fox13's "ken suarez" is live at one of the protests this morning. "we invest in archways to thanks, ken. we have a better idea of who could be our new justice on the florida supreme court. the state nominating panel interviewed 11 applicants for the job yesterday... then cut the list from 11 to just 3. the alan lawson" the chief judge for the 5th district court of appeal... "wendy berger" a judge in that same district and attorney "daniel gerber" for the role. the spot on the court is opening because justice "james perry" has reached mandatory retirement age and is stepping down on december 30th. no word on when scott will make his decision. it's good news bad news for florida when it comes to crime. the good news is florida's overall crime rate thefts were all up in the first half of 2016. the florida department of law enforcement released the numbers for the first half of the year yesterday. the overall crime rate was down about 3-percent. but there was a 15-percent jump in murders in the state and an almost 2-percent jump in rapes. among the crime

fox13's "ken suarez" is live in lake wales this morning. good morning ken! ((jen)) there's much more to come on good day.((walter)) let's turn it over to russell and laura - to find out what's ahead in our 6 o'clock hour. ((russell/2-shot)) lat that could affect holiday travel for everyone who flies.. workers at one of the largest airports in the country will announce when they plan to strike.((laura)) coming up at six - we'll take a look at the major disruption this could cause. (laura/take vo) and: a gold star family - on a flight to pick up their fallen hero - is ?booed. what the plane's captain said over the loudspeaker - that prompted the reaction. (russell/take vo) and: we'll tell you about the toy "toys r us" is pulling from its shelves... after it reportedly caught on fire as a carrabba's new meatball magnifico. our gigantic meatball topped with parmesan cream sauce and stuffed with delicious melted mozzarella. ? dramatic italian aria ? it's the most dramatic meatball you've ever eaten. three cities, three officers shot, >>russell: three cities, thre

ken suarez will have more on that.. and.. a stop smoking initiative.. aimed at saving both mother and baby.. is celebrating a milestone today.. we'll explain.. coming up.. on this friday morning.. hordes of shoppers are already out in force across the country.. in search of those black friday deals.. good morning everybody.. it's 5:--, i'm russell rhodes.. 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. henderso

fox 13's ken suarez is live this morning in pinellas park... ken, health officials say things could pick up in the next few weeks, so the time is now to get your ) thanks, ken. it's 5:xx, taking look at some of the s st. petersburg police are looking for the man in his surveillance photo. they say he robbed a 7-eleven conveinence store on north martin luther king junior street. it happened around 4 o-clock monday. police say he reached over the counter, struggled with the clerk and made off with some money out of the register. if you know who he is, please call the st. petersburg police department. three members of a north port family are waking up behind bars this morning, after they were caught selling drugs in front of their two children. "rebecca dickman" and her estranged with trafficking and child neglect after they tried to sell oxycontin pills to undercover detectives. they say rebecca's 20-year-old son "taylor vangundy" drove them to the meeting place. the couple's two underage children were also in the car at the time. bogus bills are

and fox13's "ken suarez" is live this morning at the amazon fulfillment center in ruskin. ken, amazon expected to have some of their biggest sales today? thanks, ken. another wrong-way driver. this time in pasco county. troopers say they pulled a woman 22-year-old "christina marie gasparini" was arrested sunday morning. troopers say she was going north in the southbound lanes near the intersection of 19 and fox hollow drive in port richey and when they pulled her over they could smell alcohol on her breath. pinellas park police arrest a man a week after a body was found near a dumpster at a shopping center. police say 27-year-old "corey the shoppes at park place off highway 19 on the 20th. police say they have evidence that ties watkins to the scene.... he also admitted to being in the area around the time of the murder... but denied knowing anything about it. watkins has been charged with second degree murder. and we're learning more about a deadly crash that happened in bartow saturday morning. it happened along ernest smith boulevard and highway 17 south. police say, 79

