"50 shades of black" opens friday. i want it thank queen latifah and marlon wayans. see you tomorrow. be kind to one another. bye. now four headlines at 4:00. number bucs coach lovey smith is out but who is in? we have 8 on your side team coverage. >> protecting the trees. how one bay area homeowner is heartbroken about construction in his area. boards. mold. where some college students are

good afternoon i'm josh benson. >> and i'm stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. thank you for joining us. and lovey is out but who is in? we promised 8 on your side team coverage as the bucs begin the search for the new head coach. and we are finding today that fans were taken off guard. >> they sure were. as soon as the news hit, social medial started lighting up. here is rod carter. >> i will think the headline on the tampa tribune says it all. just one word. fired. this is the road the buccaneers this is the third coach in the past five years that the buccaneers franchise has fired. and you talk to folks about how they feel about lovey smith are mixed. >> i think he should have been given more time to turn the team around. >> he was doing a good job and

well this year and jameis is a good rookie quarterback. and if he stayed with the team for a longer time, they would have been doing a better job. >> reporter: but overwhelmingly the majority of people want one thing out of the buccaneers. they simply say, they just want the guys t to win. rod carter news channel 8. >> obviously the bucs coaching changes are dominating sports talk radio. >> he's a good man. did he do a good job? no, he didn't. but he deserved better than that. >> we're getting it coming in on both sides. people are angry. i think people are shocked. and then people say 8-24 is 8- 24. change was needed. >> we will continue our bucs team coverage coming up at

and to learn more about lovey out, who is in? you can learn more at wfla.com. former carnival worker and convicted serial killer oscar ray bowlen will be put to death two hours from now. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening stacie. we just received a briefing from the department of corrections. they said everything is proceeding as scheduled. lost car ray bowlen met with his life for several hours and then with a spiritual advisor and his final meal. pretty routine stuff as far as the final day of a condemned map. now although the death of oscar ray bowlen is impending, justice in this case has been a very long time coming. it's been 26 years since hillsborough deputies arrested

and 30 years since the abduction and murders. bowlen went through ten trials, married a member of his own defense team, and never stopped claiming his innocence despite overwhelming evidence including the eyewitness testimony of his own brother. at 6:00 p.m. tonight bowlennen is scheduled to die for killing terry lynn matthews back in 1986. her mother kathleen reeves has waited ha long time for justice. >> i'm still alive. i guess as long as it goes on i will be good. >> reporter: i fully expect to see katherine reeves sited in the front row of the witness room tonight when the curtain goes up which is scheduled to begin precisely at 6:00 p.m.. >> and what are the chances?

that could possibly halt the execution? >> reporter: yes, there are. i spoke with his attorney a few moments ago. he struck out for the second time today with the 11th circuit court of appeals. he's now appealing his case to the united states supreme court. it's his last chance, his last effort to save the life of oscar ray bowlen and light is dimming for that. >> all right mark douglas live tonight at the state prison in stark, thank you. the sound of chain saws in a south tampa neighborhood are greatly upsetting one homeowner. a developer is putting up a new home and taking down three large trees. the developer has permits to take down the trees and will plant a number of trees to replace them but robin smiley doesn't like it.

in south tampa are going away one lot at a time. as they tear down these older houses and build what we used to call mcmansions. >> the builder putting up the home told us today he does whatever he can to protect trees. tampa city council member said the tree ordnance has evolved many times. and it's a balancing act between property owners and protecting the city's beautiful tree canopy. let's take a look at the first at 4:00 forecast. the cold streak still holding on but it's a nice day outside. >> it sure is. this morning we had the low clouds that hung around. and a lot of areas with seen a little bit more sunshine this afternoon which has allowed temperatures to warm up a little bit more. we are sitting in the supper 60s this afternoon with a few high thin clouds around.

