like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. publix. where shopping is a pleasure. good evening. the recent arrest of a pasco county woman has caused a flurry enseamed profited the sheriff's office to release the unedited bodycam video. it shows 29-year-old tiffany tebo taken to the ground after deputies say she resisted arrest. chip, the sheriff's office is defending this deputy's actions, right? >> reporter: well, the sheriff absolutely is.

tebo simply listened to the deputy and done what he said, none of this would have ever happened. instead, the sheriff's office is in the social media limelight. some praising the deputy. others believe he went too far. we want to warn you some of the video is graphic. she is confronted by a store employee and a pasco county deputy. >> i am not sure. >> what about this? >> reporter: things go south quickly. >> put your hands behind your back. i'm going put you on the ground. >> please! >> put your hands -- >> oh my god, okay! >> some resisting me. >> reporter: the arrest was controversial because as the deputy attempts to take tebo into custody, her head slams into a wall and she starts bleeding immediately. then he pulls out his taser. >> get on the ground. turn around. >> reporter: what do you think of this arrest?

account, the deputy did an outstanding job. >> reporter: sheriff chris nocco believes the woman's own actions resulted in her injury. >> you made a lot of mistakes here. >> reporter: leslee sam is an attorney who focuses on cases involving excessive force. she has a different opinion. >> it doesn't appear he knows what he wants her to do. i says ray down. put your hands behind the back. he is just giving her instruction after instruction and not giving her a chance to comply. so if the sheriff's office is saying this is an example of how they're supposed to do things, you know, that's a problem. >> reporter: and you can watch that entire unedited video by logging on to wfla.com. it's about 25 minutes long. we did try to get in touch with miss tebo today, but our efforts were not successful. she was released from the pasco

reporting live ins pasco county. tonight dozens of guns are missing from a senior citizens home. police think they know who took them. the big question is, where did all the guns d go? st. petersburg police arrested gregly lewis. hail was in the hospital for a while around the first of the year and after a few days a friend checked on his house and found dozens of guns from hail's collection were missing and the home ransacked. only nine of the missing guns have been found. nearly 300 guns were reported stolen in st. petersburg last year, and most were swiped from cars. st. pete police are trying to combat the problem by reaching out to at-risk youth. they are also working with people who own guns. >> reporter: headline after headline teens killed or killing others on the streets of st. petersburg. a disturbing trend forming. >> three fatalities at the end

>> reporter: now a huge plan to combat those grim and growing statistics. reverend irvy a pastor and long time role model in st. pete hired by the city as the new community intervention director. it's a position created to ensure young felons are given the help they need to get their lives back on track. >> it's about world view expansion. exposure. children know what they know. as you said, they are very impressionable. we have to show them really relevant alternatives. >> reporter: he is one part of the plan. the other part providing these. gun locks to people who need them and want them. and vehicle anti-theft devices to help people secure their cars even more, since more than half the guns reported stolen in st. pete were stolen from cars. rod carter, news channel 8. last week we told you about rocky, a home runs man and another guy who put a picture of rocky online asking for help.

pretty overwhelming. story. for the first time in decades, they reunited today. >> how nervous are you right >> extremely. >> reporter: waiting in the distance. >> ten years since i seen him. >> i have seen pictures of him. i have never really met him as grown up or asannah doesn't. >> reporter: two very important their long lost brother. what is the first thing you are going to say? >> give him a hug and kiss. >> reporter: we brought you the story last week. he was homeless, living on a pier. a good samaritan gave him his sweatshirt and posted it on social media. that got him a job, donated clothes and money, and now family. >> i can't get over seeing him after all these years. >> i saw him once when i was little. how old? six-ish? >> reporter: the family lost touch with rocky, but no one knew he was homeless.

>> reporter: now they are back together again. this time they are not letting go. reporting in clearwater beach, news channel 8. one of the greatest golfers of all time is in the bay area today. not just to putter around. jack nicklaus appeared at the par 3 golf course to raise money for the first tee of lakeland. it teaches young people life skills through the game of golf. he showed the crowd how to putt before he hit the course. the golfing legend helped draw a crowd for good cause. >> first tee affords people that may not otherwise have an opportunity to be able to be introduced to golf. it allows them to be able to get introduced to golf. we have a life skills program that has nine core values in it. >> he joined other pro golfers on the course along with sometimes golfer and pro basketball player charles barkley. today's event raised nearly a

starting tomorrow it will be easier to go from the tampa river rock the channel district in davis island. late this afternoon the new pirate water taxis were kristined. they will run between 14 stops seven days a week. the mayor says it's yet another sign that the city is thriving. >> this is a city that literally is on fire and it is because of amenities like this. it's because of a downtown like that. it's because of a waterfront, our best asset. >> and here's the best part. you can buy a ticket on board and then hop on and off all day. tickets are usually $15, but this weekend an all-day pass is just $10. and i'm telling you what. if there was ever a weekend. >> yeah. >> that's gorgeous for that kind of activity, it would be this one? >> i think so. that's one of the things you

