thanksgiving a also known as drunksgiving. the efforts to keep our roads safe. those are fireworks. what exploded that have this group of men running for cover. thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news. two deputies say they had the fire on a man that appeared to have a death wish based on the way he was waving a knife at them >> live from the duvall park apartments. a very sad situation tonight? >>reporter: deputies say they had no choice, absolutely no choice but to shoot this 43 -year-old unidentified man who died a short time later at his apartment complex. tonight, neighbors told me they are not shocked this took a tragic turn. >> i saw him shoot him. >> the victims upstairs neighbor he watched as deputies knocked on the door, ordered him to come out and when he did they said they had no choice

his left arm and approach one of our deputies. as he approached the deputy, he stated you are going to have to kill me. >>reporter: one deputy stepped back and pulled his gun the other ordered him to drop the knife and pulled his gun when he didn't comply he shot the man several times. why did they come to the complex? of the man's girlfriend needed help. she said it was violent and drunk. they were visible marks on her neck. neighbors say they are surprised. >> he didn't stop drinking, didn't stop doing the wrong thing that doesn't ot rational thought. you don't come after a police officer armed i don't care how messed up you are. they did the right thing. >> split second decisions for the deputies when someone is approaching with a large knife up raised like this, there are no other protocols decides to use force. >>reporter: the man's girlfriend and two young children were inside of the time. tonight we are told they are okay. a couple quick questions, do not deputies have been

before? could this be a case of suicide by cop? >>reporter: not sure if they have been here before as far as suicide by cop they said tonight they are not ruling anything out at least not yet. >> we will continue to get details. thank you. more breaking news, out of tennessee. chattanooga police confirmed a six the child has died from injuries sustained in monday's school bus crash. we also learn the driver, johnthony lk outside his normal routine and when he slammed into the tree. parents coming forward saying they tried complaining about his driving way before the tragedy. a party atmosphere is in full effect. the night before thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest bar night of the year trumping even new year's eve. tonight, new statistics from the hillsborough county's sheriffs office naming a soho nightclub is the number one bar

now in tampa with this story i know you are the location there were two folks have to say about this ranking? >>reporter: i spoke with the manager earlier this evening. as you might imagine he is not thrilled with this designation. that said he told me employees go through training twice a year making sure they know when someone has had one too many. add to that this bar has its own uber account to pay for a patron's should not be driving. hours before the bar closed on the south howard entertainment district, presence by the tampa police department. every patron we spoke with has a plan for a ride after the party and that doesn't include a ride to jail. >> hopefully always uber we don't want to spend money that -- don't want to waste money don't want to get in trouble.

a uber ride or right sharing form. getting behind the wheel can be very dangerous of course under the influence so just owing to see what happens and have a good time. >>reporter: some have friends who have been arrested, a sobering thought on a party night. >> i don't take the risk because i know people that it has happened to them. not about that. i always uber. >> happy thanksgiving! >>reporter: in the top spot for hillsborough county bars for duis to originate. since then the staff tells eight on your site they have been programmed to keep their patrons off the roads. >> don't try to do anything you shouldn't do while drinking. >> park your car, leaving here and get a ride home. >> you can leave it overnight, come back pick it up tomorrow.

partyers have options. uber and left as well as taxis and a free electric car service being tried out in the city of tampa. this enforcement, increased enforcement continues through the weekend? >>reporter: absolutely right. the fhp sent out a news release earlier this evening saying they are doing a dui wolfpack saturation in the southern bay area counties that begins friday night. >> live in tampa thank you and this busy travel day ha eagle eight hd line over the crash today troopers tell us the driver of an suv died after crossing a centerline hitting a pickup truck had on. holiday travel is expected to be the busiest in almost a decade. right now southbound i to 75 and hillsborough county is looking pretty good. no major traffic backups heading to downtown. a live look at the scene right

weekend long. millions of americans expected to hit the road over the next few days. travelers taking to the skies be sure to pack patients. travelers at northern kentucky international are dealing with an average delay of one hour 12 minutes. la guardia about 27 minutes. other than that the majority of airports are fairly busy but not having any major issues at this point. denver's airport experience delays earlier. mother nature's wintry blast made for there is good news for travelers who have a return trip this weekend out of denver. the next chance of snow not until next week. let's bring in steve jerve be. no snow here just shoveling snow this weekend? >> certainly temperatures on a problem that because we have added moisture in the atmosphere we may see fog, thick fog in some areas the only hazard sometime tomorrow morning but certainly later in

