abc action news starts right now with breaking news. >> and we begin with that breaking news out of citrus county now at 9:00. detectives investigating a suspicious death on west sun ripe loop in crystal river. deputies say they found a bo in flames after receiving a call about a brush fire around 3:30 this morning. we do have a crew on the way, reporter isabel rosales will have a live update coming up at 9:30. good morning and thanks for joining us, i'm dan shaffer. >> and i'm ashley yore in for deiah this morning. we're following breaking news out of odessa. >> tragedy at a mobile home park there where we've just learned moments ago that one person has died in an early morning house fire. abc action news reporter erik

>> reporter: yeah, we just got that confirmation from the hillsborough county fire rescue department that one man inside that mobile home did die in this fire. let's take a look there, you can see the damage, just devastation to that mobile home there, and neighbors tell me that the woman who lived in that home came running across the street pounding on the door saying her house was on fire and her husband was still inside. there, just total devastation. now, this is video shot by a neighbor as the fire roared here at the silver dollar golf community in odessa. hillsborough fire rescue worked to put the fire out and saved the neighboring units. the woman who lived there was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. we were just told moments ago that she is improving. her husband is a retired new york cop who was disabled and authorities did just confirm that someone in that house, we

that fire. >> it just burned up really fast. i mean it burnt quick. it was really brutal, really fast, really hot, and, you know, hard to watch. >> reporter: this was hard to watch for so many people in this community. it's actually the second mobile home to burn down in recent weeks. no one was inside, the other home, lived in there seriously injured, but we are told improving and we did just get confirmation that one person did die inside that mobile home. live in odessa erik waxler abc action news. thanks erik. now to breaking news out of pasco county, we just learned the man killed in a deadly motorcycle collision is a popular musician in the area. this is rob cartwright. hundreds of people already

cartwright was the fiddle player in that band. cartwright was riding his motorcycle down u.s. 19 in hudson when an suv apparently turned in front of him at each boulevard. he slammed into the side of it and was killed. we're still waiting to learn if the other driver will face criminal charges for the crash. new at 9, a local teacher is arrested and charged with molestation. this is amit santiago's mug shot. deputies arrested him last middle school and he's been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation. we'll update you when we hear back from the school district. new at 9, pope francis appointing a new leader for bay area catholics. bishop gregory parks will replace robert lynch who's retiring after 20 years serving the tampa bay catholic community. parks comes from the diocese of pensacola and tallahassee where

past four years. before entering the seminary he worked in finance in tampa. we're going to live stream parks' introduction on facebook at 10:30. scary moments outside the u.s. embassy in the philippines. police in manila diffused a suspected bomb found in a trash can. luckily no one was hurt. the street sweeper says she called police after finding a cell phone attached to a bottle- like cylinder with wires connecting it back to the phone. police are inves months, tow truck drivers are planning a memorial ride for one of their own. another driver killed yesterday while helping a motorist. in both instances the drivers who killed them are accused of driving under the influence. troopers say the driver in this case, leandro perez was drunk when he hit and killed danny hand. perez is expected to make his first court appearance this morning. the incident happened early yesterday morning in tampa on i-

is this happening, how dare you people do this when you drink and you drive. how dare you. >> hand leaves behind a girlfriend and a daughter. 9:00, good morning, hope you had a great holiday weekend. we are starting off with some changes here in the forecast the next few days. a few clouds this afternoon, even some isolated showers, about 10 to 20% coverage setting us up for a warm and humid week. we're talking temps in the mid- feel more like early fall as opposed to late november. upper 60s right now. we're going to go for low 80s. we'll do that very quickly, upper 70s by your lunchtime, and then we'll hit 81, 82 degrees through the afternoon. tracking our next front, it's well up to the north and west, what we have now is a southeast wind. we'll bring us some isolated showers. we'll talk more about that and get back to our more typical temperatures for this time of the year in just a few minutes. things are looking a lot

