bye. now four head lines at 4:00. number one, water rescue. why two local boy scouts are called heroes today. number two, abandoned puppies found in a box. we're going to tell you where they came from and where they'll be living for a while. number three, bay show piles. there's garbage littering the streets. here's number four. >> the gasparilla gas district

i talked to a trainer about ways you can start and continue running at neh. >> i'm josh benson. >> and i'm stacie schaible. there's pipe bombs. a tampa bay man faces an arrest. >> they found the pipe bombs. there -- he spotted the pipe bomb in the house. his landlord thought ramos was a nice young man until this happened. >> so when the federal agents came here and said they were pipe bombs in there, you must have been shocked. >> definitely, yeah. very shocked. i can't believe, you know, this happening outside of my house. >> federal agents say that ramos

claims to be associated with the st. petersburg malitia group. a one boy -- the boy is recovering at the hospital. josh thomas fills us in on what happened. >>reporter: a weekend of camping by a local boy scout troop -- who had been involved in a boating accident. they were traveling down the river when they hit an object flipping the boat sending both into the water. they rushed to the aid of the two providing first aide until ems arrived. >> i fell back into my training and said this is what we need to do. get the kid warmed up. >> the 7-year-old was breathing but taken to the children's hospital where he's in intensive care unit. >> they believe their training helped save that child. in manatee county, josh thomas,

a litter of 8 puppies is recovering at the humane society after a good samaritan rescued them from the side of the road. all 8 pups were septic. each suffers from extreme mange. it will take four to six week to recovery. they're asking them to spray the -- dumping pets is a crime. the gasparilla parade is over, but crews are working to clean up that trash. tampa solid waste department tells us they've removed 40 tons so far. volunteers pitched in to pick beads out of trees. the florida aquarium coordinating volunteers to clean up trash in the water because of the threat to marine life. let's check with your

meteorologist -- >> we're looking at warm conditions. punxsutawney predicts that spring will begin early. he didn't see his shadow. anything to let you know winter will end earlier. we're seeing warmer temperatures. the last couple of days has been above average. sun city center, 83 degrees on this second day of february. winds light out of the east at 5 miles-per-hour. a lot of us dealing with temperatures in the 80s. milder along the coast. 79 in largo, but 81 in temple terrace. 85 in apollo beach and milder, 76 in sarasota this afternoon. some pretty warm temperatures around. we've had the southeasterly flow over the last couple of days and that allowed warmer air to move in. we have pretty moist air now. deepening moisture happening

front is a ways away. these are bringing showers and storms across the southeast. we're expecting severe storms in this area for this evening. for us, it's going to stay mostly quiet. just that slim 10% rain chance over the next couple of hours ask through the overnight hours. falling into the 60s. a front arrives with rain chance and cooler air behind it. we'll have details coming up in a few minutes. >> julie, thank you much we've had a crew in iowa for the presidential race. by a razor thin margin, clinton won edging sanders. on the republican side, cruz is the winner, barely edging out trump ucla keith kate will take us inside the iowa caucuses coming up at 4:30 what does a british singer has to do with the elections.

>> there's a fire starting in my heart >> iowa voters aren't the only ones weighing in on politics. adele is the latest to remind politicians she hasn't given permission for campaigns to use her music. trump has used -- and others have used adele statements. her statement didn't mention any specific campaign. [applause] >> pope francis movie star. variety says his holiness will make his acting debut playing himself in beyond the son, a family adventure based on the gospel. it's the first time a pontiff appeared in a film. and a touching feeling -- in the harry potter movie died last month. when universal held -- hundreds of fans many in wizard robes had a silent salute to the

master always. i'm david daniel. still ahead on first at 4:00. >> a family who lost a child at a state school 12 years ago is waiting for the state to settle their case. the incredible story next. an overwhelming reaction. wait until you find out what this mom is hearing for the first time. the incredible story coming up on first at 4:00.