have reached in the 70s. 76 in bartow. it is a little bit cooler along the coast. the cloud cover hanging on a little bit longer. we're a little slower to warm up. only into the mid 60s and st. pete we're up to 65 degrees there. looking at our max radar, you can see we do have clouds but no rain. it is a dry day as expected. saw a little bit of mist earlier this morning from some of the fog around. but that has since lifted. but you take a step back, you can see a lot of cloud cover out in the gulf and showers moving along the gulf coast. this is what will be moving our way. rain chances will be going up as we head into friday and the coming week. today though the winds are lighter. that has helped temperatures warm up a little bit as well. as we head throughout the evening, we will fall back into the 60s. and then by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, we will start the day in the low 60s and notice those rain chances going up as we head throughout

guys. don't get taken for a ride on a fake hover board. that is the warning from one bay area grandma. >> the circus is in town. see how long the elephants are

one of the hottest gifts of the holiday season hover boards are now haunting many recipients concerned about them catching fire. hover boards were a must have for many kids and even some adults too. but now some buyers of the two wheeled motorized machines are finding it difficult to return them and get a refund. a lakewood ranch grandmother is fighting with ebay over a hover board. her grandson received a chinese knock off instead of a brand

>> it was called a tao-tao brand. i said i don't want it. and they said they have a better warranty, it's a better board. >> this grandmother wants people to know some major websites are selling hover boards through third party vendors claiming to be the real thing but they are actually knockoffs. case. new gambling deal with the semino tribe. >> tribe supporters claim to have a new poll suggesting that floridians approve. >> reporter: one of the most important things that lawmakers have to deal with when they come back to the capitol on tuesday is signing a new gambling deal with the semino triable florida and a new poll out today suggest floridians

>> people that are working today it will create an over 4,000 permitted jobs. >> reporter: a poll shows 70% say the deal has been good for the state. >> we also believe that the compact and renewed compact was the most significant way to contain the expansion of gambling. >> reporter: one of the issues tucked deep inside the compact is a provision that would allow the end of live racing and horse and dog tracks and that provision will cause a lot of sticky problems for lawmakers. >> and the group no casinos claims the poll is misleading. >> they claim the compact will allow nontriable casinos to open in south florida. we could see rain over the weekend. your first at 4:00 weather is coming up. >> but first, who is the guy in

we'll show you more of the people's choice crasher. next. >> and then more from the bucs and the firing of head coach lovey smith.

have joel call me. joel called and said i want to get together. he said let's get together and talk about it. and lovie gracefully declined the meeting. >> and that was to borrow lovie's phrase as simple as that. the bucs are moving forward in their third coaching switch in five years. they have the internal candidate that several nfl teams are interested in. and that is dirk cutter if you heard josh in the last segment. he was the architect of not only the improved bucs offense but struck up a wonderful operation. i asked roy cummings at one buc place today about winston's

why losing cutter could be huge. >> when he says that he absolutely like what is these coaches do for him and how they challenge him, he is being honest. i think that relationship is very strong. it's a good bond. obviously you saw success with the offense with winston and cutter. it could be devastating but at the same time dirk cutter is not the only good offensive coordinator out there. he is the best the bucs ever had. that is why i think people are passionate to have him back. this is not about keeping dirk cutter in the fold. that ultimately may be what happens. but if they lose him, i think they are confident they can find a good offensive coordinator. >> all right. dirk cutter by the way was a head coach twice both times in the college ranks but he's led the offense on three different nfl teams and enjoyed success each time. so he can do it. >> i really noticed him.

conference when dirk cutter talked. >> he was an eloquent speaker. he was also the guy that would tell it like it is. >> and people loved that. >> wasn't afraid to call out himself. wasn't afraid to call out the receivers. everybody is going to be held accountable when dirk cutter as a head coach here. sit going to happen in tampa bay? i don't know.

now four headlines at 4:30. number one bucs coach lovie smith fired after two seasons with the team. and now the question is who will replace him? we have more lovie team coverage for you coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >> 17 miners trapped in an elevator under ground for ten hours and all are okay. they were on their way down when the else fair ray tour

rescuers used a crane to lift the elevator to the surface. new york becomes the latest state for its citizens to use medical marijuana. the program comes 18 months after governor andrew cuomo signed the compassionate care act. >> number four an amazing picture of the sky over part of asia today. nasa astronaut scott kelly tweeted it from the international space station. look at the sky from the left side of the picture. that haze is air pollution and it's covering a large chunk of asia. not good. college students return to fsu this week and some of them found a nasty surprise. >> mold in their dorm rooms. matt galka has that story. >> reporter: some florida state students came back from break

