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WFTS Action News At 9AM November 29, 2016

And grab early this morning. We just got some Surveillance Video moments ago. Watch this video. It shows a vehicle ramming the front of a store creating a gaping hole. Hang on, were still trying to get that video. I can tell you that after that okay, we dont have the video. Well try to get it reracked so that you can see it. It shows nearly a dozen people get out of that vehicle. They rush inside and then all of them snatch several times of guns abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live outside that business right now. Rodney, investigators believe, again, more than a dozen people could be involved. Reporter you are right about that, dan. You know, this was a very brazen crime, all of this happening around 3 00 this morning. Just spoke with the owner whos actually been watching that Surveillance Video that you mentioned with investigators this morning. If you take a look behind me, you can see the damage this left, these criminals, possibly up to a dozen. Entrance of the store here, and they ran in possibly stealing 40, maybe even more weapons. As far as we know, a large truck ran through the glass. They seemed pretty well prepared. Richard smith still cant believe it, the owner of Tampa Arms Company shocked by the Early Morning robbery. Fortunately we did have state of the art security. We did have bars on the window. Of course its not going to stop a 6,000 pound truck. All of it happening within minutes. Surveillance video shows the crooks driving through the front entry, then possibly a dozen or more people ran in taking up to 40 weapons, long guns and pistols. Deputies are hopeful surveillance cams inside the business caught something they can use. Theres also cameras on the building on the back. Were waiting for the maintenance guy who maintains those to pull something off of that in case they were hanging out in the back of the building. Reporter and as you guys count up those weapons and to help out in this investigation. And the owner tells me Something Else to note here. There are a number of employees who will be without a job now during the Holiday Season because he is not sure when they will reopen this business. That video just released to the media about 5 minutes ago. Hopefully we can get that on, but if not well have it on our website abcactionnews. Com, and help in this investigation as well. Were live in tampa, Rodney Dunigan abc action news. Now to breaking news in eastern tennessee, raging wildfires are causing major devastation. Thousands have been forced to evacuate. We are getting incredible video from people trying to escape the flames. Anchor james tully is live in the studio. A lot of people have lost their homes. Reporter reporting out of the town of gatlinburg tell us between 75 and 100 homes have burned to the ground and many morning. You see the flames behind the building. Workers had to evacuate and leave behind more than 10,000 animals and creatures. Good news here in the last 90 minutes is rain has started to fall. A rep from the aquarium thinks everythings going to be okay. Please lord let us get off this road. What you just heard there. This is the most stunning video found from someone desperately trying to evacuate. At points yo driver narrowly avoids hitting trees. We are happy to report they made it out safely and theyre doing okay this morning. This is an aerial view from last night, these fires burned all night long amidst a serious drought during the day monday, this area of eastern tennessee was hit with gusts of wind exceeding 80 miles an hour. 40 miles an hour sustained winds. Thats going on for half the day. It fueled these flames, and to ignited more fires within the city of gatlinburg. More images to show you here at the aeromont craft School Campus overlooking downtown gatlinburg. Buildings more than 100 years old completely engulf of engulfed in flames. Its a camera on a porch showing embers flying into view and fire approaching the home. This is recorded yesterday, and just take a look. You get an idea of those winds theyre saying these fires are now 90 contained. Unfortunately, though, between the droughts, the wind, this is the perfect combination for these wildfires. Lets talk to meteorologist ivan cabrera. Were going to get above 90 for today as we get the rain beginning to move in. Its going to continue for quite some time. As you showed the pictures there and the images coming out of the ground. The radar was able to pick up you see that plume of green there, thats not rain. That is smoke and fire coming up from the ground and getting blown a good distance to the north. There comes the rain. It moved in overnight, and it is going to continue helping firefighting efforts over the next couple of days. Its a front that is a very slow moving front that will eventually make it to our area and will cool us off from the heat were about to experience. Dry as well. Gusty winds out of the south will continue through the afternoon. Were already in the 70s, which is where we should be for highs. Look at this, 80s coming up later this afternoon, and i think well be warmer tomorrow before that same front hitting tennessee with those beneficial rains gets in here on thursday. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. We have a lot going on in Pinellas County. You might want to avoid the Pinellas Park area. This involved a motorcyclist. Were also hearing that there are serious injuries reported with this crash, and take a look at the backup were seeing on u. S. 19. Now, you might think that 49th street would be your alternate. We also have a crash there, 49th right at park and another crash at park and. One option, you can always take 275 through st. Pete. Thats looking good right now, instead of u. S. 19. Up to speed right here in both directions. Dan. Thanks, janelle. 