gawker. the news starts in 30 seconds. >> it's 7:00. and the station that is on your side is on your schedule. 8 at 7:00 begins now. >> good evening. a school bus full of students crashes into an suv. that bus driver has been cited

this is video from eagle 8 hd. the highway patrol tells us the bus driver, 63-year-old marilyn kay ray turned left into the path of the suv. we also have exclusive cell phone video from right after the crash. and if you look closely you can see children crying. other students screaming from the bus. two of those children had to be taken to the hospital. we spoke with one student about what happened. >> the bus was turning very fast, i was playing on my phone. when they crashed, my head hit my phone and the seat. when i got back up, the car was crashed and i was just very scared and very worried. >> 32 elementary students were on the bus at the time. all lanes of u.s. 301 are back open. and more breaking news in saint petersburg. officers arrested 14 people getting high inside a small

avenue north and seven street. the people inside were having a crack party. neighbors claim the house has been a problem for a long time. sex, lies, and video tape. hulk hogan is suing the website gawker for the video that shows him having sex. as peter bernard shows us, now gawker attorneys want the whole case thrown out. >> reporter: dressed in all black with his signature do rag, hulk hogan made his way to the courthouse flanked by his team of attorneys. he is suing gawker for $100 million saying his privacy was violated. >> with something trying to shake him down, they published with knowledge he had not consented to it. all of which and in every scenario. >> reporter: gawker's attorneys

>> there was one thing that they wanted to deceive about. it led to a second thing and then the third thing to cover for the second thing and the first thing. >> reporter: the smack-down continues in court as his attorney's tried to convince the judge the sex tape was made without his knowledge and should never have been put on the internet. peter bernard, newschannel8. in the past few months, the tampa bay area has seen an alarming number of child abuse cases. it has officials concerned but as 8 on your side's john rogers shows us, there are resources available to help curb the threat. >> reporter: in the past few months, a shocking number of tampa bay parents have been arrested for child abuse. >> parents need to understand. when you are angry, frustrated, upset with your children, the most important thing you need to do is not take out your anger on your children. >> reporter: if parents are overwhelmed or if a child is removed from a home, there are

manatee children's services. they can provide help for distressed parent. >> if they get the services they need, the treatment they need. they do heal and they get better and turn into functioning adulting. >> reporter: the community can play a huge role in stopping this threat. john rogers, newschannel8. a tampa woman took a six dollar uber ride that ended up costing her 34 times as much. the company charged her a fee she was not expecting. newschannel8's candace mccowan has the details on this vomit dispute and how it was resolved after 8 on your side got involved. >> it was our date night. we don't get many of those. >> reporter: with two kids, cody dawson was ready to take a night off with her boyfriend. when it was time to go home, they ordered an uber. we lived. >> reporter: uber sent several messages unwilling to issue

that is until this afternoon when newschannel8 reached out to uber and the driver. >> reporter: this is candace mccowan calling from newschannel8. >> reporter: hours later uber suddenly changed its tune. after we contacted uber, they sent cody another message saying they will refund the $200 fee. >> i would rather just call a taxi at this point. >> reporter: candace mccowan, newschannel8. during his final state of the union address last night, president obama laid out an ambitious plan. he wants to see the u.s. lead the effort to find a cure for cancer. cancer centers like watson clinic in lakeland are welcoming the president's challenge. president obama wants more funding spent on cancer research by the public and private sector and to speed up fda approval of drugs. >> and one of the things we are able to do is let our patients know that there are new treatments coming. and the longer they live, the

able to see a cure. >> reporter: vice president joe biden who lost his son to cancer last year has been appointed by the president to lead the fight. well, chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us now. a little gloomy today. >> yes, overcast. >> i got spoiled with the chilly and sunny weather. so, could you bring that back? >> you don't live in a snow globe. you can't have it perfect. you have to live with what comes. >> we don't live in a snow globe? >> that came as a surprise to me too. [ laughter ] >> see? even he is gloomy. >> mostly cloudy. conditions will continue probably overnight and throughout the day. mostly tomorrow too. temps in the low to mid 50s and the rain, well, it remains dry at this period for now. but the rain does increase later on tomorrow into the early part of friday including the possibility of thunderstorms early friday. temperatures right now in the

