. >>> it's been nearly 3 months since hurricane hermine did some major damage to cedar key. >> coming up residents are recovering and rebuilding why they say they have a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving. >> plus this neighborhood eye sore. 8 on your side finds out whether a man can legally keep all this stuff . >>> well, this morning residents in cedar key are still recovering and rebuilding nearly 3 months after hurricane hermine caused major damage on the tinys many tell us it was made easy by help of neighbors. ryan hughes was in cedar key during the storm. he's back there live this morning. good morning. everyone pulled together quickl. . >> good morning. they knew they had to because this town depends greatly on tourism businesses rebuilt homes like this one have been propped up and prepared for stilts after a 9-foot storm surge pushed water inside many helped each other after much of sweeping views of the gulf of mexico on a crisp fall day can cause residents and visitors on cedar key to pause. so can the sights and sounds of the constant construction in the aftermath of

. >>> hurricane hermine took a toll on cedar key. >> months later, the area is beginning to bounce back there coming up, news channel 8 takes a closer look at what the community has lost and gained from the storm. >>> the top 10 will be revealed during the voice tonight and we have a preview of tonight's exciting live show. cool as last night. 32 degrees for a low last night that the warming trend is on with a bit more moisture in the atmosphere. the thanksgiving forecast is coming up. >> that and more coming up. you are watching news channel 8, the station that is always on your side. >>> you have a lot of choices in the morning. >> will the kids need a jacket or an umbrella? is the skyway closed? >> choose the morning newscast on your side with weather and traffic on the eights. the choice is clear weekday mornings on news channel 8 >>> eagle 8 hd is brought to you by your local suncoast hyundai dealers. visit your local hyundai dealer today or visit www.buyahyundai.com. welcome back. the voice had a frolicking live show with the top 11 performers singing to stay. >> tonight they will

. >>> hurricane hermine hit months ago. >> plus the clerk who refused to back down even when faced with a metal pipe. it was caught on camera. now, police are on the hunt for this suspect. you're watching news channel 8 today. start the interview with a firm handshake. ay,no! don't do that! try head & shoulders instant relief. head & shoulders instant relief. >>> it's been nearly 3 months since hurricane hermine pounded the coast of florida, one of the hardest hit areas cedar key, ryan hughes is live there this morning. good morning, it's just before thanksgiving an even though that small town was lot to be thankful for. >> reporter: good morning. they do. many homes and businee damaged or destroyed by the hurricane. some are now preparing to put their home on stilts. you see this home lifted off the ground after water got inside after the hurricane. everyone has pulled together and tried to recover and build quickly. there are plenty of signs that show how a small town can rebound after got 4 feet of water in the store. >> reporter: the market was one of the hardest hit businesses when

. >>> residents are still recovering and rebuilding it's been nearly 3 months since hurricane hermine caused major damage on the tiny island about 2 and a half hours north of tampa. >> ryan hughes was in cedar key during the storm. he's back there this morning joins us now live. everyone pulled together quickly. >> good morning. they knew they had to course depends greatly on tourism businesses rebuilt homes like this one are being outfitted right now with stilts. many helped each other to try to get back on their feet after the town was badly damaged. sweeping views of the gulf of mexico on a crisp fall day can cause residents and visitors on the key to pause. so can the sights and sounds of the constant construction in the aftermath of hurricane hermine. >> it was pretty bad. i don't >> lynn who didn't want to give her last name lost her house in the hurricane but gained something, faith in her community. . >> and everybody all over the town came together within a week we had the place just wonderful again. >> slowly but surely cedar key is getting back to normal after the hurricane

happy thanksgiving from publix. >>> it has been 3 months since hurricane hermine hit florida. one of the hardest hit is cedar key. ryan, it's just before thanksgiving and even though that small town was lashed by that storm many have a lot to be thankful for. >> good morning. once again they do of course many homes and businesses werma destroyed during the hurricane. some people are even putting their homes on stilts here just in case water happens to get close again. everyone has pulled together to try to recover and rebuild quickly. there are plenty of signs that show how a small town can rebound after a trying time. >> tore off the back wall and we got 4 feet of water in the store. >> the market at cedar key was one of the hardest hit business hurricane battered the island in early september. >> i was told the food is all over the floor and floating in the water. >> the market is back in business just in time for the busy holiday season. >> everything from this point right here out was all blown out in the street. >> hermine caused roughly half a million dollars in damage a