it has been 12 years since the family of a florida state football player settled with the university following his death after a practice. >> now a dozen years later, they're waiting on lawmakers to approve their claim's bill. matt has that story from the capital bureau. >>reporter: darling 's family

closure and justice 15 years after the promising young football star died after a practice at florida state university. >> darling died in 2001 after a gruelling morning practice. darling's practice reached a 2 million settlement, but the school was allowed to pay $200,000. the rest comes from the state legislature who has yet to approve his family's claims bill. >> we want to be at peace and we beg and ask for the legislatives to find it in their heart, you know, to have a heart, and remember that it's not just a cling's bill. but it's a life behind that claim's bill. >> you may have noticed, the garnet and gold balloons behind me. the family's push comes on fsu at the tallahassee. i'm matt. >> the claim's bill hasn't been

has yet to be scheduled for a committee. the family believes since it -- it's a sign something will get done this year. february is heart month. this story may tug at your heart's strings. it's two mothers who meet for the first time after a little girl gets a heart donation from a baby boy. here's the boy's mom listening to that heart beat. >> say that's my heart beat. that's lukas's heart beat. >> the girlfriend family gave lukus -- a short time ago she was fighting for her life in need of a heart transplant. around the time same lukas clark died and his parents donated his organs. >> the only thing i can think of, i can't save my son's life,

>> it's hard to describe she would be so selfless to think of another family while she's going through her grief in these mom is are in phoenix by the way and before this meeting, the families communicated through presents and drawings by jordan. the little girl they never met in person before. >> a special story. your first alert weather coming up next. we're going to tell you about it international sensation hitting the slopes. ahead -- ahead, the lightning on home surf.

joining for a look at your first at 4 weather. julie is here and it was hot. it was hot today.

points are up, so it feels muggy out this afternoon. >> summer weather. >> it is summer weather at least a little brief taste of some summer weather. >> and the normal weather comes back. >> we have cooler weather coming back. we're not dealing with this. keith and an 8 on your side crew are covering the caucuses in iowa right now and that's where this very cold looking shot comes from. we're told some of the flights were delayed and also the blowing snow is lowering visibility at the iowa state capitol. yikes. winter wonderland causing travel delays and it's a struggle when you're trying to travel in conditions like that of course. for us, a completely different story here in the tampa bay area. we're looking at near record heat today like you mentioned, it's hot for the first week of february. the highs so far today, 82 degrees. the record for today, 84. so we're not too far off that, and we could potentially be a degree or two higher before the

for the rest of this evening. at 9:00 p.m., we're in the 70s tonight through the overnight hours. we'll see patchy fog develop. sea fog could be an issue in some coastal areas, but i don't think it will be as foggy. upper 60s as you walk out the door. the afternoon hours, we're back up to close to 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon. bringing in a slight rain chance. it looks quiet. can't rule out a couple of small showers developing in our inland spots this evening, but rain chances not going to be high for today. as you take a step back, you can see the cold front right there. the showers and storms out ahead of it. there's that snow we showed you coming down iowa from this low pressure. we're watching this front because this is what's heading our way, and we're seeing severe storms and tornado warnings out ahead of it in places like tennessee and mississippi this afternoon. so really a potent front moving through. for us, it will stay quiet tonight. a few areas of fog developing by

tomorrow afternoon. showers develop. temperatures will be and it moves through on thursday. expect thunderstorms. at this point, severe warning risk -- thursday night, this front pushes south. by friday, skies will quickly clear and we'll see cooler temperatures back into the low 60s friday afternoon. so if you're a fan of the warm weather, enjoy it. it's not going to last too much longer because by friday morning, we're waking up to 50 degrees and another storm system brings us our rain chances. unfortunately the timing is for this weekend. >> thank you, julie. an 8-year-old girl does something special for someone she -- a toddler has impressive moves on the ski slopes. >> jeremy ross has great stories. take a look at this. >> how are you? >> good.

girl found herself face-to-face with law enforcement. sabrina wrote to the police department thanking them for keeping our country safe from bad people. she called it humbling and called her over to thank all right per her nows. folks in utah started skiing young. how about 14 months. check out sloan henderson with a little help from her parents she getting the hang of shredding early. >> you're cruising. the >> the snack was a trap. pittsburgh police found a man asleep inside of a marketing firm's offices. the company had leftover food from a party and the suspected burglar couldn't help himself. >> the frig was filled with leftover pizza and he came in and he dumped a bunch of stuff out and took pizzas out and there's pizza leading to the back room. he was sleeping in

