in the nation's capital. a similarout cry some even calling on clinton challenge the election results. >> i need you, chicago needs you. this country needs you. >> clinton herself sending a very different message as she conceded. >> donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead. >> a stark contrast as he

and you nighting and leading the country. >> obama now set to follow those words with action inviting him to meet with him at the white house. action news. >> protesters marched last night. upset about the results. >> victoria organized this small not my president tampa protest. turnout. she says they're standing together against hate and fear there will be significant setbacks under the new president. >> we're not scared. and by we i mean the lgbtx community. women in america. i mean, muslims. i mean, mexicans. she received death threats after posting information on facebook but decided to march anyway. there are petitions circulating

newly elected president out of office. >> lebron james campaigned with hillary clinton last weekend. today james and his cleveland cavaliers teammates will be at the white house. it's the same day president obama is meeting with donald trump. >> three more states have legalized recreational marijuana. voters voted in favor of it tuesday. seven states are now legalized. another three states, florida, arkansas and north dakota approved medi >> florida voters who approved medical marijuana are calling it the next cash crop and it's expected to boost the economy. growers picker and dependence ris. it could create thousands of dollars. >> for the most part this is a mom and pop industry still. the amount of jobs that are being created can't be

delivery drives. supporters including angel expect to root itself in the bay area by this time next year. sarasota man akeulzed of killing 5 teenage girl over the weekend. they arrested devon lee freeman. they say freeman failgtly shot good f. a witness drove her to the hospital where she tied. freeman is charmed with murder. >> finding a serial robbery. a man with a knife attack. juching on counter commanding cash. it's the third business this robber has held up with a knife in less than two weeks. customers are worried about the safety. >> i might have to start going to a different one, maybe. going here seems sketchy now.

night. >> so far no one's been hurt during the robberies. the suspect might be driving a white toyota. . >> 4:35 now. crime stoppers is offing a $10,000 reward. investigators say the sail game pulled off four robberies in the same week. he should be considered armed and dangerous. so far no one's been hurt. if you know who he is, call crime stop glers am he's raf yal gonzalez. they say his house caught fire yesterday morning. firefighters say they found him inside the home yesterday morning. the state arkansas son task force is now investigating. >> now spend 51 months in jail for attacking an inmate. his mother was in court yesterday begging the judge for mercy.

happened. he said, pardon my language. i really messed up. he was caught on camera. the blow ruptured his spleen testimony the upalso ordered former office to pay the man's medical bills l. >> now out of a job by throwing a student to the tbrowpped and checking him. the subject dprownd explaned got physical. smiley threaten ited stole the -- now charged with child abuse and battery. glsmght want to check in with chase. a look at your forecast. >> it's looking great out there

and 9. through the day lots of sunshine and lower humidity. i think it will be noticeable by this afternoon. this morning it's still pretty muggy out there. topping out at 80 degrees as a high. the next cool front is going to be approaching and how much cooler it will get coming up. >> 4:37. quick check on about 15 minutes. so far so good. >> authorities identified two more bodies found on the property of a suspected south carolina serial killer. whoa the victims are and when they were reported missing. >> returning to the practice field but is he ready to play on sunday? we'll have that story coming up

two more bodies. authorities say they are a married couple. they were released from jail shortly before being reported missing last december. the investigation at that property started a week ago today when the deputy found kayly brown chained up inside a metal container. they found her boyfriend's body

melgt container yesterday. the owner of property is now linked to seven deaths. melting dashboards and exploding air bags. consumers are urged to listen. but abc action news investigator discovered a dirty little secret behind government recalls. led the top agency answering some tough questions. >> these -- not back like this. >> the real-life stories. >> my neck was broken. >> of car defects. >> nevada seen anything like that this a. >> a huge new recall. the government's response. >> general motors announcing larger call for 6 #,000 cars. >> right. on a grossy light you'll find

to the highest builder. but necessary led we also discovered very active. recall after recall after recall after recall. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. problem? >> big problem. >> he's a consumer noarn florida who spent years designing tear bags. >> i don't think anyone walks in by one of those vehicle thinking it's a death sale we found many >> this one you could lose control of the car. >> by the government. very florida agencies with missions to keep you safe. from headlights to damn that could crack and air bag that would explode. this florida highway patrol chevy tahoe with an air

victor yal with wheel issues that could cause you to lose control. this is city of leerwater with not once but two air bag recalls many leading this lot with recall cars the same state agency that just last month warned to immediately repair potentially deadly air bags. >> here's the tahoe. >> turns out florida highway patrol failed to repair the recall on its own suv and vari on nearly # tossen agencies. set set -- >> is it true? >> i wouldn't say hypocritical. >> the state's leading nonprofit that promotes safe driving. >> you would think that a government agency would want to do all that they can to make sure any vehicle they are going to sell has been repaired preparely. but again, sometimes the

