for the morning commute. temperatures in the low to midshipman 70s. most areas are up in the upper 60s and lower 70s to the north. we had a shower rolled through and a couple of thunderstorms yesterday, but we are nice -- we are left with a nice window that will result in partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. big changes in the extended forecast. will talk about that tropics in a few minutes. good morning everybody. an update on the crash we've been talking about all morning in st. pete. it happened at twenty-eighth avenue in the south. it looks like my slides are not quite working. the crash is clear. no longer an issue there. we also have a slowdown on the veterans expressway and check me out on twitter. i will tell you all about that. the reality is one in four children live in households it cannot put food on the table.>>'s -- right here, metropolitan and a catholic church's life where holiday tent starts registration. >> reporter: things get kicked off your 10 am this morning. this is a major event that has a big impact on this community. we spoke with one mother of two who says she is not su her family would make it through the holidays without this help. >> it shows that they have respect for people that is really in need. to take out their time to come and help others that are in need. >> reporter: this is an event that brings out a large number of families looking for help. metropolitan ministries expect to serve nearly 20,000 families in need during the holidays of >> just the smile succumb through both on the staff side, the community side, and with the client so we get to serve. it is a whole different level that we see them throughout the regular part of the your. >> sign-up starts at 10 am. alina people usually gathers early. metropolitan ministries also tells me that there always a that -- always in need of donations as well. of folks in the community want to give, you can link it action news.com and just consider this. only two dollars is required to feed a family for the holidays. a little can definitely do a lot. for now, reporting live in tampa, this is a damage here left behind at the republican county office in hillsborough, north carolina. police are calling it a suspected firebombing. flammable material was thrown through the window of the gop offices. a neighboring building was also vandalized with explicit language. republican leaders call it a horrific attack the political terrorism. >> this is such a violation of our constitution. everything we stand for in our country, to me, that is what this election is about. it is not about party. it is about freedom. >> hillary clinton also condemned the attack. she described it as horrific and unacceptable. donald trump seem to direct the that represent hillary clinton and the democrats in north carolina fire-bombed the gop offices. here in hillsborough county, local gop leaders call the attack devastating, but they do not think it is a reaction to controversy surrounding donald trump's campaign. they feel it is an effort to deter volunteers to judge from getting out to vote. local offices are asking volunteers to get out and vote and not get outside at night forward.>> we will not be deterred, distracted. those things are like the potholes. you just go through them. you accept them. months ago, local democrats and republicans coordinated safety strategies and they carefully do plan safety security measures at major events. this just in. police in maine are investigating a political related crime. they said someone used spray paint to vandalize at least 30 cars. they were l trump rally on saturday. officers are reviewing surveillance video. developing this morning, a major military offensive against isis that could bring an end to the terror group. iraqi forces looking to retake the city of mosul. the largest city held by isis. defense secretary says it is a decisive moment intended to be a they said it could take months to complete. us forces are providing military support and advice during this attack. mocking grin lane in -- on sunday, no one was home at the time, there was heavy damage after a fire. take a look at a house th a family of four escaped their burning home. the american red cross is now helping family. 6:06 am. this morning, mosaic is facing another environmental problem at another florida facility. officials say that a pump which circulates processed water malfunction on saturday at mosaics plant city location. 50,000 -- 50,000 gallons of remains on the company's property. despite that, homeowners thereby are worried. >> they had another problem, and these problems just make people concerned. >> mosaics is immediately after the spill occurred, they alerted the department of environmental protection. the fertilizer compare continues to -- the fertilizer company continues to monitor a week that made it into an awkward for through a sinkhole. -- through an aquifer through a single. the best time of year that is best to buy a home that could save you thousands. certain months that you should good morning. we are let's take a look at temperatures climbing from the low 70s this morning. plenty of sunshine by the way. upper 80s early afternoon. a warm and humid day. east when. 10% coverage and that is it. ivan, thank you. i want to show you this rescue from seattle. you can see incredibly rough weather at the beach. it made it difficult for a windsurfer to get out of the water. it took two other people to firefighters had warned the man not to go into the water at all out of fear that he would get hurt or stranded or of course drown. the man told the reporter at the beach that he has 30 years experience as a windsurfer and said the waves were perfect. thinking about buying a new house, you might want to do it in the next few months. new data shows that home buyers can get better deals toward fall and winter months compared to the summer. money tips.com's is the cheapest months are january and february. the most