Holiday Gift Market & Microsoft Outage

Good morning, everyone, and welcome into Fox Tampa Bay Live. I'm Regina Gonzalez. Happy Friday the 13th. I don't know if that should be said in the same sentence. Everybody be careful out there today. But either way, we have made it to the end of another week. And some of you may be slowly getting back into work. If you work remote or your main email is Outlook, then I'm sure you've just kind of been chilling or maybe finding other ways to communicate with people like phone or text message. I don't know, yesterday kind of felt like the Stone Age when we couldn't use our emails. But that is going to be a big topic of conversation today. I've noticed that emails are slowly starting to trickle in, everything's starting to work. I know Outlook has been keeping us updated that it's gonna take a little bit, but we've seen some improvement. And actually, really quickly, before I kind of give you a little run of show of what What we've got coming up over the course of the next hour, I do. Want to hear from you. How are you affected by the Microsoft outage? What do you do for work? People were calling this a digital snow day yesterday. So go ahead and scan that QR code to the left-hand side of your screen. Join the conversation. I am so intrigued because you know what? I know a lot of people thought it was funny, thought it was a great way to get out early. But then you have hospitals, law enforcement. I mean, this is the way businesses operate and communicate. So as you know, Funny as it could be, it wasn't so funny for a lot of people working. So we want to hear from you. Definitely go ahead and scan the QR code and let us know. But actually, in just a moment, what we've got coming up, we are going to talk with one of our own tech experts here at Fox 13 about what caused the massive Microsoft outage and when things could get back to full-blown normal. Plus, we want to take you out live right now to a vantage point we have of MacDill Air Force Base. That is because it. In just a few minutes, we're going to take you inside a brand new USO Center designed to support our service members and their families. I know they're going to have a full press event, and we might get a little tour, so that is coming up. And then for all of our football fans, this is going to be exciting. Believe it or not, there are other fans that exist in Tampa Bay besides Bucs fans. We're going to catch up with one of our FOX 13 producers who is behind the series Diehards and Dive Bars. They are launching it once again this football season and this week, this past week I should say, they got to hang out with Chicago Bears fans. So we're going to get an inside look as to what those parties look like. Like in Tampa Bay when they are watching, is that, wow, is that cheese being grated? Look at those cheese heads. Okay, yeah, that's going to be a good conversation just from this video alone. And then also coming up around 1145, we are going to get a sneak peek at Tampa's holiday gift market put on by the Junior League. So lots of fun stuff coming up for you and much more. But first, we are actually expecting some pretty cool temperatures. And if you stepped outside this morning, I certainly felt a little bit more of a chill in the air. I know they're already dealing with some cold weather and rainy conditions up north. I was in touch with my family, but Jim Weber, our FOX 13 meteorologist, joining us live from the Weather Lab to give us a little lowdown of what we can expect. Hey, Jim. Hello there. Happy Friday the 13th from Channel 13. Yeah. Wow. I'm glad you said that because I forgot. Yeah. It is a good thing here at Channel 13. Yeah, we've never been afraid of the number 13 here. Yeah, exactly. It's a lucky number, it's lucky. For sure, cold front has now moved through. We started with a lot of cloudy skies this morning, but the clouds are thinning out. We're bringing that sun back, temperatures, they're comfortable outside. They're running in the 70s, but you're also probably noticing it feels a lot more crisp. We're starting to dry those. That air out, so it feels a lot more comfortable outside. You look at all the cameras right now, beautiful looking day. So these temperatures, they're really not gonna rise up a whole lot more as we go through the day, as we continue to usher in that cooler and that drier air as we go through the day. Here's that visible satellite loop, you see that clearing line down to our south. We've seen a few little light showers or sprinkles with that line as it pushes down away from us. But any rain for us. It is done, we will continue to see mostly sunny, the sunny skies as we go through the afternoon. But look at these temperatures, 71 here in Tampa, Brooksville, 72 degrees, St. Petersburg at 70. You head down to our south into Sarasota, currently sitting at 73. But that dew point, remember, that's just simply the measure of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. And the other day, this was running 70, 71, 72, so it had that humid feel. Now you see this number back down into the 40s. That feels very comfortable, feels crisp outside, and it will feel very crisp as we head into tonight and throughout the weekend as well, keeping that very dry and cool air. So look at these numbers over the next 12 hours, really not budging a whole lot. Then once the sun goes down, you see what happens here. Remember, sunset, it's right around just before 6. You see that temperature just really steadily dropping as we go through the evening hours. And then by tomorrow morning. We're 50 degrees here in Tampa. That's a big, big change. We have not seen numbers like that in, what, about seven months or so. Forties to our northwest, Brooksville, down to about 43 degrees. So as we go through the weekend, we keep these cooler temperatures. Tomorrow, we stay in those mid-60s with a cool northerly wind. We are going to start to warm those