bolens final moments. the news starts in 30 seconds. good evening, it's been a little less than 24 hours since we heard the news lovie smith is out as the buck's head coach. the official announcement came

and dan lucas joins us to break down today's announcement. >> reporter: today light held back the tears and announced the dismissal of lovie smith. just days after watching james winston surpass the offensive yards, the team has already spoke to dirk cutter. >> there's a lot of interest in dirk cutter. the clock. teams want the architect behind the bucks turn around in 2015 and for winston himself, high expectations in year two of his career may depend aopb -- depend on the coach he praises

>> i think any quarterback and coach there's a strong bond they have to have, but we will make that change for this team. for its future. >> >> there was a story reported jen that smith was fired over the phone by buck's ownership wednesday night. turns out that report was true only it was smith on the phone who declined a meeting that was scheduled for today when he learned he was going to be fired. so the phone thing is true but lovie smith is out today as the buck's head coach. >> there will be much more coming in the days ahead because this will probably unfold more quickly. >> seven openings, seven coaching openings in the nfl. a lot of names being thrown around. it's all speculation. dirk cutter is coveted by at least four teams, five if you count the bucks.

about this decision that's because fans have been down this road a time or two or three. >> reporter: when news hit that buck's head coach lovie smith had been fired social media was firing up. still a lot of comments like diane's which says shocked and disgusted. on twitter joy said, terrible terrible decision. >> 6:20 wdae. >> reporter: and bright and early this morning on wdae6:20 a.m. it is all they could talk about. >> lovie smith is the guy that's familiar with this organization. >> it's a bummer, he's a very likable guy and definitely wanted to give him another try. >> reporter: three head coaches in five years. >> quarterbacks need longevity. they don't need a reinvolving door of coaches. >> and another question, how much money they're shelling out

at the start of the 2016 season they will be playing three different coaches. >> you will find continuing firing. including a time line of all the coaches still on the payroll and how much they're getting paid. and bolden was convicted of killing three women in the 1980s and was sentenced to death in two of the cases. the execution was scheduled for 6:00 tonight at the florida state prison in bradford county. it's now been an hour since that execution was scheduled to begin. so far there is no information coming out of the prison. >> as that crime rate in st. pete continues to climb. police say a suspect they've been looking for since early december is now behind bars. st.pete police task force arrested this man. abrian witcher.

before the judge today in the death of adrian wallace. he seemed to have a pretty carefree attitude he even smiled a few times. a demeanor that was startling to wallace mother, clark. >> he did not deserve. and that guy sat and looked at me on that tv and he laughed like it's funny. >> reporter: wallace was sat outside a jordan park apartment after two teenagers argued. he was one of eight young people to be killed in the city in an eight week period. a pair of polk county parents who took extreme measures to try to discipline their child are now in trouble with the law. steven sanchez and yolanda ashley are facing child abuse charges. investigators tell us they used duct tape and a taser to control their 10-year-old girl. >> her parents were trying to

behavior and they were at their whit's end. we understand that parents get frustrated but it's child abuse and it's law. and you can't break that law no matter what. >> reporter: the child is in the care of a family friend. a developer is developing a new home and taking down several large trees in the process. the developer has the legal rights to remove the tree. >> but concern is that our trees in south tampa are going away one lot at a time. as they tear down these older houses and build these what we used to call mcmansions. >> the developer told us today he does what he can to protect trees when he's building new

tampa city councilman mike suarez says it's a constant fight to try to keep those trees. and some changes on the horizon. >> we have clouds moving in from the west and some higher rain chances but next week of course cool air. we have it all for you. it's not really going to get warm like it was last week again. we'll get a little bit warmer as we crawl into the 70s today at 72. clouds rolled back in. this evening a bit cool. mid-60s. clouds will continue to increase overnight. with a light southeasterly wind over all. as we look back to the west we have an area of low pressure. another one off to the east that really had no effect on us at all. we will continue to watch the approach of this area of low pressure that brought rain to houston this yesterday. you can see the clouds rolling in ad head of the rain. the rain we're looking at just to the west may erode just a little bit as it gets closer to the coast.

overnight and through the morning hours. that low pressure area out of the area. we'll talk more about your forecast for tomorrow and beyond and cool weather next week. she researched hover boards online knowing that some of them catch fire. when she tried to make a return

when a sarasota grandmother tried to surprise her grandson with a hover board, she got a surprise. when she didn't get what she was expecting. >> reporter: hover boards took

and were the most have gift of the holidays. kate colleton bought what she thought was a topnotch hover board from amazon. soon after it arrived in kentucky for her 14-year-old grandson she got a letter warning about generic hover boards. >> i didn't order a generic, i ordered an e rover 2. >> kay started another search and settled on another hover board. but the machine had no certification card and a warning. ebay send her an e-mail denying her a refund. >> i paid for what i thought was the right thing. i went through all the channels. >> reporter: consumer experts say it's really tough to buy a hover board that isn't counter fit. your best bet buy local from a

goes wrong, you can take it back. 8 on your side contacted ebay, a company spokesman told us it has no evidence the hover board customer returned the item. it's reaching out to resolve the issue and will make sure there's a refund provided. it was a rough day for investors around the world. a new idea at a restaurant chain that would take some of

a retired brooksville police officer received a $200,000 pay out to fix sink hole problems at his house but instead he pocketed the money. eight on your side investigator, finds out how a family almost lost the money. >> reporter: they agreed to pay $229,000 and were told about a few minor issues. >> the only discrepancy was the light fixture. >> reporter: but 8 on your side found out the sellers, retired

