4:00. number one, a missing guitar. a local celebrity fallen on hard times has his prize possession stolen. >> number two, rain on the way a minute. taxes. where the governor plans to cut a million to get a billion.

million, the powerball is the biggest in united states history. i'll show you some of the things i would buy, coming up. just in, it's now $800 million and climbing. good afternoon, everyone. i'm josh benson. >> i'm stacy sheivel. thank you for joining us. let's get straight to the weather with meteorologist julie phillips. >> we have pleasant conditions this afternoon, temperatures in the low 70s after some rain this morning. we are looking at nice conditions and you can see blue skies, a little sunshine out there. temperatures are in the low 70s at this moment and on the satellite and radar, you can see some of the showers off toward the east coast around fort pierce, west palm beach. across the tampa bay area, dry conditions right now with lingering clouds around. this is the rain we picked up early this morning. didn't see huge rainfall

half inch of rain. just a small area picking up a little heavier rain. overall a gloomy start, nice afternoon and temperatures warmer than yesterday at this time, 5 to 10 degrees warmer. this is likely about as warm as we're going to get before the next cooldown. it's 75 in odessa and 78 in brandon, 77 in bartow and 75 in lakeland. temperatures will be mild through the evening so get outside and enjoy it. no rain expected for the rest of tonight. we'll fall back in the 60s and if you're out late, you'll want a light sweater to bring with you. notice a dry start for your saturday but higher rain chances moving in by the evening. details coming up in the full forecast. thank you. it's been one year since 5-year-

murdered when her father threw her off the bridge over the sunshine skyway. now a three-day run by an army ranger in her honor. >> reporter: it's been a year since phoebe's death but she is far from being forgotten. >> reporter: former army ranger alex estrella never knew the family. >> something came upon me that i needed to do something. phoebe. >> reporter: he'll run tampa to clearwater and clearwater back to tampa, 17 mimes each way, raising money for the shriners hospital in phoebe's honor. >> i felt compelled to do something for these other kids, to turn this tragedy into something else. >> it means that her tragedy is going to help other children.

ray of sunshine would not be forgotten. >> i know she's looking down right now and that she's happy about what he's doing for her. >> reporter: alex says he hopes people will do more than just wave at him as he runs down the road, hoping they will contribute to the cause. now some new information in a polk county murder case. the polk county sheriff's office is releasing a picture of a white van that may have been used in a triple murder in lakeland earlier this week. sheriff grady judd is asking for your help to identify this van, the lone survivor now providing detectives with key information. he rose through the ranks of competitors on america's got talent with his soulful songs. now johnny shelton is singing the blues. a string of unfortunate events including having his fiancee's car repossessed led to the

this is a shot of him playing it before it vanished. he paid off the car and got the car back but the guitar was still missing. he's borrowing one right now and fears his may be at a pawnshop. >> it's the nicest one i've ever owned. that's why it's so sentimental to me, i finally got something. >> not all bad news for shelton. over christmas he got engaged and has several singing gigs lined up. he's hoping someone will spot the guitar and let him know about it. if you haven't bought a powerball ticket yet, the jackpot is expected to be more than $800 million. the historic drawing will be in florida's capital city. >> reporter: when it's all said and done saturday night,

in florida could take home the biggest jackpot in powerball history. it will all start here in this room. the machines are under lock and key at the florida lottery headquarters in tallahassee but saturday night they will be rattling, millions of people hoping their numbers come up. it adds up to a win for the state education system. >> just since this roll in november, we have transferred $40 million to education, just on this powerball jackpot. >> reporter: players have until saturday night at 10:00 p.m. to buy a $2 ticket. >> and if there is no jackpot winner tomorrow, the grand prize rolls over again and the next winner could pocket more than $1 billion. imagine that. >> you're predicting it won't be one. i think it will be. >> i think it's rolled over like 18 times since it started.

>> a few of us might have gotten some tickets here. david daniel is warming up for the golden globe awards in this hollywood minute. >> reporter: kevin spacey had success with trigger street, and now he'll try to run a studio. spacey and his producing partner made a deal to run struggling relativity media, producing the series house of cards. >> not all awards mean something. >> reporter: more a-list presenters have been announced including viola davis, morgan freeman, maggie gyllenhall, dwayne johnson and his costar kevin hart, michael keaton, ava

and two-time nominee mark wahlberg. and ricky gervais is back as host and tweets: another star may be adding her name to the super bowl halftime show. that story, coming up. >> and can the way your waiter looks determine what sort of food you order? a new study coming up on first

starting today, at&t will no longer offer two-year contracts that subsidize smartphones. now customers will pay up front

even though the way yoyou purchase is different, the pricing should be the same. a popular gadget gets sued. a group of customers claim the heart rate tracker on fitbit models cannot accurately measure heart rate as advertised. one woman said her heart rate during the workout was nearly twice as high as her fitbit indicated. the company says it stands by its technology. a new study suggests what we order when eating out may be influenced but our servers' appearance. after watching nearly 500 diners in 60 restaurants, people ordered 17% more alcohol with a heavier server or waitress and seems to impact the thinners diners the most. looks like we could see

