center is shutting down just a week after a fox 13 investigation revealed major problems how it spends public money. millions of dollars in fact. and fox 13 investigative reporter tina jensen says closing center still doesn't answer those questions. tina. >> well kelly the global initiative no longer usf think tank the change could in name only the think tank two employees are still on board with usf. last week we reported major problems at the research center. mission or financial accountability according to public records. we also showed you how the think tank has used some questionable marketing. including a brochure with a photo label interns that was actually a photo of paid faculty members. usf says director of think tank david jacobson will continue to do research. but he'll be reporting to at head of the sociology department. a spokesperson says he will no longer receive stipend worth salary will stay before usf total salary and benefits package was worth more than $220,000. now other employee his picture wan home page website now been taken down. it showed him with now un secretary moon. but that photo was build fox 13 he was employed with usf. more than a decade before. and secretary general we're still waiting his total salary and benefits package. usf has refused to release some records that would show how the think tank has spent millions in taxpayer funds. kelly and mark were staying on the story because the public has a right to know how suchlt. f spent public money. in newsroom. >> thanks very much. >> a flight on basketball court that, ended trevor duel was convicted of shooting david won his appeal now gets a new trial. gloria gomez is following this from inda day one. duly is eligible for bond today it is attorney was fight thing for that he was in court getting an are now with walker. he is serving eight years in prison. when he won his appeal this april the appeals court ruled there were errors made during his sentencing procedure and his pell late lawyer was ineffective. it was 2010 when they got into on the basketball court. duly returned with a gun and shot and killed james. duly claimed it was self-defense he used florida stand your ground defense. but a jury didn't buy it oop pwants out jail while aprepares for the a trial but victim's widow is fighting it. if he is granted bond he gets to go home to his family. extra second with d j because he's gone. he took that from us. >> and he's never shown a shred of remorse. >> the judge heard arguments on both sides. but is expected to rule here real soon. we have of course, mark will let you know how this all plays out. back to you. sure you will gloria thanks. this is mother's forgiveness for a crime that took her daughter's life. jan good forgives man who deputies say shot and killed their daughter. jan has since met with her daughter's alleged kill more on their meeting. even through the toughest challenge of her life jan good's faith doesn't falter. >> on my own i couldn't do this but with gods help i can do this november 6th the her 18-year-old daughter was shot and killed. deputies say devin freeman pulled the trigger. he was aiming for someone else. but hit mariah. i needed him to know that i truly for give him. i think it's important that the world see what true love's like. last wednesday jean had her face over a video monitor. i wanted him to know that i for give him for shooting mariah. she held out hope for a response. once i started talking to him and telling him about wanting him to know about ma rye jesus and my jesus we truly loved him his whole demeanor changed. gave jan chance to ask question he wondered about since day mariah was killed. if you can go back and change the mariah from being shot would he do that. and he said yes. >> i cried because i could see remorse in his eyes. pain of losing her child will never end for jan. but talking to the man charged with her death has helped ease it and it gives her hope. one hour before she died was without god i can do nothing. with god, i can do anything. and that keeps playing over and over in my mind. that post has given her strength >> in manatee county, kimberly kuizon, fox 13 news. all right. kimberly there are still unanswered questions following a deadly fire overnight in odessa. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the flames early this morning. a. mobile home in silver dollar golf and trap club. cell phone video showed hope completely engulfed and neighbors tell us a disabled man living there was trapped and never made it out. his wife was able to run across could do. >> went around where door was flames were coming right out the door. so there was no way in heck that i was going to get into that house. >> lucky to get out. investigators haven't released identities of husband and wife who were in the home and we're told she is recovering tonight at the hospital. pope francis appointed new bishop to lead catholic church. here he is his name bishop gregory parks fifth bishop from fox 13 dan maddox spoke with him today about his new role leading church bishop gregory parks comes to