wheelchair. i heard the story before. i wasn't sure it was connected to the americans with disabilities act. >> in my mind it works, but obviously, it doesn't. time for the fox 13 11:00 news. we follow the breaking news out of hillsborough county. crews continue to search for the missing jetskier. >> they have found his jetski, life jacket and 3-year-old son. now the search is going on along the river, and we will there live. you're a coward. that's what you are. you'll be a coward wearing orange sooner or later. >> the polk county sheriff with a strong message for a hit-and-run driver that killed a woman and badly injured a deputy. the worst 30, 40 minutes in my life. >> he got a terrifying phone call. his son was held for ransom, but something didn't quite add up. how the intended victim exposed

we begin with that breaking news we've been following for a couple of hours now on the alephia river in hillsborough county where they continue to search for a father this never returned after taking his 3-year-old son out on a jetski. haley hines is live along the river for us. haley, the amazing part of the story, the boy is okay, but no sign of the dad yet, right? >> reporter: they're still out there looking for out here has grown even larger with fwc now joining the search as well as the crime scene unit. a lot of eyes out there on the dark water searching for 38-year-old william morris. he has been missing since this afternoon after he went on a jetski ride with his 3-year-old son on the river. his jetski and life jacket and wallet were found on a small island west of i-75 as was his son. the good news is morris's

they found that little boy alone on the island and waited with him until deputies got there. it's still a mystery what happened today. this was supposed to be a fun day on the river for the father and son. who morris' wife called his krem phone, he didn't answer and the little boy answered via facetime. he gave her enough information to get deputies to the island to get him to safety. one neighbor saw the boy brought to shore by a boat. he looked scared but wasn't hurt. we talked to river since he was a child, and he said for the most part it is a safe area around that island. >> it's kind of weird, because there ain't many places to go. it's just short across this side and that side. there ain't much to get hurt by honestly. >> reporter: deputies continue searching that water out there by boat and by helicopter. you know, no word yet on what

the water. that is certainly some information that investigators will help them a lot trying to find out exactly what happened and where the father might be. but just out here a lot of people, investigators, family, neighbors watching the scene unfold hoping for good news tonight. we'll continue to follow the story and bring any updates we get on the investigation. chris. >> we will follow you on social media as well pushing out updates for us. thank you. a polk county deputy is after getting struck about i a car in a deadly hit-and-run. deputy adam pennell was helping a woman saturday morning in the median when another driver hit them both and took off. the woman died, and fox 13's josh cascio is at lakeland regional with more on the deputy's recovery and the search for the driver. we hear the deputy was pretty badly injured. >> reporter: yeah, he has a

or so or maybe more of recovery time. there he was early saturday morning helping a motorist just in an accident on state road 60 when out of the blue they're hit by another driver who takes off leaving them both for dead. how many times have we said that over and over again. the deputy was taken to the hospital. the woman did die there on scene. now, tonight we hear from grady judd and the woman's mother, both are shocked and outraged and they are both demanding sake, for even my daughter's memory. this deputy, you are in my prayers. >> you're a coward, that's what you are. you're going to be a coward wearing orange sooner or later. >> reporter: now, that deputy will be having surgery tomorrow. among his injuries is a broken

about those sort of injuries. we know there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. so if you know anything, contact the polk county sheriff's office. we're live in lakeland tonight, josh cascio, fox 13 news. new at 11 a pasco county man wants to spare you from the drama his family endured yesterday. >> that's the worst phone call you want to get. he went crazy, so he hit your brother in the head with a gun and he took him to his >> reporter: his wife got a call from a man yesterday with quite a story. that man claimed their son backed into his brother's motorcycle, and his brother who is a fugitive attacked their son, kidnapped them and will kill him if the family doesn't send $1,000 to repair the motorcycle. i began talking and asking questions, and when the man wouldn't let him speak with his son, he smelled a scam.

person is lying or not. this is in my blood. if i kidnap somebody, a million, half a million. a thousand dollars? it didn't make sense to me. >> it sure doesn't. while he was on the phone with the guy, his other son called the pasco county sheriff's office to report the alleged kidnapper's nands. they said it's a scam, one they have taken a lot of calls about over the past year. the unfortunately it's impossible to track down the scammers because they use apps and other technology that disguises where they call from. so their advice is if someone calls you with a story about a loved one in trouble nanding money to save them or bail them out of jail, be skeptical and call authorities. >> that is really low, isn't it? donald trump taking a different campaign approach. rather than rallying voters in must-win states, teed he tackle

it was his sixth visit to michigan so far. it's a democratic leaning state. a republican hasn't won there since 1988. as for florida, a republican hasn't won here since 2004, and trufrm's vice presidential nominee wants to change that. mike pence was in pinellas county today trying to make that happen. now, this is a state, though, that trump really needs to get an order to get the white house. >> evan axelbank is here to explain the message. there are some technical difficulties as well. we'll get to those in a second, cynthia and chris. of course, this is florida, so first of all, you should know that the registration of voters who have mailed in early or voted in early is basically 50/50. it's unbelievable. mike pence's message to supporters today was vote, vote, vote. now, take a look at that. you can't see him there. that's because an electrical glitch caused the power to go out about ten minutes into the rally.

