supporters with working with those who disagreed with him and members of congress and reaching > i think it is important for us to let minimal make his decision and i think the american people will judge over the course of the next couple of years et the kinds and that i have been as helpful

forward and building on the progress that we made. and my advice as i have said to the president-elect when we had our discussions was that campaigning is different than governing, i think he recognizes that i think he is sincere in wanting to be a successful president, and moving this country forward. and i don't think any president ever comes in saying i want to figure out how to make people angry or alienate half of the country. i think he is going to try as best he can to make sure that he delivers, not only for the people who voted for him but the people at large and the good thing is there will be elections coming up so there is built in incentive for him to

i think it will be important for him to have the room, to staff up and figure out what his priorities are to be able to distinguish between what he was campaigning on and what is practical and what he can actually achieve. you know, there are certain things that make for good soundbites but don't always translate into good policy. and, you know, that is something i think he and wrestle with in the same way that every president wrestles with, i did say to him as i have said publicly, that because of the nature of the campaigns, and the bitterness and ferocity of the campaigns, it is really important to try to send some signals of unity.

groups or women or others that were concerned. about the tenor of the campaign. i think that is something that he will, he will want to do. but, this is all happening really fast. he has got commitments to his supporters that helped to get him here and he will have to balance those. and, over the coming weeks and months, and years, my hope is that those impulses ultimately went out. it is a little too early to start making judgments on that. >> [ reporter asking question ]>> i think that, he

chunk of the country to vote for him and he is going to win he has won he is going to be the next president. and, regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up, and, so those aspects of his positions or predispositions , he will, find shaken up pretty quick because reality has a way of asserting its self. and some of his gifts that obviously allowed him to execute one of the biggest

those are ones that hopefully he will put to good use on behalf of all of the american people.>> you are off to europe which is facing some of the same pressures we have in our country. we talk about that? what choice do you think the american people made last week and is there time for a course correction for the europeans and their choices? >> i think the american people, recognize that the world has shrunk, that it is interconnected, that you are not going to put the genie back in the bottle. the american people recognize that their careers or their kids careers will have to be

be working at a single plant for 30 years, but they might have to change careers, they might have to get more education, they might have to retool or retrain, and i think the american people are ready for that, they wanted to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. and, what that means is that if you look at surveys around americans attitudes on trade, the majority of the people support trade. but, they are concerned about whether or not trade is fair. and whether or not they have got the same access to other country markets that they have with us. is it a race to the bottom with wages now i made an argument

the trade deal we organized tpp did exactly that strengthened. >> you are watching president obama talking to the press before his final foreign trip as president. he has talked about a variety of topics he has not specifically talk about the protests, but he did mention like trump make his decisions and the american people can judge. he said it is important to know donald trump in that told him he needs to signals of unity and hopefully that will help in this transition time good evening i'm laura harris. >> and i'm paul lagrone, we have breaking news on "the now tampa bay", a father in georgia accused of leaving his toddler son to die in a hot car on purpose, the father has now been found guilty, this just came down as we are coming on the air, justin ross guilty on

different murder charges, eight counts in all caring multiple sentences of life in prison, prosecutors deciding to not go for the death penalty, they argue the boss purposely left 22 month old cooper in an suv in 2014 in order to escape life as a father. hard to imagine it is an unbelievable situation. the father found guilty for leaving the child inside of a hot car. updating breaking news, a shooting on an exit ramp off of i-75 in fort myers in lee county, this is still shut down, witnesses telling nbc they saw a deputy with his lights on trying to make a traffic stop when the driver jumped out of his car started punching the deputy. witnesses then say another man with a gun in a separate car

for the suspect to get off the deputy when he did not the suspect was shot. the deputy is in the hospital. i-75 has been closed all day on that exit ramp, it will be closed until 9:00 tonight. we are learning more about this man who drove his car into this massive hole. these pictures are terrifying, the entire car swallowed in beverly hills in citrus county, it was caused by a water break. the man jumped out just in time, no word on what caused the water main to break in the first place. everyone is talking about mike evans today, about is on the field protest silent protest of donald trump during yesterday's book in years and bears game. >> within the hour we expect coaches to respond to his decision to sit during the

veterans and fans today one question folks had did he actually vote? >> that is really a disgrace. >> some couldn't believe it. the buccaneers starting wide receiver sitting on the bench during the national anthem. >> i don't want to disrespect the veterans, the men and women that serve the country i am forever indebted to them, but the things going on in america >> number 13 did not stand pumping politicians to post on social media, this vietnam veteran shaking his head. >> there is a difference between freedom of speech and disrespecting the country. >> the silent protest. >> that was his choice we live in a time where the younger generation speak more fluently than we would about what their