tampa bay area in a much different form than 30 years ago. i was working in the banking industry at that time. he left behind finance and went to seminary for a career in faith. after most recently serving as bishop of pensacola tallahassee bishop robert lynch who is retiring after his nearly 21 years of >> each bishop has his own personal style of leadership and way that he organizes things. bishop park's style he is says being approachable. as bishop i've always also tried to a pastor. so trying to pastoral in my work in my relationships with priests and with those that i encounter through my ministry. i, am very collaborative in my ministry. i like to seek the opinions of other before making a decision. center. so i need to take some time to learn about it. and to determine the best way i can lead here from. from banker suit to cleshg gashes bishop parks says he's much different person than the man who lived here 30 years ago and that he acouldn't be more excited. >> things have changed since i've been here. but i look forward to becoming reacquainted with this beautiful area. >> in st. petersburg, dan maddox, fox 13 news. okay. when you think of lakeland what comes to swans perhaps. or lakes. whatever it is, the city wants to know. they are producing a new video series called vibe. each video will feature a different theme and showcase elements that add to lakeland's vibe. video wills also feature a regional local music and bands are encouraging to contact the city with any songs they may want to rotor and put on the video. it's a great platform for artist as great platform for city. once again it just we're trying >> celebrate local talent too soon you will able to see lakeland vibe videos on all cities social media platforms. >> you know november, december are the two biggest months for charities to raise money. last year floridians gave nearly $0 billion to thousands of charities and people often give more around the holidays. some used end year to donate for tax purposes state wants to remind people to check out any charity they are donating to before you >> its real money flowing from floridian's pockets into these charities. so it's important that we remind people during this holiday season when much of that giving occurs to be a smart giver. and you can check an organization financial information and what programs you're money goes to support by going to the department of agriculture's website fresh from florida.com. well historic day a first commercial flight from america coming up we're going to take look back at why american leaders had originally had hope in fidel castro when he first took control of cuba. look like it was going to rain all day. yeah it did cloudy for while today moisture really came back today on southeast wind. in fact, there is some rain. take look south of us. rain right now over charlotte harbor. some of it get into our viewing area couple sprinkles up in pasco doctor: oh yeah... right there. oh! you got a nickel back there! heh heh! when we say a health care company should treat you like family, we mean more like this. operator: it's gonna be ok, and i'll be right here if you need me. member: really? operator: really. you deserve compassion. you deserve molina healthcare, your extended family. visit molinahealthcare.com just days after fidel just days after fidel castro's death flights began from u.s. to cuba first haern american airlines to havana took place this morning. tampa next southwest flights from tampa international toha have an are scheduled to begin on december 12th. the flights are made possible newly restored ties between cuba and president obama. huge crowds are gathering in had have an in for the memorial. and a for start of a week long castro are lying in havana in a. thousand of cubans lined up crying remembering the former leader. it's quite at opposite of celebration we're seeing in miami where many young cuban americans are embracing castro's death and looking ahead to political possible political reform. and they hope castro's death will pressure president-elect trump into following through on his campaign promise to roll white house warning mistake to erase progress it made in past few years. >> a policy had failed to bring about the improved human rights climate that i think just about every american citizen would like to see. trump's said on twirlt he will call for release political prisoner and greater freedoms for cuban people. we're joined by craig patrick. hi there, >> what do you expect new administration to change? president-elect has said he's open to dealing with cuba. let's start there but you keeps saying a better deal than one we currently have. so in fact he could refreeze our relations with cuba and fidel castro's death could certainly accelerate that that puts it spotlight because trump surrogates keep reminding him which our history with castro and how he betrayed our trust fidel castro came along he led a rebel yen, people fed up fight and swept castro into power in 1959. america was hopeful at the time. you may not believe what he he had said at the at the