council voted to approve a new ordinance. >> a homebuyer's nightmare, the problems this bay area woman found in her dream home that led her to call 8 on your side. >> if your child was injured at school, you'd want to know how it happened. so tonight a father is demanding those answers. good evening, everyone. i'm josh benson. >> i'm jennifer leigh. thank you for joining us. a brutal schoolyard brawl caught on camera, but how did a parent find himself caught in the middle? tonight only on 8 he's telling us why. that father said he was just trying to help, but another mother accused him of man handling her son. paul mueller is live tonight in hillsborough county and, paul, did he really have to get involved? >> reporter: the father told me tonight in his mind he really did have to get involved but the mother earlier this week telling me that he had no right to get involved in a fight full of kids and that she wants him criminally charged. tonight we've learned after

the clear. call it kids behaving badly, a big time brawl on the east bay high school campus in gibsonton and it's not just the students in on the action. >> i'm trying to break up the fight. that's all i'm trying to do. >> reporter: that's omar cortez. he's the parent in the black shirt and his actions have now come under fire. >> my intentions was this is getting out of control. something needs to be done. >> reporter: but what he did to the kid in the blue boxers has this teen's mom crying foul. >> there's a dad seen on the video that's picking him up in a wrestling stylelike fashion slamming him to the ground. >> reporter: but omar said he was just trying to break it up. >> she said i slammed him and you can clearly see me tripping over the kid's sneaker. >> reporter: so here's the video again. who is right and who is wrong? >> it's not much i can do and when i seen the officer not doing nothing, i stepped in and tried to break up the fight. >> reporter: he had a few

resource officer who he said wasn't doing enough. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: he did eventually get bagged but not before getting banged up himself. due to the incident. >> reporter: omar just wants everyoneton he did the right thing. right thing. >> i've got kids. i love my kids and i wouldn't in danger. representative from hillsborough county sheriff's office and the state attorney's office and they both tell me that this father will not face criminal charges. >> all right, palm, so omar, the -- paul, so old march, the dad is not facing charges and he's in the clear, but it's worth pointing out his son is going to face some charges. is that right? >> reporter: that's right. omar's son and another student involved in the fight both are facing battery charges. i just got off the phone with the mother making these allegations and she says we have not seen the last of her yet. >> paul mueller, thank you.

highlands county involving three separate teachers. they're being investigated for exchanging lewd photos with students. a middle school and high school teacher are each accused of possession of young male students and another high school teacher is accused of sending nude photos of herself to an 18-year-old. >> when you think about it, it's all self-serving and they aren't thinking of another human being but themselves when they do things like this. >> middle schoolteacher stacy child porn. charges have not been filed against the high school teachers at this time. if you are caught with pot in the city of tampa, you could go to jail, lose your license and pay a big fine, but the city council voted to make pot possession in small amounts ticket. melanie michael live at tampa police headquarters for us tonight to explain. mel, when they say small

>> reporter: all right. they're talking about this, jen, good evening to you. this is 20 grams. we want to point out this is oregano, of course, but if it was the real thing and you got caught with this, for first time offenders it would be a $75 ticket and boy, does it have people talking. they didn't hold back. >> tampa bay wants cannabis. >> first and foremost, it's a plant put here on earth by nature. >> reporter: one by one people hearing. >> i am here this morning as a parent, a parent who does have a child still as an adult who is an addict and he started in high school with marijuana. >> reporter: the city council wanted to hear what folks in tampa have to say about weed in small amounts becoming not such a big deal. >> this is not a get out of jail free card. chief explained this doesn't it lightly.

he -- ticketed and fined. he claims this is about second chancers. >> this is to target first time offenders who made a mistake and give them an opportunity not to get into the criminal process. >> you're talking about second chances. we don't mean third, fourth, fifth, sixth. >> reporter: ellen snelling is very concerned. she said her daughter went from a straight a student to a life of addiction and she began with pot. >> the way it's written now they can get a citation multiple times and there's no education or any kind of treatment. so that's what concerns us. >> reporter: the city council will take up the matter again. it has a final vote march 17th at 9:30 a.m. and so many people are commenting on this tonight. i'd like you to join the conversation. i started 1 on my facebook, wflamelanie michael, so join in already are.