>> fhp.ed blame at car manufacture manufactures. government still disclose if a vehicle has a open recall. they're sold as is. >> if it's a sate of florida call, my tbdness. >> alarmed. florida's u.s. senator. >> stage shouldn't be sending out to the consuming public a car that is defective without having >> but these government agencies are. to the highest bidder. >> that's absolutely inexcusable. >> taking action for you. that was katie reporting. a spoke person for the state agency who handle these say there's no policy requiring state vehicles to get them fixed prior to sale.

yourself. we've also posted responses. 4:46 just about. some good news if you're looking for a job many the labor department says job openings were close to record high. job openings climbed to 5.5 million. it could be a sign that employers are facing the job skills gap. meaning there are not enough worker black friday trend. the retail giant says it will open it doors at 6 p.m. for the third year in a row. target will launch a presale the day before. several shopping centers and stores announced they will be closed on thanksgiving. >> the world health organization's introducing a new set of guidelineses and these nuz recommends. get health care services at

five of thoam should happen during the last trimester. that's double the's -- the number of deaths of expected mother and newborns >> am sick boy in wisconsin is using some damage -- he has a rare that severely weakens his immune system. he can't go to school. he uses a robot to be there virtually. >> he uses the him around and thanks to a camera and microphone. all right. as we're starting off our morning, temperatures are anywhere from the mid-60s to the upper 60s around tampa. we're at 66. clearwater 64. st. pete 8. clear skies out there. front has passed to the south. that drier air is coming in from the north. that's allowed the temperatures to be a little bit cooler to our north. it's 9 degrees cooler this

about 5 to 7 degrees cooler in parts of citrus county. as you get closing not a ach of a defense. t even warmer yesterday. bottom line is the wind to the south bringing in that drier air and with high pressure in control it's going to act like a bubble keeping the storm clouds area. we've got a lot of sunshine ahead. this afternoon, it's going to be warm and dry. less starts to filter in. if you're planning on heading out testimony a -- 79 degrees is the high. the water temperature at 73 degrees. we have a light breeze out there. it's going to be gorgeous and that's going to continue right through the weekend. in fact, we're looking at highs in the upper 70s. we'll move closer to being on close to target. a nice stretch here of those above average

80s. our next significant chance for rain is monday and tuesday. not looking add all of that much rain. it's associated with our -- another tbront that will be moving through mid-week next week. as far as the weekend a really weak front that moves through early saturday morning. we're not going to see any rain. probably won't seen cloud cover. overall, seven-day re back to you. >> all right. thanks. no problems throughout to report. it is early in the morning. janelle will have a full look coming up in just a home. >> 1 # until 5:00. lightening host the new york islanders and the bawm ravens will host the cleveland browns for thursday night football. tom koi has this morning's sports.

fans shouldn't get too excited. doug martha season back on the field for the first time since week two but he's coming back from a hamstring injury. he's also been our of action for two months. you done just pop wac on field. noncommittal on his status heading into sunday. many wide receiver it concussion protocol. he is though definitely working his way to playing on sunday. running back are still sidelined. joe holly returned today as well. all right. should be refreshed heading to memphis on saturday. coming off a bye week. they hope to back up that wind

many to buck city. big-time challenge for us. a team we never beat ool since i've been here. i'm really excited about this opportunity. good football and and woe got to go play our best. not play a sloppy game and better than last time we left tampa. and the gators have named him as their starting quarterback versus south carolina this weekend. that'sou update. enyou your day. >> 9 minutes until 5:00 am brawl breaks out the ohio courtroom whosm police say started. >> research finds too cheerful -- it could lead to being a victim of a scam.

this is the first season not be based on the books. fans are curious about what's going to happen. >> 5 minute until 5:00. an armed serial robber. the suspect is robbed three businesses in less than two weeks. we're live at the scene where he threatened knife. what could be his getaway car. antitrump protests in some cities lasted until the early morning hours where the largest took place and one small one here in the bay

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live report, the fear running from customers and also what workers have to say this morning. it is 5:00. good thursday morning. thanks for waking up with abc. >> good morning. we want to get a look at your forecast on this friday eve. shea's in. hope you're going to bring the sunshine. >> we're going to see lots of sunshine today and our temperatures to the north are about 5 to 8 degrees lower this in the upper 50s to about 60 degrees. but the farther south we go the cooler drier air hasn't quite settled in yet. this morning around tampa bay you find about a degree or two lower. still pretty warm and muggy with temperatures in the low to mid-60s across much of the area. 66 in tampa right now. 62 in brandon. 63 in ruskin.