national press club in washington >> but after he spoke out against dictators in communist castro became communist dictator he seized billions in american assets and jailed and murdered his critics. so soviet destroyed america severed ties and imposed a trade embargo in this nen 1962 u2 spy plane revealed soviet missile beigeses going up that could anail late the united states. president kennedy order ad block aid. >> it took us to brink of a nuclear world war 3. he blinked and turn back swhips millses on deck from there cuba soviet union i don't know collapsed cuba suffered. american leaders continued to squeeze cuba in hopes it would drive the castro regime from power. until december of 2014 when president obama changed more than 50 years of foreign policy in one fell swoop. today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. and wul of that president obama drove changes on his own since 2014. when he becomes president mr. trump will have power to reversehe and again he's saying that he will do that if he doesn't get something different from cuba. we will breakdown the options and show you what all of this means for florida on money, power & politics, that's coming up tonight at 11:35. all right craig, that thanks very much. >> well today was it looked like bit of transition day. transition is good word. it was cloudy but still decent. nice right before transition from hot hot to cold not cold to hot. moisture is back we have clouds for time even a bit of rain we in a second. first, let's take a look outside. and just, this view of the sirata beach camera around 6:10, 6:15 is great. you see venus shining like this now for past couple of weeks. we were at the about latest i should an earliest at 5:35. which still losing daylight in the morning. but the sunset now is kind of stuck for a while at about 5:35. great view on the cam. today after low humidity day on sunday moisture came back today and high back up to 80. i think we stay above 80 for most of this week and morning low 62 degrees. we had a drier and refreshing northwest wind yesterday. and then today, as high pressure moves off the carolina coast, the winds do the big turn, they come in from the east, southeast and dew points come up we've had some rain. in fact if you're watching us in pretty impressive band of rain down by charlotte harbor. if this holds together, i'm talking about north port and venice, and inglewood in fact right off the coast you may experience a time of some moderate to heavy rain. this is just a group of showers moving up the coast. we'll watch that. around tampa bay. we had some light rain that produced m rainbows around tampa bay about an hour ago. now there's some left over light rain up by ridge manner and dade city. that's that's about it. so the only area of interest is south of tampa bay where there could be a spell of showers for time this evening. that's about it. watch out for patchy fog late tonight. temperatures are holding in the 60s and 70s. and the dew points are coming back up. in fact, tomorrow, dew points should be between 65 and 70. so kind of muggy with gusty south wind. you know it's been dry. and november rainfall 0.01. which is literally maybe two minutes of rain. that happened on november 9th. and you know, we're 2.11 below average since october 1st. the drought now is extending into panhandle of our state. it's really bad you know up by atlanta, and all the way back into sections of mississippi and alabama. we should see some rain next week. it's kind of a tough forecast. but i do expect look at this, i mean this would be a great. heavier rain from charlotte up across the mountains. blue ridge. back to knoxville and chattanooga and birmingham could four inches in places if that front gets close enough next week. right now we're 74. dew .63. winds southeast at 8. moisture increasing over our state. you've got severe weather tonight along the periphery of this cold front. that is sign of what aget in from the gulf. rain will be heavy tonight in birmingham and nashville. and memphis and cincinnati and chicago. then on the backside a big trough in the west. the snow is piling up in the rockies. snowing near denver, west of denver and 41. birmingham 61. new york 69. tonight we stay in 60s in most spots tomorrow with increasing south indz with, temperatures well into the 80s. there will be a cold front that will try to move our way. watch it. it maybe on thursday. we may get a brief shot of cooler weather for a day or two friday and saturday. but then we go back up and then the next front could arrive monday and tuesday. kind of busy pattern coming up. partly cloudy, some sprinkle and patchy fog. watch for showers south of tampa bay. early tonight. and 68. tomorrow, partly cloudy, breezy and sticky. we're in low to mid 80s. on wednesday, more of the same. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. wednesday night into thursday. after that cooler and drier maybe more significant rain early next week. hey kev. how about this? florida gators find hem themselves 24-point under dog in sec championship game against alabama. we will hear what jim thinks about challenge that's face guards. plus mike events makes history last night raymond james stadium well when i shop, my coupons are in a neat little stack, and my weekly ad is folded like this. ready to go... that's how i save a lot at publix. how 'bout you? i don't clip, i don't plan, but i still save a lot. i just shop for publix brand products, cuz they're great. and that's it. no really, that's it. that's how i save at publix. how 'bout you? after losing badly in front of after losing badly in front nation on thursday night football to atlanta the bucs really need a change. and jameis winston called team together and asked his teammates to remember what was like to play as a kid. played for love of it. well since then how about this bucs have gone 3 and 0. these guys have woken up. this team really having fun right now playing with lot of confidence. biggest difference has the defense that has climbed from near bottom the league to respectability. over last three games the bucs defense has given up just three touchdowns. and one of those was on hail mary pass. this allowing just lenny points per game over three game you know what they got tired of losing and leaders have stepped up and changed this culture. >> we knew something had to give. and james cais came to team andd let's get back to playing. thing about when you were a kid and you had nothing to play for but just the love of playing the game of football. i think this what's everybody's doing playing game we love but playing it together. this can't get taken away one of our any second. we do the go to the cherish every moment and giver our all every play. mike evans is having best season his young career two more touchdowns yesterday gives him ten on season just two away from his career high. but does that match up how does it match up with other receivers fourth player to have a thousand yards receiving in first three years appear feat evans says is just part of his job. >> you know, god blessed with me with this talent i'm in good position. i'm supposed to do that i get ball lot. i'm supposed to do trying to as consistent as i can make big play for team i always throw pike the ball he's superstar. y'all always ask me why you throw mike ball so much i never understand tho just played amazing game. just type of guy he has. type of player he is thank god for coach putting me in situations to give me the ball. florida gators are playing for sec championship for this weekend for second straight year in while this is lopsided match up between the two schools, there are 17 nfl prospects that will be on field squaring off against each other. but gators will be without many of their key players. hillsborough grad jordan is out. defensive end injured his knee who also are out for the gators this weekend. and given that. jim mcill wayne and his team they are not shying away this tough challenge that's facing them. >> there aren't a lot of teams that playing this weekend. and you think it's an honor to be representing the east. and i know our guys are excited. obviously you know they are one heck of a ball squad. i think probably the best there. you know, but we've got we've got good players too. and you know i know our guys are excited to go compete. >> pulled off win against lsu a couple weeks ago. you know what, alabama. that's different animal right there different team pew. you never know virtually everybody in florida will be cheering for them. oh, yes. true. most even florida state. ohio state university leaving several people injured. we will tell you about suspect and hero officer that really came in saved a lot of people. >> an attack ohio state university police say man drovr a student at ohio state university is dead after police say he attacked people on campus this a student an ohio state university is now dead after police say he tacked people on campus this morning at least 11 people hurt. the campus on lockdown today for several hours this morning day. and ron schmidt very latest tonight from ohio. >> just before 10:00 a.m. monday a violent tack on campus of ohio state university. >> i was kind of shaken up i guess. it was like i don't have a clear mind. law enforcement tell fox news a young somali men intentionally drove a car into pedestrians then got out with a butcher knife knife and started stabbing people >> about 9:52 a.m. a male suspect drove a vehicle over the curb. struck pedestrians. he exited the vehicle. and used a start cutting pedestrians. fortunately police were in the area due to an earlier gas leak. our officers was on scene in lens then a minute anded and situation less than a minute. >> the officer engaged the suspect and shot and killed the suspect. police say nine people were injured. none the individuals appear to life threaten injuries at this time multiple injuries related to lacerations or cuts. most likely as chief said from the stab wounds from the butcher people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by the car initially. sources tell fox news suspect came into the united states as a somali