>> ellen: anyway. now for headlines at 4:00, a veteran questioned: a former sailor believes she is being scrutinized befoec freebie because she is no longer active military extract number 2, marijuana on-the-job. now that pot is a goal in florida what does it mean for employee drug testing. track -- , number 3 chasing rescue: suitable chase caught on dashcam. prostitute proposal, trying to help woman stay out of trouble. >> this is first at 4. before

which is this saturday. this is a live look at our volunteers in our 8 on your side phonebank. if you would like to donate to the american heart association and help us raise even more money than we did last year the numbers on your screen. it is 800 528 the numbers on your screen. it is 800-528-0808. again 800-528-0808. we would love to get the phones ringing. volunteers will answer your calls until 6:30 tonight frustrated after being questioned about her service. she reached out to 8 on your side health. she served in the navy for nearly a decade. as she tells us she is challenged about her back down during veterans day deals. today she shared her story with melanie michael. >> good afternoon. local businesses like greed at's cafi and bakery always look forward to treating veterans and they love it

she just wishes everyone was on the same page. >> this mom has lived a life all about serving her country and hurt unity. after enlisting in the navy she was stationed in guam and avoid multiple times. she is now living life as her -- as a civilian raising her girls. each year she can't wait to see fellow veterans at local businesses as they are honored through special deals. because she is no longer active military, she tells us she is questions. on her phone sh >> i don't feel entitled to receive anything, but when you have served, you'll like that service to be question. >> in the antennae along with many of the veterans tell 8 on your side, they are grateful. they hope businesses realize that just because you are not currently servicing doesn't mean your service should be forgotten. floridians overwhelmingly

your employer can still say no. backers of medical marijuana tell us the state legislature must still act to create laws that allow the sale and use of marijuana. however, unless they also protect employees that one he used the drug, anyone who uses marijuana is still taking a risk with their job. >> they don't have any in control -- any control of our freedoms. having a job is a privilege in a right to work state against the workers. >> chris tells us only 5 dates in the nation protect employees who choose to use marijuana. in lakeland, it looks like city leaders will not be changing their pot laws. they were considered lessening the penalties for people caught with 20 grams or less of marijuana. the public and experts weighed in during a forum. city commissioners decided not to go forward with any change. 2 pasco county deputies

who tried to run them over during a traffic stop. were watching body cam video of the incident after it happened. this after car chase. deputies pull over the 40-year- old who they tell us took off and accidentally ran into a canal and started to drown. >> there is a lot that goes through your mind. you don't know his intentions are what he could have. at that point i already saw them go underwater so my point is to get to him and t breathing and get him back to shore. >> deputy saved his life and took him to the hospital. once he is released he will be arrested. right now there is a $10,000 reward to catch an armed serial robber in lakeland . take a good look at the suspect. he is wearing a tampa bay rays hat. this is surveillance video when he hit a subway restaurant. investigators believe the robber also hit 2 gas stations and an xyz liquor store. in this photo he has a different

at the clerk. if you have any information you are asked to call crimestoppers. now a sting to get prostitutes off the streets. >> sarasota police are trying a new concept by doing their work from their desks. >> reporter: afternoon, typically these officers would be out on the street finding these prostitutes and arresting them. in this new operation the officers are calling them and getting to know them. >> a group of sarasota police officers spent the da pages like back page. they would offer them counseling and a recovery program. florida ranks 2nd in the nation for sex trafficking and the win aven -- and the women average in age at 14 years old. >> a lot of them were abused as a child, abuse by people they love and care about. you are dealing with a lot of trauma. they will all have different stories. >> reporter: instead of rest -- arresting these women the

and it is another gorgeous afternoon outside. we can see beautiful blue skies as we look at the lake club in lakewood ranch. overall we're sitting in the upper 70s, low 80s and some spots. sitting at 79 degrees with our winds fairly light coming out of the north at 5 miles-per-hour. that weeks right may have left a few sprinkles on your windshield. this as well to our south. it has cleared the state of florida and it will stay that way for the rest of tonight. currently sitting at 74 in crystal river. 77 inverness. 77 st. pete. 81 apollo beach. temperatures are warm and for the rest of the evening you can expect mostly clear skies to continue and temperatures slowly beginning to drop back. right around 70 for the evening hours. as we head into tomorrow morning is going to feel a little bit cooler.

