Chilly this morning but already seen such a fast warm up. We can use max defender 8 to confirm the fact that theres not obviously any rain not even a cloud out there and that is not unusual for this november. In fact, all of november weve only had 1 day with any rain back on the 9th. So, yeah november is typically our dry east month of the year 64 in clearwater and thats warmer than this time yesterday anywhere from 4 to 10 degrees warmer right now than yesterday. So during the afternoon today mid70s, upper 70s tomorrow essentially its going to be nice and warm and sunny for the big feast on thanksgiving but we have a tropical system heading towards Central America. Ill track that for you coming up. The most unnatural thing in the world is for that can bring comfort to a mother or a father and so today the city is praying for these families. That is the mayor speaking just a few hours ago on that Horrible School bus crash that killed 4 boys and one girl on monday. This morning were learning more about the young victims. 3 were 4th grade students, one was in the 1st grade and t the School Superintendent also spoke about those children injured. He explained that 6 are still in the intensive care unit. The bus driver is under arrest facing several charges. In the wake of mondays deadly elementary School Bus Crash the driver is now under arrest are arrest. We have arrested the bus his name is johnthany walker. Hes being charged with 5 counts of vehicular homicide. The bus he was driving hit a tree and was almost split in half. The 35 children he was transporting were all from one school. The oldest were in 5th grade the youngest only in kindergarten. One of the students talked about the driver. He wasnt paying attention. Mailbox and flipped over and hit a tree real hard. Parents and loved ones rushed to the scene to find their children. Hour after the crash many were trying to figure out if their kids were safe. The bus has a box that records data and video. The community rallied. People lining up to dough natal blood wanting to help in any way they could. This has been a great tragedy for us. Community this has been one of the worst days that we had in hamilton county. Now, police have pulled the buss black box from the crash site to take a look at the data and the video. Also the National Transportation safety board is en route today to begin its own investigation. New this morning president elect donald trump walking back on one of his Campaign Promise says. The trump team confirming he will not ask for a special investigation into clinton email scandal. Trumps Campaign Manager conway shared that information. Youll remember during the campaign he state hell appoint a special prosecutor. Supporters at those rallies chanting lock her up. And president elect has released a new message to the American People in a video he outlines his agenda for the first 100 days in Office Starting with day 1. Notification of intent to withdraw from the Transpacific Partnership a potential disaster for you are a country. Instead we will negotiate fair bilateral trade deals that bring job and industry back onto american shores. The video is about 2 and a half minutes long and he lays out his plan in several points. In addition, the trade trump addresses several issues, immigration, Cyber Attacks and ethics reform. As part of our plan to drain the 5year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after they leave the administration and a lifetime ban on executive officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. In the video trump did not address building a wall along the Mexican Border or his Campaign Promise to repeal obama care. You can watch the entire video on wfla. Com by the way the president elect still has not held an official press Conference Since winning robbery in the same area of clearwater in the last 24 hours. This is at the 711 on drew street and it happened just before 2 a. M. This morning. The robber told the clerk he had a weapon and demanded cash. He grabbed money from the register, then got away in a car he had parked near. Police are investigating to see if the 4 robberies are connected and well kept are keep you updated as soon as we learn more. A teenager horribly abused clinging toe. Found wandering in the woods with a broken shoulder infected feet, and a stab wound. Chris and Melissa Peters are behind bars accused of abusing that teen. The man who helped save the girl tells us he spotted her tangled up in bushes in the woods across from his home. Shes got gosh dot stabbed by something and her feet are messed up. She has no shoes on and really dirty. Documents the 17year old girl weighed only 86 pounds. Less than 24 hours after the shooting of a Sanibel PoliceOfficer Police say they have captured the man responsible. Police arrested a 49year old john hey. Hes charged with attempted murder for the shooting of officer cicone. He was writing a traffic ticket when he drove by and open fire. He will be okay. Hes a realtor for various issues. Still no word on a motive. Hey is expected to be in court this morning. And check this out a sun coast neighborhood had to be evacuated in Manatee County after a garbage truck burst into flames. Jeffrey toll caught the whole thing on video. Officials Say Something inside that truck flashed and then it was engulfed. It also spread to a nearby parked car. It runs on vent lakes system prevented it from exploding. This is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Tampa is halting its nightly construction. The airport has been working on building the sky connect a new people mover. Construction often closes the rifles and detective sure area. The airport plans on keeping it open in late december and for the National College football championship in january. Another bit of transportation news this morning, if ride on the new cross bay ferry, now is the time too try it for free. Frontier communications paying the way for