live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >> we begin this morning at 9 with breaking news. take a look at these incredible ct massive sinkhole there created by a water main break. that car keeps sinking until it's completely gone. it's swallowed by the water. the citrus county sheriff's office sharing these photos from the scene. that water main break happened early this morning on truman boulevard in beverly hills. >> deputies say truman is shut down from south washington street to south barber street as crews work to repair that water main break. no injuries have been reported at this time. we do have a crew on the way right now. we'll bring you a live update

now take a look at this, trump trashing graffiti on a mobile home. >> you see there it says burn everything with an arrow pointing to a mobile home next door set on fire overnight. reporter clifton french is live at the scene right now. any word yet on what caused this fire? >> yeah, we're still waiting for hillsborough county fire department to get back with us. you know, witnesses tell me that they've seen two people inside of this mobile home. it's vacant. they've seen people in there the last three nights started, but the words right here on the mobile home next door show that this is alone suspicious. >> it's very scary. >> spray painted words of hate and violence, expletive trump, burn everything, and an arrow pointed directly to the scene of a potential crime. >> we're going to have a civil war if this keeps on, you know. >> a fire mainly contained to the inside of this trailer directly behind anna foster's

this morning. she says red and white lights woke her up. the words she found written here are keeping he awake. >> it's really, really, really scary to think, that you know, you might wake up every night to that. >> the two trailers here empty, but a potential arson has filled these neighbors with fear, and for anna more sleepless nights to come. >> we don't all have to agree on everything, but we do have to remain grown up and civil. mean this >> and you can also see the letters spray painted right here, blm, that's a potential acronym for black lives matter. now, witnesses tell me that they have also seen a black lives matter matters graffiti on this trailer in the past. just down the road about 3 or 4 blocks there's another vacant home that has the blm and the expletive trump narrative written on there as well. reporting live in hillsborough

action news. thanks clifton, and this morning we have a better look at who will be a part of president-elect trump's administration. >> republican national committee chairman reince priebus will be his white house chief of staff. the president-elect passing over stephen bannon. bannon oversaw trump's entire presidential election campaign. instead, bannon will serve as his chief strategist and senior counselor. groups are condemning that choice because of bannon's history with a nationalist website. cabinet members include newt gingrich, rudy giuliani, and chris christie. >> the president-elect is clarifying his plan for a wall along the u.s. southern border. he said he would consider making it a fence in some places. >> for certain areas i would but certain areas a wall is very appropriate. i'm very good at this, this is called construction. >> so part wall, part fence.

taking the presidential salary of $400,000 a year. instead he'll be paid just $1. we're finding out attorneys representing donald trump have filed a motion to delay the fraud lawsuit against him and trump university until after the inauguration. the president-elect's attorney argues that extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach a settlement. right now the civil trial is scheduled to begin two weeks from today. president obama's farewell tour overseas is taking on new meaning with trump's victory last week. as the president travels summit in peru this week, president-elect trump is expected to loom over the trip every step of the way with his triumph sparking concerns across the world. president obama is expected to speak to world leaders about shared values leading up to the next administration. the president departs today on that six-day trip. and good morning from the weather center and a lot of fog out there this morning, not as widespread as yesterday. at this point we're lifting

morning lows, take a look at this, rather cool in some spots but mostly mild here with 60s tomorrow, same areas we saw 60s this morning, we'll see 40s. get ready for that. we have to get through a front, and it's a slow moving system here, a lot of cloud associated with it. it will take all day and all night and even early tomorrow for us to break out into some clear air, and then we'll begin to see some very nice conditions across the area. temps right now in the low to mid-60s up to the north. notice the more breaks of sun here and that will allow for temperatures to be a little bit milder through the afternoon, so about 80 across the southeastern counties. we'll keep it in the 70s in general here, and we'll do that with mostly cloudy skies. we'll talk about that clearing and the cooler temperatures ahead when i see you in a few minutes. an update now on a crash we've been following southbound i-75 to manatee. this crash happened just after state road 64.