tonight's gop debate where the four remaining presidential candidates went led to head with one another once again. there were a lot of fireworks between donald trump and florida's marco rubio and texas senator ted cruz. rubio and trump had several toe to toe battles like this one with trump not answering questions about policy. >> you see what happens again policy issue. you ask him about the economy and the first thing he does is launch into the little guy things because he doesn't have answers and he's asking us to make him the president of the united states of america. >> i know what's happening with the economy. you don't know a thing. >> answer that. >> i have a policy question for you, sir. >> let's see if he answers it. >> i will. don't worry about it, marco. don't worry about it, little marco. >> gentlemen, gentlemen. you ought to -- >> you got to do better than this. >> it was wild.

scathing speech by the last gop nominee for president mitt romney. today mitt romney warned the american economy will tank and the nation will be less safe if mr. trump is elected. now an 8 on your side, kb home fallout. >> it's a case of homebuyer's remorris even before the deal is closed. a woman buying a st. petersburg home change -- remorse even before the deal is closed. a woman buying a st. home changed her mind before the deal closed when spotting what she called poor workmanship. she asked to get out of the deal but tells burglary burglary investigator shannon behnken she was forced to buy this home anyway. >> this was all redone. >> reporter: this is supposed to be a happy week for robin davitt. she fixed up her home, put it on the market and was set to

this week. >> i told all my friends i was moving into this fantastic house. >> reporter: but then davitt, a disabled veteran, found what she calls sloppy construction during her walk-through. >> i feel so unsettled, so uncomfortable, so faithless about the integrity of that home. >> reporter: news of a recent a.g. settlement about 1,600 kb homes with poor construction leaves her uncertain. she wants out of her contract, but kb told her no way. >> i'm really concerned about what's under the surface that i can't see. attorney alan tannenbaum tells 8 on your side this is why it is so important to do your contract. >> there's really no means at this juncture to get your deposit back. >> reporter: homebuyers come to his firm nervous with after the a.g.

side investigations that exposed shoddy construction by builders kb home and dr horton. >> we have people who come to us wanting us to look at a pulte contract or kb home contract and i tell them it's a waste of time. >> reporter: the contract he explains are written to protect the builder, not the consumer. as for davitt, she's adamant she's not moving into this new home. >> now that i've worked so hard on this place i might as well just stay here. >> reporter: kb homes sent me this statement. "kb homes stands behind all of its homes and uses dependable building materials and a building process that features a number of checkpoints and inspections." we have posted the entire statement on our website at www.wfla.com. >> this is kind of a cautionary tale for a lot of homebuyers. you have to really understand what you're getting yourself into, but what i wonder is she going to go ahead with the closing? >> she is going to go ahead with the closing. she called me back this afternoon and said she's been

torn between the obligation to close because she knows she signed that contract and just her uneasiness. she's going to close, but get this. she's going to put that house on the market immediately right after she closes. >> i can understand she feels so strongly about it that she feels she has to take some very dramatic action. thank you, shannon. meanwhile 8 on your side demanding answers after finding another long, long line at the irs office in tampa. now victims of tax fraud are getting letters from the irs telling them they have to show up with a photo id to prove who they are. the problem is the irs doesn't have enough staff in tampa to deal with the rush and that's what's causing the long lines. >> as you know, we've been reporting for a few days now about long lines at the irs office in tampa. can you tell me what's being done about that now? >> first of all, you know, we've recognized inconvenience that it's caused the taxpayers. >> the irs spokesperson told

they are now sending more staff to the tampa office. also as a result of our calls today, senator bill nelson's office and congresswoman kathy commissioner to handle this problem. flying to cuba could soon be easier than ever. today more airlines announced their plans to fly commercial flights to the island nation including some carriers out of tampa international airport. dozens of u.s. carriers applied to the u.s. department of transportation to service delights to cuba. those -- flights to cuba. those include jetblue and southwest. those will be 110 daily commercial flights to cuba. only a selected few will get service flights to havana. our own keith cate will be traveling to havana as president obama makes his historic visit and the rays will be going to play the cuban team.

