st. petersburg. more on that coming up in just a few >>> now at 6:31, staying on top of breaking news right now. a boys and girls club destroyed, flames tearing through that recreation center. >> that fire started around 3:00 this morning. we have some video that you're looking at right there. that's when the fire was at the most intense moment. the flames you see there shooting in the top of the building. was raging. this started at 3:00 this morning. >> firefighters have been working to put out all the hot spots this morning. lindsey logue is there following the firefighters progress. lindsey, you tell us the community understandably devastated by this. >> reporter: absolutely, dan and deiah. good morning to you. a huge los angeles for -- a huge loss for the community out here. their recreation center under a major multimillion dollar renovation destroyed we would know as a bulldozer. that is covering or in front of the building. up there on top of the ladder truck they do have a firefighter up the

st. petersburg. the question is, where does it go from here? >> ? >> reporter: these are headlines from around america in just the last five days. sexual abuse by priests. >> it's something that is not going away. it's not something that is in the past. abuse is still occurring. >> reporter: scandal disgraced the st. petersburg diocese when allegations involving rubber schofield arose. john rodgers has represented 30 to 40 clients abused by local priests. he helped incoming bishop gregory parkes address the issue. >> i think you should have reassured people that that was kind of the elephant in the room with the catholic church. >> reporter: at a monday introduction, bishop parkes did not. >> i am blessed to be your new shepherd. please pray for me that i will be a good shepherd. >> reporter: under bishop robert lynch, the diocese instituted policies that made investigations more transparent. >> the time i do spend with victims is good time, pastoral time, but it review investigations. this is where bishop parkes will be installed at the cathedral o

st. petersburg their winter home. they will doc dc -- dock next to the ferry. they will decide to use money from the bp oil spill to build infrastructure. >>> this morning we are learning about any plans from chrysler. they are developing a minivan that could same save you soup money -- could save you some money. the new model will be out next hand has a sticker price of more than $45,000 but if you buy one >>> stores are offering great deals for christmas but some items you should wait on. this is a way to buy christmas appliances. wait until december 15th to buy toys and december 20th to buy clothes. that's when stores do their final pre-christmas mark downs. it may pay to wait until january to buy big screen tvs which go on sale again for the super bowl and bedding is cheapest during january white sales. >>> imagine opening a message and finding out that you've been accepted to college and then it vanishes. it could happen to kids who apply to the university of wisconsin green bay that's sending out acceptances over snap chat. it allows people to send messag

st. petersburg bowl. believe it or not, st. petersburg, florida.go up 12-0 against mississippi state, but the feel goal attempt was blocked. take a look. they blocked it. >> oh, no. >> yes. then late in the 40 quarter, oh, that's good. the red hawks drove for what would be the game winning kick, but it happened again. the bulldogs win the st. petersburg bowl 17-16. >> vanderbilt in the independence bowl, the wolf pack had just too much for the commodor commodores. hope was over from the returned kickoff for 100 yards for a touchdown, and home winning that bowl, final score, 41-17. >> the mix is next. i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans... ...better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to... ...gently remove more plaque and... ...oral-b crossaction is clini

st. petersburg their winter home. this morning city council members will decide whether to use up to $65,000 from the bp settlement to build needed infrastructure to dock the links. >>> president-elect donald trump is intent on appealing obama care but half of americans say they're not so sure about dismantling the healthcare reform law. according to a released today some 49% of americans want trump and congress to either expand obama care or continue implementing the law as it is. >>> today is the first day of the 39th annual st. petersburg power and sailboat show. >> always a great event. this year organizers say it will be bigger than ever. more than 50 boats have been added, nearly 4,000 more square feet of exhibit space. the show will include sailing clinics and seminars. >>> a magical night in lakeland tonight. they are hosting their 36th annual christmas parade on lemon street, going down like mirror. it kicks off with fireworks at 7:00. >>> 9:38. coming up, preparing for winter. five things you can do to your