belongings in smith hall dorm covered in mold. florida state freshman stephanie said when she got back to her dorm in smith hall earlier this week and found mold earlier. she snapped these pictures and say it took the university two days before they did anything. >> the air quality makes people cough. i know when i moved in during the fall i got bronchitis because of the air quality. so i know people are still getting sick now. >> reporter: fsu did say the building was deemed livable despite the mold but students like stephanie say even after the cleanup, she would still like to live somewhere else. reporting in tallahassee i'm matt galka. >> executive director said their health and safety department swept the rooms prior to students moving in. they got to work when they found the mold. >> and blamed a wet and muggy holiday break and closed doors and windows in an older building. >> so a lot of people want to

mold in the air right now? let's find out from meteorologist julie phillips. >> our pollen count will be going back up. notice sunday we are back into the high range. but mold not one of our main culprits. so if you are an allergy suffering, those counts are expected to reach into the high range. mold isn't something we are really dealing with in the air around here now. for this evening our emoji man says it's a-okay. the cloud cover will increase through the over night hours and winds will stay light where they are right now. and as we head into your friday, yes, tomorrow was already friday. temperatures will be in the low 60s. notice though we'll likely see showers to start off the day. so could see a little bit of rain for that morning commute. and the best rain chances will be for the first half of the day tomorrow as we head into

the shower chances push out and temperatures will still be able to reach back to the mid 70s. rain chances even higher as we head into this weekend. we'll have those for you coming up in your full forecast. >> and 8 is on your side with what you need to know to plan your morning commute. here is leslie lacy. >> reporter: i hope you're enjoys your afternoon. i want story mind you about -- i want to remind you about over night traffic. they are doing bridge work and demolition work. so you have i-4 completely blocked off at state road 55 starting at 10:30 to 4:00 a.m.. so what happens you are taken

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on the hollywood walk of fame. he was supported by long-time collaborator will farrell and ryan gosselin. i'm tanner thomasson. >> and i'm kristin and that is the daily wrap. this 19 time of the show we feature your pictures on tv. and we have good one. starting with this adorable duo. meet domino and zarro. she recently took them on vacation in the mountains and after being gone all day sightseeing, this was the look they gave her when she returned to the rv. almost like excuse me, where have you been? very cute. joe baldwin showed this one. pelicans down the street behind the neighbors house. this on st. pete beach. and a peaceful shot from buell. not sure who is in the picture there.

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>> we found over a quarter of the people visiting the emergency room with dietary supplements were young adults. these are people who are age 20- 34 years. and most of those visits were from dietary supplements from weight loss or energy. we found over a fifth that is over 20% of the visits were made by young children who had gotten into supplements intended for somebody else. >> reporter: but they insist their products are safe and the study results are being over blown. >> the headline 23,000 you though, emergency room visits per year caused by dietary supplements is like wow, that sounds like a lot. but it's less than 58% of all emergency room visits. >> reporter: dr. gellar advises every to take precautions with these products. >> for all consumers of supplements, we encourage you to report to your doctor that

to store your supplements as you would medications up and away and out of sight. >> dietary supplements in the united states don't require safety testing or fda approval. so unlike prescription drugs, dietary supplements are considered safe until proven otherwise. the federal government released its latest dietary guidelines. for the first time it suggests limiting the amount of sugar by 10% of daily calories. that is 12 teaspoons for a 2,000-calorie diet. and cut back on salt and saturated fat. and incorporate different proteins into their meals like nuts, seeds, and seafood. contrary to what we hear all the time, january marmot be the best time to start a diet. british researchers say animals and humans have an evolutionary urge to maintain body fat in the winter months. and because modern foods are

temptation to eat is stronger than our new years resolutions. isn't that the truth. we are all setting goals for the new year, but what about kids? should they be encouraged to set goals as well? 8 on your side has answers today. joining me now is tampabayparenting.com patricia. we appreciate having you here. i have a 14-year-old and 10- year-old soy haven't thought about sitting down and setting goals but you recommend it. >> it's great time as you mentioned the beginning of the year to set the goals. so generally most experts recommend a minimum of 208 minutes a day. set a time that is best for them. sometimes it's bedtime, sometimes after school but encourage your kids to read. >> read, read, read. and if they are not reading where you think they should be, you recommend getting them tested. >> absolutely. it's important to see what is going on with the reading.

is it they have reading comprehension difficulty? it's really important they get tested and then you can help them best to read. >> tell us about setting the goals for reading. i think a lot of times they compare themselves to their rends. it really depends on age level and when that switch is flipped for them. >> it's really important. so what they can do is set up their own reward system. if you read x amount of days, if you read x-amount of books. go over the books with them. especially if they are older to look at how much they are comprehending and reward them. >> and you know, i have a daughter that loves to go buy new books all the time. be i feel like she has a library worth of books. but you feel like you are encouraging the good habits. how do you really follow how much they are retaining, how much they are reading and staying on top of that? >> a lot of times you can check with the schools. each year hay are required to see what reading level they are on.

