new trial and a new appeal and there were errors made during the jury instructions and his attorney was ineffective. the court has yet to rule on the appeal. this stems from an argument on a court in 2010 over a skateboarder there. dooley shot and killed david james in front of his daughter. she is now a teen. he said it was self-defense and he used the stand your ground sentence. he will rely on the court and granted a new trial or served out the rest of his 8-year term. we'll let you know how this plays out. >> back to you. >> thank you. it was to be the crown jewel of a community now it is gone. that went through the rec center

following this all day. do they have any idea how it started? >> i don't know how it started but that's what the folks here, the investigators are trying to figure out. they are focusing on that spot right there. we have seen them come over and take pictures and do digging and try to i guess determine a preliminary cause of what happened. the heart of a community went up in flames. >> it was devastating. >> fire swept through the rec center. >> it is tragic. >> neighbors watched, feeling helpless and heartbroken. everyone lost a piece of history there. and then he realized what was burning and with a word summed up what is lost.

no matter what age were you they were expecting you to come in. >> and from nearby claire mill elementary and the middle school and the principal was emotional. it was a ray of hope for the community. and now that's been taken away and it is just temporarily. >> the rec center was in the middle of a fates lift in the spring the owner and the boys and girl's club half million dollars to renovate it, to come in here and spend money in the community the kids felt forgotten but the devastation can now be an important lesson about bouncing back. >> it shows no matter how bad the situation is the people do care and people will recover and move on. >> and we're looking back out here where the investigators are

and can you see that there has been a spot that's been cleared out. that was all debris, they have cleared this out that's where they have been focusing the efforts in the last i would say 30 minutes or so. the club released a statement and relive. lived no one was in the building. it is unclear what will happen to the center moving forward, it is unclear how long it will figure out t and struck for them to go -- destruction for them to go through. aaron mesmer, fox 13 news. >> terrifying morning for 11 people in jacksonville they were held in a bank by a man with a gun for two hours. s.w.a.t. was called in to get them released. the s.w.a.t. team moved in after two people hiding inside the bank made a run for it.

morning. nicholas humphrey put them through a terrifying ordeal, he threatened to kill hostages, we had information he was putting the gun to the back of the head at a couple of points. based on that ?the threats and that activity escalated through the event. >> this was going on in the lobby two people were hiding inside the bank and the suspect didn't know break as they ran out s.w.a.t. ran in. >> they placed themselves between the hostage taker and hostages and rescuing them upon seaing the s.w.a.t. he was rendered. we took him into custody. and save the lives of the hostages. >> the hostages were taken to the library down the street. we were there when he they met p with family and friends and went home.

a traffic offense and arrested in hillsborough county on a battery domestic charge in february of this year. kelly joyce, fox 13. >> he went into the bank with a dog. the dog was unharmed and handed over to animal control. developing a truck hit a man in a motorized wheelchair. the man on the scooter was trying to cross missouri avenue right here when he was struck. he watts flown to bay front that's the latest we have now. a trinity man is in trouble for selling a fake burial plot to a woman. the pasco sheriff said 49-year-old michael ritz sold a plot through grace memorial gardens in march and charged the customer $2410 n november she went to the funeral home said she changed her mind about it. they determined he pocketed the money putting his name on the check and never told the funeral

it did reimburse the woman. >> a scare when she wakes up to find a man standing at the foot of her bed. it was this man. she screamed to get out of the house but before he left he stopped to pet her cat. he didn't hurt the woman. police found him through evidence that he left at the scene. he is charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling. an officer out in washington shot and killed responding to a that gunman barricaded himself in a house and held the place at bay for 12 hours. and he used two children as shields. a s.w.a.t. member shot and killed him. the children were not hurt. can you hear the gunfire that went on all night. that neighborhood locked down while it was going on. >> there is a lot of yelling before the gunshots, they said

they did not start the gunfire. the officer was shot several times he died after surgery. he had been with the department for 15 years. three more people are found dead in gatlinburg, tennessee that makes ten killed in the wildfires. officials say they are getting closer to lifting orders. they hope to have residents back in. 14,000 people and tourists had to be evacuated when the caused a wildfire to spread. more than 400 homes and businesses were destroyed. dolly parton set up a fund to help. each family affected by the fires will be given 1000-dollar as month for six months to get back on their feet. good woman. >> that's a great thing. some manatees were stuck in lake tarpon when we had the rain. now the weather is cooling off and time to get them out.

