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WTSP 10 News At 430am November 10, 2016

Thousands of people took to the streets calling thousands of people took to the streets calling president elect donald trump, racist, sexist and antigay. The chants against trump stretch from los angeles to new york, chicago to right here in tampa bay. 10 News Reporter Courtney Robinson caught up with local protestors in ybor city tonight. In ybor city tonight roughly 75 people gathered, marching through the streets to have their voices heard. They say they want people to understand that everyone matters. Heard from donald trump throughout the campaign is not what they stand for. Were not gonna stand for this. Maybe not the fact that hes preisdent, but were not gonna stand for the racism. Were not going to stand for the xenophobia. Were not going to stand for the misogeny. We have fought way too hard to progress this much as a country in the 200 years that weve been a country. We cant revert. Theres another protest planned for tomorrow ngiht in tampa at the federal courthouse and a large rally in sarasota on saturday. In ybor, cr, 10news wtsp. The markets wednesday to news of the Trump Victory with the dow closing up more than 250 points. Trump will be only the fifth president in history to win the white house, while losing the popular vote. Students at Many High School and College Campuses also staged walkouts in protest of trump winning the white house. We sent 10 News Reporter beau zimmer to usf to talk with some of the bay areas youngest voters about the election. Their responses are all over the board. From excited to scared and every emotion in between were hearing all types of reactions to the results of tuesday nights election. On the evening after the results finally sinking in, we wanted to hear from some of the bay areas youngest voters students at the university of south florida. We placed a dry erase board in the center of campus and asked students to sound off using one word to describe their thoughts on the result. From positive to negative and some who just werent sure we got lots of responses. Words like awesome and hurt and our personal favorite, gobsmacked, which one student defined as taking astounded and bewildered, throw them in a blender on high and pour out. In just about an hour, every available inch of the dry erase board was filled up with oneword reactions to the election of donald trump. Two big stories involving the way you get around town. Were talking about uber, lyft and Cab Companies. The rules of the road are changing. Ridesharing companies can now legally operate in Hillsborough County, after reaching a deal with the Public Transportation commission. But it also opens up competition. As 10 News Reporter garin flowers explains you could see better fares and Marcus Bonner is an uber driver. Sot well, i think its a good service. He prefers to wait at the airport nat. So after you land, hes ready pick you up. As of wednesday, he can do so without looking over his shoulder. The Public Transportation Commission Meeting halfway with Ridesharing Companies uber and lyft. Approving a deal to make them legal. Sot im glad they kept it going, it helps me financially because im on social security. Thats good news for the drivth good news for you, the ptc also voted to open up the market and allow other competitors to offer ridesharing services. Sot the more competition, the better the price, the better the service. Ptc chairman victor crist negotiated the deal with uber and lyft, aimed at Better Safety for you. It requires an enhanced background check on drivers. They also have carry additional insurance and have their cars inspected each year. Stand up commissioner crist says this agreement is a big deal because our area could be the blueprint for the future of these companies. The new regulations might spark statewide legislation maybe even nationwide. Sot why not have what bits and pieces theyve agreed to here, there and everywhere in one tightly designed said they are hoping for statewide regulations to keep them driving. In tampa, garin flowers 10 news wtsp. As a part of the deal in flowers 10 news wtsp. As a part of the deal in as a part of the deal in hillsborough, uber must pay the ptc 250 thousand dollars per year and lyft has to pay 125 thousand dollars. Both say it wont increase your cost to ride. Now to an issue facing cab drivers. We hear a lot about the dangers of distracted driving. But what about tired driving . As 10 investigates first told you that is an issue on your roads, taxi drivers in Hillsborough County have no restrictions on the number of hours they drive. But now as mike deeson shows you, thanks to our investigation, the hillsborough Public Transportation commission plans to take action was hit by a taxi driver is amazed that hillsborough cab drivers have no restrictions on the amount of days or hours they drive. And many drivers work 7 days a week some times 17 to 18 hours a day. Taxi driver jim little says the problem is leasing the cab cost up to 600 dollars a week and gas can runs as much as 200. Told us they often drive tired, many hours and that means anytime you are on the road driving next to a cab you could be at risk. But the Public Transportation commission which regulates Taxi