were watching around alexander in the westbound lanes, that has cleared. just one car left. the car seems to be getting by just fine now. the only issue we still have out there is across the sunshine skyway we have some police activity on the very, very top. this is in the southbound lanes, although it does seem to be all in the shoulder, but cars are moving a little bit slow getting across the sunshine skyway. here's what your drive times look like. still just a minute slow southbound, northbound looking great, just 9 minutes to get across. back to you. thanks janelle. biggest retailers, and they do almost all of their sales online. >> cyber monday is the day amazon prepares for all year. abc action news james tully is live inside the amazon facility in ruskin, and james, the shipping and receiving never stops there. >> dan, it's like i'm trapped in an episode of howard's maid and it's great. thingsner stop here, and how else could you fathom a company

you want to sign that the orders are really pouring in. take a look at these containers behind me going down the conveyor belt, by the thousands we've watched in the last several minutes and the engineering blows me away, how they're sorted out so quickly. if you ordered something this morning, that could be it right there. these conveyor belts, they reason for miles covering this 1 million square foot warehouse. if you live in florida, anywhere in florida and order something the next couple of hours, a very good chance your item is in e containers. the amazon fulfillment facility opened in 2014 and continues to provide thousands of full-time jobs. the gm of the facility tells us he still can't believe how big this operation is. >> we've got a little over 3500

>> reporter: thousands throughout the day, tens of thousands are going to be sold here in this facility alone. looking at the best deals, the amazon electronics actually, that's what they're telling us are the absolute best deals online, kindles, fire hds, things like that, some as much as $40 off. be careful because those deals are changing by the minute. there's 75,000 different deals on amazon.com today, so happy shopping. live and just like many of us, president-elect donald trump is back home this morning after the long holiday weekend. his motorcade arriving at trump tower in new york city after he spent the holiday at his florida resort. and he's wasting no time getting back to work. today he's set to talk with potential white house and cabinet picks. this morning the push for a recount in the presidential election is also moving forward. officials in wisconsin say

green party candidate jill stein has raised $6 million for the process, and hillary clinton's campaign has formally joined the effort. president-elect donald trump narrowly won wisconsin, but state officials say it would be tough to finish a recount by the federal deadline. that's december 12th. we'll share how the president- elect is reacting to the recount coming up at 9:30. 9:09 right now, this morning cubans are mourning the death of fidel castro, the communist dictator of this flags are at half-staff across cuba right now. memorials will occur throughout the country today and tomorrow with a public mass in havana tomorrow night. in miami the cuban community continued celebrating castro's death yesterday. they demand cuban leaders free cuban political prisoners. no u.s. officials say they plan to attend castro's funeral, and senator ted cruz whose father fled cuba decades ago hopes no

clinton and democrats lining up to lionize a murderous tyrant and thug. >> president-elect trump has said his administration will do all it can to ensure the cuban people can begin their journey towards prosperity and liberty: there's another way to get from st. pete to tampa every day. commuter service on the cross bay ferry has officially started this morning. the ferry vinoy basin and tampa's convention center. it will take about 50 minutes to cross the bay. that's about the same time it can take in a car during rush hour. >> coming up, a mom hoping to earn extra cash for the holidays almost falls for the mystery shopping scam nearly losing thousands of dollars. we'll tell you what you need to look out for and if you're currently looking for work. >> but first, this was a

the new orleans this weekend. two people started shooting in the french quarter, the violence killing one person, hurting nine others. what police know about the suspects who are still on the run after the break. well when i shop, my coupons are in a neat little stack, and my weekly ad is folded like this. ready to go... that's how i save a lot at publix. how 'bout you?

you know what i love? when i see all the savings at the bottom of my receipt.

show it to my wife. that's how i save at publix. how 'bout you? publix. where shopping is a pleasure. just about 9:14 now. a man accused of going on a violent rampage in baton rouge is now dead after a shootout with police. he shot and killed a woman, ran over two bystanders, then crashed into an ambulance. thch old man fired at deputies late last night when they demanded he show his hands. deputies shot him. he ran, they captured him, and he died on the way to the hospital. officers say this all started when that man shot a woman and threw her out of a car. then he shot another person and ran over those bystanders including a teen training in emergency medical care.

