>> this happened around 3:30 this morning. we know the officer was traveling eastbound on kennedy boulevard when a wrong way driver entered his lane. right now we're told the driver was not hurt, but that officer is at tampa general hospital. >> according to police the officer is being treated for minor injuries. we have a crew headed to that scene. we'll check in with them as soon as they arrive. >> right now we want to get a look at your forecast. ivan standing by with a cold start today. >> frigid stuff here, we're talking temps in the 30s. we reached the freezing point in some areas. we second here. there are the temperatures, mid and upper 40s, 42 in brandon, 42 at sun city center, milder along pinellas here, 53 pinellas park and 56 in st. pete. compare that to the lower 30s right now, literally freezing in crystal river. we hit 32, may drop a couple more degrees, lower 30s as well. we're doing this without wind. no windchill out there. we don't need it.

lakeland as well. we'll be very close to 70 degrees this afternoon. you want layers despite the frigid start we're going to get back to around 70 by the time we get into 4:00 with this area of high pressure that has now taken over. very dry conditions punching all the way into the western caribbean. if you have plans perhaps to spend thanksgiving in central america, hurricane otto may interfere with your plans. we'll talk more about that. hurricane season still underway. we'll also check your travel forecast. going to be a busy morning here in >> right now we are for a great drive, a little construction happening on the top of the sunshine skyway. you can see it here in this f dot camera, not causing any delays. 9 minutes to get from toll booth to toll booth. we are all in the green on the interstates, i-4 and 275 in pinellas county. police are investigating an armed robbery at a speedway gas

of drew street. we do have a crew gathering more information on the scene right now from police. we'll update you as soon as we know more. also happening right now in pinellas county, detectives are trying to piece together what led to the death of a man in pinellas park. two homeless men found the body of that man behind a dumpster. ryan this is a murder investigation? >> reporter: yeah, dan it is now a murder investigation. in fact, detectives say that man died of blunt force trauma your attention. behind this mall area it was two men who found the body. they were looking for cardboard. they found the body back there behind those dumpsters. here's a picture of the victim, identified as william joe hodges. he is 38 years old. police released his name yesterday after notifying his family of his death. all cameras rolled as detectives looked for clues in this case saturday night. there's still a lot to piece together here, a lot they don't

their bigger question this morning, who killed him. this area again is right next to a mall. we're kind of behind a mall. it's tucked in there where those dumpsters are. you would think someone would see something. live in pinellas park this morning, rye yay raisch. four police shootings across the country in the last 24 hours, one in florida, three of them st. louis, kansas city and sanibel island. >> detective benjamin marconi was writing a traffic ticket when another car pulled up behind him. a man walked up to marconi shot him twice in the head. i want to show you a look at the suspect and his vehicle. police are still trying to track this person down. detective marconi was a 20-year veteran. the suspect accused of shooting a st. louis police

ambushed one of their officers while his cruiser was sitting in traffic last night. he was shot twice in the face. he's expected to survive. and late last night in sanibel, police arrested the person this say shot one of their officers during a traffic stop. officer j arred ciccone was taken to a hospital and treated and released. the gunman took off to a neighborhood, forcing police the shooting was the first time in the sanibel police department's history that an officer was shot. and in a kansas city suburb, an officer and a suspect were both shot. we're still waiting to learn more details on this latest incident. the police department did tweet that the officer is expected to survive. police are investigating what led to a shooting outside a tampa nightclub. shots rang out last night in the parking lot of the pegasus lounge on 30th street.

they've not released that person's name yet. still developing now, polk detectives are trying to figure out what caused an inmate to die. lavon was given cpr but paramedics already not able to save him -- paramedics were not able to save him. in the wake of spike in hate crimes nationwide one local group is calling for peace remembrance yesterday a group gathered in st. pete to honor the 26 trans people killed in the past year in the concerned. they also wanted to share a message of hope. >> we're all just people, you know. we are all different orientations, all different religions, all different colors like everybody else, if more people in this country can understand that, we will see the hate crimes decrease. >> many of the transgender communities say they continue to live in fear and are