expensive months are june and july. as fall approaches, prices drop leading to a savings of $8600. drops in the winter can fall as low as 8%. a double-digit drop in production. the first estimates of the season show an 11% drop of grapefruit. it is a result of citrus first in decades. the one change -- the one change that could help families in florida get out of poverty. the changes that they are developing this morning. on backpage.com turns deadly on daytona beach shores. a woman arranged to meet a man at a motel for the advertising webpage backpage.com. at the -- according to authorities, the if -- the woman brought her boyfriend and a knife and rob the man she went to meet. the man grabbed the knife and attacked the other two people. one of those men died at the scene. this dapper will not be charged stabber will not be charged. they are charging the woman with felony armed robbery. they are calling on the bay area -- bay area prosecutors to stop death row. unanimous before they sent someone to death row. protesters have taken up the issue calling for a minimum wage of $15 per hour. local officials and community members plan to join this fight today stating that a bigger increase could help thousands of working families get out of poverty. a rall city hall at 10:30 am. current governor and congressional candidate charlie crist is leading this as well as the fight for 15 group. police have released video of a man who shot and officer in alaska. this is the dash-cam video from the officers cruiser. as he was responding in fairbanks, you see the suspect with what appears to be a gun in his hands. police say that he shot the officer multiple times and took hospital with serious injuries. video later shows the suspect abandoning the cruiser a few blocks a rat -- a few blocks away. anyone in that area should consider him armed and dangerous. fbi director james, he is stating that without clear numbers, incidents are left to interpretation. he made that remark before gathering with police chiefs on sunday. in confrontations. he suggests that when these clips go viral, it may create the thought that these happen more frequently than they do. sheriff's deputies want you to bring them your unwanted or expired medications to keep them off of the streets. operation pill drop begins drug users get their drugs from friends and families medical cabinets. the drop-off locations will be at the walmart on us 19 in largo. locations vary each week. researchers are saying that a chest strap is the best way to track your fitness. not apple watches were fitbits on your wrist. they noticed that the wrist monitors or less accurate than the chest versions. the was off by sometimes more according to ekgs. last month, hurricane hermine roared into florida becoming the first hurricane did the state since 2005. it called -- it caused massive flooding including in citrus county. if you live there, make sure to separate any tree waste from appliances and other trash. it will all be picked up by october 26. you note, but we do have one disturbance that will point out for you. low to midshipman 70s generally. upper 60s to the north. we will even out as far as temperatures today. the forecast this week, warm and rather humid through the afternoon. unusual for this time of year. the cool air is coming. we will have to wait a while. we do have a disturbance that brought us some enhanced under storm activity yesterday. the covege east flow that will bring us clouds for the afternoon. we will pull a little moisture off of the atlantic. it will be limited that isolated . coverage only about 10% of nothing organize. that is a we will have for the entire week. similar weather conditions with highs above average for this time of year. then we have to look up stream. that is where there will be a a showers and storms yesterday, that has moved to the east. it will interact with this area here across parts of the western atlantic. we are about at a 40% chance of activity which is awfully close to us. we would normally pay attention -- pay attention to this, but as this disturbance gets going perhaps even into a tropical storm, the cold front that will bring us those very pleasant conditions next week when -- weekend is already on our map. states. even if something goes develop their, it should be okay. not oppressively humid that it will feel like 90 up to 91. for the week, we continue with similar weather conditions. friday night is our night. that is what the cold front swings and ankles a soft not just in the morning but look at the afternoon high temperatures. in the high 70s on the -- on franklin foer's. looking at the drive. a clear shot all the way across a bridge. about six minutes to get across right now. let's talk about some construction that is starting today in downtown tampa. this is going to be morgan street. it is going to be closed starting today around 9:00 between roaring and whiting street. instead, you will want to use florida avenue. this will affect people coming off of the selmon expressway. you will not be able to get off of their at mormon. we also ha that information on twitter at tampa bay traffic. 6:21 am. a chance to raise money to help sick children. florida hospitals starlight gala. the event raises funds for pediatric care. the us -- this year's theme, and evening in chicago. thanks to special guests. even the popular band chicago event. 