they were afraid to go to certain stores. we are hearing from the store clerk who was robbed. thank you for waking up with abc starting your thursday with us. >> that employee sharing his terrifying experience being held up at knife point hoping police can find that robber. >> off today but shea is in and it looks like she brought the sunshine.

there. we had that cold front that moved through late yet. a little bit lower by 5 to 8 degrees in our northern counties around citrus county. 58 degrees in crystal river right now. 59 that is in floral city. 60 -- right now at 59. now as we get closer to tampa bay the temperatures are dramatically different. 63 in lutes. pl with all of that sunshine today, we're going to be topping out near 80 degrees. so still a nice warm afternoon. but with that front, bringing us drier air, we're going to see lower humidity. we'll feel lower humidity. i think it's going to make it really nice for the afternoon. i hope the morning is beautiful as well. >> so far so gad. watching on kennedy. that's all clear. you're good to go here. i-275 over in st. pete. town speed in both directions. check in your drives on some of

our area. we're looking great on u.s. 19 southbound from -- it's taking just 11 minutes. 16 minutes on the veterans. down to 275 and just a minute slow. probably due to those traffic lights out there. 5 minutes from fletcher down to waters. back to you. all right. thanks. breaking overnight tens of thousands of americans upset over the election of donald trump took to the streets from coast to coast. in okay land you see right here people set fire in the streets. they car california to secede from trump's united states. >> in atlanta demonstrators marched through the streets. some waving gay prize flags n. new york thousands protesting in manhattan's union square. many chanting not my president. one of largest was four blocks

house. the demonstration moves down pennsylvania avenue to the white house where mr. trump is set to meet with president obama. >> they marched here in the bay area. they marched down bay avenue. organizers say they won't stand for hate and they're happy that so many showed up to stand with them. >> went from one person to five people to what is there a hundred people right now? , you know, it's very enamoring >> organizers are hoping they can educate people in the community that don't understand or share their value. they want to do this so everybody can get along in peace. >> shoppers on high alert following a series of armed robberies. they believe the sam man that you is see right here is behind all of those crimes. abc action news reporter is live from the scene of one of the latest hit and you

how is he doing right now? >> well as you can imagine still pretty shaken up this morning. he says the guy walked in with a knife demanding cash. he jumped on top of that counter. it caught on surveillance camera right inside of the store. >> he said he wasn't playing. he just wants the min and he started grabbing the money out of the register. i had it already opening. getting ready the next day. >> happen to you, but when it does, it's traumatizing. now if you look very closely at this video it shows the man jumping on to the counter demanding cash from that clerk. thankfully no one was hurt. the suspect in in case also caught on camera at another local wal-mart. all of this just moments before he implied he had a gun and held up that cashier. so far this guy has hit three businesses in the span

customers on edge this morning. >> well this is great area. we rarely hear about robbery. i'm shocked. and i hope they find him. >> a different one maybe. he may be driving a white toyota. take another look t. may be key. they are hopeful some possibly give them the information they need it make an arrest. back out here life this morning. again these clerks pretty shaken up this morning but they are trying to deal with this. they have two workers on staff this morning. customers were shaken up but thankful that no one was hurt. reporting live in clear water. abc action news. now to an update on a sarasota man wanted in the murder of an 18-year-old woman

they arrested the man over my shoulder. we got that mug shot this morning. he's facing second-degree murder charges in the death of mariah goode. she was shot. an unidentified person drove her to the hospital where she died. he's scheduled to be in court this afternoon. charges upgraded in a student killing -- it happened in martin county on the southeast co year-old austin harof with two first-degree murder. he was initially charged with second-degree murder. deputies say he attacked a jupiter couple and stabbed a neighbor who came to help. with the upgraded first-degree murder charges prosecutors could now seek the death penalty. a former orlando police officer is sentenced to 51 weeks behind bars for assaulting an inmate.

