traps that you may be putting around your house to catch random critters might be catching >> a very strong gui substance. >> what it caught to save a bird that got caught in a trap. new projection maps showing donald trump in the white house come january. all of that while president obama slams him in florida.>> anybody who is upset about a

>> as new fbi emails launch against clinton in florida. a tampa dad calls the world series two years ago. >> what if i had the bracket my correct playoff bracket.>> he has got predictions you don't want to miss. can we say president? it is 4:00 time for "the now tampa bay". breaking news off the top i'm paul lagrone. >> and i'm laura harris, a man accused of getting a 13-ye- diego vasquez he lives in sarasota. the victim just moved the us from guatemala. was not in school and at some point started the relationship.>> one decision may mess up a 15-year-old's life.>> the first minor in the area to be charged with a felony under a new law cracking down on violent threats at school. erik waxler with how this

making the same estate. >> senate bill 436 went into effect october 1. it reads that it is a crime to falsely report the use of a firearm. even if it is a joke the penalties can be severe. >> everybody is talking about it. some people didn't come to school because they're worried it could happen. >> according to the paschal sheriff's office a teacher overheard a 15-year-old student telling classmates not to come to school today going to shoot up the school. the teenager had never been in serious trouble but now the threat appears to have been just to talk he is still facing a felony charge. >> a tremendous waste of resources these incidents put numerous people in fear. >> even if it was a joke, it is a serious thing.>> the sheriff's office says they do

something like this but they gave fair warning. they publicize the terroristic threats law and pleaded with parents to talk with their children about it. >> i would compare it to saying the word bomb on an airplane. >> his mother warned him not to joke about this. >> it will be up to the state attorney's office if they want to charge the 15-year-old as an adult. eric slack -- wechsler for "the now tampa bay" five days from the election and the landscapes and the rallies and the concerts and campaigns are starting to focus on the key battleground states possibly up for grabs. >> here it is. down in florida today president obama campaigning for hillary clinton behind donald trump. both making stops in jacksonville just hours apart. take a look at this right now, hillary clinton and donald trump live in the middle you

others in north carolina. we know the importance of north carolina. let's run through the main talking points starting with trump in florida. trump highlighting what he called new developments coming from the fbi's investigation into clinton's emails. >> finally it is believed no less than five foreign intelligence agencies successfully hacked into clinton's illegal insecure server which contained classified information. creating an ongoing security threat to the united states. >> look who is joining donald trump, ted cruz standing next to mike pence. they are at events in iowa and michigan. in the meantime a hillary attack at -- advertisement launching today. >> hillary clinton is under fbi

today, five days out from the election meanwhile clinton in arizona calling out donald trump for the people she says he insulted. >> imagine having a president who demeans women, mocks the disabled, insults latinos, african-americans, muslims. pows. who pits people against each other.>> hillary getting so and more about trump from president barack obama campaigning for her in florida today in jacksonville and miami.>> donald trump is uniquely unqualified to be president. i'm not joking. you last. he is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief. >> there are more people on the campaign trail today than there are days left in the campaign.

also telling about what she would do as first lady. >> we must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children especially in social media. it will be one of the main focuses of my work if i am privileged enough to become your first lady. >> that speech in pennsylvania comes at a critical in the state by four points in an average of recent polls from real clear politics. the democrats will big -- draw big crowds in las vegas. look at the wall, you see what i am talking about. techno dj and bill clinton on the same stage trying to get more people out to vote for hillary.

the jon bon jovi concert in st. petersburg happening saturday night at the state theatre and tim kaine will be there. leaving the campaign trail, traps meant to catch rodents and nuisance animals are instead hurting precious wildlife. you can see to the right, there is a bird thankfully it did not die it had to be rescued because it was stuck to paper. nicole grigg with the movement to get the traps like these band max. >> this is a different bird. a red shouldered hawk it's feathers and body stuck to a glue trap. when you saw it what was your emotion? justin matthews runs a wildlife rescue after a landscaper found the hawk stuck to the pad he shows us how strong the glue like material is.

