and polk sheriff grady judd. people in polk county got to see them all in the ?same place last night. it was the annual lakeland christmas parade. more than one hundred groups marched in the event, and around 40-thousand people came out to watch it. downtown tampa is officially kicking off the the city is having it's annual tree lighting ceremony. mayor bob buckhorn will help flip the switch... in curtis hixon park. the tree is in the middle of the new "winter village." they will also have a free screening of "a christmas story." it all starts at six p-m. its ?free.. you just need to find a place to park. and tomorrow the park will have "santa fest" , which includes tampa's annual christmas parade. and a weather alert in pinellas county... it's don't thank mother nature though... just a few snow machines. the city of tarpon springs is holding its annual "snow place like tarpon springs" event today. this is a picture from the event a few years ago. the free event features a tree lighting... carriage rides.. a boat parade... and of course, tons of ?white stuff. ?20

sheriff grady judd in polk county where he won during re-election 99.8% of the vote.heriff, thank you very much. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you. thank you. >> that is quite a story, isn't it? well, well, well. >>> all right. coming up on this thursday, harry reid finally coming clean about bashing mitt romney back in the day. remember? >> there's no brazen lies. i did what was necessary. >> but he said he didn't pay taxes for ten years. that's not true. shouldn't democrats consider that fake news as well? >>> and first he saved jobs with carrier. and now the president-elect is making good on his deal to cut the cost of air force one. we'll tell you about that. >>> but first, happy birthday to senator ted cruz. he's got 46 candles on his cake. i had frequent heartburn, but...my doctor recommended prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning. 24 hours and zero heartburn, it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10 straight years, and it's still recommended today. use as directed there it is. wow... this holiday