Transcripts For WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 7AM 20161110 : vima

Transcripts For WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 7AM 20161110

Right now were currently in the mid 60s in the tampa area, although there are spots in the 50s to the north and well rebound just beautifully this afternoon. Drier air settles in, lots of sunshine and High Temperatures getting up close to 80 degrees again. Vanessa . Vanessa were checking out the usual suspect as far as congestion for this time of morning. 275 south in the interchange. Right now sky fox checking out the area near bush and it is jamming up as we this time of morning. Check the travel times and see if theyre about normal and yes, they are. 22 minutes from bearss avenue to i4 and if youre heading 75 southbound, were looking normal with moderate congestion. 14 minutes from fowler avenue to the expressway. I4 should only take 10 minutes and we do want to remind drivers if youre in the bradenton area taking u. S. 41, were still dealing with the remnants of the blocks as well. Southbound lanes are going to be blocked. Were getting differing reports from different authorities which lane is blocked, whether its the right lane or center line but we do have southbound delays in the area. Laura developing this morning, police are searching for the gunman who shot two officers in western pennsylvania. It happened about 4 00 this one officer was taken to a local hospital. The other officer was flown to a miles away. Its not immediately clear the condition of either officer and officials have not said what led up to the shootings but were following the story and we will bring you an update very soon. Today in washington, a meeting between president obama and donald trump. Russell this is the first face to face since trumps stunning president ial victory on tuesday. Fox 13 is city white house this morning where the Obama Administration is getting ready to hand over the reins of power. Good morning. Elect trump will be arriving here at the white house later this morning for this meeting with president obama. Obviously it will be at least somewhat awkward but this is part of the standing tradition here as washington and the rest of the country prepare for a big transition. This is where it will all take place today. The confines of the oval office. Officially its where donald trump and president obama will discuss the finer points of president ial transitions. Just outside, construction is already underway for the inauguration. Its something the president spoke about in his first public remarks since trump won the white house on tuesday night. I have instructed my team to follow the example that president bushs team said eight years ago and work as hard as we can to make sure this is a Successful Transition for the president elect. Beyond the transition details, its hard to ignore the real tension that must exist between the two men. Think about everything on the twitter account, they cant handle the nuclear coast. Do you know what i say to president obama . Give me a break. There may be less tension today. Michelle obama sitting down with the next first lady, Melania Trump. Small talk may be the order of the day but white house transitions are Serious Business and trumps team is being led by chris christie. Still with lingeri about the elections outcome, governing is going to be a challenge in the months ahead as trump moves into the white house and tries to unite a divided country. And after the meeting here at the white house, trump moves to capitol hill to meet republican speaker of the house paul ryan and theres been tension with those two as well. Back to you guys. Russell thank you. On the subject of protests, there was one in tampa. Not nearly as large as some youve been seeing. Marching along Seventh Avenue in yor city and chanting. Someone put threats against the group on facebook. Nothing happened. It was a peaceful protest. Laura theres new numbers that may explain why Hillary Clinton may have lost florida. The latino vote. Democrats were counting on it and while a Record Number of them did vote, 29 cast a ballot for trump. Thats 2 more than mitt romney got four years ago and cubans ha trump won by 13 . And he ended up winning florida by 100,000 votes. Women didnt seem to help Hillary Clinton, either. She won pretty big with minority women but not so much with white women. 5145 with white women who have a College Education but trump beat her 6234 with white women without any college and clinton only won 4 more of independent hampshire to declare a winner in the president ial race. Michigan has 16 votes and New Hampshire four. Trump has 290 electoral votes. Hillary clinton, 278. Trump has gotten the most electoral votes of any republican president ial candidates since george h. W. Bush since 1988. George w. Bush had 271 electoral votes after the florida recount in 2000 electoral votes. A lot of us remember ronald reagan. He beat jimmy carter in 1980 by a margin of 48949 in the elect oral count. Beat Walter Mondale four years later, 52513. Mondales only wins were in minnesota plus the district of columbia. Laura in local news, and new this morning, the arrest of an accused killer and the victim sitting in a car and Shayla Reaves is covering this arrest from bradenton. Its a story you followed on monday and covered. Good morning. Yeah. Good morning to you. We can tell you 21yearold Devon Lee Freeman is waking up behind bars in the Sarasota County jail. We can tell you the sarasota man is facing charges in connection with the death of 18yearold mariah hope goode. Im here with mariahs parents bit about their feelings since learning of the arrest. This is jan and gary goode. Im sorry again for your loss. What can you tell us about if you could say anything to the person thats been charged in