i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein.. the 20-16 presidential campaign was a historic race... with tense moments all the way to the last minutes of election day... but after hours of close vote counts.. and consecutive upsets favoring trump -- the republican nominee emerged

and i'm jen epstein. this morning.. many of you are prepping the turkey.. maybe even pre-heating the oven.. but there's also those getting ready for big holiday deals.. alcides segui is live at bass pro shops in brandon this morning.. alcides -- we're expecting people ((jen/dbx)) morning.. thousands of people in need of a hot and delicious meal.. will get one this morning at metro ministries in tampa.. fox 13's shayla reaves is at their down-town location later today -- millions of americans will gather around the dinner table to celebrate thanksgiving.. but the popularity of turkey fryers... and a charged political climate - could cause things to get a little over-heated. fox's "rob schmitt".. has more on keeping your traditional gatherings coming up.. scott smith will have a look at all of your sports headlines.. plus the full lineup of thanksgiving football, right here on fox 13.. and.. an inspiring child with autism shows us how hey! is this enough? a little more... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's i

and i'm jen epstein. now that you're done feasting, it's time to go shopping. according to a survey by the national retail federation, nearly 75 percent of thanksgiving weekend shoppers will be hitting the malls this black friday... fox 13's ken suarez is the tampa premium outletts this morning near wesley chapel.. ken -- how are the crowds? no closed captioning is available for traffic.traffic. available for captioning is no closed some sad news out of hollywood.. florence henderson has died at the age of 82.. she was better known as "carol brady" - playing the cheerful mom, residing over "the generations of viewers came to love the sitcom about a blended family ... which premiered in 19-69. henderson's manager said she died surrounded by family and friends. there are no immediate reports of damages or injuries this morning.. after a 7- point-0 earthqauke rocked el salvador's pacific coast.. a tsunami alert however.. is still in place.. nicauragua was close to the epicenter.. but was already under alert, after now caribbean coast.. nicauragua's president has s

i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein... this morning.. america is waking up with a new president-elect.. on january 20th, 2017.. donald trump will take over from president barack obama -- as the 45th leader of the united states.. this is the reached the 270 electoral votes needed earlier this morning.. by taking the state of pennsylvania, and wisconsin.. trump also took some suprising victories here in florida, ohio, and north carolina on his path to the white house.. surrounded by his family... president-elect trump took the stage at his headquarters in new york city... to give his first speech as the next president of the united states... at the hilton in mid-town manhattan.. trump promised a roaring crowd of as for hillary clinton.. she called to congragulate trump earlier in the night... trump said that the country owes her a major debt of gratitude" for her service.... the sentiment was a far cry from his usualy heated rhetoric about the democratic nominee.. who he often said should be "locked up".. clinton didn't publicly address th

i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein... i-275 is back open this morning, but the investigating shayla, part of the interstate was closed for several hours the future of a lot of pasco county stu school board members are expected to vote on a controversial rezoning plan... that could shift school boundaries... and ultimately force a lot of students to go to a different school. fox 13's alcides segui is live outside gulf high school in new port richey... alcides, a committee is expected to narrow five plans alcides.. a tampa toddler remains hospitalized this morning.. as police search for the person who shot her. investigators say "aaliyah avila" was in her robles park apartment wednesday.. with her mother and another child. through the walls. one of the bullets hit a wall, then hit alliyah in the leg. no one else in the apartment was hurt. new this morning: a u-s congress-woman from the panhandle.. is criticizing the state's response to the massive mosaic sinkhole in mulberry. democrat "gwen graham" reviewed hundreds of emai

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. tons of sunshine and lovely no closed captioning is developing this morning in polk county.. deputies are searching for an escaped inmate.. who took off from a work release program in bartow... fox 13's shayla reaves is at the polk county jail with the latest.. this isn't the first time an inmate has escaped in polk county.. a month ago, an inmate named "david ross" was part of a work crew at mosaic park.. when he took a guard hostage and drove off in a city vehicle.. he then drove all the way to pinellas county.. where authorities nabbed him. a hillsborough county firefighter is facing battery charges for taking part in a violent bar fight.. the september 27th brawl key west... officials say the man in the white shirt is clint walker. police say he's a hillsborough county firefighter... and also a member of the outlaw motorcycle gang. they were there for the annual poker run. the fight started.. after an argument erupted with a

