Of men were her ranting harassing the childs father in the parking lot of an apartment complex. He ran inside to get away and that is when someone fired several shots through the door of that apartment. One of the bullets ricochet hitting the 21monthold in the thigh. We are told she should be okay. News channel 8 is there right there waiting for the childs mother. We should have more for you tonight at 5 00. Right now and 8 want to get a trio of thieves off the street. They are praying on shoppers at two publixs locations. Reporter at afternoon, this is one of those stores in plant city where these brazen trio of thieves target these unsuspecting victims were willing to help them. Here Surveillance Video of the trio. Police believe they have stolen from three elderly stores in plant city. One of them distract the while the others grabbed their while it. The themes then cash and at a nearby cvs. We know there is about 1000 worth of purchases that have been made. Take over look at this photo. Police believe the uses 15 passenger blue van as their getaway vehicle. This people. Of 3000 reward is offered for information leading to the suspects. Now, credit card skimmer found at a sarasota gas station. Deputies are urging drivers to look at their bank statements. Detective stella someone from the skimmer at this bp station on locke ridge road. They were installed by an organized crime ring. The devices were built by hand. Cards with the stolen dealer data. These crooks actually very smart. Very smart. Was they would put wish they would put their skills to better things. Usf Police Looking for two men accused of robbing a student in the middle of campus. Mary mcguire shows us precautions that students are taking to make sure it doesnt happen to them. Police say a female student was walking two men can up trying came up to her and robbed her. Strong arm arm robbery strongarmed robbery. Reporter the student first heard of the strongarmed robbery on her phone after a mobile text message alert was sent out shortly after it happened. That worries me that i couldve been that person. I couldve been her walking. My classes right there. Female student was walking near the Interdisciplinary Science building when she claims she was approached by two white males in their early 20s who stole her jewelry. Thankfully she was not injured but students headed into class are shaken. I would like to see more security people around the measures like that taken because it is out of hand. Some believe the University Needs to do more to ensure their safety i dont come on campus after certain time. I dont go to the library after certain time. I just dont. Reporter Police Advise walking or talking whenever possible and also stay in well lit areas. Stay away from alleys and dont listen to your phones while out alone you can hear everything going on around you. Tell someone where you are going and when you will return. If you have information about this crime. Police ask that you give them a we reached out to police and they tell us they will increase patrol around campus. They encourage students to use the rave guardian app if they are traveling alone and the save team that provides free Escort Services to students. You can find more information on our website. Potholes can jar your car and revel your teeth. The mayor told us today heavy summer rains created more than 5000 of them mayor, city crews are working to catch up to the problem. We found some potholes so old they have weeds growing inside of them. To report a pothole problem you can go online in tampa. They have developed a phone app to make reporting potholes easier. Shout we will have some nice try whether or crews to work in. We have had a really dry month so far. That trend is continuing. Winds out of the north at five talk talk 10 milesperhour to 10 milesperhour. Were not expecting to see any rain out of the plantation on crystal river, more of the same, nice and mild sitting at 73 degrees. Across the tampa bay area we are in the midto upper 70s. 78 bradenton. 77 wimauma. 76 zephyrhills. 75 inverness. You can southeast nearly a cloud in the sky. This is keeping us high and dry. It will also allow temperatures to cool off pretty quickly tonight. As far as rainfall is concerned, so far this month we have only picked up 1 100 of an inch of rain on 9 november. Every other day has remained dry. We have some pretty died dry days ahead as well. We will drop to about 15 clearwater. 57 wesley chapel. We will be near 40 in brooksville. Northern counties pretty chilly once again falling back up into the 40s, but a major cooldown headed our way. The last one minor in comparison. Heres that cold front we are tracking, still up on the northwest. It is headed our way. We will let you know when it will arrive and let to and talk about the cool air behind it coming up in your full forecast. In the First Time Ever the College Football playoff championships will be held right here in the perform in the free concert series. Janet jones shows us who we can expect. Big names to perform include eric, gavin, florida and usher. The best two teams in College Football will play right here in our own beautiful backyard. Though a reality now, a long time in the making. Began that there could be a College FootballPlayoff National championship we started formulating our vision for our bid and now to see it come to life four to five years later it is phenomenal. Tampa is no stranger to the big stage when it comes to football. It has hosted four super bowls, and outback bowl and now this. To be able to showcase our city and have an amazing game with two great teams, we love it. 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At this point we are completely dry across the state of florida. Were not tracking much in the way of cloud cover that is because of the air mass that is sitting on top of us. Far out to the north and west this is our first strong front of the season. Have seen a couple of cold fronts that have moved through so far. They have pulled this off but this one is the real deal. It will drop those temperatures it looks like as you head north winter has begun in some parts. Blue skies and 75 degrees in lakeland. At 9 pm temperatures will still be mild. Were dropping back into the mid60s. Cool start tomorrow morning in the upper 50s near 80 in the afternoon hours. Highpressure stays in place and that is why we are left with clear skies. Tomorrow morning again, a little bit of a chill in the air for tomorrow afternoon will be nice. We will top out near 80. It will be fairly comfortable for us since we are going to see low humidity. Friday more sunshine to end the week. Kick off the weekend as you head into friday afternoon this cold front will be here as we head into saturday afternoon through saturday evening. Until then highpressure is in place. The cold air mass will filter into place as we head into saturday night and into sunday. Highs on sunday into the upper 60s and breezy winds. Olympus olympic gymnast simone biles through the Company Country with her performance olympics with 5 metals which 4 included gold. She said the road to olympic success has not always been easy. The 19yearold tells her story in her new book, courage to soar. Prince harry following his mothers footsteps visits a charity that follows hiv and aids. This includes people of different faiths, ethnicities and sexual orientations that live with hiv. Princess diana hiv aids patients. David daniels has todays hollywood minute. 