exactly.>> the bird of prey gets stuck because look closely. >> you can see the lizards. >> the lizard is what the hawk was going after. this way of trapping isn't illegal so justin is starting a change petition to ban them. >> they are totally band max in ireland and they are banned parts of australia. >> let me take you inside the rescue efforts. >> this was basically tar on it's feathers. it would not have been able to fly after that. >> after a full year of tlc, this is the same hawk today. >> she wouldn't move for us but

so we can watch this hawk flyaway. after one year and three days the rescue mission is complete. and this hawk is about to be released. for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >> let's take a live look outside i-275, nice white puffy clouds. take it from here. >> it does look nice, another beau this picture from the mainsail beach in on anna maria island almost completely cloud free. we do have a few showers working their way across the state, but we are not seeing a ton of rain in fact maybe some sprinkles or a quick bit of joseph that is about it. nothing to cause you any problems as you make plans for tonight a slight chance for a few sprinkles otherwise partly cloudy skies, temperatures

of days. if you're thinking about going to the beach, i have good news for you. i will show you the forecast coming up in just a bit. we are just getting good word about two breaking news stories, and arrest in a hit and run case that killed a mother and seriously injured a deputy. and a bomb threat in venice high school. this is the football field where the students were evacuated first. then they were taken to a nearby community center to be picked up because authorities did not want anyone coming to the campus. you still see the emergent -- emergency personnel on the football field they have not found anything but we will keep an eye on this one and bring you the

breaking news out of polk county, it deputies arresting the hit and run driver who

hurt a deputy. the sheriff just telling us about the arrest of the woman in the last 15 minutes. it looks like they caught the driver in lake wales after getting a tip. action air 1 is headed there right now to see the car that was involved. the sheriff will be giving us details in a news conference at 6:00 tonight, watch that live on abcactionnews.com free mobile app as well as our facebook page. the cubs are not wasting any time celebrating their world series win.>> the team released this tribute today. and the parade will be tomorrow in chicago. wrigleyville will be something

releasing the new cover nearly one week early to celebrate the cubs historic win. president obama trying to get the cubs to come to the white house before he leaves office.>> i was watching something on television they said the last time the cubs won thomas edison was a life and they had not invented sliced bread. the expression the greatest thing since sliced bread this is since sliced bread. >> 180 years. >> a record 39 million people watched game seven last night. the most-watched world series game in 25 years, more people watched the game than the olympics and the oscars this year. talk about a lot of this world come the cubs winning is even bigger in space, nasa tweeting

saying congratulations. >> it is only fitting one of the print shops licensed to make the world series champion t-shirts is located up the road in wisconsin and our crew in green bay worked overnight to get this video. by the end of the day today they will be making about 40,000 t-shirts. by the way, last night a big deal for tampa, from temple for a while both him and his player are former tampa bay rays. >> the man who made the perfect prediction two years ago of course he lives in tampa bay.>> at least he was known but now he is getting his 15 minutes of fame under another name. >> my twitter handle at rays fan

predicting the cubs and the indians would not only play until game seven but would go extra innings. but why the tweet on that day? >> a horrible day in my life because he signed with the cubs. >> countless fans were upset. >> 12:38 i would say they would make the world series who will >> listen. >> somebody's calling me why are you doing this, his phone ringing off the hook. my phone literally exploded. i got 500 messages. every time i checked it had 10,000 more retweets. >> sports nation tweeting him last night saying prepping for the apocalypse. so sure of himself we assumed

what if i had the bracket my correct playoff bracket. i'm not a better. >> this former history teacher turned future predictor now has a projection for the presidential election. >> listen. she is going to win and it is going to be a landslide. >> we asked him about lottery numbers and he didn't have an answer. but i asked. >> i have a confession to make, i saw the rain delay and i thought when the tarp is on it will take one hour. i went to bed. 17 minutes later they were playing. >> we did say there was a chance for rain we weren't sure how it would affect the game. let's take a look, no rain delays here, a few sprinkles mainly in that, mainsail beach in on anna maria island looking

there is a co-front on the way, but relax it will all be beautiful. 84 degrees in tampa, 82 brandon, 80 zephyrhills. 87 in sarasota. the heat has been on, most of these temperatures are a little lower than yesterday we had extra car cover from time to time and a few sprinkles working across the state, we are still in the east to west flow but not for long, the frontal direction and it will be pretty much on top of us by tomorrow midday, a few sprinkles ahead of the front, we still have a light breeze but we will be dry overnight, no big changes in the forecast over the next couple of hours, when we get into the weekend we will have cooler temperatures or at least lower temperatures. 80 degrees the high saturday and sunday at clearwater beach.

make it feel cooler but on sunday with less wind it will be pretty comfortable and mild. dry with sunny skies and the water temperature for right now is holding at 74 degrees. looking pretty good through the weekend, the cooler air arrives i will time that out for you coming up in the next forecast.>> i am wearing a hillary for prison t-shirt it. >> what happened after the video might serve as a warning to adults to not let their children get involved in making political statements. but is that the way we should be reacting?