there, mike pence pigged up a megaphone and spoke to supporters in the tashg. he argued that republican voters should return home as he put it. he said too much is at stake for them to sit out the election. he spoke in critical pinellas county. it's often a bellwether county, and right now democrats have a modest lead among early and mail-in voters there. he said the only way to win florida is to turnout, turnout, turnout. >> it's fun to watch hillary media. remember about a week ago? they were telling everybody this campaign is all but over, right? hillary was out there, you know, naming cabinet appointments. did you get some of that? they were just deciding they were in there measuring the curtains as far as i knew. this err of inevitability, but i tell you what, don't be fooled. this race is on. >> make pence just warming up for donald trump.

on wednesday with rallies planned for jacksonville, orlando and miami. believe it or not, president obama and donald trump both in jacksonville on the same day. as far as the power outage goes, a firefighter there tells me that it was likely a blown fuse and that there was no initial sign at least of any tampering, isn't ya. >> i was thinking in town the same day at jacksonville will be interesting at the airport. hillary clinton was in the crucial state of developments in her e-mail saga. the fbi announcing it would re-open the investigation in light of new evidence or at least revive it. clinton now takes aim at a new opponent, aside from donald trump. as jennifer griffin tells us, she's going after the head of the fbi. >> reporter: hillary clinton immediately addressed the fbi director's letter to congress as she made her closing argument to voters in ohio. >> i am sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when

the last year. there is no case here! >> reporter: she was eager to attempt the shift, both the public's and fbi's to trump. >> of course, the people donald trump has around him include two men whose activities are reportedly being investigated for their ties to russia. >> reporter: at the white house today spokesman josh ernest says the president still has faith no fbi director james comey adding. director comey is trying to influence the election. the president doesn't believe he secretly is strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party. >> the republicans are continuing the questioning of his integrity, which they'll get no place on that. >> reporter: the nature minority leader upped the ante accusing comey of committing a crime. quote, i'm writing to inform you that my office has determined these actions may violate the hatch act, which bars fbi

an election. through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law. the clinton campaign launched a new line of attack against kamz comey tonight condemning him for not calling out russia in interfering in a u.s. election for fear his agency would be accused of doing the same. in cincinnati, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> both hillary clinton and former president bill clinton will be in the bay area tomorrow. secretary clinton holds an early voting event doe state college in dade city at 3:00. the doors open at 1:00. former president bill clinton will be at st. pete at the thomas jackson rec center. the doors open at 5:30. >> life in a swing state, right? here we go. coming up, some of this is really tough to hear, but it does shed light on what happened on that horrible night. some newly released phone conversations between the pulse nightclub shooter and police. >> hi, there. this is orlando police. who am i speaking with, please?

person who pledges allegiance to the islamic state. >> it's a chilling exchange >> it's a chilling exchange between our children, they look up to us. >> it's a chilling exchange between what we value, how we treat others. and now they're looking to see what kind of leaders we choose. who we'll entrust our country and their future to. will it be the one respected around the world, or the one who frightens our allies and emboldens our enemies? we face, or the one who is unprepared for them? a steady hand? or a loose cannon? common sense and unity, or drama and division? a woman who's spent her life helping children and families, or a man who's spent his life helping himself? our children are looking to us.

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tell me what you did, please. >> you already know what i did. you people are going to get it, and i'm going to ignite it. >> a chilling exchange between orlando police and the pulse nightclub gunman omar mateen. today an orange county judged orders a release of 9 is 1 calls. mateen is soft-spoken and calm. later police learned he people. they use these calls to try and get answers. >> i want to let you know i'm in orlando, and i did the shootings. >> what's your name? >> my name is i pledge allegiance to bagdati of the islamic state. >> he awnnounced his aledge i

and just one part released this morning shedding more light on the tragedy that unfolded in june. police negotiators try to get mateen to stop the attack. >> can you tell me where you are right now so i can get you some help? >> no. because you have to tell america to stop bombing syria and iraq. they're killing a lot of innocent people. what am i to do here when my people are getting killed over there? you get what i'm saying? >> i completely get what you're anybody else from getting injured. >> they need to stop the u.s. air strikes, okay? they need to stop the u.s. air strikes. you have to tell the u.s. government to stop bombing. >> reporter: on a day that 49 lives were cut short by mateen's bullets, he talks with police almost as yally referring to previous muslim mass killers as home boys.

