right now i news channel 8 this is first in 4:00.>> headlines of 4:00. number one bracing for a a raininy night. which areas are at risk for flooding. >> number 2 a new app lets you handle a boat and just in t time for gasparilla. >> number ththree florida schools may have an optption whwhen it comes to conontroversial standardized taps and the change could be coming. >> number 4 opera a claim she lolost almost 30 pounds using g this. we will reveal what. good aftfternoon i'm josh bebenson. >> i'm m stacie schaible and d this is first t of 4:00.

looking atat a live picture of downtotown tampa. it's foggy and d overcast and looking at all day. >> yucky outside for surere. >> early-morning ststorms gave waway to overcast skies. this is video of a wet commute on dale mabry and bracing for the next week of rain. >> keepeping an eye on the storms inin here is julie phillipsps. good afternoon josh inin a sosoggy day across ththe bay area. gloomy as well with o overcast skies.s. you see at new port richey with our toyota camera 68 degreeees and d picked up 7/10 of anan inch of rain. many's lots in the tampa bay area picked up an inch or m more in some areas. here's the r reason why. tracking a cocold front moving into the tampa bay area and decided to stall out. watching an area of low pressure developing in the gulf.

across the region and lookining at showers continuing into the overnight hours tonight. most of the rain you notice will be south of i-4 which is what we are seeing now. we will highlilight i-4 on the map and you u seee it's highlighted in grgreen. . most of the rain is off to the south. more i instability south of the front and also warm up moisture as well. you can see dealing with light t rain of places like venice and sarasota and we have light rain but heavier stufuff to the south. keep moisture in play and willll stay wiwith us until the cold front exit south of us as we head into thurursday afternoon.n. we will have details on what will come e as wewe head into the weekend in your full forecast. thank k you julie. stormy weather mac not helping one bay area community cleanup after a tornado.

since the deadly tornado struck the sarasota and d duette area and cleanup is ongoing. many homeowners on bay wins lane dealing with insurance problems and contractors. for some the most difficult problem has been dealining with with which h contractors are legitimate. >> that's the thing toto be careful of because some of them can n be absolutely genuinely trying to find businessss but t you don't know the good from the bad . . that's why you have to be very careful. >> a at least 2 tornadoeoes touched downwn in sarasota and mananatee coununty on january 1717. 2 people were killed in ththe home was destroyed by a totornado. > just in time for the e gasparilla pirate invasion a a service is expanding to tampa that wororks white uberer but it's for boats. it's calleded bok k center and allows people to rent boats and boat owners to rent the e vessels out. as the ship of every size availablble from a small pontntoon

community of tampmpa bay boat centnter provides an adadditional option for peoplple who might not be a pirate with their own ship. they may be able to now find the road boat and be part of the invasion. >> boat center allowsws expeperience voters to rent them out and operate them on t the road. you u can cast the gasparillala festivities on n news channel 8. we're cacaring the pro rata pirates live and i will close with j jen leigh and john holloway is s our private rereporter in the street. . cover chararge the 2:30 saturday y and streaming live on our website at wfla.com. the florida standards s assessment tesest got off to a rocky start and d still faced a lot of criticisism. >> a lawmaker wantnts to use national s standardized test and said.

story today. >> reporter: the wasn't much of a honeymoon phase e for ththe florida a standards assessment nonow that one lawmaker wants to give schoolsls the options to use national tesest said. senator don gagaetz has a bill that allows schools to say goodbye toto the fsa in favor of national standardized test like ththe azt or sat. it doesn't dodo away with testing likeke some credits would like to see e what could reduce the amount of test students take. >> last time testing and more time teaching and more vavalidated assessment. nationally respepected tests and awaway frankly for stududents to be able to use those results fofor college and career readadiness in a way that i think is advantageous. >> the bill cleared its fifirst senate commitittee with unanimous approval. rereporting in tallahassee. >> he says he's talked d to colleagues in n the florida house e about filing a bill. >> nonothing was filed before that sessionon began.