hermine was the one that became a hurricane before landfall. that is the first one in over 10 years to make landfall in the state of florida. that is the dry spell we had. it. la ni?a formed and it slowed things down initially. it generally means more storms. right now rain out there. eastern polk county and hardy and highland county. more rain tomorrow with a cold front. i will check that coming up in 30 minutes.>>> this picture right here, the headline, a high school runner sacrifices her race to stop and help now you are about to get the story behind the headline and it's something you don't want to miss.>> reporter: rock paper scissors. who is starting with the ball. >> from first grade to crossing high school stairs, children are taught to follow the rules. gracie bucher is glad at least one person knew how to break them. grader gracie finished two runners back from a trip to the state cross-country meet. >> i was excited. >> she was still excited at the start of this year's section meet. until gracie sensed early in her race something was

legislators drilled rick kriseman during a sewage summit about spells and backups during hurricane hermine. he updated short and long-term plans. jamel lanee' joins us live from st. pete where lawmakers weren't too enthused with his outspoken and said he is not convinced that the immediate sewer problems will be fixed by next summer and once other options on the table. state legislators heard an your full. dep talked about their ongoing investigation into the sewer discharges during hurricane hermine. >> we have been discussing the overall system. >> reporter: and mayor rick kriseman laid out his vision, which included short and long problems. >> we presented our plan. >> reporter: but city council wasn't too confident that immediate issues will be addressed by next summer. >> i like to be optimistic but you know, i would probably bet against that. >> it's a big project to undertake and to complete in seven or eight months. >> reporter: state senator and the delegation want chris went reopening or renting an extra barge. >> i think the people in the community will be very disappointed if t

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it happened during hurricane hermine . counties discharge sewage into the bay when treatment facilities became overwhelmed by all of the rain. the state senator. is leading the meeting. he is not happy with what he has been told by all of the municipalities involved. now we will get an update in just a few minutes. >>> breaking news, the senate voting on leadership roles, republican senator from kentucky, mitch mcconnell who has unanimously voted to keep his position as majority leader. that is a role he has held since january 2015. there is a new minority leader in the senate, chuck schumer takes over from nevada senator. harry reid . you remember yesterday we learned paul ryan as speaker of the house. >>> new this morning, two freight trains collide in central florida. it happened early this morning in central about 15 miles north of ocala. one train was carrying fertilizer and the other coal. more than 3000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in the crash but the scene is now contains. two people suffered minor injuries. >>>

. >> the market at cedar key was one of the harde hermine a category 1 bat considered the island in early september. >> i was told the trite was all over the floor and floating in the water. >> the market is back in business just in time for the busy holiday season. >> everything from this point right here out was all blown out in the street. . >> hermine caused roughly half a million dollars this damage at the beach front motel, a 9-foot storm surge battered the buildings, we rode out part of split rated. every piece of furniture was ruined. >> it was a slow start. it's going quick now. >> the motel was shut down for 2 months. 3 rooms damaged during the hurricane have been renovated and all of them are expected to be finished soon. these 3 homes were badly battered by the hurricane and now residents are raising them on stilts so next time the water doesn't get inside. . >> those who live on cedar key want to be ready just in case there's a next tim i'll say probably the worst storm we've seen especially in my lifetime. >> it was pretty bad. i don't think we expected the surge to be what

it happened during hurricane hermine and tropical storm colin when the sewage systems got overloaded. the public is invited to attend today's this morning at johns hopkins all childrens hospital, in their education and conference center. donald trump and his transition team have taken another big step, in their road to the white house. vice president-elect mike pence signed a key document last night. without the paperwork,the transition team couldn't communicate with the obama adminstration about the transfer of power. the process was delayed, when trump made pence head of the transition team last week, replacing chris christie. but the white house is still waiting on ?more can ?officially start sharing information. in the meantime, president-elect trump is holding more meetings ahead of his major cabinet picks. and we now know one name who ?won't be on the list. doctor ben carson officially took himself out of contention for a cabinent spot yesterday. he wasn't formally ?offered one, but carson was rumored to be the running for secretary of education. carson said will work as an ?adv