st. petersburg santa parade tomorrow, it starts downtown at 10:00 in the morning. some of us from 10 news will be there with our float, make sure you wave hello! in just a couple of minutes, ashley will have a look at the forecast for the event. have you ever had the dream of traveling the world but intimidated by the planning of it all. now an all inclusive deal to make that dream come true. you've got to hear this deal to travel to nearly three dozen countries and six countries. but it does come at a price -- i'm breaking it all down. news and c-b-s. starting at 8:00, i love lucy christmas special, followed by hawaii five-o at 9:00. at 10:00, blue bloods. then tune in to 10 news at 11. don't forget to stay up for the late show with stephen colbert and his guests matthew broderick and ali wentworth. who couldn't use a little extra cash this time of year? make sure you watch 10 news this morning for your scratch off lottery tickets. there is bound to be a winner in there somewhere.. the florida lottery and 10 news teamed up to give away the holiday millions tickets

st. petersburg. police recovering a body from a drainage pond. this is a live picture from action air 1 over the scene near 47th avenue north and third street north , someone found a man's body floating in the water. authorities say there are no signs of trauma. we will keep you updated. >>> a local couple seeking -- spending their life savings so own. a loophole that wiped them out discovered tonight. >>> manatees are being rescued from lake tarpon. why they are in danger next. right there. oh! you got a nickel back there! heh heh! when we say a health care company should treat you like family, we mean more like this. operator: it's gonna be ok, and i'll be right here if you need me. member: really? operator: really. you deserve compassion. you deserve molina healthcare, your extended family. learn more about our marketplace plan visit molinahealthcare.com >>> check out these viral photos from berland -- maryland. sheriff's office photos. the beaver try to make a run for it but it was caught and released into the woods. no word on what it was sh

st. petersburg. 59 degrees in crystal river, 72 degrees in north port. satellite showing a few clouds across the area. a few light showers on max defender 9 across the southeastern part of highland county. the sky is starting to clear in will continue to watch that front move to the south as an area of high pressure builds and high pressure change drives these stronger winds. friday afternoon, more sunshine with pleasant temperatures as we get into sanity -- saturday morning. typical december mornings. temperatures close to average but that is where the bottom out and then we had back to the warm stuff. i sunday, temperatures are back in the low that is a high of 82 degrees on sunday. rain chances are essentially nonexistent with high pressure taking over and a drier atmosphere in place. beside bigger, more significant cold front long-term out friday or so. that will mean cold temperatures for much of the country. if you're traveling eight days out, farther to the north, know that you might want to bring your jacket. a big jacket and boots. maybe a sweat

st. petersburg, russia. minding his own business, walking down the street, smoking cigarettes. out that first walk was to confirm that car is the right car. goes back with his bags. dumps that bag into the engine department. strikes a match and -- >> who was this person that they fired it in? >> that car was owned by a guy that owns a number of local businesses. that's all we know so far. police are now trying to appeal for help to anybody to help identify the people involved. >> that's almost impossible. there are no real identifiers you can point to. guys dressed in black. >> as strange as that was, this is video from amsterdam. not a lot going on, but you see right in front of this apartment building, looks like they are trying to see if they can find something or someone. eventually, those same two people end up on the other side of the street, right in front of an elementary school. >> video speeds up, you can see parents lining up to drop children off at school. see them decide this is the time to move. reason they are deciding that is because this gentleman right here is

st. petersburg business community to get the tampa bay rays to stay in town. it's part of an ongoing conversation. should the team stay, or should they move across the bay? you can tell us what you think. grab your tablet or your phone and head to wtsp.com/votenow. business owners say the team's home has a $250 million impact on pinellas county. that's why they want folks to take the pledge and send a message to the team's owners. >> being one of hotels in st. petersburg, we are inherently tied to the economic benefits that that brings us as well as many other local restaurants and retailers and small businesses here. >> what it means is that i have servers, cooks, hostesses, valets, a staff of 400 people downtown that make an even better living because of the impact of what that team means to us. >> there have been several stadium sites proposed in both counties. the top contenders in hillsborough have been the tampa park apartments near downtown between ybor and channel side. another spot is international ship repair in the ybor channel. and in the west shor

