i love this country. >> that kicks off 4 headlines number one, donald trump, the wealthy businessman is now the president-elect of the united states. medical marijuana is now legal in florida. we find out what that means for you. >> number 3, zika virus in your backyard. c with the election means for disease carrying mosquitoes. >> number 4, will ridesharing companies beef allowed to operate legally in hillsboro county -- be allowed to legally operate in hillsboro county. >> this is first at 4. today

elect. donald trump will be our 45th president of united states. right now emily schmidt has his victory street turn speech and hillary clinton's concession speech. >> i love this country. >> exuberance from the new and unexpected president-elect. i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. >> hillary clinton conceded privately to donald trump what her loss was announced. she finally spoke to the relation late wednesday morning -- nation late wednesday morning . >> this is not the outcome we wanted and i'm sorry we did not win the selection. our responsibility is to keep doing our part, to build that better, stronger, failure america we seek. >> she entered election day leading a national polls with what political pundits say was

electoral votes needed to win the race. through the night that path narrowed and finally closed completely. the battleground states of florida, ohio, and north carolina all went to donald trump as did states like wisconsin. >> now it is time for americans to bind the wounds. worldwide markets plunged at the initial news of were down but throughout the course of the day they begin to regain some of the grounds. let's take a look at the numbers. closing numbers for the dow is up one percent. analyst and the rest of the world are wondering about the future. back here in florida, voters overwhelmingly showed support for expanding medical marijuana in the state. amendment to pass with 71

expands access to medical marijuana beyond the limited therapeutic uses currently allowed under florida law. john morgan sport today for the first time about the overwhelming -- spoke today for the first time about the overwhelming win we are delighted . it will go to the florida legislature to implement . over the years he has been more than $1 million of his own money leading the charge. the state now has to come up with the rules. it will take at least for implementation. a stunning defeat for longtime hillsborough said attorney, mark over. he lost against aircrew warren. -- andrew warren . he has been top district attorney for 6 years. andrew warren won the race by a narrow margin. he tells us it is time for a change.

beginning. we talked about things that were important to borders -- voters. people are not just concerned about conviction way track rates are carson -- incarceration rates by about safety, the fairness of the system, how victims are treated. this is the first time mark was challenged by democrat. we reached out to him. he has told us he is already congratulated worn and will help of this will transition . -- transition. one spot in florida could take on the scientific method to fight the zika virus. one part of the florida keys would like to see a genetically modified mosquitoes take all harmful ones -- out the harmful ones. >> monroe county approved the nonbinding referendum saying yes to genetically modified mosquitoes in an effort to

does not mean the altered mosquitoes will be released simply that the voters are okay with it. florida state university biologist says the genetically modified mosquitoes could be a much better alternative than spring. >> the genetic targeting allows you to be precise. the same referendum that was approved in monroe county was it rejected -- was rejected in key heed things are looking pretty nice outside. in the northern sparsely have seen a few light showers. we have partly cloudy skies, 78 degrees. winds are light coming out of

the north was showers around. temperatures milder because of the extra clouds and also rain to the north but many of us have made it back into the 80s. water rain chances look like for the rest of the week into the weekend, we will have a look at your forecast coming up . today our community is morning a crossing guard who was hit and killed and see the.- - st. pete. he was setting ran into my car. the driver hit a pickup truck and took out a school zone sign before he was stopped a few blocks away from the crash scene. roundtree was a crossing guard for 3 years. for the first time uber lyft will be able to operate legally when hillsborough county . the public transportation commission voted to approve an operating

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there are few things more difficult emotionally for a couple than the inability to conceive a child. a couple had given up hope of having a 2nd baby until they came across a program aimed at giving unborn babies a chance at life. christine knowles shares of birth story 18 years in the making. >> reporter: for every little

month-old baby marlee that journey began exactly 18 years ago. >> she was created in frozen before we ever met. >> flashback to november 3, 1998 when she was just an embryo. here's where marlee was after 17 years, and one of these straws. >> reporter: back then a conceive through ivf had embryos left over after successfully having a baby, embryos that ended up in the snowflake's adoption program. >> it makes me teary-eyed. >> reporter: for 17 years this little snowflake waited for the right match which was made about 2 years ago with the wilson's after the couple was able to get pregnant after the birth of their first daughter emily. >> ovarian function was the