>> a man faces burglary charges. take a look at this, i'm jeremy roth. >> now, some more video you need to take a look at. a warning though, this video is jarring. it shows a high school volley ball game when a player collapses. there's school officials, administer cpr and uses the school's four aed to revive her. doctors believes the aed is what saved that girl's life. medical professionals want more of these devices in schools. by the way, that player is now doing well. yeah. well, a lot of athletes uses drinks grader raid and -- we see how your activity level may determine what you should drink. >> if you're feeling fatigue, sore or worn out during your

drinking may be to blame. >> we're losing sweat, so we're losing electrolytes. we need to stay on top of our game. >> when your workout last less than an hour, kelcey says water will surrender -- >> it can keep you focused on your event or your workout. >> staying hydrated is key to helping your body recover properly. >> a good indicator of hydration status to make sure you're well hydrated is your urine is pale rather than apple juice looking. i encourage anyone -- >> after your workout is finished, replenishing your body doesn't stop there. >> with the protein bar, it's

to make sure you're getting enough cards. >> if you feel sluggish, change your eating patterns. >> if you plan to run the gasparilla classic -- we'll see people of all age. that's news channel 8 lee span, there's many ways people can keep pounding the pavement for years to come. >>reporter: that's right. i started running about age 30. but on gasparilla classic day, they'll be kids and more experienced runners on the course as well. i found out from a ymca trainer about ways to stay healthy at any age. >> the greeks had it right. body sound and mind. >> he knows something about a sound body. he's neurosurgeon -- he's a neurosurgeon. >> i go as fast as i can. >> when i asked him how his running has changed in the 30

he simply said -- >> it gets slower. >> listening to your body is most important at any age. >> being aware of your joints and aches and pains and making sure you're not over stepping your boundaries and then if you start to feel like you're in pain after your runs, you're probably pushing too much. >> include slow status stretches after your run to help with recovery. keeping your core and whole body fit will allow you to make it through the long walks and walks. >> it could be a half hour you're moving, so you want to be strong with your core. >> the doctor is easing back into running after back surgery, but plans to run a marathon in the future. he equates it to life. >> put one foot in front of another. sometimes it's a steep hill or flat, just keep going. >> the gasparilla district has a distance for everyone. there's a 5-k walk and on saturday, there's a half mile. 13 miles on sunday. news channel 8.

running and he told her they get over heated sooner than adults so watch out for that on the warm days and keep them hydrated and by the way, this year's gasparilla classic is the weekend of february 20th in you're interested. now let's check at first at 4 sports. dan lucas in the house. >> hockey back on center stage. and if you're a lightning fan, boy, it's getting good. >> it is getting good. >> strap in for a roller coaster road. 33 games to go. it sounds like a lot, but in the nfl, that's a print. the lightning playing 14 games when hosting the detroit red wings. that match up reminds us they have little room for error. bolts own the same point total as the wings. second place in the atlantic division online tomorrow, and nothing guarantees either one of these teams. tare going to hang onto that spot.

and wild card races are as the the lightning went hard at practice which is something that cooper believes in after a long break. >> you could tell, fresh legs, fresh minds, it's four or five daze-- day people say you've won 9 out of 11, at it's good. >> i'm going to work on system and we realize the stretch of games we have ahead of and how important it is and it starts with a big divisional game against detroit tomorrow night. >> practice today included the all-star stephen stamkos and ben bishop. stamkos admits he's fatigue after events in nashville. it was an experience that neither player will forget. >> obviously a new format was

year's past. i thought nashville was a fun city, so probably the better ones i've been to. >> it was a neat experience and a chance to meet some of those guys and you see them all the time. you play against them for all these years and you get to know them on a personal level. it was nice. >> and even though he played extensively on sunday, look for ben bishop to get the start tomorrow night against the red wings. cooper rested -- it includes the pittsburgh penguins. welcome back, you've got the red wings and the pens three days within each other. it's not going to be easy. >> bishop got a work out. >> i thought he played well.

