that kept people awake, and on edge, all it's 5:--, on walter allen.((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes. hundreds of families, counting on a bay area charity to keep them fed... will likely go hungry today... because of a car accident. (vanessa fox-13's shayla reaves is at the st. vincent depaul society in tampa right now. shayla... this comes no closed captioning is available for traffic. ((walter the time now is 5:??. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: a tense situation kept people awake overnight in south tampa. just after three this morning, emergency crews responded to a fire call on "bay to bay," and south firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from a second story window. as they were climbing up the side of the building, a man appeared, and tried to attack them with a ?hammer... and block their entry. police were able to get inside, baker-act the man and firefighters put out the fire. they believe the man started the fire inside his apartment, but haven't said ?why. ((walter investigators in st. petersburg are trying to figure

i'm walter allen.((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes. smoke continues to pour from a local rec center... destroyed in an early morning fire. fox 13's shayla reaves is live outside the winston park recreation center in clair-mel... shayla, it's still too dangerous for thanks, shayla. and now lets get another check on the forecast from 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: eight years after he was sentenced for manslaughter... a hillsborough county man may go free, today. "trevor dooley" shot and killed a young father named "david james" on a basketball court, six year ago. dooley says: he was defending himself. now, he's awaiting a new trial... and on wednesday, a judge granted dooley bond. it's set at 100-thousand ((walter in manatee, a substitute teacher is off the job... after being charged with molesting three girls. detectives say "brad bellingar" knew the girls outside of school.. and he's been abusing them for ?years. reps with the manatee s

i'm walter allen((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffess... jen epstein will join us next hour. we're continuing to follow breaking news in tampa... where crews are battling a massive fire at a rec center. (vanessa - take cg3) the winston park recreation center on destin drive in the clair- mel area, caught fire a little more than an hour ago. the flames were so huge at one point, our shayla reaves could see them a mile away on the selmon expressway. ((vanessa shayla is at the scene right now... shayla, firefighters just held

i'm walter allen. ((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes... in for jen. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look a developing story now in tampa: where a bay area charity will be struggling to feed the homeless today. the "st. vincent de paul society" normally feeds a huge crowd, every ?friday. but last night, the charity took a big hit... a car crashed right into the food bank! and it couldn't have happened at a worse time. fox 13's shayla reaves is ?live outside the food bank a developing story in pasco county.. where deputies are searching for a man they call " armed and dangerous." authorities say this man.. 26-year-old sanchez savage.. has a history of for active warrants out of georgia.. he's accused of running from law enforcement.. possession of marijuana.. and obstruction.. if you see savage or know where he might be... call 9-1-1 right away. there is also a reward of up to three ?thousand dollars for info leading to his arrest... from crimestoppers. you can call them at the number on your screen... 1- 800-873-tips. in sarasota: a mother

i'm walter allen((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes... jen epstein will join us next hour. let's start off with a check

i'm walter allen. and i'm vanessa ruffes... in for jen. and we begin, with breaking news in east tampa... where a huge fire has broken out. fox 13's shayla reaves is center", in the palm river another night of scary storms in the south. the system has already produced ?several tornadoes. at least ?three of them were confirmed by radar wednesday afternoon... just outside of atlanta. as you can see, the storm downed trees and power lines in the cobb county area. the national weather damage... later today. thankfully no serious injuries have been reported. and now lets go to dave for more on this wild weather... and our local forecast. some fog early, with variable clouds and a quick shower possible today. high temps in the upper turning much drier. lows near 60. mostly sunny skies return for friday, with drier air and and that storm system that hit georgia... helped put out most of the raging wildfires in tennessee. but the danger is far from over. officials say all mudslides and rockslides. the death toll from the fires in the gatlinburg ar

walter allen is at the orient road jail to tell us why. >>walter: good morning to you. that's right. trevor dooley was granted a new trial and in the process of that, he was also granted bond of $100,000 yesterday afternoon so we're awaiting trevor dooley to step out of the orient road i just stepped inside a half hour ago to see where it stands. he's still in processing but as early as 8:00, he could be released. but how do we get to this point? let's take a look back at how this all unfolded. trevor dooley is serving an eight-year sentence for killing david james during an argument on a basketball court in 2010. he has already served two years of that sentence in a prison. this spring, dooley was granted a new trial and yesterday judge set his bond as $100,000. he will not be allowed to leave his home in orlando county unless for medical or legal reasons and he also will not be allowed to open a weapon or contact the victim's family. if you remember this situation all unfolded right in front of the victim's daughter danielle, david james' daughter who was only eight y