happening with this crash. some improvement up to 26 miles per hour. still seeing some delays starting in ellenton. that crash will be completely out of the way. here's a live look at what it looks like, the howard franklin bridge coming into tampa. 9:06. now thanks janelle, iraqi troops are making progress in the fight against isis. they're moving in with caution as they fight back suicide bombers. this is video we got at a newsroom over the horizon from explosions. yesterday special forces entered the city of ninroud. that's south of mosul. witnesses say the terrorist group is fortifying positions, digging new trenches and building barriers on major roads. overnight we learned a disturbing discovery at miami international airport helped agents break an international arms smuggling operation. back in april, customs agents

intrigued, agents put the address on the package for surveillance. they arrested two men for trying to ship 8 guns, 23,000 rounds of ammunition and 19 high capacity magazines to venezuela. three people are dead including an infant after a shooting in a jacksonville food mart parking lot. one man, two women and a baby were in the car when they were shot. one of the women died in the car. thot died from their injuries. investigators say the shooting could be related to an earlier dispute between the two women. >> in jacksonville it's a sad day for everyone who lives in area, and it's a sad day for those who are out here investigating this crime. >> it's not clear who actually fired those shots. investigatorsare hoping to interview possible witnesses. a public memorial is planned for former u.s. attorney general janet reno. services will be held december

kendall campus. reno was the first woman to serve as attorney general of the united states. she grew up in south florida. she fanned controversy when she authorized agents to seize aid elian gonzalez. hundreds in desperate need of medical help had to be turned way at an event offering free care over the weekend. we told you about this on friday. it's a three-day event. organizers say they had no choice but to turn hundreds waiting hours in line for free care at manatee county's remote area medical clinic. the need was so great they ran out of appointment times. there were about 350,000 people living in manatee county, almost half of those people needed a free clinic like the one offered over the weekend. next fall some pasco county middle and high school students will likely be forced to change schools, and that's upsetting many parents. district leaders say enrollment

altered. parents complain the proposed changes would move their kids 7 miles further from their homes. parents will get a chance to speak about the proposed boundaries at a a meeting tonight at 6 in new new port richey. >> you won't believe what happened to one woman, how her phone cord nearly sparked a house fire and what you need to look for when buying cords and chargers. >> another law enforcement duty. why authorities are calling

12 minutes after 9 right now with sweet 16 party took a violent turn in connecticut after somebody opened fire leaving four people hurt. one man seriously injured. it happened saturday night at a club. police say a group crashed that party. a fight broke out inside the club and then moved to the parking lot outside.

the man accused of killing a california deputy execution style is now in custody this morning. >> authorities say the gunman shot that deputy twice in the head. we're told 36-year-old david machado was arrested hours after that killing yesterday after trying to steal a woman's purse. a local sheriff's office says this all started when deputy dennis wallace checked on a report of a suspicious van. authorities believe wallace was shot at point-blank range. another deputy found him a shor where he died. four people are recovering this morning after being attacked during a flash mob. police say two teenagers are responsible for the chaos. it happened last night in philadelphia. the victims include an off-duty detective who tried to stop the attack. police say the group of teens took off after starting the brawl, but they were found later as two 16-year-olds were arrested. they now face assault charges. investigators have not determined a motive for the attack. right now chicago police are sending a message to gang

after more than 600 homicides in that city this year. the police department launched -- the goal is to break up gangs in the so-called hot zones on the west and south sides. this year chicago is on track to have its deadliest year in two decades. new zealand plans on sending military helicopters and a navy ship to rescue hundreds of tourists and residents stranded after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake local time. strong aftershocks are still being felt there this morning. at least two people are dead and injuries have been reported. take a look at some of the damage the quake cracking apart roads and homes. after touring the area today, new zealand's prime minister john key says rebuilding efforts could run into the billions of dollars. that tremor triggered landslides and a small tsunami. new zealand is no stranger to earthquakes.