skies. we will ave look t hat the rest of the week holes and also check out your we can forecast coming up. saturday is the big day, the 2016 heart walk. here's a live look at the 8 on your side phonebank. if you would like to donate to the american heart association and top what we donated last year, there's a number on your screen, 800-528-0808. we want to put these guys to work. stacy is to tell you more about these incentives you don't want to miss out on. we will tell you about the stores releasing black friday deals early. we will have the secret coming up on first at 4. z25eiz z16fz

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to fight this killer. we have been talking about this heart walk for months. stacy is in the phone center as we enter the final stretch. we are 2 days away but it is a little too quiet in here. we need these phones to ring. we have our american heart association volunteers wearing our news channel 8 heart walk shirts. the number to call, 800-528-0808. the number to call, 800 528. the number to call, 800-528-0808 . let me tell you a . josh, we have managed to raise tens of thousands of dollars thanks not only to the generosity of our viewers, but also billy from fucchilo kia . he has a match to the first $50,000 that we raised so right now we are at $105,000, but last year we raised $124,000, so with an extra $20,000 we would top what we raised the

get to. that is why we are here making this final push. we do have great incentives for you. let's put those up on your screen. we have items that we hope will entice your generosity starting with 2 lower-level bucks tickets -- bucs tickets against the seahawks. that includes 2 sideline passes which is something you cannot buy. that is something you can only score here. the first person to call and donate $500 will get to lower-level seats to the seahawk's sideline passes. it is really a great gift for somebody and a great lifetime experience. we also have 5 pairs of upper- level bucs tickets to the same game and that is for people to donate $100 . we have 5 pairs of upper-level seats to the seahawks game. we hope that will get you donating. let me show you what i have behind me. for $250 donation we have 3

evidence and hargraves. these were donated to us. we really appreciate it, someone really helping us jumpstart our fundraising efforts. right now if: a $250 donation you can score one of these autographed bucs footballs . >> we are doing our best to close that gap and top what we raised last year. we will be here all the way through 640 -- 6:30. we have big incentive fr something you cannot buy. it still have time -- you still have time to call in. the phone lines are open today until 6:30. a new recall is warning drivers about a problem with seatbelts. we will have details on that coming up. the famous author of parent hacks is coming to tampa bay. i am guilt why auto and i will

gayle guyardo and i will show you how it works. you can get developments in all the big stories on tampa bay's most convenient primetime newscast every night at 8. we

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it is a pleasant afternoon outside. air live right now and you are looking at video of the moon this afternoon. beautiful blue skies in the background. we are actually looking at the supermom coming our way as we head into this weekend and into monday. that is a beautiful

blue skies. we are in the mild temperatures of 70. winds breezy coming in off the water. as we head into the overnight hours is what to expect: by 11:00 we are falling back into the mid-60s. when you wake up tomorrow morning we are looking at temperatures that are going to be dropping back into the upper 50s. mid-70s then topping out in the upper 70s low 80s. it will be another nice one. notice more blue skies. at this point temperatures are a little bit warmer air your father 5 -- in your southern spots . 79 brooksville. 78 zephyrhills, 70 79 brooksville. 78 zephyrhills, 73 currently

we are looking mainly at the 50s and even some 40s on the map. mugginess will not be an issue for the week ahead. we are staying comfortable all the way through next week. the humidity is not going to be bad for us at least for the week ahead. mostly clear skies. it feels like fall. you will notice some slightly cooler temperatures tomorrow morning. back down into the 50s as you step out the door. sweater. a few clouds returned by tomorrow afternoon but generally a beautiful day topping out in the upper 70s. saturday a few clouds around with temperatures in the upper 50s. the week front starts role in but our temperatures are generally going to say about the same, upper 70s top tello 80s for the weekend with a rain chance is returning as we head into monday and tuesday of next week. millions of people all over the world use social media on election night but even if you

previous contest. we have answers for you today. joining me now is our social media expert jonathan sellers. a lot of people are happy it is over. >> if you go online it is almost overwhelming -- even today just dealing with the aftermath of the selection . let's talk about the election night in itself. what he thinks social media was such an important factor this time around? >> i think we are as -- we as a country are as using social media regularly . social media is how we distribute and receive our information on a mass scale. we saw the selection a lot of times especially donald trump use social media to get messages out, calls controversy -- cause controversy. every time he used his twitter to spread something it went everywhere. he was really able to get his message out. >> to have any idea how big

numbers. just on election day there were over 75 million tweets. in 2012 there were about 31 million. we are talking more than doubled . if you looked on facebook for the whole election, from march through november 1 there were 8.8 million post on facebook related to the selection. >> just unimaginable. >> what can we learn from this online version of election day. a lot of people are still trying to learn it. to leave facebook. a lot of people said i'm taking a two- week break i will see you in 2 weeks. the biggest things we need to look to going forward is how do we control facts? how can we stop the spread of misinformation on the social networks, and then how can we stop the, i disagree with you you are absolutely wrong, i am absolutely wrong. how can we find the middle ground. right now we're finding is someone supports one candidate than everyone else is absolutely wrong.