refugee and was granted status as a legal permanent resident >> this is a difficult situation our thoughts and prayers are with people of columbus and the community of ohio state in this difficult time. f.b.i. officials in columbus are assisting local authorities a they conduct this investigation. >> at this point police say they are looking into the motive but suspect as 18-year-old abdul artan. in new york rob schmidt, fox news. most the injured were hurt by the car. at least two two people were stabbed one has fractured skull. the university's newspaper did run an interview with our in august he identified himself a muslim and third year logistics management student. >> but he's 18 as we just heard. a top democrat on the house intelligence committee says this terror attack carried out by somebody who may have been self radicalized. more high profile names meeting in trump tower next administration begins to take shape they take place michigan xhk last state to be called a recount threatening to throw country back political unrest lauren blanchard has latest tonight from washington. vice president-elect mike pence arriving at trump tower this morning. as the public battle over who will be state continues. general david petraeus in at running for the position also meeting with mr. trump in new york today. while former governor mitt romney who is also being considered will meet with mr. trump again tomorrow. this as many trump loyalists continue voicing their opposition to romney. despite this allies of mr. trump say the decision will be solely his. everybody will march in lock step behind it. and today, just as michigan certifies mr. trump as winner of 16 electoral votes, green party candidate jill stein still trying to launch a recount in that state. along with pennsylvania and wisconsin. republican strategists say the recount effort is just furthering the divide. >> now hillary clinton who unfortunately is ending the chapter of her very long and historic candidacy on note. meantime mr. trump alleging on twitter this weekend, he would have won the popular vote. if not for millions of people voting illegally. the white house pushing back on that claim. there's been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that. recount in wisconsin is expected to start later on this week. however recounts in michigan and pennsylvania have not been approved as of this evening. in washington, lauren blanchard, are investigating somebody sent threatening letters to at least three mosques. two of letters were sent to southern california. one long beach. other in claremont. third was accept to evergreen islamic center in san jose. police si letters are signed americans for a better way. the letter calls muslims children satan and they also say president-elect donald trump would do to muslim what hitler did to the jews. whether it's muslim ban or extreme vetting or stee it's about words and actions right now. after the original shock you know we kind of realized that these things do happen once in a while. this is one bad apple. president-elect trump has condemned letters islamic leaders calling on him to clarify an about ban muslim from entering united states. amazing video from ukraine worker have built a huge safety arch over the damaged cher noble nuclear reactor. the steel and concrete structure reactor. the melted down in 1986. arch will help contain radiation from spewing out for the next 100 years. will also protect the structure from any bad weather. the arch is so big, it's tall enough to house paris's notre dame cathedral. it's big. >> wow. okay. any video shows devastation caused by massive land slides in italy. firefighters released this video showing damage in to severe flooding and land slides in number of towns hundreds of people not allowed back in their homes in northwest part of the country. more bad weather is in the forecast over the next few days. well death of fidel castro is a time of celebration for many cuban americans. today, we talk differently.... differently. and all those differences take energy. at duke energy, we're doing things differently too. like new ways to generate power and even store it... ...for cleaner energy every day. so no matter how different things become, we're always here .... fox 13 news is teaming with metropolitan ministries to bring hope for the holidays. we encourage you to make a donation to the charity! tomorrow is giving tuesday and metropolitan ministries donation tents in counties will be open from seven a-m until seven p-m. in hillsborough and pasco counties on open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. you can bring food, and toy donations to the tent. in downtown tampa. that's located on 905 governor street. it's near nebraska and cass. it's very easy to find. you live in pasco county you can drop of donations at the location in holiday. 