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at traffic and weather. >>cool start for some of us. milder for the rest. big changes coming up but for now mid 40s across the nature coast, further south mid to upper 50s, milder than we were this time yesterday. we had st. pete sitting at 66, 60 in clearwater. we are going to begin to cool down, and we'll do that big time. it'll be a sharp dividing line. you can see be coming from with temperatures tom belen across the western u.s., a blizzard under way there. we'll get the cold air on the backside of that. i'll take you to denver in a few minutes to show you their first big snow of the season. good morning, everybody. we'll still watching this crash on hillsborough avenue at 56th street. the crash is cleared but i'm still seeing some slow-downs both directions around the crash. you might want to leave yourself a few
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i-275 at bush. as you know this is one of the first places that gets busy during the morning rush hour. so far so good. just 6 minutes frog here downtown. thanks -- from here into downtown. breaking overnight a missing child alert issued for a 13-year-old volusia county boy who may be in danger. carlos patterson was last seen yesterday in port orange south of daytona beach 206 pounds. he may be in a 2002 green chevy malibu with tag k429af if you see him call 911 and share his picture with your friends on facebook. also breaking troopers arrest a bradenton woman for causing a deadly crash more than a year ago ago. in march of 2015 authorities say nancy spurlock was intoxicated when
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barbara carvas died in the accident. three small children sudden injuries but survived. she will go before a judge this afternoon. check out this video a fight in ybor city on a sidewalk outside a bar leads to a man driving his car right onto the sidewalk into the people and the front of the business. >>the video is incredible. we told you about this yesterday, but this morning police need your help to find the driver responsible. reporter clifton french is outside the bad up quite a bit of the damage. >> reporter: yeah, and they've talked to at least one of the people involved in the fight, and that was a guy who was hit by the car and thrown into this building, but their focus is still on finding the driver. i want to explain a little bit about what's going on in this video. police say the driver was actually trying to drive away from the fight when one man started hitting him through an open driver's side window. the car then gets stuck on the curb, and a short time later you see
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moments earlier. but here's the deal: police do not know if the driver intentionally hit the person into this building or if he was just trying to get his car unstuck. by the way, the guy who was hit, he was taken to the hospital, but we're told his injuries weren't that bad, and he refused to be treated. i'm reporting in ybor clifton french, abc action news. polk county deputies are searching for this man. they tell off in a county truck yesterday. in september a judge sentenced him to 300 days in jail for theft. if you see him call the sheriff's office right away. coming up at 6:30, we'll tell you the reason investigators are surprised this inmate decided to escape. so many questions remain this morning about an investigation into a sarasota teacher. detectives only tell us she's accused of some sort
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at island selling montessori school. the police department -- island village montessori school. cara shaffer's children attend the school and she says her friend got an e-mail from the school with very little info. >>it was a letter sent out by the administration telling everyone that he was on administrative leave. >>abc action news tried to contact the school for any more information, but they have not returned our calls so far. mother in east -- east of orlando, titusville are facing charges after a 4-year-old boy was left sleeping in a day-care van. the boy was reported missing at 4:30 tuesday. he wasn't found until 7:30 at night. he fell asleep on the van while on the way home. after interviewing the mother investigators charged her with neglect.
