Good day. Im russell rhodes. Jennifer and im jep jep filling in for laura moody. First you might want to avoid 56th street and hillsborough avenue. We have more on that. Vanessa it looks like we have a pretty serious motorcyclist involved crash here at north 56th street and hillsborough avenue. We have the intersection mostly blocked here and we have delays building in all directions. Now, we do know theres some injuries of some sort that are reported here at last check b nature and we might deal with an extended closure in the area. We would avoid this area if you can. We do have work arounds for you. Instead of 56th, take harny harney or 40th street. Dave we have a little fog in the middle of polk county. Thats where it seems to be concentrated, that plus eastern citrus and sumter. Youre getting ready to walk out the door. Temperatures, there are a lot of us still in the lower 70s. Not to mention its humid as well. High temperatures today should easily make it back to the lower 80s with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. Let me tell you, off to the northwest its been a whole different ballgame. Look at the radar and hefty storms from tennessee all the way down to louisiana, doing damage. This is video of winston county, mississippi as these storms came rolling through and we have had reports of tornados. We have tornado watches out from louisiana all the way up to parts of tennessee at this hour. We also know there have been three lives lost in northeast alabama last night, very early this morning with some of those storms as well. Only thing good out of all of this would be the fact we are getting some rain to work its way and take care of those wildfires up in tennessee. Russell youre right but the damage from those wildfires heartbreaking. 250 Building Structures gone, hundreds of people left homeless. At least three people have died, many more are missing. Flames came dangerously close to dollywood, too. Firefighters were able to protect that tourist attraction but they felt helpless in other places. Jackie shows us the aftermath. I have now been able to confirm the loss of three lives. Reporter the Deadly Wildfires may have settled down Smoky Mountains of tennessee but heavy winds could whip the fires back up. This after rain mostly extinguished the flames early Tuesday Morning. When youve got wind up to 87 miles an hour pushing fire, i mean, people were basically running for their lives. Reporter more than 100 homes and buildings were lost in the raging fires after evacuation orders forced thousands out of the resort town of gatlinburg. Its a little numbing, to be honest with you, to see the extent of the damage. Gatlinburg was not spared, losing everything he has. I had an opportunity to drive through town and confirm the fact that my house was gone and my business of 31 years is gone. Reporter the president elect is offering any help necessary. I just got off the phone with president elect trump expressing sorrow for whats happy. With many narrowly escaping. I walked outside of my door and i looked to the right and the whole mountain was on fire. The police finally showed up, told us she wouldnt give us a ride because we have two small chihuahuas so we had to walk down the middle of gatlinburg on the parkway. Reporter thousands are living in emergency shelters that have been set up while a dozen people both a blessing and a curse. Some rain overnight but strong winds helped the fire spread. Jennifer 7 05. A crash on the i4 selmon connector caused a man to plummet 33 feet down over an overpass. Amazingly, he is still alive but this morning, the search is on for the truck that caught the crash. Good you can just imagine youre involved in one crash and seconds later, youre involved in a second crash. That is exactly what happened to a man Tuesday Morning here in tampa and authorities are looking for a driver who did not stick around after losing part of his load on the roadway. I want you to take a look at this area. This is what were talking about. This happened on the crosstown according to the florida Highway Patrol, it was right around 9 30 in the morning when a northbound truck spilled gravel, causing several drivers to lose control and strike a barrier wall. A 24yearold man checked for damages and another driver plowed into him and his car. First striking the wall, then sending the man over it. Hes in the hospital receiving treatment for serious injuries and according to authorities, the truck responsible for and continued on to i4. Florida Highway Patrol is asking anyone with any information about this accident or if theres anything you might have seen and you did not report it to certainly reach out and give florida Highway Patrol a call. Back to you. Jennifer thank you. Well talk soon. Grief counselors will be available today for students at lake alfred adair school in winter haven. A teenage classmate was killed russell hes 14 years old. He was accidentally shot while playing with a shotgun and a 16yearold friend. They were inside a motel room when 19yearold hoover gave him the gun. He said, he claimed it didnt have any bullets. No criminal charges against anyone. Jennifer theres now a 10,000 reward for information that helps catch a group of gun store burglars. The suspects break in through the front of the Tampa Arms Company on waters avenue. Stealing about 40 guns. Its the third large scale burglary of a tampa gun shop since may. If you know who did it, call crime stoppers. Russell a judge in polk county refuses to reduce the sentence for former teacher jennifer fichter. Shes serving a prison sentence for having sex with three students. She faces additional charges in Hillsborough County and those cases are still pending. Protestors went to jail yesterday for blocking traffic in ybor city. They sat down in the middle of north 21st street and they refused to move. Most of the other protests were peaceful. Nothing out of the ordinary. They were part of a National Demonstration by minimum wage workers demanding 15 an hour. And its not just fast food employees. Some