lives as gunshots ring out in new orleans' french quarter. ten people were shot early yesterday, and right now police are searching for the suspected shooters. police say one man was killed in the violence. we're told none of the victims were the intended target when two men began arguing and shooting. the suspects are believed to be from out of town. five of those victims were released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. at that time another four were still recovering. nine people have been arrested this morning in connection with a deadly acde plant. china's state news agency says the chairman and chief engineer of the power station were among those arrested. the arrests were announced a day after china's top leaders ordered a nationwide review of safety standards at industrial sites. a platform at the plant suddenly collapsed last week killing 74 people. jury selection is once again getting underway in south carolina in the charleston church shooting trial. 22-year-old dylann roof is

shootings. it's the first of two death penalty trials he faces. jury selection was halted earlier this month after roof's attorneys questioned his ability to understand the case against him, but the judge ruled last week he was competent to stand trial. more than 500 potential jurors will be individually questioned by the judge. how'd you like some extra cash for the holiday in your pocket. unfortunately some offers for work at home opportunities can consumer reporter john matarese has a holiday season warning so you don't waste your money. >> this is the time of year many of us are looking for part- time work to help us through the holidays. one woman almost lost $3000 to what she thought would be a holiday season job as a mystery shopper. >> stephanie tull wanted to earn a little extra money. >> you know the holidays are coming and it's nice to be able

>> she responded to an e-mail about becoming a mystery shopper. >> it did say it was from the national mystery shopper network. upon initial research, the website seemed legit. >> she applied and couldn't believe what showed up next, a check for over $3000. >> i mean it had the heat resistant mark on it. you can scratch on the back to get the number off. i mean it looks like a real check when you look at it. >> the instructions said she was to evaluate local banks earning $350. >> and i was supposed to cash it and keep my 350 and then keep the money for the secret shopper. >> so how do you know if a mystery shopper assignment is legitimate? first of all you should be asked to check out a store or a restaurant, never a bank or western union's money gram. >> another version asks you to buy prepaid gift cards to test the store's gift card counter but the check will bounce and you'll be sending your own

association at mysteryshop.org. stephanie doesn't want others to get hurt. >> that could be somebody's last little bit of money they have or a single mom struggling. that could be her last little bit of cash. >> no legitimate company will ever send you a check for several thousand dollars before you even start your job. that way you don't waste your money,. new pictures coming out after earthquakes devastated parts of italy. we're now getting some aerial foot flooding and mud slides as a result of the landslides that have been ongoing. we've had severe weather rolling through, very heavy rains. one particular village destroying numerous homes, folks have been evacuated as you can imagine, just look at that flow. that's an unbelievable site from central italy. unfortunately, more heavy rain is going to be on the way over the next several days. back closer to home, we're going to take you where?

take a look at that. folks are having a difficult time getting back from grandma's house. snow chains were out. folks trying to get across the passes there. more moisture from the pacific is going to be coming in. they're going to be in for more heavy snow, and that's not even the big storm right now. are you happy. >> these are the days when we are like, oh, thanks, we live in florida. >> pretty nice. >> we are going to get a little piece of get us back to average temperatures. >> rain in the forecast. >> a few showers on thursday. >> we haven't rained here significantly in quite some time, have a nice surplus out there, we're okay as far as any drought, but look at that gentleman there taking a nice stroll on the beach. what a great day to do it, but here not so much, right? look at all the snow that continues as we talked about. this is the area of low

just bringing at times blizzard conditions to the midwest. it's the tail end of this front that will continue pushing to the south and east. it will do so very slowly. it's going to lose some steam and stall out to our north and west, and that's going to be key to our temperatures and our humidity. both will be on the increase with the southeasterly flow ahead of that front. that means for you and me, it is going to start feeling sticky out there with temps in the mid-80s by tomorrow and the dew point's going up. it's going to feel like early southeast flow. there's the front. it stalls out and has to wait for a new low to form, and then it will truck it through here, thursday not with severe weather or heavy rain if you're looking for any significant appreciable rainfall for your lawns, just some light showers. the sprinkles are what you'll have to deal with here. for today with this moisture coming in out of the southeast, look at the clouds beginning to bubble up through the afternoon, a couple of showers, 10 to 20% coverage especially

