All new at 11 00 symbols of hate sketched on a church sidewalk in the tampa bay area. Why the pastor wants the person who did it to come back to the church this weekend. Good evening. Im wendy ryan. Also said maga standing for make America Great again. This is one of many similar hate crimes that has spiked over the last week. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center more than 400 cases have been reported of harassment nationwide since the election. The st. Pete pastor wants to use this as a teachable moment. Michael. Reporter jamison, the in the entrance leading into their church in chalk so they were easily cleaned up but that doesnt mean that members of this congregation arent fearful tonight. 300 people, mostly lgbtq, call this church home. Their sign out front sums up how they feet. Love one another, please. It heightens the level of anxiety in the congregation i think. People are frightened by this sort of thing. And i think reporter on monday she found swastikas, the letters maga. Make America Great again. Reporter candace is the pastor of king of peace church. She had to google the letters and what the number, 1488, represented. The code for the neonazi movement. Schobel the vandals saw her message and responded with their own. You have half the population population very happy. And so that doesnt help matters any. Reporter she says they preach religion, not politics. Some members voted for hillary clinton, others donald trump. She sees the vandalism as pure heat unleashed by two candidates who are polar opposites. Let loose it has let loose a part of america that is not pretty and has been there for a long time, and we act as if everything is fine and lovely told us this was captured on Surveillance Video but it is so poor they couldnt tell exactly who was doing what so they couldnt get a good identification on the people. They do plan to install bert Security Systems here in the future. Donald trump has said on National News that he condemns these types of attacks and he has asked everyone to stop. This live in st. Pete, michael paluska, abc action news. Happening tomorrow, Florida Governor rick scott will meet trip fueling speculation scott could be joining the trump administration. Earlier this week scott floated the idea that he could run for u. S. Senator. Tonight immigrant groups concerned about what President Donald Trump might do in office. During the campaign mr. Trump promised to overturn laws that protect undocumented people who came to the u. S. As children. Even president barack obama has asked trump to reconsider his plan. Roughly 750,000 teens and adults have applied for petersburg, a toddler recovering tonight from a near drowning, Police Telling us that the 23monthold girl fell into a pal at her home. Officers say her mom noticed the child in the water not moving. The mom started cpr until paramedics arrived. Doctors say the child is expected to make a full recovery. Good evening everyone. In weather, temperatures right now mostly mid50s. Valrico 59. Skies are clear. They are going to stay that way. Our rain chances right through the weekend, for that matter right through thanksgiving, down near sear row. Were going to start off on the cool side, no doubt with temperatures upper 40s to low 50s citrus and hernando county, lower 50s pasco through polk and across the rest of the bay area. Once we start on the cool side we warm up big time. Lower 80s under sunny skies. But we have got huge changes arriving on sunday. I will time it out air arrives. Thank you den nissments right now tampa Police Still Searching for the gunman what shot a toddler, detectives saying it started with the men argued with the girls father. He ran inside and they fired into the door. Doctors say she will be fine. Right now police are pushing hard to recover 35 stolen guns. Marisela burgos shows us the dangerous firepower that disappeared when criminals reporter jack loves guns. He has weapons he has checked since he was 17. Reporter he owns semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, handguns, 35 in total, worth 25,000. I think he was more in shock because it wasnt just they stole a weapon or they took a gunnel. Its because they took all of them. Reporter burglars broke into the house and took off with his gun say. The suspects busted through this door. You closet door to get inside. Thats where they found the same. The empty space in the corner is where the safe used ton. I would like to think that it really was just random and they got lucky. Reporter detectives believe this may be tied to a string of burglaries where crooks break into homes, stealing saves and jewelry. Theyre worried about what could happen with these guns. Looking for a lincoln with a beige top, hoping to stop these crooks before any more crimes are committed. We are hoping that with the amount of weapons, they awful serial numbers that something will turn up somewhere. Reporter marisela