a team is working to help all the manatees. that was quite a job, mike. >> a huge job you know tv does not work out the way you want. they just rescued the third manatee.% they are lifting it now into the truck where they could drop it off later. now the reason why they had to rescue them, they were stuck in the lake with the rainy season with the three tropical systems th now the water temperature in lake tarpon is at 68, that's when they start to see the warmer water. they go into the distress at 65. it is not at that level. they want to the get them out as quick as possible knowing colder temperatures are on the way. , they eat a lot of vegetation.

rises with the hurricane or sea level and things, they're accessing more of the vegetation. where they can harboro vegetation they are happy but if they cannot get out and get to that warm water they don't realize that's where we're@ coming in to help them. >> early today and the two juvenile males and the third one they are loading in right now. minutes ago and bring them in, that's a cool process to watch getting them out and putting microchips in to track the movements and making sure they are okay. making sure everything is okay with the manatee. and once in the truck they're going to drive down the road, drop them off in safety harbor and where they can go back into

river or the power lant. better days ahead. now there may be one or two manatees left in lake tarpon. they will be out here tomorrow and the plane flying tomorrow as well. if they are left it will be the easy process out and move them into safety harbor. >> say hello to dr. bondi he keeps th manatees, they are identified by the prop marks on them. that's how they identify them. >> a big job out there. donald trump takes a victory lap where jobs were saved. >> companies are not going to leave the united states any more

>> ahead what else he told companies that were leaving and the work to urge them to stay. and your iphone not holding the charge? has that happened to you. what apple is saying about the

have you noticed your iphone turning off. sorboni banerjee has more. >> you're not alone the iphone 6 s users have been

shutting down. and what is happening are you charging it, it is turning off. >> 35%. 20% t is. >> not at good times. >> it is annoying. >> apple has not said how many are affected by only a particular batch. apple has not said which numbers indicaters if yours is dealing with the issue. bring them to the store for tech support. consumers say it is tough to reach a live person a trick tell the voice that answers you want to speak to a human. say i would like to speak to a human. say buy an iphone they will connect you if are you going to

available and to to a score in a less populated area because it is a bus wry shopping season you don't want to get stuck waiting. >> i have to get this taken care of. >> speaking of shopping. >> the hunt for the must have toy. >> and every year it is the it. >> who can forget tickle me elmo everyone wanted an atari, the wii and pets. >> i do. the only time i woke up at 4 a.m. to stand in line for a toy. >> and they sell out the hot toy is a hatchimal, lucky you because you're not searching from one. it takes various amounts of time for the bird it is fun and

when it walks and talksch. it is sold out can you find it for over $200. stores have it on the voice mail they are out of stock daily. you can find out if there is a shipment. >> a lot of work. at 10 p.m. we are looking at the hot toy list and where to find the deals. when down to the day. >> there is research out there. >> and we'll tune in. >> if can you find the toy that are you looking for. >> i want one of those, too. i'm not paying $200. police want to make the streets safer for bikers.

they will make sure they are following along. >> if you see them it will give a warning and explain why. >> they don't know the law it is easier to follow it. if we save one life, we have done our job. >> come january they will write tickets. >> sometimes it is the biker's fault. sometimes the pedestrian and sometimes the driver. rules of the road, baby. and we have some cool weather headed our way, cooler for a couple of days. the headline that the rain with a front. we'll have colder air. the sky way was closed because of the sea fog. >> you move it.

