Moments before, a fight broke out and one man tried to make a run for it. Paul mueller picks up the story from there. Reporter now the suspect ran across the street, got into the car and tried to make a u turn. And at one point, people started banging on the car, he hit a victim and plowed through the bar. It was really chaotic. Happened really fast. It was like the blink of an eye. Reporter witnessed watched it unfold, remembering the crowd an car. It just became a riot. Reporter police trying to sort it out. Someone was injured and he left the scene. Theres property damage, somebody injured, thats serious. Reporter the bar is known for the military decor. One of the owners have served the country for four decades. Ybor is a community here. We do pull together. We are used to good type of business here. This nature. Reporter and tampa police are combing through Surveillance Video in their investigation. In ybor city, paul mueller, news channel 8. And a little girl is in the hospital right now after being struck by a car on her way to school. News channel 8s ryan hughes spoke to police and the god mother about what happened. Reporter the little girl was walking to Cleveland Elementary School when she accidentally walked off the sidewalk and was then struck by that bmw. We spoke to the Vanessa Marquez who explained it could have been worse. The car didnt hit her head on, just the mirror. Reporter the right side mirror was bent when the car struck the 8yearold. Emergency crews rushed to the scene. They took her to the hospital. Her god mother gave us this picture of vanessa dressed up shes a good little girl. A great little girl. Reporter police blocked north florida avenue for more than two hours as they investigated. The Tampa Police Spokeswoman says that she was taken to the the to Tampa General Hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. She should be okay. Back to you. Police say that the driver did stop and likely will not be cited. The bucs wide receiver mike evans now apologize for refusing to apologizing for refusing to stand during the naal the u. S. Military member, their families and the fans. I chose to sit as an expression of my frustration towards this years election. With that being said, i will not sit again. The bucs play the chiefs in kansas city this weekend. An assistant principal lands in the hospital and then jail for eating a marijuana laced cookie. Pasco county deputies tell us that donna half went to the laced with marijuana oil. Investigators claim her daughter said she got them from the coworker because her mother wanted to try it for her 50th birthday. She is now on paid leave from the school where she works. Its out of character for this. Everyone is shocked. And of course, its disturbing. But given what we know at this time, we have to take action. Both women were arrested and have donna half is charged with possession of a controlled substance. She is expected to go before the director of Employee Relations with the district. More than 71 of florida voters aproved medical marijuana. Approved medical marijuana. The state legislature and department of health need to come up with regulations on how it will be sold. We spoke with an attorney whose focus is heavily regulated they see as a up and coming industry. There are rules to follow. There are obligations that have to be maintained and respected. And its not easy. If it was easy, it would be cheese or shoes. And marijuana is not night of those. Is nighter of those. Is neither of those. Now to the first at 4 00 weather. Heres Julie Phillips. Thank you, josh. And over a heres the view from palm harbor. Beautiful blue skies. A few thin clouds around but definitely enjoying more sunshine than yesterday. And still looking at mild temperatures. These are below average. 70 degrees at this location. No rain today. And we are looking at a fairly dry rest of the week. And theres the cold front that rolled through yesterday and now well to the south of us. We will continue to push south away from us and any of the rains in south florida, notice the clearing skies across the tampa bay area now, but regardless, we still have seen temperatures that have been cooler. 73 in apollo beach. 72 in plant city. And sitting at 69 in weeki wachee. And 72 in inverness. So temperatures are below average and thats where theyll be tonight as well. You will need a light jacket tomorrow morning because it will be 57 in wesley chapel. 60 in clearwater. 57 tomorrow morning in riverview. And waking up even in the 40s in county. Upper 40s there. Should be around 58 tomorrow morning in tampa with a mostly clear sky. Overall, a nice, cool fall night. And as far as temperatures go, looking at gradual warming through the end of the week but another cold front sight. Huge temperature drop behind the one. A full look at the forecast in a few minutes. All right. Thank you for that. November is Diabetes Awareness month a bay area awareness. And they are aiming to educate people about how diabetes affects not only the person suffering from it but those around them. From identifying symptoms to follow ups, they want to encourage people to speak up about the issues. There are a lot of resources out there. We just werent talking to each other. And we realized realized from the first session that we department have enough time at that session for us to develop a plan of action. One of the other goals is to recognize when people with diabetes may be in distress. Still ahead super quiet cars. What regulators are doing to make sure drivers cant sneak up on you. And then the Affordable Care act, what does it mean for you right now . 8 on your side has answers yeah, so moms got this cold. Hashtag stuffy nose. Hashtag no sleep. I got it. Hashtag mouthbreather. Pow it instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. So you can breathe. And sleep. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Now your consumer watch. Looks like the quiet Battery Powered cars wont be so quiet anymore. There are now new rules requiring electric cars and hybrids to emit sounds to warn people that they are nearby. The d. O. T. Is hoping to put a dent in the more 2400 annual injuries involving the cars. The vehicle makers years to equip quiet cars with alert sounds. This year, aaa is expecting the most thanksgiving travel since 2007. The travel forecast was released today. Aaa predicts 48. 7 million americans will travel and 1 million more will venture at least 50miles from home. The top four destination, las vegas, san francisco, san diego and orlando. History, mcdonald thes is changing the big macs flavor. Right now, its being tested in the columbus, ohio area. And they plan to offer a bigger and smaller version of the regular big mac early next year. As you have heard, president elect Donald TrumpsCampaign Platform called for partial repeals of the Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare. And while the future for the aca is unknown, right now the enrollment window for coverage in 2017 is open. So we have today wh know. Thats why 8 on your side has answers for you. Now john wax from waller and wax advisers. Thank you for being here. My pleasure. Now that donald trump is the president elect, what changes might we see . Well, the platform was repeal. Maybe on day one. Thats not going to happen. Theres a bigger process that would have to take place. So people have to plan on, its going to be there at least for the next year and we are in the this means dont expect it to go away. Theres a process. Its not going to go away before the deadline. And you have three key dates. Lets talk about these. November 1st was the beginning of the open Enrollment Period for calendar coverage 2017. And then december 15th is the last day to enroll if you want the coverage to start january 1 january 1st for 2017 which is the final enrollment date if you want coverage in 2017 and to be considered come pliant for that compliant for that year. So if you want coverage, if if you opt not to have coverage there, are consequences. Thats the next screen. The penalties part. Right. So the higher of 2. 5 of Household Income up to a max of under 11,000 or an amount per so the higher of. So higher income people could have a much higher penalty than maybe someone who is going to have a penalty based on the number of family members not enrolled. And do those consequences come attacks time . You would deal with that in the following year tax returns. So people who are going to be filing soon for 2016 will deal with their penalties for not having group plan at work, this is not necessarily applying to you. This is if you dont have coverage. Period . Period. And you cant ignore it. You need coverage or you will face consequences. Thats right. Good information. Thank you, john. And our web team will put together the web address. We will tell you about that. Go to wfla. Com and we will make sure its up there so you know where to find the information. Right. Thank you very much for that. And now an 8 on your side can impact your bank account in a big way. And according to the epa in 2017, americans wasted millions of pounds of food. How to get more out of the food you buy. Reporter food scraps add up fast. 21 of waste in landfills comes from food. The money you spent on that food could be considered trash too. To help the environment and your wallet, shop smart. Before going to the store, check fridge. Cook or eat what you have before you buy more. Make a Shopping List and plan menus. Buying in bulk can help you save money but only if you use what you buy. Before produce goes bad, freeze it. Be mindful at restaurants tell us. Only order portions you can realistically eat and take home the left overs. The buffet line, limit what you put on the plate. Before you clean out the perishable food. That can help a food pantry. And instead of tossing the food in a trash bin, start a compost pile. Those scrap, skin, peels and grounds can decompose into rich soil thats great for the garden. Simple steps. For consumer watch. I guess food wasters well, it happens try not to. Do you watch the dates closely. , goes in the trash. My kids watch it. And i wonder about the condiments. Like dressing, it expires my mom did the smell test. Really . My mom too. Thats a minnesota thing. We could talk about this all day. Yeah, the forecast looks good but dry. We only pick up a little over rain and only picked up. 01 of rainfall. But november is the driest month of the year for tampa although we could use a little bit of rain. Not in the forecast though. Look through the end of the week and through weekend. A very slim chance of rain. So going to stay dry overnight tonight. And it will stay mostly clear as well. Notice through the overnight hours, a starry night for us. Low 60s in st. Pete at 11 00 p. M. And into the overnight hour, we will drop back to the around 60 gr other spots though, expect it to be cooler in the 50s. Sunshine to start the day. And more sunshine by the afternoon hours. We will top out in the mid to upper 70s as we head into tomorrow afternoon. Currently, lots of sunshine today. Definitely more than yesterday. A few high thin clouds lingering behind the front that passed through. 71 in tampa. Light winds out of the northeast. And downtown tampa, 74 degrees with light northeast winds. Theres the front to the south. Come to an end for tonight. And tomorrow morning, sunshine to the start the day. Cool again in the 50s as we head into the afternoon hours. More sunshine expected. Average november temperatures for us. And thursday, more of the same. Notice completely clear to start the day. A chill to start with and by the afternoon hour, warm up quickly and back close to 80 degrees on thursday with High Pressure the dominate factor and thats why its dry. Over the next several days, this very dry air mass on top saturday, doesnt have much to work with. And thats why were not going to see much in the way of rainfall as it passes through. So look for continued dry conditions. And we want to mention in the tropic, watching one area in the southern caribbean. 