temperatures up on Sunday, but we start out on the chilly side here in Tampa, 49 degrees. Quick warm-up, and then we start to bring some rain chances back in as we head towards the middle of next week. Signs of maybe an unsettled pattern with an area of low pressure, front working its way through the Gulf. So you look at that seven-day forecast, really some beautiful-looking weather as we head through the weekend. Plenty of sun, chilly temperatures, but if you like these cool temperatures, enjoy it because it doesn't stick around all that long. You see, as we head into next week, we're at a big, quick warm-up. With those temperatures heading back through the 70s by Thursday, we're back up to about 80 degrees. So it doesn't last long, but it's going to be nice. Wow. Okay. So we got to take the jacket out for a little bit, tuck it away. Maybe we'll have to use it again soon. Yeah. And then middle of next week, you're back in shorts. All right. Sounds like Florida to me. Jim, thank you so much. All right, everybody. Well. We are finally seeing some emails start trickling back in after what felt like forever long Microsoft outage that started yesterday afternoon. It left people across the country and around the world unable to access their emails. And really, it didn't stop there. Other Microsoft services, including Teams, were also impacted. So what went wrong? How much longer is this going to last? What happens behind the scenes when the technology so many of us rely on just stops working? Well, we want to bring someone into the conversation who had a very interesting day yesterday. Our own Fox 13 media technology manager, Shamar Williams, joining us live in studio. Hey, Shamar. Hey, Regina, how you doing? It's been a great day. It's been a great day for you. You just get to leave early yesterday, no. No, absolutely not. I want to start with that before we get into the technicalities of what happened. I need to know in your position what yesterday looks like for you. I remember being on set here, it was like 1.45. My last email for the longest time was from 1.43 in the afternoon yesterday. Yesterday, producer Lindsey tells me Outlook is out, Outlook is down. I'm like, okay, and then it's the evening, and then it's this morning, and I'm like, I'm still getting no emails. What did your day look like yesterday, Shamar? So basically what happened is Microsoft's exchange servers went down, and with that happening, their other servers got overloaded. So my day yesterday, like you said, you got your emails, we're getting delayed. And Thursday around 1 o'clock, 1.30, I'm thinking to myself, I've got an email about two hours now. This is unheard of. But hey, you know, but with that being said, with the servers being down and their new servers, Going to be overflowed, that's an issue, and they're trying to mitigate the situation. And they've already come out and said that this wasn't a cyber attack, this is pure internal infrastructure issues. Yeah, and I mean, did a lot of people, I actually had to message you about something else. My computer was just having an issue, but did a lot of people around here message you thinking that this was something you could fix? Yes, and it got to a point where I didn't even realize that it had happened when it did happen. I was getting Slack, Slacks. Phone calls everywhere, even my own personal cell phone, I was getting phone calls. And the only thing I could go through was, hey, did you clear your cache? Did you send and receive? But then I found out that the whole outage happened and this is purely on Microsoft and they have to figure out what they're gonna do and try to open up network traffic again so that people can get their Outlook. And now as far as Outlook, the Copilot as well as SharePoint and as well as OneDrive as well. Yeah. Yeah. Also we're seeing And two-factor authentication, is that impacted too? Yeah, so like pure Microsoft logins, yes, absolutely. They will get affected by that as well. But third party individuals that use Microsoft for multi-factor authentication didn't see that many problems. But it's still a factor in this equation with this outage going on right now. And I mean, we're starting to see emails come back this morning, but it's been a slow process. Are you able to explain, Shamar, why Microsoft can't just flip a switch and get everyone back online at once? Yeah, absolutely. So it's kind of like having an accident on I-4 or 275. They can't really just open up the network traffic again because if that happens, then it really won't help the situation but actually make it ten times worse than it already is. So they're trying to bring back servers one by one to mitigate the situation and make sure that network traffic is flowing and that people's applications are getting back to where they were. And I mean, for someone who's still struggling with their email or any of these sources that Microsoft is involved in as well, is there anything they can actually do to fix it on their end? Or this is completely in Microsoft's hands? Yes, absolutely. This is all in Microsoft's hands. We as regular users cannot do anything about it until they come back and say, hey, this is an all clear. And I think that in the next 48 hours over the weekend, we're gonna see some progress As being made there on their end. Okay, so you said that this is not a cyber attack, or does everything point to an internal technical problem at this point? Absolutely, it's an internal infrastructure based on their exchange servers. I mean, and I know that people out there are going to say, my IT department always tells me to restart my computer. Restarting, we say that all the time, and we're not saying that to just, we're saying that because it actually means something. Think about it this way, right? Your computer, think about a little mouse inside your computer. And to get from your desktop to, let's say, Google Chrome, or you want to get