this chaos. abc action news anchor james tully is live on the scene. he's been talking to investigators. what have you found out. >> deiah, what a scene this is. yes, we have been talking to police on scene. this happened at the bad monkey bar on 7th avenue here in ybor city. that car is just about to get removed from the front of the bar, and that search at this hour is still on for the driver, but after seeing surveillance video from this bar, police are ve this black nissan altima into the front door. the video is telling us something else, too. police said that it shows the driver apparently taking aim at a person who was standing in front of bad monkey bar hitting them and knocking them back into the glass. you see the glass is shattered, that front door has some pretty serious damage as well. that person somehow escaped with only minor injuries. it was a fight outside of this bar right after closing time

two people involved in that fight are in police custody, and we understand that those two people know who the driver is, another big help to police. the car is a rental. the sergeant on team tells me he has officers all over ybor right now looking for whoever was driving this car, and again, they tell me they are very confident that they will find that person. live this morning in ybor city, james tully abc following more breaking news, this time out of tampa. officers pursuing a stolen car arrested two people inside after they got stuck on some railroad tracks. this whole thing started when police tried to pull the car over and the driver sped off. officers pursued for more than 4 miles at speeds up to 80 miles an hour. when the chase got near bush boulevard the driver tried to run over some railroad tracks and got stuck. police arrested both people in the car. good morning, cool start,

and that's not hard. we were in the mid and upper 60s this time yesterday with the clouds on top of us. still some leftover clouds and that's what's saving us from being widespread into the upper 50s. brooksville already hit a low of 48 this morning, a little higher as patches of clouds roll in. when that happens kind of put a stop on the cooling trend as it acts as a belong et here. a lot -- blanket here. that will produce a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky later by midday and later this afternoon, the dry air begins to win out. down towards south florida they begin to dry out as well. we're looking much better, certainly nothing like we had yesterday where we had the overcast skies. there will be a different look to the sky today in that we'll see plenty of sunshine with those temperatures. recovering nicely despite the cool start. we'll take it outside. it will be a nice day and about 75 for the daytime high.

means a lot of us will be cooling off more so. we'll talk more about tomorrow's morning temps and also the rest of the week when i see you in a few minutes. and good morning, everybody. we are taking look outside, traffic on the interstates looking great. starting to get a little more crowded out there. no problems, no crashes or breakdown, this is what it looks like i-275 right at fowler. these at the at taillights heading have one issue right now, a water main break on hillsborough avenue eastbound lanes blocked. we have two eastbound lanes taken away. here's some video of this water main break, so if you know someone who uses hillsborough avenue east of 275, let them know there's going to be extra traffic out there. we only have one lane open eastbound between 22nd street and 30th street. thanks janelle, 6:03. new this morning, deputies have arrested a bradenton man after

up a church. detectives say ethan coal walked into mary magdalene church monday and demanded to talk to the pastor or else a bomb would go off. crews searched the area but did not find explosives. the homicide rate is rising in florida, especially by guns since stand your ground went into effect. a new study using data from the cdc shows there are anaverage of 17 more homicides a month up to 99 deaths and the homicides by guns increased by 32% since 2005 when stand your ground passed. it allows you to use deadly force if you feel your life was threatened. the study also found states without this law did not see this increase. 4 minutes after 6. wore learning about arson where messages of hate were written on a mobile home. we told you about that fire in

yesterday. they say the property manager is looking to set up surveillance cameras so it doesn't happen again. investigators think the people who set the fire are also behind a similar message on a home a few blocks away. they're now asking for tips on who might be responsible. more reports this morning about president-elect donald trump's possible cabinet members. now a senior trump official telling news outlets rudy giuliani is the front runner to become secretary of state. giuliani the former new york city mayor. that se giuliani has no competition if he wants the job. president obama is revealing more about his meeting with president-elect donald trump. he says he hopes mr. trump will soon send a message calling for peace and unity. >> it's very important to try to send some signals of unity, and to reach out to minority groups or women or others. >> president obama says he urged mr. trump to reach out to