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we want to show you this morning. take a look at this little girl. this is video of her leaving the hospital after she was shot in her home. the baby is leaving st. joseph hospital yesterday. she was shot in the leg when 15 bullets tore through her family's home wednesday. her mom did describe the nightmare to us. >>i was totally scared. i thought i was going to lose my >>tampa police say they believe the group of men who fired the shots were targeting the girl's father. he entrant house for cover. without the -- he ran into the house for cover. a committee parents and principals gave the green light to redrawing school boundaries. the board will hold a public meeting about the plan to move the school zones. the board will have a final vote on
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website, abcactionnews.com. the man convicted of killing a jacksonville teenager over loud music is going to stay in prison. a florida appeals court rejected an appeal yesterday by michael dunn's attorneys claiming the shooting in november of 2012 was self-defense. dunn fired 10 shots into jordan davis' suv after arguing with the teen. dunn claimed the teen had a gun, but police on the scene never found one. national security advisor. an official for the president- elect revealing last night he offered the post to retired lieutenant general michael flinn. flinn has called for washington to work more closely with moss could he and that's worrying security experts. he has been critical of the obama administration saying the threat from isis requires a more aggressive u.s. military. flinn advised trump's campaign and the is the former director of the
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hillary clinton could end up winning the popular vote by a bigger margin. the associated press estimates there are more than 4 million votes left to be to be counted. -- left to be counted. she is already winning the popular votes. donald trump won the electoral votes. a total of 130 million votes have been counted so far. still to not everybody was prepared for the snow. the set back it's causing for travelers. plus, the specific college programs linked to bigger salaries. you you might be surprised how much more college
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. welcome back. we are going to be cool this morning but by the that continues right through saturday. as we've been talking about all week, a big cold front coming in saturday night that'll set the stage for a very chilly sunday. we're running anywhere from mid and upper 50s, though still chilly across the nature coast. temperatures in the mid 40s. but even colder out west where denver is sitting at 20 degrees. the cold air mass will continue making a move towards the east and by sunday morning it'll get
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major snow of the season for denver. look at i-70 a major interstate running through denver, big-time issues as you can see there. a 20-car pile-up at one point shut down parts of the highway entirely. that has been reopened as the storm continues to head off to the north and east. it caught folks at di a off-guard a bit. a passenger stuck there they had to go back to the terminal to get that underway. obviously a lot of delays there. so, yes, the winter nightmare continues. the storm is headed up to the midwest with 12 to 18 inches of snow for minnesota. people who graduate from career programs at public colleges tend to make more than those who attend for-profit schools. >>that's according to new government data. a lot of these
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go through career-training programs often land better-paying jobs with wages nearly $9,000 on average. about 1.3 million students are enrolled in career programs ranging from nursing to cosmetics. the deputies now being thanked by the sheriff's office and also a gun dealer. the reason the gun shop chose to honor him. plus keeping the roads safe marijuana is legalized in more places the obstacle police face as they try to crack down
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new information this morning. we're learning new details about the suspect accused of killing two iowa police officers. scott michael green reportedly sent a note last month to one of their departments praising officers for in an online compliment department greeno wrote he loved them for keeping the community safe. just four days later police say he shot and killed two officers in an ambush-style attack. a fort myers gun dealer is honoring a good samaritan who used his gun to save a lee county did he want's life -- deputy's life. a suspect got
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deputy. we don't know the name of the buy stander who stopped. deputies say he wanted to remain anonymous. against his gun was taken into evidence employees at the shoot straight gun shop wanted to make sure he didn't go unprotected. >>we wanted this gentleman not to lose the ability to be armed and protect himself after such a courageous act. >>the deputy is okay. the serve taking to facebook to thank the hero saying he "happens to be another man of color from further harming and killing a white cop." detectives are still working to figure out why the suspect sped away from deputies and why he attacked them. caught on camera a disturbing fight between two students at an elementary school outside chicago. and what makes this so troubling is that you can hear the adult classroom supervisor encouraging the boys to fight.
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and say they didn't even want to fight. >>we was in the classroom. the teacher forced us to fight. >> reporter: forced you to fight? >>yes. and she said if we didn't fight we was going to get beat up. >> reporter: by who? by her? >>yes. >>that's not something you're teaching them at home, but that's something at school their condoning. >>the school says the supervisor is not an employee and is no longer tests. police are investigating an unusual case in winter haven. a woman called 911 this morning to report that a car had rolled into the back of her apartment from a parking lot on avenue i northwest. when police arrived they found a 39-year-old man inside the car with a gunshot wound. the man, jimmy rogers, jr., was later pronounced dead. difficulties say they're working this case as a homicide. we've got a crew headed to the scene.
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they arrive. a 9-year-old boy is recovering after falling off a bali near walt disney world. the boys' parents were in the room pack up for their return trip when they heard a scream. the mom looked over and saw the boy on the ground. the child was alert, conscious, even able to work, but he was taken to the hospital to be checked for injuries. just one day after proposing a controversial bill that could have banned muslim women from wearing a becker a in public berka in public. the bill wanted to update a 1951 state law passed that banned the kkk from wearing hoods. it would have also banned muslim women from wearing berkas. medical cannabis conference starts today in ybor.
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variety of diseases. the conference runs from 9 to 6 daily and ends sunday. with more states legalizing marijuana there is heightened fires about impaired drivers. officers say it's pretty easy to tell if someone's under the influence of the drug, but getting a conviction is another thing, so developers are working on a pot breathalyzer. hound labs has created a breath test that's much better at finding out if someone used the breathalyzer could become available to police departments next year. and the national weather service is set to launch a satellite tomorrow from cape canaveral that is going to revolutionize hurricane predictions. >>that is the hope. and we're due for an update here and we're getting one. it is one of four next-generation satellites that's going to be launched tomorrow.
