didn't belong behind the wheel. >> reporter: a tow truck hauled away wreckage of the school bus that carried 35 wood more elementary school children. it flipped over on its side and wrapped around a tree killing one boy and four girls. >> three in the 4th grade, one in kindergarten, one in the first grade. jasmine mateen lost one of her three children. the mother made serious allegations about the driver to cbs before the bus flipped that he was speeding around the curve and asked them are y'all ready to die? >> reporter: police arrested the bus driver and charged him with five counts of vehicular homicide. >> just last week he told the kids to shut the f up, he got a hangover. >> reporter: for hours crews worked to remove kids from

the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child. there are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father, and so today the city is praying for the families. >> reporter: the bus had a camera on board which investigatessers will be -- investigators will be taking a look at. >> one of the things investigators will likely take into account in the investigation is the bus driver's state of mind. his mother says he works mu bus driver. >> at 5:45 he is on the other side of town. when he leaves that job, he goes home and gets his lunch. he has to skate board back from the second job from 5:00 to 4:00. >> you may remember just over a year ago a bay area bus driver crashed into a pond. at 5:30, how lessons learned

safety policies protecting your child. the president elect is trying to figure out who is going to be part of his administration. one by one more prominent republicans made their way into the gold elevators at trump tower. you see rudie giuliani, former mayor of new york city, considered for secretary of state. for housing and urban development, ben carson. he praised him on twitter. we are starting to get in office from the trump transition team. the president elect is weary of the media so he is reaching out to you on his own through youtube. >> on energy, i will cancel job killing restrictions on the production of american energy, including shale energy and clean call creating many millions of high paying jobs. that's what we want. that's what we have been waiting for. >> you hear him laying out his

the trans pacific partnership, cutting regulations as well as looking into that visa program. he made no mention however on that wall for the border and you didn't hear him talking about getting rid of obamacare. those were two key promises during the campaign. president elect trump will be in florida for thanksgiving. a sewage back up controversy brewing in pasco but it can happen anywhere any time destroying your property and valuables. one woman learned that the hard way. >> i didn't do nothing for this. all i did is walk through this house and stepped in people's pee. my dogs were laying in it, and nobody cares. >> reporter: cynthia harvey is visibly upset that her home was flooded with raw sewage october 17. >> i have no walls. my furniture is ruined. i have no doors.

nearly $7000 in bills to clean her home and she still needs to repair damage to the walls and floors. she thinks pasco should foot the bill for the fixes. >> my plumbing is good. i had roto rooter come out to make sure it wasn't my fault. >> reporter: the county admits it was its sewage line that had a grease blockage. the county has a no notice policy which means since no one notified the county prior to the back up the county says it is n act to stop something that we are not notified of in advance. >> it went through my house. is it my fault? >> pasco says yes because harvey doesn't have the property insurance to protect her home from sewage. >> through homeowners insurance would be the way that would be resolved. >> this time i am going to check everything, yes. i pay the $100 a year. >> take it from harvey, buying water back up coverage to

home that nobody wants to claim. >> we checked with an insurance agent and the average cost of water back up coverage is between 50 and $100 a year. big wigs behind the epipen, the drug needed for allergic reactions, won't be answering questions from lawmakers. myelin officials were supposed to talk to members of the judiciary committee to discuss the settlement with the federal go won't. they claim that the settlement is pending. last month myelin agreed to pay the 465 million to settle allegations of over charging government for the peppy pen. before that thanksgiving dinner, you need to hear about this. there is a recall for a turkey essential. voluntarying recalling hundreds of heinz brand gravy. it might be a problem especially if you have allergies.

