loouf, from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. with her lead in nancy alvarez -- florida e -- evaporating in the polls. vice president biden on behalf of clinton. st. peters burg high school officials are investigating this fight between students. why they'll be the teacher's actions. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. we want to check in now with ivan. he's standing by with your wednesday morning forecast. >> and beyond. looks great once again. some changes we'll talk about here as we check in at tampa. 69. 71 for both clearwater and st. pete. milder than we were at this time yesterday by several degrees. east woind has been prevailing

isolated showers possible. certainly widespread or too excited about. there is that chance, especially into the afternoon, and then the cold front we've been talking about all week that's still scheduled for arrival on friday. cooler and much nicer for the upcoming weekend. upper 60s as you head off to work, about lunchtime. 81, a little more cloud cover then. by then, temperatures once again in the mid 80s. that extended forecast coming up in a few minutes. good morning, everybody. let's talk about northbound lanes between hillsboro. as you can see there again, northbound on the ten miles an hour. i just checked the construction update. no construction plan for overnight. there is a big closure northbound overnight tonight so it's possible they moved some of that construction until overnight tonight. then further north, we have reports that there's a dead deer blocking one of the northbound

southbound, if you are getting ready to get on the expressway, things are looking great there. 17 minutes from 54. >> thanks. in democracy 2016, the latest abc news washington post poll shows trump with a one-point lead over hilary clinton this point. voter turnout among african-american communities is down. part of the problem is enthusiasm, but new restrictions on voting also appear to be in play. be the talk of the country, but fbi director james comey is not talking. he ignored reporters' questions yesterday. with clinton's lead in florida diminishing, vice president joe biden is going to be later this morning. >> biden's visit is meant to encourage people to take advantage of early voting. james is live. james, biden has also tried to

political analyst said repeatedly. millenials is a #2k3wr0u7 clinton is having trouble connecting with. joe biden didn't have that problem. this morning, we expect biden to echo much of what he said in north carolina while stumping yesterday where he told the crowd the main reason he's out here on behalf of hilary clinton is to keep a democrat in the white house. his concerns? undoing everything he an >> we're in a position where everything we've done the last eight years, from the economy to social policy to environmental policy be turned around. these guys don't even recognize, they don't acknowledge global warming. you know, i don't think they believe there's gravity. i don't think -- i mean -- no. i mean, it's amazing. think about it. >> i would expect some more of that this morning, as well, from

at 11:15 this morning. the doors will open two hours before that. live this morning in tampa, james tulley, abc action news. >> trump is also campaigning across florida today. yesterday during a rally, he talked about his plan to appeal obama care if elected. >> in many instances, their healthcare costs are more than their mortgage costs or rent, which by the way, is a first many american history. >> this is particularly unfair to millenials and younger americans who will be totally crushed by these massive healthcare costs. >> now, cording to cnn, a

month for oobcare after a subsidy. a family of four making 60,000 pays roughly 405$405 per month. dana young, bob, joe, and sheldon are scheduled to take part in the debate this afternoon at the university of tampa. the four candidates are vying to represent the western half of hillsboro county in the state senate. with the reyes seeing nasty ads and billboards, there could be fire works inside the theater. a vicious fight erupts between two stupts inside a st. pete high school classroom. >> now, the district is investigating to see if a teacher did anything wrong by not stepping in to stop this fight. the teacher can be seen in the video seemingly standing clear of the two teens while their classmates scream and egg them

classroom before they tumble right back inside. he doesn't touch either student but does move other students out of the way. according to pinellas county schools, a teacher can intervene physically but is not required to do so if the teach everier -- teacher feels it isn't safe to do so. the pair exchanged more than a hundred thousand messages. investigators telling us, a middle school p.e. teacher began exchanging messages with a 14-year-old girl on social media to detectives, continued talking when the girl moved to high school. london and that girl apparently talked about sex and drugs. london explained sexual actions in graphic detail. police ceylon don and her former student both deny having a sexual relationship. the city of pen that gor da is agreeing to pay more than $2 million to the family of a woman accidentally shot and killed by a police officer during a training exercise over the

shoot/don't shoot exercise. officer lee cole fired two live shots at her instead of blanks. the settlement is coming from the city's insurance policy. it is the maximum amount this policy can pay out. 5:07. a man from the jacksonville area is facing prison time for burying his dead mother in the backyard so he could continue collecting her social security payments. officials say this man, bryan pad -- adams stole over $35,000. he pleaded guilty now faces up to 20 years in prison. hillsboro county deputies are investigating after finding a woman's body in a ditch. someone riding horseback in the area found that body yesterday afternoon near the intersection of 28th avenue south and 58th street. the medical examiner is going to work on figuring that out, as well as the woman's identity. this morning, a sarasota mother convicted of trying to kill her 6-year-old daughter last year is going to find out

despite evidence she suffers from mental illness. authorities say parker tried to drown her daughter in a bathtub before stabbing her. thankfully, the girl survived and fully recovered from her injuries. since we first told you about the sexual battery charges against a clearwater business owner, four more women have come forward. now, police are explaining why they didn't charge her last year when a woman first told her he forced him to perform oil sex on him. a former employee made allegations very similar to the most recent victim. however, police say they didn't have enough evidence for an arrest then. kimberly hunter says that is the same thing largo police told her when she tried to file a complaint. >> he would rub me and try to touch my chest. he was just saying all this