first walter allen in for charley. good morning. >>charley: good morning. you're talking about the little dogs four together and you have the size of my dog. 75 pounds of black lab. that's what rookie is. we're at the dunedin fine arts center and we're talking about a pottery sale that will blow your mind. it's going on this weekend. it is awesome pottery. it is inexpensive so if you are fishing for a christmas gift, this is the place to be. today, we talk differently.... work differently... relax differently. take energy. at duke energy, we're doing things differently too. like new ways to generate power and even store it... ...for cleaner energy every day. so no matter how different things become, we're always here .... (russell- welcome back to good day tampa bay. the >>russell: welcome. 7:23. family, friends and fans running back income -- mc knight. >>jennifer: he was found laying on the road, his car nearby. a man is in custody after surrendering at the scene. detectives haven't told us what the argument was about but they say mc knight did not have a

should head through there without any big delays but watch out for emergency responders on over to walter allen. you mate a quick transition from the anchor desk to charley's world. how is it looking? >>walter: looking good. any plans for the weekend? >>vanessa: i don't know. maybe more christmas preparations, shopping, i don't know. what about you? >>walter: i don't know. there's so many fun things to do in and around the bay area. early yerp we were talking about howard there was enough singing for me earlier this morning. i will not put people through that. i think we heard dogs howling in south tampa as we were driving up here to dunedin. no more singing for me. i will save everybody at home. here's the fun event if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, if you don't to want relax at home which i think natalie and i will do this weekend, the dunedin fine arts center, there's a pottery sale center but it's not just the pottery sale. we'll tell you all about the fun things that you'll be able to take advantage of if you come here. the line will be stretched out the door just to

walter allen in for charley belcher this morning. we're at the dunedin fine arts? with lorraine. lorraine, you are instructor of, this had a whole big giant student abstract acrylic expressionism. i also teach intro to pastels reason we're talk to you tomorrow they have big open house which starts at 10 o'clock. that's where you can buy all pottery by way. here, is one the demos that will be going on. this where people can come and see everything that the dunedin fine arts center has to offer. and you will be given a demo about this. so what are you agoing to be telling folks tomorrow? basically the way i teach my classes, and i have some of my students here, and it's all about painting abstractly. and there's two different kinds of abstract. there is figure active which basically it looks like something. and then there is this, which is nonobjective. which is basically composition color, shapes and value. and each week in our class, we talk about a different way to start a painting. how do you start? you have blank canvas what do you do. so tomorrow in the demo aring blank canva

. >> reporter: and then 27 when he died in a freak accident and we lost bullish figures jim walter allen grant and florence henderson >> reporter: on the brighter side as a good year for hamilton broadway smash 111 awards. and present-day politics and storebrand and richard nixon right message for vice-president mike pence. >> reporter: that prompted calls for a boycott after the sold-out show had its best week ever. beyond say remain the queen won awards for her second visual album broke records with her formation to our and everywhere from the super bowl to the country music association awards. capriole for an oscar taking best actor from terrible condition the revenue. disney to buy three of stock fell. by bill a surprise for litter chatter as a laureate, he's supposed to give a lecture there within six months. we'll see whether he changes his tune in 2017. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. there is perception and there is reality. it has no doubt been a tumultuous year for the oakland police de

fox 13 walter allen is orient road jail to tell us trevor dooley is expected to a walk out of the orient road jail he won't walk out complete free man. of course he was granted a retrial. so is still waiting that future trial that's coming up. but he was granted a $100,000 bond by a judge yesterday afternoon. now let's get back to how this all started. his original sentence. trevor dooley was serving an eight year sentence for killing david james during an argument in valrico on basketball court back in 2010. he served two years in prison. of course he was granted a new trial back in the spring. and yesterday the judge set his bond at $100,000. now under the conditions of his bond dooley will not be allowed to leave his home in spring hill in orlando county unless four medical or legal reasons he will also not be allowed to own a weapon or contact the victim's family. now let's stay with victim's family. remember this happened in front of janes's daughter danielle who is only teenager now. janes's widow argued her daughter his daughter is frightened of dooley being released out on bond.