6:21 am right now. still ahead. if you are hoping to be a clown for halloween, you might be out of luck. a major retailer decides it is not clowning around. it is taking a drastic action against the creepy trends. plus the fate of a beloved bear now up in the air. the sad ending some fear that the celebrity animal met. 6:25 am. a bear that won the hearts of a new jersey neighborhood may have been killed in a hunt. we told you about petals the bear. in the past. he walks up right because his paul's do not function properly. on friday, a facebook page dedicated to peddle says that he had been killed during this states five-day hunting season. they said that a bear was petals. they plan to release pictures of the slain bear this week. >> the recent -- the recent creepy clown sightings are causing one retailer to react. >> target are we moving -- are removing clown masks from their website. they said that they made the decision of the sensitivity to the issue at hand. while you can still buy clown masks have been taken down. coming up at 6:30 am. suicide by cop. that is what the pasco county sheriff's department is calling a shooting by police. some neighbors are fighting a new development saying that it will hurt their community. after a nice weekend, we have some cool air on the way. we have to wait quite a while for it to get here. we will talk about that in a on i to 75. eight minutes to get from here to downtown. will check or die time -- we will check your drive times on i for coming up in just a minute. -- drive times on i-4 coming up live from the tate -- station taking action for you. this is abc action news. struck a man shot and killed by they had no -- they had no choice but to take this action. also right now 6:30 am. new details on a stranger danger case in pasco county. the one thing deputies want every parent and child to know this morning. able to with throw out your ballot if your signature changes. strong words a florida judge has for this policy. a morning thank you for waking up with abc on this monday.>> good morning. we've been closely following that shooting in pasco county. the scene in just a few minutes. but first, weather and traffic to get you out the door this morning. temperatures this morning with temperatures in the low 70s. we're mostly clear by the afternoon. will climb quickly so by noon time, we are already in the lower 80s. a couple of showers. that would be it as far as our interior county as that wind continues to bring us a temperatures in the upper 80s. the will have the extended forecast as we continue to breakout with fall weather in just a few minutes. we are checking cameras all across interstate. so far no good -- so far so good. this is what it looks like around fowler. we're looking at 10 minutes from the apex sent to the intersection of 275 all the way to i-4. your drive on i-4 looking great. still in the green. downtown. nine minutes.the bottom. that is from 75 down to 275. 6:31 am this morning. a shares to be shoots and kills a man in his own following a standoff. abc news anchor is live in a holiday neighborhood -- in the holiday neighborhood where the man was assaulting his girlfriend before they got there? >> reporter: lindsay, that is right. neighbors told deputies that they saw him spit on her one homes here behind me beyond the police tape is still a very active scene. in addition to the neighbors reporting that some of they overheard him tell her that he has a gun into call the cops. by the time the deputies arrived as we look at some video from the scene a couple of hours ago, this man confined himself to a bathroom. for two hours, they tried to convince him to come out peacefully. a swat team step in -- stepped in. there were guns in the home. he charged at them with the knife in hand and was shot and killed. no one else was hurt. the disturbing detail is this man made it clear that this was an outcome that he wanted. he made it so that they had no choice but to shoot him. i learn a lesson right now. when we come, we come fully prepare. we come to make peace. but if you cause us to have to, alive and we will make sure everyone our citizens in pasco county is safe. >> in this situation, that is exactly what happened. the pregnant girlfriend did suffer some injuries. she is going to be okay here. she told deputies that this man was drinking all day and may have been on prescription drugs. we also understand he has a criminal history of both battery and drug abuse that dates all the way back to late 90s. county, james tully, abc action news police are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened early sunday morning and holiday. the police -- a car pulled up and a car started shooting. no one was hurt in the shooter has not been identified. a man attacking and emt with a corkscrew is in jail. he would quote and him. christopher herrmann doors are also took a swing at a deputy. he is charged with aggravated assault. a man in pasco county arrested for dui after officers say he crashed into a florida highway patrol car. new photos will show you of that crash. it happened that interstate 54 in van dyne road. at around one a clock on sunday morning. the man had a blood alcohol level of beyond the legal lim one man tried to lower a girl into his van. take a look at some of the images near the scene. a. -- on friday night, girl said that this fan approached her in the driver tried to start -- strike up a conversation and asked the girl she would like to go for a ride. she said no one was able to make it home safely. the driver is described as a white, balding man about 40 years old. the van appears to have some damage to the front bumper and van, contact the police. a woman is accused of driving drunk with a drive -- with a child in the car. she is charged with dui in child neglect in his bonded out of jail. the driver of the suv crashed down an embankment and palm bay scary moments with that vehicle began smoking. good samaritans rushed to help the driver who was trapped inside. they formed a human chain police later arrived to join the rescue efforts. event is to get the driver out of the car and away from the smoke. for some reason, that driver pecan -- became combative. they had to taken to a hospital. neighbors fight a proposal that would add a 67 home subdivision for them. neighbors in odessa says that a force traffic on heather ridge drive impacting 2500 people already living there. they said that extra traffic will cause congestion and damage to roads because of all of the extra use. >> i do not want to stop growth in