alienated by his campaign. the president plans to reassure allies that mr. trump supports nato. president obama is on his final trip overseas as president. a week long tour of greece, germany and peru. 6:06. still ahead on abc action news at 6, tens of thousands demanding two women be fired over a facebook post. the reason the woman who posted it now says she is a victim. >> now you're grabbing my food away from >> a free veterans day meal taken back, the comment that started this confrontation and

welcome back, 9 minutes after 6 now, we're getting bold new predictions about the future of medical marijuana. some folks say the industry will be worth well over a billion dollars in just a few years. reporter clifton french is outside one of the first dispensaries in the area. thinking expansion. >> yeah, exactly. this trulieve. they're in clear water but also have a location in tallahassee. they plan on opening several more locations throughout the state of florida and who can blame them at this point. this new report expects the industry to be worth $1.6 billion by the year 2020. so here's the deal, amendment 2 gives approved patients the opportunity to pursue medical

companies can draw out the plants medicinal properties and put them into pills, even food form. that means a lot of different jobs from farmers to cooks, but there is reason to be cautious. legislation can change overnight putting regulations on edibles and other things and all of that legislation could destroy a company's business plan. remember that expansion i was telling you about with trulieve here, several more locations across the state including three right here in the bay area, one in bradenton, one in tampa, and also one in st. pete. reporting live in clear water, clifton french abc action news. 10 minutes after 6 right now, a hateful disturbing facebook post by the director of a non-profit organization in west virginia is going viral. >> the woman who posted the message and the city mayor who commented on it are both receiving threats now.

have a classy, beautiful dignified first lady in the white us. i'm tired of seeing an ape in heels. the city's mayor replied just made my day pam. now petition calling for both women to be fired has more than 83 ,000 signatures. taylor says she's been reprimanded and doesn't know if she'll keep her jobs. she calls threats against her hate crimes. >> coming up, an all new twist in the murder trail that gripped the country, a man feat set free.

14 minutes after 6 right now, breaking developments on one of the men featured on the netflix drama series making a murderer. defendant brendan dassey could be released from jail as early as today. a judge or conditions. he has until noon today to let the probation office know where he's going to live. that means he could be released at that time. dassey has been in prison for eleven years for the murder of photographer teresa halbach. a judge ruled investigators tricked him into confessing he helped his uncle kill her. the judge ordered he be released while the appeals process plays out. the parent company of chill

veterans day. the video of the confrontation is going viral. >> oh, now, you're grabbing my food away from me. oh, you're taking my food away from me now. >> i'm so sorry, you didn't provide any documents to me. >> i did just provide documents to you and they saw you. >> he says the manager in the video questioned him after another diner suggested that he wasn't really a veteran. then he says the manager took his food away even after he showed his chili's executives say they fired that manager. high-tech cameras and proactive policing put longboat key at the top of a very good list. compiling for the fbi, the national home security company protect america found longboat key the safest city in florida. this year the quiet beachside town has had only three burglaries. the island keeps crime down because there are only two

criminals that might drive in. >> something comes back from tallahassee we'll get that and be notified within moments that vehicle is on our islands. >> the cameras don't track regular citizens driving through. they only get an alert is the vehicle is reported stolen. the driver home almost turned into a life or death situation for tampa bay area men over the weekend. he says the driver in front of him started his brakes. es cob owe says the guy flipped him off so he through a coin at the car. that's when hillsborough deputies say the driver's security guard started following escobio, he kept following him until he reached his home a half a mile away. that's when he pulled out his handcuffs and tried to restrain him. escobio admits he threw a punch. that's when arasayes pulled out

i started ducking and ducking, and i jumped the gate. >> he ran for cover at a neighbor's house, arasayes was arrested. he's now out of jail. we did some checking but found no prior criminal history. 6:17 now, a teenager on his way to a field trip dies after falling from the school bus and on to the highway. this happened in texas as the class was traveling to a nearby university for a college visit. for treatment of a head injury but he later died. investigators are searching for the pilot of a drone who they think nearly hit a passenger jet over canada. they say the airlines flight had to dodge the object in midair over toronto monday morning. two flight attendants were injured. they were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. florida forest service has joined the fight against this wildfire in tennessee. the smoke prompting a state of emergency because of the air

