. >> backers insist the amendment clears the way for more solar power but critics claim mark douglas joins us from precinct 115 to try to clear it up.>> reporter: good evening. we are hearing a lot of opinions tonight. a lot more people say they are voting no than yes so far at this precinct. whatever the case, they are turning out and strength at the jan platt library, also known as precinct 115 to cast their ballots tonight. it's no secret that energy panthers -- power and light have forked up millions to pass amendment 1 under consumers for smart solar. to some extent, their message spread through tv spots and other paid advertising is working. >> i voted yes on 1. i think what we can do for the environment, we should do. >> reporter: a coalition of environmental and consumer groups has banded together to oppose amendment 1, banning it as trickery to keep consumers om and they had to count on social media and free news coverage to get there point across. >> i don't trust the ads on television. they say that firefighters are for it. i haven't heard one firefighter say therefore it.

. >>> battling boondoggles and fighting frivolous spending, mark douglas is taking on the big shots, wasting taxpayer >>> visit tampa bay spends millions of bed tax dollars to spread tourism but won't share how a business pirate is spending it. we look into the mystery surrounding kevin t. greybeard. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome greybeard the business pirate. >> reporter: greybeard the business pirate joined the crew back in august. don't let the pirate talk fool you, greybeard is not a real buccaneer, just an actor hired to learn meeting planners to tampa. >> if you are looking for a place for your crew to think outside the box -- >> reporter: visit tampa bay gets 80% of its budget, about $10 million a year, in bed tax money to promote tourism. the tax funded success, why won't visit tampa bay reveal his compensation that you paid for? we know carotid makes more than 285 -- karata makes more than $285 million but when it comes to bed tax dollars that they may spend on travel and entertainment, we might as well demand a map to greybeard's treasure. bed tax funded or not, a

. >> mark douglas live -- amendment 1. >> mark douglas live in tampa, thank you. >> we have much more analysis and reaction to tonight's results coming up. >> here's some more results as we speak for district 12. >> we want to give you a live look at the tampa news center upstairs tonight, daniel woodrum one of our producers, our team working hard to bring you the best coverage possible for this very important election. as you look at them, we'll take >>> the state of florida has been called for donald trump, but it's been a very close race. >> there's still important states yet to be called. again it's not over. our team coverage continues with josh benson and form early florida secretary of state our good friend kurt browning. there's a few states up for grabs right now, but florida about a 130,000 vote difference. now in your history you get below the 1 percentage point, i hate to say the r word, but what do you see? >> recounts are something election officials don't want to deal it's arduousen and it just delays the results. so the vote total differs tonight was large enough that

mark douglas your hard-earned money isn't going down the drain because you paid for it. >>> visit tampa bay spends millions of bed tax dollars to promote tourism but one share how a so-called "business pirate" is spending some of that money. i have to ask, what's the big secret? >> that's what we want to know. for pete sake, this is a he promote stories and for visit tampa bay but everything about his pay and travel expenses, funded mostly by tax dollars are industry. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome greybeard the business partner -- pirate. >> reporter: greybeard visited the crew of tampa bay back in august. don't let the pirate talk fool you, greybeard is not -- meeting planners to tampa. >> if you are looking for a place for your crew to think outside the box -- >> reporter: visit tampa bay gets $10 million a year in bed tax to promote tourism. >> this year has been filled with tremendous success for us both as a destination and an organization. >> reporter: so if greybeard as part of that tax funded success, why won't visit tampa we know some make $285,000 year because they a

reporter: she had to pay a medical bill that should have been covered by school insurance until mark douglas, in the case. >> thank you for being on my side. >> reporter: i hospital makes up for make it right until you got involved. >> all november long, news channel 8 was on your side, getting results. zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. this black friday at the volkswagen make your holidays more delicious. right now, when you buy $20 in gift cards... ...you get a $5.00 gift certificate for yourself. >>> right now on news channel 8 at 5:30 pm: >> a changeup and leadership in the catholic ur one diocese in florida. >> i am jennifer leigh and i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us. >> after serving the pensacola- tallahassee area, pope francis called bond bishop gregory parkes to come to the bay area and service senior bishop of the second largest diocese in the state. anthony allred joins us now live from the diocese of st. petersburg and i understand she parks -- bishop parkes is no stran