tampa bay", a south florida high school student getting in trouble for wearing this shirt. it says hillary for prison 2016. it is actually not against school policy to where the political shirts only if it causes a distraction. that is what happened. >> there was a group of girls who started about how awful trump supporters are and how they are all racist. and, saying some ignorant things.>> so she was told to take off the shirt or get suspended but she thinks that punishment is teaching other students the wrong message.>> i think it teaches intolerance because those girls were intolerant of my views and my

and that is teaching them that is okay because i got in trouble for that.>> her father says he is proud of his daughter for standing up in what she believes in. and he will be going with her tuesday when she votes for the very first time. something a lot of people talk about but do they really do anything about it, limiting the amount of salt you and your family eat. it is important. >> now we know what kind of diseases salts put younger people nearly 90% of children in the us are eating more than the record amount recommended. >> on average kids between six and eight are eating more than 3200 milligrams per day in some cases that is almost double what they should be eating and that does not include what you had at the dinner table. >> compare that to how much

depending on the age. so it is not very much. all of that salt is coming from some of the most popular foods. bread, cold cuts, pizza, and cheese. some of the worst offenders. >> kids mostly eat the salty foods at dinnertime, that is when you should watch what you are making for your family. news from the beginning of the show, the boxer at venice high school, authorities just give the all clear, nothing suspicious was found, action air 1 just flew over the football field. no word on where the threat came from, we are working on that.

happening right now, a milestone in the effort to take the last major stronghold in iraq away from isis, troops entered the city of mosul today for the first time they had been trying to get there for two straight weeks as they did they provided trucks to civilians trying to get out of the city. witnesses describing intense fighting and heavy airstrikes, isis planted roadside bombs and positioned snipers outside of their homes, to afghanistan where two us service members died and four other were hurt. we don't know their names yet but it did happen during a mission targeting the taliban. they were there to help afghan soldiers when they came under

the details but i hope you will join me in expressing our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones friends and teammates of those affected by this tragedy. >> dozens of civilians and tell about insurgents were killed nearly 9000 us troops in afghanistan right now. >> healthcare a big issue with our premiums for obamacare going up and candidates having a very fix this. >> new research today says the law may not be as effective as it used to be. 20 million people have gotten health insurance in 2014. >> the study out today shows people really aren't as enthusiastic about signing up anymore according to this study. an estimated 28.6 million people

not changed very much. for the first half of this year. >> one change people are not happy about is more of us are being forced into high deductible plans. nearly 39% of people younger than 65 are in the plans. 2% less last year. we are four hours away from the bu atlanta falcons. a brand-new place nearby, raymond james the tailgate. >> right off, miss avenue it is right in front of where the old kmart was. it is the wing house now open for business. check it out plenty of patio space and that kind of thing. there is an upper deck, you can sit outside who could ask for a better evening, shay ryan

>> if you're going to the game tonight the weather is looking fantastic, slight chance of a brief passing sprinkle but probably not. a nice light breeze and the temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s nearly perfect but if you are sitting at the game thinking it seems a little hot just blame the new uniforms. >> i'm hoping he hits the field goals tonight. >> take a look at our president and on the other side of him hillary clinton is where -- well as donald trump. hillary clinton and donald trump are in north carolina. here's what we know, president obama making his second stop in florida, a dead heat in both of the states. >> let's look at the polls, further proof the race is a

a new poll from the new york times showing hillary clinton with 45% support from likely voters, donald trump with 42%. that aligns with other national polls over the last few days. showing the two within points of one another. >> we are looking at these maps from clear politics online. this is from last week if the election would have happened last week she would have been eight votes away from winning. this is less than one week away now the number is 226. donald trump has climbed to 180 and there are still 132 votes in the electoral vote -- college up for grabs. even though the numbers look in favor of clinton, donald trump could still win the race. in the first scenario trump wins

square having trump winning by two electoral votes if he wins all the states mitt romney wins and colorado florida ohio and new hampshire. in the second scenario trump has 273 and clinton with 265. this graph shows trump losing north carolina. republicans are taking a hit after the controversial bathroom bill. trump could win if he wins of the battleground states in this scenario, in the final trump 269 clinton to 69. if there is a tie with trump winning in five states president obama commended in 2012, florida, iowa, nevada, new hampshire and ohio, yes there could be a tie. if there is a tie the republican-controlled congress would elect the president, each state would get their own vote

a box found in a driveway. it looks like a gift but it is early for christmas. the embarrassing items found

welcome back to "the now tampa bay", we have told you about drones possibly delivering packages or helping in disasters in the near future. >> now they could be the new alarm system for your house. sunflower labs is working on the security system that detects possible threats. it send you an alert to your cell phone and then you can

the company will let people try it out next year. the military times giving usf a big honor naming it the number one in the school for the country for veterans, one of the best features, if a veteran falls behind in their workload the usf veterans center comes to them. >> they will put a hold on their records to keep them f until they have met with someone. the other schools in the top three, wreckers, syracuse also. >> somebody has put a big box wrapped like a christmas present and it says open asap. >> since it is too early for christmas neighbors were freaking out over this box in a tennessee driveway. the bomb squad went to work. but what they found was not scary. it was an act of love.