((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. we begin this morning with an out of this world story... a spectacular supermoon lightning up the bay area sky... (jen dbox) dave osterberg will give us the ins and outs of the supermoon... but first, we sent fox 13's ken suarez outside to give us a look at roll: take a look outside.. ken tosses to dave. no closed captioning is available for traffic. the time now is 5:??. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: investigators in st. pete now say a police officer is to blame for a crash involving her cruiser... on i-275. it happened saturday night just north of 38th avenue north. state troopers say the officer was traveling with her lights and sirens on when she lost control of her vehicle. she was going to help another officer who asked for assistance. investigators say she hit a 2016 ford expedition... then a guardrail. no one in the s- u-v was hurt. the officer ((walter south florida could soon be giving zika mosquitoes... a taste of their own medicine. the e-p-a has given miami-dade county approval to release mosqutioes... t

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. no closed available for the search is on for the gunman who opened fire on a crowd in downtown seattle. five people were shot...three of them now listed in critical condition. police say an argument took place shortly beforehand.. but an exact motive is unclear. officials say it doesn't appear to be related to nearby anti-trump protests also happening in seattle.. those anti-trump rallies also taking place across the country.. from new york to l-a.. people could be heard shouting "not my president".. and even setting fires in the streets.. fox's patricia stark, has more from new york. / protester0:32-0:43 grace richardson / voted for hillary clinton1:00-1:07 bill bennett / trump supporter ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- -----------------nats: "the whole world is watching" protesters

i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein... i-275 is back open this morning, but the investigating

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. scattered clouds and warm no closed captioning is a 71-year old man accused of hitting and killing a woman in lake wales, before taking off -- is expected to make his first appearance in court this morning.. polk county sheriff "grady judd".. says "charlie lewis" confessed to being the driver.. ?after his arrest thursday.. lewis told deputies he had been drinking at a party before saturday morning's crash.. the accident killed 33-year old "jessica en-chan- te-gee-otero".. and severely jessica had flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60,, that's when officials say lewis drove his truck into them.. and kept going. the sierra club is joining forces with a polk county lawmaker... in an effort to tighten regulations on the phosphate mining industry... and expand testing of drinking water in mulberry. this is in response to the massive sinkhole that opened at mosaic's mulberry fertilizer plant in august.. that

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. we want to start this morning.. with a news alert out of afghanistan. two u-s service members are dead..an fighting the taliban. nato made the announcement just minutes ago. the service members were helping afghan soldiers push back the taliban from the kunduz district when they came under fire. nato has yet to release the names of the soldiers. we'll continue to follow this developing story and have updates throughout good day tampa bay. (dave scattered clouds with more pm warmth in the forecast today. high temps head back to the mid 80s. tonight will be mostly clear and nice; lows in the upper 60s. mostly sunny and warm for friday, with high temps in the low to mid 80s. after 108 years without a world series title... the chicago cubs are on top of the baseball world.. after a thrilling 10-inning win over the cleveland indians. and as you can imagine - cubs fans are thrilled. this is what it looked like in chicago - pure joy from cubs fans who haven't been able to celebrate a championship in their lifetime... fans

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. we want to start this morning.. with a news alert out of afghanistan. two u-s service members are dead..an fighting the taliban. nato made the announcement just minutes ago. the service members were helping afghan soldiers push back the taliban from the kunduz district when they came under fire. nato has yet to release the names of the soldiers. we'll continue to follow this developing story and have updates throughout good day tampa bay. (dave scattered clouds with more pm warmth in the forecast today. high temps head back to the mid 80s. tonight will be mostly clear and nice; lows in the upper 60s. mostly sunny and warm for friday, with high temps in the low to mid 80s.