by an earthquake in 2011 that killed 185 people. >> that earthquake not just causing problems for humans. take a look at these three cows on an island of grass in a panic that had been ripped apart by that powerful earthquake. this aerial footage shows that patch of grass surrounded by deep ravines trapping those animals where they stood. good news in the fight to control wildfires burning across the southeast. crews say higher humidity is helping them fight and contain more than a dozen wildfires acro the state forest service there says while most of the rain didn't make it to the mountains, more moist air over the area should give firefighters a chance to make significant progress. firefighters say the fire danger will rise as drier weather returns and more leaves begin to fall. yesterday marked one year since the terror attacks in paris france that killed 130 people and months after the devastation france is a changed place. tourism is hurting. armed forces roam the streets,

yesterday survivors and victim's families marked the anniversary by pleading for national unity. we just saw french president francois hollande unveiling a plaque honoring the victims of the attack. the bataclan reopened saturday with a performance from sting. you thinking of saving money buying a non-apple charger for your iphone: consumer reporter john matarese has this important warning about counterfeit iphone cords and chargers. you might have heard about it and moved on but now one woman wants everyone to know the risks of buying non-apple accessories saying she's lucky her house didn't burn down. katie grabbed her iphone one recent morning with no idea what was ability to happen. >> my alarm was going off saturday morning and like clock work i pulled the charger from my phone.

>> i just heard an explosion, and i stopped a second like what was that and then i looked down and i see the sparks. >> when she dropped the cord, it fell on to the plug, and the metallic braided covering shorted out sending sparks everywhere. luckily katie says it didn't ignite her carpeting, but she was stunned as she assumed this braided cord was stronger than the white plastic apple cords. >> all the regular cords they bend and show wires every t would hold up. >> she never realized the metal covering would be a natural conductor. >> all this comes a couple of weeks after apple issued a nationwide alert about third- party chargers and cords sold for iphones. it says it has no way to guarantee that any of those products are safe. >> so how can you protect yourself? apple says buy only apple brand or apple certified chargers or

mfi logo saying apple has checked them for safety. katie says she'll steer clear of noncertified cords in the future. >> we tried to contact the manufacturer but katie did not save the packaging and the discount store no longer has it for sale. be careful of what you buy so you don't waste your money, i'm john matarese abc action news. >> you have to be careful. >> yes >> goodness. >> it's not the battery at this time, it's the charger. >> welcome back. >> i actually was here on saturday. a lovely time. >> beautiful weekend. >> it was a great weekend. brief interruption in our fantastic weather for today as you can clearly see. my goodness, is this -- well, is this tampa or portland there, it looks -- well, they don't have a beach there but you know what i mean. we'll get back into our sunshine after we get this

moon from parish. a lot of us got clouded over, but before that happened we did get some fantastic photos coming in. as we take a look at the fog, still a little left over, crystal river seeing about a half mile, the rest of us doing much better. yes, yesterday morning we also were locked in, but more widespread was the fog as we had clear skies up above, one of the ingredients you need for the denser fog. didn't have that today. have a lot of clouds around. a front messy. eventually we will get into the clear air and the dry conditions and the cooler weather actually coming in already tonight. there's the front as we take it down further south, we'll continue to see improving weather from north to south throughout the day tomorrow. in fact, i still think we wake up tomorrow with a lot of clouds. it will be midday, and we won't see a lot of clouds for quite some time after that.