54 degrees at mcdill. mid 50s out in bartow. saint petersburg, 59. quite a few clouds as i mentioned. you can see the trail of clouds coming off the gulf of mexico. that is why we didn't see much sunshine today. an area of low pressure is developing in the western gulf moving our way. we will talk about rain chances and the weekend forecast coming up. still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> this couple living out here in the woods getting a $20,000 wedding. >> so, why are some veterans having problems getting appointments with private doctors? it might have something to do

area is about to have a life- changing experience. you may think we are talking about a home, but that is only part of it. the other part is a dream wedding. something they never thought could happen. rod carter explains. >> reporter: hey, good afternoon guys. we are standing here in a wooded area off of manhattan in south tampa. what you are seeing is what they call mama's camp. it is a homeless camp where a couple lives here. they have been living in these woods three years. evelyn and her boyfriend have been together 22 years. they could never afford the money for a license until they get officer mcdonald. while he works on getting them a permanent home, he also found a way to pay for that marriage license and when word got around about their pending nuptials, support started pouring in. to the tune of about 20 grand. >> people i have never met.

we have a wedding venue contact me. and they want to host a wedding. it is all inclusive. they have had an outpouring of supported. >> i said thank you. i said are you sure that these people want to do this for me? and they say yes. this is what they do. >> they are getting married on april fool's day. but no joke to them. in tampa, rod carter, newschannel8. >> and that wedding is going to be held at cross creek resort in dover. well, doctors are getting stiffed millions of dollars. thousands of claims going unpaid across the state. what the va may have to do with it and what it has to do with

>> another rough day on wall street. the dow jones down, the s&p down, and the nasdaq down 159 points. big changes ahead for a fortune 500 company. general electric is moving its headquarters to boston. the company made the decision after connecticut decided to raise its tax rate by $750 million. ge also plans to sell the iconic 30 rockefeller center

volkswagen ceo is in washington today. he met privately with epa administrator gina mccarthy. neither party would say what they were there to discuss, but they have not hidden their frustration with the auto maker. vw admitted it used software to cheat emissions tests. chipotle believes the e. coli crisis is coming to an end. they are confident the cdc will declare the outbreak soon over. they will launch a new marketing campaign next month aimed at luring back customers. wal-mart is recalling hundreds of thousands of griddles due to a shock hazard. the recall involves about 330,000 rival brand griddles. they are black with model number xj14207. the griddles were sold nationwide at wal-mart stores

if you have one, you should return it for a full refund. twitter is working on ways to turn your tweets into advertisements. they plan to gather product related tweets for advertisers to choose from. if your tweet is chosen, you will receive a direct message asking for permission for the advertiser to use your tweet. they say consumers may trust other twitter users rather than a celebrity pitch man. apple's updated operating system may help you sleep better. the update which hasn't been released to the public has a feature called night shift. it uses your device's clock and location to see then the sunset is in area and it filters out the blue light that can keep your body from producing hormones that help you sleep. would you believe almost half of all health related apps

there is an app to evaluate fertility. once pregnant, couples can find help with baby names or with a $5 app, you can even hear the baby's heartbeat. >> this is called my baby beat. so you put it in airplane mode and put the microphone right up against your stomach. it is 150 beats permit. i found it right away. >> the app baby bump can help women set an agenda for what they want to get out of their doctor's appointments. lots of options out there. a study by the florida department of health suggests the whooping cough vaccine doesn't protect against all infections but it is still the best way to prevent dying from the illness. the study stems from an outbreak of whooping cough in florida preschools several years ago when an unvaccinated baby was diagnosed, several other children in the school

even though they had the vaccine. experts say the vaccine needs improvement, but it still has been shown to prevent deaths. the ntsb wants to implement new safety technology on trains this year it believes will be life saving. positive train control technology or ptc can stop a train when the system detects an imminent crash. it will eventually connect with every train and every track across the country and time is of the essence. >> it is critical. it is safety critical that this be implements as soon as possible. >> safety experts believe the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia could have been prevented with this control. eight people died in that crash. now, an 8 on your side investigation. the va is behind paying people in hospitals and private doctors.