that's where we find fox13's "ken suarez" this morning. no closed captioning is a father is still missing... after taking his 3-year-old son on a jet ski william morris hasn't been seen since last night. his the little boy was found on a small island all alone... along with the jet ski, a life jacket, and his father's wallet. this was just west of the i-75 overpass. fortunately... the boy wasn't hurt. officials searched for 38-year-old morris yesterday... it's not clear if or when that search will continue today. lakeland police are searching for a man who held up a subway at gunpoint. it happened saturday night. police say the man walked into the restaurant and demanded money cashier. they say he took the money and ran. k-9 units rushed to the scene, but were unable to find him. lakeland police are hoping someone will recognize him in these pictures and give them a call. an accused thief's shirt is getting him noticed online. he's wearing a shirt that shows what appears to be a robber. pasco deputies say the man deposited a fake check for

and ken suarez was there for her return after beating breast cancer. ?[music] ? the kids were psyched before the big moment this would not be another monday, this was a special one the lesson take time to show support for someone going through a tough spot. it was the sea of pink and a guest of honor finally arrived. jill bass here underwent surgery here. she was floored when she walked out and saw all this. >> they saw it was pink. nobody gave me the memo. but i had no idea. one the administrators parents. >> and it is very overwhelming. >> and she has been out for a month. this was a welcome back but it was better. ?[music] ? this is my fight song -- >> when the voices joined together. >> somewhere in the crowd were jill's parents and her friends from high school. but doctors say she is cancer free. but the attention died down it was back to her home away from home -- her classroom. >> i hope they take to this about how they can help others by a smile. >> what she will take with her are unforgettable memories of the morning and came together to say we're on you

ken suarez has more. >> reporter: good evening, everyone. david kid is not kidding around. he went out and haired barry k kohen he is one of the most aggressive attorneys in the area, known for going for the jugular in court. >> his limp is a reminder of spots. >> now i have a deformed stomach. >> that was burned. >> he has to live with something else. >> the pain is more or less dull in the leg but it is always there. it is just a -- and when it the medication wears down it throbs t is a pulsating pain, he filed a lawsuit against the saying that if two of the officers were not negligent he may be fine right now. >> shameful. they need to be accountable. they will be for this act, he was drunk on the side of the road. three times the legal limit. two police officers and deputies and paramedics arrived. offered to give him a ride. >> they said we'll do it. after everyone left they bolted. >> paramedics got a call a man down he was in the street there and run over by a car. when they got here they discovered it was kidd. the police are not making any comment on the lawsuit, t

((dave)) fox 13's ken suarez is at rowlett academy in bradenton.. where they just when teacher gets sick everybody comes together. for that let's go to fox 13 ken suarez in bradenton where they just had an emotional tribute and last hour we were all just glued it television ken unbelieverably awesome. >>> i think it was really cool about television when you can bring something to folks live that is emotional like this. whatever jessica bass. she unl just got through a cancer treatment and a you were out five weeks let me go to your class. her third grade class. did did you miss ms. bass? ms are you happy she's back >> yes. when you walked out there this morning and saw 1,000 people your kids, kids from rest school administrators and kv camera first, but just so happy to be back at work. and whole time i was out i couldn't wait to get back here. and >> why? >> because this is where i want to be. this is where you saw it this morning the love here. everybody is working towards helping others andths just i knew i would feel at home here more than i was

ken suarez there is getting a a behind the scenes look. think amazon a lot of us think electronic or things like mixers we showed you this really cool start wars helmet. because movie is coming out in couple weeks. what kind of sgound when we buy clothes in yeah we have fantastic deals across clothes, jewelry accessories up to 30 percent on. one of could have. 30 percent off. nice smooth leather it has a chain you can pull out and wear it as cross body. so if you want to be hands free. but how much is this? i believe it's around 150. and before you were saying that would a mid range pocket book. yes. i'm sure she's on the nice list. you said lou vuitton is $1,000. big bucks but you can get a discount. that's good. adorable little shoes. they are also 30 percent percent off from sketcher. what's great they light up. how cute that is? very adorable. >> this is, these are how much? i don't know actual individual price but i know they are on sale you can find out all prices and deals on amazon.com/cyber monday. stephanie showed you one but par