i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein... this morning.. america is waking up with a new president-elect.. on january 20th, 2017.. donald trump will take over from president barack obama -- as the 45th leader of the united states.. this is the reached the 270 electoral votes needed earlier this morning.. by taking the state of pennsylvania, and wisconsin.. trump also took some suprising victories here in florida, ohio, and north carolina on his path to the white house.. surrounded by his family... president-elect trump took the stage at his headquarters in new york city... to give his first speech as the next president of the united states... at the hilton in mid-town manhattan.. trump promised a roaring crowd of

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. tons of sunshine and lovely

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. if you haven't been outside this morning, you're in for a treat... (walter) the moon right now is bigger and brighter than it's been in nearly 70 years... (walter - take a look at what's being called the "supermoon" rising over

and i'm jen epstein. let's start off by checking in with dave. a little cooler out

and i'm vanessa ruffes in this morning for jen epstein. breaking overnight..

and i'm jen epstein. thanks for joining us. we begin with raging wildfires and a state of emergency in tennessee... the fires are burning

and i'm jen epstein. it's wednesday november 16. let's start by checking in

jen epstein tells us how you can make their lives a little easier. hey, jen. guys good morning. 18,000 families. that's lot of mouths to feed. metropolitan ministries is determined to make sure no one goes hungry this holiday season. goes hungry this holiday season. coming up how this box of z24zwz z12fz not getting your best sleep? could be you've got the wrong bed. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. right now save $500 on the queen cse mattress with sleepiq technology. the bills are stacking up... and you're watching good day tampa bay. >>> you know the bills are stacking up not enough food to make a meal imagine having to tell your children something like that. there's chance you may never have to. but it is a reality for thousands of other people. >> and it's happening more often sadly enough. but, metropolitan ministry hoping to and at least some hunger we sent fox 13 jen epstein to donation tent good morning, jen. good morning guys all it takes couple dollars wort

. >> fox 13 jen epstein is here now with look the some donald trump's first what he said during his first interview since winning presidency. and what is next. good morning, jen. >> good morning, russel and laura donald trump says he would build wall between mexico and u.s. plans to deport millions of immigrants but says there will be a fence in some places instead of a wall. and he'll only deport those immigrants he feels are a threat to society. dangerous. and it won't happen immediately after he takes office. now that's a big change from estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants he threatened to deport during his campaign. something to note here, president obama deported about 2 million immigrants who were here illegally during his time as president. during interview president-elect wanted to calm americans fears and let them know they are in safe hands. >>> we are going to do is criminal records gang members drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably two million could even be three million. we're getting them out of their country or going to incarcerate. trump also says

our week of saying thank you continues with jen epstein. and they are finally here. well, almost. marty mcfly self tying shoes. we've got when and just how much these things will cost you after for that. charley's helping save mother earth this morning too its recycle day, right? america recycles day after absolutely. presidential proclamation keep america beautiful is operated the program. basically a way to get americans to commit could recycling we're in pinellas county where they do it best in state number one in state when it combhs to recycling we're in front of their waste to energy plant garbage is burned and turned into electricity enough to power 40,000 home ty power to you and garbage sometimes they have this, they find this in it but that's not a bad thing. this is the fourth r recover. we traveled the world sampling the best cheese for two reasons one, to bring them all back for you to enjoy and two, we got to each a bunch of really good cheese along the way. publix deli specialty cheese. over 36 varieties to fall in love with. ((russell/wipe vo)) we've waited decades

not jen epstein. look at that. a tough gig folks. she's one relaxing spot at the drive. hey, jen. can you hear me? >> i love sara with big hair. i so you were on turkey trot or out here reporting all morning you come out here and get a massage. how can this day get any better on thanksgiving? i don't have anything else to say. but i'll be back after break ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ?put a little love in your heart.? ? in your heart. ? llion dollars >>> good day tampa bay and happy thanksgiving everyone. what a better way to celebrate holidays with your family and 38th annual turkey trot in clearwater. thousands of people are out here this morning. running all the different types of race 5 k wing ding, to the turkey trot official clearwater ten k. bit. i have found quite an amazing family here. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. yes. so you guys we'll talk to little ones first of all. you you ran? >> yes. ta