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welcome back. it is the phone call no parent wants to get from the school, there is an emergency and your child is hurt and you need to get there right away. >> one bay area father received that call last week. >> reporter: the father got a call from his 7-year-old son's school saying his hand was slammed in a door. now he has hired an attorney to find out it was not at all an accident. we're not identifying the child. you can see how badly his hand is injured. his father describes getting the call last thursday. >> they didn't tell me over the phone exactly what it was. so my whole way there i just was thinking i don't know what this is or i'm just praying at

something life threatening. >> reporter: the teacher, amanda carranza, has been with the school system since august, 2011. officials tell us she's no prior issues. ryan cappy represents the family. >> i think what would you do if you got the phone call? you send your child to school and expect them to be safe and this happens. what's going on? why has this happened? >> now if it is determined this was an accident, there will be likely no other legal action taken, but if it was done on purpose or if there was negligence involved, it could be the first step in a lawsuit against the school district. expect big changes at target in the coming year. executives say the chains say they are switching their focus on digital working on a way to more seamlessly shop online and pick up at the stores.

order fulfillment centers. they also plan to offer more organic items in the grocery products. exciting news tonight from the mouse, disney cruise line is planning two new cruise ships to join their fleet. each ship will showcase family entertainment and enchanting story telling in service. the ships are expected to be completed by 2021 and 2023. names and eye itineraries have not yet been released. -- and itineraries have not yet been released. at the florida state fairgrounds the boat snow starts tomorrow and runs through sunday. we have all the information you need to know on www.wfla.com. if you're headed out to the boat expo or possibly the strawberry festival, any kind of activity going on this weekend looks good. saturday 75 degrees, sunday 76 degrees, mostly sunny skies to

of a school start, though, saturday because we're working a cold front into the area for friday. we aren't talking about cold temperatures at all. this front will arrive tomorrow morning, light showers, extra clouds sometime around 3 a.m. starting north, exiting around 8 a.m. pushing south. probably most of it's out of here by 10 a.m. in southern areas. nice shot we posted on our storm team page wfla storm team 8 many colorful photos this evening. temperatures will stay a bit milder. we've seen a south, southwesterly flow ahead of this approaching front helping to create a milder atmosphere, a bit more moisture in the atmosphere. in the afternoon the sun comes back out after that slight rain chance early in the day. 66 degrees st. petersburg, 61

64, 63 temple terrace, 62 inverness. cold front just to the north. a few showers, even some thunderstorms back to our west in the gulf of mexico. we are not anticipating severe weather, but as you can see, they could possibly see some stronger thunderstorms with this severe thunderstorm watch for portions of the panhandle. that front will continue to push slowly south. we expect a few showers along the boundaries and make a possibility of seeing potentially a thunderstorm in here, too. snow continues up and down the east coast, specifically our norfolk, virginia. farther south you can see that trailing line there. it's almost kind of an east west orientation which does not usually indicate very strong weather, but a little severe up there. thunderstorms continue to our setting up. we'll keep an eye on those overnight as they continue to move east. we aren't anticipating severe weather, but it's something we watch as we have learned this winter.