coming up mark douglas explores just how much they are getting as an incentive because you paid for it. >>> over the past few months red tied has ravaged the tampa bay area. even now miles from pinellas county to south florida. a sarasota scientist has made a groundbreaking discovery that could lead to a solution to this problem. john rogers joins us live from sarasota to explain. >>reporter: good evening josh. the scientist said that rivers could be to blame and humans could be accidentally playing a role in this as well. sue when a large red tied bloom forms beachgoers can easily stain the beautiful gulf waters. closer to shore miles and miles of dead fish can line the beach. visitors often suffer respiratory problems. >> it seems to be a continuous problem. >>reporter: the bloom naturally occurs every year. cindy luck duck low has had enough. >> i used to live about a block away from the beach and we had to move to north port because my lungs could not handle it. >> why is it so hard to figure out what causes red tied? >> it believers local rivers could be contributing to this mess.

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. >> mark douglas. now after the time change this weekend. 75 degrees. civil twilight after sunset now. out in lakeland essentially dark 72 degrees with that northeast wind at 4 miles per hour. searching for some rain the last time we had measurable rainfall this is back in october on the 15th. so count up the days since then as we get through october in the november, 23 days today without rainfall at least at tampa international. measurable rainfall. so it's a fairly dry and it is dry season living up to its na 65 degrees as the polls open tomorrow. mild and comfy for the voting before work. 76 degrees midday for lunch time. and then as polls close 74 degrees a gorgeous evening. weather not a problem. go out and vote. nice shot from alyssa, very nice sunset beautiful sunday sets. look at that sky from kelley in apollo beach. kelly lang beautiful shot. good timing there. degrees at 4:00 p.m. high for tomorrow temps mostly in the 70s already falling. dew point, lower. even though we got to 82 for a high today temp temps are in the '70s. cooler in brooksvi

mark douglas is on your side with the look at what the big secret might be. >> [ video playback ] >> reporter: the business pirate join tampa bay back in august. don't let the pirate talk for you. he is not meeting planners to tampa. >> visit tampa bay gets 87 percent of it has shaq budget, about $10 million a year in tax money to promote tourism. >> [ video playback ] >> so if the business pirate is a part of that tax fun of success, why won't visit tampa bay reveal his compensation $285,000 a year and that is because the irs forces visit tampa bay to disclose that. when it comes to tax dollars that grotta engraved beer may spin on travel and entertainment , we might as well demand the map to his treasure. bed tax funded are not, grotta and his crew consists those requested weeks ago are none of our business and on of yours. 80 percent of your budget comes from bed tax. why not share your credit card expenses? >> we're here to talk about a year celebration. you are you know why. it is funded through a bed tax that none of our locals pay for and there are trade secrets and ball. -- t

mark douglas was at the amendment party and he has >> the champagne was flowing last night after a tough no one amendment one campaign that was high on enthusiasm and low on money. they outspent you 100 to 1 and still you came out on top. >> this is a testament to the florida voters. they were smart enough not to be tricked by the big monopoly utilities. they poured more than $20 million into the campaign to pass the amendment. they claimed it would open the door for alternative energy development. but this unusual coalition of liberators trend liberals and conservatives said it would do the opposite and their message fought campaign in which they were outspent 100 to 1, these folks finally came out on top when it counted most, on election night. >> the other major amendment, amendment 2 the legalization of marijuana. it passed easily. voters overwhelmingly passed the measure with 71 percent of the vote. it expands access to medical marijuana beyond the limited therapeutic uses already allowed under florida w >> voters to face many issues out the polls but still feared their vote would n