to Zoom, or you're on Microsoft Teams, that little mouse is getting communication through the computer through binary to get to the application. And when you restart your computer, you're basically telling the mouse to go back to the start point, and that's what actually helps your computer out to get to the application it needs to get to. Do you feel like, I mean, it was good yesterday. Listen, we're a news organization. It was actually kind of funny to see how we had to pivot. We have Slack, obviously. Thank God we could call people and text people. At one point, we'd send a lot of Zoom links for guests to join in. I was just sending them from my Gmail. Female. But do you feel like this is something that businesses kind of need to take something away from to have a plan B if something like this were to happen? Yes, all major companies should. Always have a plan of action for when it's happening. This won't be the first time. It's going to happen again at some point, hopefully not anytime soon. But companies need to have a plan of action to either use phones or find some other way of communication to make sure that work is still flowing throughout their business. Yeah, do you think, what is your take on, I mean, we've seen Outlook have a couple of issues over the last couple of years I want to say the last year, how does that compare to Gmail? Forgive me if this is a loaded question, but I know that there's so many different ways to email people, so many different accounts you can have. Does Microsoft need to look internally at what's been going on? I think they should, I mean, it kind of reminds me of when the Sony outage happened back in 2000, I think, or 2010, I believe, yeah. And I think that they should absolutely look into it internally. That's why they can't bring everything back up at the same time, make sure everything gets put back in place piece by piece so that they can stop this from happening again or stop it from happening more frequently than it would happen in the future. Yeah, as people get their emails back or any of these sources back, any advice? Can we just go about our normal days again, use the email? Should we restart our computer? Anything we need to do? So for now, what we can do is all your emails aren't lost. All emails are not lost. That's a good point. They are just delayed. So what you can do in the next 24 hours, especially over the weekend, if you take your computer home from work, please go back yesterday in the past 24 hours and go through yesterday tab and today tabs. And even the previous day on the 11th too and make sure that you are seeing any emails that may come in and some emails may show up today. That were scheduled for yesterday during the outage as well. I actually had another producer that's coming on here, another FOX 13 team member. She was like, wow, I finally got your email at 6.30 in the morning. You were up, I'm like, no, that was from two o'clock yesterday afternoon. So at least they're saved. That's a good point. People didn't lose their emails. Yes, and they're gonna clear the backlogs too. So we're going to clean the backlogs. You'll still have that email they're going to come in, but it might be delayed, it might say it comes in at 7 o'clock at night, but it was intended for 2 p.m. yesterday. So it's going to take some time for us all to recover. I think going into the weekend, 48 hours from now, I think it should be back to a state where we can actually get some work done. But what we can do is go ahead and make sure we check statuses from Microsoft and make sure we're being updated on statuses and make sure that we can make sure when the all clear has been said and then take it from there. Well, Shamar, thank you so much for your insight. We appreciate you. We will let you go answer and catch up on your emails. Shamar Williams, everyone with Fox 13 News here. And I know that you guys were submitting how this Outlook outage impacted you. So let's read some. If we want, Kim from Largo, I work for a very large telecommunications company and yesterday was crazy and hectic. We use Outlook Copilot, SharePoint and two MFA for other programs. Thank goodness today is my day off. By the way, I love your show and I watch it every day before work. Thank you so much, Kim. We love and appreciate that. And you know what, hopefully you're just able to do that, not answering any emails at all today. Glad you got the day off. I'm very jealous. Anybody else? Just Kim. All right, continue to scan that QR code, guys. Please let me know. I'm so curious at what you guys do, how this impacted you. We'll continue to read some of them throughout the show. But for now, we're gonna take a quick commercial break. Welcome back in to Fox Tampa Bay Live, everyone. As promised, we want to bring you front row to a very special unveiling that is happening over at MacDill Air Force. Of course. So as you can see, remarks getting started. To give you some context really quick, this is about a brand new USO center set to open its doors with a grand Opening ceremony that's going on as we speak, USO centers operated by United Service Organizations and they help to provide comfort and stability to active duty service members, veterans and their families. These centers have things like free food, games, activities, wifi. So let's take a listen in as they explain it better themselves. We have that full circle moment And MacDill today is an amazing place. of coming back together. For those of you who may not know, it's home of U.S. CENTCOM, as I mentioned, U.S. Special Operations Command, two full air wings, and a dozen of other entities, all based here. And from here, global impacts and implications take place. From here. But every one of those missions has one thing in common. They are all driven by people. Service members, men and women, and the family members who serve and sacrifice right beside them. That's where the USO comes in. The USO