the that was jen epstein gym just open ad few weeks ago as of now they provide day care during three of their training sessions. and you can bring infants as young as eight weeks. >>> a man in u k decided to celebrate guy is in world record's day with spot of tea. of course it can't be that easy, right subcommittee bungee jumped from 240 feet high and yeah, dunked a that into a small cup of tea he did that roach reach full extension. the man's name is simon berry. wow. he's 24 years old. yeah he's a thrill seeker. and this does break record for highest bungee dunk ever. >> look at the control there right at the and as he dunkses it in. you've done sky diving there you go. you can do bungee jumping with your husband >> yeah, don't even mention that. another birthday is coming up. great nice change you like nice mild temperatures today and tomorrow then cooler weather is heading our way. you will notice it on sunday. 51 up to 68 degrees in 40s as we get into mopped you know what that means we could see some 30s showing up by monday morning then kind of warm things up a bit as we head t

i'm jen epstein thank for waking upping with on this november 21st. he is he outside? today. >> dave. beautiful. do you have your mittens with you? what's your jacket? >> right here. my jacket. >>> what? >> cold out there. >> it's 51. we're half way to 100. >> yeah, it is chilly out here. it is nice. i did i forgot my jacket whatever. north winds around 3 miles per hour. do as i say. wear your jackets folks. chilly temperatures look 35 up in brooksville. 36 in crystal river. lower 40s wesley chapel brandon. lakeland. don't worry. we're going to go big warm up between eight and 9 o'clock hour. but in general getting back to the upper 60s for today. mid 70s on tap for tomorrow. vanessa. >>> all right, dave, thank you. 8:0 one right now. we're following two slows spots on roadway they are westbound coming into interchange. scene of an earlier crash we had a center lane blocked for a while. right before you got to 275. and then, a little dizzy as far as getting travel times to bounce back so what they should be delays are at least at the very least we're seeing ten minutes

that of course was jen epstein lori's last day is december 22nd. exactly 40 years to day when she started working there. tomorrow jim will introduce you to hernando county deputy who spent more than two decades keeping kids in school and out of trouble. and how the community is now helping her beat cancer. >>> all right jim, you know super moon my daughter was headed invited friends over going to have bonfire tonight. >> yeah it's going to be a little tough. lot of clouds that moved through the area. they are still kind of hanging around. probably going to be into tomorrow i think by time we get into tomorrow afternoon we start to see clearing skies. but we've got super moon. we all want to see that. you look outside right now you're just seeing blanket of clouds. now there are some breaks in the clouds from time to time. so i don't want to count it out completely. we may get lucky and get breaks just have to wait and see look visible sat loot loop all clouds moving overhead there you see breaks into central and southern polk county. down towards t

here's fox 13's jen epstein. she always knew she wanted to a cop and her dream came true 23 office. it was great. i loved going every single day there wasn't a day adidn't want to get up and go. i enjoyed it she worked in several departments over years undercover vice and narcotics. but it wasn't until she became a school resource officers that she really found her calling. i love the kids. even the bad ones spent 13 years patrolling halls weeki wachee high school but this was her first time back in more than a year since she was diagnosed uterine cancer forec her badge and retire early. >> loved being here. trying to keep hundreds of students in line was not an easy job. but deputy miles found a method that worked. you can talk with them, and most of time get them to do what you want them to do. most of the time. it was that combination of toughness and kindness that principal says really made a difference. she did such a great job of developing what i like to call her circle of life. would be glued to her and would come to her and say, hey deputy myles i am hearing this, this and