>> we were overjoyed at the fact that we were matched with the family. >> about 9 months after a successful embryo transfer, baby marlee jade made her grand appearance into the world on june 3 surrounded by lots of love. >> i love her so much. i can you believe that she is live. >> reporter: and begin writing the next chapter of her exciting life story. right now more than 397,000 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. nearly 102,000 of those children are eligible for adoption. also, new research shows the age when cancer survivors are diagnosed we impact there risk of dying from heart to race -- disease . those diagnoses teenagers were more likely to die of heart disease

of 30 had a lower risk of death from heart disease. scientist in north carolina believe that there are actually over 600 type of insects, spiders, centipedes living in most american homes. dust samples show homes with basements, and those with cats and dogs have the greatest variety of bugs. however more diverse population doesn't necessarily mean there is a larger number of critters in your home. >> i don't want to think about it. i'm going >> what we are in trouble. >> coffee is needed today and thankfully nice weather to step

you can see a little bit of overcast skies at this point. that is actually to do a cold front working its way into the tampa bay area at this point. can see that overall it looks like a quiet afternoon. we're not expecting much in the way of rainfall. yes there are few showers around the rain chances are still pretty low for the majority of us. overnight tonight is still pretty cloudy with temperatures dropping back into the mid-60s as we head into the overnight hours. notice tomorrow morning, we sunshine. just a few morning clouds, dry commute to start your thursday, and then by the afternoon hours blue skies and sunshine. it will be comfortable with our temperatures topping out in the low 80s. this morning we had a nice sunrise. this was sent into us from lauren clark. you can see what we're talking about a hula bay. these are the overcast conditions. if you live around in north of tampa, we have been doing with this so far today sitting at 77 there. notice the extra cloud cover to the north.

hernando, citrus county. this is also where we have seen the light rain. you can see some of the moving into eastern citrus county, eastern hernando county at this point slowly drifting off toward the east. can expect to see a lot of rainfall but you -- light showers are possible through the evening hours . after sunset tonight our rain chances fade away. when you wake up tomorrow morning temperatures will be close to average in the afternoon light northeasterly flow but we are looking at nothing but sunshine and pleasant temperatures in the low 80s. friday we're getting into the end of the week and things look great, clear skies light winds but cooler. friday morning most of us will look up in the 50s. by the afternoon hours beautiful sunshine. we will top out in the upper 70s . the drier air is moving in behind the week front. thursday is going to definitely be a dry day as we head into friday really dry air around.

skies today. notice the yellow color is the moisture forecast. we are expecting it to last through the day on friday and then our rain chances are staying low behind the front. as we head into sunday monday weekly -- we see a slight uptick in moisture . tomorrow we will top out near 81. we will keep our rain chances on the forecast. beautiful blue skies through upper 70s as we head into friday and saturday but noticed running temperatures into the 50s. we're definitely on the cool side. for the whole walk -- heart walk , things are looking good. temperatures will be in the upper 70s as we head into next week the pattern continues, upper 70s with slim rain chances monday and tuesday prince harry is very

treating his new girlfriend. >> that is right we have that story. >> reporter: the redhaired british prince with the brunette american actress is a story that has women who has been pining after the bachelor prince saying, that is is 35- year-old girlfriend who was married once a divorced. >> i get called not make. >> she is one of the stars of the legal drama suits. >> i >> reporter: now that she is hairy's love interest -- harry's love interest he has gone ballistic on the press. he said in the last week has seen the lines cross his girlfriend has been subject to a wave of the bruce -- a bruce and harassment. megan smothers african- american, her dad is white.