temps across the area, anywhere from the low 60s up to the north. this is 70s to the south, a few more breaks here, and so that will allow temperatures to climb up little bit, so we should flirt, if not touch 80 down south but staying in the low to mid-70s generally elsewhere for the remainder of the day. leaves are falling right, take a look at this. as you wake up tomorrow, despite the cloud cover, i still think we're going to get very chilly with temps dropping into the 50s, some upper 40s, up a by the way, the medium range models picking up on the coldest air mass we've had so far this season. that's for next week where we could be seeing our first temperatures in the 30s across the area. so stand by for parka weather here. mid to upper 70s for today, mostly cloudy day but not going to rain on us too much. just a 10% chance of a sprinkle, that would be it, and that would be it actually for

conditions behind the front tuesday. covering mid-70s and we'll keep those temperatures climbing up to near 80 by the end of the week. >> 9:21. back to our top story this morning breaking into the newsroom, our crew just arriving in citrus county where a car was swallowed up following a water main break. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live in beverly hills but look at what's happening out there. the pictures are incredible. what are you seeing. >> let me tell you, if you think the pictures a it's amazing. we're going to have roger pan over so you can see that hole. all of this is caused early this morning by this water main break. at this point we don't know how deep this hole actually is. again, the vehicle just pulled out of there. if you can see right in front of me, that vehicle just pulled out. the driver still here on the scene a bit too shaken up to speak with us on camera. as you can imagine he would be. thankfully he is not hurt. if you look right over to my

to pull out this water to see exactly what they're dealing with as far as this hole. now obviously whenever you see something like this in florida, the main concern a lot of folks worry about are possibly sinkholes and that's something that a lot of folks in this neighborhood were kind of concerned about initially. we have here joining me ivy gillaspie. you were saying early this morning when you saw this hole that was your first fear, sinkhole. >> exactly. >> sinkhole are so big here, and seei other sinkholes nearby it scares me. when i walk out and saw that and i said don't tell me it's a sink light and i saw the taillight. and my husband said it was a water main break and i was like oh, my god i hope the guy got out okay. his safety was my biggest thing. it's just scary to see this happen because just minutes before my son was getting ready to cross the road to his bus

prior to this driver, and then when this driver got over it, he felt the road starting to give, and he jumped out as fast as he could. >> i know truman boulevard here is a pretty busy area, and thankfully no buses or anything like that were able to get through at that time. i know this must be a pretty busy time at that time of morning as well. >> it was just around the time that the buses were about to come through. buses would have come through a matter of 10 minutes after we saw this. if the bus would have come through, it the bus routes, i contacted transportation and told them about my other son's bus and they rerouted buses for the other kids. >> thank you very much. and again, truman boulevard here shut down to traffic. again, it will definitely take some time to clean this mess up. again, the septic company here to pump all of this water up to determine exactly how deep this hole is. again, folks in this community simply thankful that no buses were coming through at the time. of course, we'll be out here throughout the morning gathering information on

throughout the morning if you guys want to come back to us later, we can. we'll be out here speaking with neighbors trying to get all the info we can. thankfully no one hurt in all this. report live out in citrus county, rodney dunigan abc action news. >> thanks rodney. >> coming up on abc action news this morning, we'll tell you how how. >> good morning everybody, we're wrapping you'll meet a 20 year veteran in military intelligence, retired lieutenant colonel karen mercks.

it is 9:27. this being called a medical breakthrough. a new test could allow people living with hiv to monitor their disease as easily and quickly as checking their weight on a scale. >> scientists in london now stick. it can detect the amount of hiv in a single drop of blood. this could open the doors for detections of other diseases like hepatitis. >> a new study out this morning is bringing peace of mind to people with arthritis. the arthritis medication celebrex is easier on the stomach than prescription- strength ibuprofen. many patients expressed concerns about the negative side effects of the painkiller. the study found it caused fewer

a famous chef makes a stop in the tampa y area. why emeril lagasse was drawn to

live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >> tragedy near madeira beach, a well-known tampa attorney is dead while her husband survives. now what deputies think happened out >> plus, some surprising moments during president-elect donald trump's first interview since his big victory. how he's defending himself when it comes to his temperament and twitter usage. >> thank you for starting your week with us. i'm deiah riley. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. >> we will. first a quick check on the forecast with ivan cabrera. >> going to be the cloudiest day we've had so far in a while here. only one day. we'll just get through this, a