st. petersburg: a scary with st. pete police to hold an active-shooter exercise on campus. police, campus security and fire personnel will also gather for the drill... to make sure the school is prepared... in case such an attack takes place. the drill starts at 9-30 this morning. and starting today in downtown st. pete: it's gonna be a lot harder to find a parking spot... for your ?boat. that's because ?hundreds of them will be filling up the waterways... for the annual "st. petersburg power and sailboat show." it's the largest boat show on the gulf coast. it's all happening at the albert whitted park yacht basin. there will also be a 40 thousand square foot tent on land... housing seminars, marine gear, and kids activities. it starts at ten a-m. tickets are 16 dollars for adults... 15 and under get in free. the oldest home in all of hillsborough, pinellas, and pasco counties is for sale. the bungalow on east eighth tampa city hall... but was moved in 19-14. the 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is selling for 45- thousand-dollars. but if you want to own the 2-thousand square-foo

st. petersburg, light jacket tomorrow morning. you can ditch that later on because we will be heating up to near 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon. sunday so santa parade tomorrow. beach day sunday. just a thought for your weekend and enjoy it while you can because as we look ahead to next weekend we are talking about a blast of much colder air coming in here. wouldn't be surprised if there are some of us that do not get out of the 60s for your high temperatures next weekend. let's talk about our gorgeous weekend first. highs in the 80s. the rain chances move in late monday after 9 p.m. likely for your tuesday commute tracking some showers, maybe forecast with our newspaper partners in your copy of the tampa bay titles and in polk county "the ledger." >>> more to come from our 10news school of the week powered by duke energy florida. >> we want to go back out to lakeland high school. we got the mannequin challenge going on once again this friday morning. about 500 or so people, students and faculty and staff in there. great crowd this

st. petersburg russia and with other oil execs from the u.s.his summer, we had as this country a very serious beef with them invading ukraine seizing parts of other country. because of the sanctions our government put on them, the state department reached out to all the executives that got invited to that expo in russia and the state department asked them to please not go, that it would be against the interests of the united states of america, it would be against america's interests, it would be bad for our country if they went. guess who went? the guy who donald trump has nominated to lead the state department. >> given that a number of the sanctions on russia related to oil and natural resource exploration, does the idea of a major american energy company send pg its top official undermine the sanctions you think in any way? >> look, again, we communicated our policy on russia to the u.s. business community in multiple forms. ultimately each company's leadership needs to make its own decision. most companies recognize that attending this foru

st. petersburg power and sailboat show." it's all happening at the albert whitted park yacht basin. there will also be a 40 thousand square foot tent on land... housing seminars, marine gear, and kids activities. it starts at ten a-m. tickets are 16 you can see two legends of 80's electronic pop tonight in tampa... in the same show! including this guy... "howard jones." and if you don't remember him... you'll definitely remember the ?second act: yup.. the band "flock of seagulls" will be there too! the show starts tonight at eight... at the cuban club in ybor city. toss to dave... tossback... coming up in the 5 o'clock hour of good day tampa bay: a car crash... at a bay area charity. fox 13's shayla reaves joins us from tampa... to explain why it could really ?hurt the homeless.. also ahead in the five o'clock hour of good day... an about face... for "facebook." the social media giant is making a big change to its ?news feeds. why it could finally clear up some confusion... over what ((walter a driver loses control... and gets into an accident... but the damage this morning... is re

st. petersburg and if you know your history of the war, the beat the beach of leningrad was horrific. 's father and mother were trapped inside the city. on older brother of his died during the siege and his father was terribly wounded on the battlefield that most people unless they are really history buff probably have never heard of. when they tried to break out of the siege and it's an amazing sight to see even today. it was a horrific battle, the soviet army lost 300,000 men during that battle and his father barely survived. he was previously wounded and limped as a result for the rest of his life and i wanted to begin the story there because even though the war is receding farther and farther into history , it's remains a something very much current in today's russia. it was used in the soviet time really is the great, schmidt of the soviet union was defeating nazi germany, but it also places history today of the great russia and the threats from beyond russia that you have to be ever vigilant for and they use this, the ceremonies remembering their greatest generation in a way tha