advocate for gender equality and advocating even when it comes her own character, rachel on suits. >> this season every script seem to begin with, rachel enters wearing a towel nope not doing it anymore.>> reporter: the principe check statement size attempts of supporters to gain illegal entry to her home. is worried about her safety. after all his mother, princess diana seen here died in a car crash while being chased by paparazzi up into the palace statement saying this is not a game this is her life in his, the press was still playing the game of decoding their romance. >> check this out, they are both wearing the same beaded bracelets. >> her instagram account was

now we have your hollywood minute. >> [ video playback ] >> reporter: if you're desperate to find out what happens next time game of thrones, look online. a widely reported post contains what appears to be a plot summary for the entire upcoming season 7 of it is confirmed it will be the first not based on the books so some fans are eager for details . >> [ video playback ] >> you will have to wait a bit longer to see halley berry try to get her son back in kidnapped the thriller from trouble trying troubled studio relativity has been bumped from it -- troubled your relativity has been bumped from it

angelina jolie and brad pitt have a new custody agreement. according to a statement, the divorcing celebrities have signed a legal agreement continuing the previous arrangement for their 6 children . angelina jolie has custody and the children continue therapeutic custody with brad pitt who is still seeking custody. coming up we will share advice on how to keep your energy up. the field at bucs practice ? dan will tell us if we might see martin back to play on

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at 4 sport with dan lucas. can you believe it, good news for bucs . we had a very welcome sight today in practice, number 22 was on the field running through jails -- drills. you remember martin. he injured his hamstring in the 2nd game of the season and finally he looks like he question, will he play against the bears on sunday. he is listed as limited today practice. this morning i asked johnson about the report to the good running game going with or without martin. >> we have really good running back coach and i join with him during game. he's going to find a way to get

exactly cancel cathodic. was election night for the gold glove awards. for the 2nd straight year kevin takes home the gold glove for the american league spot. this now means he has truly entrenched himself as the best at his position in the al and the other things, he wins this despite missing more than 50 games with a broken wrist. it was a no-brainer which award meant more to him. >> this one is a lot more special to me. the first one was unbelievable and something that i never thought would happen, but now winning it after so much lost

and i can't think the managers and coaches throughout the game enough for giving me the final not.>> abductor wed socks -- he beat out the red sox brown junior. it is the 2nd gold glove in his history. i think i quit to last year on a was the first gold glove winner and ray's history? >> everyone wants to say you malone goria, carlos pena. one. >> i didn't think he had a chance. >> sometimes these awards are one on reputation. >> it depends on what the voters are looking for. without him in the lineup the rays were a disaster in the month of june. it matters having him on the field and kevin of the blue jays , everyone was upset last year

for cure meyer. once you become the annual winner of this award, it is hard to supplant. >> and diving in theatrics helps your case. >> and then the old celebration afterwards. >> we will be right back with more of this.

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>> number 3, recreational marijuana is now legal in california, massachusetts in nevada. it is still illegal under federal law but state laws have lax over the years. according to a poll the number of adults who smoke has doubled in 3 years. >> number 4, colorado is among several states that will raise the minimum wage. >> colorado will gradually raise it over the next few years to $12 an hour and 2020. arizona, maine and washington state passed measures to raise the minimum wage. after a long night, stunning victory of donald -- for donald trump, he is now the president-elect . >> today they are agreeing our nation needs to unify. format donald trump claimed victory this morning without the gloating and mocking that won him the white house.

president for all americans. >> hillary clinton called him last night and publicly conceded today. >> this is painful and it will be for a long time -- >> reporter: but it is a new reality. >> donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and the check -- pledge -- chance to leave . >> sometimes you lose an argument, sometimes you winners and losers. >> i'm happy that hillary didn't get in. >> would donald trump anything goes. >> donald trump has vowed to end obama care, build a wall and slash taxes. paul ryan promised the republican congress will help. >> donald trump pulled off an amazing political feet. he deserves tremendous credit

direction we were going. >> now the outside who gave voice to the angry is talking unity. >> to all republicans, democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> he takes office in 10 weeks . >> donald trump was invited here tomorrow by president obama .. wondering what a donald trump president trying presidency will look like a.-- presidency will look like. donald trump opposes tpp. with the republican-controlled congress and donald trump in office, this deal could be undone.