but even so a lot of times parents can get involved too. and look through, skimp through the books with them and ask them about the characters and what happens. and seeing how much they are retaining. >> with all the screen time they get, i think reenforcing reading is more important than it has ever been. >> it's very important. unfortunately 1-4 children will never learn to read. we know by the age or third or fourth grade if they are not reading proficiently, there is a higher chance they will remain on health care -- a lot of us saw a little bit of sunshine. but those along the coast, this is what you have been dealing with more of today. you can see the over cast skies at clearwater beach. only 64 degrees because of the extra cloud cover. we have seen winds fairly light out of the southwest.

to see a few showers back into the forecast through tomorrow. and then we are tracking our next cold front. this will arrive saturday evening and bring us a chance to see more rain as we head into saturday evening and into the over night hours. behind this front we are looking at another cool down. it looks like we will deal with temperatures all the way through next week. so a prolonged period of below average temps. for this evening, it's pretty comfortable. you may want a light jacket as we head into the evening hours. but shouldn't be too chilly as clouds build back throughout the over night hours. we'll only make it down to the low 60s by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. winds will be light so a mild morning with showers and the potential to see showers around during the afternoon hours. but with the southerly wind flow we look at temperatures that should make it back to the mid 70s despite the extra cloud cover around. at the moment you can see near

heaviest of the cloud cover but this will continue to spread inland as we head throughout the over night hours. out in the gulf you can see not only a lot of cloud cover but showers as well. these are move into the panhandle. and this disturbance will skirt through our area. you can see over night it should remain mostly dry. tomorrow morning a couple isolated showers and then these should push inland as we head into the evening. temperatures will still be fairly warm and then by the time we move into saturday morning, we should be a dry start to your saturday. but notice a lot of cloud cover around. similar to what we saw this morning and then by saturday evening we're already tracking that next cold front. and it will still be off to the west. note the rain ahead of it. our rain chances going up saturday afternoon, continuing into saturday night. but things look to clear out for your sunday. sunday is when temperatures start to drop. we should be sighing mostly dry conditions. we will say about a 30% chance of rain on friday.

everywhere but we will see some showers throughout the day. slightly better chance of seeing more rain as we head into saturday evening. but just that slim 10% chance of a lingering shower on sunday. sunday will be the drier day this weekend but with the north winds kicking in, it will be cooler and we're looking at dry conditions into next week. currently at 68 in weeki wachee. 70 in brooksville. 73 in brandon and lakeland. tomorrow most of us should make it into the mid 70s. still fairly warm on saturday before the collier weather moves back in. next week it looks like we will stay in the 60s all week long. good thing we have that fall winter like apparel back out of our closets. >> thanks, julie. now for a real life last city story. >> while these dogs are not collies it's still amazing.

off when their owner was hospitalized. that is when anna bell fell down and hurt herself. jacques didn't waste any time and found a police officer and led him to her. how about that? coming up a little girl's reaction to the first snowfall of the winter. >> it doesn't go so well but we will let you hear what she thinks about it when first at

now let's take a look at

>> yes, beginning with a huge marlin that's not going down without a fight. yeah watch when a moment of victory for a deep water fisherman turns deadly very, very quickly. >> whoa. >> that's unbelievable. right as they ensnared that marlin and it was being reeled in at the last moment it came on to the boat, it almost impaled one of the fishermen. this was caught off the coast of lake stevens australia. and that's video is all over the place today. and then there's this. look at all the snow. i know. >> go away. >> i know it's terrible. >> go away. >> go away.

>> that's the dad revealing the first snowfall of the year to his daughter. she doesn't really like the news. i can attest to that. this video shot by adam smith is now going viral. i love how she just runs away. check out this slomo video on you tube called epic ice break. it begins with a broken ditch. when the ice breaks, yeah, you see what happens. we're guessing that to shoot this video they had to, the camera person whoever was recording must have been straddling the ice with one foot on either side of that ditch. someone posted this and already has 62,000 plus. >> introduced us to another world out there. to see what's trending go to our website at wfla.com. it's time for newschannel 8

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