now for headlines at 4:30. a howling storm. the heavy snow

forced travelers to heed warnings and hunker down. there's a blizzard warning from kansas to minnesota. number two, a small plane hit the water off halo beach. the small engine is in shallow water. you can see it there. a witness saw the passenger swim to shore and the plane took two minutes to sink. the two people inside made it to safer and were not hurt. bill cosby is in a pennsylvania courtroom. his attorneys are charging to get sexual charges against him thrown out. cosby is charged with three counts of sexual assaults stemming from a 2014 encounter with basketball employee andrea. she says he drugged her. 50 other women have come forward with a similar story. number four, the groundhog did not see his shadow this year. you know what that means, an early spring.

up punxsutawney to see. this is only the 17th time phil has not seen his shadow. >> i wonder what he thinks when he sees all those people. he has to be petrified. let's check the forecast. meteorologist julie phillips. >> for us, our forecast kind of makes sense for punxsutawney to not have seen his shadow. this afternoon, most of us into the 80s. 76. at hula bay -- winds light. blew skies, but many of you may have ran into fog this morning. this was taken from mying webber. if you have weather photos so share, head over to wfla. for the rest of the evening, we stay partly cloudy. can't rule out a showers. we're looking at dry conditions.

we'll have low clouds around, but possibly patchy fog as well. don't think it will be as bad as this morning. tomorrow afternoon, warm again and a mix of sun and clouds. back up to 80 degrees and we'll see showers developing in our northern spots. but it's as we head into thursday where the rain chances go up significantly with that next cold front. we'll have the timing on the rain coming up in your full forecast in a few minutes. thanks, julie. the iowa caucus is over and the next presidential primarily is in new hampshire a week from today. >> here's the results. cruz is the winner on the republican side. he has 28% of the vote. trump received 24% of the vote and ruby io is only 1% behind trump. let's take a look at that democratic side. tighter here, would you say. 50 to 50, is it a tie? no, clinton is the winner over sanders with a

the state delegate vote that's razor close, the difference is as close as two tenths of a point. here, we'll look inside. >> aye. >> it took two hour s s for republicans at this des moines elementary school to go through the process. a few were allowed to speak on behalf of the candidate of their choice. >> rubio has lived the american dream. >> then it was time to vote. this is where the governor of iowa terry caucuses. he didn't want to say who he voted for. it is a secret ballot. >> i trust the voters of iowa that they're make a thoughtful and intelligent decision and i think we'll see where it goes. >> kelly told us yesterday she was going to be here, but she was true to her world. >> you said you were probably going to go with rubio. >> stuck to my word. went with marco. >> the handwritten votes shows rubio, the run away winner with 63 votes.

holding their own caucus. here they needed a microphone. after candidates spoke, they moved around the room separating into big groups, one for clinton and the other for sanders. there was another small group for o'malley. after the first count, it was clear he had two fewer votes. >> you're the most popular guy in the room. are you going for hillary or bernie. >> i'm torn, but i'm probably going to go with hillary. >> tim and his wife are split. one clinton and the other sanders. >> have you to pull o'malley people over. >> i have to work on my wife and 10-week-old daughter first. >> that's right. >> what are the numbers? >> it took longer than the republicans, but after confusing math, this democratic caucus sided with clinton. within two to three hours, it was all over. 2016 in the books and it may go

>> it's going to be a record turn out. i've never seen as many candidates nor as big of crowds. >> that's news channel 8 keith kate reporting from iowa last night. he's on his way back home. he'll be back to work together. great job to keith and his team. 8 on your side is sending -- she'll have live reports starting friday night. so be looking out for those. still ahead on first at 4:00. >> one of the quarterbacks in superbowl 50 is getting a lot of attention online for what he's wearing off the field. we'll get a look at his pants. and you'll want to stick around for the 8 on your side stories. 8 on your side exposed a there's a deadline for action. coming up, i'll tell you what they're doing to

the clear water marine released two sea turtles back into the wild. coming up, how their release makes way for more sea animals to be saved. we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching news channel 8, the station always on

