Janet reno, the first woman to serve as u. S. Attorney general has died. She held that post from 1993 until 2001. Reno faced heavy criticism during her tenure from the decision to storm the branch diviidian compound in waco texas and the decision to remove Elian Gonzalez from his home so he could return to cuba. Reno died from complications were also following breaking news in brandon right now. A Hillsborough County deputy saved an elderly couple from a burning Apartment Building this morning. Thankfully the couple is fine. Another woman was taken to the hospital for observation. That fire broke out at the park at sienna apartments around 1 00 this morning. All 30 units were evacuated but were hearing that some people have been allowed to return to their homes this morning. In just a couple of hours, rezoning for some west pasco discussion. The school board already has a petition with more than 3,000 signatures against changing the boundaries, and meeting a setup for this morning at R
A couple of showers and cooler and less humid times ahead. Well talk more about that. Ivan i think you should bring back the pair sail. Thats a great idea. Absolutely. We are seeing improvement on the Howard Franklin. All of the lanes are back open here so again some improvement the crash blocking all but one lane southbound heading over into st. Pete on the Howard Franklin. Heres how long its taking to get across just 12 minutes so thats a lot better. Much improved from the 25 minute time we earlier so no need to find an alternate route and the average speed from pasco down through hillsborough on 275 and i75 all in the green this morning. Back to you. Thanks janelle. A minute after 6 now. If the early voting numbers are any indication record clouds across the state. Florida is expected to play a huge role in choosing the next president. Rodney is live and that polling busy. Our state is already seeing huge voting numbers. Well, you are right about that deah. Consider this. Early voti
Eastbound. All those are in the med yan so we arent seeing any tlas across the water this morning. In fact, we could check the drive times. Looking pretty good, nine minutes across the courtney campbell. 6 on the howard. 8 minutes to cross the gandy bridge. A minute after 6 00. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of clearwater. Firefighters investigating if a space hereto caused earlymorning fire just west of betty lane. The fire began around 2 00 this morning. You can see the inside of the duplex thankfully, nobody was hurt. And breaking overnight, Campus Police at usf sending out a warning to students this morning after a young woman is robbed on campus. Abc action News Reporter rodney live on campus this morning. Wow is that stuvent doing . We heard she was roughed up a bit. Thankfully, shes okay. She wasnt hurt too badly. All of this happened as she walked alone. Two guys walked up and robbed her. As you can imagine, students around campus on edge this i just make sure my
When it comes to a turkey fryer. Frozen turkey. People do that more for fun or show. I think you are right. In the middle of a parking lot, not in the house. Fire department will be busy on thanksgiving. Im lindsay logue. Im james tully. Thanks for being with us. We are live on facebook as well. Check in. The show behind the show. Hang out with us. We will talk to you in the commercial breaks when we can. How ab were greeted with. Here is ivan cabrera. Just in time. 30s. Sweater vest weather. I would say sweater vest weather. Absolutely. We know you have a few few out there. I do. Gorgeous sky. We will despite full sunshine, rather cool today. We have been cold in the mornings with a couple of fronts early in the season. Daytime highs in the 60s, that is coming. The wind was howling. We had windchills at this hour, the current feels like in clearwater, 43. That will wake you up. Plant city 50. Apollo beach 51. Lower 50s in the city of tampa. Taking a look at the temperatures, not movin
Western caribbean headed for Central America in just a few minutes. And good morning everybody, an update now on this crash in Pinellas County, southbound tar pin avenue is blocked, utah southbound u. S. 19 is blocked at tarpon avenue. Were told it could be like this for another hour or two. If youre getting ready to head out the door you might want to leave yourself a time, alt 19 might be the best option. Were looking great out there, take a look behind me i75 around 301. More cars are out there on the roads now. No crashes or delays on any of the interstates. Back to ewe you dan. The search continues for the person who killed a man and left his body behind a dumpster in pinellas park. The name of the victim, two people collecting cardboard found the body of 38yearold park place. Police still investigating and searching for possible suspects. Were waiting to learn if charges will be filed in a north port shooting. Police say two kids were firing bb guns and one ended up getting hit i