encourage everyone to get educated about the lgbtq community and the challenges they face. a family is shocked to learn a teacher's aide is under investigation for possibly abusing their autistic son. 5-year-old damian, the school district contacted his parents about this potential abuse. his mother says they were told the aide covered damian's mouth to keep him from screaming and then hit him, also might have used his own hand to hit him. room. that isn't enough for damian's parents. >> i would like criminal charges. she shouldn't be working in a school with children. i think it takes patience to be any kind of teacher but it takes a lot of patience to be around children with special needs and she doesn't have it. she failed. >> the broward county school district is still investigating the aide. the sheriff's office says there have been other incidents involves other students. there are plenty of

he's promising more cabinet picks to be announced very soon. he held a second round of marathon meetings on sunday at his estate in new jersey. new jersey governor chris christie was there. trump called christie a talented man. christie was an early backer of trump but was recently demoted as head of his transition team. he also met with rudy giuliani who is still being considered for secretary of state and ore things. vice president-elect mike strong contender for secretary of state. during donald trump's presidential campaign he said he would tear up the transpacific partnership trade deal. president obama strongly expressing his support of that partnership in front of foreign leaders. he made the comment during a news conference at the closing of the economic summit in peru. >> what i can guarantee is that

of these issues. >> president obama's trip to peru is his final foreign, official foreign trip before donald trump takes office. new this morning, another tense standoff happening overnight between police and protestors at the dakota access pipeline site. a sheriff spokeswoman says about 400 protestors were involved in what she's calling a riot. at least one person is under arrest, and officers used a water canon and tear gas on the crowd. you can see police ar crossing a bridge in the area. it's where protestors have been trying to stop construction of the pipeline for months now. they say this project will help the environment and destroy -- hurt the environment and destroy native american sites. the newest way to get from st. pete to tampa is preparing for next week official launch. you can try out the cross bay ferry for free. it departs at 7 in the morning

center at 9:30 a.m -- the ferry ride lasts about 50 minutes. good morning our friends in canada have sent us a nice gift here, temps in the 20s and 30s, coldest air of the season with us here. we'll talk about how chilly temps will go this morning and when we can expect a rebound back it florida's numbers in just a few minutes. also coming up, strong winds heavy snow and a major drop in temperature. a look at the season's first major and what to know if you or your loved ones are hitting the road. >> a popular toy pulled from shelves just before black friday. how a little tonka truck caused

take a look at this video from michigan right here. strong winds caused downed power lines that caught two cars on fire. >> that's just some of the impact we're seeing from upper midwest as the season's first major snowstorm continues pushing east just in time for thanksgiving travel. temperatures plunged 40 degrees yesterday, strong winds creating blizzard like conditions in some part of the country. partsof upstate new york expecting 10 to 20 inches of snow. >> first winter snowfall is always that watch out where you're going and whoops i didn't turn right and you slip and slide. >> not all bad for these football fans.

cheerleaders celebrating their win as the snow came down with some snow angels. >> that looks painful though. >> this is the first time we've seen 40s in tampa this season right? >> it is the coldest we've had so far. still with this big area of low pressure they're dropping the snow, and now what they're talking about, there's lake effect show, right, and that's what you referred to as how many inches. 10, 20, i mean this thing can go a while, and the lows not moving tha northeast, you're going to find some issues there. another storm is brewing out west. clear air for us, and calm winds and that has set the stage for a frigid morning. take a look at these numbers there. low, mid-40s, upper 40s, milder in pinellas county. heading up to the north, this is our first freeze as far as our temperatures, right? the first 32. crystal river has hit that this morning and has been there a couple of hours.

morning of the season we would send out the man that owns more sweater vests than i know. james tully, where are you my friend and how's the snow. >> that actually comes with living in pennsylvania for most of my life. sweater vests are kind of a thing up there. it's funny we're doing a black friday story this morning. this is one of those mornings you get in the first blast cold air. maybe snuggled up in a sleeping bag and a tent, black friday isn't friday, it's monday, but you know what, early bird gets the worm right. like you said it's in the 40 degrees,s, 40s, no question abo it. ing outside with a sweatshirt, it is quite chilly out here. i'll send it back to you. >> we'll have to check those temps, make sure those folks are okay there.