. >>> state legislatures have been updated on sword discharge during chen 25 -- hermine . stormwater improvement plan includes fisting -- fixing the immediate issues by next summer . some lawmakers are hesitant that the problems can be fixed so quickly. >> is a big project to take on in 7 or 8 months. i just don't want to expect -- i would rather have looks like patients and be pleasantly -- expectations and be pleasantly surprised that have high >>> some tough news for lightning plans -- fans, the bolts will hit the ice tonight but stamkos will not be on the ice . he is out indefinitely this after suffering an injury to his knee during tuesday nights game. recovery could take anywhere from one to 3 months. >>> 4:38 the time let's get a check on the weather. >> we have seen these cool crisp mornings. this is basically what we expect for middle of november. we go from the upper 50s at 70 only to 70 just at 10:00 this morning. 80 by 3 and back down to 70 by 6 pm. i left in a 10 percent rain chance as a strong cold front comes through. is typically our driest month of the yea

that she plans to take a day off -- year off and then she will start training in 2020 -- for the hermine is the only thing that could stop the jesuit tires from going 10?zero. we have look with how they knocked off there crosstown rivals to become our team of the week. >> [ video playback ] >> reporter: after having a front row seat to the hanging of their mascot, the jesuit football tigers decided to do their talking on the gridiron. >> i saw that. i know the team and i didn't get like that. >> we were surprised we did it. we wanted to set the tone. >> the tigers already headed to the playoffs and they knew the only way to get some get back was to beat their crosstown rival for the 17 year in a row. >> that was crazy we have this tradition that is older than me . we know who were gonna play we had to keep it going. >> already really talk about and we have been waiting for 17 years straight. >> tigers holler at me. >> [ video playback ] . >> to stay undefeated the jesuit football tigers had to go on the road and still one right on the road from one rivals. to do that 17 years in a row, t

also the loan application for hermine damage is november 28. >>> a bay area man is behind bars for scandalous behavior at a local mall. our 8 on your side warning ahead of a busy shopping time of year. >>> plus famous author and blogger of parent hacks is coming just ahead we will show you how some of them work. you are watching news channel 8 z25eiz z16fz >>> a dade city man is in jail this rn videotaping of a woman's skirt. we're joined live. mary, this not the first time this man has been arrested for the very first -- for the very same thing . >> reporter: that is right. one search of the sheriff office's website shows that he has been already arrested for this behavior. the billabong store. with the help of surveillance video, marcus grant was arrested. this all has shoppers we spoke with feeling uneasy. >> you look around and you see how society is getting evil. it is supposed to be good now and now good is evil. we need to turn things around >> the victim tells us this guy was a landscaper at the shopping center and he was seen inside of a woman's restroom that very same day. grant did

tonight for manatee county family's and business owners to get relief two months after hurricane hermine hit. fema added them to their declaration list. that means if you have damage that insurance did not cover or if you have no insurance at all, you can now apply for federal aide. there are three way you can request help. you can call fema, visit their application on their mobile app. >>> tonight we are hearing a bogus 911 call he made. he is now in jail for making dispatchers think his 4-year-old daughter was choking on candy and alone in the room. >> is she breathing? >> i don't know. i locked myself out. >> police say mark told dispatchers there wasn't anyone at the hotel to help him get back when they showed up he admitted no one else was inside and he made the whole thing up. here in florida misuse of 911 is a felony. >>> danger high voltage. are pass -- pasco county residents really at risk? and why is nobody fixing -- [ indiscernible ] driver's steps that may provide right now, a teenage boy seen for breaking into buccaneer star gerald mccoy's home. it happened just hours before

some think the costumes should cost hermine job. >>> protesters got tense when a kkk leaders was allowedattend a political debate at a historickicly black college campus. the -- historically black college, the students were not happy. we'll have that story when "action news" comes right back. >> breaking on "action news," set on fire under the schuylkill we're gathering new information on the twisted death investigation. >>> happening now, talks fall a part, so the septa strikes enter day three. gridlock and delays are becoming the new norm. >> warm and wet, accuweather is tracking remgd highs before the -- record highs before scattered showers today. >> our live team cover will keeping you moving during the on going septa strike. >> wrong rogers has the regional rails and we're going live to the septa headquarters today. >> reporter: we have mainly clear skies and low lining cloud cover here and there, you saw that at the commodor barry bridge. eventually the clouds will thicker and we're expecting showers to arrive ascertain gusty thunderstorms in some neighborhoods. 56 degrees, is the