so now it's my turn. >> police released 30 minutes of audio from the pulse attack that mateen claims did he because of american and russian military involvement in syria. matt tresa, fox 13 news. >> the judge has to rule whether she'll release the victims' 911 calls. there are about 200 of them. the city and family members say they depict the suffering and last moments of victims, so the judge will listen to release them. now, your skytower radar forecast with fox sp chief meteorologist paul dellegado. >> paul: beautiful day today. check out the sunset tonight on anna maria. beautiful shot, and some high clouds came in late in the day. more of this coming up at least into thursday and friday. then we just got to watch and wait for the arrive of a cold front on front. after that temperatures this

it looks good and is kind of a ways out there. we fine-tune it closer to the weekend. that's my thinking now. 87 was the high, 2 degrees away from the record warmest halloween last year. we hit 89 and the morning low is 67 degrees. we start to see a significant drop in temperature between now and early december. 81, 64 the high and low average by november 24th we're down 5 on the hig around the first week in december, 73 for a high and 56 for a low. that's the average. a nice drop through late november and december. we have a constant northeast wind, not all the time but for most of october this has bee the wind. a lot of times it was because of tropical activity east of us. high pressure north of us and over time this northeast wind, you know, eventually warms up a

blowing off the atlantic and heating up as it moves over land. that wind will shift on friday as the cold front goes through. there could be showers with the front as well. tonight is a nice night. no moonlight tonight. it's a new moon. one thing you notice out trick-or-treating is the bright planet venus in the southwestern sky just after sunset tonight. beautiful view of that. 74 now in tampa, 74 in st. pete. mid to upper 60s inland, and the dew points are they're in the low 60s and drop quite a bit behind the cold front this weekend. the winds are a factor the past several days. a lot of you had a tough time boating this last weekend. it's not a good recipe for comfortable boating. the winds lay down a little the next couple of days but should pick up this weekend. 74 and dew point is 62. winds are east-northeast at 6.

tallahassee was up near 90. cold front slicing across the carolinas and tennessee, and then this front here could play a role in the weather for the world series not necessarily tomorrow night but if there's a game 7, there could be some rain in cleveland. tomorrow night looks okay for them. 57 in chicago and 58 in minneapolis and 38 in buffalo. the first pitch is at 8:08 tomorrow progressive field. 65 degrees at 8:08. 62 by -- there's no games in three and a half and four hours now. 62 by midnight or so. for november that's a mild night. tonight we stay in the 60s and highs tomorrow will be generally in the mid to upper 80s. no cooling until the weekend, so overnight tonight we stay mostly clear and mild and down to 67. we have sunshine tomorrow and guess what?

do it again on wednesday. mostly sunny, moderate humidity and back up to 86. the change on the seven-day will show up on friday, and then after that let's hope it works out but i feel good about it. this weekend we're back in the 70s with temperatures at night in the 50s and move the clocks back an hour making it the longest weekend of the year. >> getting the extra hour of sleep, right? >> we fall back to enjoy it. >> yes, we are. >> keeping their halloween traditions alive. >> t.p. and paul's house. no, that's not it. when question come back we go to the neighborhood about tricks, treats and ghoulish creatures strolling in the streets. we show you judge some voters get to change their vote after think cast their ballots and have fun with the first annual "money, power & politics"

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you thought you ran out of candy quickly at your house? this looks more like a mall than a neighborhood. thousands are roaming the streets of northeast st. pete tonight. that's an area -- that's the place to go. every year neighbors go all out. >> crystal clark was right there in the middle of it all for the fun that just wrapped up.

darkness of night nor these spooky halloween decorations seem to scare away any trick-or-treaters. neighbors say well into the night about 3500 kids walk down these treats. northeast st. petersburg has become a hot spot for trick-or-treaters every year. it's an ongoing tradition for many houses to decorate the homes as elaborate as you see during christmastime. we saw a variety of thymes from alien ships to even haunted houses where kids could actually sit in a neighbors say every year the tradition has been growing even bigger. this year they say another 100 police assisted by closing off - the roadways. while getting a bagful of candy is always fun for kids, a lot say having the most creative costume was their goal this year. many families joined in on the fun as well. folks say halloween is the night when they can just let loose and be who they truly are inside.

fun and getting out and seeing everybody. they're not afraid of anything anymore. they can be themselves. >> it's easy to see these decorations are extrav ganlt and many neighbors say they spent months putting it together. they can't wait to take them down for the next step, which is christmas decorating. in st. pete, crystal clark, fox sp news. >> my goodness, that's right. after halloween time goes like that. like this year is done basically. >> big neighborhood thing you know that, too. >> definitely. i will tell you that halloween came early for the bucs yesterday. >> ugly. >> very spooky out there. game six of the world series should be a good one. the indians can wrap it up tomorrow night. we have the latest from cleveland and plus another promise of a bucs high draft

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