ken suarez is live with an update on this story. 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. >>> from tampa bay's number one news tampa bay. >>> the bad morning at the bad monkey in ybor city. someone crashed into it and then took off. tampa police now believe the person did all of this on purpose. and ken suarez is live in ybor city with look at what happened. hey kenny. >> hey good morning you certainly assume after the bars close here in ybor along 7th avenue that things would kind of calm down. that was not case last night as a matter of fact exact opposite up. cops say half a dozen guys in front of bad monkey had an argument escalated into fight. one guy jumped into rental car plowed through the crowd of guys and hit one of them. impact flung him through front bad monkey invest dparts say man who was hit was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. the driver the car took of

that's where we find fox13's "ken suarez". ken, what do we know? senior sgt. christopher ugles no closed captioning is it's 5:xx... taking a look at some of today's top stories. parts of i-75 are back open after a driver shot and killed a man who was fighting with a lee county deputy. officials say deputy "dean bardes" was working a crash when a driver sped past him, leading high-speed chase. the deputy says the driver was armed and another driver, who has a concealed weapons permit, stopped to help. that driver warned the man he would shoot if he didn't stop beating the deputy. and when he didn't, he shot him... three times. the man shot later died. deputy bardes was treated and released from the hospital. and st. petersburg police are urging people to lock their car doors. early monday morning, a group of burglars targeted st pete's snell isle. they didn't have to try very hard.. as you unlocked.. they got away with a book bag, school supplies and electronics. police are warning everyone to lock those doors, especially with the holidays coming up. today, the

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... that have been given a special bacteria. the male mosquitoes will hopefully find ?female mosquitoes carrying zika... and mate with them. but the offspring will ?not survive, reducing the zika mosquito population. the florida keys

who can say no morning..krispie kreme this suarez" is live at fox13's "ken this year, fox13's "ken suarez" is live at krispie kreme this morning.. who can say no to free food?!roll cue to video: melting in your mouth..wipe to full screen: there are lots of other freebies.. we're learning new details about a devastating crash that killed a father and his two children and left his wife in critical condition. "donald green" and "tiffany young" were in the car with their two young children saturday when they flipped off an i-75 overpass and into the road below. family members are now saying that young said they were cut off by another driver. but witnesses say their maserati was speeding and trying to pass other cars when it lost control. investigators believe alcohol was a factor. a toxicology a 15 and 16-year-old are charged in connection with a home invasion in lakeland. police say the two along with a 19-year-old held a 77-year old man at gunpoint... and threatened to rape his wife if the man did not hand over money. another man involved did get away. police say the robbers targeted the c

we sent ken suarez to check out good morning, ken. early birds just arriving now. i am sure they are going to cross their fingers and say they hope this works. no. 1, could help businesses on both sides of the bay. it would be a darn cool ride. about an hour from now, all aboard, politicos and people that pushed for the project will be getting on to enjoy the fruits of their labors. it is going to take off from the banoy basen. starting friday, two trips a day general public, three saturday. adult tickets 10 bucs each way, children $8 each way they say the ride is a fun experience that could include shopping or to downtown areas. nothing assured. this is only a pilot project. 1.4 million dollars to put aside for this. they are going to evaluate to sigh if it would be put into dry dock or floating away. back to you. >> let's hope it is as entertaining as it is practical. ken, thank you. >>> it is a big day in apollo beach, manatees flock to the waters surrounding big ben power station seeking warmer water. something extra special happening. unveiling center will sho