as a disaster. with support from the republican-controlled house and senate it could be repealed. less than 2 weeks ago we learned plan premiums are on the rise with some paying as much as 25 percent more. paul ryan supports the repeal as does mitch mcconnell. then there is the nuclear deal reached with iran. john kerry along with 5 other world powers hammered out this deal. the goal is to rid iran of the capability to develop nuclear weapons try weapons.-- weapons . donald trump says it is one of the worst deals he has ever seen. donald trump vows to renegotiate the deal. an international climate agreement reached in paris is also under jeopardy. justice

friday became law. is a bit bringing together global emissions. whether donald trump will go to any great length to get rid of the agreement is unknown. finally immigration, he focused much of his pitch of the presidency about changing immigration policy and building along -- wall along the mexican er visited mexico to meet with the mexican president possibly on the chopping block now, the controversial executive order allowing more than 6 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. governor rick scott in attorney general bundy played key roles in helping president- elect trump when in florida. now they could be poised to

attorney general pam bondi endorsed donald trump the day before the florida primary, governor rick scott endorsed him the day after. both can presumably right their own ticket in a donald trump administration. >> scott built we back trump. -- campaign . melissa scott is one of his close confidant. washington and will work harder to get that done. >> in the idea that may offer health and human services post is one of the rumors. will he be able to set a job -- except a job? >> i think it is clear that he has a job he wants but he is

we did reach out to pam bondi but she did not return our calls or text. she was would donald trump in new york last night. today many wondering how could all the polls predict a winner be wrong? donald trump neshek victory win against many of the polls they gave clinton a lead throughout a great deal of this campaign. some of the leads were larger than other and they vary our political analyst tell us there could be a number of reasons for that including voters failing to be upfront about who they voted for. he tells us perhaps the polls were not wrong. >> so those estimates they show clinton up by 2 and 3 percent. i would say that is the low. that is well within the error margin. >> it was a tight race. coming up next, rod carter takes a closer look at what candidates think of those polled

a lot of people were relying on facebook and twitter. facebook claims 150 million people worldwide generated over 750 million likes, posts, comments and shares related to the election. i hope you're enjoying about a little bit of our work changing the sarasota area. a kicks off the new traffic pattern southbound 75. the new lanes will be open right around university parkway. it is actually one of the progressions, steppingstones, and the diverging diamond interchange and the complete construction of this should be wrapped up in 2017, maybe some are the fall. let's take a look. just a quick reminder here or in the

it will be close through the 30th. intermittent lane closures in that area and also construction continues here. a cold front will finally get to the south. as you wake up it will be slightly cooler as this drier air comes in. temperatures will start in seeing you tomorrow on news channel 8 today. you can catch them with weather and traffic on the 8s starting at 4:30 a.m.

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lane and safety harbor are holding workshops to help create these boards. >> it is a really great way in november to talk to your family about what you are thankful for and to focus on gratitude. >> you start with the palate board. to start off we drill it together. we will show you how to do that. >> next, stay in your border whitewash it. >> we wipe it on >> once that drives the place stencils. there are a lot of free ones online and then paint in those lines. then secure the jar. >> we have plumbers clamp in the screw. we will attach it to the board. just close up. take your screwdriver and tightknit. there ago it will -- there you go it will hold your jar and

if you want to check out something for board ideas head to her pinterest board. there is a lot of cool stuff there so check it out. for a lot of us a great afternoon to be outside. here's the view from the plantation on crystal river. you can see extra clouds around. you have seen light rain in our northern counties today. for most of a -- it has been a while since we have seen measurable rainfall. the last ti back on october 15. that was just about 25 days now depending on if we see light rain at the airport but it has been about 3 weeks since we have seen any measurable rainfall at tampa international . it is not just us in the tampa bay area that have seen the long dry stretch. this is how long it has been in the southeast since we have seen measurable rain.

little bit of rain around for the next few hours mainly north of tampa. at 9 pm we're falling back into the upper 60s . we will drop back into the mid-60s by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. expect beautiful blue skies tomorrow. this is what we are going to be looking at as we head throughout the day. were going to top out in the low 80s. at this point very light showers. we will put a few drops of rain on your windshield most likely. we're seeing extra clouds and with a little bit of moisture. temperatures are cooler. you can almost see the dividing line of where the front is. behind the front low 70s. we are warmer to the south, upper 70s low 80s at this point . dewpoints are also pretty comfortable, still in the low