around the country there are delays hospital -- possible weather related you can see especially in new england rain, snow showers delays elsewhere and further out west pacific northwest another storm system arriving in that part of the country providing rain and snow at the higher elevations for the cascade area. airport delays, information we have 45 minutes in minneapolis, snow earlier today. you mentioned delays in sections of new york. a lot as we look at the map you can see shower activity right now snow showers across the great lakes watching this area of low pressure move across this part of the country so snow could be an issue overnight and possibly in the early part of thanksgiving in that part of the country. no problems here except for morning fog. i will talk about that coming up up. >> you know i meant to say shoveling sand not snow i have snow on the brain. thank you, steve. although that would be a new

report on. a pilot strike could cause a delay in holiday shipments from amazon. pilots for a regional carrier are on strike. the business operates 35 flights a day for amazon and 45 daily for dhl. amazon says not to worry, they use other carriers and it should be able to make the deliveries on time. tonight they released a statement this is quote we work with a variety of carriers and are confident in our ability to serve our om stocked and ready for thanksgiving because many stores will not be open tomorrow including publix, which is closed every year to let employees spend quality time with their families. home depot, lowes and many other retail stores will also be closed. target will open tomorrow evening as will tampa premium outlets. if you are unsure about what is open or what is not need to make a last-minute trip, make sure you go to wf ellie .com. we have a full list of stores

in the murder of an elderly st. petersburg man, we have just learned that johnny moore shot the victim during an argument before taking off in the victim's motorhome. eagle eight hd flew over u.s. 4 0 1 where authority spot at that get a quick vehicle and traffic. the rest went down in the middle of the street. just earlier, at st. petersburg, eagle hd flew over the murder scene police tell us moore shot randy wright in the chest. the two were friends and living together temporarily. we are waiting to still find out what charges may be brought against johnny moore. a sad update tonight on the wayne state university police officer shot in the head during a police stop. unfortunately, he has died. 29 -year-old colin rose was the fifth officer shot in the united states in less than a week. a suspect described as a person of interest is in custody. he has not been charged however. incredible video out of new

exploded in a man's pants while at work. the surveillance video shows what looks like fireworks after it explodes. right in his pants pocket. explosion since the men running out of the store. he is in the hospital, being treated for burns. no other workers were injured. at a grocery store parking lot one of the busiest places to be the night before thanksgiving. just be glad you are not in this as a chooses lot. multiple cars involved in a crash. a store employee was collecting shopping carts when he was hit. investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what caused all of the. a lot of chaos for a parking lot. the final touches underway for the 90th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. a big tradition and security will be tight. >> coming up next with the city is planning to do to keep parade goers safe.

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. an annual new york tradition. the inflating of the famed macy's thanksgiving day parade balloons. tonight, thousands came to watch the historic balloons inflated ahead of tomorrow morning's parade this year, security top of mind for the millions expected to line up throughout the famed parade around. so many people, thousands will come but also thousands of offices will take to the streets and snipers will be stationed on rooftops. heavy sand trucks will be parked along the route to prevent any truck ramming attack. people are encouraged to remain vigilant. really scary no matter what

fully trained critical response command will be working the parade. the parade begins at 9:00 tomorrow morning. again, you can watch it right here on news channel eight. president-elect donald trump leaving chilling york to spend thanksgiving in florida at his palm beach resort. before leaving the big apple he released his thanksgiving message. >> it is my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and mo shared purpose and very, very common resolve. >> the president-elect is taking time away from your, apparently never been much of a vacation take her. he certainly has a lot of work cut out ahead of them between now and inauguration day. the motto for the black friday campers is if you are not first you are last. managers at the best buy on north dale maybury said

earlier than normal. managers think the deals on televisions might be the motivation here. there is good news for the campers, they are allowed to leave their tents and come back. during the holidays, plenty of people will get plenty of gifts but a new trend is starting to emerge giving what is called experiences instead of things. travel is the new hot gift. there are companies that provide special vacation or just one adventurous part of it. >> let's face it, an iphone or anything else of value can break or you can lose it. you are never going to lose the memories you bring back from a really great trip. >> if someone you know is really adventurous, you can give them a surprise destination. pack up and go will plan your vacation, you just don't know where it is until you get

