No closed captioning is developing this morning in polk county. Deputies are searching for an escaped inmate. Who took off from a Work Release Program in bartow. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is at the polk county jail with the latest. This isnt the first time an inmate has escaped in polk county. A month ago, an inmate named david ross was part of a work crew at mosaic park. When he took a guard hostage and drove off in a city vehicle. He then drove all the way to pinellas county. Where authorities nabbed him. A Hillsborough County firefighter is facing battery charges for taking part in a violent bar fight. The september 27th brawl key west. Officials say the man in the white shirt is clint walker. Police say hes a Hillsborough County firefighter. And also a member of the outlaw motorcycle gang. They were there for the annual poker run. The fight started. After an argument erupted with another customer. At least 4 employees and customers were hurt. Key west police have issued an order for walkers arrest. Surveillance video of another bar fight closer to home, has been released. It shows the moment a driver smashes through the front window on 7th ave in ybor city. This morning tampa police are still looking for that driver. Investigatrs say he may have been trying to leave the fight. Before losing control of the car. Despite the dramatic impact, only one of the victims was hurt. Anyone who recognizes the driver is urged to contact tampa police. The school rezoning plan in pasco county. Which would place kids in different on thursday. A committee of parents and principals agreed to remove almost 500 students from mitchell high school, and Seven Springs middle. Under the new plan. Both schools would still be slightly over capacity. Superintendent Kurt Browning will now look at recommendations before making any adjustments. The board will then hold two public meetings. The first is december 20th. The second will be january 17th. Which is when a final decision is expected to be made. Hillsborough county deputies are looking for two masked, and usf students, at an apartment on brucebdowns. Investigators say the robbers knocked on the door of the apartment on wednesday night. Before forcing their way inside. The robbers got away with a wallet with 300 dollars inside. Before taking off in a getaway car. If you know anything youre asked to call the sheriffs office. This morning, president elect donald trump is taking credit for saving a ford plant in kentucky. Trump tweeted last night quote i worked hard with executive chairman bill ford great state of kentucky for their confidence in me. But ford claims the plant was never closing. And no jobs were ever in jeopardy. In fact, the company was only considering moving production of the lowselling lincoln mkc from kentucky to mexico, so the automaker could make space to ramp up production of the higherselling ford escape. Ford told trump yesterday, it was canceling plans to shift production. All eyes continue to be on trumps transition from president elect. To the white house. And who he plans to take with him to washington. Foxs jackie the big names on the short list. And one thats causing some controversy. Chyrons 0 070 16 Katrina PiersonFmr Trump Campaign spokesperson courtesy the kelly file fox news channel0 230 33 matt bennett fmr deputy asst to pres. Bill clinton courtesy the kelly file fox news channel0 360 43 Michael Flynn retired us army lt. General 0 511 00 sen. Jeff sessions ral 1 121 17 shinzo abe japanese Prime Minister voice of translator 1 171 28 Jackie Ibanez fox news correspondent oncam fox news tag the pressure is on for president elect donald trump to quickly make appointments to his cabinet. As he meets with several key leaders to fill those spots. Pierson says you know its really bad when David Axlerod chief strategist to president obama took to twitter today to remind the media that they didnt even have these appointments made at this time without criticism. The name thats causing the most controversy now is Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn. Whos expected to be appointed as National Security advisor. Bennett says he is by all accounts a very difficult guy to work for but also but much more importantly, hes just wouldnt discuss his conversation with the president elect. Flynn says its going really well and its a great transition. And the president elect is in full control believe me. Another possible appointment. Senator Jeff Sessions claims hes happy in his current role. But says he would be honored to serve the president. Sessions says i think he has a good ability to size up people in an effective way. A big part of his success in business is having good people around him. Meanwhile. Theres controversy over the Transition Team not going through the proper channels. For president elect trump to talk with World Leaders over the phone. Mister trump on thursday met with his first world leader since the election. Abe says as an outcome of todays discussion i am convinced that mr trump is a leader in whom i can have great trust in. oncam tag president elect trump will meet with former republican president ial nominee mitt romney. Who is reportedly being considered for the secretary of state position. In new york, Jackie Ibanez, thousands of antidonald trump protesters continue to hold demonstrations across the nation. Theyve going on daily since election day. During a News Conference in germany, president obama had a message for those protesters. Dont be silent. Obama says one of the great things about our democracy is it expresses itself in all sorts of ways. And that includes people protesting. i wouldnt advise