because in the past we didn't have this direct communication of our political beliefs. it was more of a private thing and now it is public. >> so we have to figure it out . that is a big challenge. thank you so much for talking about it. now our consumer watch. mobile is recalling about 74,000 cars and suvs to fix the problem with the front passenger seat belt. it covers certain s 60, ask 90 -- x 90, and seatbelt may not hold a passenger during a crash. full has known about this problem since august. we are learning walmart and target will kick off there in store black friday sales at 6 pm thanksgiving tape best buy begins at 5 pm. all 3 change will start -- chains will start there online sales in the wee hours of the morning.

of the regular season in november. right now were very own anthony allred shows us how they stack up against our other big 3 schools up against -- up for the team of the week . tampa bay, what you do. this we can high school football it is bittersweet. from this week forward bay area teams will cannibalize one another and be a limited -- eliminated from the playoffs at an alarming rate but for now sit back, relax and enjoy the in the running to take all. after the tampa catholic crusaders pregame talk of the jesuit football tigers mascot, the tigers decided to fall out and show the crusaders why they dominated this matchup is the turn of the 21st century, to stay undefeated. the tigers rush for more than 450 yards, kicked a 34 yard field goal, and stop to goal line touchdown

already headed to the playoffs, the berkeley buccaneers capped their eyes on the prize a winning the last game of the regular season. the buccaneers jumped on the warriors of scoring early and never looking back the entire game. and on defense the buccaneers picked off a pass that would've allowed the warriors to tie the game to win their first and only game of the 2016 regular-season, but osceola warriors on the road against the crosstown rivals seminole warriors. in the middle of a shoot out, rush for more than 400 yards in the 49 points was more than the total points they schooled -- scored during the entire first 5 games of the season. congratulation to the osceola warriors for winning their first game of the season. we have hurricane hermine makeup game against even this friday so who knows they could

season, but will it be enough to take a team of the week trophies home? i will let you know coming up at 5:30. that music makes me want to go for a run. you just pumps you up. paul ryan is here with the check of sports. for the funeral of high school football, 2 more blitzes to go. in the nfl game, big news buccaneers. give them the nickname of your choosing, soft. doug martin is doing all he can to get back on the field, rehabbing a hamstring injury since coming up lame in with one. he suffered a setback in mid- october, but he did practice in full pads yesterday, and again today. his participation described as limited, and coach doesn't seem convinced. martin will suit up against the bears on sunday but doug certainly hopes he can.

able to go a full speed we will go from there. i feel good. i'm getting there and getting to that point. it has been frustrating but we will take all the proper steps to give me back on the field. more good news, evans has been cleared to play sunday. was in the nfl's concussion protocol after taking a big hit along the sidelines against atlanta 10 days, the lightning face-off against the new york islanders tonight. back on november 1 they drug the islanders in their barn. some call that the best game of the season. will we see a repeat? new york is the only team in the league winless on the road but we do not expect them to roll over. >> are going to get a different team every night a. you are going to have a team

i wouldn't say we are coming into this game expecting to win . i think of anything these guys are going to come out hard. >> we are sitting here asking how our start will be asking if we can have the same start that we did in the island. that is what we're concentrating on. entrie gets the starting net, jonathan will miss his 4th straight game as he battles ahead injury >> we have watching his status for a while. when do we think will be back? >> time cooper is helpful. there is no timetable for his call -- return . he suffered a great massive hit in that game against the islanders days ago. hopefully he will be back sooner than later but at this point in the season it is better to keep them on the

president obama and president-elect donald trump met at the white house. the meeting lasted about 90 minutes . the president tells the president-elect his administration want to do everything they can to help them succeed so the country succeeds. donald trump met with paul ryan a few hours ago. they discuss the legislative agenda that they hope to president. ryan also showed off the view from the balcony outside the speaker's office. they hope to start passing bills shortly after january 20. the dow closes at a record high following extraordinary gains in asia. one training manager believes the victory speech rather calm to the markets. now they hope he will maintain a pro-business approach to government. high school students in san

