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entering the biggest shopping day of the year. abc action news right there with you. taking you live in tampa people are piling into the best buy black friday sales starting in less than one hour. some underway right now. it evening happy thanksgiving i'm sarina fazan. >> and i'm james tully. now that the table is cleared getting the black friday deals most important. >> there is one toy you will need special luck or a lot of patience to get. brendaliss gonzalez joins us live from walmart in clearwater, one of the few stores who have the hatchables in stock.
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gone even though they don't go on sale until 6:00 pm, people were able to lineup starting at 4:00 they handed out bracelets, those are gone. we talked to one woman who had a special reason for wanting to get her hands on this 20 -- toy. inside this egg are calling the hottest toy the season. >> i don't understand at all. >> they hatch out of an egg, you don't know which one you will get until then. they glow and can learn to walk talk and dance, it is the toy people are searching for. >> we started in canada we stopped in white plains, we tried there. >> she is hoping this clearwater walmart will be her final destination. >> i am willing to do what i can
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toy itself but who would is for. >> my daughter's friend who has a little girl who lost her brother last year and, she is an only child and the only wish is to have one of those hatchimals . >> it is not easy they are sold out of most stores. >> you will pay three times the price. >> this advertisement offers one for $450 $50 or $60. she is taking her chances at walmart where they gain -- guaranteed to have some in stock. >> i want that little girl to be happy. >> willing to go the extra mile and then some. >> a small little thing a little toy i will do my best to find it for her.>> reporter:
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one she still hasn't told me we will have to wait and see in the meantime walmart the only store guaranteed to have them, as you can see they are going fast. brendaliss gonzalez abc action news. as we speak a lot of stores opening are preparing to open doors to thousands of eager shoppers, here is a look at the major stores and when they open, the tampa premium outlets will open at 6:00, target and in less than one hour at 6:00, toys "r" us is opened right now, hurry over to best buy for electronics deals started a few minutes ago. donald trump in south florida working through thanksgiving spending the week at his more largo home in palm beach he released a thanksgiving message on social
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divisions moving forward as one country. >> trumpet knowledged the nation just finished a long bruising political campaign and tensions don't just heal overnight. today marks his second full day in southern florida. he is spending the weekend there and it is causing quite the frenzy. police presence is everywhere. droves of curious people flocking to the estate hoping to catch a glimpse. in one impacting fishermen. >> on the ocean i know they have the oceanside and restricted areas. that might affect some of the fishermen. >> the coast guard is approaching any boat that comes near the area local law enforcement have been working hand-in-hand with the secret service to make sure the impact on traffic is minimal, despite
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tourists which will increase business. the u.s. navy warning sailors about a hack exposing their names and social security numbers, unauthorized individuals accessed information after a breach involving a hewlett-packard workers laptop, the service takes the incident extremely seriously. those affected include former and current sailors will be notified in the next few weeks. at this stage in the evidence of misuse of information. president obama speaking with those serving our country making nine phone calls to deployed service members in the military. he wished them happy thanksgiving thanking them for their service. now, abc
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these temperatures we started the week in the 30s and 40s with highs in the 60s a remarkable change upper 70s to lower 80s a little more humid and that has turned things around although things will be changing by the weekend, another cold front taking us back to where we should be for this time of year. low to mid 80s. that will happen late saturday into sunday until then we will continue with warm temp hurricane. a category two in the southwestern caribbean. if you're stepping out tonight the radar is quiet a few pout -- clouds passing by. temperatures dropping to the upper 60s by midnight. what a gorgeous day for the second annual turkey gobble, it went off without a hitch in downtown tampa hundreds of
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survivors. >> we have a lot of cancer survivors running because they believe in the cause. they know what the ymca does for them. >> i have someone who was running in honor of her sister who passed. >> last year i volunteered we have a run club at the ymca so we get a big group. >> we see a lot of cancer survivs trainers getting better and stronger. living normal healthy lives after recovering. >> burn off some calories, come rotary raise some money. >> may be as you saw this morning thousands of people
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traveling from the upper west side to macy's flagship store. the parade in its 90th year was led by charlie brown. a shout out to new some high school marching band representing tampa bay in the parade hillsborough county tweaking out photos of the students performing, they received a $5000 check here to help them get their. the powerball jackpot the upswing nobody won last night so the jackpot $403 million. the odds of winning, one in 292 million. so there is a chance. the next drawing is coming up. a cuban family with a 55- year-old thanksgiving tradition. i'm isabel rosales with details on what it is and how it started.