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First were hearing from mike evans following his apology for not standing during the national anthem. That is coming up next in first at 4 sports. You can get developments in z25eiz z16fz y25ehy y16fy knowledge checking with your first of 4 sports. Will begin with the headline from this weekend. More fallout when evans decided to sit for the national at the. After 48 hours the backlash, buccaneers wide receiver mike evans offered an apology yesterday and wi his teammates henceforth. Speaking from the locker room he insisted he came to this change of heart on his own without pressure from coaches for the buck saying he felt awkward to sit for the anthem and that he doesnt want to bring negative attention to his teammates. He was back on the field this afternoon. His fellow buccaneers have been nothing but supportive with his decision. He apologized to veterans of people he offended yet remain resolute in his protest of and using his platforms to support minority groups affected by the president elect. Looking back i probably wouldve done it a different way, but it is done. It wont happen again. I will stand with my teammates. I heard a lot of people by doing what i do by doing what i was doing pier i apologize again to those really affected and the people that were disappointed, dont worry i will continue to use and my platform for minority rights. I will reach out to organizations, the organizations i feel doing the best job to help women, lgbt, latinos, blacks, women, the people in fear of donald trump in his presidency. The Tampa Bay Lightning tomorrow against the buffalo. Stamkos got tangled up along the boards. He went away clutching his left knee and did not return. The team has not offered any further updates on his condition. Head coach john cooper was optimistic that his injury is a nothing like he suffered 3 years ago when he broke his leg and missed over half the season. He leaves the lightning with 9 goals and ranks 2nd in the nhl with 20 points this season. I got the notification on the w fa la wfla app. They play 3 road games this past 5 days even if it is sunday thing minor something minor is probably the best tactic. 6, one. Thank you very much. Make your holidays more delicious. Right now, when you buy 20 in gift cards. To csx trains collide today. Were talking 50,000 gallons of Flammable Liquids spilled. One train headed to chicago and the other to twitter has promised to crack down on hate speech which has led to this suspension was ever all right account. Among those Richard Spencer a popular space for group known for promoting right nationalism try white nationalism. Any Youtube Video he claims twitter is purging people based on their views calling it number 3, quite a mess, a bizarre incident caught on camera in california. Were told the guy in the car was fighting with his girlfriend in a Grocery Store parking lot then grabbed the crying woman rustled her to the ground. Bystander stepped in and that is when they tried to hit he tried to hit them with his car. Managed to slow down so police could catch up with them. You are watching syrian schoolchildren in aleppo running some are visibly upset. At least 8 people were killed today in rebel held east aleppo. This is according to activists with the aleppo media center. President elect donald trump is countering critics insisting that his transition process is very organized. In fact he is on the same pace are going faster than recent president s we have learned. Steve has the latest from with his family donald trump told diners he will lower there taxes. As candidates for top job visits trump tower, taxes are priority. Want to be in a position where the first 100 days we can access but is it organized. Chris christie is out. Back there has a lot of the christie people are being purged, very organized process tweeted donald trump. Im the only one that knows who the finalists are, reassurance from joe biden as he hosted Vice President elect mike pence. Im confident on day one everything will be in good hands. Sakae would be really dumb to accelerate and start making my takes mistakes in order to make the press happy. There is talk about rudy company that push the Keystone Pipeline which required state approval. He says he did no work for the pipeline. Senate democrats issued a warning. On issues where we disagree you can expect a strong and tough right, but democrats say they will not automatically post trump nominees. A test will come quickly. Trump plans as soon as possible to send a conservative, antiabortion Rights Supreme Court nominee up here to the senate. A ucf student elected to the Florida House of representatives. The new 21yearold congresswoman will be voting on legislation ranging from guns, insurance and everything in between. Met catches up with her today. Reporter forget the exams and parties, the types of things a typical 21yearold College Student might think about. For Amber Mariano she will now focus on budgets and some of the most controversial yearold university of Central Florida student one House District 30 seat 36 feet by a little over 3100 votes now she is being activated to the capital. Im waiting for the day i can walk in and see my name on the plaque. I can sit in the chair and that is when it is going to sink and i think. Is a dream come true. Reporter in the monday before the election she was finishing a term paper a gorgeous wednesday afternoon for us making its way through the weekend. It has been a nice one. 73 degrees out at land o lakes. Winds coming out of the west northwest. No rain at this location. Were not even seeing clouds across the tampa bay area great photo sent to us from tony cologne on today. The time of year where we really remember why we do what. Temperatures sitting in the midto upper 70s. The humidity is low so it feels comfortable. 74 bradenton. Were coming in at 75 in inverness. It is 72 on crystal river. Temperatures have been fairly pleasant, but we are tracking some pretty