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able to bring us spectacular images. we're basically going to go from standard definition to hi-def anything else. -- hi-def anything else. we're -- definition. it is going to be provide us with more reliable forecasts. we're going to be able to do that over the next several years. gozar is going to be launched into space tomorrow by atlas 5. so first we have to get through that. it's also going to show the atmosphere in 3-d. we'll be able to map lightning. in fact, six months of testing and then we'll go online. it's going to be great. 74 the forecast. i think we're condition green as we call it here from cape canaveral. temperatures right at 74 and there will be a light wind, so no issues weather-wise with the launch tomorrow at 5:42. for us looking good, cool this morning, mid 40s, but the
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capacities in st. pete. high pressure dominating our pattern but there's the low. the tail end of the front will usher in very cold temperatures saturday night and sunday morning. there you see the ribbon of very little moisture with it, just clouds really passing through late saturday night. and then the cold air comes in, and it won't be a calm wind kind of cooling. this will be cold air pushing in on a gusty northwest wind and that'll temperatures by sunday morning in the lower 40s. we'll have wind chills in the 30s, so bundle up. the last few fronts have cooled us off in the morning and then we've the low 80s in the afternoon, not going to be the case sunday, we'll be struggling to get out of the capacities. 81 for today and tomorrow. i think another warm day ahead of the front. if you're boating today and saturday look good and then sunday it does not as we get gusty, seas will probably build
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mind for sunday. and, yes, the temperatures on sunday itself only into the capacities. we'll hang onto the chilly air monday ann and milder trend closer to thanksgiving, temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80. we have a crash in the brooksville area that you should be aware of if you're heading out the door, state road 50 at spring lake highway. i am seeing some delays in this area. you might want to leave yourself a few extra minutes there. otherwise, the interstate's looking great this morning. i-275 through downtown tampa the lanes wide open down to the howard franklin bridge. if you're heading to the veteran's expressway south 17 minutes from 54 to 275. just 7 minutes from waters down to 275. it is 6:22 right now. here's a sweet deal. you can earn a free trip while do you holiday shopping. >>and you don't have to do
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points this time of year. several airlines including southwest, united, and american are offering up to 3,000 bonus miles depending on how much you spend on me, di a online. the additional bonus miles are for purchases by november 20th, so if you're planning on buying me something really expensive shop online this weekend to take advantage of it all right? >>i have the 5-dollar rule. meanwhile we've got good news this thanksgiving according to the american farm federation the cost of your feast is actually down this year. this year's meal with all the fixing will cost less than $50 for a family of 10, the lowest it's been in 6 years. >>yum. you've probably seen those facebook posts asking people to take part in gift exchanges. in fact, i saw one yesterday.
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you've probably seen social media posts about gift exchanges for the holidays. >>i got one yesterday. it turns out people who take part in the gift exchanges may be breaking federal law. a police department in tennessee put out a warning about facebook posts like the secret sister exchange that's making the rounds again this holiday season. not only is this a scam, taking part could land you in jail because it asks for participants to pay
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gifts and that's technically considered gambling. gambling by mail is against the law. this holiday season toys-r-us is trying to help families affected by autism offering quiet hours at some stores. the chain is testing the idea of one hour with dimmed lights, no in-store music or announcements at several stores in both the u.s. and uk. the company so har has not given a list of locations yet -- so far has not given a list locations yet. a man hunt under way coming