payment problem has some thinking whether the veteran's choice program is really the right choice. >> reporter: after performing routine cataract surgery in july on a veteran participating in the veteran's choice program, dr. lawrence goldberg is still waiting for the va to pay up. >> a couple of months would be fine, but this is getting ridiculous. >> reporter: money is not the only problem. according to dr. goldberg, healthmet which healthnet requires voluminous documentation. >> they want all the office notes. if we had to do this for every patient, i couldn't see many patients a day. it takes half an hour to get in and talk to someone. >> reporter: the problem with delayed payments is not confined to the veteran's choice program. in october, the head of the va

the va was a little behind paying bills to florida hospitals. like $134 million behind. according to a survey taken by the florida hospital association, the va is looking at 29,760 unpaid claims in florida. more than 10,000 of those are more than a year old. 5800 unpaid claims, more than two years old. david jolly is one of 12 members of congress who signed this letter demanding an explanation. >> the doctors on the outside are not getting paid by the va. that's wrong. because ultimately, it reduces access to care for veterans. >> it shouldn't be this difficult. >> reporter: but it is. and if it continues the doctor will not continue participating in the choice program. steve andrews, newschannel8. >> healthnet sent steve a response stating waiting six months for a claim to be processed is not what we want

any who may have experienced this kind of wait. a breakthrough in buffalo. tow truck drivers have pulled out a car encased in case. the driver parked outside a restaurant along lake erie. you may have seen it. we had video yesterday. lake waves splashed an covered the car turning it into several inches of ice. when the temperature plummeted and it was quite thick, but looks like they are doing a good job of chipping away and hauling it out. look how thick that is. it adds about 600 pounds to it too. nice shot from lakeland. all the sunsets look similar. temperature ins the 50s this evening. mostly cloudy skies. a good stream of clouds continueds to roll across the state. 50 degrees at 5:00 a.m. possibly sun. mostly cloudy through this period.

the forecast area on thursday night. 57 degrees. tampa international airport. 59 degrees in saint petersburg. dew point 40. nor'easterly winds. quite a few clouds and showers down at the south. key west seeing a few sprinkles there. mostly it is just clouds streaming in from the west. the area of high pressure still holds onto the bay area sitting to the northwest. we are talking about the tropics this time of year, but the first named storm of 2016. this is is a subtropical storm. not a pure tropical system. enough so that the national hurricane center has given it a name here. the first name of the season for the hurricane season of this year. in january. thursday, friday, you can see the forecast track. no effect on the u.s. or florida. buff it is rather unusual needless to say. it formed this afternoon. i have to go back to 1978 to find a subtropical storm. didn't name the storm subtropical storms back then.

january 18. this is the earliest to form. showers in the forecast late around thursday, but it is really this area of low pressure approaching from the west giving us our best chance of showers. possible thunderstorms friday morning. about anywhere from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. looks like timing right now. 74 degrees for friday. 75 degrees for saturday. mild temperatures, but another cold front up the road. you can see for sunday, with a small rain chance. and then for martin luther king day and beyond, temperatures cool down up near 60-degree on that day. overnight low temperatures are going to be quite chilly. could be in the 30s . mid 30s , possible low 30s for tuesday morning so we are not done by any means. >> but eye on the prize. saturday, looking pretty good. >> eye on the prize, very good. looks pretty good. nice day. warmer day. >> awesome. thank you. we'll be right back. stay with us. >> parents wanted to test our

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