0001 from sex on the job to shoplifting. >> time is running out for the republican presidential candidates. all the more reason for the claws to come out at tonight's debate. >> a mind man continuously stepping into danger in his own neighborhood. >> reporter: absolutely unbelievable. this shooting we know happened at the excel industries plant, a location where they make lawn mowers. we confirmed the gunman was an employee there. authorities eventually shot and killed that man. but not long before he took the lives of three people during that rampage. in our investigation we found some video posted on this man's

was posted in september of 2015. that doesn't mean he shot this in 2015. but that's when it was posted. and only here he is shooting what appears to be an automatic weapon. we know the tv stations are reporting that this is indeed the shooter, cedrick ford. >> reporter: it was a terrifying scene at excel industries. >> we heard gunfire, and we just took our practice into place to get everybody out. >> reporter: gun shots filled the workplace. >> the doors opened, people started screaming, then everybody turned around and said he's out front. so everybody started going to the back over here. >> reporter: described as chaos, police counted at least four crime scenes. the plant, the facility parking lot, and two roadway intersections. >> this is just a horrible incident that's happened here to

it's so spread out. please bear with us as we try to get through this. it's gonna be a lot of sad people before this is all over. >> you saw on that facebook post by the reported shooter shooting a semiautomatic weapon. and we know federal, state, and local authorities are investigating. >> i know it's very early in the investigation. any idea? any hint about what a possible motive could have been? >> at this point they've not released any specific details on tragedy. some news outlets are work. i will be back if i get new information. new tonight, caught in controversy, the latest in a string of embarrassing and disappointing incidents for one pinellas county fire department. and it is another shocker in a series of sex scandals playing the clearwater fire department. an assistant fire chief has been

paul i know you spoke with the chief and the manager. >> reporter: they say they are fed up and they're not gonna put up with any of these s anymore. the latest case involving an assistant chief from here. and city officials are all fired up. >> reporter: he's the assistant chief of health and safety at the clearwater fire department. now his days could be numbered. >> it's an unfortunate event. very embarrassing for our department. >> reporter: that's the fire chief talking about one of his own, accused of using the 5-finger discount for a 5-hour energy drink at the 7/11 down the street. he claimed it was an accident. >> this is an avoidable mistake. >> we all make mistakes. can we all get a second chance? sometimes you can't. >> reporter: why the hard line?

series of sex scandals, even inside the firehouse. the photos, the videos, the graphic details. >> you're ready to clean it up. >> that's my job. in the life of an organization, you're gonna have employees make mistakes. >> reporter: the chief said the department has struggled before and they've already got the message out. the job here is to help people, not themselves. >> our employees on a daily basis do tremendous work. and for the men and women of this department, it's embarrassing for them too. >> not sure what happened there. this is not the first time they've reported on problems like this in clearwater. and not the first time we've been told things are going to change either. this

top brass is making unannounced visits, and they're going to make sure this does not happen again. paul mueller live for us in clearwater. cleanup underway to our south. homes, cars, and yards destroyed today. governor scott toured the damage in charlotte county. families left picking up the pieces. and melanie michael was alongside the governor as he toured one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. he told her his heart is broken. mel is live in charlotte county. wean the people in that area are hurting, and -- wean the people in that area are hurting. >> reporter: you know they have gone through so much already, and today this is one of the areas that you mentioned the governor toured. he wanted to walk the path of the storm. and people around here still shocked by all the damage left behind. >> reporter: we were there talking one-on-one with the governor as he met the people of charlotte county.

>> yeah, and you can hear from people, what their needs are. >> reporter: from the panhandle to punta gourda, his heart goes out to the tornado victims. >> this is one way to survey the damage? >> i couldn't get down here earlier today. it'd be nice if i could have seen it in the morning. >> reporter: ezekiel is one of the survivors here. >> it was like a roar of a lion. just a big roar. >> reporter: some waited patiently all day to meet the governor. >> we just said this is our time. because we thought it was -- we thought the wind was gonna suck us up. >> reporter: mother nature left her mark on this neighborhood and governor scott promised to help. >> governor what is your

how devastating it is. >> i grew up in the midwest. and i feel sorry for the people figuring out how to get their lives in order again. stories out here. and the governor is encouraging county leaders to continue reaching out to these communities. the most heated debate yet. most of the fireworks in the opening few minutes when donald trump took on his opponents over immigration.

