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and i'm ian reitz. right now-- more than 100 firefighters are working around the clock to contain a massive fire near gatlinburg and pigeon forge tennessee. destroying homes, businesses and a massive stretch of hiking trails in the smoky mountains. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live in the satellite center, as new video comes down every moment from tennessee, sarah-- people are forced to leave their homes behind. yes, hundreds have evacuated and more could evacuate today if they are unable to get the flames and thick smoke under control. one of the most difficult

gatlinburg was forced to leave their 10-thousand animals behind. this is a picture of ripley's aquarium of this is a picture of ripley's aquarium of this is a picture of ripley's aquarium of the smokies. you can see flames in the background. our sister station, wibr, tells us the building is still standing, but there's a ton of concern about the 10-thousand 500 animals still inside. the general manager had to force his workers to leave because they didn't want to leave the animals without help. as fire burns all around gatlinburg, the big concern is power outage.

the family of a popular local musician will be making funeral arrangements later this morning for rob cartwright. before rob was a member of the bearded brothers band, he was a baby faced violinist. his first violin was bought on a whim by his uncle who had planned on hanging it on his wall. instead it became a lifelong passion for rob. he played everything from classical to country rock performing at bars around the bay area. rob died sunday night when florida highway patrol says an suv turned in front of him while he was riding on us 19 in hudson. for many of us, it's been a busy holiday shopping weekend. but now it's time to turn the focus away from ourselves and onto causes we care

10news reporter emerald morrow is live at spca tampa bay this morning. emerald, today is "giving tuesday," which is a great opportunity to help charitable organizations just like this one. yeah, over the last five years, giving tuesday has grown into a huge event nationwide... it all started as a social media effort directed at turning the focus away from ourselves after spending so much on material things throughout the black friday weekend. and organizations like spca say t definitely see an uptick in donations on days like today... and this year, those donations are especially important, as the group just opened up a new vet hospital in st. pete with a really important mission. martha boden and jasper are here with us to talk about it. you all have a special mission. and people looking to donate today can do so in a number of ways. special event this weekend? at

know before giving to a charity. the next i-phone could look a bit the next i-phone could look a bit different. with next year being its 10th anniversary, experts suggest apple will be doing something big for the i-phone. a new report from the wall street journal

new features could be a curved touch screen. the report shows the curved touch screen is one of the several prototypes apple requested from suppliers for the next i-phone. think back to those high school days when you had to strive to score the best on the s-a-t or the a-c-t. the highest you can get on an a-c-t- is a 36. about 16-hundred students got a perfect score of the roughly two million who took it back in 20-15. if you think that's impressive...one sarasota 8th grader made that prestigious list too! 10news sarasota newsroom reporter isabel mascarenas shows you why those who know her-- aren't surprised. julia kourelakos' curiosity for learning started as a baby.and by the time she was 20 months old. sot..5:27:28 "she knew about 200 words. i said i think she could read. i was showing her baby books. at 2 she was reading baby books and at three full chapters." and by

grade level in kindergarten and doing multiplication. sot.5:27:39 "she just taught herself." nats.5:19:20 "by how much does the value of 3x2-2y exceed." when a friend decided to take the act last month .the 14 year old 8th grader did too.3 years earlier than most students. 5:08:28 "i decided to take it for fun." she knew she did well.just not this well. splice.5:38:32 i got a 36 composite the highest possible score." to be clear folks---that's a perfect score! sot...5:04:19 "how do you challenge her? that's a challenge for me." nats.5:22:25 i want you to find the vertex and all the parts of that quadratic form. allright!" did you get any of that math problem? julia did. nats.talking through the problem 5:22:32 "5x 2square plus 2x" julia attends pine view school for the gifted in sarasota. she's taking algebra 2.with 11th graders. sot..5:03:40 ..teacher "she's got

sot.5:13:03 "i figure it's always good to keep learning. once you have the drive to learn you can do whatever you want with your life." in sarasota isabel mascarenas 10 news wtsp julia is your typical teenager. she has a boyfriend, is part of the sarasota crew rowing team, volunteers and sings in the choir. loves reading sci-fi..but now she's reading about genetics. julia wants to attend mit and become a biomedical en computing. calling all prince fans -- how would four days of non-stop music by the late icon sound? coming up -- learn when this ultimate tribute will be held and when. coming up tonight on 10 news and c-b-s. starting at 8:00, rudolph the red nose reindeer, followed by n-c-i-s at 9:00.

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late musical icon prince will be remembered during a four day festival on the first anniversary of his death. the festival will be at paisley park in minneapolis and held april 20 through the 23. prince's band the revolution, morris day, the time and others will perform some of prince's songs. tickets for the festival are

500 dollars. prince died on april 21 from an accidental overdose at his home paisley park which is also a recording complex. there's a new kind of amusement park may be coming to a japanese city. --the mayor had pledged to construct an unusual "spa- musement park" if a concept video reached more than a million views. --the video showed visitors enjoying rides that had been rides that had been modified to allow them to soak in water from hot springs. --so, the video hit that number...just four days after being uploaded. --now the city says they are moving forward with their plans. --someone with the city said they're discussing safety issues...and it's not clear if the park will look exactly like the concept

a hundred and one year old woman from monroe, louisiana has one wish before she dies. to spin the wheel on the price is right. marie bridges has been watching the show since it came on air in 19-72. when she found out the show was coming to her town she was shocked. people at her assisted living facility were able to get her tickets to the show. marie will be

style. a man has donated services from his limo business to give her a ride to the show in march.

the ledger we have a lot to get to here on 10 news this morning. we're staying on top of that horrible colombia that killed 76 people including many people on brazil's soccer team. what the pilot reported moments before crashing. and evacuations are underway in gatlinburg, tennessee right now because of this massive wildfire. we are working on all those stories, plus ashley has your forecast and we'll check out how the morning commute looks, all coming up on 10

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carrabba's new meatball magnifico. our gigantic meatball topped with parmesan cream sauce and stuffed with delicious melted mozzarella. ? dramatic italian aria ? heard about the musical hamilton. well it continues to make broadway history. over the thanksgiving week, it earned 3.3 million dollars.. the most of any show during a week span. most shows gross less than a million. we all can admit the world series win for the chicago cubs was a long time in the making -- 108 years to be exact. well an illinois country club wanted to honor the team by creating a replica of beloved wrigley field. that replica just happens to be a 400 pound gingerbread baseball field. the club's chef says the team was his inspiration when he was coming

the club's annual holiday brunch. everyone who attends the club are cubs fans so natually everyone loved it. the chef says it took more than 70 hours to create the replica -- which is made of crackers, gelatin windows and a scoreboard made from edible paper.

i've been thinking... this might be the one thing in the world you pull apart to come together. new papa john's cinnamon pull-aparts covered with cinnamon crumble and sweet cream cheese icing. good morning, happy tuesday.

warm as you get out the door. a lot of 60s on the map. we will continue to warm up from there. visibility hasn't been an issue. it is a little bit low in eastern citrus county. in the bay area you are doing fine. 68 in tampa. heading for 80s later today. look how quickly the numbers warm up through the morning. ditch the heavy coats today. you won't need them. with the next cooldown you won't need the heavy winter gear. we will talk about a drop in temperatures by friday coming up. good morning, it is 6:00. i am road warrior hilary zalla. an accident in mulberry and polk county on county line road at state road 60. this is of mulberry. there may be a lane blocked tear. coming up in 10 minutes, we're about to pick up on the majors