fox13's "ken suarez" is live in sarasota this morning... that's where "donald trump" will be later today. good morning! thanks, ken! thanks, ken! and "hillary clinton" is bringing out some big names for a final push in the bay area as well. vice president "joe biden" and his wife doctor "jill biden" will pete. they will be joined by singer "jimmy buffett". it's taking place at albert whitted park in downtown st. pete. doors open at 3. the concert is expected to start around 5:30. sad news in washington this morning: "janet reno" has died. she was the first woman to serve as attorney general of the united states.. reno's goddaughter made the announcement early this morning and said reno died from complications of parkinson's disease. reno was one of t recognizable and polarizaing figures. she faced criticism for the deadly raid on the branch davidian compound at waco, texas. in the spring of 2000, the miami native enraged her hometown's cuban-american community by authorizing the armed seizure of 5-year-old elian gonzalez. she also unsuccessf

reporting in lakeland, ken suarez. >> makes you wonder if they knew. >> thank you very much. it started near the porch on aerosmith road. someone inside tried to use a garden hose to put it out. and nobody was hurt. >> church in st. pete is beefing up the security after a swastika was written on their sidewalk with the acronym make america great again. and we have more with dan matics. >> the chalk has been washed away. this happened on monday and let you take a look at the message the church is sending here. this is in front of the building. love one another. and this is what happened on workers arrived to see this a swastika written in chalk with the acronym, make america great and the reverend believes they were were targeted because the congregation is gay and lesbian. this is something that the reverend did not expect to see in the year of 2016. right now they're anxious. >> it has been there a long i'm concerned about the state of the country right now. i hope they are unfounded but it's -- it's an anxious feeling these days. >> now they had a team here today at the chu

the killers are on the run she talked to ken suarez about how life has been without her husband. >> and she could not hold back tears and life without her husband. >> my heart,ky not explain it. >> she came here 18 years ago and the american dream and had two daughters they are without a father. a very good father and now my husband nowky not explain it, their lives came crashing down, around 2 in the morning he locked up and heading home. out of nowhere two guys with hoods appeared. one had a gun. the tape is too blurry. but they told him to take off his pants so they could get everything he had he complied but they shot him anyway. when he was late his wife was frantic, i something wrong, something wrong with my husband. >> when she got to the store she saw crime tape and husband in a heap. there is now a 5000-dollar reward to find the killers. >> the young men need to be found and they need to be held accountable, months before he two men in the middle of the night who told him to take off his pants. >> and they are going to be the same people and responsible. >> people who if they a

ken suarez, fox 13 >> makeshift memorial to remember a friendly face. the school crossing guard david round tree was hit by a driver that was under the influence. dan matics as has more on the gd and the man who killed hick, he kissed me before he goes out the door. >> that's the last time mabel saw david. >> it is hard, it is hard. >> he went on to his job as a crossing guard at mt. vernon the police say that he was hit and killed by a car behind the wheel a 21-year-old charles walton who was under the influence. david later died at a hospital. >> i got back up and went into the house looking for him. >> mabel is not the only one coming to grips with the loss. teachers leaving flowers on the sidewalk where the first priority >> all it is now sad. >> they're remembering a smiling face that is now gone. >> he would tell us jokes before he walked across the street. it was like he was a part of the family. >> walton had his first appearance in court where bond was raised from 10,000 to $50,000. >> he should not drink and drive and kill my husband. help. >>

in polk city, ken suarez, fox 13 news. >> that southern center say that they harrass officials filing lawsuits add clog up the court are arguments that are are rejected ever are i time. >>> a bizarre story f.b.i. tests show a student accused of killing a couple and chewing on that man's face did not have drugs in his system. the 19-year-old did test positive for marijuana and alcohol. he had a burned throat from inguesting the couple's garage. he pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. he is mentally ill. >> woman is behind bars after she made three bomb threats in the span of a week. annie what theson file faces false reporting. she called in threats to a joe an fabrics and she used an app they think they have an idea. >> without getting into the specifics she stated that she called in the bomb threats while she was in the parking lot of the businesses and some may have had to do with her being impatient something that was occurring related to each business. >> she is accused of stealing a purse from bells. >>> this is the first thanksgiving for the beech in apollo batch. it was p