our county. it is very important to our economy, but it has to be reasonable growth. >> they said that the nikkei lane gate would only be used as an emergency exit. neighbors are not convict convinced. we will let you know what happens after the meeting today. for democracy 2016, you will not have to update your signature after all. a judge ruled that throwing out pellets for signature changes was unseen and unconstitutional. as written, staples allows voters who forgot to sign male in ballots a chance to correct the issue. a fantasy -- if canvassing board finds that the signature does not match the signatures on in favor of the florida democratic party and the democratic national committee which has sued the right to appeal. they feel that people would be disenfranchised for not being able to appeal if there signature had changed over time. here the results from the wall street journal poll that shows clinton with an 11 point lead in a four-way race. along with trump, libertarian gary johnson, and all of this comes as wiki leak has released a new batch of emails hacked from the clinton campaign. some exchanges show clinton's aid worried about how to respond to black -- with respect to comments over backlash comments. the reagans are blamed for a slow response to the crisis. and thus the comments began. clinton's lb gt outreach director said quote he did not want it to fester. supporters and elizabeth warren even collect to make her support . >> donald trump, the big brave donald trump, is to chicken to release his tax returns. bought, buck buck buck buck buck. >> tim kaine made stops in florida. he rallied in miami where he talked about his time as a missionary in honduras. the visit here is part of the campaigns outreach to voters. mike pence appeared on the sunday morning talk shows backing up trumps comments but he will not repeat trump's call for drug testing. he just said face-off. he also said that he and trouble except the outcome of the election. >> is donald trump said in that first debate and i will say again to you today, we will except the will of the american people. but between now and election day, we will work our hearts out against all odds. >> trump is being criticized for making lewd comments. he said he was not sure if he would vote for trump and others to consider their vote for donald trump. we do expect to have results by 430 we do expect to have results by 4:30 pm for students on a campus. nbc news -- abc news is helping to make an informed church. -- an informed choice. a live debate between marco rubio and patrick tonight. two years ago, a rocket that was scaring supplies up to the iss, exploded just seconds after a lodge in virginia. engineers figured out that a bad engine caused the blast. the caseworker some of the new engine and they are ready to resume the lunches from virginia. a faulty cable caused last night's it is scheduled for tonight at 740 launch to be scrubbed. it is scheduled for tonight at 7:40 pm. the weather will determine if they will be life. when you wake up earlier on monday, you will see a nice, clear skies. mostly sunny conditions through the afternoon. eventually some clouds roll in from these. the rain chances today are very limited. only 10%. with high temperatures climbing from the upper 70s by 10:00 to about 88, above average, for this time of year. next. 6:40 am. an elderly woman fighting for her own home. this is after a woman she hired to help with her dying husband refused to leave. the four things to do to prevent this. for better or for worse. one couple is learning the for worse part and they have only been married for two days. the story is next. good morning. to everybody in the tampa area, it is getting busy on 275. 6:43 am right now. we will show you the news you need to know before you head out the door. we will start a deputy shooting and killing a man following a two-hour set standoff. it started as an argument with a man at his pregnant girlfriend. the man told people that he had a gun. when deputies went in, they said that he charged at them with a knife in hand. he was shot and killed. no one else was hurt. that man's name has not been released. this morning, more than 50 religious leaders were: bay area prosecutors. they wanted to stop seeking the death penalty in murder cases. death penalty including racial bias and too many being mental ill being sent to death row. they said the juries should be unanimous in imposing the death sentence. florida said to announce an increase of the minimum wage rate today. five cents an hour. employees say it is not enough. people are calling for a minimum wage of $15 an hour. hillsborough county sheriff's department is giving you dialogue with them about how police -- how law enforcement police our neighborhoods. the night -- the meeting begins at 5 pm at claire met elementary school. >> [music] market calendars, pitbull it is on december 17. the show also features fifth harmony and the chainsmokers. tickets go on sale today at noon. .to achieve -- now to a strange story in san diego. a squatter who was taken over a 90-year-old widow's house. the woman hired sheryl sherell to take care of her dying has been in 2015. sherell refused to leave and filed a restraining order against west lower in -- rest liar and stated that she has a right to stay in the home because the lady left to live with her daughter. >> did we miss something in society? why is this person allowed to stay here when the owner has to leave? >> there are some things that first, higher and secure a bonded agency project along the healthcare worker has been with agency. check references and make sure there is a policy preventing caregivers from accepting loans, tips from the -- from the people who hire them. one couple just married and their home looted after evacuating from hurricane matthew. >> it was a traumatic thing happening, but we really -- we love each other we wanted to lean on each other, and we have done that. >> businesses