get into sunshine for tomorrow. cooler times and also very comfortable temperatures despite chilly mornings coming up. afternoon highs will be doing just fine. quiet on doppler radar. if we get anything it will be a light sprinkle, quick mover. there will be a few breaks, but the clouds will certainly win out and we'll have generally a cloudy day with temps in the mid and upper 70s, lower 70s down southeast and your hour-by- hour forecast will take us through the end of the day with and then we'll cool off tonight beginning the process of clearing things out with that front. we'll talk more about that and the extended forecast in a few minutes. the bay area is mourning the death of a popular attorney. she died in a diving accident over the weekend. her husband was injured. >> this happened saturday 5 miles off madeira beach. while the investigation continues, the husband is still in the hospital. abc action news anchor james tully is live at johns pass, and james, what do we know

>> well, dan, we know that it's improving, and it's possible he could help fill in some of the blanks deputies have at this point, because there are a lot of questions about what happened. now i'm here out on johns pass. this is very close to where paramedics found the two of them saturday afternoon. this man william blaze -- blaise gamba, excuse me, died yesterday morning. she was 37 years old and worked as an attorney what happened to her, saturday afternoon her husband made a distress call to another boater. blaise was unconscious when that boater radioed for help. spoke with the sheriff's office this morning, and still, deputies are simply calling this a diving accident. we also spoke with a colleague at the firm where blaise worked. he told us she was an unselfish and hardworking attorney.

and she was good to everyone. we wish blaise's family, you know, the best in what we know is a very difficult time, and we're obviously all hoping and praying for her husband's recovery. >> reporter: that colleague also telling us that blaise volunteered her time, worked many pro bono cases during her time practicing law in tampa for those who couldn't afford it a lawyer. we learned deputies we'll let you know. right now it was a diving accident near madeira beach that led to blaise's death. live this morning in pinellas county, james tully abc action news. 9:34, donald trump speaking out for the first time since his presidential win in an interview with cbs defending his temperament and use of social media appearing on last night's 60 minutes, the president-elect called himself a quote, very sober person, and will conduct himself quote in a

when asked about his divisive rhetoric during the campaign, he says it's sometimes necessary to get people motivated. he called twitter an effective form of communication that helped him win but that he'll be more restrained as president. trump also discussed deporting criminals who are undocumented immigrants but left the door open for other undocumented immigrants. >> probably 2 million. it could even be 3 million. we're getting them out of our country or we're going to incarcerate. after the border's secured after everything gets normalized we're going it make a determination on the people you're talking about who are terrific people, terrific people. >> one surprising moment, trump says he's fine with same-sex marriage, that it's been settled by the supreme court. protests surrounding the election continued in the bay area over the weekend, more than 500 people rallied last night in st. pete. >> people united will never be defea ed >> immigrants and members of

continue tonight for their values and they're urging others to do the same. >> absolutely, they should get out and let their representatives know that they're not happy with whatever decisions have been made. they need to voice their concerns about whatever political issues that do not jive with the reason the united states of america was founded. >> there were also encouraging people to take action in their communities telling them not to give up. a tampa bay bucs wide receiver mike evans is also protesting the election. every vans sat alone on the bench during the national anthem before yesterday's game at raymond james stadium. he says he won't stand for something he doesn't believe in. >> i'm not big on politics or things like that. i told myself if this happens, america's not right right now, and i said this a long time ago, when he ran i thought it was a joke, and you know the joke continues. >> evans says he isn't disrespecting veterans but says

elect. we're waiting to find out more about a shooting investigation in tampa. this happened in the 31 block of osborne avenue last night. police say they arrested one person. they have not released their name yet. they also found a gun, they say. no one was hurt in that shooting. police are becoming more concerned about a trend here in florida involving so-called ghost guns. they're military style semiautomatic rifles that people can assemble at home. they don't have any serial numbers or markings making them untraceable. at least six companies are selling kits for them in the daytona beach area. people can legally buy them without background checks because of how the government defines firearms. toyota will pay up to $3.4 billion to pick up truck and suv owners here in the u.s. the vehicles don't have enough protection against rust and it may impact their structural integrity. the japanese automaker reaching a settlement after owners filed a lawsuit. it includes tacoma and tundra

