the box, looking for a new head coach. how lovey smith found out he was fired. >> plus a polk county girl has her hands duct taped together by her own parents. >> and a date with death, one of the most notorious killers is supposed to die tonight. lovey smith is out as the head coach of the buccaneers who is in? after just two seasons at the helm of the bucks, the organization decided they needed a change right now. fired by telephone late last night. today we learned more details about that phone call and some of the other phone conversations that took place before smith was fired and where the bucks will go from here. >> including who the next head coach could be. dan stevens joins us now.

conference and it had a somber feel. >> the general manager came in visibly bothered by this. he was the face of the day. many questions, and he answered a lot of questions. more than we would have thought. >> we came in together two years ago, with a shared vision of winning, asking fans not to be winning, to be patient. we've all shared in the blame for that not happening. but today is not the day to dissect the failures particularly of lovey as a coach. it's to talk about the future. to talk about the next head

>> so the search beginning for that new head coach. there's one internal manager, dirk cutter. the box offensive coordinator. cutter became a star this year around the nfl for the way he handled the development of rookie jameson winston and helped turn around the bucks defense. the price for that is fear that cutter will be let go soon. there's three other teams that have expressed interest so if the bucks are going to make that move, they better be quick. matt ryan praises him so i think it would be necessary to keep him here if it weren't for jameson winston.

position is a lot more than the general manager. >> think john grudden, he called plays, handled the offense. all cutter would have to do is keep things in place on the offense. redo the defense. let the coordinator run things. that might bring this team all together next year. >> the bucks see something in him as do the other teams. >> many other teams, yes. >> you called it last night. so the speculation begins, thank you mike. well the firing of lovey has taken over social media. and many athletes reacting. >> and after some of the reaction, candyce is going to share it with us tonight. >> reporter: good evening, we all react different for change. like this sign behind me, it's still here but it could be gone tomorrow. for those who don't handle

>> get to the podium. you know you need to explain yourself. >> some of the coaches said they found out on social media last night. what do you think dirk cutter was told? >> reporter: so many questions and so many opinions. as 620 wdae tea crass and danny lane were democratic, as for the fans that called in, not much. >> how dare they. how dare they, do they do what they just did. >> i can't believe this. i got a call in the middle of night they did this. why couldn't they do that. >> this is stupid. why couldn't they wait until the morning and ask the man to come in. >> i think they're shocked most people. and 8-24 is 8-24, change is needed. >> they finished in last place for five straight years. i think a lot of fans were ready for a change.

stings for some now is time to look to the future. >> that's on ownership. they have to do better decisions. >> reporter: these hosts telling fans to let it soak in and there's still room. >> a change sometimes is good to kick you in the butt. >> reporter: while i didn't win the lottery last night and many of you at home didn't win the lottery either, many say that lovey did walking away from this deal with millions. they also say he's a professional and he'll be all right. >> yeah, $10 million over two years not a bad day's departure from a team but we wish him all the best. thank you candyce, reporting live tonight. we also have continuing coverage of lovey's release. and more on the buck's staff

>> two parents are accused of taking extreme measures to send a message to their daughter. they used duct tape and even a taser to discipline the young girl. josh thomas joins us with more on this story, hello josh. >> reporter: trying to raise a child is not always an easy job. but disciplinary action taken by two parents here in polk county has landed them on the wrong side of the law. >> reporter: steven sanchez and yolanda ashley both find themselves behind bars. while the parents were doing contract work for the ledger newspaper they brought the 10- year-old girl to work with them. that's when a coworker witnessed the alleged abuse. >> her hands were duct taped together because she was using her hands to hit other kids. that's when the witness saw that.

the girl, she said that the abuse did happen. >> she had no complaints about the duct tape. but when we started interviewing the other kids, they said a taser had been used earlier in the week to discipline her. >> your reactions when you hear these allegations. >> it saddens me. it actually makes me cry. my son is not a monster. he's a good dad. >> reporter: joanne duncan told me her granddaughter can be unruly at times but she doesn't believe her son would ever hurt his daughter. >> my son had problems, and he tried, he begged and he tried asking for help. nobody wanted to help him. >> reporter: now while the polk county sheriff's office understands understands disciplining a child can be a problem for some parents, they stress that a parent should never resort to using duct tape

>> josh thopl thomas, thank you. only a last minute reprieve can now save one of the most notorious killers from execution one hour from now. mark douglas has covered the oscar ray boland case. and he will be one of the witnesses to the execution tonight at stark. >> oscar ray bolen will die from lethal injection across the street at the death chamber in just about an hour from now. it's the final chapter in a tragedy that began 30 years ago in tampa bay with the murders of two young women and a teenage girl. >> it's entirely possible that we may be confronted with the challenge of dealing with a serial murderer. >> reporter: it turns out that former hillsboro sheriff walter

when he announced the arrest of ray bullens for murder. >> we're very elated that we'll get answers to what happened. >> reporter: investigators tied bolen to two other murders. but it's taken ten trials and 26 years to bring bolen to the death chamber for matthews murder while her mother and the other families waited for justice. >> i am not going to give up. i'll be here as long as it takes. >> reporter: while in prison, bolen married a member of his defense team rosa lee bolen who left her husband and three daughters and lied about the relationship with the alleged killer with bolen's trial. >> so you're not in love with bolen. >> no i'm not. >> and damming eyewitness testimony of her own brother and other relatives. >> i'll be on the other end of the phone. >> reporter: florida attorney pam boney will monitor last minute appeals until the final

she has no doubt of his guilt. >> is there any doubt in your mind whatsoever that oscar ray bolen deserves execution for what he did. >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that a serial killer who has raped and murdered multiple young women can be rehabilitated and he must be executed. >> reporter: at the florida state prison in stark. police stop a near attack in paris today killing a man carrying a butchers mask. they say he tried to attack a paris police station on the one

he was carrying a symbol of the islam group. mean while the president of france attended a memorial for those who were killed in the attack. a muslim policeman outside was also killed. still to come tonight, some of tampa's finest neighborhoods are known for their beauty. >> and nobody one it. just how big this record jackpot could grow. >> started out with those low clouds, very gloomy start, but eventually ended up with sunshine. now the clouds again and rain chances. we'll sort that all out and look at your weekend forecast coming up.

