In their ballots at one voting location in downtown st. Pete. So i wanted my vote to count, and i wanted my sons vote to count, and this was so important to us because this was his first time voting. Several people say they got to the polls early because they didnt want to risk possible long lines on election day. Here in hillsborough county, hundreds gathered at a local library on mlk boulevard. It was part of a push by pastors called souls to polls to get africanamericans to vote for clinton. President obama made a last push to vote for clinton while in orlando yesterday. Mr. Obama spoke about trump and the state of the country. Singer Stevie Wonder kicked off that rally. Vice President Joe Biden is going to be in st. Pete. They will first stop at famu in tallahassee and then will head to st. Pete for a get out the buffett. And the bidens will join democratic u. S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy at that concert. Murphy is running against marco rubio. Rubio will be at the Republican
That means we could surpass a record set by the 2012 election with 8. 5 billion people voting. Trump underscored how crucial florida will be. His path to the 270 delegates is limited without the sunshine state. The timing of the election tomorrow could not be more important as he said. This is it, folks. Opportunity. In four years. Not in eight years. It will be over with Supreme Court justices. This is it. We will not know until the end whether trump will win florida. The newest poll says it is too close to call. Quintin leaf trump by just one point well within the margin of error. The same goes for north among the millions of voters already casting ballots in florida there is one group growing so fast some experts think it could be the key in who wins. Item is gonzales is in tampa where one group is not done urging latinos to get to the poll. Brendaliss gonzalez . They are just getting started. Right now these volunteers are making calls to voters who have gone out to the polls so fa
Temperatures like yesterday and the day before that, well get right back up to the mid 80s. Vans . Vanessa and on the roads, no big complaint still. Were clear on the roads. We have one notable construction closure to mention. Its not a full blockage so thats good news and its along the veterans expressway. Southbound direction, you see a speed marker at waters. In the area of waters, two left caution in the area but you can see no big delays to be expected hitting this way. Laura janet reno, first woman to serve as u. S. Attorney general and figure at the center of several political fire storms during the Clinton Administration has died. Russell this morning, her goddaughter broke the news saying she suffered from complications from parkinsons disease. Janet reno went to harvard law school, became a prominent prosecutor before rising to she served nearly eight years. Reno figured into some of the administrations biggest scandals. One is the deadly raid on the complex in waco, texas. I
There. We had that cold front that moved through late yet. A little bit lower by 5 to 8 degrees in our Northern Counties around citrus county. 58 degrees in Crystal River right now. 59 that is in floral city. 60 right now at 59. Now as we get closer to tampa bay the temperatures are dramatically different. 63 in lutes. Pl with all of that sunshine today, were going to be topping out near 80 degrees. So still a nice warm afternoon. But with that front, bringing us drier air, were going to see lower humidity. Well feel lower humidity. I think its going to make it really nice for the afternoon. I hope the morning is beautiful as well. So far so gad. Watching on kennedy. Thats all clear. Youre good to go here. I275 over in st. Pete. Town speed in both directions. Check in your drives on some of our area. Were looking great on u. S. 19 southbound from its taking just 11 minutes. 16 minutes on the veterans. Down to 275 and just a minute slow. Probably due to those traffic lights out there. 5
Lakeland at 59 and to go along with these drop in temperatures this morning, i got drier air moving in so im going to have sunshine, drier air, a gorgeous day as High Temperatures touch 80 degrees for a brief period of time this afternoon. Vanessa . Vanessa thanks, dave. Its 6 01 right now and we want to check out i4. We dont have any major incidents happening right now on the major roadways, including where were looking live. This is the camera near 50th stre. Bit but overall, looking very much up to speed and light with the congestion. It should take 11 minutes hitting i4 west from buchman to the 75 exit and looking equally nice here with those times travelling between Pinellas County, the 375 and Pinellas Bayway exits and then southbound 75 between fowler avenue and the selmon. Russell dropping right now a gunman opens fire in downtown against the victory of president elect donald trump. Mass shooting does not appear to be connected to the antitrump demonstrations. Instead, Authorit