>> 49ers cornerback colin kaepernick kneeling to protest and openly admits he did not vote but mike evans says his statement is different protesting donald trump, we could not find his name on the voter registration records, according to an instagram post evans writes he did not vote either. >> it is well documented what he has done.>> veterans they will not stand for it either. the protest. pledging to boycott buccaneers games. >> he has his right, i have mine also. >> carson chambers for "the now tampa bay". protests are happening but we are watching the dow go up opening at a record high closing minutes ago up another 20 points, 18,868 closing for

day gain. let's take a look outside, we had to go outside and we didn't want to come back. we wanted to go get in our beds because of the so-called. >> we are not used to these dreary looking days, a little bit of sun here and there you can see quite a bit of cloud cover how to there and a few showers can see patches of green across tampa bay a little more farther to the north around hernando across i-75 into sumter county as we put the wider view in of the radar composite you can see moisture moving from the gulf of mexico inland, not a lot of that is reaching the ground, but you could encounter a few sprinkles or a light shower throughout the evening, temperatures are much cooler as

and yes, hurricane season isn't over, something is brewing just to the south. more on that coming up. tributes are pouring in for veteran journalist who have been battling cancer for several months. she died this afternoon, the executive producer of her news hour saying she was a pair of through seismic change. she worked at multiple affiliates for moving to pbs. she was 61 years old. you are watching "the now tampa

six straight days of protesting president-elect donald trump in the tampa area

anti-trump messages, and one home even set on fire. >> this comes as we are learning the number of hate crimes reported to police went up 7% last year here in florida 44 already. brendaliss gonzalez live in the tampa neighborhood with someone who witnessed the arson and the vandalism. >> reporter: they are happy the good news firefighters were ableo this home as well as spreading to the homes just feet away from me, it is the message that was once written on this mobile home just next door, there is an expletive next to the word trump then another message saying burn everything with an arrow pointed at the home that caught fire. nobody lives in this home or the home where the same people

neighbor who saw men running from the home, she had seen them before last friday inside the same trailer. this time they went too far. >> they are wanting results, they want to burn stuff down and make a statement. i don't know how far they are going to go. this is extreme. >> the message on this trailer, now painted over slightly saying a similar message on another message also erased. reporting live endless gonzales for the now tampa bay. and anti-trump protest going on for almost one week. more high school students walking out of class some of them not even old enough to vote, look at the lines on the left in maryland earlier today police drove alongside them to make sure they were sick, on the right they are carrying us

able to stay in the country so they can study. not everyone on board with the walkout, there were students putting up signs trying to stop the march. those protest were filled by people concerned donald trump's rhetoric will become policy at the white house. >> the now's todd walker shows us how trump is already backing off some of the hallmarks of his campaign. >> almost one week since trump won the election -- peaceful. backlash from the campaign trail rhetoric, rhetoric he is backing off of after his first major interview. >> some of his signature issues were not meant to be taken literally. but as opening bids for negotiation. >> building a wall.>> would you accept a fence? >> for certain areas.

immigrants now focusing on criminals. >> after the border is secured with all make a determination on the people that get -- we are talking about. i will think about it. i feel that i want to focus on jobs. >> those protesting worried about what the trump presidency would look like trump spoke to them. >> don't be afraid. we're going to bring the certainly don't be afraid. >> will that be enough to stop the protest? that remains to be seen. for the now i'm todd walker. did you say something about the tropics? >> we do have something brewing that friendly reminder it is not over yet, the good news is that although it is developing close to us, most of the models

caribbean, although a couple of days ago it did show with the european model going over cuba and bringing some rain to south florida, since it is this close we want to monitor it, it has a good chance of becoming a numbered or named system. at this point i wouldn't worry much about it. for tonight, a low of 60 cool tomorrow morning topping out at 76 with a bit more suns but there is a big chill ahead, more on that coming up. a us congressman decides to drive for uber, what he learned from this part-time job. where some of you can eat

video coming out of new zealand where they are dealing with more aftershocks and trying to rescue people. you can see some of the homes and all of the damage from the earthquake, 7.8 magnitude. two people have died, you can see a lot of road damage and rock slides, today military that has been cut off by landslides. damage estimates are in the billions of dollars. this 19-year-old student in nebraska got a big surprise when he requested an uber trevor because his driver was a us senator. if you're not familiar this is what the application looks like when you find out your driver, benjamin is senator ben sass he tweeted out he likes to work