and you get that big surge of of steam. that's and here is another view. looking out. unless are you in a boat and drive driving and are you stuck. no sea fog. the first day of december and the start of the winter. we consider winter months for december i tell you i love the numbers. the high is 72, the average low is 54. rain fall is higher than november we get more active fronts that can bring the rain.

is 86 degrees the coldest morning. whoa, 18 degrees on 193rd back in 1962. >> the cold front moving south across the peninsula now. and behind it an air mass. the front is on could bring rain. you have an 83 and a 78 in tampa and tallahassee but the real deal is the dew points. and tampa south. tallahassee where the dew point is like a desert. two seasons across the state

winter is back. new drought index was issued. this is as of tuesday, some relief but it is very dry in the southeast. i'm expecting at least more rain to head their way. for us the front moves t south. sunshine and a cool breeze t is a nice day to be outside, saturday is good. increasing clouds. and debates or issues but how the front back here will play out. the low is this way.

it is partly cloudy. less humid and down to 60. a nice friday coming up. much lower humidity and high of 76. seas 2 to 4. we have some action. things are going on. watching frontal boundary should pass on tuesday. then cooler wednesday and thursday, back to you. this is not the macy's parade and they don't let them set up days in advance. >> folding chairs lined up for blocks and blocks in lakeland. the drama around the christmas

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we have more. ?[music] ? >> there are people that will come out to the three days and start setting the chairs up. >> that's extreme. >> you want to. >> i don't have a problem not me. >> we're trying to have a business function, friends and family and there were others intermingled on to the property. in the past years it was an issue that maybe up to 1/3 or a quarter of the spaces would be gone. >> there was not one chair out. >> this is not the macy's parade, and with that they don't

people say they avoid downtown on parade day, we're asking people to be the business owners to be tolerant and the event. and the 21 years and have seen them put out. everyone in the spirit and want as good vantage understand. >> imagine if are you visiting and going what -- i had no idea. >> and i did not know that. >> they sent a police officer out there and the chairs were not obstructing the sidewalks.@ they were solid lines.

and the next hour and see. >> and up next. donald trump tour as facility where he saved jobs move from moving to mexico. others who may be considering a move. >> a scare for buzz aldrin.

donald trump says donald trump is warning that the companies will no longer leave the u.s. without consequences. he made the comments after visiting a factory today where he is taking credit for saving 1 1100 jobs from moving to mexico. he and mike pence the governor waved at workerings in indianapolis as they walked through. he spoke with the company executives and inspected an an trump warned of others considering leaving the u.s. they will be taxed heavily at the border and the administration will do more to get them to stay. >> i want the companies to know we'll do great things for businesses. taxes will be at the low end, the unnecessary regulations will be gone. >> now a spokesperson said the

incentives from indiana to keep the factory running. so let's turn now to political editor and craig patrick, this was vintage trump. >> it was keep in mind the president-elect did not threaten them with tariffs he threatened to pull millions in contracts from carrier's parent company. part of the deal here. this is in part why he is indiana he will not stop there because what he is trying to do is run through, stop through the battleground states that he won including in particular the upper midwest to rev up the base. he knows that he won with a minority of the vote. he knows there have been protests, he knows he needs to move an agenda through and the first 100 days to get there. he has to win over the republicans in congress who are

this he is trying to rally the same support theirs are moving him into the white house so they can lobby and pressure congress to give him what -- what he wants. >> in a moveway is doing here is continuing to campaign even afters he won. >> that's sort of sounding that way. i listened to that out of washington he picked a secretary of defense, james mattis he had he is named mad dog after leading the battles in falluja he said it is fun to shoot some people. and central command and he already appears to have a good deal of influence with the president-elect. he said he reconsiders water boarding after he said that he thinks it doesn't work. but he does have a bit of a

