breaking news. a father-son outing turns tragic. >> the child found on a local island but what happened to his dad? >> how a young boy got there and how he was able to get

a toddler all alone in the middle of a river. right now crews are searching for >> i'm jamison uhler. abc action news reporter marisela burgos live where crews are searching along the river right now in hillsborough county. marisela. >> reporter: deputies and officers are about more than 1,000 feet from where we're standing but if you look near that dock near to a.j.'s on the river bar that is the missing man's jet ski. authorities are searching for this man, 38-year-old william morris.

home so his wife face timed her husband's phone and her son picked up. someone had spotted the toddler on the island and picked him up. they also found his life jacket and wallet on the jet ski but people who live around here are trying to figure out what's going on. >> i wouldn't -- i don't have a clue. it's just one of those things. it's kind i can't fathom would would happen. >> reporter: a lot of people trying to figure out exactly what happened here. deputies and fwc officers are currently searching for william morris whose wife was here an hour ago. she did not want to speak. i also saw their three-year-old son and he appeared to be okay. marisela burgos, abc action news. turning now to democracy 2016 tomorrow both hillary and

area. hillary clinton will speak at pasco-hernando college campus. not far away bill clinton will be in st. pete. republican mike pence had to improvise during a campaign stop tonight in clearwater. reporter michael paluska shows us the major disruption that forced pence to campaign old school. >> reporter: kind of a fitting and bizarre night here. he trick or treaters a short time ago but it was a pretty bizarre turn of events that includes the lights going out and him grabbing a bullhorn. the mike pence rally started strong. then less than 10 minutes in -- >> but as more facts from this investigation come to light, men and women in florida -- >> reporter: pence stood silent, then walked off the

>> we are going to make sure hillary clinton never wins the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: pence focused heavily on the reopening of hillary clinton's e-mails. >> we commend the fbi because here in this country no one is above the law. >> reporter: compared to a donald trump rally this group was tame. hundreds packed the hangar compared to thousands that show up for trump. >> this is why i'm out here for mike, because i feel that he gives stability to the whole program. >> give it up for the coast guard, everybody. are these people great or what? >> reporter: despite interruption after interruption, pence stayed on message. we haven't seen the last of donald trump either here in the sunshine state. he has at least three morale leases planned here in florida before the november 8th election. we're in clearwater.

senator marco rubio and opponent patrick murphy taking advantage of early voting, senator rubio casting his vote in miami. he also took time to speak with other voters eager to beat the election day crow. rubio is hoping to retain his seat after running for president earlier. patrick murphy also casting his vote ahead of election day. he met with supporters in west palm beach. murphy running against rubio. a man facing battery charges for throwing his at the largo medical center. doctors treating edward dorsey when he became upset, took out his eye and threw it at an er doctor and an er nurse. lakeland police are on the hunt for this man robbing a subway store. witnesses say the man came into the store saturday armed with a gun and demanded money. the employee complied and ran

we just got new video of a robber in action that now has a publix manager in hot water. this happened at a publix in venice where a taken is now charged with stealing a woman's purse. you can see a store manager rung after the teen. he did catch him and got the purse back. the woman calls him a hero but she has been told the manager was disciplined for tint because he violated the store's policy for going after the thief. new tonight the family of a fort myers toddler wrong dosage sent the little girl to the hospital. the toddler's prescription filled with cvs had the wrong dosage on the bottle. after she took the medication, she got sick and had to go to the hospital. >> reporter: good evening, everybody. hope you had a great halloween night. the weather beautiful, a little warm but dry. humidity dry. temperatures in the upper 60s, to low 70s.

through the overnight shows more of the same. clear skies, maybe a little bit of cloud cover trying to develop near the coast first thing morning, but otherwise a very pleasant start to your tuesday. the first of november, temperatures in the low to mid- 60s. overnight partly cloudy skies but we do have a cold front on the way and it is going to have an impact on your weekend weather. we'll talk about that coming up. new tonight a warning about a phone scam happening here in the bay area. a family calling us afte ransom. abc action news reporter cameron polom explains how scammers are tricking people with just enough personal information. >> reporter: this man buys and sells cars. he's always on the phone working deals but sunday a stranger called the family with a life-or-death bargain. >> that's my older son.