>> called me the day that this happened on the way home. mom, pardon my language but i messed up. >> an officer was caught on camera kneeing a drunk inmate in the stomach. the employee so hard it ruptured his spleen. the judge also ordered the former officer to pay the man's medical bills. a winter springs high school security guard is in jail this morning for student. that guard got the student to -- that student got into a heated discussion before things turned physical. witnesses say he even threated to throw that student over a second-story railing. he's been charged with child abuse and battery. >> expecting to learn some new rules that florida lawmakers will have to follow. a ban on texting while legislating. the miami herald reports

it's proprevent messages from lawmakers in session to restore public trust. they will be sworn in later this month. still to come on abc action news a gunman on the loose after shooting into a crowd. the one thing that triggered this violence and the change of heart from the gunman. >> plus a courtroom brawl. the one thing that suspect you see on the floor

place he stop putting others at risk and what she did next that put a police

both pilots are hospitalized in stable condition >> the second landed safely at a nearby naval air station. investigators are questioning both of them. what went wrong. the same has been involved in several different crashes. marine corps decided to unveil several of them for safety reasons. this morning a man ac siss is is heading to court. the month's long investigation that led to his arrest. they say aaron daniels of ohio wired $250 to an islamic state group back in january. then the 20-year-old allegedly told an undercover informant. during tuesday's bond hearing prosecutors will push to keep him in jail. caught on camera. police find a woman passed out behind the wheel of an san diego freeway.

shocking. he hits the window, shines a light but what happens? she starts driving and she put that officer at risk. she eventually pulled over and she stopped and luckily nobody was hurt. police say they're going to charge her with drunk drive. >> a young woman made history on election day. the 21-year-old became the youngest person ever elected to florida house of representatives. amber is a senior despite her age she beat democratic incumbent. she won by 788 votes. her dad just won his fourth term on commission but obviously she now outranks him. >> politics work and doing all of that. it's a lot to handle but doing the work doesn't stop here. i still have two years now to

my community. >> didn't expect this opportunity to present itself so quickly but i will tell you at 6:00 she wanted to be the first lady president. >> she has some powerful friends. she's been endorsed by rick scott and senator marco rubio. some cooler air is forecasted to move in as soon as this evening. we begin to feel more like the holidays. >> no new york folks are getting into the holiday state hold on. >> the christmas tree. kind of like rockefeller. >> okay. it's going make it's journey to manhattan today. crews are scheduled cut down a 94-foot tall norway spruce and they'll take the two- day drive. it'll take them two days to 140 miles to rockefeller center. it will be lit on november 30th. >> for christmas. just the two-front teeth apparently.

could be kritters in that tree. >> yeah. > i've seen vacation. >> i love you. >> take a look at our forecast right now. take a look at our radar. you can see over the last three hours it has just been nice and dry. so you don't have to worry about any rain getting in your way for your morning drive. things are looking fantastic. we've got some cloud cover. behind that cool front. well, that's about all we're going to the cool front. no big dramatic changes but we will have lower humidity with that drier air moving in and lots of sunshine. we're almost perfectly clear tonight. no rain in sight. not only today but over the next couple of days so much if you have a round of golf in mind, not bad at all. in the wind speeds aren't going to be terribly high. 5 to 10 miles an hour wind from the north to

80 as the high today. and that is just about on target with average for the average high this morning our low starts off a little above average though. we should be right around 60 degrees. we're at 64 right now. but you can see the low 50s around crystal river. it's at 60. st. pete at 67. hey. saverring 64 degrees. did you see that? we'll be reaching highs in the upper 70 toss degrees. the next chance for rain holds off until early next week. the strong chance for rain. good news for that morning commute. what's going on out there. >> good news on the road as well. crashes are breakdown. slowing things down. we are -- it's getting a little crowded out there.

toll booth. cutting into tampa. just about a 7-minute drive across the bridge right now. back to you. it's 6:20 now. if you're traveling for thanksgiving or christmas there's some things you should leave behind if you're flying. experts say skip the books and magazines. they just weigh down your bag. bring along a ipad. don't bring your entire office with you on vacation either. just getting distracting. keep your expensive accessory at home, jewelry for example. three tops and three bombs bottoms that are practical. >> you have another chance to enjoy all of that tasty fair food starting tonight. the greater county fair opens tonight. and besides the food rides, animal exhibit and motorcycle show.