they're googling is right now. a million dollars for hiring illegal workers on one of his contracts. [ cheering and applause ] >> i've hired tens of thousands of people over my lifetime. >> this debate the last debate before super tuesday was filled with exchanges similar to that one. when rubio pressed trump for details on his healthcare plan, trump took a shot at rubio for his repetition during the new hampshire debate saying "i saw you repeat yourself five times" at which point he said "i saw you repeat yourself five times five seconds ago." it went back and forth like that. the bay area mother who admitted she lied to police about her 3-year-old son being in the back of a stolen car is out of jail. this is ang

county jail this morning. she led police on a wild goose chase to found the boy but she insists she's a good mom. >> i'm sorry for all of this. i really do apologize to the media for making everybody worry about my child. but it's something i went through, and it will never happen again. >> that's adrian pedersen chasing down morerro. she is also in trouble for misuse of the 911 system and filing a false police report. a day in the life like you've never seen before. a firsthand look at what tampa police officers experience on the job every day. when you see body camera video on the news, it's not always a police officer's finest moment. tampa police have decided to share their view with us. more often than not, there are days involved unexpected. it involves playing catch way local child or

>> taking care of the things that people never see. just our ability, desire to want to help people. fixing bicycles and pushing vehicles off the side of roadways. >> their twitter account has already been shared thousands of times. the rescuers needed to be rescued today off the coast of new york. you can see the coast the water. they were on their way to rescue a fishing boat. and here's something you don't see every day, a gas line rupture outside a mansion in texas that caused flames to shoot into the sky. they then caught the house on fire. fortunately everyone was able to the fire department continues to investigate what may have caused the gas line to

for eight years a blind man has been stepping into danger. >> the problem that pasco county didn't deal with until we got involved. >> and more controversial at seaworld. what their ceo is confessing to. >> 64 degrees today. fairly chilly. 10 degrees below normal. it is 10 degrees below normal. cooler temperatures for the next couple of days, through the weekend, but a warmup and slight

broke know concrete, sidewalks that abruptly end, dangers a blind man faces every time he tries to navigate his neighborhood with his seeing eye dog. after years of begging the county for help, he turned to 8 on your side. >> reporter: walking along busy streets is nerve racking enough. when you can't see where you're going and can't depend on sidewalks to get you there, it's plain scary.

out here. >> reporter: watch what happens as mike walks down fox hollow drive with his service dog, shadow. he's trying to get to busy u.s. 19. but the sidewalk just ends, leaving him unsure of where to go. >> whoa, whoa. okay, come on. forward. >> reporter: shadow stops like he's trained to. and mike who is blind feels the ground with his foot, like he's trained to. >> i want to be able to walk down the street like you walk down the street. you know? i want to be able to go to the racetrack, i want to go to the breakfast club. i want to go to sweet tomato's. >> reporter: for eight years, he pleaded with county officials for help. and not just for him. >> guy's in a wheelchair, and he's trying to get through the grass, he fell over! >> reporter: finally the county catch. >> something about 2018. that that is ten years for a sidewalk. >> reporter: so he called 8 on your side.

hate to say this, but you're the last resort for us. >> reporter: i went to the county commissioner, mike wells. >> why would it take so long to get something like this done? >> i'm not sure. i just know as soon as he brought it to my attention, i brought it to staff's attention, and we worked on it. >> reporter: much of pasco county has older neighborhoods that need new sidewalks. it comes down to funding and prioritizing which sidewalks come first. >> is there a school nearby that we have to get to, how many pedestrians are out there, what are the safety issues along the corridor? >> whoa, whoa, whoa. okay. >> reporter: we think this is a pretty strong argument for fox hollow. i didn't leave my interview with county officials until i had a deadline for the sidewalk. commissioner mike wells set that for june. so if it's not done by july 1st, we will be back. >> this is a county wide problem? >> yes, at the commission

residents from other neighborhoods asking for sidewalks too. so this is all over the county. as we saw with this video, this is something that is really needed. >> thanks, shannon. seaworld admits its employees spied on peta. peta accused a worker last year of infiltrating the group to get intel. it turns out they were right! the company's ceo claims it was to maintain the safety of seaworld's customers and animals. he did not apologize but he does say it will stop. in a consumer alert, we're learning more about toyota's global recall of nearly 2.9 there were issues with the seatbelts but elaborate until today. the documents show that backseat seatbelts come in contact with a metal sheet cushion frame in a crash. and if that happens, the belts could be cut and would not restrain the passengers.