she's upset about what's leaks in several of the classrooms after hurricane hermine that parent were not told about. >> i don't know if the board is aware there have been water intrusion issues. i have lived in florida my entire life i understand these things happen however when we have intrusion so bad students our principal should be notifying us. >> parents say there is still mold at this location. spokesman coming up at 6:00 you will hear what improvements he claims to be making. >>> a warning tonight about a gift exchange scam making the rounds on facebook. it's called secret sister. maybe you've seen. starts with a facebook post asking you to buy a gift of $10 or more, then you're asked to add your name and some other pe the scam promises in exchange you'll receive 36 gifts. it's basically a high tech chain letter/pyramid scheme. so do not be fooled. >>> workers it at one of america's busiest airports are threatening to strike this thanksgiving. chicago o'hare airport the biggest in almost ten years. >>> your personal information sold to private companies without your permissio

legislators drilled rick kriseman during a sewage summit about spells and backups during hurricane hermine. he updated short and long-term plans. jamel lanee' joins us live from st. pete where lawmakers weren't too enthused with his

hurricane hermine ball off the coast come a guest on and nicole -- hurricane gaston on and nicole as well. area where that disturbance is located. more and more, we are seeing cooling conditions across the gulf and the caribbean which helps limit tropical development. 73 degrees at 11:00. the skies look pretty much like we expected. 69 degrees as we get to 68 degrees at 7:30 am at sunrise. as the day goes along, a few will see that front pass- through early on friday into the early part of saturday. we will keep a 10% chance of showers friday and saturday. into the weekend and don't forget the time change this weekend, the rain chances will drop and feeling a little cooler for sunday. refreshing is a way to put it as the humidity comes down a really nice stretch for the next week. this is a really nice time of year for us.>> we're looking forward to it.>>> a headache on top of a heart he >> a man kills her therapy dog. now she's hauling him to court. find out why. amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, and unsafe solar installations. safe solar for the sunshine state. vote yes on

. >>> manatee county is on the list for fema help from hurricane hermine. the deadline to apply is november 28th. >>> cross bay ferry is up and running. it made the first trip for the public st. petersburg to tampa at 5:15 headed from the tampa convention center to st. pete 6 sold out. tickets are ten dollars each way. you can buy them on the cross bay ferry website. >>> alarming pattern uncovered by target aids. >> dogs given back to the same owners who neglected them. why the timing of this latest case is so disturbing. and unsafe solar installations. safe solar for the sunshine state. out-of-state attacking amendment 1? because amendment 1... stops. their. subsidies. with amendment 1, you don't pay for someone else's solar. to stop unfair subsidies, vote yes on amendment 1. >>> hillsborough county pet resource center does it again. it returns a know negligented dog to the owner. emli came in a week ago and suffered severe medical problems. >> they issued a plea to help from local rescues. one stepped up promising to deliver the care needed. what happened

: parent katherine schmidt wrote a letter to members involving water on the walls after hurricane hermine. she asked about the watermark but was told nothing was wrong. >> an e-mail should have been sent out by the principal not sent buried in an e-mail update to parents almost a month after the incident. >>reporter: largo campus parents said they are still dealing with mold issues. >> the largo campus was promised work to be done in the modular buildings due to mold. >>reporter: we trilled to get s ceo to talk about this on camera but he declined. he also refused to address any of the parents issues during the meeting. reporting in largo jamel lanee' news channel 8. >> back in custody after escaping. tonight there are questions about how he managed managed to get away. joseph flag ban was working at a poke county maintenance facility well eastling stole truck and took off. court documents show he was arrested in september for petty thrift which was his third conviction on that charge. he was granted trustee status for good behavior and that allowed him to work outside under some supervis

parents claiming claim that the water rushed into the classrooms during hurricane hermine and school officials never notified them about it. jamel j joining us think from the largo campus with the sore. >>> good beverage say they are they are raising new questions about what's leaks in clearwater. months after an 8 on your side investigation into mold concerns at the play to act any in largo, parents at the clearwater campus are coming forward about what's leaks at that school. >> i don't know if the board ace wear but there have been water intrusion issues in the constructed new building. >>reporter: she wrote a letter water on the walls after she says she learned later construction was being done to fix it but without the parents' knowledge. >> i have lived in florida my entire life i understand these things happen. over we have ininstruction students cannot be in crass has draw walls are being relieved it should be they should have dealing with mold issues. >> this was promise work to be done in the modular bidding due to mold. >> we're still seeing most in the classrooms. they ar