we sent fox 13 ken suarez to ken it has ab busy morning, right? >> really has we've here all morning. and you said that it was you know the doors were supposed to open a little while ago. well they are just opening as you were doing that intro crowd got bigger. nufk music is on. we're talking about some kind of official now. bottom line people will be tret pretty tired because they've standing outside since the middle of the night. some people as you said, since 6 o'oc enthusiastic crowd. now actually event doesn't start for another two hours or so, two and a half. that's still pretty good way. but not going to dampen enthusiasm of this crowd. i was talking to number of supporters this morning. it didn't take much to get them all fired up why they thought donald trump is our next president. as you know this race between donald trump and hillary clinton is incredibly close. it is almost impossible to call. some polls showing clinton ahead by just ahair. anyone's guess who was going to be white house. now there's wild card here. there appears to be

fox 13 ken suarez live in courtyard with students where flab mob is under way to remind her she has lot of support. this ought to be something, excitement here take look at the crowd. we're talking pink all over pink things they wave back and forth. pink shirts, pink dresses. we're talking pink pink pink. for an obvious reason. because this t-shirt unfortunately has breast cancer. her name jessica. out of school for about six weeks or so. this is her first day back. and what a welcome she is going to get. i think she's coming down [ cheering ] [ applause ] [ cheering and applause ] >> she's coming down. going to talk to very active parents here. her name is tracy rosa. what an event. >> i might be crying. you bot got to pull it together for i can't. this is so awesome. these kids have been preparing to welcome her back. we love mrs. bass. we're a family here. we want her to know that we have her back. and we want her to get better so she can come back and impact lives of her kids here. she's out for six weeks. seeking treatment. this is her first day back. she's a second grade teacher h

fox 13 ken suarez is where it is all happening tampa premium outlets. hello again. hey how you are you guys? we've talking about how a lot of people have not been out earlier today. well, take look behind me still not lot of people here. this not a bad time to come i understand from people who know that really starts to get heavy in the afternoons. people that know are standing you know that i have a very bad memory. so they are helping me with a pneumonic device to remember their names. it was either that or put it on my hand which i did not do. mtl, mtl. this is melanie. terry and that's lindsay. that's pretty good for me. you guys were out early this morning. this is not the first place you've stopped. you went to where else? we've tobacco home depot, and target. >>> what did you get a home depot? poinsettias $0.99 poin seven at thats they are big and beautiful. out your mom said they sell out. and what happened last year they sold out first bunch and terry. sometimes they come later with more. but not always. you also want went to another story, target. toys. yo

fox 13's ken suarez is with them this morning. good morning. i have to tell you gs should dump overcoat at this point. if you were out here when i was out here, it was freezing. and take look up there, these people have been out since last friday. they are sleeping out. that's pastor sean. his son carson. they are trying to raise money for a number of kids charities. and carson is absolutely determined that he's going to stay up there as long as it takes. he is raised over the course of his life 80 almost $89,000. way he's doing it, let me introduce you to pete. let me come back pete you're parishioner here. a this is very sophisticated way they do this >> right. go do it. how does this work? i can tell we're on burns avenue this is one main drags those guys will be up there all day. there you go. bucket goes down. money goes in. bucket goes up. so when you something this big taking note of it as i said before, one main drags, and you may have heard that, as people drive by they beep they say hi. what's going on? oh, yeah. these guys an impact