>> first at 4 weather is coming up next. also, who will be the bucs new head coach? speculation today, coming up in first at 4 sports.

the powerball jackpot is now more than $800 million. >> that's insane. here in florida, machines are spitting out about 25,000 tickets per minute. we sent anthony allred out to pinellas county to tell us what he would do if he won the big prize. >> reporter: keeping it real. the first thing i would do would be to break off my mama at least $5 million. she deserves at least that for putting up with me and my brother and sister over the years. once i made her and close friends millionaires, one of my first stops would be here to

check out some of their most expensive yachts. >> two big twin diesel engines, tops out about 35 knots. beautiful vessel. doesn't she look pretty sitting here at the dock? >> reporter: this will cost you upwards of $2 million, so you would still have millions to throw a banging party on this big beautiful yacht. and i could have a home similar to what ryan howard built here in bel air, an 8 bedroom 10 bathroom 18,000 square foot home. some of the phillies sluggers home amenities include a bowling alley, two elevators, and lazy river in back of the home. one of these will only cost you about $25 million. and let's face it, i'd have to take a vacation.

little longer right here on clearwater beach. >> i have to admit, clearwater beach is nice. maybe for $700 million i could buy a nice condo on the water here. >> reporter: who knew i lived in the best vacation spot in the world so i wouldn't have to spend any money on that. but after the shopping spree, million. those who can't do math do journalism. after saturday, i may not even have to do journalism anymore. >> put aa on the yacht. >> double a. >> reporter: there it is. >> he is ready. we have had a bit of a decent stretch, a nice little cooldown this week. we are getting warmer but we've

tomorrow evening is probably the best chance we'll see showers and maybe even storms moving in. here is a look at the weekend forecast. tomorrow morning we're cloudy with mild temperatures but by evening, still make it into the mid-70s. sunday the cooldown begins but it will feel like january temperatures in the low 70s, some extra clouds around and breezy. sunday we're mostly dry and for this evening, extra clouds and mid-60s at 9:00 p.m. if you plan to head out this evening, a a light sweater is all you need. temperatures are in the low 60s by tomorrow morning. mild start but by the afternoon we'll see showers and storms moving on shore from the gulf. at this point it's completely dry across the tampa bay area. in the little bit of cloud cover lingering, we have showers off on the east coast of florida. we are expecting dry conditions for the rest of tonight. as you take a step back, this

but it will be approaching us heading into tomorrow evening. it will start to bring up our rain chances and bring us cooling air as well. this is only 23 in denver, 39 in albuquerque, 10 in bismarck. this is going to slide across toward the southeast and we'll see a significant cooldown next week. the disturbance that brought the showers this morning, many of you waking up to rain, is moving out. that's why it will be dry tonight. tomorrow morning we already have clouds around, and there's the cold front off to the west. it moves in in a hurry and we could see showers and storms but by sunday morning pretty much everything is gone. we'll see the north winds kicking in, cooler and partly cloudy on sunday. sunday is probably the best day of the weekend. it will be breezy and a little cooler, then notice temperatures remain in the 60s

if you're still making plans for the weekend and wondering what's going on in the bay area, we have the answers today. with the weekend buzz, katie somers from 99.3. i haven't talked to you since the jingle ball. >> i'm still recovering. >> that's a big event. >> but right now we have the circus in town. it kicks off today and goes through sunday. we have everything from acrobats to trapeze artistsage animals and clowns. >> elephants, but this is the last year. >> and tickets are $15. >> it's and amazing show. we have the 6th annual chili salsa bowl? >> it is tomorrow in oldsmar, chili and salsa tasting and fun

in and it's for a good cause. >> and the weather will be great. >> that's right. >> what about the food truck rally if you're hungry? >> i'm always hungry. this is in lutz tomorrow, noon to 5:00, mini donuts, mason jar cheesecakes. >> i want to learn how to make those. >> me too. all that good stuff. and there's a 5k fun run, $40 to register to assist struggling families in the st. pete community. it's for a good cause. >> and the 6th annual barkarella? >> i'm a crazy dog lady so this is gasparilla for the dogs, ybor starting noon tomorrow. there's a doggie pirate parade and like a pub crawl and bring

