for anyone with information to come forward. a pasco county assistant principal on administrative leave after she overdosed on edible or one. donna haff was hospitalized. she told deputies mother wanted to try it for her 50th birthday. she is an assistant principal at the high school stock student suspensions are down in hillsborough county but it is not because of good behavior. >> brendaliss gonzalez is live at the middle school. >> reporter: this is one of eight middle schools that for the past year has offered an alternative program for students who would be suspended. in the long run it is not

marshall thinks her son should be. >> we needed them to learn. >> reporter: not at home suspended. >> too many kids are out. >> reporter: during the 2014 school year with 20 20,000 students were suspended around hillsborough county schools. the number has now dropped by 8%. the change comes one year after school board members opted for a administrators from suspending students. >> keeping kids in school is what should -- we should be thinking of as a goal. simply saying we will suspend kids does not get is the result we are looking for. >> reporter: baxter jenkins is the executive director and hope the district will consider their input. >> in some places people are doing fine and in other places

control because students do not feel there any consequences. >> reporter: marshall understands the concerns that she thinks the district is at least in the right direction. >> it is up to the administrators to be creative. >> reporter: while the number of suspensions is down the gap between minority students and white students remains big work we are talking americans suspended last year than this year. brendaliss gonzalez, abc action news. >> brendaliss , thank you. a sarasota man will spend decades in prison. ronald mcbride has been sentenced today. last year mcbride showed a victim how to trade her body for money. mcbride is the first person to

we looked into whether attorney general pam bondi is doing enough to help fight human trafficking. she is spend half $1 million on billboards and traveling around the state sharing the council. but with almost 6 years in office bondi has almost only charged one hillsborough county man. human trafficking cases have to be happening at least two tonight there are serious concerns about the state budget for next year. the potential to billion-dollar budget -- two billion-dollar budget shortfall. there is one factor that could turn this whole thing around. >> inside walden link new-home construction is rare let a loan

before the housing bust she was building 15 homes at a time and then most of the projects are remodels. >> qualified people who can make their monthly payments. they still do not qualify to get construction loans. >> reporter: right now a state budget forecaster is worried a small home construction market could punch a to billion-dollar hold in the budget next year. tonight lawmakers tell abc action news budget cuts are a real possibility which means fighting for things like improving the sewer system just got harder. and the one thing that could help is a thing that could make it worse. the housing market. >> the interstate is facing a pile of problems. it is also a lack of skilled workers who can literally get the job done. >> reporter: there are a lot of

have gone into other industries and they will not come back. >> reporter: leaders remain optimistic pointing to a new president promising to ease up on regulations to give the housing industry a shot in the arm avoiding a budget crisis. >> people have bettors perspectives about the future holds. >> long-term we are going to be fine. >> regulations alone in florida at $30,000 to the cost of building a new house. they say the state is serious and they should ease up on all the red tape. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. still looking at cool temperatures with mid to upper 60s and zephyrhills 68.

up to newport richie and still 74 in sarasota with partly cloudy skies and most of the area typing out in the lower 70s. clouds early on giving way to sunshine and the clear skies we will have a cool morning tomorrow morning waking up to low 60s closer to the coast and upper 50s the upper 40s bartow is 52 and avon park also 52. mostly clear overnight and even cooler by later this weekend. that and your thanksgiving forecast coming up in a couple minutes. a crime alert officials hoping people can help them identify people caught on camera

women are the ones they are looking for. they worked together to distract three older adult shoppers and then install their wallets. they went to a nearby cbs -- cvs and got gift cards. anyone with information should call crimestoppers. turning now to an update of south florida. the man accused of murdering a couple now admits was on when he did the crime. a paramedic says austin harrouff told them he had smoked weed and drug alcohol. results from a drug test have not been released just yet. we are expecting more information to be released this week. manufacturers across florida baking for skilled employees --

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people will take advantage of what is offered here. kera mashek, abc action news. just into the newsroom president-elect donald trump has dropped a lawsuit filed last year to keep jets from flying over his club in south order. it claimed the estate was being harmed by air traffic from the palm beach airport. it is not the end of the headaches for the county. the director of the airport already been meeting with the secret service about the steps to be taken to keep air-traffic away when trump is visiting. russia launching major airstrikes in syria. these are the first in three weeks in the city of aleppo. it started hours after vladimir putin and donald trump spoke about syria over the phone. they both agreed on the need to combine efforts in the fight

department will beef up security for the macy's thanksgiving day parade after isis called the event an excellent target. top security officials saying the police are already implementing precautionary measures. authorities say both new yorkers and visitors she still plan on showing up and enjoying it. the event will be the safest place in new york city. jetblue airlines is having a major flights as low as $34. but you have to act quickly. the sale only lasts until tomorrow at midnight. and travel days are monday through thursday and on saturday. you can get a flight out of fort myers in jacksonville and of course right here. taking a quick look now at orlando where