>> mark douglas digs deeper to see if your hard earned money is being well spent are going to waste. >>> amazon is going all in for black friday. we already found some pretty good deals on the site. how you can stand discuss bargains coming up. >>> this time of year, don't we what it is a beautiful sunset. we had a few clouds last night but today, no clouds. i will tell you when they may actually return and what that means when the cold front comes >>> this week we got our first full look at the upcoming live action version of getting the beast. it is now it is the most viewed trailer within the first 24 hours of it's release. >> it beat out some competition, 50 shades darker. that trailer was released earlier this year. beauty and the beast racked up 127.6 million views across all platforms that includes youtube, facebook, twitter, etc. that includes youtube, facebook, twitter, etc. >> 50 shades darker took second place with 114 million is third now. feeding the beast hits theaters on march 17. >> it is one of those movies we got to see when we were younger and now we can check -- t

critics mark douglas is live in tampa . >> reporter: good evening . the party is over at the westshore plaza were no on amendment 1 folks gathered tonight . i assure you it was a happy party from the beginning until the end . they ran a grassroots campaign from the start . was a big power companies, florida power, golf power, duke energy dashboard millions of dollars were millions of these, tiny postcard messages handed hand- to-hand . social media and it worked very grassroots campaign . in the end, they came out on top . stephen smith, who was behind this organization, and making all this happen, explained it to me a little bit ago . this is what he had to say . >> reporter: the outstanding 100 to 1 and you cannot on top .'s this is a testament to the by the big monopoly utilities . >> reporter: as you just heard, he was suggesting that the florida utilities were trying to trick voters . if they were, it did not work . day one . no on amendment 1 came out on top . back to you . >> we were talking about this earlier . we got people who were calling u

. >>> now i want to bring in mark preston and brian stelters, and mr. jeffrey toobin and douglasnkley. mark, you know we've been seeing these protests happening around the country. it's definitely the right of these -- of these individuals to protest earlier today the president talked about the transition and he referenced what happened back in 2008. i want you to listen to this. >> i have instructed my team to follow the example president bu bush's team set to make sure this is a successful transition for the president-elect, because we are now all rooting for his success, in uniting and leading the country. the peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy, and over the next few months, we are going to show that to the world. >> so park looking at the protests tonight, do you think that we'll be able to have a peaceful transition of power that president is talking about? >> yes. i mean look, i think by the time that donald trump is sworn in, in late january, it will be fine. people will be upset. he's inflamed a lot of tension or has created a lot of ten

marking the passing of general douglas macarthur. our next stop will show you the general metals and iconic items, give you a sense of the man, who she was, and what he did. this is our concluding gallery. in many ways it is the essence of macarthur. the first thing i want to show you his three of the absolute iconic pieces. all through the occupation of japan, all through korea, all of those pictures, those iconic pictures, that is the hat he is wearing. one of 95 types in our collections that macarthur had. general macarthur's ray-ban sunglasses. of anare iconic symbols iconic american general. we have two cases. the first is foreign decorations to the left. we have a reconstruction of general macarthur's uniform. general macarthur is one of the most highly better catered soldiers in history. items are extremely evocative. the first is general macarthur's middle of honor. macarthur himself always understood. on behalf of the men and women, it was my honor and privilege to command. was always ambivalent about this because it reminde

bosley reporting and i think you got the gist of the story douglas shine guilty of murdering three people at the chalk linez barber shop >> mark: more breaking news at this hour. sheffield lake police confirmed there was a murder-suicide. police had the home surrounded at 2:00 this afternoon and they blocked off traffic on lake road at west shore boulevard and it to learn the names of the people who died. >>> in cleveland video back from the scene of a double shooting. a man died and woman treated at the hospital. the gulf happened east 40th near quincy. no word on arrests there. >>> we continue to get answers about a possible terror threat monday, the day before the election >> mark: we are hearing al~qaeda could plan attacks in new york, virginia and texas. chris tanaka joins us as authorities are taking this very authorities assessing the credibility of the intelligence. counter-terrorism officials across the country have been alerted out of an abundance of caution. earlier an alert we want to local police agencies warned of polling places seen as attractive targets for lone wolf attacks by individuals motivated by violent