doesn't generate sorties. We don't conduct operations. We certainly don't build special operators. But what we do is we build resilience. We enhance the readiness and well-being of your service members and their families. So when they are called upon to do what the nation needs them to do, they are more ready. And that is what your USO will bring to you. But none of that happens without partners. It's partners that bring us to being able to do what we do. So this morning, I especially want to recognize the Armed Forces Family Foundation, otherwise known as AFFF, because they genuinely, generously, sorry, made the contribution necessary to build this center out. And indicative, yes, of course, of course, and in a gesture that's... Indicative of the partner that they are, they're headquartered right here in Tampa and we extended an invitation for them to join us this morning and they respectfully declined it and the reason they did is because they wanted the focus to be on this center and the men and women it's going to serve. That is the caliber of partner they are and we are so very thankful for their partnership. To Colonel Ely. Thank you. Thank you for the space, but more importantly, thank you for your trust, because you're entrusting us the opportunity to take care of your tribe. And I can tell you with no hesitation, my tribe takes that trust very seriously, and we will not let you down. As a late-breaking addition, we want to thank the mayor of Tampa, who this morning signed a proclamation for us and specifically claiming Today, 13th of November, 2026, as the MacDill Air Force Base United Services Organization's center day for all the city of Tampa. So that partnership is going to go a long way for us, too, and we are deeply appreciative of the mayor's support. So this center took a tremendous amount of work. Although it's not a big footprint, the work behind it was significant. From our side of the USO, Ms. Pam Horton was our center of gravity carrying the boulder from visualization to reality. We additionally had a myriad of partners from camp facility services, from the base team here at MacDill to include the fire marshal and all of your engineering folks. Contractors, subcontractors, all coming together with a common purpose of building this center. And that is what brought me to be today. So we are so grateful for that partnership. On my personal team, I want to thank Angela Baca. Where is Angela? Thank you. Angela carried an enormous amount of weight on her shoulders as we went through personnel turnovers and struggles to bring the day to reality. And I also want to recognize Christy Bolton. Where did Christy run off to? Thank you. And her mother are the ones that have pulled this center across the finish line. And what I'm really excited about is Christy's going to be the one that breathes life into the center as the center operations manager, making this happen day after day. So thank you, Angela and Christy. To our volunteers, community partners. And business partners, elected officials, thank you. You have gotten us here, but our ask from you is to continue to support us so that this center rises to the potential that it truly has. I want to welcome our friends from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cheers. Cheers. We are not only grateful for your participation and presence this morning, but we're also appreciative of the partnership we've been able to develop in the region, and we're excited about the partnership that we're going to develop going forward. Go Bucs. Walls and furniture do not make a USO. People do. Patriots do. All of you are what makes the USO the USO. So I thank you. I thank you for what you've done. I thank you for what you will do to make tomorrow matter. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together. And I'm even more excited about what will happen in the future inside of these doors in the years to come. Now it is my privilege to introduce to you the USO's regional vice president, running all operations across the continental United States, Dr. Jesse Gavin, Colonel, United States Army. My wife would be terrified that I've been handed a microphone, but she's not here today. So, So General Taylor, Mr. Mayor, Fleet Chief Compton, Colonel Ely, Mr. Laraquinta, distinguished guests, friends, and family. What an amazing day. Holy smokes. Who would have thought. I spent this week in Atlanta at a care package build. We broke a Guinness World Record. No thanks to me. I had to be overwatched to make sure I was doing quality control. And then here I am today celebrating a monumental feat of opening a center. What a great day and truly a long time coming as Jason mentioned by so many people involved. So congratulations to everybody involved here and again congratulations. I want to thank you for the opportunity this morning just for a few comments. Yes, Sarah, my director of ops, I will keep them short. She knows I like to be long-winded. Thank you. But it appears as if the folks that spoke before me, Christy and Jason, stole my nose because I'm going to go into just a little bit of history. In 1941, at the request of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, six national organizations came together, the Salvation Army, the YMCA, the YWCA, the National Catholic Community Service, and the National Travelers Aid Association, and the National Jewish Welfare Board, and merged into what we now call the USO. And the purpose of this newly formed organization in 1941, it was to enhance morale and provide recreational services to our warriors heading overseas in our fight in World War II. And if you look at the badge very closely, those six stars represent those organizations that merged to form the USL, Little Trivia 40. So for 85 years, we have carried the mantra of we will go. where you go and we your USO serves as the only nonprofit whose sole purpose our mission is to strengthen the well-being