service. under the law you have to be retired at least 7 years from the military to lead the department of defense ensuring civilian control of the military and with this he is retired only four years from service so congress would have to waive the law, change the law before 1950 and given his popularity on both sides of the aisle it is likely that will happen but it could hold things up. >> you expect them to give waiver. >> based on the fact it has happened before. he is a less controversial figure in the administration. >> thank you very much. >> and the president is coming to tampa to visit macdill. he will meet with active duty service members and talk about the counter terrorism efforts and the president will meet with members of the special operations community that have been credible in the war on terror. a man hit a police officer

on a law enforcement officer. this happened at a youth football tournament. he tried to break up a fight he was involved in. during that fight he picked up a medium sized trophy and struck the officer in the head cutting him. march is charged with resisting arrest. >> police have released images of a person of interest in the package bomb that injured a man. the person here is seen on came the home of 16-year-old james alden. he is recovering from that november 22nd explosion that left him with wounds to the face, chest and arms. >> he had a padded envelope when he opened it, it went off. it had an unusual bar code and want to talk to that person who delivered it.

we're not saying he refused the device, we would like to find out who he is. his identity. >> it was addressed to alden who thought he was opening up asthma inhalers. the atf are looking at the device. the jury is deliberating in the case of a police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. michael slayinger is charged with killing walter scott who was shot in the back as he ran from slayinger said he shot in self-defense after he took his tazer. he can acquit him, find him guilty of murder or a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. bolivia aviation suspended the charter airline involved in the crash. the nights are grounded. a plane ran out of fuel before slamming into a mountain killing all but 6 of the 77 people on

playerer -- most of the victims were players and coaches from the team. former astronaut buzz aldrin is recoup rating after being evacuated from the south pole. new zealand hospital. the 86-year-old was visiting it as a tourist when he was sick. the tour company said he has fluid in his lungs but responding well to medication. he is hospitalized observation. adventurous at 86 going to the south pole. treating cancer in an unusual way. the remedy that researchers are

living with a diagnosis living with a diagnosis can cause anxiety, depression and hopelessness, researchers believe there may be a way to treat the depress using a drug found in mushrooms. dr. jo is here to explain. you piqued my interest. what did researchers say? >> linda, they were looking at the drug in the the individuals who had stage 3 and 4 cancer for the most part found benefit. it decreased the symptoms of anxiety and depression in 60 to 80% of the cases. this is with a very controlled. it was therapy given to the individuals as well, when you looked at the demographics most of them, college educated or

but all in all, they and the use of this. >> and but in a bigger broader scale. and functional mris they think that programs it is helping them in that regard. >> any side-effects but no serious side-effects it elevated blood pressure and heart rate. there were a couple of people that had some with this and paranoia but there were my grapes they dependent see anything that was serious. and. and again like we said. don't try this at home. >> another drug is showing promise for diabetes.

help convert cells in the pancreas to ones that will produce insulin. maybe a treatment down the line for type i diabetes. they take the cells to increase the sugar and decrease the insulin. >> they will see if it works. it is fda a >> a big deal. >> something coming up tonight at 6:00, what is that about? , world aids dayky think back tonight days the early days i treated individuals and finding out about the horrible disease. we'll talk about the developments. the hope out there. the vaccine. can't wait to hear more about that.

winter meetings for baseball. we'll hear from kevin cash. and the bucs front office looking good. another award for the rookie.

even the wildlife is even the wild wife is getting a jump on shopping. that's a beefer in the dollar store. and.

way. it did a little damage. look thanet. that's -- he is trying to figure out what this is. >> animal control came in and rescued the guy. he is now relaxing to make sure they are okay before they send them out. >> and you know someone didn't. >> what would make him happy in that store. >> fake >> a fake tree. >> you're right. >> when he is gnawing on that. >> that is never a good thing. 71 degrees for a low temperature. >> it was warm. how much over the norm today. >> it was running 80. below that the next couple of days it is about the humidity. a nice sun set.