mark barger explains. walking through the front doors... of a building that doesn't exist yet. (sot: douglas gigi, interior architects) "so it is truly like being in a "interior architects"... i'ts all part of the process now. (nats) immersive models traditional 2-d mock ups. (sot: douglas gigi, interior architects) "we use virtual reality as a costs for our clients" a more detailed picture of the final product allows clients to give specific feedback... and see any changes in real-time. (sot: douglas gigi, interior architects) "we would actually deliver a set of goggles they would put those goggles on we would pull up disposable vr attachments can even send the immersive experience to a smartphone. if a full v-r headset isn't handy. right now, the technology's used mainly for commercial spaces, offices and luxury homes... but as virtual reality in real estate. (sot: douglas gigi, interior architects) "we are hoping to take it to the next level with google earth" providing not just navigation to buildings.... but through them as well. from digital home tours to remodeling projects virtual re

mark lee. a jury clears a wisconsin businessman of fraud allegations.some packers fans were upset that he sold their season tickets. tickets.according to the 'shawano leader', douglas burris aquired more than 330 season tickets for packers home games when he bought a tavern owned by packers boosters 25 years ago.dozens the tickets to a green bay brokerage firm a few years ago. 3 a cbs58 investigation uncovers significant delays on 9-1-1 cellphone calls made in one local city.... 3 the badgers looking to jump teams in the college football rankings...see where they landed in the latest standings...drew? 3 when you call 9-1-1 you ?expect? a fast response... but a cbs 58 investigation has uncovered an alarming trend in waukesha... the city handles its own 9-1-1 dispatch - but wait until you hear--about where your call is cell phone...cbs 58's evan kruegel has this special report.... ..... "911 what's the address of your emergency?" it's a late october morning - at the waukesha county dispatch caller: "um, i just hit somebody"a 911 call comes in- a driver asking for medical help"dispatcher: is anybody hurt? caller: i don't know" but before dispatchers can send an ambula

the only marks on her body, imprints from the brake rotor. the local douglas county sheriff's department opened an investigation, but a few days later the coroner ruled lynn's death an accident. the case was closed. did you have any reason to believe this wasn't an accident? >> no. we all believed him and took him at his word. any thoughts that i might have cremated, spread her ashes on a mountain he said she loved, and then went on with his life. he even kept driving the same jeep for a while. eventually he married toni, and lynn's death became a distant memory. for some people, anyway, but not all. nearly 18 years later after toni fell off that cliff, the sheriff's office called patricia montoya. >> i don't understand why it took so long. >> reporter: emt roxanne burns got a similar call and had a when you got the call, was it, sort of like i was expecting this call? >> yeah. i did say that to him. is this about the car accident up on 67? and he said, yeah, it is. and i go, is it about that woman that the car fell on her? and he goes, yep. i go, oh, thank go

douglas, uncle lou, if we could get back to the original question. could someone please pass the salt? [laughter] >> mark: all right. blitzer will make sure everybody gets a chance to talk. >> romona: it promises blitzer will calm people down even if one of our relatives voted for gary johnson. >> mark: this is the biggest party of the night and most popular night for cuffing. if you are single, you know what i'm talking about. according to the dating app the league, its users are 30% more likely to be active online the night before turkey day. it is also a big night for exes to hook up again and realize things didn't work out the first time. >> romona: i am surrounded by men, single men in the studio. they say that's true. >>> the life of former cavalier matthew is heading to the screen. deli's story growing up in australia, going undrafted and praying for the cavalier also hit the theaters next we are sometime. he now plays for the milwaukee bucks. he signed a four-year deal as a >> mark: that's australian for cha-ching. >> romona: yes. >> mark: a thanksgiving trending topic has the internet buzzing. w

douglas. we go to the midsection of the state here, and we have prescott with 24 degrees overnight and 32 right at the freeze mark in payson, so you can see those temperature that we are looking t here in the city. so all of these freeze areas out, those temperatures down, the chance of snow very, very good. what we need is a little moisture. we are not really seeing that right now, but we'll put the futurecast into motion and take a look and see if there's any out there, coming up. >> okay. >> all right. thank you, dave. >>> today marks exactly one week until thanksgiving when some people look forward to turkey day. others absolutely dre >> yeah, family get-togethers can get a little dicey sometimes and this thanksgiving may be even more contentious because it comes on the heels of perhaps the most divisive election in recent history. >> marcy jones is live on what you do to keep the peace at the dinner table. start drinking early? >> maybe not drinking at all. >> maybe not drinking, maybe you're right john. >> you don't want any part of your thanksgiving getting political conversations, so we hit the streets to