this case, what would you want them to hear . I forgive you. I forgive you. I want you to know im real i forgive you. I want justice for mariah but i when we communicated via text message, you told me you would like to speak with him face to face. Why is that so important to you . First of all, i want to see his eyes. I want him to see my eyes. I want him to know that i truly love him. And gary, tell me about the dog that youre holding. This dog has been with your family for three years and it was somewhat a dog that was spcial to mariah as this is her service dog. Shes just beside herself. She sits in the window looking for mama to come home. And even this morning she was shaking quite a bit. And for folks that are tuning in, we can tell you this situation unfolded over the weekend. It was sunday when 18yearold mariah adopted by the goode family as a baby, she had years, including treatment for lupus. Right now Authorities Say she was shot over the weekend in bradenton and she was transported to the hospital by a potential witness in the case and ultimately mariah did not survivor her injuries. There are still some questions as to whether she actually knew freeman or why she and freeman may have been at the location on Fourth Street east where the so certainly questions still out there but the family is telling me, even,000 you still miss your little girl and cant breathe without her. Its just i want no parent to feel this. No parent should feel this. And i know today, jan, that you all are going to be remembering her life. Tell me quickly about some of the things that are planned for the afternoon. Mariah and show how much we love her. We also want to be honoring jesus so were having a celebration of life at Anna Maria Community Center at 2 00 and then there will be like a reception at cause point church right after that and then tonight will be a Candlelight Service at river walk. That is scheduled for 6 00 in the evening. Yes, maam. And last but not least, before we let you go, if theres anything you want to say to the community, i understand m may have been very close to some students who attended manatee high school. What would you like to say to the community as far as what support youve received has meant to you in the last few days . Words cant express how much gratitude we have towards those that showed their love, their outpouring by just coming by, by providing food for the family and just Different Things like that. Now, i just want the community to pull together and honor many people showed up. She would laugh to know that she was that loved. And also that the community would pull together and help us pray that we see justice here and that nothing slips through the cracks. The truth will be known. Thank you for your time. We will continue to follow the story and make sure that we bring you any developments from the Manatee County Sheriffs Office as they are provided. Reporting here in bradenton, Shayla Reaves, fox 13 ne. This family is showing. Thank you. There is a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a serial robber. This is video from his latest heist in lakeland. Hes wearing a hat. Detectives say hes responsible for at least three other robberies. Fortunately, no one has been hurt. If you know who he is, call crime stoppers. Russell 7 11 right now and Hillsborough County is finally done, at least for the next year. The Hillsborough County Public Transportation commission has reached an agreement with uber and lyft to keep them in the county. 43 on wednesday they voted to adopt rules that both groups agree to. Fingerprint regulations were removed but tougher background checks were put in place. Uber drivers will have to get their cars inspected. Other ride shaping companies besides uber and lyft would be subject to rules as well. The december. Both sides hope the legislature comes up with statewide rules. Laura sometimes it is the simplest gestures that mean so much. The overnight janitor at a school in New Hampshire has become a bit of a celebrity because of what he does to bring a smile to his students faces and his name is mr. Munzie and every night cleaning the classrooms, he will take the time to vacuum patterns into a couple of the rugs. Teachers say the kids look the night before. Hes made sports logos in the past. Is that dallas, dave . Did you see that . Halloween shapes. He seems to have an affinity for peanuts characters. Hes new to the school this year but theyre so pleased by his creations. They have even added a link on their website so parents can log on to see the fun carpet creations. Russell thats neat. Okay. Fighting fatigue. Coming up, addiction that keeps a lot of you up night. Laura and then walter allen takes us to daddy boot camp. Good morning. Youre getting close. Walter up and at them. Its time for boot camp. Its where the instructor tells you about puke and all the other hzards when it comes to parenting. Thats next. Dave 7 13 and we have lower 50s to the north. Honestly, its a gorgeous start to the day. Cloud cover. Were bringing in drier air as we speak. Notice how much cooler it is to the north than it was yesterday dave it is 7 17 and the usf marine since marine science northeast winds around 11 miles per hour. Lake mirror, its 61 degrees right now in lakeland and mainly northeast winds at around three. Just everywhere, up and down the state of florida, its just beautiful this morning. Notice the difference in temperatures, though. Where the front hasnt gone through yet, key west, youre at 74 degrees. Then you flip the number around and thats where tallahassee is at this hour. Theyre at 47. Brook brooksville, all at 50 degrees. Plus a tremendous amount of drier air thats slowly sinking southward. This is one of the days where well have full sunshine but as the day moves along, it will continue to get drier and