>> he also tried to lure her into a back room where he kept a mattress. it's the same story five different women have shared. hunter says the harassment was so bad, she quit after just two hours. taking action for you chl we're helping you increase your chances of getting a holiday job with a look at which stores are hierg the most seasonal workers. retailers are expected to hire 740,000 seasonal employees this year. that's according to a recent survey. that survey says your best bet are depot, office max, the gap, and kohl's. sometimes those seasonal jobs become permanent positions. and for the weather center, 5:09 on this wednesday morning. we are looking at fantastic out there. temps in the mid and upper 60s. milder than this time yesterday, and then for later this afternoon, we'll be talking about temperatures in low 80s. look at that 86. i'll be long gone by the weekend behind a cold front. we'll talk about that coming up

5:09. also coming up, a shocking scene in new mexico. a mother pulling a baby in a fight with police. things deteriorate from there. and a derogatory term for a woman showed up in a texas

a texas republican is blaming others for a tweet from his campaign account calling hilary choin ton the c word. looking at a screen shot of the since-deleted tweet from republican agricultural commissioner sid miller. explained, staffer rwe a postal worker in georgia can now add he rxo. >> while an his mail route, he noticed smoke coming from the house. he quickly knocked on the doont door and alerted the family inside, saving three adults and one child. >> that's the best feeling, to know from the save lives. i'm not a hero like the firefighter or police, but at least in my hearth, i know i helped someone. >> you were here that day.

family's house, thanks him for being a hero and saving their lives. for now, this area of high pressure, if you have friends or family through the nation's capitol, south central, we have been seeing temperatures here in the 80s, which is unbelievable here for november. trick or treaters wsh greeted with very warm conditions. cold air bottled up to the north. new england has seen that with a dip in ols, of course, the west, which ben if i believe for them with rain fall. this expansive area of high pressure brought us the warm temperatures here, as well, along with very quiet conditions. now, that easterly flow, the rotation of the high there, the winds around it has prauth us more moisture here. so i think today we have pretty good yet to see at least some isolated showers. if you see some already making inward progress from the

895 -- 95. pointing these out because today will be the wetter of the last few days, which moans we may get one shower. it's been great, and i still think today for the most part will be dry and pleasant. warmer than usual as that continues. now, that huge area of high pressure that's brought us the warm conditions across the southeast will eventually break down and allow for this cold front all the way spoo the western u.s. right now. it will arrive friday a band of showers along it and the cool air behind it. we ole begin to move in with temperatures by the time we get into the weekend. very comfortable. right now, mid 60s. upper 60s through the panhandle. you'll see the warm temperatures at this hour continue, which is remarkable for november. 68 in st. louis. chicago is at 62 degrees as this early hour. there's the front. 20 degrees cooler to the north

blues, just not as chilly, but look at this. by saturday afternoon, very comfortable. temps in the mid and upper 70s. that's what we have to look forward to. we'll drop ten dproes from our daytime highs, which will continue, by the way, until mid 80s. we'll do that with partly cloudy sky and 10% rain chance. doubling that to friday with the front moving through, in the a big deal. we do cool off. turns breezy on saturday with the highs in the upper 70s through the week end. hey, good news. problems we are seeing veteran's expressway until the northbound lanes all clear. looks like they have removed that deer that was hit by a car out of the roadway right around hutchinson, and a little further back, those slowdowns we were seeing have all cleared #u7. you are locking good in both dreks. we have a new crash to tell you about. this is going to be in st. peechlt fifth avenue right at fourth street. i am seeing roadblock here. might want to leave yourself a few extra mpt.

area, you are looking great. the lanes wide open. just about 20 minutes to get back and forth between lakeland and tampa. back to you. >> thanks. 5:17, a struggle between a mom and police playing out at the scene of a dwi crash in new mexico. >> yeah. the video is a little hard to watch. the body cam video shows that woman holding her baby during this heated encounter. >> don't you touch me! you understand me? >> first to get the mom to let go of her baby so she could make sure the child wasn't hurt. the officer eventually took the baby from the mother, but that's when things got worse. police asked the woman again and again to sit down, but she kept getting up. they eventually handcuffed her and took her to a hospital. she's now facing felony charges. her baby is in state custody. still ahead this morning, the teacher who dragged a special needs student across the

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mail, you need to act quickly, but might already be too late to completely avoid a trip to the polls. got the details on that coming up. good morning. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. >> we're less than a week away from election day. let's get a check on your midday forecast. ivan has more on that. >> look pretty good here. upper 60s, lower 70s. mostly clear skies by the afternoon. warm up again. here we are november. 66. not se fog. enough of a wind out there, i think this morning. by the afternoon, there we go surging back into the mid 80s above average for this time of year. the only change today, that east wind that has brought us mild temperatures has also increased our moisture here. so i think a coupling isolated showers are possible. talk more about that. forecast show you the latest runs and into the weekend, of course. we have that cool air still scheduled for arrival. we'll have the extended 7-day