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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 6AM November 18, 2016

Your jackets north. You wont need them this afternoon but you will this morning. I think well go to 80, 81 for a High Temperature this afternoon. Vanessa thanks, dave. We want to start off the road report checking on the pasco county area. We have reports of debris in the road but this was originally reported as a deer that might be in the roadway east of livingston road. Weep your eyes be careful. Right now we want to take you to the Howard Frankland bridge. Last hour and the hour before, we were watching a crash on the north end, northbound direction. Looks like lanes are completely clear. You should be just fine here. Russell 6 01. For the second time in a month, deputies are looking for an escaped inmate. Laura an inmate trustee drove away in a county truck and has not been seen since. Reporter yeah. Authorities are saying if you see joseph flannagan, do not approach him. Call 911. I want to show you a picture of him. Heres flannagan on the screen. Authorities have been looking for him since thursday afternoon. The 45yearold inmate took off in a white ford pickup truck and hasnt been seen for hours. Lakeland is a few hours from where the bartow. The inmate received a 10 month sentence for theft in september but recently Good Behavior and jail earned him more freedom. This included performing odd jobs in the county to serve out the rest of his time. A board county of commissioners employee last spotted him around 3 30 in the afternoon off bob phillips road. Thats located in bartow. Flannagans lakeland neighbors say hes not known to have if you see hem, report the information, do not approach him. Hes been described as six feet tall, about 180 to 200 pounds with brown hair, hazel eyes and a shaved head. If you see him or want to report a tip, youre urged to reach out to the polk county sheriffs office. Back to you in the studio. Laura thank you. Russell now, this is the second inmate to escape in polk county in the last month. October 19 ross overpowered a worker. He stole a truck while holding an officer hostage. Ross was captured a few hours later. Laura officials have issued a warrant for a firefighter. Russell hes the member of a violent motorcycle gang. Hes wanted off a bar brawl in key west. Rumor lodge on september 27. At one point, someone picks up a chair and starts swinging. Key west police were able to identify walker in the video and now hes wanted on battery charges. Hillsborough county fire rescue sent us this statement. We take these accusations very seriously and are opening an investigation into the charges. Well take all disciplinary actions and he will be on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation. Laura man in a scary mask is wanted f usf students. Two robbers broke into an apartment near usf and robbed the students and you can see one of these men wearing a mask made fame bus by the movie v for vendetta. Robbers knocked on the door and forced their way in holding guns. Ybor city bar tuesday morning. This was outside of the bad monkey bar on east seventh avenue. It was after closing time and a group of men were fighting. One of the men gets into a black nissan, attempts a uturn and gets hung up on the curve. The car jumps the sidewalk. Was this intentional . At the very least its a hit and run. We have the car, some things we think we know who it is. Im not sure what the intention was here but thats one of the questions to get answered. Russell just one of the men on the sidewalk is hurt. He has a broken leg. Bar was left with 15,000 in damage. Laura president elect donald trump is planning a victory tour of key states he won in the election. It will happen after thanksgiving. Russell until then he needs to pick a cabinet. Walter has the latest on the search. Out of trump tower, each a member of the new administration. Michael flynn has been offered the job of National Security adviser. Trump still has not nominated a single cabinet member but that could change soon. One of the most surprising names that came out for secretary of state is a man who said this about trump during the campaign. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as an agreement from trump university. Walter that was mitt romney in march. He was one of trumps most outspoken critics. Now trump is expected to meet with romney tomorrow to discuss the top cabinet spot. Its not clear what this will mean for Rudy Giuliani or South Carolina governor nikki halley. Sources inside trump tower say that giulianis business ties with foreign governments could haleys lack of Foreign Policy experience could hurt her chances as well. Also Florida Governor rick scott met with trump yesterday. Hes repeatedly said he plans to finish his term as governor and has no interest in taking a spot in trumps administration. More likely pick is attorney general pam bondi. Shes on trumps team. Governor scott wo need a replacement. Russell after declaring a victory in the fight to legalize medical marijuana in florida, theres been talk about john morgans political future. His supporters launched a website called for the governor. Com. Now hes responding to calls for him to run for the states highest elected office. You know, i do not know, i honestly do not know, if i ran, one term. Theres like three or four things i would want to do and then go home. Russell morgan says if he does run, he said its all just an idea. If he does decide, hell announce next march or april. Laura more than a week after the election, theres an undecided race in Hillsborough County and its for a seat that affects every single parent and student. Russell at 6 30, up the process