the sky, that's what it is, a little rain that we haven't had in some time. it's not going to be much. upper 60s right now, low 80s this afternoon, which is already above average. we'll do even better tomorrow. we're going to go from 81 today to about 85 through the afternoon. winds beginning to subside, so i think throughout the remainder of the day conditions improving for boaters out there, we're looking good for the next three days. there it is the warm spell, tuesday, wednesday, low to mid- the front comes in on thursday. not a big cold shot of air. it's just going to get us back to where we should be, mid-70s for friday, saturday, and comfortable humidity. 9:21. still ahead this morning, new information being revealed about the driver involved in that deadly school bus crash in tennessee. why questions are being raised about his employment and past complaints against him. >> plus, one shopping extravaganza after another this month. i love it.

newly released documents from a tennessee school district prompted more questions about the employment of the driver involved in a deadly school bus crash. those documents show school officials knew johnthony walker had a second job weeks before the accident.

to driving a school bus walker worked at an amazon warehouse. according to the school's transportation policy it's dangerous for bus drivers to have a second job. a chattanooga community said good-bye this weekend to another young victim in that bus crash tragedy. >> we love to dance. she was the sweetest you ever wanted to come in contact with. >> more questions also being raced about walk -- raised about two written statements by students complaining he drove too fast and another complaining he was making sharp turns. six children were killed in last week's bus crash. this morning the u.s. army corps of engineers says it does not plan to forcibly remove protestors in north dakota who are protesting the dakota access pipeline. the corp. says it's looking for a peaceful and orderly way to get

told leaders the land they're protesting on will be closed to the public december 5th for safety reasons. those who choose to stay will do so at their own risk and that they could face charges. bizarre story out of japan. a theme park getting some backlash after freezing 5 ,000 sea creatures into the floor of an ice rink. >> wow. >> that attraction is now closed. fish, crabs, other sea life were embedded in the life as part of a special the manager now saying that the park will unfreeze the rink and remove the fish, hold an appropriate religious service, and then reuse them as fertilizer. he added the fish were bought at a fish market and they were dead before they were made part of the floor. good morning everybody, i'm lease is a campos with your

seven bay area locations. they are making it as easy as possible for you to participate in angel tree and we'll have all the details r you coming

live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. citrus county deputies blocking off a neighborhood investigating a suspicious death, i'm isabel rosales with the latest details including why a concerned resident dialed 9-1-1. >> plus, california investigators searching for clues after a kidnapped mom is found on the side of the road bound by restraints. what they're learning now about her captors. >> and why san francisco quarterback colin kaepernick is at the center of another controversy, this time right here in florida. good morning, and thanks for

>> and i'm ashley yore. deiah has the morning off. we do have a lot to get to. >> first of all we're going to get another check on the forecast. ivan cabrera is standing by with that. >> it's cyber monday so you can do it from inside. it's going to be a nice afternoon i think, some changes on the way. we're in the upper 60s right now, which is putting us anywhere from 5 to as warm as 10 degrees from yesterday. that's a pattern change that we're going to be in here. southeasterly wind will bring higher temperatures, more moisture, for today we'll be in the lower 80s, but we'll do that with rain chances at 10 to 20%. we'll talk more about the heat coming our way and then getting back to normal behind a front in just a few minutes. 9:31 now, back to that breaking news out of citrus county, deputies there are investigating the death of a person found inside a burned out car. >> let's get right to abc action news reporter isabel rosales live near the crime scene on sunshine path. isabel, what do you know so