free for the dogs and $5 for the humanoids. >> great. good to see you. now, which movie is set to top the box office this weekend? we will not force you to guess. >> reporter: star wars: the force awakens won't have to fight very hard to stay atop the box office in its fourth weekend of release, set to become the first movie ever to top $800 million in domestic ticket sales. oscar buzz surrounds the revenant, as it expands to wide release. it's seen as a lock to bring leo a best actor nod. >> we cannot stay after dark. >> reporter: the forest won't win any oscars or set any records.

impressive enough for the supernatural horror film. >> and speaking of entertainment, the super bowl is next month and looks like beyonce could be joining coldplay for the super bowl 50 halftime show february 7th. now let's check sports with dan. already thinking about super bowl time. we can tell you how things are moving. remember, there are six teams already searching and had their lists come together and now the bucs are seven. and on thursday the general manager did say this head coach searchch would be thorough but quick. he wasn't kidding. there are already two candidates in town for interviews. arizona cardinals offensive coordinator harold goodwin, reportedly having his interview

he works under bruce aryans and they have the number one offense in the nfl right now. so there's a little trust in that aspect. the other confirmed interview, carolina panthers defensive coordinator sean mcdermott. he takes his top five defense into the playoffs as the top seed in the nfc. how about doug martin, named ap all pro team today. congratulations. he's the only bucs player to make the first team. there was only one bucs player on the second team, linebacker lavon they david. no gerald mccoy, very interesting. the lightning are off during the two days of the bucs coaching craziness but resume tonight in edmonton. hockey season is long but once the new year arrives, teams start counting gamings.

a playoff spot, two points behind the eastern conference wild card. it is a grind trying to make up that small difference. >> if i was going to say one thing to turn this around, we have to consistently play well. we sit here and say, it's got to start tonight. then it doesn't and the next night it doesn't. we're running out of time and it does have to start. >> if you check the nhl standings, the boston bruins are hanging on to the last wild card spot in the east with 44 points and the lightning have 42. that's just one victory in the nhl. the hard part, 16 teams are in that battle separated by four points: >> the rays were in that position for a while. but they had seven teams

card spot last year. >> and the bucs, these interviews, do they stand a chance here? >> that's a good question. i would say yes. you don't know what you're getting when you bring a guy in for an interview. you have to give him a chance. if cutter is the lead in the clubhouse, that's a good one to have. but this coordinator from the cardinals, the offense for the cardinals is a lot of fun to watch. this is also the only weekend both those guys can be interviewed because of the playoff games next weekend. get them in while you can. >> sounds good.

now for headlines at 4:30. number one, a man drives forward and debris-filled water starts to pour over the roadway.

trying to outrun the flood water. heavy downpours in the area caused the national weather service to issue a flash flood warning. >> number two, frightening new video of a carjacker jumping in and taking off with a little girl in the back. her stepfather tried chasing the car but without any luck. the crook drops the girl off safely a couple miles away and she is fine. the bad guy still has not been caught. two men are in court today, arrested by the feds on terror related charges. a law enforcement officer says two men, one in houston and one in sacramento, communicated with each other. both are refugees from iraq. some americans worry terrorists could enter the country posing as refugees, amplified after the paris terror attacks in november. number four, the powerball

the biggest in u.s. history. it's been growing since november 7th. there have been 18 drawings in a row without a winner and the next drawing is tomorrow night. good luck. back in florida, governor scott is proposing a billion dollars in tax cuts, primarily for businesses. >> and the governor is planning to launch an expensive grass roots campaign to convince those who doubt. >> you're about to see a lot more of governor rick scott, spending a million dollars to go on tv and traveling the state on a bus tour, all to promote his billion dollar tax cut. it's a highly unusual step for a sitting governor. >> why do it? >> it's also important for him to make sure the bully pup pit goes only so far.

florida can't afford that big a giveaway. >> you see about every institution the state is responsible for is failing and people's lives are at risk. we have corrections, mental health institutions, child welfare. >> reporter: scott used the same tactic last spring when he was seeking a $670 million tax cut and got just over $400 million. >> scott's approval rating never hit 50% and insiders say the tv campaign is part of a run for the senate in 2018. new state-of-the-art school is open to train students to be emts, firefighters and law enforcement officers. the new school consolidates the training that used to be taught at several locations and gives students the hands-on

them for a career. >> all the simulation labs are extremely important so that our students in training can go through real life situations but not have the danger of a real life situation. >> the school is on several acres of land donated by the county and is right next to the polk county sheriff's office. let's check the first at 4 weekend weather. >> we have rain in the forecast again this weekend. we did see rain this morning as well. many of you were waking up and maybe heard thunder overnight. didn't see a lot of it, most places a half inch or less. we picked up just over 2/10, so a fairly common amount for us. that's long since moved out and we're left with partly cloudy skies for this evening. it will be a nice friday evening for you.