sergeant first-class allen brown died on tuesday at walter reed military hospital. he was from takoma park. brown was injured when militants attacked bagram air field. a suicide bomber got on to the base and targeted a crowd getting ready for a post veteran's day fun run. also killed. >>> this morning we're working to learn if a truck driver will face charges in a deadly crash in frederick. first 4 traffic brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. 40-year-old ross michaels died after a tractor-trailer driver lost control and crashed into his car where i-70 meets i-270. maryland state police say the truck driver couldn't slow down in time, and hit his brakes abruptly. michaels was the father of two children, he was headed home after picking up a computer from his >>> and paramedics had to take ten people to the hospital after a metro bus hit a car. the crash happened in southeast d.c. last night. just before 7:00. when the w 4 bus was turning on to south capitol street from malcolm x boulevard. police say no one was seriously injured in that accident. >>>

allen e. brown. he died december 6 at walter reed national medical center. two other soldiers were killed in an attack. jummy: thing triggered and giving back -- the brand-new way you can make a difference by remembering what it -- by remembering one of professional basketball new this morning, a colorful way to give back. a collection of craig sager pins goes on sale to benefit the sager foundation fight against cancer. he was the nba sideline reporter known for his loud suits and insightful interviews. he died two weeks ago today after a long battle with leukemia. about thest talking colorful warm-up shirts that the nba teams have been wearing. larry: iran into adam silver -- , checking adam silver out the african-american history museum. jummy: he should stay. the wizards have won seven in a row at home. larry: don't go anywhere, adam. veronica: speaking of color, we have had a colorful radar this morning. we have had blue and pink showing the sleet. a few pockets of light snow. but now that is gone. some rain, moderate to heavy, in areas of anne arundel

sergeant first class allen browne of takoma park was injured in an ied blast. he died at walter reed medical center. jonathan: the story will make you smile -- a video seen nearly a million times online. a man is singing outside of the gallery place metro station. connection with a little girl. >> ♪ every step gayle talkeda-lysa with the girl and her mother to erenadeho said the sara is what the world needs now. anna-lysa: in this section of chinatown, one thing you can always count on is music. >> ♪ the world will change my name is kenny. i've been doing music since i was five years old. anna-lysa: he goes by the stage name kenny sway and spends the day performing for anyone willing to watch. wednesday afternoon, he caught m eye. evelyn's the 11-year-old who suffers from raleigh, north carolina. >> we want to get a drink and we heard the music. anna-lysa: her mom was standing by her side when this happened. >> she kind of walked up to me. i pulled her in. ♪ evelyn held onto his hand as he ciare serenaded her. it was streamed live on facebook. it has more than 900,000 views. it'

walter thank you. >>> a violent convict already tied to four heinous crimes against women is now facing murder charges. 37-year-old byron allen of philadelphia stand as accused of brutally murdering natasha gibson in yeadon and they called it a random attack and fits allen's pattern of stalking and attacking women and faces charges in four other slashes and sex assaults in kensington as well. he is also the prime suspect in another murder that happened back in july. >>> the manhunt continues tonight in germ nay for a suspect in this week's deadly attack on a packed christmas market in berlin. photos of 24-year-old anis amri. a poster is plastered across europe. he is a suspect and not necessarily the man behind the wheel at the time of the attack. we have more on the hundreds of tips that police are sorting through coming up at 5:30. >>> nearly five years after their daughter was capture bid the taliban, a pennsylvania family is speaking out now that a new video of her pleading for help is released. >> we waited since 2012 for someone to understand our problem. 31-year-old caitlyn coleman appeared in the video with her husban