everyone through tomorrow. Its first come first serve appeared you can not reserve a seat. It leaves st. Pete at 7 and tampa at 9 30. For the afternoon its 3 00 departure from st. Pete and 5 15 from tampa. Parents if youre kids are getting antsy getting out of trip its the 3 sister springs. Manatees are there this time of year. The board walk is always open so youll likely spot a manatee or 2 their and sometimes the National Wildlife refuge will allow in water access or swimmers. Its best best to check their Facebook Page because that changes daily. The owner of an rv consignment womans rv. She hasnt seen a dime. Shannon discovers there are even more angry customers. And the new snapchat spec ankles are available for sale in the east coast where you can find the vending machine to get your hands on the latest gadget. This picture came to us. It looks like a post card. Scott a sun set, just that perfect sun coming over the horizon. Ill. Checking out the manatees a great relaxing way to spend time with the family. Some pirate prefer i fly its the only indoor skydiving operation located right next to top golf off i75 in brandon. Its for people of abilities. You suit up and the gear complete and pretend to be a super hero. They put you in that chamber, let go and next thing you know youre skydiving. Thats the professional. Most people just float. Yeah you kind of like yeah. Have either of you done this . No. Ive gone skydiving, but not you have. Not this thing. Youre like extra adventure are you saying. I was a young child at the padding on the ground but not on the sides. Thats what the helmet is for. You know its been extremely dry air recently. You might even notice that you need some extra lotion on your hands because the air has been so dry. Now, were going to slowly gradually increase that humidity level but were still at 35 here but the blue sky just gorgeous. 66 degrees at that location i looks like everywhere across the area at this point. So max defender 8 scanning the skies million watts of power of course and not finding any rainfall thats not been unusual because november is typically the dry east month of the year but this has been an extremely dry november as i told you at the top of the newscast. All of the month weve only had one day with any rain and that was 11 hundredth an inch of rain. Its warming fast, 75 at 3 p. M. , mostly sunny warmer than last evening too. 9 at 7 p. M. Right now its 66 in lakeland but look as weve already hit 70 in fish hook and bradenton 72 in sarasota 66 right now in inverness. Now, with the dry air and the breeze we have one more red flag warning until 6 00 this evening for pinellas and Manatee County. So it is unsafe to burn things obviously the ground is dry weve got a lot of dry brush and things like that around then the extremely lowum to be burning anything. Now, out in the middle of country they do have some precipitation, but its starting with some snow fall in the upper midwest and continuing down with rain in dallas. Obviously this is a very highly traveled week so that may end up causing some concerns over the next 24 hours. But for us our clear skies will continue, and are an east breeze starts to draw in a little bit more moisture so it wont be quite as dry through the afternoon and evening quickly skies. Tomorrow morning it wont be as chilly as it was last night. Theres the storm system remember i was showing it to you. Its still going to be causing some problems from the great lakes all the way down to the gulf of mexico tomorrow. If plans on wednesday that most busy travel day heading out west you may want to check on things ahead of time. We have Tropical Storm otto which is knocking on the door of being hurricane otto. Its headed towards this area, so on thanksgiving normally be cross over Central America and head into the pacific ocean, but it has no affect on us. 75 today, 78 wednesday, 80 on turkey day and 81 on friday staying dry through the weekend. If youve been cheated when you need help shes on your side. Better call behnken. Knows. Consignment customers were left on the hook even though office has received 4 complaints against largos consignment rv and the check that the owner promised to send a month ago still hasnt arrived. Is he still taking rvs in . Consignment rv is still in business an employee told me things are business as usual. For lenora a widow who is waiting for the 18,000 the company owes her that is a big slap in the face. I called her t the news. I cant believe that they still have their doors open. Her and her late husband sold their rv through the company in july, but she hasnt seen a dime. And shes still on the hook for the myly payments to her lender. Sad holidays are coming up, and you know, without my husband its the first time, no holidays, and you know, have a finance that i should not have. I came here 4 weeks ago this check explaining he fell on hard times but the check to her bank was in the mail. That check never made it. To me its just like stealing. Mike is a another customer, he ended up taking off with his rv after the company wouldnt fork over the 135,000 he was owed. That means the customer who paid for this rv has nothing. Are you frustrate to know that this busin business and theyre still taking in rvs . Yes, yes, they should have their doors closed. I just dont i dont understand it. By the time we finished asking questions the business gate was closed. At least for a while. The Sheriffs Office is investigating these complaints and wants to hear from others who have similar issues. And if you have a problem that needs solving you better in your consumer watch this morning making a thanksgiving meal is a huge undertaking especially if you have a big family but if you need help there are a few places you can turn to. In this case its not about cooking the bird. Bop evans is teaming up to offer a holiday help line fielding all sort of questions ranging from setting the table to very important listen up diffusing tense conversations you know that happens at holiday parties. The helpe thanksgiving. You can also ask nil on getter using the hashtag be holiday help. The number is on your screen. Now, if you do need help with the actual meal cooking you want to call our text butter ball the number is also on your screen. Its going to get you a real person no automated robots, help you with your cranberry, city stuffing, mashed potato mishaps, turkey troubles. You get the picture. Its 24 hours a day and you can reach out on social media and email in case you dont want to talk to somebody. Some fans of starbucks are going to have to cuff up a little bit more cash. The chain raised prices on select cold drinks and bakery items. The increase ranges from 10 to 0. 