in total strangers came together and donated to the couple to help them get back on their puppy. a dream come true for a seven-year-old from west palm beach. he got his wish to become a jedi knight saturday night all things to the make a wish foundation. pretty suffers from tumors but he was able to forget about that for a while. family and friends cheered him on as he saved the city from evil as he defeated darth vader in battle. >> a great organization there. >> they do a lot of good work. let's get a check on the roads. clearheaded to county. good morning. if you live in land o'lakes, you might want to listen a. us 41 at state road 54, an accident in the middle of the intersection blocking all southbound lanes. you can either turn to the right and go left on 54 and loop around or you can wait in the left-hand turn lane and go eat some 54 and swing around in front of the shopping center and get back on 41. otherwise, it is not a serious accident that it will clog struck you can see the backup on my maps here. you can see southbound 41. or land o lakes boulevard. you might want to try heading out to the collier parkway for depending on where you were going, the suncoast parkway which might be a better option for you. this is what the veterans look right now. not too bad. pretty typical for this time of the morning. 54 two 275, 70 minutes from waters -- seven minutes from waters down to 275. if you upper 60s along the coast. we're looking fine for most of the day. partly cloudy with a little more cloud cover by the afternoon. not enough to -- from surface to about a few thousand feet up, a lot of dry air. we will not do much in the way of showers were thunderstorm activities. we had a little help with that justin east went with his for the entire week. that will result in warm, humid conditions throughout the afternoon. form conditions will continue to be above average. we will be at 88. we will do it again today with the heat index that feels like in the lower 90s. we will continue with that through most of the week. right now, it is not even in the eastern half of the country. it is the cold air out west that will eventually get here. it is going to take its time. it will let's plan this out for you here. each and every day, you'll see temperatures above average with midshipman to upper 80s . what you don't see here is the front coming in. you see the result but the front actually slides and on friday night. limited moisture with it. slight chances of showers or a band of showers moving through. it is just in time for the weekend. it clears is out on saturday and sunday. that make a big difference. highs in the saturday -- 70s on the saturday -- on saturday and sunday. big 12 officials are meeting today to discuss expanding the conference. the bulls are one of the 11 finalist for the proposed two team expansion. report's say the tv partners are trying to kill any expansion plans so that they do not have to pay $25 million for every school the conference adds. if it doesn't expand, the paper schools to join cincinnati in houston. tickets to a bowl game is a done deal. the bulls secured their bowl eligible status with a 22-27 win over uconn on saturday. they did not become eligible until week 11. this year, they did it in week seven. one of the countries biggest retailers his political out -- cloud masks from its sales. >> clip -- good morning we will have more in the gma first look. >> reporter: bizarre bozo sidings caught on camera and lighting up social media feeds around the world. this surveillance video updated -- uploaded to the lively -- live link shows this clown was caught clinging to the back of a detroit bus. with halloween only two weeks away, all of these clown encounters seem to be helping scary clown shelves. they said clown costume sales are up 239% this year. this year, one of the biggest retailers is not clowning around anymore. target is removing out -- clown masks from his stores and said the -- said that we will have good morning everybody. heads up in land o'lakes. we have a crash blocking the southbound lane right at state road 54. captain. is flying over this road right now. taking a look at the backup there. also want to show you the backup on my map. you can see delays southbound and also eastbound. you might want to try the suncoast parkway, depending on where you were coming from and where you were going. upper 60s and lower 70s by the afternoon. a few clouds and an isolated inland shower. we will have temperatures in the low 80s and highs near 94 once again today. thousands of families in the tampa bay area would go without this season without the help of metropolitan ministries. meg starting today, families can sign-up for the holiday program. it is prepare able to come -- to provide a complete holiday meal for under two dollars. for more on how you can donate, contact abc action news.com. second virginia cop showing off his dance moves at a high school pep rally. he welled students dancing to beyonci's hit song formation. a little bit more about the man behind the moves. a 31-year-old lieutenant. a 31-year-old lieutenant. serve for the sheriff's office. he is also danced at the ballgames. he is becoming a local start there. >> a celebrity. of morning america's coming up next. we will keep you up-to-date on our mobile app and on twitter. good morni good morning, america. breaking right now, the massive battle to take down isis. thousands of troops marching at this hour. americans helping with the all-out assault in the air to stop the terrorists and take out one of their biggest strongholds. we're live on the frontlines with the make-or-break battle this morning. a republican office in north carolina firebombed, vandalized with a swastika. donald trump calls the attackers animals, as he doubles down on claims this election is rigged. >> the process rigged. it's a rigged election. it's a rigged system. >> and hillary clinton faces a new blast of leaked e-mails. october surprise.