them to be silent. President obamas message is one that many republicans are now upset about asking the president to step in and condemn the rallies. New this morning. As the city of clearwater deals with a growing demand for parking space. Theyre asking local Business Owners for help. City officials have launched an online survey. To gauge the communitys interest in more parking garage permit options on clearwater beach. The survey is asking business whether it is at city lots, on the street. Or private parking. It also asks if theyd be willing to sign an annual contract to reserve parking spaces. The survey comes weeks before the seven story pelican walk garage on mandalay avenue is set to open. Moffit Cancer Center in tampa. Is moving forward with an 800million dollar expansion. The money will go towards a new hospital wing, two research buildings, a clinical support building and additional outpatient facilities. The entire expansion is expected to take 10 years to moffitt leaders plan to raise 500Million Dollars. And hope to finance the rest with a bond bankrolled by state cigarette taxes. Still ahead. Details on a deal. That may allow Johnny ManzielsDomestic Violence case to be dismissed. Plus. Be glad you arent dealing with this today. The first major snowstorm of the season making . . We asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. Travel with my daughter. Roller derby. . . Now give up half of em. Do i have to . This is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. But, if we start saving even just 1 more we could keep doing all the things we love. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. This black friday at the volkswagen time now is 5 xx. Your future iphone could very well be made in america. One of the two companies that assembles the smartphones in china. Is reportedly considering making them in the us. According to the nikkei asian review. Apple asked both foxconn and pegatron for the location switch back in june. Foxconn complied. While pegatron said the cost would be too much. Apple has declined to comment on the nikkei story. President elect donald trump has said that he wants apple to move manufacturing to the us. North Carolina Governor Pat Mccrory is allegeing voter fraud in his bid for reelection. And is now challenging votes in 52 of the states 100 counties. More than a week after election day the race between mcrory, and democractic rival roy cooper. Is too close to call. Absentee and other ballots are currently being certified and counted. With the final vote canvass expected today. The Mccrory Campaign believes there were potentially fraudulent absentee ballots cast for cooper. The a judge has ordered the former boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina brown. To pay 36 Million Dollars to her estate. Nick gordon was in an atlanta courtroom yesterday for the ruling. Gordon has not been criminally charged. But he was found liable for browns death after failing to appear in court back in september. Brown was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in january of 2015. She was in a coma for six months. Before dying in hospice care at age 22. Heisman trophy winner and former Cleveland Browns quarterback johnny manziel. Has reached a deal with prosecutors in his Domestic Assault case. The deal calls for conditional dismissal of manziels case. In which hes accused of hitting and threatening his former girlfriend. He will go back before a judge on december first, when the case could be settled. Manziel is currently a free agent after playing two seasons with the browns. While were struggling to get rain here. People in the denver area. Resulted in a major pile up thursday, and forced several parts of the interstate to close. The National Weather service has issued a blizzard warning for parts of the dakotasand winter storm warnings for nebraska and minnesota. Up to a foot of snow could fall in some areas by tomorrow. Its now 5 . . Time to check the forecast with dave. It is 5 . . time now to find out whats happening coming up. The amount of money in our pockets is on the rise across tampa bay. But its not all good news. Plus. Apparently theres an art to the best time for calling in sick from work. The day that gets the most sick calls. Dunkins sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back with twice the crispy, caramelized peppered bacon. Experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. Be noisy. Be silent. Be near. Be far. Be joyful. Be together. Holidayflavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. Welcome back. Heres some good news. A new federal report shows that personal income . Grew. Across the tampa bay area in 2015. The bad news though. Its growing at a lot slower pace than the rest of the country. The report says average personal income in the tampast. Peteclearwater area. Is up to 43thousand dollars a year. Thats a 6hundred dollar increase from 2014. Across the us though. Average income was just shy of 50thousand a year. And the average across the entire florida. Was 48thousand. The numbers highlight a growing gap between income, and living costs. Driven by the fact many of the new jobs created in tampa bay are lowerwage positions in retail, leisure and hospitality. For those in the north portsarasotabradenton area. Things are a little above average. Personal income was up to 51thousand dollars. Much of pasco, hernando, and polk counties however. Are well below. Neither of home. The bank says the number of customers opening accounts fell 44 percent from a year ago while new credit card applications tumbled 50 percent. Back in september, wells fargo agreed to pay 185milliondollars in penalties