. cameras were rorolling as a wronong way driver rolled down the florida interstate. the penalties the elderly driver m may face. a famous actors burgrger restaurant comining to florida. we will tetell you where you can sink your teeth into a

nonow more first at 4:00. tomorrorow marks the 30th anniniversary of the challenger tragedy.y. seven members of the crew died d on the morning of january 28, 1986 when a booster engine faileded. it broke apart 73 seconds after lalaunch. the wrong way driver caused multiple traffffic accidentnts in central florida today. >> department of f transportation cameras rolling as a 78-year- old driver traveled 8 miles in the wrong direction on ststate road 528. the driver caused two sepaparate clashes as other vehicles try toto avoid him. fortunately no one injured. the mamale elderly drivers license has s been recomommended

a warning for wendy's they are investigating reports of unusual activity on payment cards use in its restaurant. cucustomers to watch for unauthorized charges on cods postcards they may have usesed ththat wendy's. the restaurant chain said it launched an investigation with and is cooperating wiwith law enforcement.t. > too much socicial media could process. the study revealals those who spspend the most time per week using social medidia were three times more likely to have trouble falling asleep. determine if s social media is keeping people awawake or whether r people who can't sleep papass the >> i say itit's true. >> chickeken or egg? >> i've been victim ofof that. just put it t away and shut it off. the home of broncos fans is

>> the ad in the paper says it is but the homeowner says it's not true. we get to the bottom of the super bowl mystery. the lightning yet ready for the e last gameme before ththe all- star break k and paul ryan in with a preview. > you are watching first a at 4:00 on news chanannel 8. we will

joining us now for another lolook at your first at 4:00 on not a good one out there. >> the rain started out last night and clclouds lingering with usus and dedepending where you are on and off f showers. weekend. >> yes becaususe it's mimidweek and clearsrs out in time for the weekend. wewe really avoided any severe newsws. south flflorida not the case. i don't know if you seenen ththe

people in broward cocounty totornado. really impressive images. the e winds were so strong they lot which you u can see there. twitter userer recall took these pictures and t these are e stunning. after the tornado o we saw a few weeks ago in sarasota county, the good news f for us locally is our severe t threat continues to look lower. . a small chance as we go into tomorrrrow and isolated severe storm. the chances looking fairly low at ththis point. we will likely see more rain especially area south of i-4 we could pick up another r inch by ththe time we gogo into tomorrowow afternoon. if y you wonder when it will end, by thursday afternoon it looks like shower and storm chances will come to an end and thinings get betterer heading into the coming weekend. wewe will still see if you

we have a free download onon your iphone or android to keep p handy. as you wake up tomorrow morning showers and tempereratures mild as we had through the day more showers and ststorms as the cold front finanally pushes to the south. right t now it's draped across the area but looking at an upper level energy that will finally shop south as we head d into tomorrow w evening which will of course bringng another chancece of rain. through h the overernight hours clououds stay with us in light lingerining showers overnight. prprobably not enough to wakake you up but through the day w with passing energy morere showers role thrhrough pushing the front to the south. rain chanances comiming to an end by dinnertime thursdayay. north winds kicking inin and this will bringng in cooler and drier air. skies clclears for the overninight hours of friday mostly sunny skies return anand breezy northwest winds returned in below average tempereratures as well. tatapping out in the low 6060s on friday. as we go into saturday gagasparilla of course in many of you getting ready fofor the festivities. here's what t to expect.

great sign which means it will be dry and a chilly morning so if you are heading ouout early bundle up a littttle bit. i the afternoon hours looking gorgeous w with mild temperatures inin the upupper 60s.s. first t front a cool off and notice the warmining trend intoto next week. for some of you wondering we have anotother cool off ahead in the nextxt front will roll through next wednesday. currently temperatures upper 60s and near 70, 68 camp up. 68 in crystal river. cooler air well off and 31 detroit and cincinnati this afternrnoon. for us a decent rain chance the first half of the e day tomorrowow. then it dries out and stays dry through the weekend of warming back up into the mid-to upper 70s before the next cold front moves in wednesday.