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hd coverage is brought to you by your sun coast honda dealer. visit your dealer today or shop buyhonda.com. florida death penalty is on the trial at the supreme court. it's the first death case taken up since the supreme court called the death penalty unconstitutional. the justices must decide if everyone gets a death sentence or not. we have more on this story today. >>reporter: the day begins with 389 inmates on florida's death roll. the supreme court -- they

prison, but the state says hold on, not so fast. >> michael lambert is scheduled to die february 11th. but his blackboarder death warrant was signed weeks before the us su mreem court ruled that the white florida sentence to death is unconstitutional. they say the jury, not judges make the final decision. the attorney marty told the supreme court the condemned man sentence is invalid. >> mr. lambert had not been convicted of capital first-degree motive. >> mcclain wants lambert to get a life sentence, but everyone on death row. while this court or the legislature will decide what happens to everyone on death row, the court's immediate concern is one inmate scheduled to die early next week. reporting from the state capitol, i'm mike vasalinda. >> lawmakers are considering a

we'll keep an eye on this story and let you know what happens. stay close, and we'll be right back. a boy scout troop comes to the rescue of a father and son injured in a boating accident. >> doing what i've been trained to do. >> coming up, we hear from one of the scouts that saved the

i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day

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now this morning moment with news channel 8 today. >> stop what you're doing and take a look. this is viral from an elevator. the guy doing his best madonna investigation. he's doing the whip, nae nae. look at that. look at that style right there. he's got the moves. deputy tony sherm served for 29 years for the sheriff's office in colorado. that's a fast move. it's no wonder he's busting out serious foot work after putting in all those years. the ranking officer shows up there and joins him with the whip nae nae and it's too contagious. i was doing the whip nae nae.

the deputy. >> i can't figure it out. the stanky leg i got that. >> i missed that. how did i thinks that because i was on the dance floor with you. >> i'm doing it right now. >> you know the stanky leg. >> yeah, you can get in the fun by the way by watching the morning show every week day live from 4:00 to 7:00 on news channel 8. we encourage you to do so. >> do you do that one? >> no. >> the stanky leg. >> no. >> do you do the whip nae nae. >> not really. she does it nicer than me. >> the weather is nice inside and outside. >> we're in the 80s. >> you said the dew point is up, so it's steamy. >> it feels steamier. we have rain in the forecast. not for this afternoon though. gorgeous photo sent to us from downtown tampa from jackie sparrow. if you have other photos to share, head over to our facebook page, storm team 8 or twitter. share

the headlines again, the warm and slightly muggy conditions. back into the 80s for a lot of us tomorrow. then the changes come. we're tracking a cold front and it will move thursday, bringing showers and a few storms possible as well. behind it, a cool down comes and the below average temperatures are going to stick around into the start of next week. here's a look at your forecast. remember, you can download that on your android or iphone for free. it will show tomorrow morning is going to be mild. we're close to 70 degrees at 8:00 a.m. and then we quickly warmup to around 80 by the afternoon hours. expect to see some clouds around tomorrow, but just that slim 10% chance of a passing shower. the best rain chances for tomorrow will be for our northern counties, and that's because our next cold front will be approaching us. you can see that front now bringing showers and storms across the southeast. snow falling places like in kansas, minneapolis, wisconsin dealing with the snow. thanks to the

out ahead of it, we're tracking severe weather, tornado warnings in effect in places like tennessee, mississippi, still have some active tornado warnings and really the southeast under fire for this evening. for us, that warm moist, southeasterly flow continues, lingering clouds overnight. some low clouds to begin with tomorrow morning. patchy areas of fog, but opportunity look like it's going to be quite as foggy as this morning. tomorrow afternoon, sea fog hanging around. we'll see a few showers in our northern spots out ahead of this next system, but most of us looking at dry conditions. it's thursday when the front moves in if the around 9:00, 10:00 a.m., we'll see the rain towards citrus area. around lunch time, wee see rain towards st. pete, and tampa and the front slows down moving by the late afternoon and evening hours and we'll see clearing conditions into friday. more sunshine, but cooler temperatures. it's going to be breezy. really kind of a

