after his sitdown sparked a firestorm. a special cookie lands to women in handcuffs. viewers reunited with hundreds of thousands of dollars. our better call behnken unclaimed money phone bank a big success. i you can find out if you are owed money. >> thank you for joining us. a pasco county assistant principal is under fire tonight. donna haff was arrested after she got sick from eating a marijuana laced cookie. jamel lanee' joins us live from anclote works as a principle. >> reporter: good evening. haff is on leave tonight. students have been talking about this marijuana laced cookie all day. assistant principal donna haff is not at anclote high school today. she was put on leave after being arrested on monday for a cookie laced with marijuana oil.

because i wouldn't think of her doing a -- doing it, especially her. >> reporter: she got sick after eating the cookie and was rushed to st. joseph hospital because she overdosed. investigators say haff that the cookie from her daughter because she wanted to try it for her 50th birthday. braxton johnson said word spread around the school fast. >> it's been crazy. they've already got means made for her -- memes made for her. >> reporter: with a controlled substance. >> we can't have our administrators in a position where they are facing felony charges for using drugs. >> reporter: she will have to go before the director of employee relations. her daughter allison was also arrested for possession of marijuana. she got the cookie from a coworker. district leaders say this is not like haff it is out of character for this woman. everyone is shocked and of

time, we have to take action.>> reporter: now, both women have since bonded out. we did try to go by trinh -- by her home but no one answered. >> what happens now? >> reporter: she will have to go before the director of employee relations. that person will make recommendations to the superintendent. they could suspend her without pay while she is settling these charges but again that is up to the district to dein >> jamel lanee' live in pasco county. breaking news. an airport in oklahoma city shut down after a deadly shooting. at least one person was shot at will rogers airport and we just learned that person has died. officers are looking into reports that a second person was also hurt. all of drivers and -- arrivals and departures are suspended as the search continues. back at home, change of

-- not to stand for the national anthem. the move outraged many fans but now, an apology from the wide receiver. >> reporter: when mike evans sat during the national anthem, few people knew at first but once fans found out -- >> what a weak, weak person that is. he is a nobody. >> i think he is kind of a jerk. >> reporter: many didn't hold back their opinions. sports radio blowup for and against the move. even head coach said he was disappointed. >> this is uncharted territory in that respect but that is something we will definitely be addressing this week. >> reporter: clearly, coach wasted no time. evans came out with an apology and a statement that reads "i want to start by apologizing to all the u.s. military members, their families, and the fans who were offended by my actions. i chose to sit as an expression of my frustration towards this years election.

evans. >> when ashton kutcher comes out and says we have been punked, i will stand again. >> reporter: days later, he has changed his tone, stating "this sunday i will be back to standing with my teammates." the bucs play kansas city next sunday. their next home game will be november 27 against the seattle seahawks. a strong show of republican unity on capitol hill as trump's transition team takes shape. house republicans unanimously decided ryan should moraine -- should remain speaker. ryan vowed quick action now on the trump agenda. meanwhile, two names being floated as secretary of state our rudy giuliani and john bolton. not many people can claim they predicted who would win the presidency last week except for a tampa consultant who made the prediction and has the column to prove it. candace mccowan joins us live now.

the prediction back in june and there is a national column where he made the prediction. there is no magic all or psychic talent but adam goodman can say he saw into the future at least once. >> i just felt something that to me was clear and i had an advantage of that experience early in my career. >> reporter: experience but told him the pollsters haven't adam wrote a column for the daily beast back in june, writing that if trump is within a few points of clinton going into election day, he will become president of the united states leaving experts scrambling for vaccinations and pundits grabbing for explanation. the explanation behind his spot on prediction goes back more than 30 years ago. back in philadelphia, where goodman worked with a somewhat trump like mayor named frank rizzo.

was always dramatically under pulled even in his own polls because it wasn't considered socially acceptable for people to outwardly embrace frank rizzo but done if he didn't do well on election day. i thought the same thing what happened with donald trump.>> reporter: the column earned goodman some crazy looks but now people are listening. >> even my family was ready to just disown me for even predicting this. >> reporter: people are co him behind saying he knew where trump was close in places like pennsylvania but goodman said those rallies with 30,000 people in attendance couldn't be ignored. >> does he have any predictions for the future? >> reporter: i definitely asked but he said trump will determine the future. his performance in the white house and we will see the first reading of his performance in the next year or two. >> candace mccowan live in tampa.