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into the newsroom a california mother missing for three weeks has been sound -- found safe she vanished while jogging in northern california, her cell phone was found near her home, deputies found her in the air you her with her husband, we learned she was being held captive and was dropped on a highway earlier today at some point, no word on who was holding her or if it was against her will, she is in a hospital tonight. a developing story out of central new york where one person is dead and three others in the hospital after a shooting at a gay nightclub, gunfire erupted this morning inside of the rock nightclub
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and three others have non-life- threatening injuries, the attack was not random, they are questioning with at least one person in custody, authorities and the club owner says the incident does not appear to be a hate crime. a man riding his horse all the way from south carolina to the florida keys is behind bars, police were alerted by witnesses who saw the man riding a thin horse, t 3 left his home four months ago after an argument with his wife, he used the horse to panhandle his way down the coast, the horse is now safe at a horse ranch in lakeland, trigger the horse is nearly 200 pounds underweight. emerson is charged with animal cruelty. caught on camera stealing kids bikes these surveillance videos released hoping you
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a bike from outside of the convenience store this month the victim rode his bike to a food market and left it outside while he went in the store, that is when the man stole the bike. a beach cruiser with a basket rusted fenders and handlebars if you know who this is called polk county deputies. a pair of northern kentucky brothers a walmart store. all caught on camera. >> sporting a helmet and a cape you can see them zipping around, the men on the bike nearly hit shoppers they aren't surprised someone would pull a stunt like this but no one in the store called police until after the brothers were gone.>> there are these side aisles if anybody
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could have hit them. >> police arrested the brothers the next day. tonight we want to introduce you to a cuban family with a 50-year-old tradition. >> isabel rosales caught up with the family who says they were inspired by the pilgrims. >> former generations of a cuban family under three different names, getting ready to eat. at least 70 members strong traveling from california and kentucky. uniting at lowry park. >> there is no dinner table or inside. >> eating here a nearly 60-year- old tradition. starting with a sacrifice at the start of the cuban revolution. the family auto-parts business no longer there's. >> the government came over and
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was completely lost. >> they escape communist rule came to the us embracing what it means to be an american. >> why not us? >> mixing fun at lowry park, pork next to the turkey and you have a long-standing cuban- american family tradition. they keep the tradit both cultures. like feeling thankful. >> it is great they made that decision. >> and charity. every year the family donates hundreds to local charities remembering to give today, in tampa isabel rosales abc action news. >> of course the holidays are
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customer left his waiter a very generous tip take a look at this, the person left $750 as a tip. the waiter says he was telling the man how he was missing his family in ireland and he would love to bring his girlfriend and new baby home to meet them, a diner road the note that says hopefully this can get you back to ireland for the holidays. the server year back to ireland. now, abc action weather. >> we had cabbage patch dolls craze back in the 80s and
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things for the kids. hopefully you get your hatchimal, if you don't that's all right. we will get them the next month or so, look at that shot, the light catching on the buildings, gorgeous as we continue to see temperatures in the upper 70s to the lower 80s, mostly sunny skies a little more humid than what we were when we started the week i was with you on monday morning temperatures were in off the windshields with pictures coming in. and look now we are surrounded by warm water and as soon as we get the westerly wind, we get moderated temperatures, this time around it is a southeast wind bringing not just the warmer temperatures, but also higher humidity. just a little bit.
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pretty quite nothing organized a few clouds rolling through to the north and west this is our next weather system a cool front coming in, nothing like what we had this week earlier the air not that cold but the humidity is lower and it will drop the time by sunday, the difference between saturday and sunday temperatures are cooler sunday but sunday we will notice the dry crisp feel to the temperatures tonight in the mid- 60s along the coast, cooler east end north but near the water we will be rather balmy for this time of your. 65 is something and of course with the head start we will be around 80 degrees, this is something a hurricane on the last week of hurricane season. otto category two impacting one of the lowest latitude land
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and nicaragua. of course the range will continue that will be an issue. one for the rainfall coming down the mountains, mudslides and landslides a big issue which is why they evacuate a lot of folks not so much because of the wind but because of the high threat of mudslides and landslides continuing even as the storm will weaken. 65 as we wake up tomor winds at 10 knots, 1 to 2 foot seas. sunrise by 7:00 extended forecast through the weekend the differences saturday and sunday, dryer on sunday more comfortable, the next chance of rain not until the middle or latter part of next week. having regrets about eating that huge thanksgiving meal?
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y26kby yy6y astronauts working on the international space station enjoyed a thanksgiving feast, if you have wondered how they prepare a full meal with zero gravity, we have an this nasa astronaut is serving as the chef warming up pouches of turkey, yams cherry and blueberry cobbler, most of the food is dehydrated, to make them edible he adds water. don't worry, mission control promises to be mob live football games for the crew to enjoy. >> sounds like a bachelor stream you eat your turkey stuffing
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according to the calorie control council the average american consumes 4500 calories. >> this can be kind of depressing coming up 2 1/2 more times then we are supposed to consume in a day. what can you do to burn it off? it is a lot. you would have to do 15 straight hours of push-ups, if chin-ups are your style do them for 12 to fly to los angeles and back. >> you could grow a boat for five hours straight, if you think running is a quick way to burn calories you will bury them but it will take a while, two marathons back-to-back just to work off the dinner. >> all right, our advice sit back and enjoy the full tommy. it is not always easy
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hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. we need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more?
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live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. a live look at the black friday frenzy many stores already open tonight as shoppers try to find the hottest deals how you can tell if you're getting the best ones. the hatchimal craze continues people tried to get their hands on one of these we will explain what it is and we
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that can be hard to get. a group of bay area students spending the day helping those with nowhere to go. students at gulfport high school setting aside their own needs good evening i'm james tully, >> and i'm laura harris, we look at why they decided to skip their own thanksgiving. >> a busy morning at golf high school 28 turkeys and a few dozen students faculty volunteers, determined to make thanksgiving memorable for those who have nowhere else to go. >> i understand the struggle of some people not being able to afford the food. >> this 10th grader is giving up her holiday plans to do it for them. >> we raised enough money to purchase 28 birds. >> students graded served and entertained the families that showed up.
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