now at 6:00 the first day you can vote in the presidential election. and the fight for florida is on. >> we are laying out the major political push in our state and how the candidates are stacking up in the latest polls. two weeks until election day. two more thanks for waking up to abs on this monday. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. we have a live report from donald trump's rally in tampa. first out the door with traffic and weather together. janelle is monitoring a crash on the interstate. >> serious crash westbound on i- 4 before mlk. it just cleared moments ago but we are seeing residual delays. cars are stacked up.

shortly. you can see the crash is gone. look at the backup. 13 miles per hour the average speed. the backup extends to 301. the crash happening before mlk. i don't think it's worth taking a detour at this point. by the time you leave the house and get on the interstate, hopefully the residual delays will be moving out of the way. here are the drive times on i- 4. 24 minutes county line ride to downtown. you can see 11 minutes to 275. shay? the weather is certainly looking gorgeous this morning. temperatures are a little higher than what they were yesterday morning at this time. 61 right now in tampa. 52 in lutz. it's cool out there across hillsborough county and into polk county temperatures are in the 50s. 57 in haines city. 5 in winter haven. lake wheels at 59 as well. if you are getting the kids ready for school, they may want the extra layer as they head

temperatures in the upper 40s around ridge manner and spring lake -- ridge manor and spring lake. no rain is in sight. dan? early voting starts today in most tampa bay counties including hillsborough. >> donald trump will be in tampa today making another pitch to voters, this time at the mid florida credit union ampitheatre. abc action news dunigan has the story. >> reporter: nationally, guys, a new poll springs hillary clinton to her largest lead yet but here, in the state of florida, it's a completely different ball game. a crucial swing state both camps consider a must win. donald trump is making another visit to the tampa bay area tonight at the florida state fairgrounds. we are showing you video from the last visit to the tampa bay area.

weeks to go, both candidates will spend considerable amount of time courting florida voters. a poll out yesterday giving clinton a 12 point advantage over donald trump, the first double digit lead of the race. a cbs news poll showing a tight erase in the state of florida, clinton up 3 points here which falls within the margin of error. trump touched on the florida polls yesterday speaking to a crowd in >> the numbers are looking phenomenal in florida. don't believe the media. even the media is giving good numbers. they can't help it. the numbers are better than what they are saying. >> reporter: doors at the state fairground opens at 4:00 for trump supporters to visit and watch him speak. he is slated to take the stage at 7:00 tonight. ryan smith, abc action news. hillary clinton is in new hampshire with senator

first campaign appearance alongside michelle obama later this week. >> rock star jon bon jovi is coming to tampa in support of clinton. he will play a concert november 5th, three days before election day. we are making phone calls trying to get more information on a time, location and also how you can get tickets. former president bill clinton is heading to south florida to campaign yesterday. >> the character of america and the inclusive character of our country. i thought it was a good thing when we had the first african- american president and i think it will be a good thing when we have the first woman president. >> the former president campaigns speaking at a jewish center and two churches urging people to go out and vote for his wife. >> clinton's running mate is

yesterday he told a crowd in orlando that clinton would work on building strong ties with puerto rico. thousands have moved to central florida and the clinton campaign has concentrated on getting their support. kaine says they are serious about fighting the zika virus and the financial problems puerto rico is facing. he wants to make voter registration automatic for all americans on their 18th birthday. early voting begins in several bay area counties. i am at the digital dashboard. we are making it easy to find your polling place. we listed this article on our mobile app and www.abcactionnews.com. when you click on this, this is what will pop up. as you stroll through, he will -- scroll through you will see voting location sites and times so that you can head out and vote. we have the hours and dates listed as well. meanwhile, two people -- two men are behind bars right now. they are facing charges including dui and trying to run