19. again both locations will be taking donation from 7 o'clock in the morning until 7 at night. this giving tuesday. we posted all kinds of information on fox 13 care force.com. read all about it and it's a very important day for so many charities. >> indeed think others right now so much less >>. how cuban american in miami use death fidel castro to look back on personal history of escape on oppressive dictatorship joe reports. cheers, the pots and pans are deep rooted emotions from a painful past that will never be forgotten. >> when i woke him up this more than i told him he was half asleep. but then after he got up he goes him escaped the castro regime. >> this myself. my mother who pass wood in march. this is the day they arrived in miami in 1963 he journalist agrabbed his family four gout cuba. they were after him for his life. because he was recording the truth. fair truth. so many similar stories like diana celebrating death particular tator memories high and proud. my mom and dad. they are both passed away i had to headache make sure they made it here they came to united states in nothing in 60s. she just wishes they could in little havana to witness history with these crowds. they would joyful like we are. they would also be sad to think that not a lot has change there had and they are still people there suffering. in order to escape regime that decades. was undescribable. is evil incarnate. but with the death of fidel castro a celebration that this crowd has holding in and can now share together. >> fidel castro just one thing right in his life he died on a saturday or on day where we can all be here not at work and not at school. >> take look at this, one family puts up thousands of christmas ligh. acres of land and why they do doctor: oh yeah... right there. oh! you got a nickel back there! heh heh! when we say a health care company should treat you like family, we mean more like this. operator: it's gonna be ok, and i'll be right here if you need me. member: really? you deserve compassion. you deserve molina healthcare, your extended family. learn more about our marketplace plan visit molinahealthcare.com tonight at ten: a serious health problem.. that can eventually lead to blindness! doctors are seeing a spike of cases among children. the everyday cases among kids. that every day activity that could be to blame we're going to tell you what that is and the simple steps you can take to protect your child's vision. that's tonight's on the fox 13:10 o'clock news. stocks closed a little lower today pulling back from records they sent last week last week was on fire dow fell 54 today. nasdaq down 30. s&p off 11. with thanksgiving over now more holiday slight displays are turning on. oh they are. and fox's denise dylan shows us there are three acre display, three acres of lights in north's georgia. the allen family has been decorativing their yard for past four months. they say lot of work it's a lot of money but this do it because they love christmas. exactly 3300 lights in this arch way. it all started 16 years ago. jh and johnny gail allen put out a few extra christmas lights in the yard for over the years it has grown and grown. and grown. tens of thousands of lights now cover more than 3 acres of land. >> as grandkids got older, stuff got bigger. >> it takes at least four months to set out the displays and they change it around every year. >> me and my wife does biggest majority of of it grandkids got to where they help out a lot now. my son, my daughter and when it they come and help allenes both work and their volunteer firefighters. they say when they are not on the job they are setting out lights. are you just joking will you tell me you're not work you're doing christmas stuff the family stopped by and the children's faces lit up at the sight. >> i like looking at the candy canes. cinder waving swing set. they are super awesome. what do you think about when you see i think how beautiful it is how life has all this joy in it ai love christmas. birth of christ and you know, we can't give everything everybody a present so this is our present to everybody. >> denise dylan, fox news. well the allenes say they scour yard sales and thrift stores for donation and all and decorations actually. also friends have given them some things over the years. looks like it brings them a lot of joy. all right people in northern japan could get pizza deliveries from reindeer. domino's japan testing to see if they are suitable for delivery in snowy regions japan worker are looking to see if they should mount delivery case on they should drag pizza laden sleds. they are actually trying out sleds. reindeer are highly cold resist incident and very strong. pizza company is they ensure safety and well being by limiting maximum weight that they can deliver [ laughter ] >> are you sure that's a real story? >> it was domino's japan. so >> yes. are you questioning that? whole thing. really? >> you can do a drone. drone seems to work better a long pizza gets there good thing what do you tip a reindeer? let's take look today, because we actually had rain first time this long time on skytower. there you go rain showing up to our south and that is moving slowly to the north. and you watching us in sarasota county, we said this at 6:20. inglewood and venice you may see some rain. and