recall covers 2005 through 2014 rav-4 suvs. as weekend temperatures will stay on the cool side, 64 degrees for saturday, skieb on sunday -- 69 on sunday. sunny skies. a few clouds around. these temperatures are below normal given the time of year but a very nice weekend a brightens up your day, doesn't it? tomorrow morning 49 degrees, a few clouds around. maybe grab a jacket. cool start to the day and well below normal. lots of sunshine. below average temperatures into the weekend. 51 degrees at 1:00 am, 2:00 am. 49 our forecast low, and temperatures rise to the 50s into the low 60s. but at least directly in tampa that's about as high as we go. might be some warmer spots inland.

might be some cool spots too. 54 palm harbor. 51 degrees riverview, and 46 degrees in brandon, wesley chapel 49. these are the forecast winds, they're gonna continue to be pleasy tomorrow and out of the nor -- breezy tomorrow and out of the northwest. sfraen miles an hour. we saw a -- 14 miles per hour. we saw a gust today over 20 miles per hour. that'll make it feel much cooler. so bring a low pressure continues across the northeast on the backside of otherwise the trailing cold front that pass the through the state of florida now we have a clear peninsula. we tried to find a cloud earlier, but we couldn't so we gave up. we may see a few tomorrow with that northwesterly flow. jackets early in the morning, chilly start, foirz. an area of high west.

and that is gonna continue a northwest and northerly flow. 10-15 degrees below the normal with those winds. cold conditions saturday morning, chilly start to the day, 43 degrees. because of lighter winds, this area of low pressure moving over us, we'll see more radiational cooling, and the temperatures will be the chilliest that morning. sunday morning will be pretty cool too. beginning of the day, 40s, mild afternoon temperatures. forecast lows tonight are chilly. 40 degrees inverness. if winds become calm, you could see some cooler numbers overnight. 60 st. pete, brooksville, newport ritchie. high temperature in temple terrace, 60. a few patchy clouds, sunshine, and chilly in the afternoon.

if you're looking to enjoy the cool weather one last night, or maybe not the last night, but cooler weather, 64 degrees for saturday. as we head toward march, fewer of these temperatures on the map. monday, tuesday, temperatures back in the 70s. the rain chance 37%. we changed that on the day and lessened the intensity forecast. yesterday was looking a bit more violent in terms of severe weather. now this is just a shower chance. we'll see if that holds behind wednesday. we're still holding on with the cooler temperatures this time of year. we'll savor if while we can. it'll be gone before you know it. >> thank you. coming up next, one nfl team is blindsided by a trade request from its quarterback. >> could the lightning make the deal over the weekend? >> the state's python challenge is over. how one local group of

the nfl scouting combine gives us a chance to catch up every once in a while, a team is not on the same page as its players. tonight. colin kaepernick will reportedly seek to be traded this news one day after the gm declared that kaepernick would show up for the offseason program!

april 1st, kaepernick is due a guaranteed salary of $11.9 million. ouch! he is custody the team will resign running back doug martin who box a free agent on march 9th. he reportedly met with martin's agent in indianapolis. no deal is on the table. four days ahead. the nhl's trade deadline, the blackhawks make a bombshell deal achoiring andrew lad -- acquiring andrew lad. he's played the last 5.5 seasons with the jets. will the lightning make a deal by monday's deadline? general manager open to the right deal. but he's also content.

expect to see any major deals at the deadline. >> i don't think sings i've been here the last couple years, this has been a situation where we're blowing things up. i don't think we're in that spot. so we like our group. we've done some winning with this group. usf hoops hosting uconn. another 3. after that, ice-cold will be an underestimate. usf would not score another point for nearly 8 minutes. at halftime the bulls were 4 for 26 from the floor, 15% shooting! they got it up to 28% in the 2nd half. 30-point loss. you see that layup? 81-51 the final. awful. florida state fans, you're not off the hook either. maleak

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