between 2005 and 2010. the company will inspect vehicles for 12 years they say after the sale date and either replace the frame or reimburse the buyer. he is arguably one of the most well-known she was in the world. >> emeril lagasse and he's bringing his show to south tampa. we were at ava on south avenue. ava serves authentic italian dishes but it's the pizza piqued lagasse's interest and the imported custom oven used to bake them that cost a whopping $75,000. >> it's a big deal because you know what, it's a big deal what's happening in florida. it's not only just about restaurants. it's about farmers, fishermen. it's about agriculture. >> we're told ava isn't the only bay area restaurant lagasse went to. it's all going to be featured on the cooking channel over the

moon, a historic celestial event that's not being repeated for decades. >> first in another incident of vandalism following the presidential election, how one church is fighting this negative message with a

at 9:41, back to breaking news we've been following all morning, our crew now in citrus county where cars were swallowed up following a water main break. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live in beverly hills with a driver who got out just in time. this guy certainly is lucky. >> reporter: yeah, you're right about that. you know, it's a very fluid situation. this is the car. they actually just pulled it out of that hole, about to tow it away. matt jakes is the owner of that car. he's nice us. matt, we're on live real quick. i know you're trying to handle some things. just describe for us, we've all seen those dramatic pictures, this all happened about 6:30 this morning, you're headed out to work. kind of describe what happened. >> i was on my way to work, it was still kind of dark out. i was just coming up here like i usually do. the speed limit's like 15. i think i was doing 10. there was a pickup truck in front of me and he drove right

and then all of a suomi front two tires kind of fell, and i tried to reverse, back it up, and it wasn't happening. it just started sucking my car in and started leaning. the water started coming up through the bottom so i had to get out, just pretty much just jumped out and that was about it, and then it just started sinking more and more. >> you know, we've all been looking at those pictures, you know, folks have been wanting to know about you and your, you know, safety, how you're doing. just describe for us, it had be a scary situation. >> reporter: it was kind of unbelievable for a minute, i was like is this really happening, and then whatever it was, so i'm glad i just -- you know, i jumped out when i did. my feet got a little wet or whatever. yeah, it just kind of freaked me out, and then it just kept falling, sinking more and more, and eventually went totally submerged. i'm okay, i got out. i don't know, just a hassle. i was on my way to work,

got no car. i didn't expect the road to fall out. >> looking a at your car behind you right now. >> no, yeah, that's pretty ty -- oh, it ain't going anywhere nile anytime soon. hopefully my insurance will take care of it. otherwise i'm without a vehicle for a while. >> we're certainly glad you're all right. >> thanks a lot. >> i want to show you guys something, i want to show you another look at this hole. since so, this hole has gotten bigger. we've seen pieces of it drop off. you see the septic tank here. they're here to pump that water out and actually see how deep this hole is before they can actually evaluate, when they can fix this thing, possibly filling it up here. obviously a lot of folks in this neighborhood pretty concerned about this right now, especially that homeowner who lives directly in front of this hole. we just spoke with her just a few minutes ago, and obviously she's concerned wondering what the county is going to be doing

so, again, very active scene. again, thankfully no one hurt in all this. we're going to send it back to you guys in the studio. >> live tv. since the election, tensions have been rising across the country. >> we've heard several incidents of course of racist speech and politically threatened messages. in the lacest incident an episcopal church in maryland vandalized. members arrived to find their banner advertising spanish language services destroyed, the wordtr the banner and around the building. members of the congregation replaced the pro-trump phrase with the phrase love wins. check in now with ivan for a look at our forecast for today. it was so nice this weekend and things have just completely changed. >> june just in one day though. keeps it interesting. >> we'll get back to the sunshine tomorrow rather quickly. we're going to do that with very cold temperatures tomorrow morning. brace yourself, get ready for