of those who choose to serve this great nation in uniform and their families and we do that by enhancing morale providing a sense of community and building the resiliency of our fighting force both home and abroad. Thank you Jason for pointing that out. So how do we do that? Let me talk very briefly from a global perspective. These are 19, 2025 statistics. We operate more than 260 centers, as Christy mentioned. The 21 gun salutes going off a little early, sorry about that. Across 33 countries and 41 states and the District of Columbia. We held over 52,000 events around the world serving our service members and their families in 2025. We executed all of this with 650 staff, 27,000 volunteers, many of them are here today, contributing 1.3 million hours working around the world to carry out our mission. In 2025, our centers were visited 7.6 million times and USO programs and services reached just shy of a million people, 980,000 service members and their families. And as I mentioned today, we are on our naval vessels. We operate on 31 ships heading out to sea, and we're working on more. Bringing all of this just a little bit closer to home, I have the humbling opportunity, as mentioned, to serve the continental United States here, 48 states and D.C., and we have 151, correction, 152 centers, 93 full-time staff. 19,007 volunteers and we execute what you call business disbursements. Our way of saying that we provide a service to our service members and their family and we did that over 6 million times in 2025. All right, everybody, we've been listening in live from MacDill Air Force Base, where a brand new USO Center is celebrating its grand opening today. You're hearing right now we're learning about the history of the USO, which was formed when six national organizations came together with one shared mission to boost the morale of the men and women serving our country. And that mission continues right here in Tampa Bay. Now, we also learned that Tampa's mayor signed a proclamation showing her support for this new center. So if you or someone you love serves our country and is stationed at MacDill, this is something that could directly benefit you and your family from a place to relax and connect with others to activities, everyday comfort. It's all about supporting those who give so much. To all of us. And I think this is very fitting to do on the week of Veterans Day and Veterans Appreciation Month. This was a little bit behind. So what we can do really quickly is show you the actual ribbon cutting itself. Really special addition to MacDill Air Force Base in a wonderful way to show our appreciation for our military community. You've even got the Bucs mascot there. Some Buccaneers represented today. All right, guys, well, speaking of the Bucs. There are many more fans of football out in Tampa, that's for sure. So now that we got the official ribbon cutting, we are going to depart here. We're going to take a quick commercial break. The Bucs actually on a bye week this weekend. So no Bucs football. I know we're supporting our USF Bulls. But when we come back, we are actually going to learn about other fans that exist and party and celebrate and watch games in and around Tampa Bay. Stay tuned. All right, listen, we all know Tampa Bay. It's Bucs Nation, but let's be real. We have a whole lot of transplants living here who are still very loyal to their hometown teams as they should be. And that's exactly what our Fox 13 sports anchor Sean Barry and producer Kaylee Emery are exploring in their series Die Hards and Dive Bars. They are back for another season, taking us inside local bars where NFL fans gather to To cheer on their teams, even if they're hundreds of miles away from home and this week. They got to hang out with the Chicago Bears fans at 5-11, the 5-11 club. And let me tell you, these fans have a lot to be happy about right now. The Bears are 7-2. And yes, they just beat the Bucks. We don't really have to talk about that. But just joining us live right now is producer Kaylee Emery here on Fox Tampa Bay Live. Hello. Hi, how's it going? It's going good. I love talking about this so much because I do still support my New York Giants from afar, even though I am a bandwagon Bucks fan. But the Chicago Bears fans, I have never been to Chicago. But I see from that video that they bring a lot of the Midwestern attributes down to Tampa. Before we get into all that, Kaylee, I know you and Sean did this last year. We did. Tell me what the thinking behind this was. I know we covered the Bucs a lot. You wanted to branch out, huh? Yeah, so the idea of it all kind of came together. Sean and I were like, we want to do something that's fun and different. And look, Tampa Bay, it's such a melting pot of people from All over the country. I'm from Los Angeles and it's the same kind of thing where you meet people from all over the place. Tampa Bay is pretty much the same thing. You've got fans from all over the country and we were kind of like we want to do something fun and different and celebrating the fans of those different fan clubs because there's so many of them. And we were kind of toying around with some names of some things and we're like, let's do it. And it's funny because the very first fan club that we did. Was the Bills, so as you would imagine, that was fun. Huge Bills Mafia down here. Tables were jumped on. They were broken. Honestly, the whole series just kind of like kicked off from there. And now it's just kind of, it's just a fun thing to do in our community and to highlight all these different fan clubs. And I have to be honest with you, when you guys mentioned that you were doing this Last year, I was like. Do that many fan groups exist around Tampa Bay? Were you shocked to find out how many there were? Again, because Tampa Bay is such a cluster of people from all over the country, we weren't entirely surprised because yes, okay, we are home of the