new york is benjamin dollars. just had to their website at jetblue. an update on these cows. three of them are stranded after a large earthquake in new zealand. they have officially been rescued and a few local farmers went out of their way to take a trial to find lower ground. >> we are very lucky has survived its trip buried. >> quite an or deal. the farmers said the cows are desperate for water after they were rescued. take a look at this. a massive sinkhole in japan opened outside a busy railway station and swallowed five lanes

like that. crews were able to make it disappear almost as quickly as it appeared. two days later you would never know there was a hole in the road. the contractors worked around the clock even repainting the street lines. the road was reopened this morning. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> i am hearing much cooler temperatures are on the horizon. >> sets. cool weather tomorrow morning and then i think even for thanksgiving there is a chance we could see cold weather there. traveling north could be an issue. not so much chicago but boston and new york. that is something we will touch on in just a little bit.

the rain chances is pretty much zip. how do you dress for the day because there is a cool morning? right now mid-60s crystal river and 64 plant city and tomorrow morning you will be waking up to temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s. a lot of warm temperatures on the way in the afternoon but the mornings are still for floridians. for the snowbirds you are laughing at us because it is cooler up north. that is why you left up north because of our beautiful weather which will continue even with the cooler mornings that we are enjoying. it is partly cloudy in tampa and we topped out today at 75. normally we should be at 78. i think we will be in that

cooler air wilson. clear in st. pete and sarasota clear with 74. the dew points are comfortable at 52. last night we had clouds and a couple showers. now everything has moved down to the south where it will stay. we will have one or two fronts over the next week. we have a 0% chance of rain through seven days beyond. the only thing we won't dodge is clouds of time waking up wednesday morning with both days beautiful with clear skies and warm afternoon up near 80 and the morning still comfortable. a nice combination but you don't know whether to give the kids a jacket in the morning

school. rainfall totals through the weekend zip. the models are showing no measurable rain across the area. this is the euro and that trough you see right now is white it is a little cooler. then through the end of the week a lot of red we get cooler air and by thanksgiving there is the potential storm across the northeast. the big cool down will sunday and monday and folks traveling north the data for thanksgiving there could be some issues. it is still something to keep in the back of your mind. keep it right here and watch us on facebook. we will be updating travel conditions. there is a pretty decent chance this becomes otto. the track will meander down for

curving to the northeast. it will swing it away in florida. even if it does develop, it should not be a big deal. for the voters it is a modern -- boaters it is a moderate chop on the pay. it looks great tomorrow morning there and call with temperatures in the upper 40s and made 50s. looking at florida's most accurate seven-day forecast sunny skies each day and the only changes are on sunday. the high on sunday is 67 with 30s and 40s and afternoon highs by thanksgiving back in the mid 70s. sue him tonight -- still to come tonight millions of americans paying too much interest on student loans. how you can get a lower rate right now next at 6:00 2:the number of children in need of

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y262ry yy6y we have a breaking news update. the man who was shot and killed at will rogers world airport in oklahoma city his name is kansas city chiefs player james winchester. he was a southwest airlines employee. the shooting was an isolated incident and promoted still not known. here is a story we do not get to show you often enough. >> families finalizing their adoptions in hillsborough

without a home. dozens of local families went before a judge to make the number smaller. one of them is the adams family finalizing their third daughter. the family welcomed lela today. >> we set out for two but life happens and we got three and we couldn't be happier. >> it is a local nonprofit that helps find good children. there are 60 ready to be adopted and 41 are teenagers. we have a link to the eckerd kids on our website. just go to www.abcactionnews.com. tonight the st. petersburg food pantry desperately needs your help. pantry shelves almost bare just last month they served 4000 and with the holidays around the corner the director tells us

>> it makes me sad because i know what it means is our volunteers have to try to make it work to give somebody waiting in our lobby food and we cannot give them what you would like to give them. >> if you can donate, the pantry needs items like peanut butter, canned food, baking food, diapers, and pasta. here is pretty ryan. arrests. and the one thing police now say kept more people from getting killed. plus fees top stories. parents outraged over the plans to redraw school boundary lines. what school leaders are now asking real estate agents that today. problem properties from downtown. the action multiple groups are

anyone can build a pool but if they get it wrong, it could be a danger for someone who

live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> please help us get closure.

know why. a murder in a st. petersburg family pleading for answers and the reason timing kept this mortar from turning into a bigger tragedy. the pasco county school district making an odd request to keep more parents from getting angry. good evening, everyone. i am jamison uhler. >> and i am wendy ryan. why the district is reaching out to real estate agents for found one of the countless homes and properties up for sale in pasco county. a lot of folks are looking at this area for its close proximity to good schools that depending on how school districts redraw the school boundary lines that could see students from the same neighborhood split up. built on a cozy 1 acre piece of land. >> it is a beautiful place to limit.