burgos, abc action news. Right now a florida family is heart broken after someone stole their car with their dog inside. The ft. Lauderdale woman left her keys in the ignition yesterday when she went inside a while she was inside, this is the video, a woman gets into her car and then drives o. Police found the car and arrested two people, but the womans dog that was inside that vehicle has still not been found. Caught on camera, a smash and grab attempt failing in palm beach county. A crook tried to steal an expensive watch but he cant break the latch. He still could not get the watch out. Police have been looking for the suspect since monday. St. Pete mechanic fixed his car but when it broke down he refused to help. Heres eight years ago. Thats when i had prostate cancer. Reporter he worries he doesnt have much time left but he is determined to spend his remaining days rebuilding his childhood dream ca t this whole car is built from the ground up. Theres not one piece of rust on this car. Reporter it gave him new life. So when the vehicle needed a new transmission, dodson brought to the charlies transmissions in st. Pete beach. Yeah, ive been doing this for 18 years. I know these things like the back of my hand. I said, ill see you in the he called the owner. He said the owner refused to fix the problem or refund the 1500 he spent on repairs. I feel like was just taken advantage of. Reporter we reached tout charlies transmissions but the owner did not return our call. He says hes already she would out another 1500 to reparrot somewhere else and hopes the whole thing wont wind up in court. If he could square up, things good. Dodson says after our call he called offering a refund if he brings his receipts. Updating you now on a special dirty dining report after exposing seven local supermarkets. In less than 24 hours, the States Database this one right here, documenting all those you click on shows really nothing. You see it. Its completely blank. The store says it is in active. Taking ago shun for you, i spoke to ellen keller earlier this evening. He says the inspection ratings have immediately been eliminated and will no longer be used in the future. The reason, teller says the ratings, quote, unfairly is unintended cons qentsdz. Keller claims it had nothing to do with my report desand not know when the inspection database will be up and running again. Taking action for your health, im not now looking into how this affects the food safety issues in your local stores. I will keep you posted. You can watch my original publix report on our app and at abcactionnews. Com. Being overweight. These are some of the troubling allegations made against hope childrens home, what many are calling abuse. I was put through being eaten. Horrible humiliation. Eight former hope Children Home residents who lived there at different times from 2006 t who would listen to me, this is what happened. So we just practiced those good old standards that have been practiced for years. Mike higgins took over in 2005. Since higgins became executive director, reports show that sheriffs deputies have been to hope 116 times, including for 14 child abuse investigations. In many of those reports, theres a reference to a practice called swatting. Probably many times children way. We practice doing it the right way at hope. With paddles. Yes, sir. You didnt eat your food, you get a swat. Didnt read your bible, you got a swat. Looked like a piece of wood that was that big. Like a handle on them. They would pull it all the way back and smack you. They would have you face the wall, then they would sit there and just wail own. To where youre holding a paddle like a baseball bat is a little too far. And yeah. Every single one of us. It hurt an abnormal amount to me, and so afterwards, i went to the bathroom and i checked, and like immediately there were already these huge bruises and welts. I refute every one of those. We do not spaisk a child and leave bruises. We do not use a baseball bat approach. State board. Mike serves on the board. He says even though he can no longer paddle kids at home, he can while they are at school. The board also banned isolation for longer than 60 minutes. Thats a different form of isolation where a child would be put in an isolation room without any accommodation. Reports show hope uses its called total life change. One of the rooms that they would put kids in was a linen closet. You werent allowed to talk to anybody. That would be your bedroom for however long they wanted it to be your bedroom, and you were cut off from anyone else. I mean, i was in that room with just a bible and a few changes of clothes, and that was it. I eve known kids that have been in it for six months. You dont see nobody until you get right with god. Part of a 2012 abuse investigation. The report quotes multiple children who said they spent extended periods of time in tlc. 42 day, 60 day, 180 days. That appropriate . Youre making it sound like its a jail cell. These children are still integrated within the program. Reporter except they couldnt talk to each other. Were trying to separate them so that we can focus on them one on one and help them through the struggles. If the takes six months, reporter the abuse cases were closed as unfounded. The executive director told me it doesnt comment on its actions to enforce compliance, and tcf and Law Enforcement determine whether a complaint is verified. Higgins told us they changed their tlc program to have a 30 day limit. We have totally been exonerated, and they put their stamp of approval on the adults. You are confined in this facility. You are living in this facility. Reporter this psychologist, bob friedman, is an expert in group home abuse. He says programs that permanently punish kids can cause damage. They may cut on themselves, they may become suicidal. I cut myself anywhere i could find. I would get glass, blades. I needed to hurt myself. Reporter caroline and her sister went to live at hope after their parents lost their jobs. Higgins says both were overweight. They put us on diets. Both of those girls lost a lot of weight and looked phenomenal when they left here. Reporter he will lane was also put on a diet. You kind of felt humiliated because you knew you werent allowed to have seconds or touch dessert. And if you did, they would yell at you. She lost over 70 pounds, and she felt phenomenal about herself. Reporter caroline farmer girl, to say youre ugly, you need to lose weight. I hate to see them in the situation now theyre in where it looks like theyve totally regressed and seem to be emotionally disstraw. Reporter the former hope kids we interviewed said they wanted one thing. A change in leadership. I think they have been hurt in life prior to coming to hope. I think as a result of that theyre looking for an avenue to put blame object. I just think about there now, and i dont want them to to have go through what i went through. Jesus wouldnt be doing this kind of thing. He wouldnt be treating children like this, wouldnt be tearing down some little child, wouldnt be beating them. Reporter im iteam investigator adam walser taking action four. Black friday is now just nine days away but there is a way that you can cash in on those black friday deals today without waiting in line. Credit cards offer price protection which means if you pay full price for something and the price drops in a couple of months, the card will reimburse you the difference. Check your card policy for details on how to request a refund. We have posted this info on our website and on our abc action news app. Take a look at this. A baby monkey lost in china finding a new adoptive mom. A goat farmer says these two the goat doesnt seem to mind while she forages. Officials say they will soon move that monkey to a nearby zoo. Makes you wonder why. Looks like hes in pretty good care. Theyre listening, china, dont do it. Hey, today, Great American teachin. And today was pinellas. And it was a lot of fun. Talking about broadcasting, the change in how our business is becoming a very digital, social media driven business. And the kids were very interested, and not to mention there were many of them that actually had their own tv production classes. They did some really great work. Thank you very much. Hit a lot of them. I know jamison and wendy are going to be out tomorrow. Some of the kids hoping to be news anchors or meteorologists down the road. A lot of others out there. Thank you for being so kind in our long the weather certainly cooperated. Nobody had to complain about the weather. In fact, a lot of the kids are out of school next week. I think theyre going to be pretty happy about the way the forecast is shaping one temperatures right now mostly in the low 50s in our Northern Counties and in polk county, although you get closer to tampa, low sick. Apollo beach 63, largo 66. Still upper 60s in longbow key. We hit the low 80s today in saturday, just as warm, and then by later sunday, sunday night into monday, the coolest weather i think we have seen in probably about seven months will be rolling on in. But up until then, weve got nothing but sunshine in the forecast. Its a beautiful combination, because the mornings are still kind of cool and chilly, crisp at least. The afternoons warm up. So you have kind of got the best of youre hardpressed to find any cloud cover. Theres way. The water vapor, thats dry air. Obviously we are socked in. I do think over the next 24 hours were going receive more of a return to an easterly wind. You get the wind coming in off the atlantic or off the gulf, all of a sudden you see our moisture increase. That means clouds. I dont think we see them on thursday but watch what happens on friday morning. All of a sudden east wind, you see the clouds beginning to build. But still, they wont bring us mostly sunny on friday and saturday. Late saturday