drier as the air comes in out of the northnortheast behind that front that came through last night. So enjoy. Its going to be beautiful. Mostly sunny, High Temperature around 80 degrees for today. Tonight well go back to 60 in tampa. Now, north of Hillsborough County, youre going to be in the 50s come tomorrow morning. So really, youre away from the water, youre probably in the 50s. Beautiful sunshine for tomorrow. Its friday, its veterans day, its 78 degrees for a High Temperature. Boaters enjoy your light chop today as well. Northeast winds shifting to the north at 10 knots this afternoon. Next seven days, while we do bring a couple of 20 rain High Temperatures straight through this upcoming weekend. Dave and we want to look at i4. We have a reported vehicle fire. Im not seeing any flames but definitely the Fire Department on scene seem to be focused on this looks like a van to me thats pulled over on the side with its hood up but this is westbound direction, kind of near the orient road area. We have some lane reductions due to emergency vehicles on site. Left lane is blocked so please use caution here. Good news to report, it looks fire under control. And additionally our congestion that were seeing through the area is still in the moderate range so its about 15 minutes to get from 75 to the interchange so that is passing by this site. We havent quite hit the red zone yet. Well see how long this sticks around, if they start to clear this out, this might not be a huge concern for drivers but i do want to maybe urge you to give yourself a few extra minutes out the door. We also want to check in on 75. We have sky fox in the area of looks like moderate congestion here as well. Walter thank you. 7 19 this time. This week is all about getting me ready to be a new dad. I took on a class and thankfully st. Joes Womens Hospital was kind enough to take a camera with me as i stepped into daddy boot camp. A little guy time. Sitting around on a saturday for a couple of hours babies. Im a father of two sons. Walter not something you see often and ive never been to a baby shower. Guys, were not typically wired this way, right . Thats changing for me. Im going to be a new dad so its time for welcome to bot camp for new days. Walter its a camp, this one at st. Joes Womens Hospital. We told the group who we are, when the due date is, name of the baby. Once we got through that, then some big topics are covered and its part handson, Part Group Therapy but all real. Heres the problem with infants. First three months, theyre crying, sleeping or eating. And youre feeding, burping or changing dipes. Thats not a traditional male role and a lot of men, we wont use the word with each other but the truth is were scared of it. Fascinating is the fathers role that has changed throughout the years. Big point that stuck out for me was fathers taking a big role, as big of a role as mom. Not to let motherinlaws in or anyone else diminishing that role. Men dont bond with babies that way. You know how men bond. You already know that. You bond by spending time. Walter spend time because you dont get it back, ill told. Sniff portion of the program. Swaddle, suck, side. Theyre kind of curled around. Walter shake. Wait, what . Not a hard shake but a jittery shake. Walter and finally, shhhh. And all of this re creates the womb. So in these classes, there are a number of things that are always covered and some other depending on the class and what is brought up by the participants but a class with dads in mind, speaking dad language, i feel one step closer to taking on the job full time. Laura youre not going to have a choice. Walter exactly. Here it comes. Eight weeks to go. One of the topics i wasnt sure if they were going to cover or not, which is shaking the baby. And he did. He covered it and was very frank about it and the people that hes talked to over the years, theyre not bad people if they its just they just make a bad decision and everybody comes close or can come close. Just doesnt make them bad people. Laura you have to stop yourself. Walter there are things you can do to make sure you dont get to that point. Put the baby down, make sure you step out of the room, that sort of thing. Laura can i say youre such a great dad for going . Weve come a long way when it comes to equality. Walter he had a very interesting perspective. He has a a kid in his 20s and his 42yearold as a traditional dad back then, you start bonding with your son when they can start throwing a ball a little later and the mom did the breastfeeding and all of that stuff, changing diapers. He has a different relationship with his older kid than the younger one. Younger one can talk to both parents. Older one talks to mom and only sports to dad. Do you understand . Laura yeah. Its a new age. Ahhh laura youre ready. Youre ready. Russell im proud of you. Laura all right. Stay with us. Gracious in defeat. Coming up, the subtle way Hillary Clinton may have been encouraging unity with what she was wearing. Russell and a happy medium. Getting your middle school child to do their homework with all those distractions. Our advice for parents. But first, we check in with Charley Belcher. Good morning, my friend. Charley speaking of kids, were calling all artsy kids, at least thats what artist burt is gallery. Village shopping center. It will be here offering art classes, Painting Parties and all sorts of colorful fun. Stick around, everybody. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. laura welcome back to good day tampa laura welcome back to good day tampa bay. Time is 7 27 and only two days since the election and already, an announcement about layoffs. Russell General Motors has no choice. Sagging sells are forcing them to cut 2,000 jobs indefinitely theyll wait to let people

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