70 here with the winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 miles an hour. ed took this stunning sunset photo this week out during his vacation at anna maria island. we have some of the best sunsets around. thanks for that photo. for this evening, it's a big smile on, temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s for pretty much all of us through the evening hours. we'll have extra clouds around but rain chances stay out of the forecast for this evening. as we head into tomorrow, changes start for your saturday. waking up we're in the low 60s. we'll have extra clouds around like we have in the past couple mornings. by noon, we are starting to warm up. it will be cloudy and by the late afternoon hours and evening, that's when the cold front approaches and showers begin to move in. we'll likely see isolated showers tomorrow everything even into the overnight hours as well. still warm but behind the cold

to drop back. for tomorrow, we'll top out near 76. sunday still a fairly mild day in the low 70s. by monday we're in the 60s and while. temperatures will be on the cool side over the next couple days. more on the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. boys and girls need to see women can be as strong as men. girls matter. >> a little girl's letter leads to a big change in a new monopoly game. what she asked for, coming up. >> and stick around for these 8 on your side stories. >> reporter: are they staying or leaving? st. petersburg is ready to flash some cash. >> reporter: for a local couple, their health insurance has been one nightmare after another. first their coverages were denied, then they were told

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welcome back. this is where we feature your pictures on tv and we need more, so send them in. we start with this one, family time with carol and her family at the florida aquarium. she reports a great time was had by all. melissa says her daughter doesn't care if the bucs made the playoffs or not, she'll still wear her daddy's bucs hat. happy birthday, 12th birthday to little juliet, joe's grand dog and she took care of her

what a cutie. karen says charlie is ready for the weekend. good news because it's friday and we are ready too. >> looks comfy. >> those are great. keep them coming. >> if you win the powerball, send a picture. >> even if you don't win the big one. more than $2 preferably. but tweet us and share them on my facebook page.

welcome back. the feds have fined united airlines nearly $3 million for disability related complaints and delays. the transportation department says at times united did not give customers with disabilities adequate help getting on and off planes and they penalized united for several occasions passengers were left in planes that sat on

time. should be easier to get point a to point b now, airlines around the world adding 3100 new routes in 2015. more than half those provided new direct flight routes between two cities. european carriers added most but a couple u.s. based airlines like southwest added 77 routes and allegiant added 69. your desk chair may be dangerous. office depot is recalling the chairs sold for about $140 and in eight cases a weld on the chair cracked or broke apart. if you have one, stop using the chair and contact office depot. a little girl writes a letter to hasbro complaining that the lead female character

left out of the monopoly star wars board game. >> and her letter has the company making some changes. >> i felt very annoyed and frustrated. without her, there would be no force awakens. >> reporter: the third grader took action, writing a letter which her mother tweeted to game maker hasbro. annie shared her letter. >> boys and girls need to see women can be as strong as men. girls matter. >> reporter: hasbro initially implied she was left out to avoid spoilers but later shared they would include her in the game later this year. >> how did you feel when they

>> very glad and proud. >> i think it's important for kids to believe their voice. >> reporter: they travel today london to visit the set of the force awakens and now believe the force must be with annie. >> they were like, write them again and tell them toto add chewbacca and bb-8. >> and another robot on the horizon, intel is showing us the future of the consumer electronics show. >> and it may be a replacement for the jetsons' loyal robot rosie. >> reporter: families of the future as depicted on the jetsons had handy robots that among other things, providerred breakfast. meet intel's new creation, half hoverboard, half segue and all robot. intel showcases this at the

biggest tech event in the world. not only can you ride the robot, but it can serve as an alarm for your house and you can give it arms. the robot recognizes voice commands and has an internet connected camera that helps it follow you around. although it's not as functioning as the jetsons' robot, this gives us a glimpse of the future. >> if you want your own, you'll have to wait. >> they have not announced when it will go into commercial production. it is the future, looks like. time for another check on the forecast with julie. this rain is what we're looking at. >> we are. we have a little rain in the forecast for tomorrow evening so just expect that. not going to be all day or all weekend but we could see some storms. >> movie day. stay inside and catch up on your shows.