for opening up millions of accounts in customers names without their permission. Jp morgan chase has agreed to pay more than 264Million Dollars in fines to federal authorities. The banks asian affiliate. Was accused of hiring friends and relatives of chinese officials. Banking deals in that country. As part of the deal. The bank will avoid criminal bribery charges. This may help you digest your turkey better next week. It turns out. That thanksgiving meal is going to gobble up less of your paycheck. According to the American Farm bureau federation. The average cost this year, for a ten person feast. Will be just shy of 50 dollars. Thats 24cents cheaper than could use a little me time. Perhaps you play a little hooky from work. Well a survey done by Market ResearchCompany Career builder. Says the best time to call in sick is 6 38 am, on a tuesday. Thats apparently when youre most likely to be believed. Unlike on a monday or a friday. When its pretty obvious youre angling for a long weekend. The best excuse for calling out is referring to stomach problems. It has been a week and a half since the election but did you know theres a Hillsborough CountySchool Board Race that is still up in the air. . The reason the recount is taking . So long. And why its important at fivethirty. Plus. Bitterness brewing at a florida starbucks. The fight over a cup of its 5 , im walter allen. And im jen epstein. We begin this half hour a local election. Still too close to call. Ballots are still being counted this morning. A week ahead a half after voters went to the polls. Fox 13s Alcides Segui is live in tampa. With the seat still undecided. And whats Holding Things up . alcides thanks, alcides. The time now is 5 . . Romney will meet with president elect donald trump in new york this weekend. To discuss the secretary of state position. Romney was extremely critical of trump during the campaign, and said there was no way he could support him. The Transition Team says this will be a chance to heal some divisions. However, rommey isnt the only one in the mix to be secretary of state. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is also being mentioned. A letter asking parents to keep their kids quiet while they play has parents offended by the letter. And felt targeted because they have children. The subdivisions manager told fox 13. That its all a misunderstanding. They told us the focus of the letter wasnt noise. But making sure children werent playing unsafely in the street. New cdc numbers show that the teen pregnancy rate plummeted to a historic low in 2015. But the figures show the dip was more extreme in cities than in rural areas. The number of girls aged between 15 a percent since 2007. In the countryside however. There was just a 37 percent slump over the same time. A study from earlier in the year linked the drop in teenage pregnancies to more, and . Better use of contraceptives. For the second time in about a monthpolk county sheriffs deputies are searching for an escaped inmate. Both escaped from work programs. One was caught the other. Remains live in bartow with the details. Is Shayla Reaves. Morning shayla. Youre trash. So what because i voted for tr congratulations. Now give me my money back an ugly exchange. Hotter than the coffee. Is caught at one coral gables coffee shop. The coffee shop customer. Says its all because of who he voted for. That customer also claims he was treated differently based on his race. Another customer inside the store. Picked up on the bitterness brewing. And pressed record. Here with more is fox 13s russell rhodes. The man caught on camera says there is much more to rolling. David sanguesa says he lost his cool during a wednesday coffee run with a colleague. He says he waited 20 plus minutes for his cup of joe. Before things got nasty. Sanguesa says he believes he was refused service because hes white, and a known trump supporter. He was even talking about his support at the coffee shop before the incident. He never got his coffee. But he did get a few words in before he left. I want your name, give me your card. Youre garbage. Complete trash in a statement. Starbucks says embracing diversity and treating each other with respect and dignity is core to starbucks values. We are committed to providing an inclusive, supportive and safe Work Environment for everyone. Sanguesa says he too apologizes. And tells our sister station in miami. That berak down of last nights saints panthers game. Plus Kevin Odonnell will have the rest of this mornings sports headlines. And in this weeks hometown hero. These moms lift more than their children. Well show you how they arent letting parenthood prevent them from pumping some iron. dave dunkins sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back with twice the crispy, caramelized peppered bacon. 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. Hmmm. More. Hows it looking . 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 . Where shopping is a pleasure. Be noisy. Be silent. Be near. Be far. Be joyful. Be together. Celebrate joy with dunkins holidayflavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. In sports this morning. Cam newton and the carolina panthers. Going headtohead with drew brees and the new Orleans Saints last night. This one was pretty much all carolina until the fourth quarter. When brees tried leading a comeback. He threw a touchdown pass to coby fleener. To make it a three point game. With just under 3 to play. The panthers then ran the clock down before punting with less than 20 seconds to go. The saints got put a drive together. Panthers win 23 20. Now for the rest of your sporting headlines. We turn to fox 13s Ke