fox 13's ken suarez is there right now. good morning, ken. >>> hey good morning i can tell you they really wore very, very enthoous chanting oh tell you why you should be president. lots and lots of people that crowd gets bigger and bigger all the time. they are going to start to filter in any moment now. bottom line they tell me they want a front seat in this particular rally. they think of it a front seat in history whether trump wins or loses. certainly been an amazing race and not over yet. trump can & clinton head to head in the polls. new clash poll puts clinton at 44 percent. further ahead. but still anyone's race. there's certainly a wild card here. there is an undecided voters. a lot of people have been leaning one way or other haven't able to make firm commitment. they will have to do that tomorrow. the country will be watching what we do here in florida with particular interest. we are pivotal state with 29 electoral votes. just to reminder that magic number is 290 votes. another intereting thing this particular e

fox 13's ken suarez joins us live from the 600 block of avenue i where this happened. do they know any more now, ken? >> bottom line is what an car hit right back there there feet away from her. her name is lori smith inside her home around 1 this morning when an incredible drama unfolded right outside. smith says she heard at least three gunshots, then a bang. then voices. what they said sounds like right out of a movie smith says she heard a man possibly at shooter talking to jimmy lee rogers the victim who was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. >> get up. yeah i was anger, like yelling at somebody you know it's like the pulp fiction movies. >> smith also says she heard a woman's voice possibly a neighbor begging rogers not to die. now investigators say the rogers was driving slowly when he was shot. still lot of questions. they do not have any suspects at the neighborhood. a little bit of background about the victim himself. we understand he's a father of two children, he's been arrested 7 times in polk county as you said before linda, anything new a

fox 13's ken suarez went for amazon warehouse in ruskin to find you the best deals. >>> you know amazon is always a very, very busy place. but today especially busy monday. items on this one day alone.on - this year they are expecting to sell even more than that. let's do stephanie, that's an incredible number. how do you break it down? you see behind you, that the conveyer belt keeps ongoing and going how many items are we talking about per second per minute? per whatever? 54 million breaks down to 629 items per second on cyber monday alone. that was last year. we're doi so lots of people looking for lots good- buys. we have deals every sifr ekdz sam salon.com/cyber monday some from toys to tools. there something for everyone. that is hot item. we think it will be coming out in december. in conjunction with the new star wars movie it changes your voice it's cool it's fun it's $56 and sold exclusively on amazon. their kids interest so their responses are tailored to what their kids are interested in and their age. then for dads, we have a great deal on a lot of brand new tools, if you s

fox 13 ken suarez caught up with them a publix where they are shopping for all fixings for thanksgiving meals. this is certainly at time to shop. it is thanksgiving and christmas time. guess what you see the firefighters pinellas park fire department have been shopping their all morning long. buying all kinds of things for thanksgiving dinners for needy people in this community. let me go to jason, he's in charge of this program. so you've been this for a number of years jason i've for three years department has doing it for over 10 i've only been in charge of it for three. trying to keep good tradition here. we get about a dozen meals. and that we pay for out of our union funds. we get reimbursed from our donations coming in from the community. but the money comes from the union where does that come from? >> we have events throughout year that support that. our benevolent fund which we use for other things throughout year to help people their houses catch on fire, stuff like that. raising money which is pretty cool. yes. we we do some movie nights and stuff like that. how do you decide

but a polk county boy braved that cold all for are good cause ken suarez reports from the impact church in lake whales. so as you morning you will find out is very cold, earlier it was a whole lot colder, especially if you're as high agency we are. take look down there poop we're high above lake wales for very, very good reasons. because we have an 11-year-old young man and his dad the pastor impact church here who are raising money for kids charities. is that a view or what? this carson. good morning. pretty early in morning for you to be up. it was real cold las night. >> my sleeping bag and heaters. that is really enough? >> yes. >> so you've raised how much money for what kinds of charities? $88,000 for all races project and medical. so oasis project. explain a what that is. where in addition emergencies go to africa and they dig wells to get clean water for people of africa. >> and second one, medical project is what? >> it's like a mobile clinic which in a trailer. countries. in case there's any designed of disaster. you going stir crazy because you don't go down, no the at all. n