might be home style gravy that contains milk or soy or it could. we have everything you need to know at wtsp.com. thanksgiving comes early for some veterans. more than 200 lined up at the food bank this morning, some arriving three hours early. they gave them a frozen turkey, fresh produce, ought groceries for side dishes to prepare a thanksgiving families, a meal many can't afford. >> it helps me out. i live on minimum social security. >> we are grateful for the service of these men and women who helped keep us safe and be free, allow us to have the abundance that we have in our lives this very day. >> they will be eating are the good. they set aside a day every other week for vets to stop in

the tampa bay bucs are scoring big today. >> it is turkey time. for a decade this has been going on. there are full thanksgiving meals for those in need. we are talking all the fixings. ryan, there are families lined up already. i can see the food behind you. it is game on. >> oh, it is game on. you see all the meals behind me, 1000 families in be getting a thanksgiving meal today courtesy of turkey time with the bucs o line. this event has been going on since 2007, 1000 meals is the most in program history. you want to know what's in these. there is the pie. i usually eat my dessert first. here is the pie of course. you've got the mashed potatoes, 10 to 12-pound turkey, fresh

green beans. cranberries. i know some of you love cranberries. then the gravy. yes, we love to indulge on thanksgiving. this is the gravy that will be on the mashed potatoes. these families will be getting left over containers because we know that the best thanksgiving day meal is the one the day after thanksgiving. so there are a ton of left over boxes that in 10 or 15 minutes they'll start to hand out the thanksgiving day meals to families. this event will start at about 5:30 and wrap up about 7:30. it is an incredible event. when you think of thanksgiving, it is all about giving thanks and the bucs are certainly giving back. for ten years they have been doing this event. it is so fantastic. there will be a lot of people lined up out here. >> absolutely.

families that are in need. >> absolutely. there are so many families in need. with help of the united way and publix, coca-cola, of course the tampa bay buccaneers. this is so special and it shows you how the bucs constantly give back especially around thanksgiving. >> they do so much. many thanks to you. a live look outside, it's good looking out there today, not so good with the howard frankland. i bet a few people have the heaters on right there, busy as you are heading in. you are taking a look at i-75 south of fowler. traffic is a steady stream in both directions. i don't know if it's people getting out of town or coming home from work. ahead, a little holiday prep work turns into a big problem. what this mom wants you to know

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happy thanksgiving from publix. where shopping is a pleasure. you are taking a live look outside, a gorgeous view of downtown tampa right there. things are a little chilly. bobby will tell you what you can expect in your forecast. it's chilly outside. let's steam things up. i will leave it to the guys at the lakeland fire department. they're stripping off their

we give you the first look at the 2017 calendar. >> reporter: you are used to seeing them like this. but this year, you can see lakeland's firefighters in a whole new way. >> you can call me jay. >> not mr. march. >> jay is just fine. >> we do clothes off. >> reporter: jay and anthony share the march page. this is a little bit out of their comfort zone so to get ready they watched what they ate and hit the gym. >> i had about a month prep time to really get in there and put on as much muscle as i could. >> reporter: all the dogs in the calendar are rescues from spca florida in lakeland. all the money from the calendars will go to the shelter. >> sales thus for for the

have been brisk. >> spca florida will use the money for operating costs. >> go over the snout of the animal, cat or dog. >> reporter: they'll also donate equipment like pet oxygen masks to the department. >> my dog is like my family to me. knowing we can do whatever we can to help them and return them to their family again, that's a good thing in my book. >> whether they're suiting up or taking it off, you can count on these firefighters the call. in lakeland, grady tremble, 10 news, wtsp. >> feels kind of hot in here. >> it was the puppies. >> oh, yes, puppies always make me feel like that. >> $10 and that will last you all year long. >> it's a bargain. >> the firefighters were able to give more than $9000 last year to spca florida. let's increase those sales and really help them help the

if you would like one, we have a link on our website and at our free 10 news app. >> bobby deskins is blushing. >> i was in one of those one time. i couldn't take my shirt off. half of the other guys had theirs off. i didn't look so good. it's out there. that's a gorgeous sunset with winds light off the water, a the 70s. man it is a beautiful afternoon with the water temperature dropped to 68. it will come back up in the next couple days. we are at 72 for crystal river, 75 tampa, sarasota 77, polk 72 or 73. if you look into eastern hillsborough, brandon is at 73. we've got basically mid 70s for all the areas along the