he may spend most of his time calming world leaders who are anxious about a trump presidency. in athens, greece obama said the election reflected the need to deal with people's means that their children won't do as well as they house. >> obviously, there is something there that is being tapped into, a suspicion of globalization. a desire to rain in its excesses. >> president obama set a lighter tone at a state dinner and bragged about american olympian michael phelps raking the ancient record for individual gold medals at the real games. the search is on for a man who plowed through a crowd of people and slammed his car into a bar. it happened at the bad monkey around 3:30 am. witnesses say the suspect and another man's got into a fight. the suspect got into his car and tried to get away but

really chaotic. >> the victim had a leg injury and refused treatment. at the core, hear from one of the bar owners who not only serves his customers but also our country for nearly 4 decades. yesterday's unclaimed cash from bank was a huge success. >> thousands got an unexpected win. how a school librarian discovered money for seve find your unclaimed cash. and it's one of mcdonald's most popular menu items but it can be tough to find. while it -- why it will soon be easier to get a mcrib. the sun came out after a cloudy day yesterday. we still have some clouds left around. a nice couple of days ahead. a sweet spot of whether coming

8 on your side coverage is brought to you by your suncoast hyundai dealers. visit your local hyundai dealer's today. the construction of the controversial dakota access pipeline has been delayed. this comes the same day as protests were held nationwide about the project. the army corps of engineers is delaying the project to have further discussion and analysis with the standing rock sioux tribe. the concern is how the pipeline would af sacred sites. in san francisco, dozens gathered to protest the pipeline. activists gathered outside city hall and held signs. in columbus, ohio, a man in a van with no da place painted on the man block an intersection for 90 minutes. a driver had chained himself

against the u.s. international courts claim armed forces and the cia tortured detainees in afghanistan. a new report shows it happened from 2003 two 2004. the united states is not a member of the court but it's citizens could face prosecution if they commit crimes that -- in a country that is a member, such as afghanistan. we know november is certainly a dry month and it's living up to that. an inch and a half of rain so far 1/100. november the average price month of the year for tampa. as we look at normal rainfall with 100% being the normal rainfall for these areas, lakeland is at 2%, 5% in bartow, heaven % of normal in newport richie, 5% in clearwater. obviously extremely dry in most of the bay area. there isn't much in the way of the forecast so you've got to get used to that. we had a wet summer, still

few weeks. 69 degrees here, mostly clear skies. 24 hours ago, we had quite a few clouds at innisbrook. overcast but clear skies. 66 degrees in palm harbor with that wind at veterans ford. 69 degrees. the traffic is a little slow it looks like on the veterans expressway. no surprise people coming out of town headed home. in newport richie, 67 degrees with mostly clear skies and not much of a wind with a northwest breeze at 3 miles per hour. got an older picture here but it's still nice around the rocky point area. that looks much more like this evening's skies with clear conditions. at 9 pm, 64 degrees. 48 our forecast low. 78 degrees at 4 pm. with this cold front, down to the south we're feeling a little cooler and a little drier. we are feeling lower dew points making it feel just a little cooler. 68 degrees seminal, 68 degrees new port richey, palm harbor

quickly into the 60s this evening with lower dew points in place. cold front will down to the south clearing finally taking place from north to south. still some lingering clouds, which we have seen throughout the day in most areas although that instability where the moisture is higher, we're seeing actual fires across key west and points south of that into the florida straits. that's why we're feeling cooler and drier. in the topics, the next five days has an 80% chance of development but it's always interesting to look at where potentially this system could go. we laid the spaghetti models on their and that about explains it right there. nowhere probably because the big trough of low pressure is in place. that reminds us temperatures are above 80 degrees in the sea surf. sunny skies and 50s to start the day. mostly clear conditions lead to a cool start. in the afternoon,

images and conditions we are seeing are typical for this time of year including the dry stuff which there has been a lot of lately. there is a, more sunshine and a chill to the air. looking for clouds, not much chance of that but that area of high pressure is dominating the area. we will see that obvious northeast influence over the area but we're not talking about being in july. that's the time of year we season. beyond the long-range, you can see the next front pushing into the southeast on friday and then swooping through here on sunday and monday will draw cooler temperatures that you definitely see here on the a day forecast. wednesday, thursday, friday, rain chances are low. high temperatures stay up near 80 degrees. there is the effect from the cold front on sunday and monday. high temperatures in the upper 60s and chilly overnight lows. the coolest they looks like