coming up 8:30 ken suarez is live with investigation and what they are looking for in particular. >> but first, it's time to get back on this giving tuesday. walter allen is live how you can help thousands of people across bay area. hey walter. >> hey, good morning there guys. that's right giving tuesday. metropolitan ministries here pasco county. their goal is to give 60,000 meals need. meals they won't be able to deal without your help. we're encouraging everybody to visit us here in pasco county off u.s. highway 19. we'll have much more on that coming up. but also, in metropolitan ministries downtown tampa. charley, good morning. yes indeed walter. and the big checks are starting to roll in we're 9505 north governor street street put that the in your gps you'll find us arbitration forum comes in with at enterprise, $50,000 to feeding tampa bay and $16,000 to metropolitan ministries you can drop by any throughout tampa bay area to inverness, from sebring it inner very understand you can go by enter surprise food, toys and of course we love big checks. going to go a long way. it's g

checked out the newest mall tampa premium outlets in wesley chapel wasn't that busy early on as ken suarez found out they expect bigger crowds this afternoon. >> now everybody's looking for good sale today. you certainly don't want to fight the crowds. so as i understand it, morning not whole lot of people. midday, a little more people. and late afternoon the most people. so if you want to go out and get a greet deal these folks came mcl i got it backwards. melanie, terry and lindsay. >> is that correct. we have mom, two daughters, and a together you guys have a 5 kids. so you've kid shopping all over the place. yes yes, sir our brother has three kids there are eight altogether. what dubai for kids here? >> spiderman luggage. and this, you got this disney store, right? $25, everything everything's an initial 20 per hers too late but at lottery great deals out here. it squeezes. that's cute. >> yeah. so 20 percent. 20 percent whole stores 20 percent off. new movie they've got out the new show with elena. that comes from is that name of movie >> it's just a show. kids love it its disney. new

ken suarez a tampa premium outlets in wesley chapel. what are you seeing out there my friend? >> well i'm not seeing a whole lot of people. i understand last night when this people opened a lot of people came in stayed until one or oh 2 o'clock in the more than then obviously there's a big dip in number of people out here. still at this hour if you haven't gotten out t or someplace else, you might be a good time to go. you saw parking lot before. not whole lot of cars at that particular place. well not whole lot of people here. take look, and see who's here. not whole lot of folks at all. so i mean, if the sales that you're looking for at this place is probably not a bad idea to get out at this point. we got a lot of work done. i got eat godiva chocolate and i thought this was really funny. manager over there said that they actually paid for doctor can you imagine? me working in godiva chocolates pew found craig cross is going to get for laura cross our executive producer because we pointed out to him he f. he wasn't watching then i will write down all information so you can g

fox 13's ken suarez was there for this big surprise. >>> this is certainly the best monday i've had long time. if you were here you'd feel excitement and the love for this teacher. let moo introduce you to jessica bass. when you came out did you have any idea what was going to happen? >> no. i, i saw my kids were wearing pink today i thought was sweet. nobody gave me the memo. but no, i had no idea. doors and you see not only your kids wearing pink but every kid in school wearing pink. administrators, parents, i'm even wearing pink. oh, thank you. i know. it's very overwhelming. and my parents are here. and i didn't know that. and some of my high school friends, like just, this is all very unexpected. >> how are you doing? what lies ahead? i'm good. i'm good. i'm cancer free. i'm glad to be back at and ready to move on, put this behind me. you were out for six weeks >> 5 weeks. 5 weeks. what happened during that period? >> i had surgery. and that's i was declared cancer free and just had to cover. and so forth. >> is this pretty telling about your school is something that just happened o