Companies has no restriction on the hours drivers are on the road Christopher Ligori who has successfully sued Cab Companies as the result of crashes says the ptc has dropped the ball on this issue. Hillsborough commissioner ken hagan who sits on the ptc board admits until he saw our story he had no idea the agency didn;t restrict dirver hours. And he is concerned people riding in cabs and driving next to them could be at risk and injured in his crash this next story is a little creepy, but it seems as though a rare bedbug has remerged in florida after 60 years this one is a tropical bed bug. It hasnt been seen since the 19 30s and 40s, but now it is on the east coast in brevard county. The ordinary bed bug. That means it can cause all the same havoc and threat of widespread infestation throughout florida and the south. We dont know how the bed bugs got here but experts think it could have been through port canaveral. So far, brevards is the only confirmed case in florida. We have a lot to get to coming up at 5 on 10 news this morning. In 71 days, Melania Trump will officially be our new first lady. She only spo during the campaign a few times, but this morning we are learning more everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. 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This morning we look closer at the deadly shooting in tulsa. An unarmed man refusing to listen to officers commands is shot and killed by a female officer. So this morning we once again bring back our team of experts and re enact as closely as possible that day from what we witnessed on video. With 10 news anchor reginald roundtree, our experts share with you what we as should have done differently. In11 00 20 our next scenario takes us to tulsa, where two officers respond to a call in11 00 58 sir, sir you got to stop right there, stop right there. This guy is not responding. Get away from the vehicle. Move away from the car. In the Actual Police video, you can see crutcher, not responding to a tulsa officers commands. His hands are in the air, walking slowly and no weapon is visible. A female officer is close behind him with another officer just behind her. But things are about to go from bad to worse as the suspect get next to his vehicle. Our law enforement experts give there acessment of the apparent danger in this scene. In 13 02 17 what allowing him to get to the car. Letting him get to the car is a big danger. Proximity again. In13 55 18 someone could have tackled him the problem with allowing the suspect to get to a vehicle is the possibility of him having access to a weapon. In13 27 00 there were to many commands given and he did not respond. At that point they should have taken him down in our second re enactment we take down the suspect before he gets to the vehicle. In11 12 50 sir you got to stop right there. Allen take him down with the unarmed suspect dead and one of the officers on the scene, who shot and killed Terrance Crutcher is now charged with manslaughter and awaiting trial. Tonight night at 11 00, we dig deeper into the shooting in minnesota where a woman recorded the aftermath live on facebook. 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Dont forget, you can always take 10 news with you just download the 10 news app. Its a fast look at breaking news, weather and traffic and get alerts so you wont miss a thing. Search wtsp 10 news in the app for all you friendsgiving hosts, inviteho you want, not who you must. Serve a turkey, dont serve a turkey. Bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. Sweet, and golden brown fresh from the oven. Set the table, sethe coffee table, set no table at all. The only rule to follow on friendsgiving. Is make it your own. Election has ended and some people may have post election blues. But, we can all agree these red francisco zoo and Mozilla Firefox hosted a Facebook Live stream of the fuzzy red and whitefaced pandas for an hour. They hoped these adorable firefoxes would help unite americans and take a break from all the political coverage. Coming up on 10 news this morning, protestors are marching through cities to protest the result of election night. Thanksgiving may be two weeks today, but walmart is already starting its black friday sales. Ths are waiting for the holiday cups are officially back today. And its a little different this year. Well be back with another look at your weather you love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But nou more of what you love. Taste the many sides of brookside. Smooth dark chocolate outside. Exotic fruit flavor inside. Brookside. For all your sides. Quilted northern works so well people can forget their bathroom experience. Except this one, who has an outlet for a face. . News this morning. Im allison kropff. And im ian reitz. Overnight thousands of protesters expressed their frustration with the pr states of america. This is what it looked like wednesday night in new york. It was just one of the many cities where people gathered overnight. 10News Reporter emerald morrow is live at the federal courthouse in downtown tampa. Emerald, weve already seen some protests in tampa, are we expecting more . Yeah, there are at least a couple more protests planned for our area,

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