there's jen epstein loving puppies. available on first come first serve basis. that is if none of our fox 13 talent maybe laura takes some of them home. entire newsroom was filled with smiles once these guys came in. we all need it had after this week. by the way, all pets overfour months old will be 75 percent off at the humane society of tampa bay on black so cute. you can almost smell it close your eyes. rib fest this is weekend we wil take you live to the park after break for preview. hey jim its going to be beautiful weekend to get out and listen to music and eat ribs. certainly is. what beautiful day we've got today. we started out with pleasantly cool and mid 40s up to north in brooksville. 44 degrees this morning. you look outside right now, just thigh hin cirrus clouds passing through the area. just spectacular. we are look ago chance of showers and to be honest we could actually probable use the rain. it's been nearly a pont since ((linda vo )) good music and good eatin' this weekend in downtown st pete. the annual good music good eating in downtown st

fox 13's jen epstein has that story. that for you in just a minute. meanwhile let's go to weather. jim, save us from this. >>> you know it's going to save you great looking weather. listen you can't go wrong with that people at home love to hear about it take it away. does it every time a little cool this morning but we're going to remember was up nicely a we go through afternoon. nice thing is we're keeping temperatures basically where we should be for this time of year upper 70s, you look outside right now, looking to the west along kennedy boulevard, just a few scattered this morning, all the way in to lower 40s to our north. brooksville you're at 42 degrees this morning 57 here in tampa. even as you head down to our south into sarasota county, 57 degrees. 40s as you head into the interior wauchula fleven. all the way as far south as arcadia getting into the 40s as 49 degrees this morning. that's that cool dry air with clear skies really to help cool yesterday. visible satellite loop just shows we're going to have a beautiful looking day with plenty of sun just a couple of littl

jen epstein? have a necessary a rus el rhodes? mark wilson? matt merissa lynn in or charley belcher? all on the political squares. and here's the master of political squares, craig patrick. >> here we go round two political squares for the glory day bucks. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> tonight is going to be fun. >> ha ha. >> another botched night. >> we have our panel of stars and our sports stars with us. we have glory day bucks. cole pepper. and chini? >> thank you for having me. >> we'll see if you can even this up. since you lost the last round you get the first wing. who? >> i have to go with charley. >> i got this this time. >> what was gerald ford's real name that he was given at birth in >> a lot of people don't know it was gerald chevrolet. no. that's not right. wait. i got this. that's not right. gerald ford's real name was actually gerald ford. >> i are too agree. >> you're going to agree. and the answer -- you got it wrong. you got it wrong. it was leslie lynch king jr. that was gerald ford's birth >> yo

jen epstein? vanessa ruffus? chris cato? russell rhodes? mark wilson? matt towery? merissa lynn? all on the political squares. and here's the master of political squares craig patrick. >> here we go. welcome to another round of political squares. so good to see you. >> nice to be seen. ready to do this. >> we'll have them standing up like they got stuck with hat pins. >> are we doing dan ratherisms tonight? >> yes. >> this game will be tighter than a rusted lug nut on a 55 ford. >> tighter >> tight as the pages in a book. >> how about crackling like a hickory fire? >> hot enough to peel paint off a florida concrete block house. >> how about fired up like a tampa parking lot in the middle of july. >> we have a special glory days buck edition with glad colepepper >> thanks for having me. >> ul take charley. >> charley belcher, are you ready for this? >> as long as you don't sack me aisle be good to go. >> who accused gerald ford of playing too much football without a helmet? >> well, roger gadel maybe? put him right into the concussion protocol. delayed the election for weeks. i'm

and i'm jen epstein. thanks for joining us. we begin with raging wildfires and a state of emergency in tennessee... the fires are burning evacuations in several towns including gatlinburg and pigeon forge. those towns are full of tourists this time of year... there are also reports of flames burning at the edge of the dollywood theme park. the good news: rain is in the forecast today... and could help put out the wildfires. (dave partly sunny and breezy today, with no closed captioning is developing right now in tampa... thieves target a gun store... now, they're on the run... and we don't know how many guns or ammunition are missing. fox13's shayla reaves is live at tampa arms company this thanks, shayla. we start with a news alert out of colombia this morning. a charter plane on its way to medellin has crashed. there were 81 people on board at the time including a brazilian soccer team. according to colombian police 5 people survived the crash... everyone else died. it's not clear why the plane crashed. santa cruz, bolivia to

