>> it's 7:00. and the station that is on your side is on your schedule. 8 at 7:00 begins now. good evening. we are just days away from florida's crucial primary. both democratic candidates are in tampa today as a result. and right now, the republican candidates for president are in miami. they are getting ready to face off in tonight's debate. but, all the media attention quickly shifted to governor rick scott following an awkward interview on msnbc about islam. keith cate tracked the governor down. what happened in miami, i know you had a little time to go face to face with the governor. >> reporter: it is interesting. you never know who you will meet. there's carly fiorina making the rounds. governor scott was on fox news talking to someone right now. it is interesting when you see rick scott. he wanted to make it clear because everyone wanted to know

the answer, nobody. not until after the primary on tuesday. then what do you expect to see in tonight's debate? he expects to see questions about the economy. jobs, jobs, jobs. but i wanted to know, like you, what was going on with him on morning joe. he was asked a question in related to something trump said yesterday. here how it played out. >> donald trump can talk about the things he wants to talk about. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich. >> no. no. no. that's not answering any questions. rick, rick, rick. i know you and joe are friends and this is kind of awkward, but can you answer the question or should we scoot? >> well, i can tell you i'm glad everybody is in florida.

the debate will be fun tonight. >> reporter: yeah. just kind of went on like that. it was awkward to say the least. seemed like a simple question. you know, donald trump says islam hates america. do you think muslims in florida hate america? he just went around and around. when i saw him today, i couldn't help but ask him do you want to clarify that? i think i know what he was going for. here is what he did. >> do you want to change your comments or clarify what you were trying to say? >> i always enjoy being with joe and micah. they have a great program. a great show. they love politics. there are people that love our country. there are people that don't love our country. it is not a surprise that radical muslims done love our country but our state is a melting pot. we have 700 languages spoken here. people from all walks of life here.

governor scott on the redo did much better but it is awkward. the wheels start turning. what should i say? who will i offend? but the governor is making the rounds here. we are about two-and-a-half hours away from the debate. governor scott was being considered as a running mate with donald trump believe it or not. he was asked about that. he said i like the job i'm at. so are you going to be a running mate? i like the job i'm at. it was kind of like morning joe repeat. candace mccowan joins me now. when you go on a morning show you never know what will happen. our mayor in tampa made an appearance as well. >> reporter: mayor bob buckhorn talked about how marco rubio had never been to see him in tampa. >> if he loses his own state badly, that's a referendum on

and if he is miserablely defeated on tuesday, the voters are telling him maybe you better go back to the private sector and find something else to do. >> reporter: yeah, so obviously, not another great thing that marco rubio wants to hear this week. he is not the only person calling for him to step out of the race. ted cruz getting another big endorsement today. carly fiorina supporting him as well. so not a lot of good news for marco rubio. >> mike lee supported him and carly fiorina doing the same thing. we are 90 minutes away from the debate. donald trump wants a softer debate. i think marco rubio is going to go after him, but not get in the gutter. he is not going to make, i don't think, crazy jokes that might make people think less of him. >> reporter: that is important. his supporters say they don't want to see that type of marco rubio. >> reporter: again, 90 minutes

answer to that and all of the highlights at 11:00 on newschannel8. we will get back to you and see if we can find anybody else to grab. check out this media center. man. google. everything. >> it is pretty swanky. that is what i was going to say. keith and candace, thank you very much. we know you will break it down at newschannel8 at 11:00. big doings here in tampa. the democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is in the bay area. you are taking a live look at the expo hall in the fairgrounds where a rally is just beginning. crowd haves been there all day with our crew there right now. melanie michael will have the highlights at 11:00. sanders and hillary clinton are spending their day campaigning in tampa. the last time hillary clinton made a visit to the tampa bay area, she was running for president the first time in 2008. today, she spoke to a capacity crowd at the ritz in ybor city.

outlined the importance of the tampa port, climate change, pharmiseudical price gouging but took a jab at rick scott as well. >> i was told your governor sent out a directive telling everybody who works for the state not to use the words climate change. is that right? i mean, you just got to shake your head at that. >> clinton spoke for about half we have much more information to help you vote. go to wfla.com and download our free newschannel8 app. in case you didn't think it could get any more strange, a celebrity sex tape broker trial today. kevin black appears to have been involved in the sale of the hilton and kardashian sex tapes. he was asked about the