lawmakers will be at work this next session so maybe in st petersburg, jonathan petramala, 10 news wtsp. last year a similar bill was killed in the state senate even though it overwhelmingly passed in the house. devastation...and many still in shock...after wildfires tore through gatlinburg, tennessee. the area saw some relief with heavy rains...but 3- more people have been found dead. that brings the total to seven people killed in the wildfires. even with wednesday's rain, homes are still smoldering. the fires destroyed more than 700 buildings. nearly 16- have burned. gatlinburg remains closed and under a curfew tonight. homeowners may be allowed to return in the coming days. and severe storms created an outbreak of tornadoes across the south. as if wildfires aren't enough, two people were killed by a possible twister in tennessee...and businesses were destroyed. in alabama, another possible tornado killed three people. this time lapse video is the storm arriving in atlanta. lights add that special twinkle to your christmas light display... but they're also attracting grinches. 10news

st. petersburg isome to dozenof interne trolls. ththey spread per russiaian propaganda usually on social media outlets and they do that in a number of different ways. some emploloes generatate fake news stories. others post comments in forums and chat rooms. ,till others run social bots and animated software that spreads across social networkss by d disguising it is a real person. these efforts at manipulating the media can have dangerous a later this month, a man fired shots at a restaurant in washington d c after reading a fake news story that said that the restaurant was the headquarte of a child trafficking ring. daniel domscheit-berg, that was, of course, a look at the fake news operation. taking that and hacking, can we be sure they are occurring at the behest of russian authorities? in a time when cyber attacks are ongoing every day, all day long from all players involved. every major intelligence service that has people in active operation, they have people hacking. the only thing not worthy here is that something very impo

st. petersburg bowl has mississippi winning 17-16. >>> the s.e.c. as lucky in the independence bowl. willie geist will not want to watch this one, sorry my friend. his vanderbilt commodores taking on nc state. vandy draws first blood going up 3. the wolfpack score early and often. interception leads to nc state's first td of the night. then wide receiver jalen samuels does it again, going 55 yards for his second score of the game. when all is said and done he ends up with three touchdown catches on the night. but vandy mounts a comeback cutting it to 28-17. then the dagger. heinz goes the distance on a breakaway kickoff return, going yes, 100 yards. nc state just too much for vanderbilt. 41-17. >>> finally, let's have a little nba basketball. the lowly brooklyn nets, 7-22, looking to stop the hornets who are on a three-game winning streak. it's back and forth the whole second half. hornets come storming back. center cody zeller with the put-back gives charlotte a 1-point lead with 2.3 seconds to go. >> it's foye. long three. got it! oh, my. >> randy

st. petersburg for the same folks. it's something that in terms of looking backwards and forwards, we have to be watching it and thinking about what to call it. >> the rise of russia out of nowhere, russia is roaring back to the front row of world leadership. it has to be considered a big story for 2016. >> so much of this began with the vote and great britain and we now have a few other votes that take place in nations that can help determine the stability and the policy we will have. ials think in addition to the election and the rise of populism and a tribal approach, politics in the republican party changed dramatically and it causes the thinking and a reimagination and reinvention for democrats. if we were sitting here, republicans think long and hard about what it looks like. >> it's my party having to do that. there are a lot of interesting stories and they pivot off the point of politics. >> absolutely. speaking of donald trump, back in july. >> i have joined the political a rene on so the powerful can no longe

st. petersburg police say a burglar who crept into a woman's bedroom did something even creepier before he left. they have charged jasper firoenza with burglary of a home in shore acres. the victim awoke to find him standing in her room. she screamed but before he ran, >>> citrus county deputies believe a woman burned to death in her car while trying to make a u-turn. the fire happened monday but it was just today that deputies identified the identity of linda steve. they believe she tried to turn around on a dirt driveway, got her car stuck on roots, and the grass caught fire and engulfed her car. >>> fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a popular recron center caught fire just before 3 am. nearly 3 dozen firefighters spent more than an hour putting out the fire. people who live in the neighborhood say the center was an important part of the community and the can't believe it's gone.>> it's just heartbreaking coming you know? these kids go to school right in these two schools. working out of their home and being able to put a smile on their face knowing they had somewhe

st. petersburg police want to know if you recognize this man you see over my shoulder. he's accused of a shocking sexual assault. cameron talked to the victim. she shares how with. it was a friday night. >> attorney megan per fernandez consults victims but this night she game one. >> he pushed his body against mine. i was jammed up against this wall. >> she said she had never seen the man before . >> he took one hand and put it on my chest area to push me back, my breasts. >> fernandez was scared. >> i immediately put my knee up in a defensive move. you know, i kneed him basically. >> the suspect was already gone. the attack caught on surveillance cameras is too graphic to show. >> we are horrified by this happening but it's not surprising. >> while for now police are serious. >> i think there's a shame and embarrassment that comes with these sexually specific crimes. >> she hopes police find the man before he hurts anyone else. >> i'm not ashamed our embarrassed but this man should be. >> i'm cameron poleham reporting. >>> a 13-year-old south florida girl and one of hi