you don't have to get off. >> yeah. absolutely. >> pretty neat. yeah, the temperatures are going to be a little bit cooler. the sun is going to be out. that's nice when the sun is out, especially this time of year. there you go. 64 saturday. lots the of sunshine. 70 degrees on sunday. blue skies and a comfy afternoon overall. we are looking for fantastic weekend. we will warm up next week. we will be talking more about that seven-day forecast. thought this was a nice shot. we have seen a lot of pictures this winter from three sisters springs of all the manatees hiding out in the warmer waters. they are still there. tony was up there today and a great shot out of citrus county. 52 degrees the current temperature in temple terrace also as macdill. 53 pinellas park. 52 new port richey. these temperatures are falling fairly quickly and winds are a little bit lighter. so lighter wind conditions and clear skies and a cold air mass lead to fast falling temps. 49 at wiggie wachee. the forecast stays cool. we warm up and the rain chances

we'll talk about that seven-day forecast coming up. still ahead on 8 at 7, largo's armed forces history museum is having a sale and they have everything from world war i all the way up to current conflicts. i will show you what else they have coming up. the sarasota police department is trying to stop the growing threat of credit card skimmers. i will show you what they're going to do. we will have that and more coming up. you're watching news channel 8.

news channel 8's keith cate is on your side. it is not your everyday garage sale. largo's armed forces history museum is cleaning out the closets and getting rid of some interesting surplus items. the sale continues tomorrow, but

>> this table this morning was full of canteens. >> reporter: mortar rounds. military uniforms. a fleet full of military vehicles are just a couple of things that could be found at the armed forces history museum's military surplus flea market. >> this is a brad pitt poster from the movie fury. i decided if it doesn't sell, it is going to be in my office. rich the history museum gave me the grand tour. >> if you look at the wall, we started this morning with six bazookas, and we are down to three. >> reporter: the beauty about shopping here at the military surplus flea market is you can get everything dating all the way back to world war one, all the way up to current conflicts. you better hurry because things are going really fast. >> we knew it would be something that might be a little different, but i guess we didn't realize that there were this many military collectors. so we're very happy and we're so excited about the money we are

>> reporter: in largo, anthony allred, news channel 8. it seems like twinkies stay fresh forever. before long, they will be turning green. we will find out why coming up. plus, one guy is really cheesed off with the parmesan he bought at walmart. why he is hoping to take them

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on wall street today the dow finished down 57 points. the s&p dropped 3 points. the nasdaq was up 8. "the biggest loser" on wall street today may have been oprah winfrey. shares of weight watchers plunged nearly 30% after the company announced an $11 million quarterly loss. oprah owns a 10% stake in the company and has been at the center of the recent advertising campaigns. a lawsuit over parmesan could mean serious cheddar for a plaintiff who is taking on walmart. the lawsuit claims walmart's brand of one hu% grated parmesan cheese actually contains 7 to 10% cellulose. walmart says it will review the claim and respond when appropriate. coupon cutters might not get as good a deal as macy's any more. they are no longer applying coupons to clearance items.

stack coupons and rack up big savings. the store allows coupons for full price and sale items. the price of a postage stamp is going down. you don't hear us say that very often. a stamp for a one ounce first class letter going from 49 cents to 47 cents:postal service was given permission to raise rates in 2014 so long as they reduce them in 2016. have you seen people going live on facebook? steve and i have done it, and at the moment if you have an android fun you can watch, but you can't broadcast. that's about to change. facebook announced today it's rolling out the live video feature to android users within the next week. look at the magic that you will be able to capture. you will see a live video icon at the top of the news feed. facebook says people watch live videos more than three times

there is something strange in the dessert aisle. when "ghostbusters" hits movie key lime slime twinkies. we have seen one photo so far. but it promises a spongy cake with a suspicious green glow. the movie comes out in july, so we're assuming the special then. well, don't want to hear dogs barking all night? now there is a weiner dog that can help. a japanese designer came up with earplugs that make it look like a very long, very tiny dachsund is running through the middle of your brain. the earplugs are for sale on the japanese website constant for the yen equivalent of $11 u.s. you can get a set of two pups to plug your ears.

down on credit card skimmers. officers are being proactive with gas station managers. john rogers he is tells us how you can help to catch these crooks. >> reporter: a swipe of a credit card only takes a second. in and out. in that quick moment that gas pump has access to your financial information and charge to your account. multiply that by all the people who visit gas pumps and that equates to a lot of accessed credit card information and for crooks across tampa bay that data is as good as cold. >> well, i don't want to give them too much credit. they are pretty good at their craft. >> sarasota police officers are tired of these hidden skimmers stealing sensitive data. so now they are being more proactive, meeting with gas station owners to pry open the pumps and look out for them. >> i look for all connection here. this one, this one, this one. >> reporter: police officers will be helping the stations regularly because the problem is