mark boyle standing by where the family lived. let's go to lone tree where jayson luber is where the van was found. >> a spokesperson for the douglas county sheriff's office called this a horrific end to a missing persons case here in lone tree. that missing silver van was passerby along the backside of this empty sports authority in lone tree. inside, the bodies of those three missing people. 36-year-old jennifer laber and her two young sons, ages 3 and 5. authorities would not say at this point hhw they died but they said they do not have any suspects at this point and there's no threat to the community at this point. they also added that the husband and father is cooperating with law enforcement at this point. laber was last seen picking up her sons f they were reported missing around 8:00 last night. the sheriff called this a very active and ongoing investigation, trying to figure out how and why this happened. one thing that they added, an amber alert was never issued in this case. they say because there were no red flags and no threats or any harm of violence that was going to come of this. that's why they didn't send one out

the press and general douglas macarthur out in .he pacific or apple ernest j k, the navy chief of staff, and the president the way george marshall could. such an act was a great mark of greatness. in military institute virginia, after serving in the spanish-american war in the philippines, marshall became an excellent director of training and planning for the u.s. first division in world war i. he was involved in the planning of the highly successful or a offensive that led to surrender of the germans. he copy i of the commander of afterneral jack pershing germany is defeated. he was with pershing's four years after the war. the open warfare and the high maneuverability of the army in the summer and fall of 1918 were very different from the static trench warfare for the four years before the americans arrived in the spring of 1918. the lessons that marshall learned from the rate war were very -- great war were very different. his experiences comprise mainly static trench warfare which was taken away from the same conflict. called pluck street. in belgium. that was where winston churchill was stationed for four months in the beginning of 1916. throughout that perio

douglas macarthur out in the pacific or admiral ernest j. king, the navy chief of staff, and the president the way george marshall could. not even eisenhower. such inactive self abnegation was a great mark of greatness. the graduate of the famed virginia military institute after serving in the , spanish-american war in the philippines, marshall became an excellent director of training and planning for the u.s. first division in world war i. he was involved in the planning of the highly successful 47-day muse-argonne offensive that led to german surrender in 1918. he learned many lessons and cut the eye of the american visionary force, jack pershing who made him an eight -- aide after germany's defeat. he was with pershing's four years after the war. of course the open warfare and the high maneuverability of the armies in the summer and fall of 1918 were very different from the static trench warfare for the four years before the americans arrived in the spring of 1918. the lessons that marshall learned from the great war were very different. their experiences mainly comprised static trench warfare which was taken away from the same conflict. was in belgium. that was where winston churchi

marks on the glass. no kidding. it wouldn't be like we're getting back together. you look damn sharp in a tuxedo. all right, i'll take her. [ring] hello. hi. this is dr. douglas howser-- tall, blond, used to date you. yeah, i think i remember you. i know you dumped me, but i'm such a big person, i thought we'd go to the prom together. oh, um... t i don't think so. oh, o.k. vinnie and janine said you'd say that. they thought if i asked-- i'm sorry, doogie. i don't want to go. i hope you don't feel stupid or anything. me? oh, no. uh, i'll talk to you later. she's pining away for me, huh? doogie? thanks for letting me do this. this place is a regular photojournalist's dream. future photojournalist. this is absolutely fantastic. really exciting. well, enough excitement for today. just one more. hold it. come on, kiddo. so how you doing, champ? oh, a little short of breath and weak, but other than that, tiptop. a good hospital lunch will perk you up. right. so, what's the latest on my heart? well, you're stronger than when you checked in. renal functions are better. creatinine's low. you're a prime candidate. we're waiting for a transplant donor. you got to stay p