the broadway hit his head into hollywood. >> a backstreet boy is in trouble and david daniel with your holiday headlines. >> little house heads to the big screen. the hollywood reporter says paramount is developing a movie on the long-running tv series little house on the prairie. michael landon a melissa gilbert start in the piononeer family show that ran frfrom 191974 through h 1983. >> more troublele for nick carter. he's being sued by a florida bar employee who claims he struck and choked him. cartrter was arrested in mid- january after a brawl reported at a key west bar and he pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor battttery. hamilton is s heading to hollywood. the la times reports the splalash it broadway musical about u. s. founding father alexander hamilton will play the pantages theater but not until august 202017. if you can't wait that long and can't get to new york a chicago

for hollywood minute i'm david daniel. >> actor mark wahlberg and his brothers are bringing the burger frfranchise to florida. itit's called wahlburgerer's and itits new orlando location will open february 9. the restaurant will be in downtown orlando at 200 south orange avenueue in the suntrust building. wahlburger's is the subject of an a in the realitity show detatailing what goes on behihind the e scenes. oprah winfrey gave weight watchers stock a a big boost today. >> she did and in a video she posted on twitteter she said she's already lost 26 pounds using weightht watchers and shares stored more than 20% following the revelatition. the company's market value rose by $5.6 million for each pound she lost. talk about popower! we will have to waiait and see e the latest opera rarally and how long it will last. weight watchers is an incredibly volatatile stock sisince oprah took a 10% stakee in the

the cdc says one inin six children and d adolescents are considered obese. >> to fight the growing epidemic a new program aims to educate kids are reading food labels. martha shade has the details in today's eight on your side. >> if you u have a rainbow what you u have a lot on your plate? > a lot ofof fruits andnd vegetables. >> reporter: t these kids are getttting a crash course i in nutrition called kids and fitness at children's hospitatal in losos angeles.s. the kids spend 90 minutes a week learning ways to live a healthier lifefestyle. >> they learnrn how to reread labels that's meaningful to them. they go on a a grocery store tour and learn about what is coconsidered healthy basesed on the usda plate guidelinenes. >> reporter: todayay's lesson focuses on sugar and idenentifying how much they arare consuming. >> all ththe information corresponds to one serving size

don't know nececessarily you have to multiply the information by how w many servings you week. >> reporter: the program stresssses the importancece of exercise a and encouraging each other during workouts. some kids say that's the bebest part. >> my favorite part is going down and playing games because i actually move and don't jujust sit down. >> when we go exercise, i have a lot of movement and not t just sitting around all l day. >> reporter: for today's healthth minutete and martha shshade. >> here's a question for you, what would you trade for super r bowl tickets? many people thought one man was trtrading a hohouse. it turns out it was a prank and steve steger has details.s. >> reporter: if you wawant to

this area ask brian about the phone calls he's been getting. this was the first. is ththis the real thing and is this house for sale? >> i was clueless. i said i i think you must have the wrong number. . she said i'm looking at an ad in the newspaper that says your r houses for sale. >> reporter: he e and his s family jujust moved in sixix monthshs ago and d they are settling into their new hohome but sure enough therere was. >> it reads 2100 . >> it reads 212100 ft.2.2 home in the area for salele best offer. >> reporter: : that's a goodod description of his house and even a picture of it. then this. >> getting g divorced leaving her with nothing.g. will s sell home for 2 tickets to the super bowl. >> reporter: that was the moment he realized d it was far from a misprint. >> i haveve a buddy that the pittsburgh s steelers fan.n. we had some pets going for the steelersrs game and of course the broncos one so i wrote e him pretty harard for two or ththree days andnd gave him a lot of grief. >> reporter: here isis how his buddy got back at him.

apapparently several mamagazines. started d rolling in. he was offerered 2 2 seats 20 rose up first-class airfare and a suite for a hotel room. none of it is true in ththe house is notot for sale in the marriage -- >> not getting didivorced as i know. happily married,d, right. ? i think we are good there. >> repeporter: he's asking you to stop calliling him about it and has a message for his friend. > all right briaian, you are winnining but only for nonow. it's coming baby. i got all of bronco nation thininking of the best way to get back at you. >> this could geget ugly. >> that's s an epic prank. >> what do you think the wife thought t when shshe first read that? >> she's thinkiking you need new friends. >> would you give the house up for tickets to anything? to go to space, mamars may be? >> no. >> would you? >> no.