young man, they met online on tender. when he would not return the phone calls that is when she began to contact him and left the items on the driveway. >> that is called ghosting when you don't call somebody back. turns out she wanted a second chance. at least she is knowledgeable with the law but police suggest finding a different way of dealing with your pe police killings, what they are learning about the suspect from the gun he used and the running he had with police just weeks

man accused of killing these two police officers in iowa, formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder. >> todd walker is digging further into his past including would have been the last time scott michael greene had a run in with police.>> have i committed a crime cracks >> you are on school property. >> interaction scott michael greene had with officers. two weeks ago he recorded an encounter with police asking him to leave a high school football game after he was waving a confederate flag, greene is accused of shooting and killing justin martin and anthony beminio. he has a history with police in small claims court and for harassment charges and

officers. investigators are hoping to figure out why he killed the officers early yesterday morning. >> we can guess but i don't know.>> police gave an update on their investigation today saying they found his car and the gun they believed used in the murders hidden in the woods. >> a monster that does this has options of how this will lead -- end and there are only a few of them.>> he is formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder. >> nobody deserve this. tony and justin did not deserve this. the police departments did not deserve this. the communities that we protect and represent did not deserve this. most importantly, there are two families that have been torn apart and they certainly did

a mosque in south florida trying to figure out who spray- painted their sign. this is happening in boynton beach we have blurred out the curse words but you can see references to islam and isis. there is surveillance video of the person who did this but it has not been released. the hate speech from the election is feeling these crimes. they put the muslim community bay buccaneers playing primetime tonight. the question, will the weather help them score a couple of touchdowns? >> it certainly has been hotter. so this will make them more comfortable than what they normally have in town lately. our cameras are showing how gorgeous it is outside, plenty

see raymond james nice and dry. at the worst we would get a sprinkle coming through but that is it. we can see the light green tones working across the state most of it is not even reaching the ground so maybe some drizzle or sprinkles. that is only possible until about 8:00 and then we will dry out and clear out overnight and the front gets closer and closer through the day tomorrow, it'll clock in the morning we are nice and dry, we s a bit afraid to the north. we could catch a shower or two in the afternoon but we will still be on the warmer side. 84 degrees the high for tomorrow after starting the day at 68, saturday morning we will see the cooler air settling in, but morning lows in the mid 60s, this is not a dramatic cooldown like we had the other weekend. but it is going to be noticeable, 81 degrees the high and it will be less humid

not quite as dramatic as we had recently. on sunday we get the extra hour of sleep, turn back the clocks and start off the workweek with similar weather on monday with plenty of sunshine in store, low rain chances next to zero and we start off in the mid-60s ending the day around 41. this is the five-day forecast. coming up, we will have yours seven-day forecast. >> the battleground states. >> the candidates are fighting for every vote especially those working class americans. >> we go to the battleground state of ohio to take a look at the impact on why this election continues to split the vote. >> we found for some voters in ohio it comes down to the

for others it is about the candidate they connect with. >> i had an obama signed eight years ago. >> robert is hoping this sign brings the same result. the lifelong carpenter and union member put it up for one main reason. the feeling he does not get from donald trump. >> unions are for higher wages. if donald trump says he is for higher wages why is antiunion? that is not what matters to longtime semitruck driver michael hannah and his family. >> he is not the most delicate guide but he speaks like you and me. >> the candidness has created a connection. >> at least he tells it the way it is. with hillary and the democrats

ability factor could have an impact on how the state votes these voters usually sway democratic. but, that could be changing. >> overtime we have seen a lot of union voters are not always voting pocketbook social issues. it will make them both more republican than they have. >> working-class voters see trump voicing concerns they have had for a long time. the party because they had been voting for democrats and things have not always gotten better. trump has found a way to resonate with the voters. >> as trump connects with the working-class voters, he is losing college educated voters. >> factors making ohio more of a battleground than ever before. for the now back to your. 33 million people have