police department is hosting what's it's calling pizza with a cop. from 5:30 to #u 30. you're invited to stop by a free slice of pizza and a chat with officers. clear water police say it's meant to improve communication. >> still ahead this morning. security concerns over lightbulbs. the florida -- allow hackers to use them. >> a wedding proposal isn't

a flaw in some lightbulbs could allow hackers to take down parts of internet or start a full scale attack on the country's infrastructure. lightbulbs. it can start by plugging a sing l infect the bulb and spread everywhere within minutes. they were also able to use drone to take over light butables and make them flash sos singles. they contacted phil lims and provided technical details for a fix. >> smart phone may shom day be able to read your lips this could be a huge benefit to those with

oxford is working on software called lipnet. it scans a person -- it scan's a person mouth awhile they're talking processing the entire state. they say it's light years ahead of human lip readers and accuracy. it hasn't fully been tested yet. it seems some work before it goes public. eventually it could make voice commands to your phone even more accurate. >> one thing is those funny lip reading >> crocodile hunter decided to propose to his girlfriend in a unique way by luring a fresh water crocodile out to help him. >> he uses that bait you saw to lure that crock out of the water and turns his back on the dangerous animal to pop the question to his surprised and maybe little nervous girlfriend. she pulled it off at his workplace the australian reptile park. his girlfriend said yes. get wac to work.

facebook page. 200,000 views so far. 6:27. coming up at 6:30, thousands protesting trumplez in more than two dozen cities. the all-new video of the chaos and streets. >> also one police department offering incentives to try to protect you from a common crime. the reason the trend is about to increase this month. a cool start to the day and dry. weather. >> looks great. look how pretty the shot is. traffic flowing nicely here and coming up your drive

from san francisco to new york, even right here in tampa talk to people marching in solidarity. >> these protests are happening just hours before president elect trump heads to the white house for a meeting with president obama. the white house is easing concern about what will happen at that meeting. and native elements the all- new progress troops are making in mosul. thanks for wakin thursday. >> good morning. we'll get to those stories coming up. we do want to help you get out the door. ivan is off today but shea is in and some sunshine after that cloudy day yesterday. >> yesterday was pretty cloudy. there was a cool front rolling through. behind that front, temperatures are a little lower. as that drier air is working its way from north to south and that means 55 is -- as you're waking up. beverly hills at 56.

south though the drier air hasn't settled in. it's going to feel a bit muggy as you head out the door to 64 degrees in tampa. 5 the in west chase. as we move through the day the lower humidity as early as this afternoon. when we reach our high. it's going to be dry and sunny all day long. good morning. how are things looking for the morning commute? i hope they're still looking good. >> still looking good. i know -- it is starting to get which tend to happen as more people head to, who. this is what it looks i-75. you can see people starting to tap their brakes. these taillights heading south to i-4 and your drive on i-4 looking great for the moment. 25 minutes from -- 9 minutes from 75 down to 275.

5 major cities in america to denounced election. >> take a look at the video behind us. others blocked traffic on major highways. protesting march overnight. abc increase awes anchor is following the latest development. these protests have been pretty peaceful. >> absolutely. and you know we've only heard most of those happening in new york city. there have been a couple of minor injuries. one of them to a police officer in chicago. but he's expected to be okay. we've been watching the live feeds here all morning long. getting in that new video for you. chanted things like no trump and love trumps hate. not my president and i'm with her. in cities like la and portland

trump and marchs say their concerned that donald trump will do even more to divide the country than he will to bring it together. they're taking a stand against hate. we are facing a lot of steps back. a lot of things are going to happen that are going to be different. >> many protesters have since gone home. they are likely to reignite today. if for a sit-down at the white house with president obama. continue to watch the feed. president obama is going to meet with president-elect trump and white house officials are easing concerns about contention election season. they will work together to ensure a smooth transition of power. president obama called trump unfit and unqualified to serve.