anthony lockinour weaving in and out of traffic on u.s. 19 north saturday night. they tried to stop him but he kept ongoing. he crashed into a pickup truck and tried to keep going but the vehicle broke down. lockinour and his passenger are facing multiple charges. they found a stolen gun and drugs in the vehicle. the people in the pick up are okay. hillsborough county teachers will meet to discuss the district wide hiring freeze. the "tampa bay times" reports there are 100 vacancies in district but the school board says they can fill them from an internal pool of roughly 1,000 research pools. they are trying to save money from the general fund after the fund lost $200 million in the last several years. breaking overnight, the u.s. says it did not carry out an air strike that killed

mosul. the city is a vital stronghold for the islamic state. iraqis forces are shelling positions. they are gaining ground but it could take several more weeks to push isis out of the city. >> shots fired. >> a woman going on a police ride along got more than she bargained for. still to come, the ride of her life nearly cost her her life. >> security scare after two at one airport and into an empty plane. now the big question is who is

the temperatures may be a couple of degrees higher this morning starting off but it's the kids may want an extra layer heading off to school. 61 in tampa. upper 40s to the north around citrus county and into hernando as well. we will be picking the kids up later this afternoon with highs near 81 degrees. so, again, lots of sunshine and a warm up gradually ahead. i will show you more on that in the seven-day forecast. dramatic video this morning shows a terrifying police ride

officer tries to pull a car over. the driver starts to pull over then takes off leaving the officer and woman on a chase. that's when this happens. >> pretty scary. the driver pulls out a gun, shots at the police and heights the windshield. photos of the aftermath shows how close one bullet came to hitting the woman. car. the suspect got way. two passengers walk through an unlocked door at an airport and on to an empty plane. this morning the seven for who is at fault for the security mishap. that man and his 21-year-old daughter boarded flight 1655 in philadelphia. they weren't authorized to be on the plane yet. the pilot said someone left the door open overnight.

airport saying they are re-- responsible for locking the door. >> the guy in the front told him to go in. and they went in. >> someone went through the door and they followed the person. >> yeah. >> was it unlocked. >> no, it was open. >> witnesses say the pair looked confused. the door had a key padlock on it but it wasn't working. to be safe, the airline brought in a different plane apologizing for the delay to fliers. coming up,

good morning. we are back to normal on i-4 westbound. we had a serious crash blocking most of the interstate westbound on i-4 before mlk. the crash is cleared and traffic is moving nicely. look at the drive times. we minutes from the lakeland area into downtown and down at the bottom, nine minutes from 75 to the downtown tampa area. we have one crash to tell you about, this one came in haines road at 60th avenue north. i was seeing slowdowns, yellow on the map in the northbound lanes but we are back in the green here. it looks like that crash has now cleared. back to you guys. >> thanks, janelle. developing this story, investigators in southern

what caused this bus to crash into a semi killing 13 people. the force of the impact was so strong it sent the bus 15 feet into the truck's trailer. it's not clear if the bus was speeding but it was going faster than the semi. 31 people are recovering from injuries. the injuries are minor saying that is unusual for such a high speed crash. dozens of tow truck drivers lined i-75 over the weeken driver. they honked their horns as they drove past the spot where corey mcgwire was hit and killed two weeks ago. they hope his death will encourage people to obey the move over law. when huh see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road, move over one lane. they say they have had way too many close calls of their own. >> reporter: worshippers in miami gardens are shaken after

the wreck sent debris flying. it injured eight people. the driver had to swerve to avoid another car and lost control. that sedan slammed into this church, mount zion ame church. >> we heard allowed noise. i thought it was a bomb. everybody was running out of the church. >> the accident left pieces of concrete scattered on floors and pews. suffer a head injury. >> another at a church in south carolina. a man suddenly started stabbing the man in front of him for no reason. deputies say billy lewis stabbed the victim three times with a 6-inch knife. he is charged with attempted murder. they say as far as they know there was no argument or past conflict but the suspect has a history of mental health issues. he has severe injuries.