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. police are investigagating a homicide this morning.. that took place at a tampa gas station. officers say they found a mans body at the sunoco gas station.. around 7 last night on north nebraska avenue. they rushed him to a local hospital.. where he later died.. the cause of death still isn't know.. and a suspect hasn't been identified.. in polk county.. a family fight with deadly consequences. deputies... were called to break things up... and that's when things took an even more frightening turn. fox 13's shayla reaves is live in lakeland with a at how this all unfolded.. thanks, shayla.. overnight in tampa.. more anti-trump protests.. one downtown and the other in the streets of ybor city.. hundreds of people held signs, yelled and made it clear that donald trump.. does not represent them... and it wasn't just here at home... there was unrest across the nation. police in new york manned barricades outside trump tower to keep d

and i'm jen epstein. let's start off by checking in with dave. a little cooler out no closed captioning is a school official is accused of trying to cover up a deadly accident involving a student trying to get to his bus stop. later today, she will be fighting for her job. fox13's "shayla reaves" is live in lakeland this morning. shayla, just an awful spirit airlines ha for a button she wore to work. this picture shows her wearing the button that says "black lives matter... white supremacy kills." that message didn't go over well with at least one person on the plane. he says he was thrown off of the flight after he questioned the attendant about what she was wearing. the pair had a heated confrontation about the button... the captain then made the decision to return to the gate and have the man escorted off the plane. his is a picture he snapped of the flight attendant. the button has on reads: "black went to question her about the button she told him she could not talk politics while on duty. spirit says the button broke their uniform policy an

and i'm vanessa ruffes in this morning for jen epstein. breaking overnight.. let's go straight to dave for more on that.. and our local temperatures. (dave no closed captioning is the flames may be out... but danger still remains. three people have been killed in the wildfires out in tennessee. many more are coming back to rubble instead of homes. fox's "jackie ibanez" has the latest on the devastation the fire has left behind. runs: 1:38out: stdchyrons: 0:00-0:05 mayor larry waters / sevier county, tn0:17-0:24 mayor mike werner / gatlinburg 0:33-0:37 gov. bill haslam / (r) tennessee1:13-1:28 gregory pelc / gatlinburg resident:1:29-1:38 kelly wright / fox news correspondent (on-cam "fox news" tag) ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- "i have now been able to confirm the loss of three lives in sevier county." the deadly wildfires may have settled down for now in the smokey mountains of tennessee... but officials are warning heavy winds could whip the fires back up... this ... aft

and i'm jen epstein. it's wednesday november 16. let's start by checking in new this morning; the search for a pair of thieves who robbed a female student on "shayla reaves" is there live this morning... shayla, a big fight is brewing between parents in pasco county and the school board. it's all over the county's plan to re-draw some school district lines.... forcing students into new schools. the school district says it needs to redraw school boundaries because some are overcrowded while others are below normal capacity. officials say a rise in new home construction is causing the problem. there's not enough funding at the moment to build new schools. re-zoning would mean some students would have to change schools and may be bused several miles farther away from home. at tuesday night's school board meeting, a boundary committee, made up of principals and parents from each school is tasked with drawing the lines. they have 5 proposed maps which now have to be narrowed down to 1 that they'll present to the superintendent. their nex

i'm walter allen and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. (dave no closed captioning is with less than a week until election day.. both presidential nominees are focusing on key battleground states.. hillary clinton will be out west.. while receiving major support in president obama will stump for her in miami.. while joe biden will hold a rally this morning at "mosi" in tampa.. that's where we find fox 13's shayla reaves.. good morning shayla.. in just a few hours vice president joe biden is expected to speak here at mosi. the visit is on behalf of democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton.... it comes less than a week away from election day. there is a message museum officials want you to hear. in a statement mosi's president said the museum of science and or blue. mosi's signature color is purple...a mix of red and blue...and our venue is voices on all sides of an issue." the stop is one of two on the vice president's schedule today. we're told the local republican party has rented space at mosi for meetings since 2013. if you're pl