president and rain -- waved rainbow and mexican flags as they walk through downtown los angeles today. groups all around the country stage similar protests today. more on the all-important meeting at the white house from the transition from president obama to president-elect donald trump what can we expect from his first 100 days in office. >> real chns begins with immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as obama care. donald trump said he will leave an all-out assault on the affordable care act. signature call -- law provides health care to millions . can he do it quick --? congress would need to take acworth -- action. while they may have trouble to get to the president's test, a

under a budget procedure that required only a simple majority . if it makes to -- 82 donald trump -- it to donald trump the outcome will be different. president-elect more extreme plans, will he be able to make progress along the great -- on the great wall along our southern border. proud of the problem is the cost -- part of the problem is the cost. estimates range from $8-$122 billion. while he said that country will pay for the

unlikely another staple in donald trump neshek campaign. >> don j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. is temporary proposed muslim ban is unpopular even among some republicans. president-elect is already signaling he will not take such a hard-line stance. >> before he can act on his agenda yes to get situated in the. he hare filling thousands of appointments. his transition team is led by chris christie and jeff sessions. we will show you possible cabinet members at 5:00. the future of blackjack in florida seem safe thanks to a federal judge. the dealing those cards, a

drive can keep blackjack until 2030 p.m. robert hinkle ruled that the state didn't hold up it has shut out of the bargain when it allowed designated player card games at heart rooms and racetracks around the state. >>[ audio playback ] >> in the statement they said it allowed you to ability and florida. today the 230. today the 234 work they of the us marine corps -- birthday of the us marine corps. the model translate -- model -- motto translate to always

look at this face. i love these reunions. senior chief petty officer leonard is not seen his son and 8 months. even his wife didn't know he was coming home. he has been in the navy for 19 years. now we are on your side with the annual of mother of all baby showers. is starts less than an hour tampa. now gayle guyardo wants to tel event, mom known to make life easier for parents all over the world. asha is behind. hacks.com. is filled with so many shortcuts and quick fixes you will wonder how you got through life without them. i got a quick peek at some of her parent hacks.>>asha seems to be everywhere on social media these days . she started

tricks to make life easier for other parents. soon she launched a site,. hacks.com. >> i thought to myself, why didn't i think of these? it has me coming up with my own hacks. it is all about making parenting easier, less expensive, less stressful and more fun. >> after trying some of these parent hacks, asha was invited to the mother of all baby showers here in tampa . i got a quick peek about what parents band maternity trick where you spread a rubber band through the buttonhole of your pants for a little extra room during early pregnancy -- this will buy you a month . >> to a vinyl tablecloth with the 20 different uses. >> you can use of foreplay met, changing map, you could take it to disney, cut out the top use it on the poncho -- use it as a poncho.

in there so when your kid is eating or drinking you can get all of the crumbs in here. and you are done at a day where we, throw it out and you have to go back cleaning around the whole car. i have posted more hacks for you on wfla.com. also a big drop at tonight's event. you can check out new inventions designed i moms to help other moms raise their kids. head to wfla.com where i have po a baby showers. hello. i hope you are enjoying your afternoon. i want to remind you about a new traffic that are in the kicked off yesterday. for your commute remember southbound i 75 at university parkway, it will look a little different. you will not be pushed onto the bridge. the new southbound lanes are

diverging diamond interchange that should be wrapped up next year. water main work continues here. westbound cyber you will see closures in that area through the end of november. in pinellas county there is an improvement project that has kicked off this year. you might see intermittent lane closures and some construction here --. it will feel cooler tomorrow morning. we had lower humidity that has arrived. we expect to see clear skies with temperatures running a little bit below average on friday. you can catch leslee and leigh with weather and traffic on the 8s starting at with weather and traffic on the 8s starting at 1:30 am -- 4:30

we are back in our news channel 8 heart walk phonebank. the heart walk is 2 days away. this is an important cause for me. so grateful wfla is such a supporter of our mission to keep raising money for the american heart association.