missing 21-year-old woman suspected of getting lost or injured hiking alone on the columbia river. anna schmidt was reported missing wednesday. she was last seen by her roommate more than a week ago. authorities will search again only if they get new information or leads about schmidt. she is an avid hiker holding out hope she is still alive. >> it's been a long day. but we have not given up. we feel strongly that she is -- she is and that we just got to get her. >> deputies agree she is an experienced hiker but was not prepared to spend the night. no signs of foul play. demonstrators are wrapping up their protest against a pipeline project in north dakota. thousand temporarily blocked a highway on sunday. deputies arrested more than 100

will dang the environment and native american lands. imagine if we could create our own met i don't showers and enjoy them when we wanted to. >> a japanese company is working on that. they will end satellited into space carrying hundreds of pellets. when the satellite is in the right spot they will tell it to shoot the pellets back to the earth shower. quite the delivery as long as none of that gets back in our atmosphere, right. we don't want it returning. 54 in crystal river. that is up from 48 a little earlier this morning. bottom line is, it's chilly across many neighborhoods this morning. so, you may want that extra layer as we are starting off.

not bad. 66 in st. pete. 62 bradenton. 61 wauchula. 67 lakeland. the last few hours are perfectly dry. the next three will be dry. you can tell on futurecast as we run forward to noon, it looks like nothing is happening. same deal through to 8:00 tonight. now, maybe a little extra cloud cover across highlands this evening. you saw the green working across in areas like sebring. not likely youil if you do have a round of golf in mind looking fabulous. starting off with temperatures on the cool side. by noon into the low to mid- 70s. topping out at 81 with winds out of the northeast 5 to 10. nothing should be getting in your way weather-wise today. as we move through the week, the temperatures come up, the humidity comes you mean, rain chances the, even though they come up never get above 10%. we are looking at a really dry

early into the weekend. that is about it. really looking good out there. saturday and sunday, plenty of sunshine, a bit more humid with temperatures in the mid-80s. the seminole hard rock casino in tampa has job openings, 200 that need to be filled. the casino is hosting a hiring event inside the hard rock cafe from 11:00 until 2:00. the jobs range from security officers to floor attendants to if you are interested, april fly first online at go to work happy dot.com. -- go to work happy.com. a dresser falls on a little

new images show how a refugee crisis is impacting all ages. crews save a baby in the mediterranean sea off the coast of libya. irish rescuers took in nearly 800 people on friday alone. a 3-year-old arizona girl is in critical condition after a dresser fell on top of her. police say it appears she was

family members found her and started cpr until first responders show up. they influence her to the hospital. police are having but they say it appears to be a sad accident. a rhode island man who criticized women over the age of 20 for wearing yoga pants got an eyeful over the weekend. these women walked past his house. it started after allen sorentino wrote a letter to a loca yoga pants are stinky and ridiculous looking on mature women and warned that speedod would be next. >> i read the letter it struck me with a gut feeling, we are sick and tired of our clothing and bodies being policed by men. women should be respected no matter what we are wearing.

he was concerned for his safety. they didn't. he put up a large sign reading free speech on his house but he did not come out during the parade. trump firing back at his accusers. the legal access promising and the newest woman to say she got unwanted affection from him. early voting is hours away. the places an times that will work best for you. and the one group that has

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now at 6:30, all new clues on who may have hit a mother on her walk home killing her and drove way. we have a description of the car that authorities want you to keep an eye out for this morning. >> early voting begins in one hour in most tampa bay counties. your chance to skip the election day lines. some say they will skip the election entirely and there is an effort to try to change that. thanks for waking up to abc action news >> i'm deiah riley. we have a run down of the counties where you can cast your ballot today. >> shay ryan is in for ivan. a nice start to the workweek. >> it's refreshing out there this morning. temperatures are a couple of degrees higher today than what they were yesterday at this time. i don't know that you are going to notice it all that much. 61 degrees in tampa. 52 in lutz. brandon 57. apollo beach 54.