80 chance of chance of development. We just stay dry through the end of the week. And then the cool down monday. Waking up in the 40s. Guys wow. 40s. 40s. Bundle up. From hollywood to broadway to the internet, entertainment news. The hollywood minute. They say a half a Million People watched the Boston Marathon here in new england. Behaving yourself . Reporter your first look at the Boston Marathon bombing drama, patriots day, the latest drama teaming Mark Wahlberg after th survivor and deep water horizon. It opens december 21st. The work is just starting but its incredibly exciting. Reporter he is headed to broadway. The star wars and star trek director is producing his first broadway show with an unlikely title, the play that goes wrong. Its a comedy about a amateur Drama Company struggling to put on a show. Harry potter fans get to return to the wizard world this friday so its no the surprise the authors fantastic beast and where to find them is dominating online buzz. The film was the subject of ofthousand social media conversations last week. Subject of 98,000 social media conversations last week. It doesnt open for a month. But in hollywood, im david daniel. Coming up, an iowa lawmaker proposing new legislation called suck it up butter cup. We will tell you about that. And a preview of the female firefighters of tampa bay. Melanie michael onset to explain what her story is all about today. First, the lightning back on the ice tonight. Find out why this looks like a hot streak for the team next in first at 4 00 sports. And you can get developments on todays biggest Julie Phillips and me every night on great 38 at 8 00. Make your holidays more delicious. Right now, when you buy 20 in gift cards. You get a 5. 00 Gift Certificate for yourself. Now lets check on your first at 4 00 sports with dan lucas. A little hockey tonight. The lightning played the islanders last night. Won 40. They have played them four times in three weeks, them 142 was the total score. We dont play them again this season. The lightning right back on the ice tonight against division rival detroit. Ben bishop expected to be the starting goaltender which is on national tv tonight. So dont flip channels all night. Bishop coming off back to back losses but i wouldnt pin them on the goalie. The bolts were sloppy early panthers. The sharks. A turnover cost them against the panthers. Because of the back to back monday game, tonight, or last night rather, the bolts used him against the islanders. He was outstanding. Stopping 20 shots in the 3rd period alone to cap his third career shutout. The nhl stats today, fourth in the entire league with a 1. 66 goals against arch. So both goaltenders big reason the play, collecting nine points out of a possible 14 after a threegame losing skid in october. All right, monday, of course, we were all wrapped up in, what . The mike evans protest thing with the bucs and didnt get to break down the teams performance against the bears. One player i am anxious to see play more this week in kansas city is running back doug martin. It was great to see him score at the end of the game, but 33 yards on 16 carries . Its one i asked dirk koetter about. Yeah, i think its tough on any player, especially a running back thats been out that long to come back and be the same old doug martin as you say. I think were asking too much. We knew we were going to go running back by committee. I think it was an emotional lift to get him out there. But all three tail backs played around 20 plays each. And thanks nights implosion of the top the teams in College Football, tonights rankings should lead to debate. Three of the top four Team Last Week lost on saturday. I was home watching football. And couldnt believe it. Michigan lost to the iowa on a field goal, i was like this is the whackiest weekend in a longtime the waciest weekend in a the weirdest weekend in a longtime. One of the three team, clemson, michigan, washington, and i would say probably clemson, will stay in the top four. The rest someone will stay in out of those but alabama will remain number one. Alabama is here and everybody else is scraps. Yeah, down there. Alabama is happy. Z25egz z16fz a stabbing at a high school in utah, all five victims are b in Police Custody right now. All the stabbings happened at Mountain View high school. Most of them in a locker room. No word on what sparked that violence. Number two, 53 newly elected members of congress posed for a class photo on the steps of the u. S. Capitol building today. There he is, is that him . Charlie crist . I was looking for our former governor Charlie Crist because he is in there. Although the 115th congress january, house memberselect are already in washington for orientation. Theyll be sworn in january 3 january 3rd. A day care worker in fort myers is being called a hero after saving the the lives of children almost hit by a car. The vehicle lost control and crashed through a trend and into through a fence and into children. She got the kids out of the way and none of them were hurt. And number four, ben carson says no to president elect offer to take the job as secretary of health and human services. Instead, he will advise trump from the outside of the white house. That word from a carson spokesperson today. And speaking paul ryan was a unanimous choice today of House Republicans to remain as speaker. Thats a strong show of unity. And that as president elect donald trump moves quickly to pick his Trump AdministrationVice President elect mike pence heading the trump transition amid speculation the president elect will name his secretary of state to deal with russia, the fight against isis, nato and new trade deals. A former u. N. Ambassador john bolton is said to be a candidate. Out thed last night by another candidate, rudy giuliani. John wobe maybe me, i dont know. Reporter he does not want the justice