>> would a hogan sex tape have value to a site like porn hub? >> yeah. >> bollea's attorneys claims he had several requests for the sex tape. he is sues gawker for $100 the video. meteorologists thursday are looking ahead to the weekend. so let's talk about it. >> sometimes on a monday we are looking at it. >> that's true. steve jerve is good at that. we are in for a good one. >> especially if you have outdoor plans sunday. we have a nice long dry stretch. >> absolutely. knock down the pollen. >> and temperatures will stay warm, we are in the low 70s

take a look outside. mostly clear skies. a few clouds overnight. check out the rain out west. some of this makes it into our area as we head into sunday. we will have the details on the timing of this weekend's rain forecast. still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> the fire stone grand prix is in saint petersburg this weekend. take a lap with me in this car as you see what it is like to be a race car driver. simple mistake gives towing company it is green light to take your car away. >> we'll have that and more coming up. the station always on your

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got a racer's eye view soft of what it is like to twist and turn on the waterfront. >> reporter: this is what it is like in the fire stone grand prix. this maserati tops out at 140 miles an hour. >> everything is heightened a little bit here. >> reporter: jeff invited me to go along for a ride. so you can see what the drivers seat on this beautiful course is like. >> this is a cool area on the water. racing past yachts. it is kind of like monte carlo. >> reporter: on this course, stacks of tires are placed to lessen the crash. >> here, it is a concrete alley. it's a little tighter. it's an actual street so there's a lot of imperfections. >> reporter: racing gets underway tomorrow morning. the main event is sunday afternoon.

coming up after the break, maclemore and ryan lewis are not the only ones thrift shopping. which megarich billionaire businessman only buys his

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anyone can eat swedish meat balls while shopping for furniture. but what is interesting what he just admitted in an interview. the penny pinching billionaire buys all of his clothes at thrift shops and flea markets. the 89-year-old is worth $71 billion. but he insists he just wants to set a good example. not every sponsor is dropping maria sharapova. the tennis company head plans to extend its contract with her. she admitted to failing a drug test at this year's australian open. the highest paid female athlete said she had been taking a drug she didn't realize was a banned substance. the ceo of head says she made an honest mistake and deserves the benefit of the doubt. the parent company of men's stores.

including all of the outlet stores. they have not said which locations will be working and which will be out of a job. less than wonderful news for pistachio workers. the pistachios were sold nationwide under the names trader joe's. health officials are investigating 11 salmonella cases linked to the pistachios. none of them are in florida though. 8 on your side found a towing company targeting cars with expired tag stickers. they are being charged hundreds of dollars. at least one of those didn't have an expired tag, but the owner is still on the hook. shannon behnken found out all of it is actually legal.

visiting a wind at fox croft apartments. he had no idea a tow truck driver was on control. >> i was shocked. i know i didn't park in a handicap spot. what did i do? >> reporter: it was the sticker on his tag. brown's registration was paid but he forgoat to change that yellow tag. >> if i did something wrong you got me. >> reporter: it didn't matter to professional towing. it cost $170 cash to get the car back. no one at the apartment complex would talk so we went to professional towing. no luck there either but we did run into someone else with a car towed from another apartment complex also for an expired tag. >> there wasn't a point where i was like i just want to burn the car. i don't want anything to do with this car anymore.