exendz on everyone to set aside party differences. some good new on wall street despite futures on election night showing losses of 850 poin s. the dow opened higher an just kept climbing. the fact the dow closed up more than 250 poin s finishing 50 poin s within -- within 50 poin s of the all-time high. another this morning. up 136 poin s at last check. also higher. global markets. japan's -- european markets also higher so far today. >> all this morning calling marijuana the next cash crop. it krowld bring thousands of jobs. theblgd include everything from growers to dispense

shad dose. shad -- overnight like that. so if you're an edibles maker. overnight they may change the laws and you have to throw all of your packaging out. all of your products are no good. >> however angel sates the potential to make a sizable profit far outweighs the risk. many industry supporters expect the industry to rootd before it happen state lawmakers will have to make specific rules and regulations. >> some good news from the labor department could be bad news know though. job opens in september were close to hitting a record high. 5.5 million. that's good news if you're looking for a job. it could also be a good sign that employers are looking to hire but it could also mean that they are facing the job skills gap meaning there aren't enough workers with the right

the fight against isis. envai for iraq is reporting a iraqi troops are making steady progress from the -- saying civilian casualties are being minimalized. isis appears to be forcing thousands to relocate inside mosul to use them as human shields. starting today, you could win $25 in gift cards simply by going out. burglary prevention campaign fsm they are locked and don't have any valuable officers will leave a blue card on the windshield with a phone number to call. officers say they tend to see this crime increase around the holidays. because of shoppers leaving gifts in their cars. five people will be ran lie selected to receive a gift card every week until december 23rd.

the top agency answer some tough questions and u.s. senator demanding answers. our investigate discovered local and state government agencies selling florida consumers vehicles with potentially dangerous and unfixed recalls. they tracked dozens of recalled cars and trucks being sold in a public auction here in tampa. they include county sheriff's cruisers and more than two dozen highway patrol cars. one equipped with an air bag that could explode. according to florida highw a fix. they sell them as-is. for which we found them auctions off recalled cars just go to our website. we're learning new details about the investigation into the disappearance of diana alvarez. keep tis may have known a key detail about the suspect within hours of the nine-year old's

but a day after that alert was issued the spotlight was found. five months after alvarez -- five months later alvarez is still miesessing. >> sending help to haiti today as that country struggles to recover. one month after hurricane matthew struck. that storm devastated the island killing 1,000 people. leaving 1.4 million in need of help. water sanitation, infrastructure, they're all still more than 20,000 pounds of basic necessities to donate. volunteers will pack them up and put them on a ship to haiti later this morning. >> a big change for women and how your doctors handle pregnancy. the world health organization is a new set of guidelineses. they suggest that women get health care services at least eight times during pregnancy with five of those visits in the last trimester. that's double the agency's

down on the number of deaths of expectant mothers and newborns. >> expected to more than double. worldwide in the next 14 years. the american cancer society says an increase in deaths will mostly come from low and middle income countries where health care is limited. doctors are urging developing countries right now to take some basic steps to curb the trend like promoting self examinations and campaigns against smoking. >> holiday will put on sale for black friday. we should know the deals at the latest by tomorrow. meantime target going against the black friday trend that we've been seeing so far. roadway tail giant announcing they will open their doors at 6 p.m. on thanksgiving for the third year in a row. a black friday presale before

opens today in st. pete. it's the blue ocean film festival opening night movie. more than 90 fill ps from 24 countries will be screened during this four-day festival. and we are off to a gorgeous start to the day. 6:40 right now. you can see the sun coming up here. the river day tower looking over harbor and part of day long. so lots of sunshine. warming our temperatures up. from the low to mid-60s this morning. to nearly 80 degrees as a high. i'll let you know just how long this beautiful weather is going to stick around and time out those next cool fronts coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> thanks. still ahead it started out as a joke. but a real estate company is now overwhelming with

with the election results relocate. a 21-year-old man behind bars. when he's set to face a judge, next. joins up and become the veteran's expressway. it continues on and maybe to highway 60 and 275. right now everything's moving smoothly but it could change. don't go anywhere.

a few days ago. detectives say he talked to the man sitting in the car to see if he knew who shot into the car. it's even harder to accept

wheelchair. they raised $30,000 for stem cell treatment to save her. >> that's my baby you killed. now he's in heaven. she's okay. i'm praying for your soul. her biological mother traveled to the u.s. on extremely close. freeman is expected to make a first appearance at 1 p.m. today. of course, we're going to letd you know what happens. live in sarasota. abc increase news >> . sports and politics don't mix and that appears to be the case in massachusetts. >> trump read a letter from patriots coach bill bell --

letter. >> i have a friendship and loilt to donald. a couple of weeks ago we had a secretary of state kerry in our lockerroom. another friend of mine. i can't imagine two people with more different political views than those two. it's just about that. it's not about political or religious views. when errorrers asked his about support he told them, hi wife won't allow him to talk about po >> he might put up an electric fence. >> he's considering that because his pitbull jumped off a sea wall and ended up the water two miles away. he led his dog outside monday morning to kind of take care of business but when he went to check on her, she was gone. he couldn't find her. john says a tow boat captain found her hours later struggling in the water trying to hang on.