st. petersburg.ecreationgs, one a compound and the other a warehouse in moscow will not be allowed to be used by american diplomats. reciprocity is very important. basically what you do to us, we can do to you. recognition from the kremlin that trump is very different from obama. the president-elect taking power on the 20th of january and these are very different people with very different goals. molly: what do we see in terms of reaction outside government circles? thomas: if we away from the politicians a little bit and keep within the idea of government. the official mouthpiece, sort of, for the government is the reallynd said -- mirrored what the kremlin said that donald trump is a very different -- suggests the goal of president obama is to make life difficult for donald trump. looking at what could donald trump do if you wanted to roll back these sanctions if he came into power and the suggestion that they came to is it would be very easy to get russian diplomat to use those buildings that have

st. petersburg. >> president-elect donald trump has repeatedly refused to say the kremlin had anything involvement in the election. all the computers are complicated our lives greatly. the age of computer has made it where no one knows exactly what is going on. >> mr. trump said it is time to of mouton bigger and better things and will meet with leader of the intelligence community to be updated. >> we are sending you push alerts on our news app. our crew will keep you updated for the latest information download the app. >> bay area woman is in jail for mail theft. it was easy for her. the 45-year-old was in illegal possession of a master key with the postal service and she could unlock mail boxes across the bay area. here is our reporter, cornell barnard. >> the 7-eleven parking lot is where police arrest the a 45-year-old after she first parked illegally in a handicapped space. she was high on drugs. methamphetamine was found in her car. that is not all. all the searches with done and we legislated several articles of mail that did not belong to her. >> mail from different addresses from the sou

st. petersburg to discucuss closer ties.yria, still remain on with the two sides supporting opposite sides. putin is looking for a diplomatic solution beneficial and russia. in recent days, both governments have been working together in the aleppo cease-fire situation. >> of shooter injured three worshipers before turning the gun of himself. three people are still recovering in the hospital. >> what we can say at this point is that there is no indication of any kind of terrorist or an islamici.s. radicalization of the suspect. this is what we know so far. looking through the items that we found in his flat, we discovered that the killer might've had an interest in occultism. says: a wimbledon champion she is lucky to be alive after she was injured defending herself from a knife wielding intruder in her apartment. the tennis world number 11 was injured in her playing arm and gave no indication as to when she might be able to play again. she was attacked in her flat in a city 200 kilometers from paris. >> police are looking fo

st. petersburg waking up to find a strange man looming over her bed. we're live tonight with how a baby gate caught this guy. michael? >> reporter: paul, you know, that man that was arrested in this neighborhood just lives a street over from this victim and into the victim's home he broke into 11 days earlier. >> i can't believe he came back either. >> reporter: this time, brittney kline was prepared. a new security system alarmed. two weeks ago, jasper fiorenza came through an unlocked side door. he cat woke up her. >> i could see the shadow of the man standing at the side of my bed. she called out. he didn't move down at the foot of my bed petting the cat. he wasn't looking at me. >> he was arrested in pinellas county in 2014 so his prints were already on fire. >> it's very important that i had the baby gate. that's where they pulled the door from, so he had to put his hand on the door frame. >> reporter: she doesn't want to think about whether or not he was in her home before the night she saw him. >> i hope he goes to prison for county jail for a c

st. petersburg in russia and what you're seeing is an natural effect that can occur anywhere in the worldere are three distinct suns in the air. basically there is a halo around the sun and because there is ice crystals in the cirrus clouds it's a trick of the light as it reflects off it creates these two phantom suns. >> that's cool. >> if you look closely you can kind of see the halo going all the way around. there are videos of this popping up all over which gives you a better indicator of how the halo work. stunning drone footage, but what you can see right here is the three suns and you can see the halo. >> that looks so freaking cool, though. >> the last video we got also from russia, this one from sochi, talking to the camera and she is right on the coast. i can't imagine what is coming up. >> stop. stop. stop. oh. oh. oh. >> oh, she got knocked down. >> she got wiped out. >> still holding on to the phone, she comes out and looks like a drowned cat. it is a little chilly over in sochi but she appears to be fine. >> going for a selfie and she captured herself a viral video, too. >>>

