summer of 2017. right along channel side drive between morgan and chandler. florida avenue, we've still got roadblockage here you can get

2000 and what about the weather tomorrow? >> things slightly different. not too much though. temperatures still run above average. high 60s early in the morning and even about a ten percent rain chance in the morning. we look forward to seeing you on news channel 8 today tomorrow. >> we start at 4:30 a.m.. a fitt halloween 2016 see the sun with a spooky looking jack owe lantern face. >> stick around for these stories. visit tampa bay spends millions. if you stayed in a hotel, you paid for it. a customer stuck with a bill for $24, 512.37 for one day's worth of service.

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the halloween theme pictures continues. bonus edition of send it. we received so many cute pictures, josh. >> good deal. >> start withing this one from vince. he tweeted lucas and amy trick ore treating super hero style. >> hello, vince. we know vince. >> chad daniells says his little captain america colin had one mission this year, to get candy and save the day. and dave near the harbor proves super heros comes in all shapes

bailey protecting the harbor. >> they're rescues dog. one of my favorite. her little monsters. they're nell and stella. her great, great niece and nephew twins celebrating their first halloween ever. sew cute. check out this adorable jack facebook beige because that's one cute baby and a cute and creative costume. jack in the box. i like it. >> good stuff. >> you can send it to stacey by tweeting pictures with the #send it to stacie and share on

if you have anymore weather photos, tweet them to us or send to us on facebook. gorgeous view this afternoon. 83 degrees. beautiful blue skies just a few clouds around. winds are breezy know. they have been for about a week now. southeast winds coming in at about 10-15 miles per hour at times but don't expect to see much in the way of rain fall. temperature wise, a bit above average high temperature for november 1, 81 degrees. definitely above that and then we start to fall pretty quickly over the next month or so by november 30, our average highs drop to 75 then as we head into january, about 70 degrees. cooler weather certainly on the way for us. for the rest of the evening, stays warm. breezy as welt upper 70s and through the day, back up into the mid 80s so temperatures still above average before that cold front rolls through.

bradenton. 82 in clear water, 82 82 at inverness: stay dry for the rest of the evening but when you wake up. we could see a few sprinkles around and keep about a ten percent chance of rain through the forecast during the day. shouldn't be anything major. thursday morning we'll begin the day with sunshine, temperatures in the upper 60s and about a small ten percent afternoon rain chance so on thursday, it's still off in the distance. it will arrive on friday and really drop back those temperatures so that area of high pressure is gonna move out and the next cold front will sweep through as we head into friday. just about a 20 percent chance of rain as the front passes so not gonna see a whole lot in the way of rain fall but winds will pick up, breezy and dry through the weekend. temperatures in the upper 70s, 50s for many of us during the morning hours so last front

this weekend, the bonus you get to set the blocks back. >> landscaping at my house. >> or sleep. >> sleep sounds good. >> maybe the baby will sleep in extra. >> she does pretty well. dad needs it more. check out the creepy high res image showing regions on the sun that look like a jack owe lantern. it was captured earlier in the month but seems to be halloween 2016. stay close. more at 4:00. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them

blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!? amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, promotes safe solar, and is endorsed by florida's firefighters. so, why are out-of-state billionaires attacking it? because amendment 1 stops their subsidies.

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welcome back. with the holidays coming up, many ofous feel like this poor lady right here. stressed out; right? stressed but relax. little exercise can help you distress. 8 on your side has answers for you today. brittany is joining me, the manager of pure barr in the area. thanks for coming back.

>> holiday stress seeps to go through the roof, if you exercise, that's a big help. >> yes, definitely. when you exercise, your body releases endorphins that can act as a natural painkiller and when your body feels good, you feel good. you get better sleep as well with less stress. >> a bonus. absolutely. other ways fitness can make your life less stressful. if you get on a plan that's gonna work toward that goal. >> scheduling your clays out in advance, once you ow going to the studio or gym and won't be so stressed scheduled going in advance. get all of your work out of your system working out. >> all of us aren't like you where you work working out. when do they know it's too much or maybe pushing it too hard? >> times where your body starts to tell you they're a little bit too sore and you do need to

if you're sore after that workout, keep working out but take a break that third day but try not to fall out of a routine because youment to stay in it. >> i've used that excuse, i'm sore, i've got to stop. no, it's because you're out of shape. everybody will be eating what they wouldn't and shouldn't be. >> oh, yeah. >> if people start pigging out. they're all gonna wait till the first of january to say new years resolution. this is the time >> once you fall into a routine and make it a habit, gonna be harder to fall out. if you make it a routine now, it will make it easier to grab an extra cookie around christmas and come january, you'll be way bet eurostep off than the people just starting. >> and not the guy or gal that leaves the second week of january. >> yep. >> thanks for being here. great tips. >> thanks for having me. we're in the final stretch

reach our $100,000 fundraising goal for the american heart association. this is video from last year's hart walk. one of the largest in the nation. drew more than 30,000 people to the stadium and right now we're only about $8,000 short of the goal. thank you to the following friends and viewers for their generous donation. emma and my they had a lemonade stand and kim ca in, a, van for $150 donation. see different names controlling in our newscasts today. the nice people are matching the first $50,000 we raise so every dollar you donate really counts as two. the walk is november 12 at ray jay, go to wfla.com/heart walk for details. >> had a lemonade stand. that's a great idea.

>> great idea. this little guy seems to love getting hosed down for his first bath. >> see more of this baby rhino's bath time when news ad

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now let's take a look at what's trending online today. >> beginning with buckets of baby turtles. thousands of these little endangered turtles are tree from the waters of peru. part of an effort to save the species. they're filled with 17,000 turtles are peru conservationists.

a population booth. a baby rhino's first bath is taking a bath by storm. this is the baby and mother at the des moines blank park zoo. the zoo posted the video yesterday and 42,000 people have loved to watch it. >> see what's trending and get updates between our newscasts by going to wfla.com. >> halloween is now over. did you have a good time? >> we did. now it's what to do with the leftover candy. i will >> it goes so fast. >> there's good charities you can give it to. >> no, bring it here. much more news coming your way. >> news channel 8 at 5 with keith and jim starts he left his child on his own and vanished. where father was found dead. the clintons are

while donald trump talks healthcare. struck plus how the cross bay ferry over to get a shower -- plus how the cross bay ferry will help with traffic. we begin with the campaign trail. bill clinton is scheduled to speak in st. petersburg at 6:30 pm tonight. hillary clinton just wrapping up her remarks at an event in pasco county. let's get to candace co college where mrs. clinton just spoke. >> reporter: she just got off the stage with less than an hour ago. she is feeling the pressure after several new polls say that trump is in the lead. clinton didn't focus much on the fbi inquiry into new emails they found what she did talk a lot about trump's treatment of others and had a big