it and i'm jen epstein. let's start by checking in with dave. it's a little cooler outside this morning! a mix of clouds and sun for election day, with pleasant pm temps. highs in the lower 80s. tonight will feature variable clouds and comfortable temps. lows in the mid 60s. mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of a quick shower on tap for wednesday. high temps in the upper 70s. it's election day and we already have some results! the small town of dixville notch, new hampshire cast their votes at midnight. it's been a tradition there since 1960. according to new hampshire state law, towns with fewer than 100 registered voters can open polls at midnight on election day. "hillary clinton" won the town with 4 votes. "donald trump" got two votes. while "mitt romney" and "gary johnson" each got one vote. voters in dixville notch have correctly selected the president in the last three of four elections. country will be tight. the department of justice has hundreds of monitors spread out across 28 states including florida. fox13's "shayla reaves" is live at

now it's all on hold jen epstein is here now with more on thp good morning, jen. that's right obama administration created a regulation forcing companies to stopped the new rule from going into effect. here's the law now. anyone who is on salary making more than $23,000 a year and makes managerial decision is exempt from overtime. so they could work 50, 60 even 70 hours a week. and still only make their regular salary. so with the new regulation, which would have develop into effect december 1st would have upped that salary threshold to $47,000. >> allowing some 4 million overtime money. when president obama signs new regulation, businesses and trade groups fought it. those groups were a joined by 21 states and sued. they argued this would increase labor costs making it difficult for small businesses. they also argued that companies would have to demote managers back to hourly workers causing a drop in morale. the u.s. labor department strongly disagrees with judging ruling and says it's looking into an appeal. but some say they might not >> 9:ou 4. president-elec

we will have that story coming up 9:30 jen epstein is at the turkey trot this morning. what are you doing now? >> remember when i was telling you about woman nine months pregnant and running t t sara is here. wow she ran 5 k fun run little easton over here they are all doing okay. they are hungry and ready to eat >> this woman is pro >> just one of hundreds of families out here definitely pro. excited about the 38th annual turkey trot. we'll talk to some of other ((dave//wipe vo)) and look at this... if you don't know what to get someo >>> and look at this, if you don't know what to get someone tore trms tampa bay along have plaza. they will open 9:00 a.m. with the official ribbon cutting thunder bug lightning girls. lightning execs will be there as well. store new dillard's on first floor. they say it will be a full sports experience. >>> and take a look at this, dave. >> nobody won the powerball. >> nobody. so you know yesterday i said drawing on saturday. it was yesterday. if you take lump it is 243 >> wow. i can buy a lot of christmas presents with that >> yeah. >>

jen epstein is here now with very erie, very creepy story. you ready for this? skeptical but we're believers. your face skeptic. 13-year-old harper is in mom with her car in the car. in car with her mom. about a months later, she's looking through them, and discovers she's not alone. >> yiek. you got to see it. watch for yourself. >> okay. so this what is she saw. her face her hair blowing but look in the back seat. you see it? you can see mouth first. mouth is where to start. it looks like the face of a little boy. now according to at article from the sun where it was originally appeared, the mom thinks it's a ghost. the ghost daughter to buckle up. because she never puts her seatbelt on. never wants to put her seatbelt on a constant ballots between mom and daughter. according to a melissa, there was a bad crash in that area a year earlier. this is my ghost story voice. so of course, it went viral. people are trying to explain it away. of course. including the they question various parts of it. but what they do say is it's >> even close up right below that piec