wawatch the game at home. >> and expensnsive prprank. it's been a pretetty bad year to be a canadian fan in the nhl.l. entering this evenening just one of the seven teams nonorth of the border in positionon to make layoffs. the vancouver canucks s barely above the water inin the words division and entitirely possible for the first time since 1970 canada wilill go unrepresented in the postseason. this doesn't bother the lightning as the slightest as tampa bay tries to bolsters playoff positioning against the most inept team in the league the toronto maple leafs. they entered tonight clinging to one of the 2 wildcard spots in the east seven pointsts behind florida in the divisision lead. the maple leaves a are the cellar dwdwellers and have lost eieight of the last time but on the eve of the all-star breakak it has trapped naname written all ovover it in tampa ththey can't limp into thehe long weekend.>> we can't worry about these games because the all-star break is starting.

the game are saying all l right the all-star break is here and what do we do? we don't want them looking ahead and i don't guys are looking forward to the rest. this is our one game in 11 day so wewe have to make it count. >> we put ourselves behind the eight ball quite a bit early in the season and now we're back in the hunt and have to continue to work. we haven't accomplished anything and we are in the wild- card spot still chasing. trying to start with toronto.>> ben bishop getting the night off and andre baz zaleski gets the e call between the pipipes. he's won his last five starts and surrendered 16 goals and there each to the oilersrs, penguins, and maple leaves. so coach why ststart him?>> there are lots of reasons. we're not just flipping a coin. as one of our goaltenders who is good at it.

getting a break for the all-l- star b break so is putting pads on again and will be playing meaningful hockey i guess anand giviving us a chance to play the team. >> higighlights and locker room reactionon from this one totonight coming up at 11:0:00 on news channel 8. >> who wawas the playayer to watch? ? >> there's a disparity in skill betwtween the maple leaves o on the lightning. they each had a goal and assist last time these e teams played in the e game heavily favors the skill plplayers for the lightning. a couple goals heading into the all-ststar break against the team he's rumumored to be signing with we will see. >> thank you.

nonow 4 headlines of 4 4:30. numberer one the fbfbi urging a militia a group to leavave and oregon wildlife refugege. agents arrested the group's s leaders last night.t. gunfire erupted at a a trafaffic stop in one man killed. fbfbi has set up checkpoints aroundnd the wildlife refuge. number 2 donaldld trump will skip tomorrow ninight's republblican presidential d debate. it's the lastst one beforere the ioiowa caucuses. trump had accuse modererator megygyn kelly of being unfair to him.m. box defended her and trump rivaled ted cruz challenge trump to up debate mono mono and trump said no to that. number three e 2 tennessee mixture of racing fuel and mountatain dew. police say the locals call it momoonshine on steroids. 2 other teens hospitalizeded and detectives believe they also drank the mixture. number 4 a six alarm fire destroyed a building in downtown new orleans. firefighters battle to k keep the flames from m spreading in several blocks of canal street closed and cause of the fire is undeder investigation. a rainy slsloppy day across muchch of the bay area today. >> a lilive look right now

you can n see it's gray and gloomymy and how it's been all day. many people hoping the storms clear out in time for the big gasparilla weekend. >> that's what we are hearing. it's the rumor it will clear out a a julie e phillips will tell us what will happen. will it be nice t this weekend? >> it's going to be gogorgeous for the gasparilla weekend. the only worry is i if you are heading g out early saturday morning a little bit chilly with temperatures in the 40s.s. will warm up very quickly through the day. parkway east cloudy skies and by noon into the low 60s popping out in the upper 60s and decent amount of sunshine. very ligight winds will feel very pleasant during the paparade this year. nicer than the children's pararade and overall i i don't think we can complain this t time of yeaear to do with things like that. . the rain we're dealing with now

showers continuing to linger esespecially south o of i-4 and temperaturures in the upper 60s and mostly cloudy. you see the e overcast view from downtotown and that't's what most t of us are dedealing with ththis evening and rain from our camera at clearwater beach. we've picked up over 1.3 inches of rain today in many areas across thehe tampa bay area have picked up that much. it's been a gloomy day and a rainy day. a a lot ofof rain across south florida into the tampa bay areaea as well. the stalled boundary on top of us lingering showers into the overernight hours. not until the boundaryry clears out t later on tomorrow when we see rain chances come to an enend. most likely to see the rain a few live south of i-4 you u were dealing with that now.w. mainly light showers but some heavier downpours in southern areas at the momoment. nortrthern spots rain chanceses are lowewered the rest of ththis evening. temperatures upper 60s for all of us.s. 67 largo.