it. very cold but unlike the northeast we warm up nicely in florida through the afternoon. yesterday we hit 70. we'll be close to that if not hitting it right at the airport. notice this is our futurecast. by tuesday into wednesday you see some green there, don't worry about any rainfall. just an indication of a pull from the atlantic, and that will bring us partly cloudy skies, but more importantly it will moderate this air mass so by tuesday tomorrow we're in th by thanksgiving. for today we're still stuck in the upper 60s to low 70s. it's going to feel comfortable to where we are this morning. and then one more, one more chilly night tonight. wake up tomorrow morning with readings into the lower 40s, lower 50s in pinellas, and then we'll begin that big warmup. 69 for boaters out there, 10 knots, 2 to 4-foot seas. moderate hot an improvement from where we were yesterday. want to check in on our travel

wednesday you'll be in fine shape. if you're headed anywhere in florida i think we're looking good whether you're doing that by air or on the roads. no problem. in the midsection of the country, eventually we'll get this front that will provide us with some delays. we'll talk more about that in my next forecast. here is the seven-day. and the big i can't rememberup headed into thanksgiving day itself. we've got rid of the cold air with highs near 80 and overnight lows in the 60s. good morning everybody, traffic still pret l the week. you might notice that light traffic lasting through most of the morning commute. we have one crash to tell you about, tar pin avenue at u.s. 19. your drive on i-275 right through downtown team parks we're tampa, if you're headed south from pasco down through hillsborough we are looking

thanks. 5:17. a consumer alert this morning, toys"r"us is pulling ride on tonka trucks off its shelves after one of them burst into flames on a family's ride home. grandparents say they just bought the tonka 12-volt ride on dump truck as a gift. not only did the toy catch fire, so did their pickup truck on the interstate. luckily no one got hurt. there's not an official recall but the store pulled the truck from their shelves and website while the facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg has announced plans to stop fake news from circulating on the social media platform. he listed projects that are underway to stop the spread of misinformation. they include making it easier for users to report false news. third-party verification cracking down on ads with misinformation. the spread of fake news

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how's the officer doing? >> reporter: well, deiah at this point, we understand that officer is -- [ technical difficulties ] we're told the air bags on both -- i want to walk you through what happened. the officer was traveling eastbound down kennedy boulevard when that wrong officer's path of travel. hyde park here is a one-way street. that's when those two vehicles did collide. now at this point this investigation is ongoing. we're trying to determine if alcohol may have possibly been involved in this case, and what potential charges, if any, that driver could possibly be facing. obviously this is an issue that we deal with a lot here in this area with these wrong way drivers, and this is a clearly

we're trying to determine exactly why that vehicle was headed this way. again, that tampa police officer received minor injuries, rushed to tampa general hospital. recovering there this morning. they just towed away those vehicles. we're continuing to gather information and we will bring more to you as we get it. reporting near downtown tampa, rodney dunigan abc action news. thanks rodney. 5:25 now. a south florida woman is trying to raise money for surgery she desperately needs after getting an infection while swimming. this morning about a boat explosion that seriously burned two men near jacksonville, what the owner says could be to blame. don't miss our black friday specials, at havertys furniture. big savings in store only. this friday, eight am to eleven am.

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live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. rises overnight in what's being called one of the deadliest train crashes ever. the latest from india. >> an annual tray addition of giving continues this morning. we'll tell you when and where you can pick up a turkey. good morning, and thank you for joining us on this monday before thanksgiving. i'm deiah riley. >> and i'm dan shaffer. you step out with the dog or to pick up the paper, it is chilly out there this morning.

that's great. this isn't helping, low to mid- 40s right now. ybor city checking in at 47. 42 in brandon. milder along pinellas, 53 in pinellas park and 56 in st. pete. lets widen the shot out. low 30s now freezing in crystal river. they have in the last couple of hours. brooksville at 33. we're looking at 41 in zephyrhills, look at these 30s, plant morning, upper 30s right now. all of us warming up by later this afternoon. it's going to take a while. as soon as we get to lunchtime, we'll get those temperatures up in the 60s. one more chilly night tonight, not as cold as this morning, but still it is going to be uncomfortable this morning and then we'll begin the warmup heading into midweek. upper 60s, a couple of us touching 70 degrees. how about 80 for thanksgiving.