households that cannot afford to put food on table metropolitan ministries, holiday tent with fox 13 jen epstein is live for us. they don't just need food, right, jen? >> yeah. a lot of help. about 18,000 families is what they expect to feed just a during holiday season alone between thanksgiving and christmas. and they are already here working today to make these boxes of hope possible. you guys morning? yeah. >> woo. they are working hard. so each box working oh they are packed in boxes, cost $25 to make one of these boxes possible. it has all the food a family of 4 needs for at least three days. so that's what they are working on this morning. you guys don't, you keep on working don't be camera shy. so, while they work on that, like i mentioned these are just a few of the $10,000 volunteers need to make this holiday season happen. he's helping metro ministries for last 7 years. good morning. good morning. welcome. >> thank you so much. now why? why for last 7 years have you voted yourself to this cause? i've donor here for almost 25 years off and on. i've come to the content tent about 7 year

hi everybody i'm jen epstein. laura moody has the morning off. sorry. >> she's at lucky one she go away from us didn't she? and this is what i have to work with. every day. every day. all right. i'm going to guarantee something. when's last time i did that? been a long time. i can't even recall. i guarantee you >> yes. today's high temperature will be above normal. >> okay. oh. you know how you know that? how do you know that? because it already is. 75 is our normal high we're there a 9 o'clock in the morning. there it is. am i going to right or right? >> right. >> that's okay. he walked right out of there. mic drop. no. okay. so yes. wow. 75 in tampa. 77 in brandon. 75 in sarasota. i mean these temperatures today, just juicy out here. honestly it does feel like a late summer day versus november 30th. we're going to easily back up into the lower 80s. it wouldn't surprise me to see a couple spots in the mid 80s for highs today. so 82 to 84 for highs today. tomorrow some clouds and 30 percent rain chance and high temperature of 79. >> all right. da

jen epstein is here now with more on jeff's vision he spoke with forbes tampa potential reason he moved here from new york with millions of dollars he could have moved anywhere in the world he chose the bay area and tampa in particular saying it's totally under appreciated and under valued. he loves living here. saying the people are friendly and there's a lot to do. and that's one of the reasons why the city's population continues to grow. in fact, he tells the story of bringing his asset management group here 25 people from big cities like l.a., chicago and new york. but then when he bought the but he said out of those 25 employees he brought here, 20 of them stayed. the bonus is the weather. sunshine during the winter months is just something you can't put a price tag on. >> no commute, living in working downtown is a huge plus. cost of living also lower than other major cities around the country. >> and the people and communities are friendly welcoming. because he says for the most part, everyone is from somewhere else. >> but the draw backs tampa bay needs better paying jobs ask he

. >>> good monday morning everyone i'm jen epstein in for laura i'm russell rhodes outs with dave i don't need scarf i wanted to put it on. i just wanted to put the thing on. what do you think? i like it. you like it? okay. jen. yeah. here's what you got to do. you don't like cold around here, and then it's warm already. magic. i took dogs out early about 7:30. they had such fun, jumping and playing. you got to think for pups too it's always so hot for them all time. they love this, this their time of year. okay. we're in upper 50s. tampa international sitting about 57 degrees. wow. look at bracsville. a couple of hours ago is around freezing. all right back to 51. 50 in sarasota. gorgeous i mean we're going to have wall to wall sunshine again today. as temperatures make their way back to the upper 60s for highs later this afternoon. >> all right. dave, thank you. >> couple new trouble spots that we're seeing right now out palm harbor area. u.s. 19. southbound we'd say particularly after a crash reported at tampa road. southbound outside lanes are going to blocked. you can see minor delay

and jen epstein is here now with new legislation that protect your comments when it comes to this, come on that's right. one most popular places to look online for things you need is yelp. you're going ton trip people tend to use trip advisor comments or great for consumers businesses aren't thrilled and some are fighting back. some of them filed lawsuits against the commentators. one star ratings. companies accuse them defamation, liable or whatever legal term they could try to use. some suits actually made it to court. others were tossed out. but now, as of last night. no more legal fees. the senate pass bipartisan bill that will prevent companies suing anyone who post a negative review supporters of bill to insure freedom of speech especially in this growing online economy. >>> u.s. representative isis said, the internet is supposed to be open forum free exchange of ideas of all kind how free that is exchange if cherry picked and censored to weed out things about some people find unfavorable. legislation is now on its way to president's desk for his signature. he is expected to sign