Bucks, Bucks Nation, yes. But you think of all the people who come down, I mean, you and I were transplants, a lot of us are transplants, we're fans of different teams. You got to think, all right, they're not the only ones. So there is a lot of people that are fans of their teams representing their teams. Whether they're from different parts of New England or they're from Chicago or from Seattle, you name it. They're all down here, it's just finding them, which is why those Facebook groups exist. And it's funny because some of these bars, people will tell us, they'll be like, man, we had no idea that these clubs existed till we found them on the Facebook group, and I'm so glad we did. It's like, yeah, because they're a lot of fun. Clearly, I mean, look at this, was that man just grating cheese? Was that a nod to the Packers? I mean, look, when you're in the NFC North, yes, yes, you have to. Oh, yes. Sorry, Packer fans. I know, listen, I have been to 511 before as a guest, it has happened more at night, what time of day was this? Take a wild guess. Was it the one o'clock game? This was a one o'clock game, yeah, it's so funny because when Sean and I, when we went to the club, not even a bar, the club, we went to the club. And it's funny, we show up and we're just like, we had no idea what to expect. And a lot of the times when we do go to these clubs- Or bars, I should say, we really have no idea what we're walking into. We could walk into complete chaos of all the fans that are just really hyped. We can walk into maybe something that's not super hyped. This place was ready and it was so funny because they had a DJ and they went all out, especially during their celebrations. They had the pyrotechnics going when the Bears scored. They had, it was, it was a It was a lively atmosphere to say the least. And I've never been at night, but I would imagine that It would be something similar. I know, I'm sorry, I keep replaying this on loop, but I mean, you just, I feel like you find something new every time you watch it. Can you explain the stashes? Yeah, it was for Ditka. Yeah. Yeah, you know, the Bears fans there, they're remembering Mike Ditka. So that was during that game, that's what it was. Oh, how could we forget about Ditka? I know, so there was a few people, you could see someone down there that was kind of, that was dressed as him. There's a few that were, and they were handing out the stashes. And this? Well, grating the cheese, again, sorry, Packer fans, but as a Viking fan myself, yeah, I'm all for it. Oh, I get it, grating the cheese, yes, oh my gosh, clearly I needed a second this morning. They also have a lot to celebrate right now, I mean, this is when they beat the Bucs? No, no. This was another game. Yeah, this was a different game. That's right, they played on prime time. Yeah, this was a couple of weeks ago, but no, that is just when they scored. That is just when they scored a touchdown. Yeah, they went all out and then you could see the lights on the ceiling with the disco ball. They really go all out for those celebrations. It's so much fun. That kind of leads me into my next question, which I feel like we've already kind of established is what makes this particular fan club so special? What kind of vibes did you get from the way they all interact with Honestly, it's so funny because there's especially the teams that are not to single out on any of the other conferences. But there's something about the NFC North in particular that it's just you have that Midwestern nice. Atmosphere and mentality and look, I lived in Minnesota and North Dakota for a total seven years combined. I get it. It is a legit thing. And they're all just so nice and they are so welcoming. So even though I was a Vikings fan and I was like, how about them Vikings? They were giving me that much of a hard time with it. They're having fun with it. And there was a few Packer fans, there was a few Viking fans. There's a couple other fans in there and I don't They're nice people, good people. Again, not to single out any other fans of any other clubs. Everybody's got their little niches. Like you said, you've hung out with everyone from Bills fans to Eagles fans. Has there been a fan base that has been the rowdiest so far, or one that will stick with you? Am I gonna guess Bills? Okay, well, when you think Bills fans, you think, okay, Bills Mafia, and you think, Jumping on tables and that is 100% correct. That is exactly what they did. And that is exactly what we wanted them to do when we were there. So yeah, as you would imagine over the patio, it was crazy over there. Such a fun group of fans, the Bills fans. I will say, I don't know. I wanna say maybe the Seahawks fans. I don't know if they were the rowdiest, but that fan club. Hanging out with the Seahawks fans, I think it was during the conference championship game before they went to the Super Bowl. So when they beat the Rams, I think it was for that game. It was insane. Whenever the Seahawks scored, they were throwing napkins. They were so rowdy and there was such a crowd in there. I'm talking, you're squeezing your way through the bar trying to get through. So imagine Sean and I, we got our camera equipment and everything and we're just like, excuse me, Nobody spilled beer on this, my gosh. You gotta wear closed-toed shoes. That's funny you say that, and obviously I was around them for a very good, I went to the Super Bowl this last year. And I happened to be in an area that was all Seahawks fans, and they were fantastic. They're so much fun. I mean, they're great people. And it's funny because for that group, we're like, you are really far from home. This is, we're nowhere near the Pacific Northwest. And there are people from Alaska, there are people from the Seattle area, from all around Washington and Oregon and they were so fun to hang around and they were like, I'm so glad that we found this group because we had no idea