st. petersburg, florida, police say that two women were involved in a road rage incident that ended in an mcdonald's drive-thru, you see a woman pull up behind the other silver nissan and gets out of her car and walks up and slaps the other driver and the suspect walks back to her car and out of the drive-thru, police are now looking for the woman. >> a woman in utah found an unwanted gift if her son's christmas stocking, a thumbtack. she was hungry and grabbed a bite size snickers from her son's stocking and ate two of the candies and then when she ate the third she found more than milk chocolate and peanuts when she bit into the candy bar. >> bit down there was a thumbtack and it was hard and i spit it out. and a gold thumbtack in the middle of it. >> fortunately she did not break a tooth or injure herself. she threw away the tack. right now she is not planning to sue. >>> still ahead here on "action news" another check of your forecast stepping live outside looking at sky 6 hd and dillworth park. meteorologist, david murphy, with an update from accuweather. we are a military family. th

st. petersburg are trying to figure-out how a man ended-up ?dead... in a drainage pond. someone saw the body around four p-m, 47th avenue north and third street. police say: it's too early to identify the man, or determine ?how he died... but they are saying: there were no obvious signs of trauma. ((walter come look at the screen if you can. pasco deputies are looking for a group of burglars, who went on a break-in spree thursday morning. the sheriff's office says: these guys hit two cellphone stores... by smashing the door, with a piece of concrete.... and got away with a bunch of i-phones. now detectives wonder if this same group is connected in spring hill. ((vanessa)) we're just days away from a pivotal moment in american history: the bombing of pearl harbor. it's been almost 75-years since december 7th, 19-41... "the day that will live in infamy." but today, a man who survived that horrible day... is heading back hawaii... and all those memories. ((vanessa fox-13's alcides segui is at tampa international airport... where a 94-year-old world war two vet, is about to

st. petersburg. so north to south we're seeing that change in temperature and also you can see 24 hours ago it was much warmer obviously. it's cooler now, 14 degrees cooler than it was 24 hours ago in crystal river and eventually folks farther south will feel that as well as the cool air continues to spill southward. a few showers offshore of the southeastern portion of florida. otherwise things clear out as high pressure builds into the region. high pressure will provide a stronger it will be breezy throughout the day on and off starting in the morning hours with sunshine mixed in. the same for the afternoon. our temperatures are very pleasant, pretty close to our average highs. a few clouds around, too. as we get into saturday, start the warming trend as we change those winds more easterly. that's just a natural warming trend for us when that happens. typical december temps in the 50s to start the day. in the afternoon fantastic fall day, comfortable and sunny bradenton, northern spots perhaps a li

st. petersburg. >>> pilgrims and tourist are celebrating christmas in beth hem today. thousands flock to celebrate christmas every year. security is tight in beth ham. in the holy land. >>> christmas eve hardly silent in the bay area. thousands brought children to experience christmas in the park in san jose. we have a band intentertaining crowd. >> it feels good, right. after such a long time having heat it's nice to have cool days. >> it feels wonderful here and cool. so looking great. >> christmas in the park was not only one in the bay area, check out valley mall. it closed at 6:00 last night. >>> derrick carr is schedule to have surgery today. this after he fractured his fibula. as today in the bay, rick boon shows us most will do well in the playoffs. >> sad situation, hopefully the people will rally around and pick him up and move on to the next game. >> reporter: this happened to the star quarterback breaking his right fibula. >> i saw him go down. he sloped to the side and went down he downhill from there. >> they have to be ready for the next battle. you have

st. petersburg as retaliation from president obama's decision. shut down that were used for intelligence related purposes. a cease-fire has taken effect in syria between government troops and rebel forces. russia and turkey brokered the deal. is the way to a settlement to end syria's civil war. demand they play a leading role in intelligence sharing after brexit. britain will push for a central role in europe all as part of brexit negotiations. it kept the u.k. being asked to pol.e euro the japanese government and business groups are asking companies to let workers finish on the last friday of every month. the goal is to curb excessive work hours and to get people to spend money. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine? michael? michael: may i just point out, taylor, this is the last friday of the month. we should all go. taylor: we should all go shop. who cannotr those leave early as the trading books moved to the united states, here