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all right a tampa man immediately called 8 your side when he heard the sounds of chain saws in his neighborhood. >> he's upset because a developer is planning to build new homes. i can imagine there are several people who are pretty upset about this. >> reporter: yeah, good evening keith and jen. take a look. this tree is first base, second base is on the street. third base is the curb. trees are a big part of this neighborhood. but developers say sometimes trees just get in the way. >> reporter: the builder has

legal rights to take down the trees. but robin smiley believes the builder is changing the character of his neighborhood. >> they are a living breathing part of our neighborhood. >> reporter: smiley lives across the street. >> our concern is our trees in south tampa are going away one lot at a time. as they tear down these older houses. >> reporter: smiley wants tampa's tree ordinance strengthened by many builders believe tampa's tree ordinance is already tough enough. >> it's very difficult in the city of tampa because everybody is very concerned about the trees including us. >> reporter: edwin elkins is building a home on this lot. >> we're trying to respect all the trees that you know, if we don't have to take them down we certainly don't want to take them down. >> reporter: city councilman suarez tells me the tree ordinance has always been a work in progress.

for a long time. >> reporter: it's a balance between the property owner and developer and the right to protect trees. >> it's something we deal with every time we have a land hearing. it ends up somebody can't use their property because they can't tear down a tree. >> reporter: yeah robin smiley wants the city of tampa, the council and mayor to prevent beautiful old trees like that from being cut down. >> what would robin smiley want to get done to protect these trees. >> reporter: used to be that the people who took a look at trees and ruled if they could be taking down was under the state department, and now it's under the hands of the developing division.

the fox in charge of the hen pen. he would like to see the power go back to the state department. and officials say if known win it is lottery you can absolutely expect the jackpot to reach $1 billion. i say it with my pinky to my mouth. >> $1 billion. >> that's right. you have some real money now. >> because you got 450 million, who has time to play for that. a billion i will play. >> i'll be in the office pool. >> steve tomorrow there's a chance of rain. >> yes, and i think it is possibly early in the day. there's an area of low pressure to the west. we're seeing a few clouds near the increase. we start out with a very gloomy day. looked not very good for a while now. 68degrees with east winds at two.

center. hula bay 66 degrees with south wind at eight. 80% relative humidity and around the rest of the region especially from west to east we're starting to see those clouds move in. 63degrees at port richie. that sun did allow some warnings very quickly. that takes it away very quickly. temperature wise a bit cool. mid-60s increasing with the clouds. and there's rain in the gulf right now. our rain chances do increase tomorrow to 30%. focusing on right now any way the first half of the day carrying into midday. 50% rain chance for saturday, 10% chance for sunday and then lower as we get into next week and a little cooler too. temperatures are still a little bit mild. 66degrees, 63 degrees at 2:00 a.m., 63 degrees at 3:00 a.m. again temperatures are a bit milder because of the humidity that's come back a little bit. with more of a flow coming in from that direction. east and southeast. 66degrees current temp.

that's the return of the moisture there it's 60 degrees. with the humidity coming back. 61degrees currently in lutes. 69 in pinellas park. 66 venice and you get the idea. this low pressure area we've been talking to the south has scooted very quickly off to the northeast. this area of low pressure moving in from the west. this caused rain in houston last month moving away from the coast. the clouds are starting to move into the bay area. we can't see all of it perfectly. because it's kind of out of range of the radar. you do see the clouds moving from west to east. still sunnier spots in some of the inland areas. temperatures are a bit warmer there. it's the rain chance that is will move overnight and into the morning hours for tomorrow.

shower activity breeze our way. still keeping a chance of the chance of rain. we'll keep that chance in throughout the day. focusing right now in the first half of the day but the rain still possible according to the latest update by this rpm model. we look for our next front. that comes in saturday from the afternoon and evening hours. we get it out of here by early sunday. forecast low of 62-degree. lots of clouds around with the south wind at 5 miles per hour. 76degrees for friday, note the rain chance there for saturday 76 degrees. 72 on sunday. the rain chance at 50% for the second half of the day and into the evening hours on saturday. and then behind that front we start to see temperatures cool down once again as we cruise on into the next week. monday, tuesday. highs in the low 60s and chillier overnight lows. we warm it up but a lot of clouds around and that will be the case tonight and tomorrow too.

chick-fil-a is offering up a new unique way to service parents. >> you have to have a lot of patience when you have kids, but they have a new ballot service. we're going to explain. >> so you weren't making fun of me there. >> no not at all. is this the wave of future? a rollable tv.

television making lg just unveiled a high def television you can roll up just like a newspaper.

that lg will be unveiled as it attempts to predict the future of television screens. none of these tvs will be sold this year and it's possible they may never hit the stores. it's also not clear why you would want to roll up or bend your tv. but because they can they're going to do it. taking the kids to chick- for you. a concept called moms valet or parents valet is being implemented by chick-fil-a owners across the country. it lets the kids -- it lets the parents order through the drive through and then they're going to have concierge service, with all the food and condiments on the table. >> genius. genius. that would be magic. >> here's josh with a look at what's coming up.

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