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this happened during hurricane hermine . st. petersburg and other communities discharge sewage into the bay when their treatment facilities became overwhelmed by all the rain from the storm. the state senator is leading the meeting. he has not been happy with some of the answers from of this >>> this morning concern about stamkos . he left the win limping after getting hurt during the game. look what happens to his left leg. he limped off the ice and did not return to the game. the team is labeling it a lower body injury but there is no word on his prognosis. >>> stamkos to school -- scored a bowl before that -- they had a 4 - 3 win over the red wings. they are off today for tomorrow night had to new orleans to take on the sabres. >>> it has been a much cooler morning but that is because we have that much clearer mornings. no clouds on top until after lunchtime yesterday. lots of clouds in the sky. notice the flag is not waiting because there is not a lot of breeze. it is 55 degrees at this location. once fast the temperatures r

we will show you how a local business is finally set to reopen after tropical storm hermine brought everything to a halt. >>> okay. this is your reminder to fall back because daylight saving time ends this weekend. >> that means to set your clocks back an hour. sleep. that happens at 2 a.m. on sunday. >> a new study from jpmorgan found people spend less money when there are fewer hours th bob buesing... on the record. he sues tax payers to cover the outrageous cost of a lavish courthouse. buesing files forclosures on homes critical to seniors. his law firm is accused of running up costs on a school district at the expense of our kids. trailing in the polls, buesing attacks dana young. for things she never did. under state attorney mark ober's watch, rape and sexual assault are on the rise. ober is not just ineffective, he declined to prosecute a man who forced a girl into sexual slavery, even bthe ctim. ober: she was with him voluntarily. will reallocate resources to target violent crime, putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner'se, not ready i go through t

we had hermine and matthew east of us so even though we did not tropical storm and a busy season. >> 77. the dew point 66 and the winds are south and southwest at 6:00. >>> around the country the first front this front is not going to impact us at all it will produce more rain. and could bring us cooler weather. cold and snow in the west. chicago 54. and bristol, tennessee at 65. so for tonight. low clouds and patchy fog developing and 69. a mixture of sun and clouds. breezy and muggy. back up to 82. >>> then on thursday. a couple of showers not many. 77 degrees for highs. if are you boating it will continue. 653. slight saturday. and after that. >> the moisture is back. we're back into the 80s. all in all quiet 7 day forecast. we'll talk more about that at 5:45. >> thank you, paul. >>> releasing snook. why they were turned -- returned snook season comes to an end in two days. fisherman will no longer be >>> snook season comes to an end. and you cannot what catch the ft and more are being released in sarasota. they were released in crates. >>> and we see how they're doing it to help

if you think you know who this fema help after hurricane hermine. the deadline for people to apply is november 28th. >>> a florida 18-year-old accused owe of beating his grandmother to death appear instead court. evidence said authorities report he got upset after his grandmother hid his beer from him while his roommate described the traumatic scene. >> she was just covered in blood. you know, there was blood everywhere, all over the floor. she was bleeding profusely from her head, the house was trashed, holes in the wall and whatnot. >> she died eight days later. he is facing murder charges and is being held without bond. >> tragic story. >>> take a look at some amazing photo submitted to us. send us yours and we appreciate i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. people in the upper echelons of the military are very concerned about the things that mr. trump has already said he's going to ask the military to do. chris matthews: talking of maybe using nuclear weapons, nobody wants to hear that about an american president. well, then, then why

gallons of waste water were released into the gulf when sewage systems got overloaded during hurricane hermine and tropical storm colin. today's meeting will take place in the education conference center at 9 a-m. in pasco county, an fired for eating a cookie laced with marijuana. deputies say "donna haff" had to be rushed to an area hospital after overdosing. authorities told fox 13, that haff wanted to try marijuana for her 50th birthday, so her daughter bought the cookies from a co-worker. haff is now on administrative leave while school leaders decide what to do about her arrest. plant city police are looking for three thieves who are robbing seniors in grocery stores. the robbers have targeted a publix off alexander street and a second publix just a few miles away they believe these two women and a man are responsible. police say the three are wracking up hundreds in purchases with stolen credit and debit cards. the group may be driving a blue 15 passenger van. police say 70-year-old "beverly morris" was the first person duped by the team. she says the women asked her for help finding som