>> in rare instances they use bluetooth technology to get real time data. >> reporter: many have these stickers to alert you if someone has broken inside. >> if one of these is broken, what do you do? >> we shut down the pump. >> reporter: but some thieves are crafty and figure out other ways to get in. >> so if someone got a copy of that master key, they could break in? >> yeah. >> reporter: here are some tips. give a good look over and look for these stickers. if they are broken or tampered with or if there is anything suspicious around the credit card slot, notify management. if we work together, we can stop this threat. john rogers, "8 on your side." despite what that ground hot dog says, winter isn't over until the loon hits the lake. people in wisconsin looking to this life-sized loon to signal spring, and it might make them some money, auto.

exact day and time when the ice will melt. last year it dropped on april 12. do this on a lake in minnesota where i used to live. we put on old car on the lake and people would make bets when it would go through the ice. but this is a big loon. there you go. just winter fun up there. spring training is beginning very, very soon. in fact, a playoff game here, a pre-season game. ut playing the phillies. 64 degrees in clearwater. that starts sun. an inkling of all the games that will be going on in the spring. 74 degrees by monday. 77 degrees on tuesday. 75 degrees. average of 74 degrees. that's our average line right there. the weekend generally is going to be fairly cool. 51 degrees here our temperature at 9 p.m. temperatures falling through the 50s into the upper 40s fairly quickly are for the reasons we talked about a couple minutes ago. clear skies. lighter wind conditions. the winds have been from the

trending towards less windy conditions. that wind direction is going to continue to the come from the north. that's a cool direction for us. sunshine under high pressure though. 52 degrees tampa international. dewpoint 38 degrees with a northwest wind in st. petersburg. a little bit warmer, but fairly cool if you are going to be out this evening. that's our feature back to the west and the flow around that clockwise flow giving us the normal flow and hardly a cloud in the sky for today. that likely had be the case this weekend, especially because that area of high pressure will continue to shift over us. so if you are going to be out this evening as we said many times, dress warmly. morning, too. cold conditions. temps in the 30s and 40s. some patchy frost is possible because winds are lighter. this is a cold dense air mass at the moment. the over us. so that definitely will mean lighter wind conditions. so sunday morning is still very cold as well. as that high continues to shift, we will see more of an east and southeastly flow. that starts the warming trend

normal highs of 74 degrees. so a very nice weekend plan, but a warming trend as we get into 70 sunday. 74 degrees monday. and there is our temperatures back in the upper 70s on tuesday. the rain chances are there, too. not great. wednesday at 20%. an eye on in case that changes a and the temperatures next week should fall off a little bit at the end of next week thanks to a cold front that passes through. good looking weekend with lots of sunshine and temperatures below normal. normal. enjoy the cool air while we have it. >> soon enough it will be gone and we will be saying, remember when it was nice in the 60s? >> this is all natural. we will be right back. here's what you will see monday morning on news channel 8 today. >> it's a leap year and we get an extra day in month. i will explain what it has to do with our trip around the sun. and don't forget to westbound up with weather and

it seems like art critics are programmed like certain things and hate others. it's like they're robots. and it's specially true of one particular critic. look at him. the barren son robot wears a hat and strolls the exhibits of an art museum in paris quietly passing judgment. he monitors human visitors watching their reaction to particular pieces of art and develops the data to its own unique. if he likes it, he smiles. if he doesn't, frowns. a good bottle of beer can be relaxing, but so can a whole tub full. a spa offers a soak in beer, hops and barley.

fans of the beer baths swear it cures insomnia and cures aches and pains. they say the phone is ringing off the hook. they like to think the tub is always half full. something they call hop it t-ism. >> get it? >> right. you wouldn't want a straw in that. sounds nasty. >> hang on. mental picture. no. hmm-um. >> healthy. does it cure insomnia because you're absorbing the alcohol? >> yeah. pretty soon you're asleep. that's gonna do it for us. we are like scientists here. see you at 11. >> it's magic. trump, rubio, and cruz's vicious, nasty, mud-slinging smackdown. >> presidential debate of an

now, on "extra." >> from king of the gop jungle -- >> this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. >> to trump skinned alive by a bloodthirsty cruz and rubio. >> no, no, no. >> can the donald roar again after the brutal debate? >> they had no chance but to come after me. >> plus -- >> chris christie after the trump v.p.? the new clues today. >> "extra" on oscar countdown. >> adam and i are here with all the last-minute secrets. >> the dress, drama, couples, and matt damon breaking "martian" sequel news? >> chris rock fired up. oprah snapping selfies. >> this is a terrible angle. >> then, pregnant kelly clarkson bringing the idol judges to tears. >> i felt so much for her.

sheryl teague's under fire for criticizing s.i.'s plus-sized cover model. >> her response to all the backlash today. plus, george clooney dares to do kimmel's mean tweets. now on "extra," from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. >> hey, everyone. welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez. coming up, the biggest and best oscar night bash, the "vanity fair" party. and "extra" is the only show inside this year. a little sneak peek coming up. also coming up, a tv star's shocking twitter post today. a car plows into her house. we'll tell you who it is, coming up. a lot of people think last nights's debate was like a train wreck. jerry has donald's take on his rumble in the jungle. >> he came out swinging. >> you're the only person on this stage that's ever been fine fined for people to work on your projects illegally. >> he was on the defense. >> i'm the only one on the stage that's hired people.