intends to expel 31 american diplomats from its embassy in moscow and four from its consulate in st petersburgthe measure is in response to president obama's decision to kick out 35 diplomats because of allegations that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the kremlin denies trying to discredit hillary clinton during the campaign by publishing hacked emails. our correspondent laura bicker reports from washington. russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. moscow had been warned but now it's being punished for interfering in us elections. america's top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack on the e—mails of hillary clinton's closest aides was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. but mr trump has always questioned the evidence. once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you're not gonna catch them. you don't know if it is russia or china or somebody, it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. but the cia and fbi both agree — the hackers, they say, were russian, and now mr trump is softening his stance. in

st. petersburg. the sailboat show opened up today and it is going onto the weekend, right by the happy plan for the state fair tickets went on sale today and they are cheaper today only, nine dollars for 12 and older, five dollars for kids 6 to 11, ride armbands are 20 or $30 depending on which day you go. the fair is about to become like disney, by today get a whole access pass to use as an express line for the ride on weekend when they you can get those tickets on the florida state fair website. i can already smelled the cinnamon buns.>>> december 1 today, 23 days until christmas which means 22 days left for you to shop. i am already sweating, a little math to go along with the song. >> 23 days left to purchase my >> i'm taking my time so i get it right. >> if you are going to get everything mentioned in the 12 days of christmas you would pay more than $34,000. it does sound like a lot but that is not too bad considering the bargain this year, the cost went up .7% from last year which is $230. pnc

st. petersburg. just recently, we launched a new road there that will be very helpful for the entire northwestern part of russia. and there are other examples in other parts of russia. you asked about public debt. this is a very serious issue. the debt of a certain province should not exceed 50% of its internal revenue. and the situation is quite positive. it means the government has a very proper balanced financial policy. a budgetary policy. there are only five provinces in russia that have violated this rule. require of course special support special , attention. but on the whole, i have to say that this is a serious issue. the debt of russia is over 2 trillion rubles. even though the government takes necessary steps to address this problem, this year for example, we have allocated 380 billion toles, providing loans refinance this debt, drawing the , the from commercial banks finance ministry loans, which have lower interest rates, 0% interest rates. we will continue this work in the future. and n

st. petersburg. that's not going to have much effect.up, closer to putin and even connected some financial or power way that would be more effective. >> i was going to ask you precise 0ly about that. is there something that putin, since obama pointed the finger of blame toward the russian president, is there something that would make vladimir putin think i shouldn't have done that. i shouldn't have poked the bear? >> i guess pukd call it the nuclear option for the united states would be to reveal information on. it's never been proven which the president has as much money, billions of dollars as some have alleged. that would be targeting the president of russia itself. it could be unpredictable what he might want to do. the important thing here is we have never really been at a state like this before. this is outright attacking and potentially leading to a cyberwar between the two countries. nobody knows what weapons will be used and how it will end. before we go, an update on the death of debbie reynolds. she was 84 years old. she had t

st. petersburg, florida are looking for a driver who assaulted another driver that happened in october. the woman followed the victim into a mcdonald's drive-thru. the woman waulks up to the drivr and attacks her. the woman got back in her car and drove away. >>> we continue beyond basketball, it's these things that matter. see the incredible kindness of the warrior's biggest stars helping one teenager. >>> we have a look at what's coming up at 5:00. >>> coming up next. >> it feels hopeless. >>> the exfiancee of ray mcdonald speaks out one day after a video showing mcdonald charging at her and their baby. >>> a new massive recall from honda. >>> treating your col >>> the golden state warriors took time out to finish a young man's wish, darrell aikens has leukemia and though he's fighting his cancer has returned. abc 7 has our >> he's trying to see how much he can make. >> reporter: 18-year-old darrell aikens is watching steph curry launch one free ball after another and they are counting each second as precious, grateful he gets a chance to fulfill his wish. to meet curry. >> what's goi