that it existed. Okay, I have a very funny comment actually that we can read together and I know exactly who this is coming from our friends over at the Leatherheads. Big bucks group, you never raised a helmet as a Giants fan though, that is very true. Go bucks and leatherheads never lose a tailgate. So this was when I went out for some live shots. They have these big motorized helmets that you can race. I did win and I'm pretty sure Heather won. So we're keeping the Fox 13. Well, there you go. Championship flag alive. I mean, you gotta end with a W, right? We see you, AC. Thanks for watching. Okay, so tell me what's next. Well, first of all, I know that the full story on this airs today, right, at 4? Yes, correct. Today at 4 o'clock is when our full Diehards and Dive Bars Chicago Bears fans will air. And then, yeah, so we're kind of just doing it like a weekly thing when we possibly can. So this is just the start of the season. And we're dipping our toes into Into some collegiate, I remember you. Who did you already hang out with? So we already hung out with the Penn State fan club. They were a lot of fun too. I believe they're probably going to be next. I'd have to talk with Sean. But there's a lot of fan clubs out there. And I think it's just funny because the running joke at this point for anyone who's watched our series from last season is when are we going to cover the Steelers? Because Sean's a Steelers fan and I was trolling him. Last season, I was like, hey, you know, we're in your area. Oh, no, just kidding. It's the Eagles. It's the Ravens. It's Penn State. Wow. We'll see if we get to the season. You're going to develop quite a list. And we should mention, I mean, we're on broadcast right now. So if you are part of a football fan club of any sort, please, what is the best way to get in contact with you guys? Honestly, probably just emailing us or Sean. I don't want to, I mean, we're probably going to get bombarded by emails now. Sorry, Sean. Sorry. But yeah, I mean, if you guys just like email us and let us know. I mean, we have a whole list of fan clubs that we're going to be covering. It's just a matter of when we get to them, but there's a lot of fun ones. There's a lot of fun ones out there. I am very excited to see the full ordeal tonight. That video was amazing. Thank you so much. Of course. For coming on. That's at four o'clock tonight. Yes. My show that I'm doing, so I'm excited for that. You're producing it. I know, I'm producing that show, so yeah, it's great. All right, we'll let you get You should get back to work then, it's a few hours away. Really thank you. Of course. Thank you so much. And regardless of who you root for and what games you're watching, we're gonna switch gears here and we wanna hear what your weekend plans are. Any events we should know about, any fan clubs we should go party crash with, definitely scan that QR code and let us know, guys. We're actually gonna talk about a great event you can go around and shop at all weekend long when we come back. Stay with us. All right, everyone, the holiday shopping season is officially upon us. I'm behind, admittingly, and if you are. As well, well, this is a good place to be. The Junior League of Tampa hosting its 23rd annual holiday gift market at the Florida State Fairgrounds all weekend long. It's a chance to shop for everyone on your holiday list while also giving back to the community. So to explain further, I do want to welcome in Diana Bernal Silva. She is at the market right now, co-chair of this holiday gift market. To tell us more, Diana, happy March. Welcome to Market Weekend. How are you doing? I'm good. We're excited it's here. This is a labor of love and we love it. Well, I've already seen people shopping behind you. Tell us what the- Some of our regulars, yeah. And they're in character. That's amazing. People come ready to shop. Ready to just get in the holiday spirit. Well, so for anyone watching this right now who has never been, never heard of it, what is the Holiday Gift Market and what can shoppers expect when they walk through those doors? So the Holiday Gift Market is the Junior League of Tampa's number one fundraiser for the year. When they walk in the doors, we are at the Florida State Fairgrounds. We have over 200 merchants, a lot of them local, small business. There is something for everyone here. So we have, yep, ornaments, clothing, kids clothes, food, bakeries, you name it, we have it. I always love going out there. Now I'm in studio full time. But when I did live shots out there over the past couple of years, I truly walked out with my credit card just screaming at me. The 23rd year, this is 23 years of this now. How has this event grown over the years, Diana? And what makes this such a special Tampa tradition? Absolutely. Well, like I said, this is an absolute labor of love. Thank you so much, love. The Junior League of Tampa is run by volunteers. So when we first started this 23 years ago, we started it at our headquarters on Davis Island. So it was like a little tiny market. And since then, we've grown. We are at the fairgrounds. We are in two halls. And like I said, over 200 merchants. We expect about 20,000 people throughout the weekend, all with their credit cards ready and their holiday cheer. I love it, I love it, this is some vantage points we have from social media. Like you said, you have nearly 200 merchants participating this year. Any unique products, anybody new, anything that anybody should know about? Yeah, so one of our programs that we do is a young entrepreneur program. And the Dot and Lou Tinsley Foundation gives a grant to the winner. So this year's winner was Kate's British Bakes. She just started her company four years ago. It is wonderful, delicious baked goods. We have another one, Another one, Raquel Beautiful, she's one of our entrepreneurs on the rise. We have Boho Hat Company here, so you can get custom hats made. And