low 60s by friday. quite a difference from what we're dealing with today. tomorrow, still 80. you notice the temperature drop. we can never warmup because we have another system that moves through next weekend. still fine tuning the timing of that, so stay tuned, but we know temperatures look significantly cooler as we head into next week. so below advantage temperatures ahead. enjoy the 80s tomorrow. it won't last too long. the cold front rolls through on thursday. showers and cooler weather and rain chances. they've changed a bit. right now, it looks like saturday evening into sunday morning is the best chance for rain, but we're watching that closely. guys. >> thanks for that. a look at celebrity news. the host of hollywood today live. >> i'm tanner thompson. >> and i'm christian from hollywood life. gorge clooney's new movie "hell season" just --

winning brothers opens wide this friday. >> there has been feuding online. kim kardashian and amber rose took this selfie together at chris jenner's house. see what happens when you give peace a chance. >> don't believe what you heard about cindy crawford. she's not retiring from model despite records. she says if anything, she's learned from the fashion industry, is quote, never say never. >> i'm christian. >> and i'm tanner. that's the daily wrap. your first consumer watch beginning with light bulbs. looks like ge is going to stop making those cfl's or curly they were alternatives. cfl useless energy, but some people don't like the fact you can't use them on a dimmer because it takes a few seconds to reach their full

if you're in the market to buy in-door furniture or a mattress, february is the day to do it. fall has retailers holding more stock and they need to clear the racks for spring merchandise. discounts could be as deep as 60 to 70%. and there is ca uliflower shortage. there's average retail prices for cauliflower has gone up 30% from last year. some shoppers say they paid as much as $8 a head in recent weeks. little kids are jumping for joy. >> yeah. keep going. >> it's too expensive. superbowl 50 , all eyes on the quarterback manning and newton. >> all eyes on the panthers, newton's recently -- for other reasons, pants, maybe.

mows with the story. >> should quarterback newton get penalized for the pants? he's arriving in the superbowl -- >> it's female pants. >> i'm sorry to say, but it's ugly. >> very sheik, but they're too loud for my taste. >> sheik and not cheap. they're have sachy. they may have been sold out before the carolina panthers quarterback wore them. >> he posed for his teammate. actually the flam buoyant was restrained. one man on twitter compared him to a wrestler. does he know that beef cakes knows that he stole his pants. were his pants yellow and black or blue and black. >> i wouldn't be caught dead in those. >> i wouldn't be caught wearing those. >> me, no. >> would you wear them? >> i think i would actually.

>> it's good. >> it's good? note the matching gold toad, gold hill loafers. what is a panther doing wearing zebra. in africa, a leopard has spots and preys on debras. it's from the copy collection. that's a -- but most guys weren't ready for zebra pants. >> no tighter than his uniform, besides no one complains that this guy wears his stripes skin tight. >> he's at the ten. he's at the five. touchdown. >> talk about bat field in motion. jenny mose, cnn new york. >> i'llleave it to jenny. >> the game isn't here yet.

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>> now let's take a look at what is trending online beginning with a superbowl parody in colorado written by a 13-year-old boy.

broncos go, show the panthers something more. or [ singing ] [ laughter ] that's pretty awesome. the teen who wrote the parody of disney's let it go from frozen is a patient and a cancer survivor at the children's hospital in colorado. his name is daniel and his video is trending for obvious reasons. apparently, this is a thing now. it is t-rex tuesday. did you know that? last tuesday, it was ice skating. today, it was someone shopping in a grocery store with disco music playing. these are so ridiculous. we find them on a page called t- rex tuesday.

people have watched that video. also trending on facebook, this picture of a potato. the photo sold for just more than a million dollars and according to the times, a european man bought it. the potato photo called potato celebrity photographer. he had two glasses of wine with the buyer who says i really like that. two more glasses of wine and then i really want that. then the photographer says they set the price two weeks later. and to see what is trending now and get updates between newscast you can always go to wfla.com. much more news coming your way. newschannel8 with jen and josh starts now. >> right now on newschannel8 at 5:00. >> marco rubio's surprise close finish. how his newfound momentum is