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all-new numbers showing how few of us are prepared and how old we may be still on the job. i'm feeling a little like that on friday morning. thanks for waking up with us. i'm dan shaffer. >>and good morning, i'm di a riley. ivan has a look ahead at the weekend. it's going to be nothing compared to what's happening sunday morning. mid 40s right now, we'll have upper elsewhere. we'll be back in the low 80s this afternoon. it will be nice. so far this morning we're running anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees from where we were, so a little bit milder. by the afternoon we'll hit 80, 81 degrees once again, and we'll do that tomorrow and then big-time cold coming up not just for morning lows but daytime highs struggling to get out of a range we haven't seen in quite a while. we'll talk about that
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friday morning. we don't have any crashes or break-downs to slow you down. this is what it looks like your drive through st. pete on 275. up to speed from the sky way down to the howard franklin and looking pretty good out there. this is the tampa side of the bridge, just six months to get across this and 10 across the other two bridges and your drive on 275 starting to slow down heading south but 75 still in the green. is heating up for an escaped inmate. >>this is joseph flanagan. deputies say he was working as a trustee when he stole a truck and slipped off. rodney dunni -- flanagan didn't have much time left on his sentence. >> reporter: this morning investigators are still trying to figure out why this inmate would take the risk stealing a truck from the fleet management office here. we're told he was
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parole violation and had already served 66 of the days as a trustee. look at his picture. investigators tell us 45-year-old joseph flanagan hasn't been seen since 3:30 yesterday. the truck he's accused of stealing has been recovered. he's from lakeland. investigators are searching there and throughout polk county. no the sheriff's office gave us no indication -- this morning. the sheriff's office gave us no indication he had been a problem inmate before this. theft and escape. when he's caught he's expected to face a lot more jail anytime time -- jail time. reporting from bartow this morning, rodney dunigan, abc action news. we're waiting to learn when a man accused of beating a homeless man will return to manatee county. the victim died after the attack. investigators believe christopher haney attacked a man back in may. the medical examiner listed the
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death. he is charged with manslaughter after being arrested in oklahoma. just into the newsroom this morning a freak accident. a woman is seriously injured in brevard county when a set of tires spun off a dump truck and hit her. she was loading groceries into her car at the time. highway patrol reporting it happened on merit island last night. the axle and two tires came off the truck and hit the woman. it is 6:33 hillsborough deputies need your help to catch the man you see behind me in this video. the men stole cell phones costing more than $2,000 in brandon. there is a reward up to $3,000. an orlando man is fighting for his life after this fight you see here over a bar tip. authorities are searching for the attacker. deputies say tuesday night 59-year-old kevin
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moments later other customers say a man stole the money. dunn found out and started fighting with the man outside. the man punched dunn. dunn ended up hitting his head on the ground critically injuring him. ryan ratio has been going through some -- rache has been going through some 1500 pages of e-mails about the toxic sinkhole in mulberry. some of them raised big questions about the future of the fertilizer industry in florida. e-mail, for example. a dep official telling his colleagues this is the 4th or 5th sinkhole within a gypsum stack in his time t also says "i'm thinking gyp stacks aren't entirely compatible with florida geology." at the very plant where two formed in the last couple of decades continues to operate. the gyp stacks are needed to keep fertilizer. they determined the sinkhole is not
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mosaic releasing a statement saying "our plans must undergo detailed review and approval by state and local authorities." and anyone who questions the necessarily of the florida phosphate industry must consider there is no substitute for phosphate in feeding our nation. florida supplies one quarter of the world's phosphate, three-quarters of the u.s.'s phosphate. if you drive, walk, or bike near usf you might want to be a little extra careful in the future becauseex tickets to people who break the law and they'll give gift certificates to people who obey the law. they want to use grant money to send extra officers to places like busch boulevard and flew ler avenue which are notorious for pedestrian and bicycle accidents. they hope it will make drivers slow down without hassling pedestrians too much.
