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WFLA News Ch8 Today At 6AM November 16, 2016

We are waking up a little cool this morning. When you walk outside some places well into the 40s like 43 brooksville and 44 zephyrhills. Cooler yesterday in tampa. Clearwater 54. Wimauma 48 degrees. All the cloud cover has left as well. We will see plenty of sunshine which actually warms us up this afternoon we hit 78 which happens to be the average for today. Close to average as we dropped on the 50. We will hour by hour through your wednesday for your forecast. We have look at your wednesday commute. We just had an accident in hernando county. We will have more on that in our next report. Lets take a look at travel times here through st. Petersburg. We have pretty good drive from downtown st. Petersburg to that will take you roughly 21 minutes. We are looking great on the veterans expressway, no complaints other direction looks very good. That is a look at weather and traffic now back to jean and gail. Right now special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is in jail charged with molesting children who had already been victimized. Chuck mcmullen worked in pensacola. For that he lived and worked right here in the bay area. Now there is fear that there could be more victim the fdle office in tampa. At least 3 kids have already come forward. Reporter good morning, all 3 boys claim Chuck Mcmullen molested them over a couple of years. You once lived in valrico and he worked out of this tampa office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Estate agents now want to know if there are any more victims video when he appeared a news channel 8 to talk about cyber and sex crimes. 3 boys told investigators that he touched them inappropriately many times. When agents confronted one of their own they explained to begin to cry. We spoke to a local psychiatrist who believe the boys have a long road ahead. Listen here. Reporter the children are damaged. The ones i have seen over 30, 40 years or molested 30 years ago they are now adults with all types of arrest he worked as a special agent supervisor for the cyber squad. He held the same job title here in tampa. I checked and the agent remains in jail in the panhandle with his bond set at 1. 5 in the panhandle with his bond set at 1. 5. A female student is shaken after she claims 2 meant rupture when she was walking on this should serve as a warning to parents and students. Yes, usf has it has shaq own police force but College Campuses like this, their public area is making it easy for people to get on and off camera. That is why it is important for students to stay vigilant when they are out after dark. This robbery happened around 9 15 last night when the student was walking near the Interdisciplinary Science building approached by 2 white males in their early 20s who claimed to have who reportedly had taken her jewelry. She was able to give a good description of the suspects before they got away. This Morning Police want to remind students to be aware of their surroundings when they are out and about after dark. They say stay away from alleys, dont listen to your phones one around you. Finally tell someone when you are where you are going and when you will return. University did send out a text message once they got more information about this robbery but you were mentioning in the last hour a lot of time students feel like youre in a bubble on these College Campuses but even still you need to be aware and vigilant when you are out after dark. It is easy for all of us to get into some type of comfort zone. Its an important mi trump president ial team. Reports of fighting and changes amongst team members. At the center of it all commissioner, the husband out of ivanka trump. He has been trying to rid the team of those close to governor Chris Christie who was removed as head of the team last week. Now the president elect has taken the step requesting kushner received topsecret president ial briefings. The law prevents family members from holding an official federal job. The idea that someone would be an informal or unofficial advisor but also have those powers is itself a contradiction. Donald trump has inquired about topsecret security clearance for his adult children. There is also concerns about how much his business interests could lead to conflict as president. Were concerned about the po we should be asking hard questions about how president elect trump provides divides his political interest. He owns 55 countries around the world and 500 companies in 22 countries. Meanwhile, we are getting a look at president elect plan for his first 200 days in office including renegotiating or withdrawing from the trade transaction, 2nd stop unfair imports, retain and return manufacturing jobs by lowering the Business Tech rate tax rate. The outgoing and incoming Vice President s will have brunch. Joe biden will welcome pence. Hillary clinton will make her first public appearance since losing the election. The Childrens Defense Fund in dc will honor her tonight. She wants worked at the agency as a young staff attorney. Mike evans is in a fan of donald trump or promises for now on he will stand for the national anthem. Fans blasted him for sitting during the anthem before sundays game. He says it was a protest donald trump elected released an apology saying i want to start by apologizing to all the us military members, their families and the fans were offended by my actions on sunday. He went on to say this sunday i will be back to standing with my teammates. The time right now is 6 08 on this wednesday. A little chilly outside. Cold and some spots otherwise it is in the 40s in about 20 minutes we will see the skies bring up but outside right now it is still quite dark. 55 degrees right now. Good news, a sunny day. It warms up very quickly. 