9 07. Breaking news on that deadly plane crash in columbia. That plane carried members of a Brazilian First Division soccer club. Unfortunately one of the six survivors pulled out alive, a goalkeeper has died. Othersinclude an aircraft mechanic, and a female Flight Attendant who claim the plane fuel. Right now the state fire marshal is in plant city investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a home on johnson street. The inflammation broke out around 3 30 this morning. Antitrump graffiti was spray painted on the side of a house which flies military and p. O. W. Flags. Theres no word on the amount of damage that fire caused. As students head back to class at ohio state university, authorities are investigating whether yesterdays attack on say Abdul Razak Ali artan crashed his car into a group of students and got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. He was shot to death by a police officer. Eleven people were hurt, one critically. Usf police were closely monitoring the attack at osu to keep students here at home safe. Lieutenant Charlotte Domingo said they train for active shooter scenarios. Thats what the department of Homeland Security says people should do. Its the same alert osu students got yesterday morning. Youre thought about your plan of action, which is what we want people to do, then youre more likely to respond quickly to the incident and take action that may save your life. Lieutenant domingo said their officers train constantly. They want to assure students and staff there are a on campus. New at 9, a man in lake wales is accused of stealing a truck so that he could sleep in it. Officers say 18yearold dasmel moore took that vehicle sunday night. They tracked him down but he ran. After a quick search they found moore and arrested him. Officers told them he stole the vehicle because he was homeless and he wanted to sleep in it for the night. Moore charged with grand theft and resisting without violence. The former polk county three of her students is set to appear before a judge in bartow this morning. Jennifer fichter pleaded guilty to 37 child sex charges last year, but now she wants her sentence reduced for several reasons she says, among them her victims were willing participants. Shes also citing Mental Health issues and a lack of Treatment Options in state prison. Were waiting on big announcements from president elect donald trump. Vice president elect mike pence says today is going to be a benchmark day for the trump administration. He says that going to plan to nominate georgia representative tom price to head the department of health and human services. Price has been a vocal critic of obamacare calling it a threat to quality and Affordable Health care. Mr. Trump has made repealing and replacing obamacare one of his goals. Meanwhile president elect trump is causing a stir following his meeting with retired general David Petraeus yesterday. Trump is considering petraeus for secretary of state. Director of the cia after he shared classified information with his mistress. Mr. Trump is also having a second meeting with mitt romney today. Coming up this morning, if you missed cyber monday and black friday, dont worry more deals are still coming. Well tell you when you can snag extra bargains straight ahead. The driver in that Deadly School bus crash in tennessee going before a judge today. The charges hes facing as we get an update on the recovery of were partnering with the Salvation Army to help with angel tree. The front lobby will be available for angel tree until december 9th. In hillsborough and Manatee County the angels must be adopted and brought back by december 2nd. The last day for angels in Pinellas County is december 9th and polk county the deadline is december 12th. Community calendar is brought to you 14 minutes after 9 right now, we want to get back to that new Surveillance Video, that brazen smash and grab at a tampa gun show. The video shows a truck smashing through the front of tampa guns and ammo. After the truck backs out, there are nearly a dozen people that rush inside that grab as many weapons as they can carry before they run out. Authorities say they were in and out in just minutes. We spoke with the owner who says hes doing inventory right what was stolen. You can watch the entire video right now, just go to our abc action News Facebook page. The driver in last weeks Deadly School bus crash in chattanooga is scheduled to be in court today. Johnthony walker is facing numerous charges including vehicular homicide. Questions are being raised about his driving and a second job he reportedly had. Six Elementary School students were killed in that crash while walker was behind the wheel. Five students are still in the hospital. Yesterday Elementary School returned to classes for the first time following that crash. A tainted thanksgiving dinner is suspected of killing three people in california and making five others sick. They all ate thanksgiving dinner at an American Legion hall near san francisco. Some of the food was donated by local restaurants and prepared by volunteers. More than 800 people ate the same food, and now local Health Officials are investigating to see if other people got sick. Were interviewing people that we know are ill, and were may have been had symptoms but maybe didnt seek health care. One person is still in the hospital. Four others were treated and released. The new judge in former university of cincinnati officer ray tensings murder retrial may recuse himself. Hes accused of killing sam dubose during a traffic stop last year. The new judge may recuse himself because he one of duboses children in probate court. A mistrial was declared earlier this month after jurors were unable to reach a decision. A bizarre security scare at a houston airport. A woman on board a plane opened an emergency exit door just after her flight lands and jumps