going on -- be aware of what is going on around us. and mark says sad. sad no one intervened before the point she was found in the woods. there is no punishment difficult enough to give these two fools who are charged with her upkeep. the sheriff is also making it clear that had that girl not taken a chance, not run away, she might have been killed. the man who found her after her daring escape is sharing with us tonight what >> here is grady trimble. >> reporter: deputies say nobody knew the horrors happening on the other side of these walls in this sleepy dundee neighborhood. it might have stayed that way if michael hadn't stepped out of his house and heard a girl calling from the wood nearby. >> she said, can you help me? that's what i remember her saying. can you help me? >> reporter: was she saying it over and over? >> yeah. can you help me?

the woods. my shoulder is broke. >> reporter: she was a teenager who looked badly abused. he told his mom to call 911. >> her feet are messed up. she has no shoes on. >> does she need ems? >> she is really dirty. >> reporter: deputies got there and rushed her to the hospital. >> the guy said she was dying on the way to the hospital. i couldn't imagine what she was going through. >> reporter: according to investigators the teenager cold them husband and wife chris melissa peters beat her and wouldn't let her eat or use the bathroom. >> she said they treated their dog better man me. >> reporter: hickens thinks this could have ended worse. he couldn't explain why these two people would treat a childlike that. >> it's senseless. i hope they are in jail for a while i. >> and that is where they will stay unless they make bond. doctors are caring for that teenager. there is more to this. sheriff judd says she has a brother. they do not think he was

good care because they are now getting the help that they have needed so long. a search for a gunman intensifies tonight. the reward information has climbed to $25,000. right now there is no motive in the shooting and killing of a san antonio police officer. he is just one of four police officers who were shot in a wave of unrelated attacks around the country targeting law enforcement. all of the other officers are expected to survive. this newly getting buzzed into police headquarters in san antonio. this was just hours before the shooting. investigators believe he is the one behind the attack. >> i think that the uniform was the target, and anyone who happened -- the first person who happened along was the person that he targeted. >> the police chief says detective benjamin marconi pulled a driver over in front of police headquarters before noon and the suspect parked his

approached marconi's driver's side window. investigators say the suspect shot him twice in the head before running back to his car. police say surveillance footage captured this black sedan speeding away from the scene. these shootings are putting the focus on the dangers of working in law enforcement. tonight at 5:30 we are hearing from the wife of an officer who broke down in tears talking about what it's like knowing your husband could be in the line of fire at any moment. breaking news out tonight. a tsunami warning is in effect, and this is why. an earthquake just hit north of tokyo. it's powerful, too. a 7.3. that means possible waves at least 10 feet. the epicenter is home to a nuclear power plant that was destroyed in 2007 when another quake hit offshore and caused a tsunami there. if you have loved ones up north, they are probably digging out. the first major snowstorm

northeast. take a look. the timing could have been better on this one. the snow might have an impact on thanksgiving traffic. here is just one example of that snow. watertown in new york, the lake effect dropped more than 6 inches there. and it's bizarre because look right there. they were enjoying 72-degree weather. >> i am not ready for it. it's too soon. not ready at all. i heard we are gonna get more. >> and it's not just connecticut, they have about a foot of snow they are dealing with. heads up if you are flying next week. you could see delays at some of the airports because of a possible strike at chicago's o'hare international. now, about 500 workers at o'hare say they will strike next tuesday, november 29, after the thanksgiving holiday. the original plan was to walk off the job today, but they changed their minds. they say they want the public's

mess up anyone's holiday plans. they still want to get their message across. >> when i get health benefits, i have to pay most of my own treatment. >> these are not union members. they have been organizing to become union members. they want to be in a union in in order to have a safety net. >> it's not clear how that strike would affect operations at o'hare. not everyone will be flying this thanksgiving. sop of you will be -- some know this. you will be battling travel traffic. more than 48 million of us will travel outside of our house, travel for thanksgiving. that's the most since 2007. so why? you can that i low gas prices as well as an improving economy. more of us can now afford to travel this year. all right. talking about travel. for the record amount of travelers trying to make it to the dinnertime table, some

main issue is. syracuse, buffalo, places like that. out west there are some snow showers. that's green stuff there. that's rain. it's not terrible in rockies. the northeast is where we have the problem. that is going to continue through tonight. by tomorrow morning a lot of this will actually clear out. so this area will improve. but i-87, i-90 going across ro part of the state, and that will continue to lighten up i think through tonight and tomorrow. travel weather right now is not bad. most of the airports are in the green. new york just has some issues. watching chicago for wednesday, this is tomorrow morning. that system in the rockies, watch as it moves across through lincoln, nebraska, topeka to minneapolis most of that is rain. wednesday, this is a big-time travel day, that system moves through chicago down through northern alabama.