temperatures in the upper 40s. crystal river is down to 46. you probably want that extra layer as you head out the door. it's not out of the question that you want to put on a pair of boots this morning. as you move through the day, lots of sunshine. we top out at 81. that is warmer than yesterday. the warm up will be kicking in through the week. i will show you more on that in the seven-day forecast. how about the roads? it's dry but that doesn't mean >> we had issues, especially in the overnight hours. the big crashes have cleared. the interstates are looking great. this is what it looks like i- 275 in pinellas county around 22nd avenue north up to speed in both directions. off the veterans up to 275, this is what it looks like here. a couple of cars starting to tap their brakes. for the most part your drive is

minutes from 74 to downtown. six minutes to channelside. back to you. early voting starts in morning in eight of the 11 bay area counties. >> before the first ballots are cast, a religion group is concerned about turnout among christian voters. james tully joins us from a polling sight in hillsborough county. they have a clear message. >> that message is very clear that not voting is the worst to be worried here. in 2012, it's estimated some 25 million christian voters skip the election, didn't vote. last night we went and saw a christian group in town. the reason we did that, some experts believe those same christian voters could be so unhappy with this year's choices, not only will they

before heading to other battleground states before election day preaching about a christian's responsibility to cast a vote this year. >> i believe that the only way that we can do something right now is standing up and making our voice loud out there because if we don't do that, i just don't know where we will get. >> reporter: in eight of the 11 bay area counties, early voting starts. the exceptions voting starts this saturday. to find all the information about where you can vote and what time it starts, you can do so easily. head to our web site, www.abcactionnews.com/democrac y 2016. james tully, abc action news. >> thanks, james. if you feel inclined to take a selfie with your ballot and post it, officials say don't do it.

most states have banned sharing a photo of your ballot and some laws say it's okay but only if it's a mail in ballot. in florida it's illegal to post ballot selfies. chilean president forgot her i.d. when she tried to vote yesterday. she had to come back again because she forgot to sign the voter registry form. donald trump is in the middle of he is holding rallies in st. augustine and then in tampa. tickets for that rally are available on his campaign web site. doors open at 4:00. the event begins at 7:00 and we will stream his speech live on our free mobile app. another woman came forward over the weekend accusing trump of sexual misconduct. he is firing back threatening to sue his accusers. >> every woman lied when they

pain. total fabrication. the events never happened, never. all of these liars will be sued after the election. >> the latest allegation against trump comes from adult film performer and director jessica drake. she accused him of inappropriate contact at a and that trump offered her $10,000 and the use of his private jet to attend a dinner or party with him. trump's campaign manager kiley ann conway is defending his response -- kellyanne conway is defending himself. >> he said the incidents never happened but they are covered in the media every day t. he can't get fair coverage. >> conway reacting after trump

pennsylvania, over the weekend about wanting to drain the swamp in d.c. then he turned his comments to a long attack on the women that say he assaulted them. conway wouldn't say if she knew about his comments. hillary clinton is campaigning with senator warren. >> democrat or republican. nobody has ever said this. he refused to say that he would respect the results election and that is a threat to democracy. >> clinton told supporters she is making post-election plans writing down a lengthy list of policy proposals that she wants to implement should she win. she is preparing for her first campaign appearance alongside michelle obama in winston- salem, north carolina. new information on a hit and run crash that killed a woman in carolina county.

lynn taylor. fhp revealing it's a light- colored pt cruiser with a sun roof with damage to the right side. taylor was walking near her home in sarasota when she was hit and killed last week. the driver did not stop. if you have any information on the case, contact crimestoppers or the highway patrol. we are making calls about a deadly crash on the selmon expressway in brandon. authorities closed the northbound lanes on the upper deck and part of the interchange to i-75. all those lanes have reopened. they person died but haven't released any other information. right now pasco deputies need your help to identify the man that you see in a picture behind me. they say he robbed a walgreens in new port richey and held a manager at gunpoint. the man ran off. we are making phone calls. we are trying to get a description of the car he left in. crimestoppers are offering a $3,000 reward for a tip that leads to his arrest. deputies in broward county in south florida are searching for the suspects in a triple