range they are. we are going to see the chance for rain to slide south. we will wake up monday morning this will push away from us and temperatures will reach back up into the lower 80s. expect clear skies and sunshine through the day the. sclera kaizen light winds but it will be cooler. we will wake up in the 50s so you will want a real start the day. by the afternoon we heat up into the upper 70s. the sun will come out and it should be a great afternoon. of course the heart walk coming up. we have your forecast coming up for that. waking up at 58 degrees. a crisp and cool start. we will stay dry through the walk this year. it is great for veterans day for many of you that are headed out. upper 70s starting out the day in the upper 50s. we will have a slim 10 percent rain chance returning for sunday, monday, and tuesday,

we're just about perfect, upper 70s through next week. that is comfortable for whatever you wanted to outside or inside. we have that thing called the heart walk, you may have heard us mention it a few times over the last several months. will have more of that coming

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welcome back. it is the day after the election and maybe you have an election hangover. you may need some extra your answers. abigail is joining us now. thank you for being here. you know how to manage these types of things. >> we have to try. >> a lot of people are dragging today so use a natural way of building up energy, eat more often. >> eating more often throughout the day, every 3 to 4 hours is a great way to keep your metabolism going, bush

>> that is a good way to lose weight as well. >> one thing that i recommend is to eat about 3 square meals, breakfast lunch and dinner and then have about 2 snacks in between. that is a really nice balance. . >> and know how to stop when you are satisfied, don't keep going. >> absolutely. if you feel drained after you eat that is really good sign thatou what your stomach is doing is it is taking all of the energy to digest all the food and that is leaving your body feeling drained. a much better thing to do is to stop when you are satisfied, eating slower really helps, it takes 20 minutes for your brain to catch up with what your stomach is doing. you have to wait a little bit.>> 3:00 is like our favorite time. that is when we make the coffee. that helps us push through the

drink and what can be an energy zapper and what can be a good thing. >> those sugary coffee drinks, sodas and really sugary drinks, energy drinks, that is another one that will zap your energy. they may give you an initial boost but within very few short minutes he will feel drained again. >> if you wanted to have plain coffee or unsweetened tea, that is a good one or one of my favorites is lemon water. just water with the zest shearwater and it does give you energy. >> one may be okay but it is not a good idea. >> one thing i keep them back to with diet sodas, even though it doesn't have calories it doesn't mean it's not doing anything in your body. you want to be careful with those sodas and energy drinks

in there. >> great tips. were moving on. rabbinical get coffee without the sugar. the big weekend is almost here, the heart walk is this saturday in news channel 8 is so grateful to all of our viewers who have donated including all dinged trooper who give us $20. then we have arthur fairman. he donated $250 to the cause, and finally bob and joan hall they donated $100 to our het much. fucchilo key has matching the first 50,000 that we raise and it is not too late to join my team and donate . go to wfla.com/heart walk. the walk is this saturday, november 12 at the raymond james stadium starting at 8 am. if you would like to call in a donation we are hosting a phone bank tomorrow that will run from first at 4 until 6:30 pm.

election. >> a lot of people it feels like. people are say they feel hung over and they have not drink -- drink . these dogs are providing therapy comfort for people in washington. we will explain when first at forex --

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let's take a look at what's trending online. >> beginning with therapy dogs at the white house.

therapy dogs were brought to capitol hill. american eskimo dogs, golden doodle's, and a beagle mix played with staffers. it helped workers blow off some election day steam. content is -- tom kent is one of thousands waiting for a kidney. the air sign he hired asking for a new kidney is now and get updated newscasts, you can always go to www.wfla.com much more news at 5:00 right now. >> right now on news channel 8 at 5:00: >> president-elect trump, a possibility at midnight and a certainty this morning. and

hillsboro state attorneys race. a look at what andrew warren plans to do first. she was dangling her legs over the sky way when he saw her. the corporal who saved a woman's life. i'm jennifer lee. >> thank you for joining us. we begin with the stunning outcome of that election. donald trump defies the odds and outperforms the polls. he will become the 44th president of the united states. his opponent? hillary clinton and barack obama now want embrace the future. donald trump and his former foes are on the same page, agreeing that the nation needs to unify. steve henderson is joining us from the white house. good to see you. i know you made your way there after a late night in new york. what a night it was. >> reporter: not much sleep. i will try to keep my lips moving. there is nothing traditional about this presidential election but today, all of the