best beach day. no question, but it's a monday. if you have to pick a day for the weather to be not so nice, here we are. and then again tomorrow, we're going to begin to fix things rather quickly here with the sunshine returning and the cool weather certainly in the morning as well. look at the cloud cover here. this is not the typical, a few clouds passing through. this will be under this canopy of clouds the entire day, tonight, even to the early part of tomorrow before this front, which is triggering th down to the south. eventually we'll begin to get that dry air moving in here. that will set the stage for not only a nice tuesday afternoon but thereafter. and then we cool things off. by the way, folks have been asking about this, see this blob of red here. hurricane season not over right? 30 november is the final day, and usually it's a very quiet month. this could be otto here developing in the western caribbean. right now it is going to be if anything develops with it it

we don't have to worry about it as i see it right now. something to keep your eye on. jamaica will be impacted along with hispaniola. mid and upper 70s for us, and then behind the front, look what happens tomorrow morning. wow, what a difference. 60s this morning, we're going to replace those with 40s and 50s widespread. despite the cold start, a nice afternoon with temperatures back in the mid and upper 70s. today we'll be in the mid-70s, tomorrow we'll be in the mid- 70s. the big difference will be tomorrow much drier and sunnier by late day with temperatures in the upper 70s the rest of the week. abc action news at 9 continues

good morning everybody, we are wrapping up our series on veterans with retired lieutenant colonel karen mertes of the united states air force and with retired first sergeant

with hillsborough community college with more than 20 years serving in military intelligence, a commander in the pacific, author and survivor of a drunk driver and traumatic brain injury. in 2007 karen mertez has created an inspiration and organization helping veterans all over the tampa bay area just like herself to start over and reclaim their joy. she's brought another veteran with her this morning for the interview. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you for having us today. >> on of you for your service to our country. >> thank you. >> we're excited to hear about the operation startup, the program. how is fulfill your destiny helping veterans with that program at hcc karen. >> yes, fulfill your destiny has pioneered a program called business builder grants and we've partnered and are awarding grants to local veterans interested in taking their businesses to the next level.

offering this grant. what can the community do to help support you with that? >> i would like to throw a nice polite challenge to the community, fulfill your destiny is awarding $5000, and i would love for the community to match that or a number of businesses in the community to match it either in whole or in part and all the money is going to operation startup and specifically those veterans that are selected through that program. >> and valerie, describe the program. give me the elevator speech. what is it? >> operation startup is an ideation and space for aspiring or early stage veteran-owned businesses. so they can come together. we can provide them with resources or connect them with resources. we can help them with continuous business model development. >> wow, it's like having your own consultant. >> it's very similar to the other collaborative work centers and ideation centers around tampa but we specifically service veterans, active duty within one year of

and their business partners. >> so this is a program you're in the process of organizing everything. when can people start applying to be part of this program? >> currently any veteran entrepreneur can come into the center and utilize our resources, but we're going to start taking applications for the official program after the first of the year. >> and give our viewers the name of the office at hcc that handles the program. >> operation startup center in ybor. >> we're out of time on tv but we're going to continue the conversation on social media. >> if you would like to learn more about these programs and fulfill your destiny please them online. also you can call them directly for all of their other programs they have in the community, the

mostly cloudy for the rest of the day, temperatures holding in the mid-70s, begin to clear out by tomorrow. cool start tomorrow morning, we'll have 40s and 50s. >> been talking a lot about this. check out the picture of the super moon risings over tampa last night. it made its closest approach >> clouds mostly obscured the moon in the bay area. the moon won't get this close again until 2034. >> it's our story and we're sticking to it. >> we've got coverage of the day's top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> tampa bay's morning blend is

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