the shocking part of the story comes from the abc station in miami. they report that the cousin of one of the victims arrived on scene after the shooting and instead of helping he took video and posted it to facebook. the video has been removed. we are learning new information after a woman shot three people in miami including a 12-year-old boy. the boy was shot outside his home saturday night. he is in critical condition this morning. a 17 and robbed and shot after complying with the robber and giving up their personal items. a jacksonville woman is offering a $500 reward for information about the person that shot and killed her cat with a bow and arrow. it's the third family cat killed. she found her cat dead after he went missing for three days. she thinks the person that killed the cat killed two our

target is recalling these window clips this morning because of a choking hazard. they are called led gel clings. they were sold between august and september for about a buck. customers can return them for a cash refund. no injuries were reported. a st. pete company is laying off people here at home while hiring oversees. tampa bay business journal reports icor is closing a repair facility in st. pete early yechs year and will lay off 76 employees. the first layoffs will be for the middle of december with more in january and february. they are acquiring five new facilities in the u.s. and opening a call center in poland. it appears there is one thing that hillary clinton and donald trump can agree on, they are against at&t's plan to buy time warner for more than $85 billion. a clinton spokesperson says she

the deal closely. if federal regulators approved it, it would combine a leading cell phone business with one that has popular entertainment. an emu escape artist in cape canaveral is at it again. >> that's what you want to see. taco made his last escape in 2012. these are flightless birds. look at the size. this is video from the other incident when it ran around on a highway. last week taco got scared by a stray dog and hopped over the 4- foot even closer. he wondered into the parking lot of a bar. it took more than an hour to corral the bird. the tampa bay buccaneers accomplished something they

had 240 yards rushing and passing. it was a 34-17 win. the bucs play the raiders on sunday at ray jay. now shay has a look at the weather. >> it's cool. temperatures are a few degrees higher than what they were yesterday at this time. grab the extra layer if it's chilly. rivergate tower camera showing it's clear and dry. this afternoon if your kids have outdoor sports practice, it will lots of sunshine. temperatures as the kids get out of school will be in the upper 70s. top out at 81. temperatures back down by 6:00 to 78 degrees but you shouldn't have any problems with those after school sports because no rain is in sight today. i will have the seven-day forecast coming up. dan? >> thanks, shay. also ahead, a boy's body found in a storm drain. how investigators think he got

welcome back. morning sprint brings you the news you need to know. >> early voting begins today in most tampa bay area counties. in some places, polls open in 15 minutes from now. the only places where you can't

hardee and highlands county. early voting begins there saturday. we made it easy to find early voting locations near you. go to www.abcactionnews.com/democrac y 2016. in 15 days -- 15 days are left before the election. donald trump is come coming to tampa -- coming to tampa for a rally at the mid florida credit union. if or you can watch it live on our free mobile app and facebook page. the battle to retake mosul is entering the second week. troops are shelling isis. they are urging an investigation into a suspected air strike that hit a mosque not far from mosul killing more than a dozen people. martha raddatz will have the latest in a live report from iraq on "good morning america." investigators are trying to

people crashed into the rear of a semi near palm springs, california. 13 people including the bus driver died. five are in critical condition this morning. troopers say there is no indication the bus driver ever hit the brakes. investigators believe fatigue may have been a factor in the crash but they aren't ruling out a medical emergency like a heart attack. if you are looking for a new job or a better one, more than two dozen companies have openings from entry level to health care to managerial positions. they are participating in a tampa bay job and career fair from 10:00 until 2:00 at the hilted inn west shore. admission is free. massachusetts police found the body of a missing teenager swept down a storm drain and killed. they found 15-year-old jacob yesterday. grief counselors will be at his high school to help his classmates cope with the loss. the storm drain cover was open when he was swept in friday. they are investigating why it was not properly closed.