of them work in health and child care. Russell here we go. This is a story causing a lot of heartbreak, outrage and anger among animal lovers. In los an over the fence and ended up at animal control. And when the owners came to pick her up, something happened. See there in the video . The dogs tail is wagging, shes excited. She sees her owners. Do you know what . They just walked away. Video was posted by a worker. The owners say their dog had they wanted a new, happier puppy. So they just left the dog at the shelter and took a new puppy home. Many vanessa just said, whats wrong with people . I agree with you, vanessa. The staff at the shelter was heart broken. Theyve renamed the dog zuzu. Do you know that name . Its the daughter of the movie its a wonderful life and posted video to the Facebook Page asking for someone to give zuzu a wonderful zuzu will be up for adoption starting friday. Jennifer that just breaks my heart. Shell go to a deserving family, someone that takes good care of her. Well talk about the president elects upcoming victory tour and a series of tweets from this morning about how he plans to handle his business and the presidency. Prussell and the the big Powerball Jackpot over the weekend. 20 coworkers can all afford to day. Dave that could have been us but we wouldnt have quit because we love our job. 7 10. 71 degrees in the tampa area. 72 brandon, 70 in clearwater. Its warm, its muggy, folks. We also have a little bit of fog in polk county and up toward the north in sumter county. Southeast winds pumping in the moisture today. Clouds, sunshine, breezy, 82 for a high. Tomorrow, i know, only a 30 7 13. Look at this. Is that not beautiful . Hilton Clearwater Beach camera. Thats gorgeous. As you go further inland, hey, this is beautiful as well with the clear skies and the Brookdale Bayshore camera. Then you get over to polk county and youve got some low clouds. Yuve got some fog were dealing with. So again, a little different picture for you. Lakeland net camera, dont worry because this low cloud cover, this fog should quickly burn off this morning and the patches bartow and once again in eastern citrus county. These are two spots were dealing with fog this morning. You may once again have to deal with it tomorrow morning as well so thats a heads up for tomorrow at this time. 68 degrees in lakeland. 66 in brooksville and its still 71 degrees on the hourlies. We never got below 70 in tampa. Amazing considering 75 is our normal High Temperature for this time of these boxes, red boxes of tornado watches, we still have those from parts of tennessee, georgia, alabama, mississippi, down to louisiana. Millions under a tornado watch this morning. Weve already had damage in mississippi. Unfortunately, loss of life in northeastern alabama. Up to eastern tennessee, a place that desperately needs the rain the most, look how heavy the rain is coming down right now. That has to be good news. Strong wind gust with these thunderstorms and this line but just in general, to the north, this is beneficial rain. To the south, we have to look out for that Severe Weather first thing this morning. Interesting thing, though. When this line finally makes it to us, theres nothing left to it. All of the energy is going to move toward the northeast so this front comes whimpering into the area tomorrow. Clouds, maybe a quick shower but thats really about it. Our rain chances still stay low and only around 30 . The one thing it will do that will be noticeable is by the time we get to friday, well start to dry it out a little bit. Its going to be pretty warm and humid today. Doesnt feel like november 30. Good news. End of the Hurricane Season today. That just popped into my head. 82 for a High Temperature with variable clouds. Tonight overnight lows will be around 69, maybe 70 degrees. Areas that have fog now will probably have it again tomorrow more clouds, maybe a quick shower tomorrow with a High Temperature around 79 degrees. Again, 30 rain chance the best ive got for you. Seas running two to four feet with a moderate chop, low tide at 8 42 with a high tide at 3 45 later today. Next seven days, another 30 rain chance monday and tuesday. Were humid the next couple of days and then it drys out and then humid again by the vanessa and we do have an unfortunate update here regarding that motorcyclist crash at 56th and hillsborough. Were learning thats now confirmed fatality according to fhp so we could probably expect the intersection to be blocked a few more hours and i gave you some work arounds. I certainly recommend avoiding the area because the delays are pretty heavy. You can say harney or the east boundwestbound direction, sligh avenue or mlk. Get you some live pictures as soon as possible. A reported School Bus Crash on buoyette road and fish hawk boulevard. Some delays stacking up eastbound and westbound at the intersection along fishhawk so im just checking the sky fox shot now. Well let you know when they get there and in the meantime, im tell you to avoid jennifer 2016 is almost over which means that literary minds can celebrate the official word of the year or maybe not. Thats because dictionary. Com has named zenophobia. Fear or hatred of foreigners. They said, quote, this particular year saw fear rising to the surface of cultural discourse. Skyrocketed by 938 after the brexit vote came back. Earlier this month, oxford dictionaries named post truth its 2016 word of the year. Circumstances in which objective facts are left influential and shaping Public Opinion that appeals to emotion and personal belief. Its use also spiked after brexit. The decision was based on the social russell a plant in tennessee had 20 workers hit the powerball. You know that big one, 421 million, lump sum payment 259 million. Its almost 13 million apiece for these folks. The group had been buying 120 worth of tickets every wednesday and saturday. The woman responsible for buying the tickets, i dont think her name is anne marie, went to but i just went to bed. Ill just check it in the morning. Aint going to be no