what do you think about these travel gifting ideas? go to our facebook page and share your thoughts. a seminole county man got the surprise of his life while walking into his garage because a black bear was digging through his freezer. when he heard the commotion, he discovered the bear had opened his freezer but instead of going for his frozen fish he ignored the fish and went straight for the ice cream. after finishing his snack the bear took off into the nearby woods. . 4000 people on the caribbean coast of costa rica being forced out of their homes thanks to this unusually late- season hurricane. the storm expected to make landfall in nicaragua also about 7000 people in low-lying areas or order to flee. these areas are typically not

hurricanes. sometimes tropical storm and rain. in the night sky we have jupiter to watch, the early part of tomorrow morning becoming very close to the moon . this occurs very early in the morning hours about 3:21 a.m. calling this the moon jupiter approach ending at 6:44 a.m. fading as the sun rises. if you are out in the skies are clear you will see a few clouds and certainly low clouds and potentially dog early tomorrow morning a try. 81 degrees for the high thanksgiving, beautiful weather compared to snowy weather we saw across the country, passing clouds, patchy morning fog, heads up early in the day. nice weather shots, scott keener got this from palmetto. beautiful sunset shop. note the clouds high, wispy clouds and mid-level clouds as well. we have seen that mix up throughout the day, clear conditions at this hour. andrea walker in tampa bay and tony colon from lakeland earlier tonight. thanks for those wonderful

temperatures close to average dropping a little bit thanks to a cold front saturday. temperatures upper 70s and dropping to 76 sunday. a few extra clouds saturday, slight chance of rain and by monday, jump right back. cold fronts commit but not making a huge impact. help drop temperatures and the dew point for a couple days and way. 80 and 64 degrees, warming quickly 77 degrees. 81 at 3 p.m., 66 clearwater be elsewhere 64 in lakeland, 58 in crystal river, 63 sebring and 67 sarasota, venice 64. some of the clouds you saw will continue to move across the area tonight. if you are out trying to watch the sky they might be problematic in spots. air aloft moving away thanks to high-level moisture streaking across from the west.

mile per hour winds. a tropical storm earlier but has re- strengthened and a better windshear environment and southwestern -- the southwestern caribbean sea moving to nicaragua and costa rica. hurricane warnings in place for folks there. heavy rains could cause mudslides as well as high wind again not used to dealing with this intensity of tropical weather. moving into the pacific it would retain its name, a relatively recent update for hurricane otto part of the pacific. that is a look at the spaghetti models, pretty clear that is going, southern nicaragua and costa rica over the next couple days here drug layout to the west. locally watch for fog developing more moisture thanks to east northeasterly flow. while temperatures cool down to the dew point you see fog come out likely again friday and saturday morning too. more fog possible as i mentioned feeling more humid here comes the cold front into the area friday afternoon getting closer to us but

63 the forecast low temp actually above normal now. 64 a warm morning friday morning morning. same for saturday and impact of the front sunday morning a little cooler should make for a beautiful day their overall dry and rain chances remain fairly low. this is the dry season but especially low this year. temperatures next week low '80s tuesday wednesday and thursday >> tater and tots. >> and thomas gobbler. >> wandering the street. >> somewhere in wyoming, roams the streets chasing cars. coming up next in sports the lightning are back on home ice after a five game road trip. but wasn't home sweet home?

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day as well is the temperature? >> a little warmer than normal 63 degrees and you might notice folks might get up and want to drive across florida or go visit family down the road. might be dealing with fog if you are early. later in the morning issue go away fairly nice warm day with highs near 80 degrees. >> you heard it here first. something about fog. nightcap tonight if you have a cat you know how much they love christmas trees. reporter melissa marina that is her cats, leo. he will eventually not this tree into the wall after a very intense stare down with the tree tree. >> there? >> melissa set up a hidden camera in her house after sean the tree messed up a couple of times. so she showed it to us, we all got a chuckle thought you wanted to see it too. if you want to know what is

your cat is home hanging out all innocent. >> cat versus christmas tree. >> one more. >> thank you for joining us tonight we hope you have a great thanksgiving tomorrow. jimmy fallon coming your way neck. >> our next newscast 4:30 a.m.. have a wonderful night and happy thanksgiving hey! is this enough? there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy.

and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. where shopping is a pleasure. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his