crews from around the country, but officials say they still don't have enough staff. the weather service shows southern appalachians suffering through extreme, even exceptional drought conditions. ivan cabrera joins us now. what they could really use is a good soaking rain. they're not going to get it, horrific situation underway across the southeastern u.s. a big area of high pressure, that's been dominating the pattern. look at these numbers here. this is now getting obviously out of hand: the wildfires will continue and anything that there, northern georgia getting in on that as well. southern tennessee and parts of alabama as well. this entire area needs a good deal of rain and of course now we're in the drier months, we need these fronts to come through with a little more moisture. the ones that have moved through our area haven't produced much and the next one won't either. moisture starved will continue here unfortunately. for us a lot of clouds yesterday. that's that front that's well down to the south producing

today. that will set the stage for several days of fantastic weather with full sun. cool mornings, yes, despite that we'll recover nicely. then we'll even get rid of that the next few days. tomorrow morning we'll wake up cool again. look at these temperatures here, still low it mid-50s. we've already had upper 40s across the north and a nice warmup through the afternoon. 70s, less cloud cover tomorrow. that sets the stage for cooler temperatures and more widespread as opposed to the nature coast, we'll share those upper 40s with areas a little further down to the south. a nice recovery, even milder than today, tomorrow's high temperatures into the upper 70s. our next front comes in over the weekend. you can't tell that it's here. take a look at the temperatures. look at the difference between saturday and sunday. a huge drop in temps, not just

highs well below normal for sunday and into early next week. a real taste of florida winter coming up. good morning everybody, we are taking a drive across the water. the sunshine skyway looking great. this is a live look behind me here of the howard franklin bridge. we're up to speed in both directions. no trouble on any of the bridges. check out these drive times. we're all in the green, less than 10 minutes to get across the courtney campbell, the howard franklin and the gandy bridge. i was going to show you how crowded it was on no crashes, just a lot of cars out there on the roads. back to you guys. thanks janelle, at 20 minutes after 6 right now, online sex ed instructor lacy green has been called one of the most influential people on the internet. >> 1 1/2 million people subscribe to the online sex teacher's youtube channel. she will speak tonight at 8 at usf. she plans to address her efforts to stop rape and counsel victims of sexual

the public. it started with a wave and blossomed into a friendship. >> really sweet. now one garbage man in texas has an adorable side kick. 2-year-old lance is always excited for monday because that's trash day. he wheels his mini ricking bin to the curb dressed as his buddy james the trash man. the friendship formed nearly a year and a half ago when the family moved in. >> he was so excited. i'm like man is he going to be there again. it makes it all sweet when you what you're doing. >> lance whose parents dressed him up as james for halloween. they made a tiny recycling bin and a matching reflective vest. 6:21. dramatic video, a man tackling another, the heated topic sparking this attack and the larger issue university officials are worried about. >> plus size does matter, two big reasons to avoid buying those popular 15-inch laptops on black friday.

right now it's 6:25. take a look at this, caught on camera there. a speaker at an anti-trump rally at ohio state university gets attacked. you saw that man come running down the stairs, knock that guy over who was holding the

[ bleep ] [ yelling ] >> campus police quickly grabbed the attacker. the university student paper recorded the entire incident. ohio state university released statement to students last woke saying that it actively protects first amendment rights, but school officials are concerned about assault on campus since the election. new this morning, at least two more churches are reporting vandalism with politically inspired graffiti. an episcopal church near indianapolis posted these pictures, a swastika and the words heil trump were painted on the sanctuary. hours later another episcopal church was hit. we showed you those signs, somebody putting a trump nation whites only on a sign may now see that same phrase on a wall in the church's cemetery. more than 200 cases of vandalism have been reported since election day. it is 6:26 right now. if you're among the millions of

a new laptop on black friday bigger isn't always better. >> 15-inch laptops can be more trouble than they're worth. laptop magazine is urging you to look at 124, 13, or 14-inch laptops instead of 15-inch models. 15-inch laptops they say are battery hogs that can weigh nearly double what a 13-inch model weighs. if you want a big monitor the magazine represents you buy a second monitor and plug it into a smaller laptop. ybor city the bad monkey bar is in bad shape this morning. details on what led to a car crashing into the front door and why police believe this was no accident. hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room.

