Morning. Traffic expected to be pretty light, a lot of people enjoying another day off work. Most of the people out will be heading to the shopping malls. Heres a live look at the hour franklin. No crashes or breakdowns to tell you about there. Now that thanksgiving has come and gone, the action is just Getting Started for holiday shoppers. Folks packing area malls early to get in on those black friday deals. We have Team Coverage for you this morning on the holiday rush. Reporter Isabel Rosales is standing by at the tyrone squa to cope you safe. First we begin with Rodney Dunigan live at Tampa Premium Outlets in wesley chapel. A lot of shoppers out there already. Reporter youre right about that. You know, its been a steady flow since about 6 00 last night. Theyre going to be open until 10 00. A lot of families out here, weve been speaking to a lot of nice folks enjoying the shopping. We have stephanie, destiny, and destinys mom is back there. She was scared to be on camera. Shes back
News at 9, im dan shaffer. And im janelle martinez. Turkey day is done texas officially black friday. Shoppers across the bay area packing stores to get in on those great deals. We have Team Coverage this morning, first were going to head out to abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan. Hes live in the Tampa Premium Outlets in wesley chapel. Its been pretty steady there since last night. You are right about that, dan. They opened up at 6 last night, and theyll be open until those shoppers but a lot of people who work at this mall as well. A number of those shoppers not only looking for a great deal today but they want to have a bit of fun on black friday as well. The shopping rush started early here at Tampa Premium Outlets in wesley chapel. 4 ram, its our tradition every year for over 20 years. Were up at 3, out at 4. Those here up bright and early looking to stock up. We always go to forever 21. We go pretty much everywhere. And i just thought, you know, its florida you need a little
In some city airport workers plan to strike. Uber drivers could also join the protest. A noon rally is scheduled at st. Pete city hall and at 5 00 people are going to gather at Centennial Park in ybor for a march. Mcdonalds says it employs hundreds of thousands of people and offers programs for employees to complete high now to the rampage on the ohio state campus. Classes resume while police are trying to determine if it was a terrorist attack. That attacker has been identified as Abdul Razak Al liartan. He deliberately plowed his car into a group of pedestrians and then he got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was shot by a Campus Police officer. The president of the university is praising that officer. And we all live with a fear happen to us. By being diligent and focusing we believe we can be as safe as possible and with our safety personnel and officers here to respond were pleased this was no more serious than it could have been. The suspect was born i
Been stolen, what if anything has been stolen because they have not been able to locate the owner of this property, definitely concerned about that this morning. Theyve been out here for two hours trying to piece together what happened here. You can see a lot of denial to the storefront damage to the storefront. They dont have any Surveillance Video from the outside and it appears no witnesses here, so this is a very active, ongoing investigation. I just spoke with a deputy here on the scene, and he says major concern here is that if weapons were stolen from this store, not only is this a safety hazard for the general public but also these deputies who work the streets every day. Of course well continue to be out here throughout the morning gathering more evidence. You can see investigators inside right now looking at that Surveillance Video trying to piece together any sort of suspect information they can. Well be back live at 6 30 with updated information. For now reporting live in t
Were starting off our morning drive at i75 at state road 60 right in the brandon area. Traffic looking great here, slow and steady on the interstates this morning. No crashes or breakdowns to slow you down. In fact, it looks like we havent really hit the heart of the morning rush hour. We are still in the green, i4 into tampa, 275 down there at the bottom over in Pinellas County and i75 from the apex to i4. Deiah. Thanks janelle. 1 minute after 6 right now. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of tennessee. Take here. Raging wildfires are continuing to tear through gatlinburg. A family shot this incredible video of those flames right there, dangerously close to that building. Everybody in the city has been told to evacuate immediately. Tennessee Emergency Management officials have been going door to door throughout the night issuing those mandatory evacuations in the popular tourist area. So far we know at least 30 buildings have burned and a 16 dolly wood theme park. Firefigh