60 7 10 am. 76 i want. 78, sunny imperfect at 3 pm. Perfect november day. 60 degrees at 7 pm. A nice stretch of whether, sunny and pleasant through friday. It is not until saturday when a cold front comes through. It doesnt bring much rain but it will look at sunday only a high of 68 degrees. It is cooling down but the tropics are still heating up. We have this area in the western caribbean with an 80 percent chance of developing. It doesnt look like it is going anywhere anytime soon. Hurricane season ends november 30. Traffic is looking pretty good. We do have one problem. Wanna let you know what is going on. Heres an update, broad street at county line road. Outside of the spring hill area we have an accident that is off to the side of the roadway. It is not causing any delays. Lets take a live look at traffic out here. Heres i4 right around the polk parkway. I4 looks great coming away from lakeland through plant city and all the way into ybor city. That is a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Help foster children find a home. The foundation is partnering with the Florida Department of children and families to raise awareness for adoption and recruit foster families. The hall of fame coach will announce the partnership at Raymond James stadium. News channel 8 will be there and we will bring you the story later today. I am so glad he stayed in town. You such a standup guy and does so many Amazing Things in the community. Working at home is a dream for some people, but which look at legit work at home options. Dont fall for those scams. A miracle in south florida as a baby falls 4 feet from a changing table. We will introduce you to the babys Guardian Angel who caught him investigators are trying to figure out why a man would ambush an Airline Employee who was the father of an nfl star. This happened outside of will rogers airport. A man shot and killed 52 yearold michael winchester. He was a southwest employee was investigators found the suspected gunman dead. They believe he killed himself. West virginia mayor is resigning after commenting on a controversial posts about first Lady Michelle obama. The Facebook Post by Pamela Ramsey taylor has gone viral. It reads, quote, it will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified first lady in the white house. I am tired of seeing an ape in heels. The mayor then co the post just made my day. The mayor step down at last nights Council Meeting and claims her comment was not meant to be racist. The official who made the original post was removed from her job and is now claiming she is the victim of reverse racism. This morning warning for ucf students, the aware of bats. Creatures on campus. On students video shows a small group hanging out inside the college of science. That is what they do, to hang up. They picked the perfect apartment as well, science. The bats dont pose an immediate threat just keep an eye out so you are not caught off guard. Is being called his baby brothers Guardian Angel. Some incredible bull video here. He caught his brother when he fell from a changing table at their home. It was all on camera. Watch the upper right corner. Mom turns her back on the baby for a moment. The baby flips off the table and there is 9yearold joseph with the save, catching that baby just moments before he wouldve hit the floor. I would have never caught him and i cant run that fast. I felt like something came in just push me for. When that happened i just ran and cost. Quick reaction. His mom is be ungrateful for his quick action. She is also using this video to warn parents to be careful. Good news, you can have it all job with the good salary and do it from the comfort of your own home. Meredith is here to tell us where to find these dream jobs. Imagine working in your pj bottoms every day. It is possible. Florida ranks 4th for telecommuting jobs. These are the kind of jobs you wouldnt necessarily associate with working from home. I talked to one local woman who decided to work from home and she says initially it wasnt easy. While that sounds great to a lot of people, she initially missed office interaction. I was so used to having a people walked into my office and need me for something. It took her a year to master staying focused. You have to be very disappointed, very self managed. You have to be able to prioritize your work. She works in the computer it industry ranked in the top 5 career categories the site expanding opportunities th the others, customer service, medicine health, administration, and sales. A quick search of flex jobs shows more than 850 fulltime jobs with 100 percent telecommuting in tampa right now. She was encouraged to work from home to her husband who has an office down the hall. He has seen his wifes stressed decrease significantly. Avoiding traffic and just from home just put you in a better mind shut said to work more efficiently. That is true she says of the now she has to set boundaries with her coworkers she has to set them with her husband. Because im physically here does not mean i am available over time. She says just like any job you learn what works best for you and your family. Again that website flex jobs. Com. There is a link on our website wfla. Com it seems like they are in a opportunity employer. I saw a cat and dog. In all seriousness i did see she was wearing her work polo. You have to be in the right mindset. It takes discipline. It is all about getting a routine. With all of the traffic we have in the bay area a lot of people like it just cannot deal with the commute. It is 6 18. Lets turn things over to beginning to wednesday. Right now traffic is not too bad. It is really early and yes it is chilly. 55 degrees in tampa. By the time we get to 8 am with these clear skies now that the sun is coming up so early we will be up to 61. Still a little chilly but continuing to warm up, 74 at noon, 70 3 pm. The typical november day, low humidity and that fast warmup. You might need a light jacket this morning. But it warm subperiod quickly, o about 4 degrees cooler than yesterday in tampa. We have nice clear skies. 