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bar ends with that car crashing right into the building. >> police say this was no accident. the driver apparently was aiming for someone. now they're searching for that driver. thanks for waking up with abc, i'm dan shaffer. >> and factor, i'm deiah riley. you're seeing -- and good morning, i'm deiah riley. you're seeing the damage left behind there. for the first time this morning, we're hearing from police as they search for the driver responsible. >> we're going to get a live update from the scene in just a minute. first let's get a check on traffic and weather together as you start here's ivan. >> a cold start out there this morning, low 50s, some upper 40s across the nature coast. crystal river at 52. 54 in brooksville, and we're looking at generally upper 50s elsewhere, although from this time yesterday we're running 9 to as cold as 11 degrees. that's impressive here, and of course we have the front down to the south. still some leftover clouds with it, but not going to be overcast. mostly cloudy this morning, and then we'll break into plenty of sunshine this afternoon, and we'll do that with warming

we'll be back into the mid-70s. and i've been checking traffic cameras all across the bay area. here's a live look at i-4 and 275, malfunction junction if you will. but all is well right now, no crashes or breakdowns out there, and your drove on i-4, we are still in the green, starting to slow down just little bit. 25 minutes from county line rodent downtown and down there at the bottom we're looking at 10 minutes from 75 to 275. we've been telling you all morning about the water break on hillsborough avenue. captain al is flying over that right now. is it causing any delays out there. >> good news is it is not. you can see those lanes getting past it. this is eastbound hillsborough avenue right at 22nd street. there a's taco bell and a burger king there on the right. might be familiar with that. they do have two lanes blocked right there. however eastbound's not busy in the morning. that's good news for commuters. westbound is picking up but no

now become to the desk. thank you captain al. 6:31 right now, we want to get back to breaking new developments in ybor city where we showed you that car that crashed right into a bar. police are looking for the driver responsible. >> abc action news anchor james tully is live where this happened. james, police believe this was no accident. >> dan, that's right. this is another case where surveillance video's going to play such a huge role here because police tell me after watching that video not only are they going to be able to find out who crashed into this -- the front of this bar behind me, the bad monkey bar in ybor, but also they're going to be able to dish out the correct charges. take a look at some footage we took right after this happened. you can see the black nissan altima into the front of the bad monkey bar causing all kind of damage. there's a window pane knocked out here, the front door pushed back. that footage police say shows the driver apparently taking aim at a person who was standing in front of the bar hitting them back into that

it's enough for police to believe there was intent behind this. >> so far through the evidence we feel it's intentional but it is an ongoing investigation. if anybody would have been standing in front of the bar that could have been seriously hurt, yes. >> thankfully that bar was closed and there weren't any patrons inside, and now the repair work is going to begin. it all started with a fight outside the bar after it closed. we understand two people involved in that fight are custody and they do know the driver. the sergeant here tells me he has police all over ybor looking for that driver, and tells me they are very confident they will make an arrest sometime this morning. that's the latest from here, live in ybor city, james tully abc action news. thank you james. 6:33. we've got even more breaking news out of tampa right now. officers pursuing a stolen car arrest the two people inside after they got stuck on some rail tracks. this whole thing started after

over. the driver sped off. officers pursued at more than 4 miles. the driver tried to run over railroad tracks and got stuck. police arrested both people in the car. breaking news in the fight against terror. a german news agency reporting hundreds of police officers in berlin are searching for more than 200 offices mosques, and apartments all connected to supporters of an islamic group called the true religion. that distributing copies of the koran across the country. reports say the country's intelligence agency found that organization is helping recruit people to send to syria to fight for isis. germany is expected to place a ban on that group later today. volunteers in mosul are now dealing with another concern. civilians stumbling on to bombs. witnesses say isis has been hiding land mines in residential areas.