into sunday the front comes through. When it moves through, you will know it. Temperatures are really going to drop. High temperatures on sunday, probably about 12 to 15 degrees cooler than were going to see tomorrow and again on friday. Even saturday, because these afternoon highs right back up around 80 degrees no matter if youre in Citrus County or all the way down to highlands, hardy, desoto, polk, pinellas, everybody gets in on the act with temperatures. Now, here is what were talking about in terms of the thanksgiving day forecast. By early next week were going to have that cold air coming in. While we get cold air theyre going to have snow from the appalachians, even the mountains of north carolina, the midatlantic, into new england. Thats the first wave. Theres the potential for another area of snow around thanksgiving, maybe some sleet or rain mixed in. It could be an interesting day for the macys thanksgiving day for us, we start to warm up. Maybe another cooldown towards the end of next week. Believe it or not we are still talking tropics. While development is expected, at this point were not expecting any impact on the u. S. But it would be named autumn. A piece of cake through the middle of next week. The big changes, the temperatures, we go up from 77 saturday to 68 for a high on sunday, and i think we see 30s and 40s monday morning. Thank you denis. Now that Steven Stamkos knows what type of injury he has, how long will he be out . Hello folks. The buccaneers get another whack at an Afc West Division leader. This time kansas city. The chiefs currently in a tie for first place in the afc west with oakland, and theyre seven and a half point favorites over the buccaneers. This week the bucs face alex smith. A bit different than the raiders derek carr, but just as effective. Alex smith is more probably then more on the move. They run some option with him, run a lot of screens, where derek carr is a little bit more downfield, not going to so much hurt with you his legs, throw more out of the pocket. Head coach dirk koetter said was happy to hear that mike evans will stand with his teammates this sunday. Evans faced the media with a myriad of questions about sundays protest. John sabol has more. Reporter it had been three long days mike evans but now after media and fan backlash for sitting during the National Anthem in protest of president elect donald trump, evans apologized on wednesday. This city of tampa is bigger than the military. I know i hurt a lot of people by doing what i did, so i want to appear poll guys. It was the salute to service game. Looking back i probably would its done. It wont happen again. Reporter sitting for the anthem was an uncharacteristic move. When i was a kid i used to love standing for the National Anthem. I still do. I think of our troops but most important i think of the american population. Reporter fans tweeted me their opinions over the last few days. The most common argument against evans, if he had any issue with donald trump, why didnt he vote. I tried to vote, and i realized, im a voartd in texas, im registered in d, and it take the action to do it, but thats my fault, and it wont happen again. Reporter reporting with the bucs, john sabol, abc action sports. It could have been worse. Thats one way to look at Steven Stamkos knee injury tearing cartilage. Stamkos returned to tampa this afternoon. He will likely undergo surgery and rehab immediately. The team said it is evaluating how they want to four to six weeks to get over, maybe longer in some cases. This is his second goround facing injuries. He broke his right leg, then last sea sewn was sidelined with a blood clot. The silver line account is not anything like the injury three years ago, and the lightning are used to playing without him for extended periods of time. Were just not sure how long this injury will take him out of commission. Here is a little bit of history Willie Taggarts team is chasing. If they beat smu they will tie the teams best record. If they beat ucf the following week they will break the record with the first doubledigit win season in program history. And finally, former buccaneers safety john lynch again being named semifinalist for pro footballs hall of fame, hopefully the third time is a charm. Were back in a minute and change. Closed captioning is brought to you by lakeland toyota. Z24zvz z12fz heres your hour by hour forecast. Beautiful start, starting in the 50s, ending up back in the upper 70s. We have continuing coverage on our top stories at abcactionnews. Com. Have a good night, and well see you back here tomorrow dicky from dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight garth brooks, tom hiddleston, and from manchester by the sea lucas hedges. And now, moving f [ cheers and a [ cheers and applause ] . Jimmy than jimmy thank you. Hi, everybody. Welcome, welcome. Im jimmy, im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for coming