. -- super storm hermine. we're done with it here. and tomorrow we'll have the temperatures beginning to drop and the humidity drop as well and a few showers with it and the cooler and dryer air is hours. and on the 7-day you can see this friday, saturday and the overnight lows in the 50s and nice and cool with the highs in the 70s and a gradual warmup >>> leg-go land is going to reveal the opening date for the new beach retreat it is scheduled to open sometime next year. >> and the winter haven park will future tour 80 beach themed bungalows along the play areas, a restaurant, pool and bar and a giant leg-go lighthouse that is pretty cool. alleged kidnapping coming to light. among injuries, she was branded, a message burned into her skin. >> i would think that was a exertion of power and control and/or maybe type of message. >> reporter: her husband keith described and agonizing three weeks in which his wife was tormented physically and mentally and weighed only 87 pounds and had bruises and rashes and chain markings. her signature b

you may have forgotten about and hermine followed the track. they had the same impact along the west coast. we had squalls. flooding. we had issued in pinellas with the storm and the surge and the issues. we had the big storm along the east coast from matthew and that made impact or landfall. these are all the other tracks. and the late season across central america and pacific. see you later. and that is done. and wow 25 out of 30 days this month, above average a very dry month. the rain added up to a trace which is a drop or two and ended up 1.5 and november is usually >> pretty good wind from the south and the southeast. and that was enough to produce a couple of showers and there is not much rain earned. >> and radar returns here and that's the military earlier today calling what we drop. that's a metal particle. to see how they can prevent radar from seeing the planes. that went away. here we go. rain is moving away. and the rest of the night should be rain free with areas of low cloud developing t is warm and muggy. everyone is sitting in

we have hurricane hermine makeup game against even this friday so who knows they could season, but will it be enough to take a team of the week trophies home? i will let you know coming up at 5:30. >>> that music makes me want to go for a run. you just pumps you up. >>> paul ryan is here with the check of sports. >>> for the funeral of high school football, 2 more blitzes to go. in the nfl game, big news buccaneers. give them the nickname of your choosing, soft. doug martin is doing all he can to get back on the field, rehabbing a hamstring injury since coming up lame in with one. he suffered a setback in mid- october, but he did practice in full pads yesterday, and again today. his participation described as limited, and coach doesn't seem convinced. martin will suit up against the bears on sunday but doug certainly hopes he can. able to go a full speed we will go from there. i feel good. i'm getting there and getting to that point. it has been frustrating but we will take all the proper steps to give me back on the field. >>> more good news, evans has been cleared to play sunday. was

. >>> help for manatee county residents still recovering from hurricane hermine. a fema debt -- disaster recovery center will open today for residents still needing to get some help. it will be open on 33rd avenue am until 6 pm the loan application deadline is november 28. we have all of this information on our website. >>> sometimes parents need a little bit of help. >> we have some hacks for you parents. the famous author and mommy blogger of parent hacks is coming to tampa bay. just ahead we will show you how some of them work. >>> plus black friday sales at places like walmart and target are happening sooner than diving into those deals coming up. >>> as opposed to the cloudy sometimes drizzly day yesterday , look at the blue sky we have over this waters and tampa bay. this was taken from our hula bay restaurant camera. it is 75 degrees, very comfortable. the humidity is laura and i you want to know how long -- lower . and now you want to know how long it is going to last; right? i will tell >>> we are still awaiting the information on donald trump meeting wit

. >> hermine is one of the worst events. millions of gallons of partially treated and untreated sewage had to be dumped into the bay. >> our system will be improved. >> and but considering 2/3 of sewage being processed on a sunny day is ground water, making its way into the pipes, they want to know why the pipes were not at the top of the list. >> i need to understand why creating all this extra capacity is smarter versus funding, getting the selection system to administrator said it will be addressed and is a priority, we do right now need the capacity during the event, during big storm events. >> he went on to say reopening the shuttered plan is not off the table but it is a gutted facility and it is not feasible to reopen it. >> and it is 400 million dollars. the proposal here. there is a time table when that may happen. >>> look no further to see the impact of phosphate mining. that's the fridge from groups like the sierra club. they want the state to deny permits for the mining. the sinkhole on the mosaic plant in augus

this helped happened when hurricane hermine dumped rain into area. >>> president-elect donald trump went to a pricey steakhouse after telling the press he was in for the night. it has people wondering if heats ready for the constant coverage of being the last night's win over detroit limping off the ice. the team is labelling it a lower body injury. no word on whether he'll miss any gyms. >>> here comes the sun, [singing] >>> 55 degrees in tampa. isn't that just gorgeous. you might need a light jacket this morning. 52 in lakeland and plant city look at this night warmup. pretty typical for this time of year. we ian get up to 80 tomorrow and 81 friday. next week, highs only in the 60s and lows in the 40s. >>> i can't drive 55. keep your speeds down, folks. >>> we're done to 6 miles per hour. much less than 55. and it's all due to the collision that's right around fifth avenue north. got you backed up almost, a vehicle caught fire on the skyway. not seeing any delays. i don't see any smoke on the cameras. elizabeth avenue collision there. let's take a live look at some of the traffic. this