we sent fox 13's ken suarez out to find out what you can get after you vote. >> now you know the old saying you get nothing for nothing. that usually true. but not today. >> at least none of you voted. more than dozen businesses are giving away free stuff all around the bay area. kind of as a job well done for getting out and voting. all you have to do is show your i voted sticker. we've seen a lot of people taking advantage of that this morning. you can flash your sticker at bob evans and get a 30 percent downed gold's gym will let you in for free seven-11 giving away free coffee sub uber will take 20 bucks off your fare. great american cookie company is giving away, well you guessed it cookies. fire house subs is handing out free drinks. nonalcoholic of course. but if you want a beer later, to celebrate or commiserate, the world of first beer for a dollar. that's only a portion of the list of businesses taking part in this. lots more if you want to find out entire list and all you can take advantage of and all you have to do go to our website fox13news.com. back to you. >> thank yo

fox 13 ken suarez has their story. >>> just a really devastating morning for young plant city family of 4. that is now homeless. it started last night when they went to lakeland to house sit for her mom. they got a call in middle of night 3 o'clock in morning. the house is on fire, and it also has graffiti inside, outside. and elsewhere. anti trump graffiti and also racist graffiti. really tough situation for the smith family. this is matthew and britney and little braden. when you got that call matthew, immediately? >> hoped that everybody was safe and upset that something like this happened to me. >> but no one was home at the time? >> correct. >> why would it happen to you, do you think? >> could have been because of my support of america. or support of trump. and just, couldn't tell. >> how strong of a supporting family for trump were you? you know there is something you did that was so public that it might ticked smbd off or? >> we, we've been supported trump since he started running for office. we never made it public. we never had sign in our front yard. no one really knew tha

fox 13's ken suarez is there right now. fascinating place. eight football fields. that is what you >> i didn't hear what you asaid. it's very noisy. >> they're busy. go ahead. i can tell you the first thing when you walk into place like this or even on road is size of it. absolutely massive. it is football field after football field. the guy that knows how many football fields he's general manager here. he was also over in lakeland when a governor het him there. howl football fields of operation >> approximately 28 football a little over 14 miles your attitude noncha atlanta. it's very big deal for us. yes. it's a big deal for us as well. >> this is one fulfillment center there are many like this around the country. how many? we've a little over 70 fulfillment centers across u.s. today is our biggest volume days we're ship thousands and thousands out of building today and millions across the u.s. one amazing things how quickly you can do it. sometimes you can place hours. two hours. how do you do that? that's correct. we have individual fulfillment centers that can

because ken suarez is live with some of the great freebies you >> and this is what shows that you have voted. you know before you said this is totally badge of honor and just to be serious for a second how many people and how many countries never get to vote. so it's really important thing to do. today you can use this as something else as well. cold hard cash. you can come to krispy kreme or lot of other area businesses. that are giving away all kinds of free stuff today. and all you have to do is show your i voted sticker. and krispy kreme will give you free sticker and whole lot of different ways. more than dozen businesses are giving away free stuff of all kinds a pat on back for taking part in the democratic process. show you your sticker tee waugh in a flats and they will give you free side dish. flash it a chuck e cheese you buy one pizza they will give you pepperoni pizza second one free appear voters can get a $5 burger. you can use it tampa beer works and get your first pint free vouch evers for free pizza white castle a free gal on of tea if you buy something called a crave

. >> fox 13's chen war suarez lives orient road where it all came to crashing end tell us about it, ken. >> most of us know i-4 from driveing on it. well 3 suspects that you were chasing them saw different perspective. from right back there after they went off roading and a right into that gig old ditch. the three suspects two guys and a woman were arrested a little while ago. investigators also found a gun and two magazines from bullets and their suv. this all started around 8:30 this morning someone someone called hillsborough county sheriff's office after they saw suspect stealing a blower and wed walk walker when from n aep garage when deputies arrived, david addiction son jumped into the suv. michael took off running. investigators chased suv that you neighborhoods and eventually on to i-4. apparently the shake the deputies the suv went off road. and into this deep ditch. the deputies were close in pursuit they did the same exact thing. both vehicles end up getting stuck. well eventually they will all towed they did round up all two out three lengthy criminology records. now now ch