scene meaning we have very limited details at this time, but what we do know is that a concerned neighbor around here called 9-1-1 for what they thought was a brush fire, but when first responders arrived and said they found a car fully engulfed in flames inside a body, now you can see that they've blocked off the area. there is a forensics unit there. deputies, investigators coming in and out in the few minutes we've been here. now deep in that wooded area is where that car is located. some of smoldering around there. again, very limited details at this time. we are waiting to learn more about who precisely this person was, their identity, and what led to their death. as soon as we get any updates we'll make sure to let you know on social media and on abcactionnews.com. live in citrus county, i'm isabel rosales abc action news. police have arrested a 27- year-old man in connection with a body found in pinellas county

now behind bars. police believe he is connected to the murder of will hodges. police found hodges body a week ago. investigatorsfound watkins fingerprints at the crime scene and he is charged now with second degree murder. developing this morning, police are searching for a man who shot and killed a security guard in illinois. loved ones are now mourning that guard's 38-year-old tyrone harden. he worked if the canadian national railroad. investigators say he was trying to stop a carjacker who woman's car saturday night. harden spotted the suspect in a different stolen car. police say that's when the man shot at him more than a dozen times. the shooter stole the officer's vehicle but then abandoned it. his family is pleading for the killer to please come forward. >> he was working. he did not deserve this at all. this senselessness that's going

>> harden leaves behind a wife and 5-year-old son. investigators are now pouring over surveillance video. new information on the kidnapped mother found on a rural road in california. right now police investigating say they have no reason not to believe her story. newly released calls between police and 9-1-1 dispatchers describe the moment she was found. >> she was chained with a quarter inch heavy chain. >> investigators papini was chained to something and beaten. authorities are now examining her clothing and those restraints searching for any dna evidence that might lead them to her alleged kidnappers. investigators are also looking into past incidents including her previous marriage and divorce and checking her online activity. papini vanished three weeks ago while jogging. the election drama still not over. president-elect donald trump says he doesn't believe hillary clinton won the popular vote.

winning the electoral college in a landslide, i won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally. trump lost the popular vote by almost 2 million votes. over the weekend he unleashed a series of tweets about a vote recount effort spearheaded by the green party's jill stein. the clinton campaign announced they would participate while making clear they are not attempting to contest the results. trump's senior advisor slammed the efforts. >> the idea that we are going to drag this out now where the president-elect has been incredibly magnanimous to the clintons and to the obamas is pretty incredible. >> the move comes after data security experts raised concerns over discrepancies between areas that use paper ballots versus electronic. recounts are being done in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. san francisco 49ers quarterback collin quarterback is quelling another controversy. in an interview wednesday kaepernick defended his wearing

meeting fidel castro. after yesterday's game, kaepernick said reporters misconstrued his support of castro. >> it was completely out of context because once again what i said is i support the investment in education. i never said i support the oppressive things that he did. >> kaepernick says he supports cuba's investment in schools while the u.s. builds prisons. fans yesterday. cape coral residents are back at home this morning after a fuel tanker overturned yesterday. about 9,000 gallons of fuel spilled prompting an evacuation in the area. the tanker caught fire while emergency crews were removing its battery. later they were able to safely drain the fuel into another truck. two firefighters were taken to the hospital with heat-related injuries, but they are expected to be okay. the evacuation was lifted yesterday afternoon. well, if you're anything

surfing the web today looking for the best deals because cyber monday can mean those big discounts. two of the best bargains, target taking 15% off almost everything. that's on top of its sale prices. that's pretty good, amazon is offering deals on electronics, and a tip to save even more money if you leave items in your virtual shopping cart on a retailers website, some of those merchants are going to e- mail you extra discounts to check out. some of those are office max and bed, bath and beyond. the dow opening a few minutes ago and another record high. the index gaining 69 points on friday. here is a live look at the dow right now down 43 points to 19109. happening today, governor rick scott will be in the bay area to talk about job growth. the governor will be at blue grace logistics south of causeway boulevard west of i-75 and river view.