here. And unless youve been living under a cage or youre this guy, you know that donald trump is going to be the next president. Why he says in this case, ignorance is bliss. Dave 6 08. Let me show you how pretty it looks outside this morning and chilly, too. 57 overlooking lake mirror. We have 60s back to the coastline. Grab a jacket. Youll need them for a few hours, although youll shed them tomorrow afternoon breezes but a high still at 78 degrees and maybe 10 degrees cooler than that for sunday. Yeah. Cold front is still on target to move through saturday night. Well talk about that in a few jessica the new recipe of beneful is really excellent. The first ingredient is chicken. riley man, this chicken is spectacular jessica i feel like when he eats beneful, he turns into a puppy again. You love it, dont you . You love it so much vo try new beneful healthy weight with chicken. Runs 12oc it never gets liftoff. Peggy woodson rocketing towards the International Space station. Laura a six Month Mission to the International Space station. A french new comer and cosmonaut and an american astronaut. The american, peggy woodson, is officially the older woman in space. Shell celebrate her 57th birthday next year in february. Shell hold the american record for total days in space. Russell and the newest Weather Satellite and set to launch tomorrow. Once in orbit, satellite will provide High Resolution information as soon as every 30 seconds. It was pushed back because of the weather. Hurricane matthew. Its now set to lift off around 5 42, around 5 42 tomorrow evening. You know, dave, i watched i was watching Mike Bennetts story on this last night. It is fascinating the technology that is there and what this will be able to provide us all with, especially people like you. Dave we are so excited. In the whole community, you blogs and everything, and everybody this is the creme de la creme of Weather Satellites for us. Its going to take a year. You have to calibrate it and do all of that stuff but once it gets going, youll have everything from lightning to forest fires to hurricane tracking to im excited about it. One of the only spots, because its kind of odd. If youre near the water, youre st. Petersburg and pinellas park. 56 in pinellas park. 66 in st. Petersburg. 60 in clearwater. If you go north, the blue color, crystal river, inverness, brooksville, dade city at a chilly 52 degrees this morning. Oh, you think thats chilly . You wait until monday morning. Bradenton is 60. Lakewood ranch is 50. Myakka city at 57 degrees. Md to upper 50s, down 17 county and then down to highlands county, upper 50s and lower 60s. Big, big difference in temperatures. It is 70 in dallas. It is 45 in wichita. Here is your cold front. This is the big front weve been talking about and as its steadily working south and east, we still have two more days today and tomorrow, warm afternoons with coolish mornings. Once this front comes through, likely to be in the 60s, paving the way for a lot of 40s on the map come monday morning. You see actual with the front theres been a little rain and behind it theres been some snow. Thats right, some snow. Dakotas have blizzard warnings in the area. A lot of precip is going to weaken and this will be another one of those fronts that provides us nothing in terms of rainfall. Thats what we really weve had. 01 rain at the airport since november 1. Thats going to be its going to go down as one of the driest months of all time if we dont get anything else. You watch as the front slides eastward and the rainfalls apart. It stays warm. Today back to 81 degrees. Tomorrow probably to the upper 70s. Then the front comes through, winds will abruptly shift to the northwest. Even drier air for the second half of the weekend and thats your big difference. Youll be at 81 for a High Temperature today. Youll be at 78 for tomorrow after stopping briefly at 62 tonight. But then you look at the next seven days and youre going to drop back to the upper 60s for sunday. A coolish afternoon. Now, the coldest air will be felt monday morning as even tampa is going to get back to the upper 40s and youre going to see 40s inland and north. But watch this. How fast does it warm up . Turkey is talking to us. Did you hear him . Yeah . There we go. Were going back to upper 70s for thanksgiving day so its a brief cooldown but a significant one. Vanessa and its making the turkey happy. I like that, too. Thanks. Its 6 16. Hernando county, were following a crash with lane blockage. I have yet to see any major delays but well keep you posted. Give yourself an extra minute or two if you have to head this way. Dont forget, we have water main breaks, repairs happening along hillsborough. Its supposed to wrap up this evening so thats good news, hillsborough avenue, eastbound, two lanes blocked between 22nd and 30th streets. I believe its around 9 00 this evening that those lanes could reopen. Morning, the director of the National Intelligence agency says hes formally submitted his resignation. James clapper has long said he planned to retire at the end of the obama administration. Hes held the job since august of 2010. Preventing lone wolf attacks like the one on the pulse nightclub is among issues that concerned him. Laura one of the most controversial, privatized Detention Centers in the United States is facing a backlash over a policy banning crayons. Holds 600 mothers and children and crayons were banned after Staff Members accused children of causing damage to the property. Attorneys call it unnecessary punitive. Russell rare whale sighting near the statue of liberty. Yesterday the coast guard warned boaters to use caution, sailing around the landmark to avoid hurting the massive avenue. The whale is a humpback