out. Passengers snapped photos of the chaotic aftermath at bush intercontinental airport yesterday. The woman opened the emergency door after the flight from new orleans landed, and while the plane was still taxig to the and made a run for it. Police officers arrested her on the tarmac. Shes now undergoing a Mental Health evaluation, and as of right now it does not look like shes going to face any charges. Jury qualification in the Charleston Church shooting continues today with the defendant now in charge of his own defense. The judge yesterday ruled that dylann roof could represent himself during the trial, which is expected to last into next year. Roof is accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church. So far seven people have been qualified to possibly serve on the jury. This morning investigators are going over an interview they conducted with a california mom who was kidnapped and released on the side of a road last week. The local sheriff says he still has no reason to doubt sherri papinis harrowing abduction tale. She was found beaten and chained to a heavy object. Her long hair had been cut. Papini disappeared while jogging three weeks ago. Deals on black friday and on cyber monday, dont worry, you can grab better deals later this week, John Matarese explains. So you didnt go out on thanksgiving night, you didnt want to deal with the black friday crowds and you didnt have time for cyber monday, not to worry. You still have plenty of time to save money on holiday shopping. I watched the Cyber Monday Deals all day and have several take aways from it. Black friday is not the cheapest day of the year to shop, despite old navy had lower prices on cyber monday than black friday, 50 personality off all orders 50 off all orders. And everyone had xbox 1s and play stations for 249, the same price as black friday. Many items will be even cheaper later this cyber week and closer to christmas once retailers took inventory, and coats, boots and xboxs, theyll toys are traditionally cheapest two weeks from now. The only toy that wont be cheaper is hatchimals. Thats the toy you cant find anywhere at tampa bay stores. Otherwise keep checking prices so you dont waste your money, im John Matarese abc action news. Lets get an update on your action weather forecast. Slipped up on my hatchimals again. Yeah . 20,000 is the top what . Serious . And actually a completed bid, which means someone for it. In the car lines last week at my kids school there was a man that said ive got three of them. Kids didnt like them. That was his kids college fund. What we want is maybe some cooler air, thats coming, but it will take a while here. Apollo beach cam looking nice, it also is time for you to share what it looks like in your home this time of year. Couldnt believe this pic. That is professionally done. You could go to macys with that. Bring them in, that looks fantastic. Might get a tree up this year. Look at these lows though, doesnt feel like the holidays at all. Low 60s. This is the first time in the morning in quite some time we have not had temperatures in the 50s. So you didnt even go below 60 degrees. The rest of us almost didnt go below 70. Were and thats going to continue so long as the cold front stays to our north and west. Were going to stay warm and humid right through thursday, and then turn more seasonal. Were not looking for a big punch of cold air here, dont see it in the cards for us. At least that front will get us back to where we should be. Well be a little more comfortable by late thursday and into friday. For now, south, southeast wind will be gusty at times. If youre boating keep that in mind. It as slow mover. It looks like its going to its going to hang out north of us, and that will be the case through wednesday and thursday. Look at all the clear air, a few clouds, cumulus clouds, but not quite enough to make some rain. Thats good news. We need a little lift to the atmosphere. Well get that with the front. It wont be much. Limited moisture with it again, so as it passes through on thursday a couple of light showers. Were not looking for any big rains anytime soon, and we kind of need it at this point. Its going to be one of the driest novembers weve had, although we had that nice surplus for mid80s. It will feel warmer with the humidity, havent been able to say that in quite some time. You see the front coming in finally on thursday. The cloud cover will keep us south of 80 degrees. Then the dry air will allow temperatures to fall back in the 50s. That will keep us in the 70s for daytime highs and then, another disturbance tries to sneak in here at the tail end of the weekend with a few showers by then. Still ahead this morning, a major recall alert, homeopathic products for kids are being pulled from store shelves the medicine that could be dangerous for your children. Thats coming up next. Good morning, im lisa campos with your positively tampa bay, and the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program, were visiting with folks trying to consumer alert, kids homeopathic ear relief liquid and teething tablets are being pulled from shelves. Theyre recalling products that contain varying levels of beladona extract, it can be dangerous or deadly when consumed in large doses. The products include cvs homeopathic infant teething pockets, and cdv homeopathic ear relief liquid. The fda found small but varying amounts of beladona. Nobody has been hurt. Texas is now the second state in the continental United States to confirm a locally transmitted case of zika. Lab results confirm a woman who lives in southern texas near the mexico border does have the virus. She is not pregnant and has not traveled to an area where the virus is circulating. The only other state where the virus is circulating is here in florida. It is transmitted primarily through the bite of an i

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