driver for the day. what did they talk about? the election, the senator would not endorse trump but told the student now that trump is elected he plans to work together. >> do you like a good buffet? dinner plans at golden corral if you are a veteran or in the military a free buffet dinner for military appreciation day, everything y on facebook . up next a woman known for always putting her neighbors and others ahead of herself, now she needs the help.>> i am mrs. clause so the neighborhoods bring their dear santa letters to the mailbox. >> how you can help mrs. clause

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right now the buccaneers head coach at the podium taking questions about wide receiver mike evans protest of donald trump, evans sitting duri national anthem, the coach says he stands by his earlier statement he did not know about the protest ahead of time. we will get their full scope coming up in 15 minutes. a woman known as mrs. clause would normally be busy buying and wrapping gifts for people she doesn't know, but instead she has to stay with a

to save the holidays.>> yolanda might be the nicest person you will ever meet. her phone won't stop ringing. everyone calling to check in on her after what happened this past weekend. she was at the store getting food to make dinner for neighborhood. >> the house caught on fire. we believe it was a christmas tr claus. >> i have an elf and i am mrs. claus the children bring their dear santa letters to my mailbox. >> every june she starts collecting toys for kids and all the holiday decorations go up in september.

it is hard to not have that stability. >> ask any neighbor they will tell you about the legacy of mrs. claus or the fact she opens her entire home for hundreds of people even strangers on thanksgiving. >> i can't tell you how many times they have went to mcdonald's and purchased hundreds of cheeseburgers and hamburgers and pass them out on the streets. >> even ou is thinking about are the kids. >> we were hoping we could salvage christmas at least for the children. even after the mess of insurance claims, mrs. claus says she won't be moving but she will find a way to rebuild right here. >> so, if you want to help i put up a video on my facebook

get in touch with the family, look for me at nicole grigg tv. a different way to protest, helping some, women are donating to planned parenthood in the name of mike pence, the irony is very apparent as mike pence has been pro-life and anti-lgbtq and has been very open about that, some say he defunded the women prove how much he was against it. the idea spread like wildfire once it was posted where to send a donation. and his address. she posted it, a certificate of honor will be sent to his office and then celebrities like amy schumer reposted it and it has gone viral. i called planned parenthood they say they have indeed gotten donations but they are

these questions what will a trump america look like? what will it mean for the economy and minorities and foreign-policy? it may help to look to governor rick scott. >> so much so in recent days governor rick scott has been asked would you consider being on donald trump's cabinet? the governor said no, he is fine. let's start with 45 synonymous with both of these men because donald trump will be the 45th president of the united states and governor rick scott is the 45th governor of florida. and they like to talk about job creation. that has been one of governor scott's claims to political fame touting more than 1.1 million jobs added to the private sector in florida since december 2010. despite the way some people feel

scott's career in healthcare as a venture capitalist. as for salary, donald trump has already said he will not take the salary of the president which should be $400,000 per year, if he holds to that promise it is the same thing governor rick scott has done. he is supposed to make $133,000 per year and he has not done so. we will see if trump keeps the promise, to date john f. kennedy and herbert ho for the focused, look at the radar we have a little rain working into the area because we have a front parked on top of us for tonight, maybe a light shower or sprinkles, check out the futurecast it is not even showing rain hitting the ground tonight we have had some light showers and sprinkles

cover is pressing to the south so this is one cool front, but we have another packing a bigger punch this weekend and the cooler air starts to settle in on sunday. then we have got reinforced cooler air continuing into early next week, but by sunday we will be starting off in the upper 50s and finishing in the lower 70s. a possibility for cooler air behind this, d before we get to the cooldown we have a warm-up, more on that coming up in the four day forecast. learned this world. -- word. it could make or break