66 l lakeland. 66 frostproof. cocomfortable the rest of the evening and decent rain chances in the forecast. lingering light showers through the overnight hours and into tomorrow so pretty decent rain chances. more on your full forecast coming up in a few minutes. now two and eieight on your side health warning. eight studenents at the sameme school diagnosed withth chickenpox. department officials worry ththe number of sickck children could increase esespecially if your school and eight students diagnosed wiwith chickenpox. now dozens more could be infected. >> it could become an epidemic in the school work it looks like it could d be or it's startingng already. >> repoporter: howard worried his contact with t the virus. >> seeing itit like this year after year after year

sudden it's like a big breakup. it's kindnd of strange. what is someththing like polio broke out lilike that instead of chchickenpox? that would be worse. >> reporter: juan fernandez said he got a letter from school staff a fefew days ago. > all i can think about please let's hope no one gets it and it doesn't spread and ththe paparents give their children the shots s so we will be safe. >> repeporter: so far only eight children confirmed to have the chickenpox but the numbmber could change. >> it's possible it m may increase. wewe're asking parents to seek medical attentioion. >> reporteter: department t officials urge all parentnts to get their children vaccinated, even those who opted out because of medical or religious exemptions are being asked to reconsider. >> itit's an area o of concern.n. with parasol of we know it's vaccine preventable so we can turnrn around and tell paparents

children from this. >> reporter: the e health department can't confirm at this time whether all eight of the children were vaccinated or not. that's under i investigation. we wonder what you think about t chickenpox vaccinations for chchildren. share your thoughts with us on our nenews channel l 8 this book papage. other states declaring fantasy sports betting illegal florida's moving to reregulate ththe games. the big reason is the popularity. wherere in the cacapital bubureau with more onon the story. >> reporter: : an estimamated 3 million peoplele in floridida participate inin daily fantasy sports and d a lot ofof them are calling lalawmakers and saying don't take my fun away. >> pays $75 million a weweek. >> reporter: nenevada said no to fantasasy sports in newew yorkrk thinks they are ilillegal. florida's going the other way. >> if we have potentially hundreds of millions of dollars being paid by floridians to participipate in cocontests we want to make sure they are done properly. >> reporter: operators pay a $500 registration fee in a a

every yearar and also post a $1 million bobond. the legislatioion faces a tougugh road ahead in papart becaususe everery other gaming interesest in florida opposes it. reporting fromom the state capital .. >> the bill sponsor a set next in line to be the state senate president and that gives fantasy bebetting a pretty good chance of being legitimized. eight on your side now with what you need to knowow to plan your morning commute. herere is leslee lacey with a look at tomorrow's traffic today. i hope you enjoy your afternoon. i want to remind you about transportation alternatives for the gaspsparilla pararade. to avoid congestion in t traffic yoyou can take public transporortation. the bus seservice has added more buses to ththe routute in preparing detours.s. on the day of the parade you

downtownwn $4 casts -- cash is an all-day pass. there is an in town trolley which is free and takekes you up and down memerrion street in downtown t tampa. that goeses from 9:00 ama till 6:00 p.m. if you wawant to parark in ybor city and of avoid ththe cocongestion in south tampa take the e streetcar whicich is $5 all daday long. you cacan follow me at leslee lacey on twitter. > you can catch leslee laceyey and leigh spann every momorning with weweather and traffic on the eight starting a clock a.a.m. still aheaead on first t at 4:00. mindful meditation at work. the corporate world going then for the sake of wellness. we will tell you how you can find tips of interest. you want to stick around for the eight on your side stories. a big break in the strange mystery. remains found here ththanks to a belt buckle but they still need your help.