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right and don't abuse it, it will be okay, shouldn't be no problem, a lot safer around here too. >>the city council gave the green light to the program yesterday , however, usf does need tampa police officers to volunteer to take extra paid shifts for this to work. the extra patrols should hit the streets in november. we just found out that volkswagen is cutting 30,000 jobs to help recover from its deasil the cuts are expected to safety the company $3 billion a year. the german auto maker admitted to installing software on deasil vehicles to cheat emissions tests. in tarpon springs a woman injuried by -- injured by an exploding toilet is suing the city. crews were water on -- working on waterlines in 2012. a former librarian says one toilet exploded in the women's
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later in the day she says another toilet exploded and sent porcelain shrapnel into her leg. we're working to learn exactly what florida's governor discussed with donald trump in their first face-to-face meeting since the election. >>governor scott tweeted these photos saying it was good to see his friend again. he said he believes america will get change that we want. he also says he's exci things like transportation if he needs it. the governor says he has no plans to join the trump administration saying he wants to finish his job here in florida. mitt romney will meet this weekend with donald trump about a possible role in the trump cabinet according to a source involved with trump's transition who described this as a healing meeting. the source requested to be anonymous because the event has not been announced. there are reports romney is
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secretary of state even though romney called mr. trump a phony as recently as march. japan's prime minister says he is confidence he can trust donald trump. he met with trump for 90 minutes in new york yesterday. he talked to the president-elect about issues concerning japan's alliance with the u.s. mr. trump also met with former secretary of state henry can i say en ger. trump tweeted that ford will not be moving to mexico. ford wanted to make the move to move from louisville. today senator bill nelson will be in attachment he's set to speak to reporters at the federal -- in tampa he's set to speak to reporters in downtown tampa this afternoon. rick
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may run for his senate seat. there's a new feature on yelp you may want to check it out. trust me, it says health inspection. there it is. health inspection and with this new feature the website is giving you a closer look at some of your favorite restaurants. now not only can you check out customer reviews, you can now access those health inspection reports. it launched earlier this month. people say it is useful for both people who live here and also tourists or locals to determine where the healthiest place is to eat. >>while there may has -- there has been positive feedback from users owners are worried. they believe people won't read the reports and assume even small violations are major problems. if you think you're ready for retirements think again. experts say most americans will
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they were working. only one in 3 u.s. households have saved anything for retirement. and of those that have saved, the average put away is just $73,000, only enough to last a few years. many americans say they'll be forced to work into their 70s and 80s when they'd rather be able to take it easy. a christmas grinch struck early stealing the joy from a south florida christmas display. surveillance cameras taught the thief tang a chocolate shop. the store is offering a sweet reward, chocolate for helping catching this crook. happening today downtown tampa's only outdoor ice skating rink returns to curtis hickson park. this year the rink is part of an entire winter village that includes a waterfront cafe and 20 boutiques selling items for local stores.
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kind of puts you in the mood, right? >>it will all put you in the mood. the next a couple of arches still warm out there. as we look at more sunshine the bus stop, rather cool, still jackets needed, certainly up across the north. we're having mid 40s, but otherwise about 60 of sunrise coming up in a few minutes. upper 70s by lunchtime. nortof but 70s as well this weekend. we'll talk more about your forecast straight ahead. 19 minutes till 7:00. kids reportedly being kicked out of day-care for what their parents posted on social media. the new controversy at a day-care already facing backlash for leaving a child inside a hot van. and an officer caught on camera punching a woman in the face. the suspicious thing she
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16 minutes till 7. and we start out your morning sprint with breaking news. an unusual case in winter haven. police say a woman called 911 this morning reporting that a car rolled into the back of her apartment from a parking lot on avenue i northwest. when police arrived they found a 39-year- old man inside with a gunshot wound. >>the man's identified as jimmy
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pronounced dead. detectives say they're working it as a homicide. we have a crew heading to the scene. at this hour a man hunt is under way for an escaped inmate in polk county. joseph flanagan stole a truck and took off in bartow. the truck was recovered but he still hasn't been. the 45-year-old was searching 300 days for a parole violation. overnight authorities issued a missing child alert for this child, 13-year-old patterson. he disappeared from port orange in volusia county. police believe he may be in danger. they say he could be traveling in a 2002 dark green chevy malibu with a florida tag number k429af. if you see him, call 911. in bradenton troopers arrested a woman for causing a deadly crash more than a year ago. in march of 2015
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control of her van and hit an suv. barbara carvas died in the accident and three kids suffered injuries. she will go before a judge this afternoon. a lot of you sharing this video from our facebook page this morning. it shows a fight leading to a shocking collision outside an ybor city bar. police say the driver was trying to leave the scene when someone started punching him through the window. moments later the driver accelerates into one person throwing the man through monkey bar. police are looking for the driver. brendon dassy will not be released from prison tonight. he's the wisconsin man who's confession as a 16-year-old was featured in the netflix making of a murder series. he later recanted the confession. yesterday an appeals court overruled a judge who ordered he be freed pending an appeal.