francis kept a big secret. they had already collected $240,000 in an insurance settlement for sink hole activity under their house. >> you should disclose a big hole under your house. that shouldn't slip your mind. >> reporter: nothing about sink hole on the property. something you would think a police officer would know. >> i would expect that a police officer would think way long and hard before he did something like this. >> reporter: the jernigans found out about the sink hole through the rumor mill. and dug into documents to find out. now the case was mysteriously dropped. after the state attorney's office decided not to prosecute. >> why do i pay tax dollars is what i felt. when justice isn't served. >> reporter: i tried two days in a row to get the schuh's

the second time the former officer hid inside and called for back up to deal with me. >> he's asked you not to come back on the property. if you come back to the property you're subject to arrest, okay. >> okay. >> mean while the jernigans are thankful they figured out the truth before they paid the price. >> if someone tried to deceive me and if i did nothing someone else in the city of brooksville would be deceived. >> shannon behnken, 8 on your side. it was a tough day for investors even before the market opened in the u.s. at the close of wall street the

the nasdaq was down 147. and new year's was a great day for apple app store. customers spent more than $144 million on apps and in app purchases just on january 1st. it also says during the weeks of christmas and new year's day, customers spent $1.1 million in the app store and $20 billion over all in 2015. macy's hopes to save money by sh*uting down three dozen stores -- by shutting down three dozen stores. none of those stores are in florida. the world's oldest continuously operating airline is once again the safest in the world. qantas tops the list for another year. qantas has never had a fatality.

among the top 20. jet blue and virgin american made the top 10. auto supplier delfi says the next step toward wifi is technology that lets vehicles communicate with smart cars. talking with other cars keeping them from hitting each other. the opportunity to get that advanced information before the car is there before anybody is put in danger, it would just be incredible -- an incredible improvement in safety. >> delfi's technology will be in the first gm models with super cruise control which come out later this year. >> some chick-fil-a restaurants have information that could

an employee will have a table and high chairs ready for you and even deliver the food to the table. the program is voluntary so you have to check with your local chick-fil-a. well geez did you hear how much snow they got up there in fargo. oh yeah they got a real big storm up there. over 15-inches of the white stuff up there and now they say the rain is going to move in and make a big mess. that's no fun. no no. don't like that. the streets are flooded, you want a good high clearance vehicle something like a lamborghini, check out this video shot by ben langley as the owner of that expensive vehicle takes his chances and makes it. maybe you thought he was driving a submarine. it's incredible video. it's not a cheap car.

don't even know. it's got to be pretty expensive. forecast here, 52 degrees with clouds and showers. still a possibility of a remaining shower. we'll leave that chance in there. most of its should clear the area as the low moves away. 64degrees at 10:00 p.m. temps generally the low to mid- 50s this evening. a bit coolish feel to the air. clouds moved in. blocked a lot of sun. still feels pretty cool. 67degrees there at 10:00 a.m. the rain chance back in the forecast for the early part of the day. then tapering off as the day goes along. p irk nela park 63. 65 in temple. 63 in sun city center. mostly 60s on the map. venice and lakeland. areas of low pressure, rain pushing ahead of it looking a lot like that passed through houston yesterday.

now continues to progress along with this area of low pressure. a lot of this, the eastern section will probably erode. on the rpm, still possibly lingering into some of the interior areas moving off to the east then another cold front to the west slides our way. we start to move that cool air in the forecast area by monday. 76degrees for a high tomorrow. the rain chance there on saturday associated with that cold front would be later in the day saturday. into the early part of sundays. where we think the rain chance will end in the early morning hours. 60s into the forecast area.

for a while. so we'll be looking forward to that. >> that video from fargo. people think you're acting that's really what your real accent is. >> kind of like taking the edge off. but you know we still talk like that once in a while. we go ice fishing up there. a couple of big northerns. >> i can listen to that all day long. >> i'm sure. we'll be right back, stay with us. >> go gophers. here's what's to come. >> i'm going to show you which apps can help you keep your new year's resolutions. >> plus weather and traffic on

we have an update on bolen's execution and the

we're still waiting on word of what's happening inside the chamber. no cell phones are allowed in so they can't give us an update or tell us what's happening until he's out of that room. the execution was scheduled for 6:00 tonight in bradford county. we will have updates on 8 at 8:00 which is on great 38. and on our breaking news app as well as on wfla.com. in the meantime, we've been telling you about some changes on the horizon. some wet weather coming through and cooler stuff next week. >> the rain chances are increasing later tonight. the temperatures are a cool feel to the at -- atmosphere. with the skies mostly cloudy. the possibility of rain coming overnight and on and off throughout the day. especially the first half of the day tomorrow. and then saturday night another

that will change our temperatures for next week. >> cold front worthy of a fire in the fireplace? >> i think so. >> you think. >> oh absolutely. >> in addition to the emogi i would like you to have a little fireplace. >> good idea. >> thanks for joining us, we're back at 11:00. sandra bullock's first interview about her new baby girl. >> now on "extra." >> sandra opens up about her secret adoption. >> how busy and crazy is it in your household right now is. >> renee's backstage with bullock, allen, taylor, and stars at the "people's choice award." >> look at you double fisting. >> the stage crasher who got the boot from sharon osbourne. breaking his silence today. >> you've got a message for sharon? >> who is he, and how he struck

charlie sheen's eerie premonition about his health. >> i had a sign around my neck. it said, "aids." >> dr. oz coming to charlie's rescue with a health intervention. >> how scared are you? >> what's charlie's next bombshell announcement? "dirty jobs' mike lowe mistaken for a bank robber. mario with lowe on the big mixup. >> you kind of look like him. then, alyssa milano revealing her 46-pound weight loss. plus, jennifer lawrence admitting she thinks size matters? now on -- extra extra >> from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. [ cheers ] hey, everyone, welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez. carissa's out. and filling in, my lovely wife, courtney lopez. >> thank you, honey.