an update to breaking news. the person shot and killed at the oklahoma city airport was a southwest airlines employee. someone shot the man earlier this afternoon at will rogers airport. officers are looking into reports that a second person was also hurt. all arrivals are suspended as the search for the gunman continues. >> if you been cheated, when you need help, she's on your side. better call behnken. didn't even know they had. state officials want to get millions of dollars back where it belongs right in your pockets. getting the word out is no easy task. that's when they knew they better call behnken. shannon behnken joins me with our second unclaimed cash phone bank. you were burning the midnight oil. >> we were up really late. we reunited viewers with $700 million and it's not too late for you. there is still a lot of cash

who doesn't want to find out the state owes you money? so when scarlet sought our better call behnken unclaimed cash phone bank, she got excited. >> nothing of mine, nothing of my husband's. we are on top of what we have i guess. >> reporter: but then she checked the names of friends and family and was pleasantly surprised. >> one of them was 50 bucks, another a couple hundred bucks. we are waiting to see what the brother-in-law found out but it was interesting like a treasure hunt. >> reporter: officials with the state office, jeff atwater, teamed up with us to help viewers reconnect with more than $383 million. it's mostly money from all accounts, insurance policies, or an inheritance. we took calls for 6 1/2 hours and thousands of viewers took advantage of the help. >> we had a $20,000 claim come out of polk county, $19,000 in

in the wesley chapel area. a couple thousand dollars complaint -- thousand dollars claims sprinkled through. >> reporter: millions of dollars are still available. >> visit our website at www.affeldttreasurehunt.org and check often, check for friends. we upload thousands of accounts every day said keep checking. >> it really works, just ask scarlet. >> you helped a lot of friends and family. are they going to give you a piece really did. i should have a finders fee. >> reporter: once you turning your claims from, it can take up to 90 days to receive your money and there is still a lot of cash out there so check your name online, check your friends and we have posted the website you need on www.wfla.com she checked for all her family members and they got enough they could go out for a big number. >> i would want a finders fee. >> you have been doing these

didn't even know they had and didn't even choose to go after it so that is sitting in this tell. what happens to all the money that just sits there that people don't want or don't go after? >> the state of florida is not allowed to get rid of it. it has to sit there. there is no statute of limitations. someone can claim it down the line for deceased family members. the should check for deceased family members as well. >> i thought it was interesting yesterday that thousands more dollars are going in every day. >> it keeps going he might be pleasantly surprised. if you have a problem that needs solving, better call behnken. there is a number on your screen. there is something going on that could delay your holiday gift deliveries. we will explain coming up. a frozen food recall, what could be looking inside this frozen ice cream sundae. mark is on it because you

twitter is cracking down on hate speech. over the next few days, the company will add new features to curb online harassment. twitter says it is expanding its mute feature to allow people to filter out words and phrases they don't want to see. the company is also revamping its reporting system so people can report speech directly. this could hold up holiday deliveries. 1200 ups mechanics have voted to go on strike but it's not a done deal yet. according to the railway act, they have to get the approval of a federal mediator and then the union must wait 30 days before they strike and even then the president can order them back to work within minutes. the workers are protesting against three years without a pay raise. a boost in confidence is

this thanksgiving. the christmas forecast is predicted to be the busiest travel year since 2007. 48.7 million americans are expected to travel by plane, train, or automobile. the top destinations, las vegas, san francisco, san diego, and orlando. weight watchers is recalling some frozen desserts over possible lysteria contamination. this is the product that has affected -- that is affected, smart ones cupido reported positive for lysteria. no illnesses have been reported but consumers can returned the product for a full -- return the product for a full refund. it will now be easier to find the mcdonald's mcrib. a new i message app called mcdonald's mcrib finder has been released. it's free and uses your smartphone gps to locate the nearest restaurant that will sell it. the barbecue pork sandwich

time. start something new is coming to the cereal aisle. it's cinnamon frosted flakes. what is happening with the world? the kellogg's company says the new flavor was driven by fan demand and feedback. cinnamon ranked as the top request among frosted flake lovers. the new serial will hit store shelves this month and be widely available in january. >> sounds amazing. a major event is headed to tampa. >> at 5:30 pm, how bay area businesses plan to cash in on the college football championship. expanding sanctuaries for birds and even for bats. the effort underway in florida,

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