and they are still trying to determine why the system went off-line. in texas police say they have just made an arrest in a murder. the gunman targeted and killed detective benjamin marconi outside headquarters. he was sitting in his patrol car yesterday writing a traffic ticket when someone shot him twice. officers say they just arrested the suspect. bus crash in tennessee that killed at least one child. 35 elementary students were on the bus when it crashed. you can see it landed between two large trees. witnesses said students were escaping out of the roof hatch. right now we do not know what caused that bus to crash. good evening everyone. i am jamison uhler.

>> a boy was playing on the sidewalk and he was hit in the driver kept on going. >> erik waxler has the story. >> reporter: really close to his house is where darrell ortega was playing with some friends and police say he was somewhere on hanna avenue may be crossing the street with a car heading toward those kids and that is one according to the family of darrell darll on going leaving the young boy in the street. >> i am livid that my son was hit and left to die. >> reporter: none of them can understand it. >> he didn't even get out of the car to see if i was all right. >> i feel like they are a heartless person.>> reporter:

>> the only things that keeps popping into my head is seeing my baby on the ground. >> reporter: the injury to his leg is so bad there is concern he may have trouble walking for the rest of his life. >> you want to be a football player and play sports. and now that may be taken from him. >> reporter: there's also tremendous pride because s younger child out of the way before the impact. >> he is my angel in my hero. >> all we can do is pray. >> reporter: police are still looking for a newer model silver sedan that may have been involved. darrell and his family hope to be out of the hospital by thanksgiving. they do have a gofundme page set up to help with the

erik waxler, abc action news. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. for the first time all season everything came together with 20s and far northern counties with a northerly wind allowing the air to come down and not be warmed up by the atlantic. right now we're in the 50s across most of the lakeland. by tomorrow morning i believe we will start to slowly see a change to that wind going northeast and eventually east warming up our temperatures. just how much? i will let you know in a couple of minutes. dozens of families are pleading with mayor bob alcorn as you have to designate the

>> leaders in 300 other areas around the u.s. already say they will protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. donald trump now threatening to pull federal funding. in numbers tonight showing the spike in hate crimes falling the election. 700 hate-based incidents between november 9 and the 65% of the incidents happened in the first three days following the election. this graphic showing the day by day declined. they are now saying over 30 of those incidents happen right here in florida. major construction projects are making it harder to get around st. petersburg with war lane closures on the way. tonight abc action news

struggling with extra detours. >> reporter: with cooler weather begging you to get outside there is nothing like construction to scare you away. >> it is inconvenient. >> reporter: when emily armstrong is on two wheels she is even more aware pick >> it is certainly more dangerous to be driving down here with lane closures. without question. you will see a lot more of us on the sidewalk out of the way of traffic. >> reporter: and even more planned for next week as duke energy works on manholes part of an infrastructure project. with the shopping season here, business owners are also frustrated with this nail salon depending on foot traffic. >> i definitely think that there is an effect. people tends to stay away from the construction zones and all

brand-new competing with construction the last four months. >> it keeps people away because there is a lot of big noise and dust clouds. you can feel the ground vibrating because they are hidden staff. >> reporter: but roads closed now can mean future progress. that is the hope business owners are holding onto. >> i will deal with it and it will affect people but it will bring more foot traffic for infrastructure. duke energy says that work should start next week. the pasco county sheriff's office responding to a social media backlash. deputies posting this picture on friday calling this man they said criminal of the day. hundreds of people commenting in many saying deputies are shaming and embarrassing him. deputies released this video in response on twitter today.

your fingers are now? do you want me to cover them up? >> this shows deputies being compassionate minutes after that picture was taken offering him a blanket and water. deputies post everything on social media and do not discriminate. they tried to stop porter last week but he refused and tried to hit a deputy head on. flint what are police need your help finding a robber. convenience store. you can see the guy walking out with cash. the second one happening after 11:00 on state road 590. he left both stores in what is believed to be a silver nissan with a rare spoiler. he may also be connected to a third robbery in pinellas county. many of you are already

help out your own community. sarina fazan on shows us how it can mean more for others. >> reporter: small businesses popping up everywhere from st. petersburg to hyde park to seminole heights. >> you are really going to get the more unique items that you are looking for when you come to a shop like ours. >> reporter: that is only one incentive to shop local for every $100 spent, 68 helps your neighborhood. compare that with $43 when you buy at a traditional brick and mortar store. >> spread the whale to everybody. check it goes from infrastructure and neighborhoods and americans seem to be embracing the bonuses. local shops generate 54% in

time to buy with small business saturday this weekend. >> most stores are offering huge incentives. if you buy a gift card now -- >> we will double it friday, saturday, or sunday. up to $100. >> reporter: many owners are able to offer great deals thanks to the local economy. local politicians say a low unemployment rate and gas prices could mean more cash in people's pocket. not only a great deal for you and the community but charity too. >> we donate to the spring as well. >> reporter: we work with a lot of local churches and schools. still to come, charity in question dozens of groups giving to a bare area children's home every year. tonight, residents reveal where they said your generosity was

like this happen. it is a scary situation. >> the disturbing discovery a sleeping couple woke up to in their own bed. what a start to the morning. freezing temperatures across the area and what a finish with sunny skies and i will have a thanksgiving forecast coming up. z26jnz zy6z

y26kry yy6y we want to bring you a breaking news update with a school bus 35 elementary students were on the bus when it crashed. the police department briefing the media confirming there are multiple fatalities. you can see the bus landed in between two large trees. witnesses say students were escaping out of the roof patch. the woman who lives inside the house is okay. we do not what -- we do not