that's going to be all rain. i will talk a little bit more about it, plus we will have our local forecast coming up. one day in the not so distant future you will get in your car and it will drive you. no hands required. tampa has been at the center of this testing for a couple of years. this technology is in our area. in 2014, the selman expressway was one of only ten roads in the country where connected cars could be tested. the elevated express lanes to brandon the expressway authority as well as usf experimented with cars talking to each other wirelessly. here is a major bonus to this technology. it could eliminate the 6 million crashes that happen every single year. we want to hear from you. how do you feel about self- driving cars? do you embrace it? do you fear it? tell us what you think. our poll is open. you can see it on the bottom

wtsp.com/votenow. again flowers shows you a lawmakers experience and why he hopes to get the driverless cars on the road as soon as possible. >> reporter: look. no hands. yes, that is a commercial self- driving car on the road. no longer a thing of the future. >> this was one of the best inner city driving i have done. it's amazing how quickly this technology is coming on line. >> reporter: a big proponent of automated cars. he took this video insi uber. so far they have about 100 cars on road. >> then after a while you just get comfortable with it and very used to the fact that the car is driving very, very well. >> a driver in the front that -- >> people will get very comfortable with the fact that these cars are going to be able to drive safer than a human driver. >> reporter: there have been some issues reported with the cars in pittsburgh. if you feel worried, concerned,

a aaa study found three of four u.s. drivers are afraid to drive in self-driving cars. >> it's monitoring everything on the road, i mean it's going to be super convenient and hopefully avoid a lot of accidents. >> it was a little freaky, yeah, to see it. it's unusual. we are not used to it. in my opinion, i think eventually it is the future, and it will cut down on driver deaths. >> reporter: while there is serious concerns, some auto technology will save lives. >> it's important to realize that 94% of all accidents are caused by human error. i truly believe my kids may never learn to drive. >> there is so much we can tell but these cars. we could spend on hour talking about it on air. but that is why we have wtsp.com as well as our 10news app. if you head there you will see much more information on how

technology. again, we are asking you here on the bottom of our screen, are you embracing this technology or do you fear it? the vote stands right now with 56% saying they embrace it. 43% saying they fear it. we will update these results again here in just a few minutes. so go ahead and weigh in. and talking about driving right now. a live look from our sky10 network traffic camera. you can see i-4 and nebraska thanksgiving holiday. a look at the north end of the howard frankland, kind of the same story. as expected for this time of the evening there. for the first time we are hearing from grandparents about who bought a toy truck, i should say, that ended upsetting the real pickup truck on fire. toys 'r' us has since pulled the toy off of store shelves, but this family in shock tonight that it caught fire on

>> it's unbelievable. they are just about to shut i-5 down. it was a toy for our grandson. who would know? a defective truck. >> whoa, here is what that defective tonka toy truck did to their real pickup truck. the couple stopped at a rest area to put the fire out. when they drove back to toys 'r' us to return the toy, it once again burst into flames again and did even more damage. the family says toys 'r' us has apologized and will refund for that toy. not their real car. you circle. you stop. you wait for the perfect spot. this time of year is the worst. did you know you are more prone to getting into a crash at the mall? ahead how you can make it a crash-free zone. plus, talk about giving you the creeps. a couple wakes up to a man in their bedroom. what was captured on

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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? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other.

taking a live look at florida southern, you can see the sun starting to set. ni meteorologist bobby deskins coming up tracking that warm- up. about three minutes ago we asked you how you feel about self-driving cars. we showed you those automated cars and we want to take a look at the results. you can see 58% of you say you embrace this technology. about 42% of you say you fear it. we do appreciate you taking part in this poll. of course, we will keep those

website wtsp.com/votenow. a couple in texas says they woke up to an intruder staring at them inside their home. tonight her husband is walking you through that horrifying night. >> this is the window that we had up. >> reporter: jared morris will never leave his window cracked again. >> he climbed over this out making any moiz. >> reporter: around 4 a.m. a man climbed into his bedroom and crept to her side of the bed. >> his hand was running up her leg. >> reporter: neighbors say the intruder had already tried to get into some homes across the street. surveillance cameras show a man at a side door and window at another home. when he couldn't get in he tried not once, but two times to push open the front door. sometime after this is when morris' girlfriend says she

her. >> she said she opened her eyes and he was right there. she was oh my god, season is in here. he stood is up. i jumped out of bed and chased him. >> reporter: the intruder went through the front door and down the street. >> to come in here with her and my son is an absolute violation. it's something that -- and then from the feedback i got from my neighbors, it's something that in this neighborhood we are not going to stand for. >> gives you chills. police irstill searching for that man. pete people as well. now a woman is staking action to prevent it from happening again. we will hear from her tonight on "10news at 6". all right. here it is. thanksgiving week is upon us, and it starts off on a very cold note from this morning. mid-30s in much of the nature coast, which is citrus, hernando, and pasco county. it started off dry. it finished off dry.