. >> it's been nearly 3 months since hurricane hermine battered cedar key. residents are hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more let's enjoy. we need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. >>> we all want to enjoy the holiday with family and friends but no one wants the guilt that comes with stuffing yourself. always good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> it's that time of year. we're going to have a lot of food everywhere. you're here to help us stay away from overdoing it. >> yes. >> so tips on staying healthy this time of year. >> if you have a routine you holiday parties going on and normally those are at night so you might need to switch it up a bit if you're used to working out at night maybe work out in the morning.

they've documented some of the damage from hermine. they're doing construction time laps, shooting commercials and this is commercial drone operation. the rules for hobbyists are a bit more lax with the faa and there's an app called before you it sure is cool. these are some smaller things but that high altitude, wide range job. >>russell: did you take the controls at any point in this? >>laura: these are a little pricy. i'll not sure they can afford me but i have flown them at the house. jim has them, the boys have them. >>russell: that was a cool story. dave is promising low humidity and sunny skies. forecast in two minutes. >>laura: and a starbucks you cannot beat it. we know the name of a local woman who won millions playing z24zwz z12fz >>dave: oh, wow. what a stunning start to the day. we have clear skies and look at that beautiful sunrise coming up this morning in just a couple of minutes from now. many areas to the north have already gotten back into the 50s and slow down there, crystal river. you're at 50 degrees now. same for

>>> state legislators received updates from the mayor and dep on sewer discharge during hurricane hermine. dep investigators say they continue to evaluate the overall system. mayor storm water improvement plan includes fixing the immediate issues by next summer. but some lawmakers are hesitant to believe the problems could be fixed so quickly undertake and to complete in what is that? seven months? eight months? i just don't want to expect -- i would rather have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised than have high expectations and be disappointed. >> lawmakers ask that the mayor look at other options like renting a waste water treatment barge. >>> some tough news this morning for lightning fans. stamkos. he is out of the line-up indefinitely after suffering a right knee injury. we're told that injury is a tear of his lateral meniscus. an injury like that requires surgery and recovery, i hate break it to you, can take one to three months. it's going to look very different from here on out. >>> leigh's got the latest on the weather. what's going on? >> the sun is coming up this morni

today, fairfax county officials will break ground at the site of new 2,000 space parking garage in hermine don and 30.45 million project will be done by spring of 20 19 and designed to help reduce congestion on northern virginia roadways by creating a ride sharing opportunity and making it easier for commuters to use public transportation. >> former nba basketball player shaquille o'neal will be on capitol hill to talk about dangerous driving. now the panel discusses challenges that officers face while combating impaired driving, drunk, distracted and drowsey driving. that is set for 1:0 we'll have >> today new children's health center oning in anacostia. new facility has 20 cam rooms and provides child healthcare services along with mental health, hearing and speech services and ribbon cutting will be held ot noon celebrating opening of this new health facility. >> how about trying a sport that could save your life. several types of exercise including cycling, swimming erics and racket sports request prolong your life. sports like tennis and squash are most beneficial reducing risk of dea

this is a small sll hermine. today state and local leaders are meeting to discuss a solution. this morning they're holding a second workshop to discuss the effects of the recent sewage releases and how to prevents them. that starts at 9:00 this morning at johns hopkins all children's hospital. city of st. pete has already come up with a five-year plan to address the issue but comes with a $304 million price tag. >>russell: tampa bay is on a hot >>laura: you can't win if you don't play. where you might want to buy your ticket if you want to increase your odds of winning tonight's powerball jackpot. we'll tell you what's stopping people from lighting up in bars and restaurants. >>dave: it is 6:11 outside and quite a chilly start for many of us. i got 57 degrees in tampa. as you're getting ready to walk out the door, some spots and north have slipped back to the upper 40s. wauchula look at you, brandon, looking at you and brooksville at 43. sunshine, dry air, it should be welcome to disney springs. your place to shop, dine, and be entertained like never before. just like in 1934!