the day around 4:30 in the morning slowly pushing south. here comes the cold front switching the winds around to the north and eventually the northeast and out of the weekend the east. you can see by 10:00, 11:00, noon even most of that activity is far to the south. that was a higher res model. this is our rpm forecast, a little 12k model. the front arrives with morning showers and push south. more sunshine in the afternoon, looks decent here, cool conditions overall, play want a light jacket with cooler -- may want a light jacket with cooler temperatures. saturday afternoon looks good and lots of sunshine, really the same story for sunday, an easterly flow, more moisture in the atmosphere and high temperatures in the mid-and upper 70s. by next week we'll see some very warm temps in the 80s. 64 degrees clearwater, forecast lows tonight upper 50s, inverness, crystal river, lakeland 51. highs tomorrow in the 70s. we'll see the sun come back out. the possibility of an early shower around 5:00, 6:00 in the

75 degrees for saturday, 76 degrees sunday. there go those warm temps in the 80s and a possibility inland we could see mid-80s, sebring potentially. temperatures will be warm and humidity will come back, too. if you've been waiting for the temperatures to go back up, we've got that, too. i feel like a carnival barker. i've got cold weather. i've got warm weather. >> that's way too easy. i'm not taking the bait on that. coming up next in sports a big blast helps the u.s. women's soccer team in its game tonight in tampa. >> and the finish to an

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the lightning entered tonight's game in ottawa with seven straight wins. now the last time the bolts had eight in a row some guy named stanley cup. we're diving into history here. 2nd period the bolts had a goal disallowed by review. this one is in for sure. cedric paquette cleans up his own rebound, 1-0. didn't break the goal line but ondrej palat got the goal. 3-1. steven stamkos had an empty netter. 4-1 the final. the boats can make team history saturday night at home -- bolts

night at home against carolina. rays fans loved what they saw today in port charlotte. dickerson hit a home run over the rays bullpen over the boardwalk onto the roof of the clubhouse. look at the top of your screen there. see that little white fuzzy thing? that's the ball landing on the roof. an estimated dance, 569 -- distance, 569 feet. >> i kind of wanted to see the pitchers second at bat. luckily i got a good pitch to hit. i try to be short to the ball and it worked out. i kind of put my head down. i saw and knew it was going and just tried to make my way around the bases. >> see, they found it. after breezing through olympic qualifying u.s. women's soccer coach wanted her team to face a big challenge. so a dream tournament called the she believes cup was created. four of the top five world teams kicked off tonight in tampa. the no. 1 u.s. played fifth ranked england at raymond james

the u.s. couldn't get anything going. mallory pew to carli lloyd, the shot deflected. 2nd half still scoreless. here's a chance for england now and hope solo gobbles that one up. finally in the 72nd minute watch. this crystal dunn with an absolute laser to the upper corner and there you go. the u.s. a winner 1-0 and now plays france on saturday. >> you know, i had a really great ball played in by megan clingenberg and i just remembered taking a touch inside and i kind of glanced over and i was like oh, that defender is not there any more and looked up and took a chance. >> it's great for us to play quality competition before going into the olympics for to us have some of the younger players who haven't played in a really big tournament to step up. >>. so u.s. plays france saturday in nashville. germany won the first game today. so they're tied for first place

they played three games. >> good stuff. and 500 some feet, that's got to be in the strays the

the weather is looking beautiful. the stretch continues. >> we see some overnight shower possibilities, maybe a thunderstorm. so a heads up there for the early, early morning, but a lot of this should push south by 9 a.m. so we'll see some afternoon sunshine, a nice day, mid-70s this weekend. about the same temperature tomorrow, probably low to mid- 70s. >> thank you much. in our night cap tonight if you are afraid of heights, you will not want to add this to your next trip to los angeles. the tallest building in the west is adding a 45-foot long glass slide to its observation deck starting on the 70th floor and slip customers down just one level while hovering 1,000 feet above ground. the sky slide is expected to be enough. >> not this guy. wrong?

somewhere where the glass cracked a little bit? >> rod carter and i did a sunday night newscast from that sky deck in chicago. it was scary. >> yeah? thanks for joining us. jimmy fallon coming up next. >> our next newscast is 4 a.m.

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