in this light rain is coming right up the coast. sop rain is heading for north port. moving along it should not last too long. but, i mean this time of night, you take any rain you can get. october. and eventually, this could come all way up the coast into sarasota and points north. but it seems to be weakening a little bit as it heads northwest. all this is, an indicator that moisture is coming back. almost like warm front developing. this slide north and northwest. elsewhere a sprinkles up by leesburg eastern citrus and hernando counties and that's it. warming trend well under way. daytime highs in the mid 80s. in many spots. on top of that, we dew points 65 to 70. another one of those days probably air conditioning will have to kick on at some point to cool off the house. right now, 74 in tampa. 71 st. pete. 68 punta gorda. and many spots overnight tonight will stay in the upper 60s for night time lows. as i said dew points coming back after quick sufrj of cool air on sunday winds have gone around compass. now there be a weak front approaching that may briefly cool us friday and saturday. and then another front could head our way monday and tuesday of next week. 74 dew .63. southeast winds at 8. the cold front which now slicing across the south is producing severe weather including tornadoes tonight. and then, big band of rain for birmingham. they need the rain drought extends wes into mississippi. heavy rain in nashville tonight. cincinnati and chicago too. a colorado and montana and ski see season get cranked up nicely in west. 42 denver. and it looks like it has promised to give us some rain. but pretty much fizzles out. i mean it just collapse as moves our way. it may bring a couple light showers on thursday. if that and then we may briefly cool off a little bit. te more significant front could arrive early next week. here we go again. average high is 75. we're way above average into the weekend. and dew points getting way up friday and saturday. forecast for tonight goes like this. few sprinkles or areas of light rain and ending patchy fog and mild down to 68. mixture of clouds and sun tomorrow. breezy and humid. with high up to 83. still muggy on wednesday. mix of clouds and sun. in the low 80s. after that a brief shot of cooler weather. that would friday and saturday. and then moisture comes back. coming up tonight at 11... a tampa family who can't seem to escape a horrible coming up tonight a 11 o'clock a tampa family who just cannot seem to get away from a horrible fate for the second time this year. a driver plowed right through side of their house. look at that. back again. >> pasco county community remembering a popular musician after this deadly motorcycle crash. we're talking to robert cart pw. tonight on fox 13, news a 11 o'clock. we'll see you then. all right cynthia thank you. virtually grew up on streets only to become immersed in child's play as an adult. mile brings smiles to faces of kids everywhere. and tonight he >> this is at fun stuff walking into whacky world studio is child's play. >> you're whacky i would say. why we called whacky world bruce berry's company designs and creates various kid themed projects. for churches, amusement parks, schools and businesses. >> it's like a kid. ness you take a project on it becomes yours. and becomes your own bruce starred drawing young age while working with his dad. who was an animator for disney. he taught me how to cartoon how box. we got this one now. bruce's father got sick and pass wood when bruce was teenager. while his family moved to florida. bruce stayed behind in new jersey to finish high school. found basement to live in i was there probably for about a month or two before i couldn't pay my rent. homeless and nowhere to go. i ended up living in my car for two years in high school when you lived in park through the 12th see seasons cold and winter and snow and wet sleet and rain. afr bruce enlisted in the navy. it was best thing i ever did. really, you know put me on a path straightened me out. he left the military and started wacky world studio. in 1979. hard work. that's what it takes. it's not, nit's never handed to you oh bruce takes personal ownership of each project. what i'll do is i'll actually sit down and draw with clients. i'll cartoon and design and companies love the turnkey approach of whacky world. we design it create a we build it cans we sculptwe make it we ship it and install it. bruce is so thankful for his team and what he calls the blessing that is have come his way. >> i'm very humbled of what i have and where we've gotten today. >> he makes a lot of children smile lot of adults too. and really you can see he's got kind of a child's heart imagination because you've got to be able to see it first before you can build it. to be able to do both is a real blessing he made lot of people happy looks great. i wonder if he is for hire for man caves probably. news keeps gone going we're online at www.fox13news.com and on our fox 13 news i'm on your phone. we'll see you tonight at everybody. 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