he's an angel. the fact that they were in the middle of their job and they were able to just stop what they were doing and pull this dog out, it was tremendous. >> john was reunited with gypsy after that tow boat captain posted that message to ask if anyone lost their pitbull. when she came out of the water she was exhausted. >> good morning. we're watching a crash in your area. u.s. 19 southbound right at drew street. i'm not seeing any slow dowbs however drew street out the door. check out i-275. we are slammed. a lot of people tapping their breaks. not hearing of any crashes. a lot of people trying to get to the same place. take a look at this. 49 average speed. heading south but not too bad on the veteran's and

in clear water. 63. st. pete 67. lots of season shien. take a look at that blue right. there that's where the temperatures are as much as 11 to 13 degrees this morning than yesterday at this time. 4 degrees lower in tampa. and this is because that drier, slightly cooler air is trying to work its way from north to south today. what i think you're going to notice most beyond the sunshine and the dry weather is the lower humidity that will start to be noticeable as that drier air works its way from north to south. lots of season shien. temperatures are still going to be warm. we're going to top out near 80 degrees and at clear water breach 79. a gorgeous beach day. 7 # degrees as the water temperature in the gulf right now and the highs over the next couple of days will remain in the upper 7 0z. another front that rolls

really looking great out there. lots of sunshine. dry all the way through to the end of the weekend and then early next week, ahead of our next front, we'll have a slight chance for a few showers. so i don't see any reason to want to move from tampa bay. it's looking gorgeous. >> we couldn't agree more. >> what started as a joke for one south carolina real estate business could now mean some big up billboards about moving to canada after the election. but they say tuesday night, their phones started ringing off the hook when the election was considerable results starting rolling in and early yesterday morning. >> realized that even though it was a joke and just to get attention in the beginning we found out there's a lot of people that are very, very serious about wanting to sell their home because they're

they don't do that. >> the office is already received 400 phone calls just since last fight. >> i saw a sign recently. same thing. want to sell your house? move to canada? i'll help you. >> stay with us we'll be right back. the trump family will have a brand new address enthe task of making a white house home. >> it will be my honor and privilege to serve this >> she's the first immigrant to be first lady since louisa in the 1th century. second of all, she's a former model. >> still the new first lady's most important role will continue to be that of mother to 10-year-old ba ba -- baron, the youngest since jfk jr. he's taking the change in stride.

him so he knows what's going on. he's taking it very well. and we'll have a live report coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma first look.

. >> all right. we're looking at a gorgeous day. starting off with temperatures mainly in the low to mid-60s around tampa bay. a little bit cooler.

make it to highs near 80. you'll notice the lower humidity later this amp. gorgeous stretch of weather right through the weekend. >> well today is a big day for president-elect donald trump. he's meeting with president obama at the white house. the two will discuss how to ensure a smooth transition of power in january. >> meeting is a white house tradition and may recall the president had called trump unfit to serve during the campaign. it wait is over. star buck unveiling this year's they're trying to avoid the controversy from last year. >> a lot of people buzzing about them already. they are red and white and 1 different designs. all created by women from around the world. last year critics called -- a war on christmas. donald trump suggested a boycott at the time. >> that's pretty cool. >> by the way a buy one get one deal. starting today through monday. >> yeah. >> awesome. >> fire in the afternoon.

good morni good morning, america. breaking overnight anti-trump protests erupt coast to coast. peaceful ones turning police fighting back with tear gas. >> tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets. marching on trump towers in new york and chicago. more than a hundred arrests. >> donald trump heads to washington vowing to bring the country together after a bitter election. >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. >> he'll meet president obama in the oval office this morning. >> we're not democrats first, we're not republicans first, we