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instructor charged with killing her twin sister by driving an suv off a cliff in hawaii is set to appear in court. she will tell a new york judge if she will fight extradition. last month a grand jury in hawaii indicted her for murder months after a judge said there wasn't enough evidence to charge her. this morning we have an update to a story we brought you earlier this week a sarasota day-care under investigation for leaving a child in a van during a field trip. >>parents who complained say lindsey love is live to explain what's going on. >> reporter: all of this started on social media. so a sarasota mom got a letter from the preschool wednesday saying they could no longer care for her daughter, the reason, facebook posts about the hot van incident. look, we have the posts here. one expresses concern that parents didn't hear about the incident from the day-care. the one on the bottom says, "anyone defending this should be locked in a car in
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well, the school saw the comments and decided to kick at least one student out. the mother is stunned. the school had time to check for social media posts yet never informed parents incident. most learned from seeing the story on the news. >>what if it was longer, what if the child was in there more than two hours. there could have been serious consequences. it doesn't seem like they're looking at that side of it. he was okay so the situation is okay, and it's not. >> reporter: we we told to leave the building. after the incident the day-care paid a fine and three employees direct including the director had to include a safety class. the department of concern and families is investigating the day-care for abuse. 6:48 this is the time of year people start booking spring break vacations but a new report in abouttravel.com finds many packages don't include hundreds
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don't include arrival tax, caribbean hotel taxes, resort activities and fees and taxes on things you buy. vacation packages are not required by law to even show you those fees up front. 11 minutes till 7 right now. do you need help getting into the holiday spirit? you can enjoy it all by enjoying dozens of beautiful christmas trees. the nd center in clearwater. it's a three-day events featuring 125 beautifully decorated trees, wreaths, live entertainment and visits with san attachment proceeds benefit people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. we're getting a look at walt disney world's new holiday drone show. >>it includes 300 drones all controlled by one
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>>and as you can hear the light show is accompanied by an original disney score of classic holiday songs. this video was shot at a rehearsal this he can woo. disney has not released a date for when the so-called star bright holidays show will start. good morning, everybody. we're watching a few incidents on the enter say the starting off i-4 in the lakeland area, state road 33 up the crash doesn't seem to be causing too much of a problem. look at 275, the northbound lanes on 275 we have a stalled car in the center lane. it looks like it might even be a truck. cars are at a standstill here. it's the on ramp to get onto the interstate. also a crash in hillsborough u.s. 301
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and brooksville. the rest of us are milder mid and upper 50s right now. 60 at tampa. still cool, wear a jacket this morning but then by the afternoon we'll warm up. high pressure to the north brings us a northeast flow and just a few clouds this afternoon but this area of low pressure headed up to the midwest that's the one going to bring the cold front. not expecting much just th c is going to be the story as we start to tumble as far as temperatures saturday night and sunday morning it's going to be frigid. temperatures in the low 40s, with the wind ital feel like the 30s. and look at the 40s now widespread. all of us getting into the cold air including pinellas, st. pete sitting at 50. so the next couple of days enjoy the warmth. it is here for at least 48
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changes with temperatures not just out of the 80s but out of the 70s. capacities for highs. we'll struggle to get out of those by sunday afternoon with temperatures staying cool. the coldest morning with this next front will be monday morning where we'll wake up with 30s and 40s and then we'll begin a warming trend beginning on tuesday and that'll set us up for a mild thanksgiving, near 80 with mostly sunny skies. 8 minutes till 7. t police officer caught on camera punching a woman in the face. >>and the officer turned his body camera off right before it happened. he says he punched 346789ariss -- marissa morris after she kneed him in the groin. >>nobody is believed. it's not what they were hired to do. they're to protect not hurt.
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with a stalled car. at the top of the sky way we have police activity. you see the patrol car moving away, not causing any delays. we are cool this morning not as chilly as yesterday but look at the afternoon, low 80s, and that'll include saturday and then the big drop-off sunday with cool air moving in. coming up on good morning, america. the crew is waking up in the bay area today. you may have seen this inspiringid pink serenading their teacher after she came back from beating breast cancer. >>jill bass' students celebrated her return by singing fight song. gma will be live at rowlett academy around 8:30 this morning. it gives me chills. you know everything makes me cry. stay tuned good morning america is coming up next. >>keep up with us on facebook and on twitter.
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good morni good morning, america. breaking news, donald trump names michael flynn as national security adviser according to a senior trump transition official. he's also set to meet former rival mitt romney to discuss secretary of state. the transition kicking into high gear a holes his first face-to-face with a head of state. blizzard warning. the first major snowstorm of the season. shutting down highways, sparking deadly pileups and delaying flights. creating a travel nightmare. less than a week before thanksgiving. now more cold and snow in the forecast. terrifying road rage. the chilling 911 call. the woman behind the wheel, she said she was attacked by a stranger. >> he's right behind me hitting
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