but they need their phones to ring. the number to call is one 800 528. the number to call is 1-800-528- 0808. we do still have 3 pairs of the upper-level bucks tickets to the seattle game on november 27 available to the next 3 callers that donate $100 . those are still there, but right now i want to share great story. it is someone you are going to recognized locally, kevin cash, the manager of the tampa bay rays, he and his family have been touched by mainly because they found out the pope firstborn would be born with a hole in her heart -- that their first born would be born with a hole in her heart . 10-year-old camden cash is a talker. she likes to act and play teacher. >> this is math practice. >> you would never know she was born with some serious heart defects. >> kevin was spring training

st. pete. >> you might better recognize kevin cash as the manager of the tampa bay rays. he was a catcher back in 2005 when he and his wife emily found out their force born coming -- firstborn would come into this world with 2 hold her heart. -- holes in her heart. >> it was a huge blow, huge crush. she handled it a lot better than i did. were >> reporter: how dire didn't seem? there were little bits of hope here and there. >> reporter: the news made the 2nd half of her presidency trying pregnancy a terrible time. did you try to -- pregnancy a terrible time. do you try to block it out. >> obviously do. >> we went into it saying she might have to go and have surgery right away.

surgery immediately, she did need a feeding tube. it was definitely connected. i think the heart worked so hard you just don't have the energy to meet. at 17 months doctors decided it was finally time for camden to have heart surgery. after that, their little girl turned the corner and really began to thrive. >> to you remember anything about having surgery on >> just hearing about it. >> she wears a monitor and we check the rhythm. we keep an eye on something she wants to do. >> is anything she can't do? >> the only thing she can do is play tackle football. >> they find a lot of joy in just watching camden have a normal childhood.

publicly much at first, but that has changed now. >> i think we have grown over the years. it is a good thing to be able to share this story. maybe at times initially it was a little garden, but looking how fortunate that we are, it is good to show positive stories. you are not going to have a more popular story then hour to -- our daughter people. they were so kind to invite me into their home and to share their daughter's story with us. to top that off the tampa bay rays want to see us raise a lot of money for the heart association so they are offering up a sweet by mutually agreed-upon game, suite for 16 people and 16 pregame on-field passes so you can go watch batting practice and get up

donates $5000. if you are willing to donate $5000, that raised to sweep and 16 field game passes can be yours. >> those hillsborough -- bucs tickets i mentioned , they are gone. you guys really responded and i appreciated. our initial goal was $50,000. we hit $50,000 in fucchilo kia matched it . . right now we are at $105,000 . we would sure like to close that gap and to top what we raised for the heart association last year. phonebank open to 6:30 tonight. there's the number to call. it is not too late to join my team. if you do go to wfla.com/heart

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the dry stretch of whether across the tampa bay area. we have seen a string of days -- streak of days without any measurable rainfall. we have seen at least a little bit ending that 25 day streak of no rain. to her walk is coming up here? are glad it is going to be drive. when you wake up temperatures

we're sitting at 77 degrees with no rain at this location. expect completely dry conditions. blue skies as well. lots of sunshine. dry conditions will last all the way through this weekend. it is shaping up very nicely. also the temperatures, this a great time of year. upper 70s low 80s all the way through this coming week. we are now ni?a pattern. we could see drier weather we could see if that happens this year. at 9 pm mostly clear, cooler. we are already back in the upper 60s. when you wake up tomorrow morning we will start the day off in the 50s. some of you may want a sweater. we may even have some 40s on the map. it will be cooler for short. mostly sunny and back into the upper 70s by tomorrow afternoon. this morning tony shot this

them. we are dry on the radar not tracking any showers just some mild temperatures especially in our northern spots. notice it is only 73 in inverness. 74 crystal river. 81 north port. there is the front that rolled through yesterday and brought us a very light rain. for the rest of the evening we're left wit wake up tomorrow. for saturday we have just a few clouds around for 50s to start the day -- upper 50s to start the day. temperatures will stay in the low 80s through the weekend . our next rain chance will be monday and tuesday were we could see a few showers developing. coming up, baby panda twins

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identity. good evening,, thank you for joining us tonight. the transition of power is officially underway in our nation's capital. hours ago the president welcomed the president-elect donald trump to the white house. mark is joining us live. i restored day for politics and the nation. >> reporter: it really is. it wal him from pages all over the world tomorrow. these 2 men sitting in one room talking about the future of our country. there is a lot at stake and more will happen between now and january 20 with -- wishes just 17 days away . with the campaign behind him, today a new beginning. >> we talked about some of the organizational issues with setting up the white house. >> president obama says he is