9 degrees cooler in brandon. Clear skies as all the cloud cover has pushed to the south. This morning a bit of a chill but just a pleasant sunny afternoon. We will stay dry. We will be between 2 cold front over the next several days. Tomorrow still mild before we went on the bigger cooldown that comes after the cold front monday, time to break up the sweaters. We have pretty good try overall. Lets take a look at the suncoast parkway, good drive, no delays even connecting to the veterans expressway were Still Holding out very nicely. Heres a howard franklin. It will take you about 7 minutes to cross it. Nice driving across all the bay area bridges. Were seeing more vehicles out on the road. Crash when it rots treating county line road in the spring hill area but it is off to the you may want to plan a trip soon. Still ahead, the airline offering a sale and when you need to book your flight to cash in. Also outrage over the demise of the peach but the hey is this enough . A little more. Grandma there you go. Theres no more room. Oh look whos here i know i had one more. More minutes. 8, 9. We need 1 more yes. Lets enjoy. We need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. Its getting late, grandma should go. One more . In the end, all we really need more of, is each other. A special birthday cookie lands a bay area educator in was in the cookie and why her job is on the line. Trouble on the ice for lightning captain steve sentenced stamkos what happened that had him limping. Clear skies over downtown and were back in 3 minutes with weather and traffic on the just send the kids to the bus stop. Clear, little chilly. 61 when the bus picks them up. Its comfortable and 78 this afternoon. We get all wait to 81 by friday before the big dip in temperatures next week. Lesslee hows traffic. We have one accident out at broad street and county line road. Just outside of spring hill but off to the side. Interstates. Starting to get a little bit busier but also a quick reminder eastbound hillsborough down to one lane between 22nd and 30th street due to road breaking news. A student robbed as she walks across campus. Two suspects on the loose. Well tell you what students and parents need to know. And his protect kids from predators but right now a state Law Enforcement agent is accused of abusing that trust to molest kids himself and there could be more victims out there. Feeling a little chilly out there this morning . Let us know how quickly it warms up and when we could see colder air. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. Thanks for joining us. Lets check in. Its certainly clear and that fall chill in the air for sure. 57degrees. Sun is coming up this morning. Gorgeous. Just that little bit of maybe a light sweater needed. Everybody cooler than yesterday. Tam pap 4 degrees cooler than yesterday. But brandon youre 9 degrees cooler. All the we actually see a pretty quick warmup. Back to 61 at 8 00 a. M. Few passing clouds great lunchtime. 74degrees. Around 4 00 p. M. , 77. Barely a cloud out there. Weather and traffic on the 8. Stay tuned to this 8 Day Temperature Trend because we see a big cooldown and now well take a look at traffic. Traffic still looks pretty good. More vehicles on the roadway lets get to whats going on. More vehicles you can see theyre all kind of loading up onto 275 on the right. Its not too bad there. Look, down to i 4 about a 16 minute commute. Getting more congested. Were following breaking news this morning a usf student terrified after she was mugged on campus. Mary mig joins us still on the loose. Reporter thats right police are still searching for the two male suspects after a female student says she was robbed right here on the usf campus. It happened in in front the Interdisciplinary Science building she was approached by two white males in their 20s and they took her jewelry. She wasnt injured and was able to give usf police a pretty good description of the the first male is described as having shoulder lent blond hair and a white shirt and khaki shorts. The second male had bond hair and wearing gray sweat pants and a blue shirt. Usf police sent out an Emergency Notification to all students using the usf mobile Emergency Notification app. They also released a series of tips. Safety tips for students and the one that interesting, theyre advising students take the ear phones out of their ears. [poor audio] investigate online predators and sex offenders zika virus now being charged abused young boys. Live from tampa, so ryan the agent worked right here in the bay area this is so disturbing. Reporter thats right. Chuck mcmullen he worked here at the tam pap office of florida Law Enforcement in the cyber crimes unit. Mcmullen lived here and appeared on the news before as an expert on sex crimes. Were going to do our part our investigative effort to find those people and arrest them, as well. Reporter that was Chuck Mcmullen when he appe ago. Deputies in Santa Rosa County tell us hes accused of molesting children who had already been victimized. Investigators arrested him after two 8yearold boys told them he molested them. A third boy explained he was abused, as well, when agents went to talk to mcmullen, they told us he cried. Are prosecuting and doing the case pactly nothing different than any other person. Reporter at the time of his arrest he worked as a special agent supervisor for the cyber squad in pensacola. He held that same job title here in tampa. Again, there could be more victims thats why the Florida Department of Law Enforcement wants anyone with information to come forward. I checked and the agent remains in his bond set at 1. 5 million. You know, these kinds of stories are always disturbing but when they involve somebody that youre supposed to be able to trust that takes it to a whole new level. The men were fighting outside the bar around closing time early tuesday morning. Car, drove it into the sidewalk and crashed the bar hitting one other people standing outside.

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