Pivotal week early today starts right now good morning, crisis as the coronavirus pandemic and racial tensions sweep through the nation it has been two weeks since the death of george floyd on a minneapolis street by a Minneapolis Police officer and today friends and the public will say final goodbyes to the 46yearold at a Memorial Service in houston before hes laid to rest on tuesday. In the big apple, some 400,000 workers will return to new york city the u. S. Epicenter of the coronavirus as it begins phase one of reopening today after more than three months under lockdown it makes way for are retail curbside pickup, construction and outdoor graduations. Speak iing of graduations, youtb held a special online celebration for the class of 2020 the virtual ceremony featured addresses from president obama and former first Lady Michelle obama. Beyonce, alicia keys, taylor swift and more made appearances. It comes mass people young and ohm continue to protest for police reform. Like this s
Whole idea of the appeal and the bail that was set today. Whats clear from this is that nobody is above the law. This is a significant jail time for the chief Law Enforcement officer of the state. Because of the length of her sentence less than two years shes entitled to the same bail status as she was prior to her conviction. Obviously she was on bail. So, the judge however increased the bail due to her changed circumstances. Reporter so, interesting set of optics as we said on the one part she will be out on bail but for today at least she has been taken away in handcuffs and will be processed at the Montgomery County facility, the criminal justice facility there in eagleville. Now, the judge today had some ry harsh words about what happened here. She said this was retaliation and revenge talking of the crime miss kane had been convicted of against perceived enemies she believed had embarrassed her. She had been driven by eagle he go concerned about her image focusing on fighting cri
On the fbi. It is the video we cannot stop watching this morning. A dogs favorite toy comes to life and his reaction is everything. I watched it yesterday and i watched it again this morning. About 10 million views and you are responsible for about 40,000 of those views. 40,001, i am thinking. Thank you for waking up with us. I am Lindsay Logue. , caramel apples from Lindsay Logue this morning. We will check and see what your weather is like for the trick ortreaters. Though rain in the forecast for trickortreaters which is great. That is your favorite it will be warm and dry today with a mix of sun and clouds and a bit of a breeze. A nice day to go out. Many Outdoor Activities that we expect over the weekend in the tampa bay area. Current conditions in the low 70s with a mix of sun and clouds. The winds are between five and 50 miles an hour. The breezy spot is st. Petersburg. East, north our highs today will be warm and we expect to see temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Paula beach
Jessica otaro flagged down a deputy. It happened in state road 60 a car slammed into them and took off. The deputy is expected to get better. The 33yearold woman, jessica is dead. A devastating blow to a family that just dealt with another loss weeks ago. Jonathan petrocelli spoke with the womans father who asked that the driver in. A parents worse nightmare and renaldo has lived through it three times after losing his young son in 2000 his other son tito died on october 2nd of a heart attack and earlier this morning jessica was hit by a hitandrun driver. She was my life. The Polk County Sheriffs Office says she crashed the car in the bushes sometime after deputy adam pending from the median and sometime before 12 45 both were health by a car. They found jessica panel in the grass median hit by a car and injuries on both. The Sheriffs Office says they suffered multiple bones and should recover. Jessica did not survive. I hope they get they go to prison. Jessica holds two sons and all t
Show. I love that. You were talking about how much you loved yesterdays weather. Some think its a little too warm, but it was beautiful. We had the high clouds and we have the warmth this morning and look at the 70s on the map. Should be at 64 so above average to start the day and finish the day. 72 in tampa right now. Its 66 in brooksville and 69 in frostproof and 72 in sarasota and overall we have a little bit of a breeze. Ive been watching low and out in northern citrus. I want to oint out Crystal River may see some high clouds. Again, a dry day and breezy day in the low 80s by noon and hit 86 today. Halloween will be warm and dry. Ill have the numbers for the alcides the southbound lanes are closed in the area of watrous avenue and bayshore boulevard. Were waiting to find out how many people and cars are involved. Tampa police say the southbound lanes will be closed indefinitely while they investigate. Well bring you the latest information on that as soon as it becomes available. T