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welcome back to "the now tampa bay", we are about to see a surge in thieves stealing packages off people's porches, so get even. >> a homeowner in denver found out a way to do it, you can see the guy walking up to the front door, when he tries to steal the box you will doormat flip up there is a bungee cord tie to the package and the thief fell forward, the package was yanked from his hands. >> the whole thing caught on camera. a police report was filed but the guy has not been caught yet. >> have you started your holiday shopping? people might be in a giftgiving

federation says we will spend about $936 and that is up $130 from last year. the second-highest amount in the 13 years have been keeping track. on the downside america will likely finish the year with more than $80 billion in credit card debt. >> the january hangover. in florida we are not expected to spend as much, maybe we won't have as much debt, while it held thinks we will spend $550 >> this is a hatchemon the hot item for holiday gifts this season. >> there is one problem parents are claiming they are sold out everywhere. so much so people are selling these on ebay right now for way too much money. $200 the going rate.>> you just saw it retails $49. every website i went to they

if it wasn't for a doctor's visit this father would not have beaten cancer, his message to men everywhere. what the buccaneers head coach had to say about mike evans protest against donald

welcome back, buccaneers star wide receiver mike evans sat on the bench during the national anthem yesterday. before the game. he was protesting president-

backlash. carson chambers is live from 1 buccaneers place. >> coach says he is personally disappointed with the decision to sit, but he says he respects his freedom of expression, he backed up what the team put out yesterday a statement that said they encourage players to stand during the anthem, but also respect freedom of speech. you know that we got the video yesterday, the starting wide receiver sat on the bench during the national anthem on sunday. he says he is protesting president-elect donald trump's election, this unfolded during the salute to service game, evans commenting on another

in the election. he says he will continue to sit with the silent protest as long as trump is in office. live carson chambers abc action news. seven states in the southeast are dealing with file -- massive wildfires. north carolina's governor says one doesn't have spread around the state costing $10 million. or than 5000 firefighters and support staff from around the country have come to help. the fires are spreading so quickly because of the dry weather. one of the fires was set on purpose. some guy claims he wants to be a weather forecaster charged with arson, the guy started the fire so he could get more views on his facebook page. unbelievable. we are looking at our temperatures and a little cooler , a little bit.

the cloud cover today. there is a front trying to push through, eventually we will get a real push of cooler air, in the meantime look at the apollo beach camera all of that cloud cover, we will see more sunshine tomorrow warming us up but 72 now in tampa and brandon, 64 crystal river, 71 zephyrhills, 75 arcadia, we have some temperatures in mid-70s but you can see where the frontal system is kind of dragging across the state, with it a few showers working their way from the gulf into the atlantic. not a lot of that reaching the ground, a few sprinkles as good as it gets so if you were hoping to water the lawn by nature he will need the sprinklers. high pressure in control helping to block the storm clouds keeping us with a lot of

ahead, before the bigger cooldown i was telling you about earlier. over the next couple of days 76 the high tomorrow up to 78 wednesday and thursday, into the weekend temperatures are near 80 degrees, remember saturday is when the next cool front approaches and the big cooldown, denis will have more on that coming up at 5:00. it the united nations announcing 2016 will be the hottest year on record the third year in a row a huge record has been set, the report published today says the earth is 2 degrees hotter now than preindustrial levels. the un believes this is part of the reason we are seeing extreme weather events like hurricane matthew. you know who isn't having a hot year? american apparel back in court

filed for bankruptcy. the second time in a little more than one year. they are being bought by a canadian company. the deal includes the rights to the brand and clothing. the lame-duck session for congress begins today so we can expect them to continue to do nothing until after the first of the year when the new congress takes over, the one thing they need to do government opened after the current funding deal expires december 9, the other big thing happening the new members of congress starting today for orientation. almost like going to college. they actually get a class picture and then some new offices. what will the new congress look like? >> there will be more minorities 48 african-americans and 39 latinos, the number of latina women increasing by six in the

up of white middle-aged men, 104 women serving their. making up a little more than 19% of the total number of lawmakers. the house and senate will be controlled by republicans. >> neither party will have the 60 votes that it needs in the senate to move issues forward easily. they will have to find a way to work with each other. >> we are learning more about the people who will be president-elect trump's closest aides. >> mike sacks found out why there is already a heated controversy surrounding one of the people trump has appointed.>> president-elect donald trump has made the first big higher of his administration. one sitting at the top of the establishment. what do they have in common? trump loyalty, reince priebus made the critical decision to stand by trump despite early

of staff. equal in power but more controversial the campaign ceo steve bannon serving as chief strategist and senior counselor. what will that counsel be? critics are looking to his work running the conservative website that took antiestablishment and inflammatory turn when he took over in 2012. >> he has bigoted views and he will bring bigoted policies not helping the agenda of advancing unity among americans making the country move forward. >> the anti-defamation league condemned the appointment accusing him of pushing white nationalism and anti-semitism. the trump campaign manager said there is more to bannon. >> he has a harvard business degree, he is a naval officer successful and he is a brilliant technician. >> trump is not just rewarding