st. petersburg. 75 in sarasota. our dew points right now are in the 70s. look to the top left hand corner of your screen. you see that yellow? 40s, 50s. even the that is the type of drier air that is headed our way by tomorrow morning. so last muggy one for you for a few. couple of showers, yeah, 20 percent overall rain chance. high near 79. tonight 60 degrees. overnight low as it starts to turn dryer. and really feel that difference tomorrow during the day with sunshine and high of 76 degrees. we will go back to upper 70s for the weekend. but this by monday going to 82 degrees temperatures. vanessa. all right dave. not creepy showers. huh. i hate to see creepy ones. just stay home i guess. hey, dave i knew you were watching some fog earlier this morning. >> yeah along i-4. we had some in polk county and eastern hillsborough. we've got skyway bridge up i wasn't really expecting to see this towards top we have a whole lot of looks like fog. so reduced vice iblts here make sure you slowing it down. might also be doing some maintenance or road work here on th

st. petersburg police say the woman in the dark car cut off another woman on the road.he other woman followed her into the drive through, got her and slapped her. >> oh my word. >> and then she got back in her car, backed out and drove away. she walks over to the window. police are considering this a case of road rage. >> my goodness. >> wow. >>> which celebrity would you like to live next door to? according to the celebrity neighbor survey. >> because there is such a thing. >> the obamas take the top spot. >> and they're going to bei staying in the area for a little while of president obama leaves the office. coming in second place dewayne the rock johnson and chip and joanna gaines. the leastsi the beebs, justin bieber. nobody wants to live next to him. >>> it's a throwback thursday on the "today" show this morning. their first. by wrangler is coming back with handler bill. last year the "today" show raised its first puppy with a purpose. >> he's become a guide dog. >> we were in the room that first night and wrangler is licking my face and putting a paw in my lap and

st. petersburg, a couple cooler, 66 degrees. some 60s to the north. brooksville, still sitting at 63 inverness is 66 degrees. lakeland, you're -- orlando is 76 degrees and sarasota at 74 throughout the interior, some 60s and 70s, getting into the mid 70s as you go down to highlands county. it was really a pretty significant told front that moved through. temperatures runng up to some cases 12 degrees colder compared to this time yesterday. and then on top of that, the much drier air yesterday with those dew points, they were in the 70s and it really felt fairly muggy outside. now we drop the numbers into the 30s and the 40s, 41 here in tampa. that's the kind of weather, even with these daytime highs getting into the mid and some cases approaching the upper 70s, it still feels very, very the weekend and into about sunday. by sunday, things will start to change because this high pressure, which is sitting to the north, that will continue to shift out into the atlantic and you can see, you don't have to go far to really find more cloudy skies and moistur

st. petersburg as persona non grata. >> reporter: president putin likely waiting for a far present liar administration under donald trump did not take that advice saying in his statement, we will not create problems for american diplomatses, we will not send anyone away. with a stroke of drama putin even issued this invitation to american children. in response to new u.s. sanctions ice invite all children of the u.s. diplomats to the new year and christmas show at the kremlin signed yourself sincerely, vladimir putin. the u.s. shut down two russian-owned government compounds one in new york. and another in maryland, a 45-acre property purchased by the soviet government in 1972. vehicles were seen leaving the maryland estate and returning to the russian embassy in washington. the white house says the russians working at the compounds were spying on the u.s. >> what these individuals were doing were basically collecting intelligence. they're intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> reporter: russia, however

st. petersburg. it is what the russians said.hey would have reciprical measures applied to the sanctions that the u.s. obama administration imposed. the final decision the kremlin said, it rests with vladimir putin. putin is in no hurry to make a final decision. with the latest announcement from the russian foreign ministry this will be taken to expel the 35 u.s. diplomats from the embassies and consulates here in russia. >> the way this works, lavrov makes a recommendation and it is up to putin whether or not to act on expelling these 35 individuals, right? >> reporter: i think so, yeah. just like in the united states in that sense. this is the decision taken by the president of the country. now there was a suggestion earlier, joe, that putin may hold back and may wait to make a decision and not make any response because he knows in a few weeks donald trump will be in the white house. trump more sympathetic to the kremlin point of view and someone the kremlin believes they can do a deal with. with the recommendation from the for

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