afternoon. emerging artists from tv music competitions will be in sarasota county as part of the all star nation tour. the next three days the singers will be performing for students and speaking out against bullying at north point and river view high schools and booker middle school. we're still waiting to find out who won a huge power ball jackpot, not us. >> unfortunately no winners in florida, but the lucky person is from tennessee. maybe you have a really nice relative there. i don't know. >> no one that likes me that much. >> this is really a lucky person. the ticket sold in lafayette just outside of nashville, tennessee. matched all six power ball numbers drawn saturday night. that jackpot worth $421 million. according to the lottery rules, that person has 180 days to come forward and claim the prize. tennessee, boy, they've had a winning streak lately. 200 tickets now worth $1 million or more, largest jackpot going to a couple

january. >> no, stop, hey! you have to put back the hearts. >> it's a little clip from disney's south pacific animated tail milana dominating the thanksgiving box office, the film bringing in an estimated $81.1 million over the weekend. that's the second highest turkey day debut ever coming in just behind the 2013 release frozen. pretty cool. 9:39. still coming up, military medals found discarded in a dumpster. now the search is on to find the rightful owner of this purple heart, what we do know about the symbol behind this

welcome back, 9:42. outrage in texas after a symbol of combat injury, courage and bravery is found discarded in a dumpster, and now an army veteran is on the hunt to find who this purple heart belongs to. gary kennedy received a call about the purple heart and other medals that were found, and now kennedy's trying to figure out who jim c. carter is. we know he's a world war ii veteran who served in the army.

those medals. >> you only receive one purple heart for each time you were shot. if you did get shot that means you were in harm's way and you were shot by the enemy. >> it's unclear who discarded the medals or why. kennedy has reached out to several organizations and families to track down the owners. hundreds of people protesting in western massachusetts after hampshire college took down the american flag after the election. the school's decision came after they say students burned an american donald trump's presidential election win. veterans and several others waved american flags and held peaceful protests yesterday. many veterans disappointed and saddened by the school's decision. >> they took down my flag. they have a right to do that. i'm here to defend their right to do that, however, i want them to understand how seriously that hurts me.

reed, hanscom air force base. i came home and there's no way i'll let anybody take down the flag. >> the city's mayor stood with those veterans. the college's president did not attend the demonstrations. take a look at this video getting a lot of attention nationwide right now. shoppers at a crowded northern california mall start throwing punches ending in an all-out brawl. the video shows six men on the night of thanksgiving. you can see them kicking and hitting and punching each other. no one called 9-1-1 during the fight. there were no reports of any injuries. the mall spokesperson says the mall security quickly broke up that fight. it's not clear exactly what caused it. more people opened their wallets this black friday than last year, but on average they spent less. according to a national retail federation survey, more than 154 million consumers shopped in stores and online. that's about 3 million more than last year, but the nrf

about $10 less on average, about $290 this year. that's compared to nearly $300 in 2015. we're told that number is down because of discounts, you hate to see that, but i like the discounts. i don't know about you guys. >> you know what's discounted is winter clothing here locally. >> yes, that's right. >> stores have a hard time selling jackets and sweaters. >> it's going to stay warm. you've been talking about the rain. i looked this month, and absolutely one of the driest novembers as we wrap up november, we also wrap up hurricane season. a lot of changes this time of year. we've got these cold fronts that come through back and forth and cool us off, make us very chilly and then do this, leave us with a lot of sunshine. now we're kind of turning the cornerback ward a little bit here. of course, temporarily. we're headed into december, so at some point we'll cool off and stay there. but for this week, i think

outdoor activities. perhaps you work outside. mid-80s with high humidity. that's going to feel comfortable out there. low 70s, we're cranking up the heat. low 80s, look where we are from this time yesterday, already warming up. brought some showers down towards south florida, and that's going to be for us later on this afternoon. that's the kind of pattern we're in. this front is ours thursday, not going to get here until thursday though so the entire time we're going to stay very warm. we need some rainfall as the front comes in, just a few light showers. take a look at this, now in november pretty much nothing, and so we're now an inch, look at that, we're going to push i think an inch and a half by the end here, and look at the year, 52 inches. now that's what i was talking about earlier. we're over 8 with all the rain we got earlier. that doesn't help conditions as of late. it's going to stay dry, i think, right through the beginning of december. as we continue with a warming