30 and starbucks claims priceses on change. This is not the first price hike of the year either. Starbucks raised the cost of some drinks back in july. Well the stocking stuff of the Holiday Season is now available on the east coast. Youll have to travel to new york to get your snapchat spectacles. The snap bought vending machine popped up in new york monday. Its across the street from the apple store with a giant yellow sign outside you from now through new years eve. It cost 130 and pairs via bluetooth to your smart phone. Very in demand. And theyre making it hard to get. I would say, yes, youre right. Lots of kids wont be getting those. This time of year we focus on the people and thing were thankful for. For the people of cedar key that sentiment is stronger than years past. Just a few months hurricane. Coming up why they say they have a lot to be. People in cedar key are still recovering and are building. Its been a pretty slow process but many tell us that it was made easy by the help of their neighbors. Storm. He just went back to check on Recovery Efforts there. Cedar key residents were dazed after the storm battered the island now, there happy to make things stronger and better than before. There are plenty of signs that show how a small town can rebound after a trying time. Tore off the back wall and we got 4 feet of water in the store. The market at cedar key was one of the harde hermine a category 1 bat considered the island in early september. I was told the trite was all over the floor and floating in the water. The market is back in business just in time for the busy Holiday Season. Everything from this point right here out was all blown out in the street. Hermine caused roughly half a Million Dollars this damage at the beach front motel, a 9foot storm surge battered the buildings, we rode out part of split rated. Every piece of furniture was ruined. It was a slow start. Its going quick now. The motel was shut down for 2 months. 3 rooms damaged during the hurricane have been renovated and all of them are expected to be finished soon. These 3 homes were badly battered by the hurricane and now residents are raising them on stilts so next time the water doesnt get inside. Those who live on cedar key want to be ready just in case theres a next tim ill say probably the worst storm weve seen especially in my lifetime. It was pretty bad. I dont think we expected the surge to be what it was. Lynn who didnt want to give her last name lost her house in the hurricane but gained something faith in her community. Everybody came together, thats why we love cedar key. The police chief tells us the now, some local businesses there are still waiting to rebuild. The chief tells us the holdup right now is insurance related. President elect donald trump making his plans for his first 100 days in office known with a video on social media. But behind the scenes he continues to staff his administration. Yes, coming up were going to take a look at the process so far. And get a sense who his inner circle would like to see z25eiz z16fz y25eiy y16fy. Right now on news channel 8 today at 11. President elect donald trump is giving the American People a clear vision of what he plans to do during his first 100 days in office but his cabinet is still unclear. Coming up we hear from those in the president elects inner circle. And arrest in the death of a Police Officer shot and killed abruptly cancels the remaining dates of his tour. Hes now in the hospital. Well explain why. Good morning. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday. Let check in with leigh spann for the latest on the weather. We knew this was going to happen. As soon as the sun rose we would see leaks in temperatures. The famous Bedding Center in brandon already at 67 degrees the humidity still remains very low. So n max defender 8. No rain, theres not even a cloud out there. So not expecting any rainfall but again that sunshine is already really warming us up. Each time we check we see temperatures getting warmer like 72 in sarasota, 67 in tampa, 67 in brooksville and thats obviously warmer than it was yesterday. In fact, in inverness youre 9 degrees warmer than you were at 11 30 yesterday morning. Tampa, brandon about 4 degrees warmer and 7 degrees warmer than the afternoon today we hit 75 degrees which is only 2 degrees from the afternoon which is 77, 78 tomorrow look at thanksgiving a high of 80 and 81 on black friday. Lets break down thanksgiving eve and more. Okay. Lots of turkey trots going on in the morning right around 61, 62 degrees, comfortable, a quick lunch while youre having i know youre holding up for the big meal and then dinner around 70 degrees and mostly car learning president elect donald trump will not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton. His Campaign Manager turned aide conway confirming that this morning meanwhile trump will head to his palm beach estate this afternoon to spend the thanksgiving holiday. We have more on whats happening behind the scenes. Reporter Vice President elect mike pence heads to new york today to rejoin the Transition Team. Officials before thanksgiving. It could come th