cold front set to move through saturday evening. rain chances go upstarting late saturday afternoon, continuing into saturday night. could see storms with this front and then the cool spell begins, temperatures in the 60s looks like all next week. so this is going to be the coldest air really so far this season we have seen. for us this evening, fairly mild. we're in the upper 60s but no rain expected for your friday night plans. as you wake up saturday morning, want to go for that jog, head out early. looking at clouds but the morning should be dry. the rain chances increase as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. temperatures will be into the mid-70s ahead of this front, winds out of the southwest, and right now you can see the radar is quiet. we are not looking at anything moving in tonight. should be good if you have outdoor plans for this evening. as we take a step back, there's the cold front we're tracking and this area of low pressure. this is going to move in by saturday night.

toward the great lakes. if you have weekend travel plans, we have missy weather through green bay, chicago and clcleveland, all dealing with cold temperatures and rain there. for us, a disturbance moved through this morning. that's how we saw the rain during the morning commute. it's moving out, going to stay dry for the recollection of the overnight hours. temperatures will be in the 60s, so that's pretty mild for january. there's the front and there's the rain and storms increasing as we head into dinner time saturday night. through the overnight hours, the front really pushes through and starts to clear things out. by sunday morning, we are just leaving in a slim rain chances. it will be mostly dry, breezy on sunday but really the cold air doesn't settle in until we head into next week. by monday we are in the low 60s and we're going to stay there until friday. this will be the coldest air we have seen this season.

been 48 degrees. that's pretty warm actually for us. we have notten near freezing. our norse for tuesday night is 45 degrees. keep the winter clothes in the front of closet because next week you'll need them. right now 75 in tampa, 79 in brandon and still sitting at 72 in weeki wachi, 78 in crystal river. notice the cooler air to the north and west. this is what's heading our way, only 20 in rapids city this evening, 10 degrees in bismarck. we have to bring up rain chances to 50% for saturday. most of the rain pushes out before sunday morn and we are week. of course cooler as well, many mornings in the 40s. then our afternoons, only making it into the mid-60s. some change heading our way. could you use a few hundred million dollars?

got that laying around? >> yeah, let's not be greedy. the powerball jackpot tomorrow is worth and estimated $800 million an growing. >> and what have the top five previous winners spent their money on? >> reporter: we all dream of hitting it big. >> first thing i would buy is a beach house. >> michael jordan rookie card. >> reporter: for an incredibly lucky few, the dream actually comes true. the top five jackpots ever add up to more than $3 billion. at number five, $564.1 million won last year by three winners. one donated thousands to her church and started a foundation. as is widely reported in north

million to bail out her boyfriend out of jail after charges of trafficking heroin, possession. in 2012, $587 million divided between two. one donated to a fire station and local park. number three, $590 million won by an 84-year-old woman. a a gesture of kindness cost a half billion dollars. number two, $648 million split by ira curry from georgia and steve tran from san jose, who told his boss: >> reporter: and the single largest jackpot anywhere, $656 million divided three ways, the

money may talk but they prefer not to. by tomorrow night at the rate people are betting, lottery officials estimate it could say $900 million up there, and if nobody wins, it could exceed $1 billion. >> my wife had a friend whose son said what happens when it's a billion dollars because all the signs say million. >> use your imagination at that point. coming up, incredible video from a traffic camera. >> and it captured and endangered owl on video. more of this when we return in

beginning with a chance encounter with a beautiful animal, this is awesome. a traffic camera in canada captured a very rare sight. a snowy owl flying right by. quebec transport minister tweeted about these lucky shots. experts say the owl was probably hunting prey in a nearby field. hoo could blame her? [ laughter ] >> i get it. check out this video, a husky sled dog team. 3-year-old nicole is doing the mushing! she's the daughter of a

the couple says exposing their kids to the dogs at an early age teaches them responsibility and a lot of respect for the animals. and this is trending on facebook today. a pregnancy test that works with the bluetooth on your phone. it asks you questions before you take the test and after you take it, your phone will count down the time you need to wait to tell you the outcome. gently, depending on how you answered the previous questions. you do not have to have the phone with you while taking the test. >> so it beeps, you think you're pregnant, but it's a facebook notification. >> i know. i'm not sure. [ laughter ] it's news channel 8 at 5:00, starting right now. the bucks on the hunt for a new head coach. tony dungy weighing in. >> do you have your ticket