couple of days. again, it's a temporary thing here. if you don't like the heat and humidity, that will also go away. by thursday we'll transition into cooler times. look at this beautiful futurecast here. you see nothing along the water. that's because of the heating of the day. we're going to pop those cumulus clouds and eventually those will bring us some light showers, 10 to 20% coverage, i think for today. heading into tomorrow, we're going to get low 80s into mid- 80s, and the humidity will make it feel probably like it's in the upper 80s. so get ready for that, tuesday and wednesday. what a change. 79 because of cloud cover, not the front yet but by late thursday it will clear us out and then setting the stage for a gorgeous friday and heading into the weekend, low humidity with temps in the mid-70s. >> thanks ivan. 9:47. still ahead, find out how you can brighten christmas morning for bay area kids, next on

good morning, everybody, i'm lisa campos with your positively tampa bay. we are coming to you this morning from pinellas park. we are at the hudsons furniture store where one of seven locations participating in angel tree this year. take a look at this beautiful store and what i like the most is right when you walk in to the showroom, you've got the angel tree waiting we also have this morning joining us to talk a little bit more about angel tree we've got lisa king and her beautiful daughter priscilla who is helping us this morning with some interviews. tell us about the participation of hudson furniture stores and angel tree again this year and thank you by the way. >> we've been involved for the last several years and always looking for an opportunity to

about the hudsons. this year with the angel tree it's a perfect time to hopefully be able to give kids their perfect christmas this year. >> this is not the first year. you all have so many great stories of customers that come in and employees. what's the general mood as soon as people see the paper angels go up on the tree. >> the employees love it. they get excited about hopefully being able to get all the angels taken. we never like the idea of thinking one of the angels are left the last couple of years we've had it farther in the back and they've not been quite as recognizable. we put it right front and center this year so hopefully all the angels will go. >> you'll been looking at the angels on the tree, and what are some of the things you've noticed as you read through the names and stuff. >> there's the stuff that they want and the stuff that they need. and whenever you look at the stuff that they need it really

you are than them. >> yes. this year part of the strategy of putting the angel tree right at the front is the fact we have less time to help these kids, december 9th is the time, so what are you asking folks to do when they come out to the stores? >> well, come out as soon as possible because like she said, we are on a much shorter time frame this year, so by december 9th for most of the stores we need as many people to come in as possible and grab an angel or even more and invite your friends in to of them taken as possible. >> thank you. and we're making it as easy for you as possible, so we've got all of the stores listed on our website here in pinellas county we've got this beautiful store, pinellas park participating in angel tree, also the clear water store. in hillsborough county, the north tampa location and brandon location of hudson's furniture is participating in angel tree. in polk county they have the

participating. the deadline for each of these locations is december the 9th. however, if you're in bradenton or going to the store in sarasota of hudson's, the deadline there is december the 12th. we've got all the detailed information for you very easy for you to look and select which store location is easier for you by simply going on our website, and that's abcactionnews.com/angeltree. again, folks, we are hoping to help thousands of needy children this holiday season and could really use

salvation units to help with angel tree. the front lobby will be available until december the 9th. in hillsborough and manatee county the angels must be adopted and brought back by december the 2nd. the last day for angels in pinellas county is december 9th and in polk county the deadline is december the 12th. >> community calendar is brought to you by florida pain

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good monday morning. >> thank you so much for joining us. maybe you're taking a break from the computer since it is cyber monday. maybe you're clicking away doing some shopping. >> i'm so onboard with that. it's like saved my life, cyber monday and all the rest of the years as well. i'm totally a fan of buying online. >> i go back and forth. sometimes it's convenient. >> when your baby is here. >> i like to touch and feel and try on. i genuinely love shopping.