daughter turned appeal. >> a man said his son had been in an act. >> just to let you know that your brother backed up his car in front of my brother's motorcycle, and he hit him, and your son wanted to -- your brother wanted to call the police but my brother got nervous. >> he said my brother pulled a gun on him and then hit him because he was trying to call the police. >> reporter: the man demanded a the man a location to drop the cash. >> he was like, no, i'm sorry, you are going to do it our way. i said, no, i'm not going to do it your way. >> the family began calling 911 and began recording the conversation. >> i'm not going to give any money until you let me talk to my son. >> reporter: detectives say crooks find just enough

internet or social media to make the scam appear leggett much. of course, taylor was fine the whole time but tonight this family wants to warn others not to fall for the ploy. in hillsborough, cameron polom, abc action news. >> a new study suggests uber and lyft drivers are quietly discriminating against riders based on gender and race. in boston uber drivers were more than twice as likely to cancel rides with who had african-american sounding names. meantime drivers also took female passengers for longer, more expensive rides. the study looked at 1500 rides taken in seattle and boston. new information about the zika virus and possible new threat his poses to the public. a new study suggests the zika virus affects fertility in males. so far scientists know that's true in male mice. they're also trying to see if

scientists found that male mice had a tougher time impregnating female mice. so much more ahead. a very scary dirty dining for you on this halloween eve. the mall eatery you would want to avoid after inspectors found raw sewage. new tonight, wikileaks releasing more e-mails to backup donald trump's claims about hillary clinton. find out who allegedly gave her a question days before she answered it in a national debate. plus, bystanders don't know what to do after a driver hits a dog. one man at the scene does something that has man

in democracy 2016, one more week before we elect a new president. a poll of five of the most recent national polls shows hillary clinton holds an average of a five-point lead over donald trump. the democrat polling at 47% and the republican getting support

for the most recent of those surveys from abc news and the washington post shows clinton and trump in a statistical time. 42 states have now asked the department of homeland security to help protect their election systems. experts still slate be difficult for hackers to affect the outcome viewer national election. new tonight, wikileaks posting a new e-mail claiming the acting chairwoman of the democratic national committee, donna brazile leaked a question from the debate to clinton. the question was sent to the clinton camp in marve before a cnn debate in march. the report said a woman with a

the water crisis inflint will ask -- in flint will ask what clinton will do about it. brazil no longer works for cnn. an entire condo complex engulfed in flames. investigators will be looking at what kind of materials were being used. stilts you are $2 million worth of damage. the mother of that little boy who died in a hot car outsidat defending the boy's father. justin ross harris is accused of murdering their 22-month-old cooper. harris' now ex-wife saying he was broken and beside himself. defense attorneys say cooper's death was an act and harris just forgot his son was in the car. less than a day ago a gofundme account has exceeded

a car. when investigators found him he couldn't walk. he weighed only six pounds when he should have been 20 pounds. the fur around his eyes was so matted he couldn't even see. officials in new jersey are now looking for the person or people who threw him from a car. several eyewitnesses saw what happened and stopped to call for help. by standers surround this dog hit by a corn downtown los angeles. the dog was not moving and appeared to be badly hurt, then sudd runs to his owner. witnesses say this happened as a man was praying for that dog. they're now calling at miracle. the owner pick him up, overwhelmed to see her dog alive j. aus shop early at christmas, one eatery inside the mall at brandon mall had to stop serving customers because of roaches. in a special dirty dining

pizza inside the food court had to temporarily shut down due to over a does complaints. officials observed please too numerous to count near the dish washing area on friday, october 28th, the state also documenting sewage waste water backing up through floor drains in the kitchen. now, tonight i spoke to villa pizza's manager on duty, scott, who couldn't comment and me call the corporate office. i left mess sandals for leslie, director of marketing, but she never returned my calls or my e- mails. for more of our stories head to abcactionnews.com. this tiny patch may bea big help for kids with peanut allergies. it delivers small doses of

to the experts trains your systems to tolerate peanuts. the patch still has not been approved by the fda. we have a consumer alert for you tonight. one treat you may want to skip this halloween, or reowes. reowes-- oreos. for more information on the recall head to abcactionnews.com. many of you are probably tired after hours of trick or treating with your little guys. americans actually proving how much they really love celebrating the holiday of halloween spending nearly $8.5 billion on the holiday this year. that's an all-time high. breaking that down, people spending a little more than $3 billion on costumes and $2.5 billion on candy. that averages out to nearly $83 per person. and another halloween staple, jack-o-lanterns.

scientists didn't let that stop them. take a look at the pump kips they entered into a carving contest. there are pacman, star wars, and even presidential candidates. >> did you ever try that? >> it really is a talent. we discovered this tracing sheet that makes it easier. >> we had a palooza yesterday. this is bill clinton. it's actually wendy's husband. according to bill did he vote. look at this, logan. that is a cute tee. obviously very, very into the cooking arts at this point in time. lastly, super girl. christina diaz, thank you so

over the next few weeks we're going start sharing holiday pictures so go to my facebook page. it will be a naturally thing, one of our favorite times of the year where we get to share what you're doing. titan doppler didn't feel very halloween like with temperatures in the 80s but at least it's kind of a dry heat. that drier air allowing things to cool off more in our northern counties but still mid- 70s cl near 90 degrees. really hit 88 in sarasota, 84 both in lakeland and in clearwater. outside now clear skies, mid- 70s from tampa to clearwater and st. petition. the winds continue out of the east and may have been rather gusty. close to a week now and i don't see a lot of change up until maybe friday when we do have another cool front coming this