winner. Well, i got up, made a pot of coffee for my husband. My son saw the fayette in the paper. I went, grabbed my tickets, the third ticket, there it was. Russell i love her. The group calls themselves the tennessee 20. Most already know how theyre going to spend some of the mone college for kids, medical bills even. And yeah, most of them have already quit their jobs. Good for them. Good for them. Jennifer nice. The most bang for your buck. Coming up, at 7 30, why you might want to consider selling your home. Russell and the battle of the bulge. A lot of people are not paying attention to the fast food lane. Theyre clueless about the calories, or maybe they dont want to know. Whats going on . If i go down that road, i dont want to know. Charley off the top of my head in the last hour, i said short leaves and christmas trees. And doesnt that that sounds like a great country music. Short sleeves and christmas trees, its a florida holiday for me. Russell Jimmy Buffett song. Charley and a margarita. Russell just right it. Copyright it. Well charley give me 10 of it. They built this, this year. Its santas Tree Top Lodge for christmas in the wild. And guess who is behind that red door . Santa. Stick around, everybody. This season, unwrap disney magic. Where smiles have no limit. And wonder fills the air. Where joy is the reason for it all. And everything is better together. Feel the magic again and again. Become an annual passholder now and get 13 months jen welcome back to good day tampa bay. The time is jennifer time is 7 23. Investigators might know the cause colombia soon. Russell they found the two black boxes in perfect condition. This was a chartered flight carrying a soccer team to a game. Six survivors. There would have been four more passengers but for some reason, they didnt get on the plane. Heres a radar image as the plane was nearing the airport, flying over the a andes mountai. The plane circled before crashing. Causing the pilot to declare an emergency. Its possible the pilot did not know they were about to hit a mountain. It was about 10 00 at night. President of brazil declaring three days of national mourning. Fans were lighting damages and leaving notes outside. In a gesture of goodwill, the Colombian Team they were going to play for the championship wants the trophy just given to the brazilians. Jennifer u. S. Officials say Ohio State University may have been self radicalized. He was shot and killed monday after driving his car into a group of pedestrians, then stabbing them. He was a permanent u. S. Resident and o. S. U. Student but was born in somalia. Isis claims he was one of their soldiers but investigators say he had no communication with any terror groups and this was a lone wolf attack. Russell former nfl star four states for raping four women and drugging them. Sharper has already done two years while waiting for a his trial and his sentence. I really hope this case, especially how long its gone on for, can encourage young women, young adults to stand up for their rights and not be intimidated by fame. They dont deserve to continue to live the life they live. Russell sharper had a 14year career in the nfl. He played for the packers and the saints. He won the super bowl with new orleans. Jennifer people in cuba are mourning the death of fidel castro. Tens of thousands went to havana yesterday to pay tribute. Thats the same plaza where the cuban leader made several the official guest list, about 20 pages long but absent from that list are representatives from the u. S. And russia. There are still celebrations in miami over castros death. Dave 7 26. A little fog in polk county this morning. Heads up for that, especially between bartow and winter haven and eastern citrus county. Doesnt feel like the end of november and 71 in tampa, 72 in 70 in wesley chapel, mid to upper 60s everywhere else and highs today, do go back to the lower 80s. Quick shower tomorrow but that rain chance only 30 . And then by friday, it gets a little drier with highs in the mid 70s. Vanessa thank you. Still watching the crash involving a motorcyclist. We still have lane blocks there in the intersection and delays pretty much all directions through this intersection so continue to avoid once again. Motorcyclist involved crash and its a confirmed fatality. With that, well get to an update here. We had sky fox, once they arrived on scene at the reported School Bus Crash, they did see that really there was only one vehicle left. Some good news is were seeing some clearing of the lanes here and some improvements with the delays and were also hearing that there are no injuries for anybody who was on board that bus. Updated look at the drive times, looks good here on the major roadways. It should only take eight minute frankland bridge getting into tampa. Russell this is mind boggling. Well tell you about the amount of a check, the money of a check that boxer Floyd Mayweather hasnt spent yet. Jennifer and making recess a . Think of your fellow man. . . Lend him a helping hand. . . Put a little love in your heart. . . Take a good look around. . . And if youre lookin down, . . Put a little love in your heart. . . Put a little love in your heart. . . In your heart. . And will have given ninety Million Dollars jen welcome back to good day tampa bay. Jennifer welcome back. Time is 7 31. President elect donald trump is leaving on a victory tour as his incoming cabinet continues to take shape. Russell he sent out a series of tweets saying he will leave his business in total to focus doug is in washington with more on all of this. I guess you assumed it but i guess its a big deal when he puts it out there. We dont know what hes talking about, though. I read those tweets to indicate hes stepping away from the operations of the business, not necessarily the ownership of it. That does get pretty complicated. Hes going to have a press more information then. Meantime, trump had a high profile dinner in new york last night with mitt romney. This may not look like the most comfortable dinner in the world, but there was president e