are in battleground states. legal costs dealing with the scandal over the fake accounts could be higher than the bank first reported. we learned it could go up another $1.7 billion. wells fargo revealing to the us security exchange commission is the latest agency to review the sales practice. under fire since september after opening accounts without customer permission. earlier in the show we heard from melania trump. will it make a difference? mike sacks looks at the role our potential next first lady or first gentleman place in the race for the white house.>> our job is to soffit donald trump and historically first ladies have had tremendous influence

author of first women the grace and power of america's first women. >> melania trump is more little -- reluctant. >> except her reluctance stems due to her rnc speech in july which had passages nearly identical to michelle obama's address eight years earlier. >> lonnie a trump breaks the mold in every way, we never had a first lady who has posed nude before. that is what is ironic about her. >> on one hand a woman very much unlike most first ladies playing a role made familiar by most first ladies and on the other a man who was president likely to follow a unique script. >> first gentleman bill clinton will not have a fancy office, or he will not be poring over state dinners pick

visions won't make much difference in the voting. >> spouses are more important once they are in the white house and in a reelection campaign. like what we saw michelle obama do. and they are important voices because they can give testimonials. for their spouses. and make them seem like human beings. >> for the now, i'm mike sacks. the world has a plan to fight climate change carbon dioxide emissions takes effect tomorrow. >> the goal to keep climate change within 3.5 degrees of what it is today by the year 2030. to do that in addition to the current plan, they would need to take away all of europe's cars and airplanes for an entire year and multiply that affect 12 to 14 times. the un says the world is moving

we are following breaking news out of polk county. deputies arrested the suspected hit and run driver who killed a mother and severely hurt a deputy. the sheriff telling us about the arrest of a woman they say they caught the driver in lake wales after getting a tip, the chopper is headed to where the car was found. the sheriff will give us more details in a news conference soon. watch it live on abc action news, our free mobile app and the internet is having a field day with this new item. >> check it out, collard greens for $66. the author of the cookbook. collard greens are supposed to be inexpensive to make is being sold by a luxury brand. >> people are making fun of

a guy on twitter thing walmart will sell you collard greens for one dollar per pound. and there's probably some in your grandpa's backyard. while many people make fun of it someone is purchasing it because they are sold out. a possible breakthrough treatment for one of the deadliest forms of cancer. >> pancreatic cancer the patients have a 29% living more than one year after the diagnosis. >> robert santos has the trial that is giving hope to a young mother. >> everything was perfect. in one instance it changed. >> rachel was 40 years old when doctors diagnosed her with pancreatic cancer. >> every day after you think you will wake up and it will go away. of course it hasn't.

focused on creating memories. >> it was a mad rush to do everything spirit. >> it makes me feel more peace. >> patients that are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have a 71% chance of dying within one year pick >> my father had pancreatic cancer. >> the challenge it creates a protective shell around its tumor blocking chemotherapy. rachels dr. chip cookie to explain. >> the chocolate chips represent their cancer cells themselves and the do we part reflects the protective shell. >> great advances have been made in breast: and lung cancers but not in pancreatic research until now. the company is conducting a new clinical trial for a drug which eats away the protective shell.

that can be more effectively killed by chemotherapy and other mechanisms. she has been doing really remarkably well for the past one and a half years. >> her blood work is good overall health is excellent. >> something good will come of this. >> more reason to believe nothing is impossible. >> i will be here for her fourth birthday and my 43rd birthday. my family that is all i care about. >> >> after that it will take two years before the fda approves it. i'm paul lagrone that is it for "the now tampa bay". >> "abc action news at 5:00" starts right now. big stories right now at 5:00, polk county deputies expected to brief us about an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run. we have been telling you about the lake wells crash scene saturday the wreck

year-old deputy. we have tried to get the name of the suspect but we know a crimestoppers tip crack the case. crews have given the all clear at venice high school after a bomb threat this afternoon. students had to be evacuated to the football field while authorities checked each building. but they never found any suspicious devices. good evening i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan, all-new at 5:00, support for a mea called amendment one is plummeting in florida. >> according to a poll, support was up to 80 for % in september now it is below 60%. >> adam winer went looking for the reason for the sudden change. >> reporter: opponents of the amendment have been doubling their efforts in the last few days of the election season

we are still running into voters here across the street, people who say they don't quite understand what they voted for. >> the message from this rally was clear. from the mayor of saint pete, to the national president of the sierra club. >> utilities in the state are holding you back. >> environmentalists are firmly against message has not gone through too many early voters. >> my inbox is head of the national solar industry association. people are saying they wish they understood it. >> are some clarity and really having voters remorse? all we had to do was go across the street to find an early voter who admitted just that. >> i did not fully understand it