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>> welcome back in t time for today's send them to stacie where we feature your p pictures on tv and start with a cute one sent in by cindy fromom st. pete . in h honor of gasasparilla she shared h her adorablele 3-year-old granddaughter who lives in germany and loloves playing g pirarates. here she is with her best friend a lamb who also had to become a pirate or brisk walking the plank.k. >> at the patch on. > kelly wanted us to help wish listst firecracker a happy birthdhday. this is her grandpa who just turned 79. happy birthday. shelley tweeted me thisis picture of coal be feelining chilean lalargo this momorning. a lot of people want to crawl l

finanally a really shot from sharon who capturured rise and shine. still lolooking pretty. >> i think about calm water shots and d then think about saturday. >> it will be, on gasparilla.a. >> a lot of boats. > send it to statacie whidbey #send d them to stacie andnd share it with me o on my wfla facebook page. .

and iraq war veteran who lost his leg is using a wheelchair to perform a community service. it's something his neneighbors appreciate in winter months. brian mastery explains. >> i was out here for about two hours. >> reportrter: in this neighborhood -- >> i don't want kids and parents to slip or have to go traipsing through the snow and possibly hurt themselves.

snows. >> i had actually about half a dozen people ask if they could stop and take a picture because they had never seen a chair like this before. >> reporter: last year the iraq war veteran took his off-road wheelchair -- > i came up with the idea of putting a snow blade on it. >> reporter: and mamade some modifications. >> the chair has on-the-fly tilt s so i can adjust the height of the blade as i push no. >> reporter: every snowfall of justin anderson dodoes his part in more. >> the community hahas supported me immensely through h some of my struruggles in my tough times wiwith having my leg ampuputated and then also wiwith my fight

this is my way of giving back. >> reporter: getting g around is easier thehese days. >> i was justst fit with this prosthetic about three weeks ago. >> reporter: justin anderson's makeshift snow plow is an about recognition. he says it's more like his duty. >> it's very gratifying. it's nice to know it's appreciated. even if i didn't get any responsese from anybody or no one said thank you and no one waived when they were driving by i would still do it. >> reporter: : and working to keep a sesense of humor along the way. in bellevue nebraska brian mastery for nbc news.>> great story. the independencece fund donated the chair to him so h he could get around easier. >> is planning to have more winter modifications for the snsnow plow. >> good story. julie joins us with more o on the weather. >> a gloomymy day and shower started up lastst night and still l brain around now and not over yet. >> bubut it will be.

weekend. we haven't seseen anything sevevere so far. . mainlyly just showowers and more wet weather r continuiuing through thursdayay for us. then sosome drier aiair moves in. after r the front move south mostly sunny skies return for frididay in the dry air stays wiwith us alall weekenend long. we're looking at chilly temperaturures working t their way back in the forecastst. sasaturday morning in the 40s.s. if you are heading out early for the gasparilla feststivities make surere you bundle up with cocooler air in the forecacast. this evening staying mild in the upper 60s.s. light windnds and showering's continuing t through the evening hours and tomorrow morning mild temperatures and tomorrow afternoon wewe see the rain clearingng out for us and we could see anywhehere from 1 1 to 3 inches at -- of rain across the area. most places picked up half an inch to 1 inch i in some spots more. northern spotsts a little bit less rain. if we focus in onon hillsborough

areas have widespreaead half an inch to about an ininch and a half of rain from last night continuing into this evening. southern areas picking up close to an inch in a few spots in most places nice steady rain for today. rain still going on right now. mainly south of i-4, uci for bright there. most rainin to the e south.h. this is the dividing line where we deal with the cocold front. instability to the south with deeper moistuture and rain. currently as we go into tomorrow the front makes its way y south as we see upper-levevel energy moving in and rain chances come to an end. asas far as severe weatheher risk looking low atat this point. most of us in a general thunderstorm risk as we go through tomorrow but far southern areas looking at a marginal chance we could see in isolated severe storm. not completely y ruling out the chances don't look high at ththis point which is good n news for us. through the overnight hours

showers as well. upper-level energy moves in and cold front moves to the south with north winds takiking in and rain comes to an end for r thursday evening. clouds clear out overnight thursday night into friday expect mostly sunny conditions. winds breezy out of thehe northwest t and temperatures cooler in the low 60s. chilly air to end the weweekend by saturday high pressure buildsds in. it will keep thehe winds nice and light on saturdrday. keeps things drivive for us and rain chances zero andnd the only issue ifif you are up early make sure you dress for the temperatures. most of us will b be inin the 40s but in ththe afternoon mild in the upper 60s s and ideal fofor the gasparilla parade. upper 60s and low 70s dealing now. 70 brenda. 68 tampa. cooler winter like a air off to the e north. 34 chicicago. 31 dedetroit. 43 boston. for the rest of this evening