their homes. some families are returning early. mine advisory groups are teaching children the potentially life saving lesson of what to look out for and what not to touch. they say militants are using toys as booby traps. we're learning more this morning about a deputy involved shooting in lee county where witnesses say a bystander jumped in to save that deputy's life. the deputy tried to pull over a driver near an i-75 exit, but the suspect took off reaching speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. eventually that driver did stop but then got out attacked the deputy, and that's when a third man apparently showed up and shot that suspect killing him. a witness say the suspect refused to get off the deputy and the deputy was yelling shoot him. >> threatening the guy to get off the officer and he refused to get off and the officer said shoot him, shoot him, and then he shot him. >> that deputy is expected to recover. the department was supposed to

that shot that suspect. that news conference was canceled. deputies have not been able to locate the suspect's family to notify him. panicked parents in pasco county are fighting a plan to rezone schools and bus their kids across the county. we've been following this story for more than a week now. hundreds of those parents packed a high school theater in protest last night. district officials are considering five plans to help fix overcrowding in western pasco county schools. mitchell high is operating at 130% capacity parents say the district hasn't been transparent about the process and they're calling for officials to delay any rezoning plans. >> none of the neighborhoods were given any of this information until august, and up until that point, the school board continued to deny that there was any rezoning being taken place. >> the rezoning committee is going to meet thursday morning to narrow down the five plans. a decision will ultimately be made by the school board.

is investigator ago south florida honor student who shared her lunch. a pembroke pines area middle school suspended that student for using a child's butter knife at lunch. she used that knife to split a peach with friend. that violate the school's zero tolerance we want tolerance weapons policy. the end is near for the e- cigarette industry. the fda wants e-cigarette companies to be regulated like regular tobacco that would require extensive testing and certification that the owner of totally wicked says will remove nearly 90% of the products on the market. the major obstacle is the cost. >> the testing that they're asking us to do at fda's estimate is $300,000 per. i just said we have over 3,000 items. >> the fda issued this statement regarding the regulations, quote, it is important for the fda to regulate the e-cigarette

products adhere to certain standards of safety and do not cause undue harm. such regulation is particularly necessary to ensure that e juices do not contain contaminants and adulterations and that any claims about their health effects are supported by data. now at 6:38, a double dose of dirty dining, acropol is greek tavern shut down for a second time in less than a month. >> our team found the state tempore shut it town after finding live and dead roaches and sewage backing up through floor drains in the kitchen. he says the inspector is unfairly picking on his restaurant. he says he saw the sewage coming through the drains and called a plumber who was working on it when the inspector arrived. the inspector still temporarily closed the restaurant, now it

north. inspectors saw more than 60 live and dead roaches all over that kitchen including near the cook's line, the cuban sandwich press and coolers. a stop sale was issued on cooked plantains, black beans and rice because they were kept at dangerous temperatures that should make you sick. pico's owner ramon senior hernandez says his 22-year-old son ramon junior manages picos to go. ramon senior says he immediately went over to go to clean up the issues and retrain his son on the importance of food safety. we've got a special dirty dining investigation on more than a half dozen local publix grocery stores failing their inspections. rodents in the kitchen and pounds and pounds of publix's favorite foods at dangerous temperatures. which are not passing and what the corporate office is blaming for these failing grades. that's tonight on abc action news at 11. sarasota county drivers may

clogging up university parkway and fruitville road. the county wants to build an overpass near i-75 to ease congestion. a discussion on the proposed overpass happens tonight at 6:30 at the church of hope. caught on camera, the secret life of deer. right now it's peak breeding time for deer which is known as a rut. during a rut, bucks scrape to mark their territory making dirt spots and rub their scent glands in the area. it's a rarely seen. we should be look at that right. if you live in pinellas park and want to pay less for your flood insurance premium, the city is hosting a meeting to teach residents how to rows those premiums. that meeting is held at the pinellas park auditorium, 7690- 59th street. homeowners can learn about the new laws and regulations and some changes that could be made to help you save some money.