county teachers want to know if their jobs are on the line after news of a hiring freeze, some fear cuts could be coming. rodney dunigan is gathering details about talks happening later today. rodney, is this something parents should be concerned about? >> reporter: well, dan, a number of parents may be concerned hearing about this this morning. the district superintendent released a message on youtube reassuring parents and the public despite possible cuts education will not be affected. >> you have to make sure that the very best people are in front of our students every day. then we have to take a look at all the other em please -- employees. >> the school district hired an outside consultant that recommended that hiring freeze which could save the district $10 million. the superintendent maintains any move being made or to put students first. the teaching force has about

filled by those in the district. administrators say they are trying to save $130 million this year in the general fund. at this point, the district has cut dozens of secretarial jobs and cut busing routes and the teacher's union fears that teacher cuts could be next. we will be following this meeting and bring you the latest development. you can follow that at www.abcactionnews.com. report going live in tampa, rodney dunigan, abc action news. forget the hot dogs and pie eating contest. we have a tastier one in florida, stone crabs. >> the winner is savoring his technique. he cracked and ate 25 stone crab claws. he won by more than two minutes. he has been trying to win for six years. he said the trick is to crack

the meat. >> hard to watch. traffic out there on the roads is starting to get crowded. you can tell by my car here. this is fowler. these cars are heading up to the downtown area. you can see we are in the red. 23 minutes from the apex to i- 4. things open up into downtown tampa, 6 minutes to the howard frankland bridge. i-75 heading southbound, 25 minutes from 52 to i-4. 13 minutes thanks are looking great weather-wise. nice and dry from top to bottom. not expecting any rain today. we have a northeast flow around this area of high pressure. that will act like a bubble. it keeps the storm clouds out of the way. it will sit there a couple of days. what you can expect today is a gradual warm up. humidity creeping up as well without strong fronts rolling

seven days. if you have yard work to do, hang out in the backyard, if 81 is warm enough to take a dip in the pool, the weather won't get in your way. nice and warm in the afternoon. on the dry side. temperatures this morning are on the cool side. 46 right now in crystal river. 51 in brooksville. 54 zephyrhills. 61 in tampa. our warm spot is -- if you can call it warm -- 66 st. pete. 61 in lake wales. temperatures are starting below average to start the day. we end the day below the average as well with 81 as the high. that is a little warmer than yesterday's high of 79. we are getting there. it's coming up. wednesday up to 84. thursday i think this is where you are going to start to notice the humidity coming up. with 85 as a high, it will feel steamy and stay that way through the weekend. no strong fronts to bring us cooler drier air over the next

rain is unlikely. we are talking at best less than a 10% chance for a brief passing shower off and on throughout the week. today not included. we are near zero today. the rest of the week a 10% chance at best. that's florida's most accurate forecast. back to you. this video has a lot of people doing a double take. watch that. sigh that surveillance video capturing that adult punching a 7-year-old boy in hallway. the boy slumping over as the man casually strolls out. the attacker, i should say, is the father of one of the boy's classmates. >> the mom -- that little boy's mom asked for the video after her son told her what happened. she couldn't believe it. she knows the dad and has the overnight had any problems in the past. there has to be more -- there hasn't been any problems in the

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good morning, everybody. across the water this morning, take a look. smooth ride. not too bad out there on the howard frankland. you usually don't see that this time of the morning. usually more crowded. check this out, nine minutes across the courtney campbell. six the howard frankland and seven across the gandy bridge. we are cool to say the least. brooksville 49. tampa 61. largo 64. as we head through the day, lots of sunshine.

a high and our rain chances rain below 10% through the week as the temperatures climb with the humidity. yeah, it will be steamy by thursday. remember, early voting begins in eight tampa bay area counties in just 5 minutes. the polls open at 7:00. the remaining three counties start saturday. you can find the earliest location and times and dates in an article on our www.abcactionnews.com. >> mr. president, do you think the cubs will win? [ indiscernible ] >> that is comedian bill murray at the white house doing a mock news conference about the chicago cubs. there is hillary clinton's reaction when her press secretary got the moment. >> president obama congratulated the team on twitter.

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goo good morning, america. hillary clinton opens up a double-digit lead in our new >> i think we're doing better with women than with men, frankly. >> attacks the sexual assault accusers. >> all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> can he turn his campaign around? ride-along gone wrong. a citizen unvited to join the police on patrol gets caught in a dangerous high-speed chase. suspects firing more than a