you remember hurricane hermin came close to our region in late august/early september. now see if any of that sounds familiar. >> i'm predicting 14 named storms this year with 8 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes in the atlantic and gulf basins. watch out for late august. each of the years i looked at aw our coastline. >> well -- >> who the man up in here? >> got to call you dr. kammerer. >> now can we get this winter? last winter, we got this summer, now got to get this -- >> in other words, what are you going to do for me? >> you're only as good as your last forecast. right now we continue to watch the rain making its way in. that rain will be moving out by around midnight. some are going to get heavy the reds into northern prince george's county, anne arundel county, through downtown seeing one line of heavy rain. another line back from baltimore in through portions of montgomery county here, right on through loudoun county, northern fauquier county. this area here, show you where some of the heaviest rain is. first off 270 has been a mess all evening. it's been raini

hurricane hermine which made lan fall across florida breaking decades long drought of land falling hurricanes in floridamatthew just rolled right up the coastline. did not officially make land fall here in florida. but you possibly can along the florida coastline with actually not making that land fall. a little changes as we go into the 2017 season. very important part of the forecasting comes from the hurricane hunter flying out of macdill air force base. they are actually relocating their operations over into lakeland for the 2017 season. simply because macdill air force base very busy air force base so they need to relocate those operations. so today we're looking at a lot of clouds starting to work their way in. more of that southerly flow across the state. it has been breezy through the morning as well. what that's really doing is just kind of pumping up a lot of moisture up across the state. we have seen a couple of small showers and sprinkles on skytower radar across the southern end of pinellas county also into hillsborough county. in and around ruskin over towards riverview brandon.

and that was our law laura moody reporting up and run they documented damage from hermine. they are doing construction time lapse commercials. and again this is a commercial drone operation. the rules for hobbyists are bit more lacks. there's an app that's worth checking out called before you fly. it will get you started. well its perfect weather today if you want to go fly your drone. it's beautiful. yeah. fantastic. we had some clouds around yesterday. a couple of sprinkles here and there. that was just about it. nobody really had any measurable rain. that is long gone. and we are left with a beautiful looking day. we actually had a frontal boundary. we will called a cold front it really didn't bring much cooler air. just a little bit drier air and just cleared out the skies giving us a nice sunny skies. in fact we will stay with these sunny skies all the way into the weekend. and looks like maybe first part of next thing things change a little bit. look temperatures very delightful. here in tampa 63. even had some 40s. brooksville, 48 degrees this morning wesley chapel a

. >>> and already up and unrunning they have documented as you can see some damage from hermine. they are doing trunk did rules for hobbyists are bit more lacks. there's an app called before you fly that will get you started they say. >>> russell. that's fascinating, laura. thanks. all right morning top stories now seminole tribe is celebrating a big win this morning judge rules in its favor allowing tribe to continue to offer black scombrak other card games for the next 14 years. tribe runs some of the state's best known casinos like hard rock in tampa. judge says keeping black jack will insure tribe's 36,000 seminole gaming employees will keep their jobs. governor's office is reviewing rulings so at this point not clear if the state will appeal the judge's decision. >> fight between hillary clinton public transportation and uber and lift is now over. ride sharing companies are street legal in the county after the ptc voted 4 to 3 to adopt rules both groups agreed to. drivers will not have to be fingerprinted. stricter background checks. agreement says uber drivers will have to

time is run >>dave: time is running out if you want to file a damage claim because of hurricane hermine. federal disaster aid is available until monday, november 28. so far. northern parts of our area got a lot of flooding and some wind damage from the september storm. you can register for damage relief online at disaster assistance.com. we've got just a stellar little start to the day, don't we? you have a little bit of cloud cover. i'm overlooking lake mirror where it's mild with a little bit of those clouds and temperatures in the 60s there. morning with a few clouds streaming across the state and another picture on the brookdale, bayshore camera. look how that lightened up this morning but it really is very similar setup to yesterday. yesterday morning, we were showing you a little tiny sprinkle here and there along want east coast and some of those did make their way toward the west. same thing is going to happen today. what we're setting up to do is get right back up to the mid 80s. you know, pretty similar to yesterday. upper 60s, lower 70s along the immediate coastline and then