sergeant first class allen brown was injured by an ied explosion in afghanistan last month pretty he died yesterday at walter reed medical center. two other soldiers were also killed. brown, who was 46 years old and joined the military in 2004, was on his fifth deployment. connection with a deadly wildfires in tennessee, both charged with aggravated arson. prosecutors are deciding whether or not to try them as adults. the flames left areas completely flattened and caused thousands of residents to run for their lives. no word exactly how, when, or why the teenagers started the fire. dolly parton has organized a music telethon to raise money for the victims of the fire. the event will air next tuesday on great american country. kenny rogers, with mcintyre, -- reba mcentire, and alison krauss. autria: coming up here, temperatures dropping. adding to that, the wind is picking up. veronica johnson is tracking the winter weather headed our way. and "good morning washington" is - i am the power of one. - i am the power of one. - we are the power of one. - by agreeing to have my... both: our... - novec power bill ro

allen brown. he was injured by a suicide bomber early in november and died while being treated at walter reid medicalter. >>> developing this morning, two soldiers are dead in texas. investigators are trying to figure out why their apache helicopter crashed. the texas army national guard says the helicopter was on a routine flight when it broke apart in the air. the soldiers were the only people on board. both of their bodies were recovered from the galveston bay. >>> utah's attorney general is threatening to sue president obama over two monuments. the land is considered sacred. critics of the monument say it's unnecessary federal control that closed the area to development and . >>> if you are looking for something to do with the family own new year's day, we've got an easy free idea for you. you can take everybody over to virginia's 37 state parks, one of them anyways. admission won't cost you anything. plus if you take a family picture and post it before midnight, you could win a $500 dr prize. >>> 6:17 right now. covering northern virginia, a family is getting help to fight their mold investation

allen brown. he was injured by a suicide bomber in afghanistan last month. he died this month while being treated at waltereid medical center. two other u.s. service members and two american contractors were killed in the november blast. >>> we have different views. we have to have peace. i think it set us back. but we're going to see what happens after january 20th. i think you're going to be very impressed. >> as president-elect donald trump at his florida estate last night with boxing promoter don king. and what you just heard was trump speaking about the israel-palestine conflict. con king saying that trump is a leader who can make peace happen. this appearance coming hours of john kerry harshly criticized israeli setmentmetlements on on west bank. kerry continued to call on israelis and palestinians to negotiate a peace plan. the president-elect said that kerry's comments set us back and that we have to have peace. >>> the convicted emanuel ame shooter dylan roof will represent him during the penalty phase of his trial. he was found guilty of killing nine people. the federal government is pursuing the

allen brown. he was injured by a suicide bomber in afghanistan in november. brown died this month while being treated at walter read medical center. two american service members and contractors were killed in the blast. >>> a 71-year-old in serious condition after being stuck in the woods for several days in the richmond area, she and her 5-year-old great granddaughter disappeared driving from new jersey to north carolina. their car got stuck in dinwiddie. police believe barbara riley turned down a private road, ran over a small tree and became stuck. police say she and the 5-year-old girl spent several days in the woods. luckily, had so but by the time authorities got there, brily was unconscious. >> the two deputies carried ms. brily back to the main path where they put her in one of their police cars. >> brily was airlifted to a hospital. the 5-year-old girl that you see alongside her in this picture was reunited with her family. >>> just a day after her daughter, carrie fisher, died. hollywood actress debbie reynolds has also passed. >> this happened as reynolds was making funeral arrange mgts for fisher.

allen e. brown was one of three soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device. that explosion happened in bagram on november 12. the other two soldiers died instantly. sergeant brown was being treated at walter reed national medical center in bethesda and he died yesterday. jonathan: well, coming up for us here at "abc7 news at air force one pilot at arlington's national ceremony. alison: as plans for water filtration system moves forward find out why not everyone is excited about the change. >> after 45 years, though, it's time to say goodbye to elected office. but not to service. jonathan: why maryland senator barbara mikulski says today's speech on the s >> and what do hockey and baseball have in common? jonathan: back with an update. backyard synthetic ice skating troubles last september. kevin lewis is live with a look where the rink stands now. will the kids be skating this year or what? kevin: absolutely, jonathan. the story goes mark khan approached the jewish community center here in rockaway saying hey, i have a $40,000 synthetic ice rink. i have nothing to do with it. do you want it? as you can see, the answer was an overwhelming yes! moving and reassembling his labor of love name