there's why. this is not a bad image. this is dry air covering the entire viewing area. so when you have this much dry air covering us, you are hard- pressed to find any cloud cover. that's why it was literally completely clear across the area today. overnight more of the same but by late tomorrow we start to see that easterly flow bringing a little bit of moisture in from the east coast. it means maybe a handful of clouds. but by wednesday morning i think there could be another one of come wednesday afternoon. i still don't even have it in the seven-day but it is something that we had last week and i wouldn't be shocked if we see a couple of sprinkles wednesday and again on thursday. otherwise we stay completely dry and still very warm with temperatures right back in the mid to upper 80s across the entire area. so this is not going anywhere with more of the same until friday, and at that point, we do have a cool front coming

then, but remember, by friday, you see that dip in the jet. that allows cooler air to come in. so on friday later, saturday and sunday, we're back with highs in the 70s and morning lows in the 50s and sick. but then by early next week it's gone, and more of a seasonal pattern next week. so nothing too terribly warm, but not a blast of cool air, either. so pretty nice weather even after this weekend into the early part of next week. for the boaters, winds have been gusty. east winds at 10 to 15 knots, seas two to three feet. the water temperature beginning to drop now down to 73 degrees at clearwater beach. there are your upcoming tides. remember this weekend you gain an hour of sleep. it's fall back. so set your clocks back overnight saturday night into sunday morning. hour by hour forecast overnight partly cloudy to clear, a mixture of clouds and sunshine and warm on tuesday. same thing right on through the next several days as we look at

day forecast. mid-80s by thursday, and by friday that front comes in. don't change any weekend plans. enjoy them. 70s for the highs, morning lows in the 50s to low 60s. >> all right, thank you, denis. well the bucs are just about rung on empty in the back field so they bring back a familiar face to help the

hello folks. thanks to thursday's game against atlanta the buccaneers have no time to dwell on that loss to oakland. this a division game, an important game. a win would keep them relevant in the nfc south division. john sabol has more from one buc. >> reporter: thursday night's game against the atlanta falcons can't come soon enough for the buccaneers. >> with the loss, you know, i don't think thursday night's game could come at time. >> reporter: the next three days will be a crash course in thou get ready for atlanta. >> basically this is a week with no practice. you've got still get your game plan reps in, which we start tonight. >> reporter: the short week does have its advantages. the bucs have already played the falcons back in week one. >> we've played them before so it's not like we're going to have to get after film with a

times over 20-something games. getting guys back, the health of your team who is the healthiest, who recovers the best has the best chance. >> reporter: one player who likely won't be recovered in time for thursday is running back rogers. he left sunday's game and didn't return with what appeared to be a fat or ankle injury. today the locker room roger was wearing a bat on his foot. the running game for the bucs will now likely feature fourth and fifth stripping running backs peyton smi. reporting with the bucs, john sabol, abc action sports. >> i would like to believe the buccaneers would be able to make a trade, specifically at the wide receiver position. torrey smith and alshon jeffery has been thrown out there but a move becomes less likely. the buccaneers have until 4:00 to do a deal. had they beat oakland, gm jason light might be more inclined to

the buccaneers have reportedly come to terms with running back mike james to replace rogers and fill in for the hamstring ridden doug martin. the buccaneers released cornerback johnthan banks. i like to sit back and shrug off that losing streak the lightning is on now but that's not so easy. it is how they are losing that's concerning. the boys got run out of madison square garden last night by the rang last night. bishop was hung out to dry a couple of times. he's having a pedestrian start at 3-3, given up over three-and- a-half goals per game, his save percentage below the nhl mendoza line at an alarming 880. that is most unbishop-like. game six of the world series tomorrow night, cubbies needing to run the table in game six and seven.

>> we get to go over there with two rested starting pitchers. again, from an entertainment perspective, if you're a baseball fan or looking to become a baseball fan, it was wonderful tonight. outstanding. >> i saw something, i don't know, someone told me today that, you know, 17 times this year we lost a game and we went on to win three in a row so why can't we do that now. >> we will see. we're back in a minute and change. >> closed captioning is br

well, we're through halloween so now the christmas decorations can go up. sorry about that. a plus on tuesday, mostly sunny, very war. seems a lot like christmas when we're up near 90 degrees, but it's florida.

up this weekend. >> it takes weeks to prepare. >> prepare what? >> decorations outside. weeks. >> he goes all out. >> just like christmas vacation. >> be like me.

>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- kathy griffin. jacob tremblay. our 11th annual half and half halloween pageant. and music from and now, welcome to his nightmare -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]