rare for them to swim inside new york harbor. They think theyre moving toward the city because of the abundance of fish. Laura everyone knows that donald trump will be our next president. Its in every news cast, every newspaper, all over the internet. You would think it would be impossible not to know who won the election. A man in georgia doesnt and he does not want to find out. Joe chandler was planning to do what most of the country was doing on Election Night, watch to see who would be the next and he still doesnt know who won. He was so fed up with the political system that he went to bed Election Night and then when he woke up, he said he could not find out either way. Ive kind of found the senior of the cyclone. Its very peaceful in my little bubble of ignorance. La disinterest, too. Hes been staying away from televisions, newspapers and social media. When he goes out, he wears this sign. I dont know who won and i dont want to. Please dont tell me. He would like to make it to 2020 but he thinks hes going to be lucky if he makes it to next tuesday. Russell i love it. My bubble of ignorance. I live in one, too but unfortunately, i do know. We found tips for anyone busters. Laura and a salute. Find out why all the police cars were lined up outside of a hospital in orlando. Want to be a blogger in we find out how to get Free Products for your posts and even better, get paid. 100,000, you should be able to get 100, 150, 200. Its all part of helping you handdipped, with real milk, now, how come . Once, i got a machinemade shake from some other place, and it clanked and clunked and spit out a glop into my glass. And do you know what it was made of . Artificial turf . What . No. Powder what . Powder chowder . announcer get halfprice holiday milkshakes between 2 and 5 during happy hour. Its time to see whats clicking on the web. Jen laura time to see wt russell whats going on . Jennifer you dont need me. Youre having a grand time. Russell we are but you have some things to do. Jennifer 48. 7 million americans will travel from home this thanksgiving. Millions more for christmas. We know that travelling is probably the least pleasant things about the holiday. Hopefully this can cheer you up. Russell those are the harods bears. Jennifer Heathrow Airport has released the first ever commercial. Theres an aging teddy bear couple as they make their way through the airport. The sweet note. It reveals the bears are actually a human couple. Russell huh . Jennifer wait for it. There they are. Almost there. There they are. Russell okay. Okay. Jennifer reuniting with their grandkids. Very sweet. Final message, coming home is russell nice. Jennifer sounds like a publix commercial, doesnt it . Black friday, we know this, a week away. Sometimes lining up isnt about the deals. Its about the experience. Thats why cabelas has tips for concrete camping. Bring a tent, pack leftovers from thanksgiving dinner and remember, bring plenty of water. Concrete camping. If you are cold, grb some become invisible in lines and nobody bothers you like alcides segui. Pack a pair of binoculars. If you cant see the front of the line, those binoculars will hope you with strategies to get to the front of the line. You have to go prepared for concrete camping. Our last video comes from orlando. This is outside Arnold Palmer hospital for children. Orlando Police Officers stopped good night salute. The officers turn on all of their flashing lights while the children watched from their windows. Good night lights started several years ago by a cartoonist in rhode island who would use flashlights to send messages to patients at a hospital in providence. Hospitals across the country have caught up. What a sweet idea. Laura really sweet. I havent heard of that. World. Russell what happened after a young boy fell from a window three stories down. 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Coastline are still in the 60s but its pretty outside and the sun will be up in a little bit. Gorgeous as we continue this lovely, lovely stretch of weather. The lakeland net camera, 57 degrees. Again, there are a few 60s sprinkles in there along the immediate coastline, even 40s in citrus county. Very similar, though. I think what were going to do is literally go back to 81 for a High Temperature today. 78 tomorrow. Much cooler for sunday after this front comes through tu will be felt monday morning and ill talk about those temperatures in just a few minutes. Okay . Vanessa looking forward to it. Thanks, dave. Its 6 30. We want to take a look at our interstate drive times and we dont have anything major happening on the interstates, crashwise or constructionwise so it should be a smooth ride for you. Take a look southbound 275. Drivers, coming from the tampa side of the Howard Frankland heading all the way south to the will be the drive. Its eight minutes apiece northbound 75, selmon to fouler. Were learning the nature of a lane blockage at spring lake highway. We do have two lanes blocked. Weve been watching some delays there. Theyre still minor in nature. Most of it appears in the eastbound direction. Give yourself a few extra minutes through the intersection. Laura thank you. Out of winter haven right now, early this morning, a car complex at 645 avenue northwest. The woman inside the apartment called 911 and when police got there, they found a man behind the wheel who had been shot and killed. Hes identified as jimmy lee rogers, junior. We have a crew headed to the scene. Russell and developing this morning, polk deputies are looking for an escaped inmate in bartow. Countys Fleet Maintenance building on bob phillips road. Investigators say he took a white ford pi

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