look outside. it's still dark for the most part. getting a little light out there now. you still see those clouds with us. they'll continue this morning, and then throughout the day today i think we'll begin to clear things out nicely. we're here with cool temps as well. low it mid-50s. upper 40s to the nor. some 60s further south. that will continue to all of us uniformly get back into the mid- 70s. mostly sunny skies, i think we're looking pretty good. another cool night tonight but for tonight with less cloud cover, a lot see some chilly temps tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that in my las forecast coming up. 19 minutes until 7. still ahead, a bookstore bans technology. the old fashioned message it's pushing and the way customers are reacting. >> a student died heading to the bus stop, a school employee accused of trying to cover up exactly what happened.

>> we have a crash taking up two of the outside lanes. we have a backup here to state road 60. we'll have more in just a few

16 minutes until 7 right now. we start off your morning sprint this morning with breaking news.

the driver who crashed into the front of an ybor city bar. police are looking for that driver right now. they say they have surveillance video from outside the bad monkey bar showing the driver apparently trying to drive over someone. one person was hit but escaped with minor injuries. two other men were arrested for instigating a fight that broke out just before the crash. the discovery of a stolen car ends with the arrest of two people in that car after it got stuck on some railroad tracks. police inia that car over but the driver sped off. they pursued it at speeds up to 80 miles an hour, and then near bush boulevard the driver tried to drive over these railroad tracks but the car got stuck. pro protestors against the dakota access pipeline in north dakota. yesterday the army corps of engineers announced it's finished reviewing the pipeline's route. engineers want input from a nearby indian reservation.

the tribe's sacred sites and could contaminate their water supply. donald trump continues focusing on building his cabinet. rudy giuliani is now seen as the favorite to serve as secretary of state. trump's son-in-law jerry kushner could have an unofficial advisory role in the trump administration the laws prevent any president from hiring a relative. a polk county school employee is fighting to keep her job. >> brenda young is accused of lying and changing school records hours after a young student was killed trying to get to his bus stop. rodney dunigan is live where that student died. she'll make her case to the school board tonight. >> reporter: and deiah, at that point we'll finally get to hear her side of the story. she's caused of going -- accused of going into the district's computer system and changing the records indicating that that student did not have to cross this busy clubhouse road to get to the bus stop. if you look right across the

indicating the spot where this young student was killed. according to investigators ceylon kirk got hit while trying to cross the busy intersection. he crossed the road every day to catch this bus stop on the other side. according to the district's investigation, young told her supervisors hours after the accident that none of her kids crossed the road. brenda young was the transportation manager in charge of this bus route. she's accused of goin a new route on the other side of the road so it would appear that kirk wouldn't have to cross. parents say this intersection has been a problem spot for some time. >> there's still a problem out there. i see pedestrians. i see cyclists every day, and it's still incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: and as for brenda young, she's worked as a manager in the transportation department for the polk county school district for more than ten years.

one very important thing to note. i want you guys to see something, this traffic light or this spotlight was put up shortly after this young student was killed, at least giving some sort of light for the students here who stand on the bus stop. a number of the parents that we've spoken to say that simply is not enough. a number of students cross back and forth over this busy road. there isn't even a crosswalk here. that's something they would like to see as well. reporting live in lakeland this morning, rodney dunigan abc 6:48, a new study suggests that post-menopausal woman with a high protein diet are at increased risk of heart failure. the study involved more than 100,000 post-menopausal women. researchers aren't sure why this is and they say more study is needed. these findings were presented at this year's american heart association meeting.