bridge off in the distance out there. and landing at tia heading from south to north which they do and the wind shifts to the north. >> and skies are becoming mostly clear and it was 80 today the high of 75. and when are you 14 degrees above the average. it is 57 and the low is 71. that's as much of a i will add, though. there is a chance by midnight we could be below the 71. if that happens, it will be adjusted before midnight tonight when the cooler weather comes in behind the front. it is probable the blue line with the triangles. >> it picks up. less humid. this will hang around for a couple of days. the weather systems are on the

cold front should arrive bring us rain. the temperatures now are cooler and behind the cold front but the real big thing of note is how dry it is. >> the dew points are dropping and down to 59. 52 in gainesville and 39 up in tallahassee. south of summer like in like so literally it is 2 seasons across our state right now. this is making headlines for -- this is like december 9th through the 15th. and most people in the u.s. will experience colder than average temperatures. this does not mean record cold

10 days the temperatures should drop and some of that colder weather should spill into the state. it does not mean we have 20s and 30s on the way it means the temperatures could go below average maybe like next weekend is what the 9th and 10th in the zone and watching that. 78 the dew point at the cold front is in blew. the air mass is -- air mass is nice and clean. we have the wildfires in advance. and we'll be watching that. the country is quiet the blue is snow showers.

lake effect snow cranked up. chilly. nashville. bristol. atlanta is 55 trees. tonight we clear out we turn less humid. a high of 76. the weekend is good. partly we may get a line of rain in here. the models are all over. maybe tuesdayish we could get a line of showers. >> and jameis winston not sacked. one of the pass rushers.

the rookie defensive player of the month. the first year during the three games. >> and the winning and player of the month. >> and the skipper snows that everyone in the league will be asking about the availability of evan longoria and the rumors will fog. >> and listen the two guys that you mentioned, they are special players. 29 other teams that would love to have them.

we're committed to those guys. we love having them. they do so much ons field. >> there will be a lot of conservatives, lot of rumors over the next couple of weeks we'll see what we can do to turn that into a functional club for us. >> a new collective bargaining agreement. one change no longer will the all-star games have any bearing on home field advantage in the world series. they play for a and common sense prevails. >> this is crazy. >> it is meaningless what are you doing. >> it appeared. >> you're wrong. >> it never should have meant anything other than you mr. i because it is a showcase. i wanted to watch the game it meant something. >> it meant something and can you root from one side or the

>> if i watch a game baseball is a slow sport. >> you said were you a fan. >> and why do i care if you goet a check or not. >> why do i care which side wins. >> just like when grew up it doesn't have to mean anything that spoils the world series, charlie, i agree that the advantage may not have been the best but listen to the point i made. >> if baseball and hockey and football they want the all-star games. >> come on. >> can we cut the mic? he is still talking. reasonable heads will prevail. >> does not have any post season implications. >> and my goodness a lot of energy about this, poor charlie,

[ laughter ] >> thank you. >> and it was an early christmas

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and they got out of class to meet someone important, they did. over 100 students lined the sidewalk for the event it started with a high 5 with the first responders. >> but it is the guys they were escorting that got the attention. that's santa and brought to the school courtesy of the santa program. >> they have from 7 different agencies. , we can get back to the children we see only in a time of need. santa held a story time. >> mrs. claus comes along. >> meet the kids.

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the photos are only at steak 'n shake. they tell a story of terrible conditions. whatwhatwhat happened to the pas that lived here with the five children. >> it was a way of hope in the community. a building that was a beacon why an area will look much

good evening. thank you for joining us first here at 6:00 no fresh food or running water the home was unfit for children to live in. a family of 7 lived there. the parents are under arrest. as we now report for us at 6:00, officers say there is no reason the conditions had to get that bad. >> it is easy to overlook the toys in t sarasota. >> it is terrible. >> a mess that has neighbors shocked. >> there were clothes in the hall and feces throughout the hours. there were bottles of urine the water had been shut off for a month. a couple was arrested for neglect. the five kids were taken into custody. the conditions in the home as some of the worst they have seen. when they asked the father