Crash. She is asking them if they were ready to die before slamming into a tree. You will keep an eye on this conference and bring you the updates in little later. Here is what we know so far. The bus driver is charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving. Police say 23yearold Johnthony Walker may have been speeding and lost control. The speed limit was only 30 and when he did, the bus this happened yesterday afternoon. Needless to say the community is devastated. It could of been my kids. These are some babies that were trying to get home. There are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father. And so today the city is praying for these families. Were in kindergarten, first grade, and fourth grade. Six of them are still in the hospital right now. The dow jones just closing at a record high of 19,000. It was a record high today up more than 50 points right after the opening bell. It is also the second day ill four major stock indexes reached record territory. Preside
Thanksgiving. It is time for the now tampa bay. Sadly we already have our first deadly crash on i75 northbound near 301 in the brandon area. This is traffic already building up because people are moving around getting ready to get out of town. The reality is today 43. 5 Million People are doing some type of traveling starting partly because of the cheap gas prices. I want you to check out this map. The green places are cheaper and the red more expensive. For more than two dollars a gallon just keep driving because the average is 1. 99. Some of the lowest prices we have seen in eight years. The nows ryan smith is on our was doesnt look like . Took a lot of people hitting the roads as we speak. The most drivers traveling this Holiday Weekend so far since 2007. More than 40 million drivers. Lets give you a look at our window and what we are seeing inching closer and closer toward the downtown tampa area. We got here about eight minutes ago and we just passed the dell it is stop and go in
, what we should all be feeling right now. Why this opendoor thanksgiving nearly didnt happen and what we can all learn from her generosity. First lets go with the madness some of you have been stuffed maybe you took your nap. Some stores are opening right now for black friday Brendaliss Gonzalez joins us live from clearwater at walmart. Reporter this walmart has been open all day long but it is the black friday sales everybody is waiting for they wont start for two more hours at 6 00 but people can line up for the hottest items starting now. We have gone to other stores in the area have not seen the line we had expected or seen in previous years, look at the line at the best buy in clearwater, we counted a little more than a dozen people in looking for tvs like Victoria Nelson who comes here every year with her family. She doesnt mind spending thanksgiving at best buy. It is something we do every year we go out and have fun, we definitely enjoyed more of the friday 4 00 and getting up
Just landed in ohio. What information have you learned . Reporter within the last few minutes the ap confirming the suspects name is Abdul Razak Ali artan he is 18 years old a somali refugee he was living illegally in the united states, look at the scene behind me very active as police try to piece this together, figure out what caused this man to go through with this attack, it first came in as a reported shooting as more details started coming and we learned no shots were fired by the suspect, but he drove his car up onto the curb running into a crowd of people and then jumped out started stabbing people. A terrifying scene all of this going down before 10 00 am this morning as students were coming back from thanksgiving break a terrifying situation, listen to went through. It is not real. You go numb. It is not supposed to happen. Sorry. So, yeah. It is, it is scary. We barricaded ourselves in our rooms. Reporter a terrifying situation, take a look at this photo some students posted
Of those doors. It is 4 00 and time for the now tampa bay. We begin with breaking news. Those wildfires are happening right now in tennessee. A press conference getting ready to start any moment now. You can see some of the devastating fire with 100 homes and buildings damaged or destroyed. One area called black bear falls has middle of the note night with many on vacation running to shelters. Low humidity was the biggest tool to build the fire. It has hit dollywood and also the replete aquarium Still Standing ripleys aquarium Still Standing. The mayor and several crews in the area and we will get to him in just a moment. New developments in a robbery caught on video and the video completely wild. Not only did the the utes trait do the the utes the thieves drivethroughs but it looks like at least a dozen people. The atf things this might be an organized group look at the glass where the truck smashed into. You can see how it is all boarded up happening at the tampa arms company. It is