then some of the Tampa locals that we love, like Toffee to Go and Nothing Bundt Cakes, so something for everyone. One of the most amazing things about this, Diana, is that it is a fundraiser. Where does all of this money go? Yeah, so 100% of the net proceeds go right back into our community projects. The Junior League has a number of them from Love Bundles, which is actually celebrating their 30th year, where we build backpacks for children entering the foster care system. So any kind of toiletries, clothing that they need, rooted in reading, goes free libraries for communities that need it. So all of this money goes back to helping women, children, and families in the Tampa Bay area. That's awesome. For people watching this who are already sold, give us all the important details, hours. I know you said Florida State Fairgrounds, anything you can tell our viewers right now. Yeah, so we kicked off last night, today we are open from nine to four. You can get the tickets at the gate, they're no longer available online. But next year, check out Eventbrite, follow us there. Tomorrow we are open from nine to six, and Sunday we're open from nine to four. And Santa comes tomorrow and we have a lot. Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party, so a lot of special events going on as well. Not Santa, I forgot about Santa coming. Yes, Santa. My gosh, that's so exciting. And this has gotta be, Diana, such an incredible thing for you to watch as the co-chair. I mean, I know you already talked about how big it's gotten, but what is it like every year for you to see it just come to fruition and see people enjoy it? It's just crazy, cuz like I said, we're volunteers, I have a committee of over 30 wonderful women Women helping me and we Basically just like bond over the last year that we've been trying to put it on and put it all together to see all their hard work come together. It's amazing and just see everyone happy and shopping. If anybody is interested in learning more about Junior League, how can they do so? Absolutely, yes. So you can visit our website, it's jltampa.org and all of the volunteer information is on there. We would love to welcome any new members as well. Awesome, Diana, thank you so much for taking time to join us from the event. We appreciate you and we hope you have so much fun. Thank you for having me, I appreciate it. Absolutely. Well, guys, that's just one of the many things that you can do this weekend. And we want you to stick around. As we've mentioned, this week, was it this week? Is it the first week we started streaming at 1? Wow, it's been a long week. We are streaming at 1 now. So Fox Tampa Bay Live continues after the noon show on Fox Local. And on Fridays, we really want to dedicate that hour especially to events and things happening over the weekend that people can learn Learn more about people can do. So be sure to tune in at one. We're going to have some great interviews lined up for you. And then, of course, continue to scan our QR code that we are giving you here. Tell us what your plans are for the weekend. Any events that we're missing that people should know about, be sure to let us know. We are going to take another quick commercial break. We'll be right back with more. All right everyone, it is officially Friday. What are your weekend plans? Gonna be a bit chilly out, it's gonna feel great. It's gonna be sunny, great weekend to get outside. We want you to scan the QR code and tell us what your weekend plans are. If there are any events that we should know about that we should then relay to viewers because This is how we talk. This is how we conversate. We wanna know what you are up to. And like I said, as we continue to stream at one o'clock on Fridays, we really wanna make the hour about what people can do over the weekend. So we've got some great interviews coming up. We also totally just unrelated to weekend events, but we are actually going to have a little escape artist Corgi and her mama. From the Panthers game over the weekend, she's going to come on at 1.15, so you guys got to stream us at 1 for sure. What are our submissions? Let's read through some of these. We've got DJ Poppy, okay, in Tampa. DJ Poppy DJing out at Armature Works tonight from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. at DJ Poppy Tampa. Okay, get a little dancing in. I love it so much. And then really quickly, so that's the only submission we got, guys. Come on, pick it up. We got to scan that QR code. Let us know what you are up to. And totally not happening this weekend, but also news that we wanted to bring you here. Did anybody see that the Florida Strawberry Festival has officially announced their star power, their entertainment lineup for 2027? This is a really cool part of our show. I could actually click through the website. So it looks like you are going to have sticks, Tommy James and the Shondells. Shaboozy, look at that, my mom loves Shaboozy. Max McNown, Hudson Westbrook, I won't scroll through all. Tanya Tucker, look at this, Maverick City. So many good ones. I love it so much. This is going to start off, this festival kicks off in March, March 4th in Plant City. All right, everyone, it's time to wrap things up here for our 11 o'clock hour and send things over to the news at noon. Who we got here? I'm raising my hand, Regina. I've got something going on this weekend. What are you doing this weekend, Linda? Actually, I'm going to tell you about it in the noon show, so I'm just going to get your viewers to kind of hang out for a few minutes. It is an epic game of musical chairs going on in St. Pete. Have you heard about that? No. It is based on this new app. So Dana Bryant of Zazu Interactive is going to join me in about 20 minutes, and we're going to talk about why we would all want to go play musical chairs and where we could do it if we're interested. Okay, you got me. I'll be watching. All right. Thanks, Regina.