forecast, guys, through the weekend. and that's with another weak front coming through. perhaps tuesday of next week we may get a small shot at it. it's a small shot as it is. now, there is that weak system moving through parts of the desert southwest into denver, colorado. obviously, up through wyoming and montana. another system coming in in seattle with 40s for highs over the next couple of days. this is the big news maker because of the amount of snow. 12, 13, 14 inches in the syracuse area and it's still snowing. that wilnt apart. otherwise, the southeast, mid- atlantic looks great. we look fantastic. of course, we have another beautiful weather day. right now starting a little bit of a warm-up. it's 63 degrees. we came down a little bit from the mid-to-upper 60s today. 31-degree dew point. that is dry air. that's why it's felt so nice out there. but that air can cool down to about 31 degrees if you let it, if it was the right situation.

we are in the 50s already for citrus county at 59 degrees. new port richey is there as well, too. but mid-60s for polk county. 63 in tampa. sarasota showing off with 68 degrees right now. so new tampa i think we will go down into the 50s by about 6:30, 7:00. it's not going to take long. most of the evening we will be there. same thing for eastern parts of hillsborough county, fishhawk, valrico. riverview 65. give it an hour or two low 60s to upper 50s. the another cold night. if you protected the plants last night, do that again tonight because we are going to be very close, especially northern pasco, hernando and citrus county. bring the pets in, please, as well. mid-40s for most areas. that means mid-30s for most of hernando and citrus county. this is a little bit warmer. brooksville down to 30 this morning. there were patches of frost out

degrees warmer than that. 40 degrees in pasco county. mid-40s eastern hillsborough. warmer on the coast. 48 in largo. 54 in st. petersburg. so that's going to be our warm spot. the beaches of manatee and sarasota county low 50s. most areas on the other side of the bridge generally in the 40s. forecast model today, tonight, i should say, tomorrow and all the way through even into thursday is dry all the way through. so a lot of sunshine. i think we will add a few extra but generally temperatures will be warming up. that's the good news. we will go 77 for a high tomorrow. close to 80 degrees for both wednesday and thursday. even friday will be warm before the weekend when we get slightly cooler. that travel weather, this is the only thing to watch. i want to take you out through tuesday night into wednesday. you are going to notice that's when it moves through chicago. i think again it's all rain. then on thanksgiving, if you are traveling, it's going to be a weak system. that system is falling apart.

through new york during the day on thanksgiving. not a whole lot of snow if you are traveling up there trying to get a chance of seeing some snow. a little bit there. some flakes in upstate new york. not much. mid-70s for our weekend, and, yeah, it's going to be cool. grab a jacket if you are traveling. not here. hopefully, family is coming to us. look at this. 80 wednesday, thursday, and friday. the average high is about 76 or 77 degrees this time of the year. another tirade, another kanye west melt down. he canceled his tour. i will tell you what that means for your money. first, what sparked all of this. last night he was performing in sacramento. came to the stage 90 minutes late. played two songs. then blew up. watch. >> a lot of people here tonight felt like they lost. you know why? because y'all been lied to!

facebook lied to you! radio lied to you! >> that's a portion of what happened. he also slammed jay z and beyonce and left the stage and canceled the tour. he will not say why he is canceling the tour, you we found out you can get your money back for the tickets. two days ago, i don't know if this has anything to do with it, west said he would have voted for trump, but he did not vote. i want to right now downtown tampa. a gorgeous, gorgeous day. beautiful out there. a little chilly. you might be enjoying it.

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you will probably be driving around in park lots this holiday season as you shop for gifts. it can be more distracting than you think. two-thirds of us are not focused when looking for the perfect spot. kris van cleave shows you why one in five accidents actually happens right here in parking lot. >> reporter: video captured the moment a speeding driver struck a mother pushing her 15-month- old baby's stroller last month. 24-year-old maria cruz gonzalez cortez died. her baby survived. wisconsin police released this video of a driver who lost control of his vehicle slamming into nine cars before coming to a stop. amazingly, no one was seriously injured. but the national safety council found on average at least

more die in 50,000 plus crashes in parking lots and garages every year. >> it's just as dangerous to be distracted in a parking lot going five miles an hour as it is to be going 50 miles an hour. >> reporter: deborah herznan runs the national safety council. >> people have their heads down, they are on their phones. there is a lot of inattention out there. >> reporter: a recent survey found 66% felt comfortable making calls wh parking lot. more than half would text. roughly half of drivers were okay with sending emails using social media, taking pictures, or watching video. 42% said they would video chat. on average every year 51 people die in accidents where a car is backing up in the parking lot. experts are saying take that extra second as a driver to double check behind you or use the backup camera before you start driving.

careful. >> the people who cut across the parking lot, drives me crazy. someone could be there. "10news at 5:30" don't miss our black friday specials, her. big savings in store only. this friday, eight am to eleven am. plus, win up to $250 off your total purchase. and get thirty-six month, no-interest financing. black friday specials, while supplies last. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. don't miss our black friday specials at havertys.