the populist nationalist vision he needs his strong bond to sell it. for the now i'm mike sacks. >> the democrats are regrouping after the election, they are working to come back after losing the white house. >> former nominee bernie sanders says they have to do rethinking. >> keith ellison just announcing he wants to take over the democratic national committee, the former and previous presidential candidate howard dean tweeting that he wants the job a dozen other names being floated around right now we will keep you updated on what happens. you may think you don't need drugs to control cholesterol because you are healthy. >> it turns out you should get screened either way. everyone over 40 should be screened to see if they need

you should get screened even if you don't have a history of heart disease. people between the ages of 40 and 75 who have at least one risk factor like high blood pressure or if they smoke should be on low to moderate ghost statins even if they don't have a history of cardiovascular disease, another reason to pay attention to the guidelines, medicare and the affordable care act typically use them to determine your coverage. heart disease the number one cause of death accounting for one in four that's. >> a conversation to bring up at dinner if you have teenagers say how do you really feel? more teenagers are struggling with depression especially girls, the risk is up 4% over the past decade, 2 % for boys. they find a lot of teenagers

with a history of depression and up seeing their primary care doctors about the issue. hybrid and electronic cars are really quite. but you may not even hear them coming. >> that can be dangerous especially for people who are blind, those cars will be required to make the noise to warn you when they start moving. leaders are announcing today the alert will go off when a cars going forward or in reverse up to 19 miles per hour, changes expected to protect around 2400 people from getting hurt every year. check it out, the extended trailer for beauty and the beast released today. in theaters march 17 of next

first animated film to ever be nominated for an academy award and the best picture category. >> who plays the beast? who is guest on? >> a father goes to the doctor with chest pains and comes out with a cancer diagnosis. >> after beating the disease he shares his remarkable survival story. hoping to encourage other men to pay attention to >> this is the life andrew could not imagine seven years ago. the thought of a beautiful wife and kids blocked by the words you have testicular cancer. >> what was your biggest fear? >> i thought i was going to die. >> he had gone to the doctor with pain in his chest and was

growing but had been ignoring for weeks. >> i was the typical dumb guy who thought i have to remember to call the doctor later today.>> he never did, doctors diagnosed him with late stage testicular cancer which had spread, he wondered if amanda who had been dating him for one year would stick around. >> a lot of emotion. >> she did not think twice. >> you realize how important the person is to you. it was at that moment that i knew i would stick through whatever. >> they made it through rough rounds of almost daily chemotherapy. he and amanda got married and had twins. he is now encouraging men to do self examinations and go to the doctor not to wait. >> there is no question i would not have gone to the doctor. >> the visit that saved his life giving him a new one. >> i love my family so much,

who i am thinking of.>>'s inspiration to help give other men the chance to live for the now. >> you know it was all worth it, this month is november raising awareness about the biggest health issues faced by men. prostate cancer and testicular cancer mental health and suicide prevention. >> right now nearly 9000 new cases of testicular cancer will be diagnosed this men will die of the disease. i'm laura harris. >> i'm paul lagrone, "abc action news at 5:00" starts now. live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. i was dodging bullets. a suspected case of road rage takes a violent turn, the way that a man tried to defend

security guard tried shooting him. good evening they give for joining us i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm jamison uhler, breaking developments in a hot car case we have been following. >> just breaking right now. into the newsroom a georgia father could face life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murdering his 22-month-old son. justin ross harris accused of leaving his son cooper in a hot car, in order to escape his family responsibilities. as he has pursued affairs outside of his marriage. >> more developments on the story later on now democracy 2016 we are beginning to get a glimpse of what donald trumps white house will look like. 's transition team expected to name more members of his future staff and cabinet. two names under consideration could make history. he is deciding whether or not to elect the us ambassador to

make him the first openly gay person to fill a cabinet level foreign policy post. he is also deciding whether or not to appoint mcdaniel to chair the committee. replacing the current chief of staff. he and stephen bannon are the most recent additions but this choice has come under fire as many consider banning a leader of the alt right movement someone who represents nationalists and racist views. >> before trump takes office obama says there is a lot to a compass. he is about to begin his final major trip overseas, a six-day visit to greece, germany and peru giving president obama the chance to reassure america's allies that trump supports the treaty organization nato. >> that is one of the most important functions i can serve