especially south of i-4. temperatureses for all of us s holding steaeady in the upper 60s. by the time we get into tomorrow m morning in ththe low 60s and chance for rarain starting off the day. as t the front move south another line of showers and more storms devevelop through the early afternoon hohours tomorrow and then rain chances come to an end as the front move south h of us. temperatures wilill not warm up tomorrow and only into the upupper 60s tomorrow. will feel cooler tomorrow afafternoon and d friday a fairly chilly day. starting o off near 50 degrees and topping ofoff in thehe low 60s. gasparilla beautifulul forecast. starting out of 46 and topping out near 68. betttter on sunday with low 70s the mostly sunny skies. warm into next week and next

wednesesday. all right julian as julie said nice weather for gasparilla so o we are getting ready y for the pro rata pirates live on news channel 8 i poststed with jen leigh and jan holloway is the pirate reportrter on the scene. ouour coverage kicks off at 2:30 0 saturday and s streaming live on wfla.com and check it out on tv. >> itit should b be fun. > goldman sachs blackrkrock general mills s green momountain coffee and facebook, whatat do they have in common? >> those are a hahandful of companies teaching their r employoyees how to mediditate. gayle guyardo shows you how you can enjoy y a more stress free workplace in tonight's guide to pinterest. >> four years it's been thought of as something a tree hugger would do that meditation is widespread. eveven people in the corporatate world embrace e it. it's's one of the hottttest 26 trends on pinteresest. meditation is soothing the corporatate soul. >> easily y the biggest movemement in the last 20 years.

mindful mediditation points to mindful mediditation points to corporatate meditation happenining all l over the country. >> the biggest t thing in corporate wellness in psychotherapy. >> reporter:r: white is the corporate world by into a? study shows it helps employees stay engngaged in keeps heartbreaks and cortisol levels linked to ststress down. >> breathing in, , breathing out. >> reporter: i found out you don't need special garb were things like candles and d music. just close your eyes and place yoyour hand on your abdomen. your belly filled wiwith air. take deep breaths and graduaually breathe normally. just relax and clear your mind. >> you find yourselflf drifting off into thoughts and other r concernsns you can come back here. it costs s nothing g and you just hahave to breaththe. >> reporter: there are lotsts of how-to's on pininterest steven fifisher day witith new energy. wowould gayle guyardo on news channel 8. >> feel free e to pin transects with future ideas for her guide to pinterest stories.

good. >> coming up a south florida burglar in a a santa hat didn't want money or jewelry or electronics. >> he broken a doctor's office looking fofor someththing very specifific. wewe will show you what that is

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>> now, , let's take a lolook at what's trending online today. >> beginnining with a botox bandit. yes, this thieief wanted one thing and one thing only. botox. security camerasas caught him bursting into a a miami ararea plastic susurgeon's office, then filling up a trash can with botox from the fridge. you may notice he is wearing a

botox was apparently his only prioiority. iphones and computers in the office wewere untoucuched. doctor says on the street, the pilferered botox could fetch $20,0,000. at last check, the botox bandit was stilill on the loose. >> and looking like hehe has a peperfect face. [ laugughter ] ] um, my daddy,y, and my mommy. amen. >> t this toddler r was prpraying to all the people in her family. usually, they say their prayayers togegether, but they wawanted toto watch h the champipionship gameme. so sutton said her prayers all by herself. she listeded all of her family members and even mentioned santa claus. >> t that is one smart baby.

getting a lot of attetention on social media. a baker got a design from a six- year-old. as the saying goes, the customer is always right, so the baker made that cakake just likeke the drawing. lolooks like there are two charactersrs from star wars there onon the top getting ready fofor a lighght saber fight. the baker r added candy canes on the signgn and a big swirl on the bottom and a riring of cookies to give it some finishing touch. >> pretty impressive. to see what is trendingng now, you can check between n nenewscast on wfwfla.com. > and timeme for newschannel8l8 at 5:00 with keith and jen. >> rigight now on newschchannel8 at 5:00. >> a big break in a strange mystery. detectives identified skeletal remains thanks to a belt buckle but they still need your help. >> and breaking all the rules of politics. why expertrts cannot anticipate