-- after publishing a news report that said donald trump won the popular vote. that story popped up it follows criticism that google featured fake news leading up to the presidential election. the device may help kids with lazy eyes. experts say a new binocular ipad game can help retrain a lazy eye. the game trains the eyes and brain to work together by sending high contrast images to the we treatment works better than an eye patch. and good morning everybody. we're watching a bad crash on i- 75 northbound. i can see it here on my cameras. we can also see it from -- captain al what's going on out there? >> this is somewhat of a normal spot for this to occur. you can see northbound 75 approaching the exits to i-4 right there those two right lanes are completely blocked

what's here. it doesn't appear to be real significant damage to the vehicles, but they are spun out in the middle of the road. the two left lanes are getting by. they are able to cut back over, the backup over to brandon boulevard, highway 60. back to you. >> and take a look at these drive times, northbound on i-75 traffic very heavy, almost 40 minutes to get from 275 to i-4, almost a half an hour just to might consider taking an alternate. you might want to take the salmon expressway. there's your drive time there. 6 minutes from 75 into downtown and the veterans slowing down just a little bit as well. thanks a lot. and good morning everyone. we have some upper 40s up to the nor, much cooler than this time yesterday, upper 50s across our interior counties into eastern hillsborough and

airport. with some cloud cover left over, i think we'll have that throughout the morning and less so throughout the day as dry air takes over. north wind and we're going to be in fine shape after we get rid of these clouds, plenty of sunshine the next few days. despite cold mornings we're going to have nice afternoons with mild finishes here in the mid-50s or mid-70s later on today. tomorrow morning less cloud cover that allows for some radiational cooling here. what that means is we that efficiently enough where we're going to have more widespread upper 40s i think to the north than we did this morning. 75 for the afternoon high today. it's a dry one. notice the changes later in the week will begin to climb up back to around 80 degrees by friday. cooler mornings, less so by friday morning. then, oh, my goodness, look at saturday and sun. if you want the beach weather, get ready saturday near 80. by sunday look at that, bundle up here with temps in the upper

in the 40s and 50s. a wyoming bookstore has banned cell phones and laptops urging customers to live like it's 1993. owners at win city books are putting up signs in the window that read no wi-fi. >> the sign asks customers to leave their cell phones and laptops in their bags as they enter a place for books. >> the owner says her customers fully support the ban saying the bookstore is an oasis of peace and quiet. >> i love we'll be right back. >> in this morning's gma's first look, the investigation this morning into what the pilots of a plane with 54 passengers on board saw coming towards them leading to their severe action. the pilots making a sharp turn at 9,000 feet in the air. two flight attendants thrown in the cabin and injured. once on the ground, the pilot said they thought it was a drone coming towards them. >> they see a flash.

something to be flying, and so they instinctively make a sharp turn to get away from whatever it is so it may have been a drone. it may have been a balloon. >> the two flight attendants were treated and released in toronto. already this year pilot sightings of drones in the u.s. are up 40% compared to all of last year. more on that close call coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma first look, i'm david curley abc news

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good morning everybody, if you're heading out the door right now, you might want to avoid i-75 northbound. take a look at this crash, two lanes blocked just before you get to i-4, wore seeing a 30 minute drive right now from big bend to i-4. >> a cool start out there this morning, and a mild afternoon finish. but first these important words. a murderer defendant brendan dassey is released from jail this afternoon. he's been in prison for eleven years for the murder of photographer teresa halbach. investigators tricked him into an confession. the judge ordered him released during the appeals process. >> much more is coming up on good morning america. >> keep up today with us here on air, on our mobile app, on facebook and on twitter.

good morni good morning, america. anti-trump protests escalate. a trump supporter caught on camera attacking a fellow student on a college campus a peacefully pass the baton. >> i don't think he is ideological. i think ultimately he's pragmatic. >> his advice to the president-elect as donald trump builds his team, the new role rudy giuliani may play in his white house. breaking overnight a massive manhunt for this accused killer escaped from a county jail. now authorities warn he may have stolen a truck with a rifle inside. the search for this man who could be armed and dangerous. caught on camera, this hot