>> when you donate to a charity you expect a gift to go where it says it is going but i-team investigator found that wasn't their experience. >> reporter: the month of december is busy at the hope children home. >> we had the whole month of december dedicated to going to christmas parties. >> three are four parties a day from thanksgiving and every day. >> reporter: there is no school all month. >> we do not solicit parties or folks giving gifts to the children. >> reporter: but these images from the website and social media to ask for gift cards and count wish lists. civic clubs

pictures on social media. the kids said they each made 100 item wish lists each year and were adopted by multiple sponsors. >> a party that we were having that night. do the same thing about the other party you are just add. don't say anything at all. >> if people ask about if we had any other gifts we had to tell them no. >> reporter: this group is asking members to spend up to $100 >> so they get $100 from each of these 100 parties, that would be huge. >> the kids get more than they need, i will say that. >> reporter: he said there were only a handful of engagements were a child might receive anywhere near $100 worth of gifts. >> we would get some of them but not all of them. >> reporter: at the end of the party staff members collected

doesn't do a child good to get two trucks. >> reporter: they can later pick up toys for their birthday. >> it is a little toys "r" us actually. >> reporter: staff members collect all gift cards. >> i got a lot of checks and cash and i would always have to turn that stuff in. >> reporter: it is for the child but he would not share the tracking information with us. he did say kids would use cards and special occasions throughout the year. >> we take the children on a family vacation every year and we give them all of their gift cards and then go to walmart and buy snacks and treats. we give them gift cards or cash they might have to buy church outfits if they desire. and also throughout the year as

money is there for them. >> if you kept a tally of everything, it would not come close to what we get to spend. >> reporter: the metropolitan ministry ceo is not affiliated with speaking in general about charity he says gifts should be used exactly as the donors intended. >> if you bring us a turkey it goes to the family. >> reporter: mark says any other practice can threaten confidence in higgins says every donation is put to good use. >> when you figure it is 365 days a year, it goes quickly. >> reporter: i am adam walser taking action for you. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. a beautiful sunset with

tomorrow morning and still one more chilly day to start warming up by wednesday and then the dry weather continues at least for the next 10 days and maybe even beyond. it is getting very dry and we could use some rain. down the road we will probably be needing some water, and there is nothing out there right now. there is clear skies and cool temperatures parksville and downtown 58 with largo 62. mid-50s and upper 50s in the plant city but bartel mostly right now in the low 50s under clear skies. tampa and st. pete checking in with clear skies and no changes there. we had 27 this morning in parksville and 32 in spring hill.

clouds come in. this morning everything felt exactly right for us to get a significant cool down. that normally means a northerly wind or cold air on top of us. by tuesday afternoon you can already see the easterly winds come in. the models are showing some moisture but our air is so dry there is no way to see rain on tuesday. by wednesday morning thing i do think we will see is a little more cloud cover. we have seen this over the last six or seven weeks. you might see a sprinkle. so i guess there is an outside chance of a couple sprinkles or showers come wednesday afternoon. but there will not be many with the majority of our area seem clear and miles. on tuesday it is noticeably warmer than this morning.

of the area with coastal pinellas in the low to mid 50s. ride report citrus county and parksville i think they will be colder tomorrow morning with 36 or 37. the models are to go warm for parksville. it is one of those spots that gets colder than everyone else but still low 40s and then we want back up into the mid 70s even upper 70s by later on in the day. in terms of thanksgiving, things for the big travel day on wednesday. the only exception is the northern plains with issues and seattle for the northeast it is looking good on wednesday with maybe showers on thanksgiving day and more rain on the way home sunday. there is a look at darrell . a good chance -- florida's most accurate seven-day forecast and then were home free the rest of the week with highs of

new video tonight showing a disturbing wake-up call in texas. a couple finding a stranger in their bed. jerrod more since you can see him snooping around in this video. police say the guy broke in and crawled into bed while they were sleeping. they woke up and chased him office. morris thinks he removed a screen from an open window and climbed in that way. he was caught after a different woman caught him looking into her home. still ahead, a big win for the bucs on sunday.

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buccaneer win. the experts say it was the upset of the afternoon. i think what we saw yesterday was more of a game the buccaneers can build on. what a statement did they make? they beat casey in a tough menu. there is not dominant nfl team and there in the top teams in the league are the ones that know how to win. the bucs i get so this team is going to make a statement, make it big. win the division. that is a signature win. take the gators who went to death valley over the weekend and won the sec title. beating top-ranked alabama in two weeks. first they have fsu on the road in tallahassee.

that you look at it and they have good players. he has done an outstanding job building the program. they believe in what they do. it is going to be a fun week. that is what rivalries are all about. it should be good. >> they can sweep the road truck against a competitor and it looks like ben bishop will be there tonight to see if they can make it 5-0 all the top stories coming found on a website at www.abcactionnews.com. >> we will see you back here at 11:00. have a great night. z26lfz zy6z

y26m3y yy6y tonight, breaking news. just as millions begin to travel for thanksgiving, the major storm turning deadly tonight. the 40-car pileup. and now the new storm moving in right after, just in time for the holiday. also breaking, there horrific and deadly school bus crash. reports of several elementary school children who did not survive. also, as we come on tonight, the earthquake and tsunami warning near the toque shia nuclear plant. the images coming in. the urgent manhunt after a veteran officer in texas is shot and killed in an ambush. the surveillance video released late today. another officer shot while in his patrol car in st. louis. four officers targeted in 24