at this point. look at tarpon springs and clearwater, already in the 60s. new tampa is 70 or 71. those numbers obviously will continue to fall. dew points have crept up a little bit. there is more moisture in the atmosphere. it's still low so it will not fuel that humid but that number means we won't be as cold as we have been. we will still have clear skies and drop through the 50s. most of us will bottom out in the low to mid 50s tomorrow. this is what you wake wednesday, 53 plant city, same at apollo beach, 57 tampa, 56 sarasota. there will be some 40s. northern pasco, brooksville to crystal river as well. those are obviously normal cool spots. they'll be cool again tomorrow but not as cold. tomorrow is 80 for the high. it's certainly going to be on the warm side. sunset is around 5:35, pretty

tracking this system that's moving through the northern parts of the plains and into the great lakes. most of the snow with this should be north of chicago. they may get wet flakes initially but then it will change to rain. i am using chicago as an example because obviously it's a pretty popular place to fly through. the snow will be minneapolis north even though some areas will switch a little bit. speaking of snow, this is a big time difference from the lake effect machine has started to fall apart so conditions are better for travel in the northeast. there is still a lot of snow in up state new york to plow. this is tomorrow afternoon. you see rain through chicago tonight through tomorrow. then tomorrow night through the early part of thanksgiving, if you are traveling on thanksgiving the system moves through mid atlantic and northeast but it's spotty showers, snow in the higher elevations especially towards vermont, northern new york but

that's our 7th named hurricane of the season, otto. 75-mile per hour winds, tracking to the west. it will move to nicaragua and costa rica. we don't have a record, with hurricane force winds from a hurricane in costa rica. i think most of it will be in nicaragua. there are tropical storm watches and warnings in effect. there is the forecast for the weekend. we will be near 80 all the way through friday. this weekend's forecast is a little bit of a cool down from a slight weak front that comes through. there is not going to be a lot. you can see temperatures will be going back down into the 70s for the weekend and then right back up. next week is not only warm in the 80s but humid too.

>> humid, no. >> i thought that was over. >> the frizzometer comes back. >> very technical term. time to get your phone or laptop out. we are getting ready for you to interact with us. count down to thanksgiving is on. what are you looking forward to most? >> i have already cooked two dishes. >> you have to be ahead. >> you can't buy it all at the same time. you have to stuff later. >> strategy, nailed it. >> what are you looking forward to most? the food? being with your family? or, be honest -- brad, you are not allowed to vote. >> football. >> what are you looking forward to most? wtsp.com/votenow. we will bring you the results in a few minutes. if you need help finding the perfect gift for the little

the hottest toys. no surprise here star wars toys are expected to be huge sellers along with this, along with the regular drones, a voice activated flying millennium falcon. the break out toy of the season is the hatchimals. there is going to be a shortage. if you see this on shelves, buy it. we already know there is a shortage. we have called every target store. >> time that they're coming first thing in the morning. >> these hatch and grow up, learn to walk and talk and play games. they're about $50 but good luck finding them in the store. we saw them on ebay for $100 or more. >> if that's what they ask for from santa, santa will have to get on ebay. >> it's chilly out there today. you know the manatees are getting warm at the power

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a couple minutes ago we asked what you are looking forward to most about thanksgiving. you can see the results on your screen. you are saying really it's the food you are looking forward to but a close second is family. they go hand in hand, family and food. thank you so much for

again soon. it's that time of year where maybe you are thinking about putting up holiday decorations or stringing up those christmas lights. one mother says the ones she bought set her couch on fire. our reporter talked to the woman who says she only had them on a few minutes. >> i was shocked that they were that hot that quick. >> reporter: purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of christmas lights, she never expected this. >> i went in the feed the baby. when i came back out 15 minutes later i smelled something burning. i looked at the lights and they had burned a hole in our couch. >> reporter: the mother of two says she grabbed about a dozen holiday living clearly marked indoor and outdoor lights but her decorating plans went up in smoke. >> it could have burned our son had we put strands on the tree or decorations, no telling what else it could have burned.

christmas nightmares including dry trees up in flames, hover boards catching fire, this weekend a tonka truck bursting into a ball of flames in the bed of a pickup truck in washington state. we reached out to lowe's and the company says we have not heard of any situation but we are told that managers are working to make things right.

the alerts have popped up all day. 35 elementary kids were on this bus which flipped on its side and wrapped around a tree. five children have died. what you haven't seen are stories from on board the bus