owner had to fly in from venezuela to pay $1,200 to get the car back. 8 on your side checked and apartment complexes can tow for whatever. not illegal. >> but probably a better business practice for these apartment complexes is to let residents know what the rules are and what the parameters are. >> reporter: so here is your warning. get the stickers up to date or you could pay a big price. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. no one from the towing company or from the company that owns the apartment complex returned calls from 8 on your side. and people across the country today are dealing with flooded roads again. this driver was caught in mississippi in water. you can see there. wow. we are seeing like this in scenes like this really in several states following some

across places like texas, mississippi, louisiana. high pressure has been in place across florida. quiet conditions across the east coast and florida. but as soon as you head west, this is where all of the storms have just been trapped so we have been seeing showers and storms moving over the aim areas the last couple of days leading to the flash flooding. you can see more rain coming down in texas. more in mississippi as well. some areas have seen over a foot in the last 48 hours. if you can believe that. for us, no rain, just yet. waking up tomorrow morning. a very mild start to the day in the mid 60s . we will top out in the low to mid 80s . expect a little more cloud cover tomorrow. but overall, a gorgeous friday for you to enjoy. and even through this evening it will stay very quiet tonight. when you wake up tomorrow morning you will notice that mix of sun and clouds. that is what we will be seeing all day long. but that southeasterly flow allows us to warm back into the low to mid 80s . headed into saturday morning a warm dry start to the weekend.

chances looking pretty small. just a very slim chance of a very small shower popping up during the afternoon. it is sunday where our next weather system starts to move in and this will bring us a chance to see a few showers roll through. not going to rain all day, but yes, there is definitely a chance of rain through the day on sunday. and of course, this weekend, don't forget to set your clocks forward as we spring forward. monday, we could have a couple of lingers showers still early in the morning but they will move out quickly. notice temperatures staying in the low 80s . i have had a couple of people asking are we going to see any more cooler air? it is possible still, but the later we get into march, the chances become less likely. >> so we are going to come to a point where we say remember when it was 65 in the morning an fete so nice? not muggy? yeah. we will take what you are offering. we'll be right back. stay with us. plus, here is what you will see tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> i'm gene ramirez. their former pastor committed suicide. hundreds of thousands of

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play. the movie's writer and costar tina fey says she is close to working out the plot of a stage comedy. two women were kicked out of disney's frozen on ice show for being so popular. they were so excited about the

and elsa. they were kicked out. disney world wasn't the happiest place on earth for one woman. her angry picture on splash mountain is going viral. it became a meme after her husband posted the picture online. now we know the back story to the photo. apparently, he didn't want to gwendolyn on go on the ride with her so she went by herself. she wasn't happy about it. she did at mitt the photo shops were funny. >> she is stewing about it. like i will not have fun on this ride. >> nope. >> and now she is a sensation. >> i'm sure he is still hearing about it. >> without question. >> and for the rest of this evening? pretty quiet. temperatures staying warm for us. that's the trend we are on waking up tomorrow morning in the mid 60s and the afternoon hours, low to mid 80s . going to be another nice day, the rain moves in by sunday. i know.

pollen counts. >> i was just doing my best impassion of the ride. [ laughter ] oh yeah. we will be back at 11:00 and i do feel that way about the pollen. adam levine baby news. >> the big announcement from "the voice" star and his supermodel wife, now on "extra." adam and behati expecting their first child. >> you look amazing, as always. >> when she's due, adam's confession about a massive family, and how they'll make it work as she jets around the world. kim kardashian, skin-tight post-baby body revealed. sharon osborne today, why she took a jab at the queen of the selfies. >> mama's looking good! at home with the reagans.

ronald and nancy spent their happiest times. and former reagan wild child patt patti davis today, revealing how she made peace after years of friction with her mom. >> there were a lot of peaks and valleys in there. jennifer aniston's sexy new photo in "harper's bazaar," opening about her marriage to justin. >> seven months in, how they keep things normal. and more breaking couples news. tiger woods' ex hot on the slopes with her billionaire man. plus, can oprah pull off a giant surprise for these o magazine covergirls? >> maybe they won't recognize me with my glasses. now on "extra," from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. hey, everyone. welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez. coming up, kim kardashian's reclusive brother rob comes out of hiding, where we spotted him, coming up. also coming up, mario, hot

guess the super ripped love birds we just spotted at the beach. >> but first, adam levine and behati prinloo about to be parents. >> the couple about to be parents now. an "extra" source confirming they are expecting. she's already three months along. >> you look amazing. >> thank you. >> as always. >> the 26-year-old hiding her secret under this white cover-up just two days ago, revealing how she keeps in touch with her husband during their busy schedule. >> how do you make it work? face time? >> we just call each other. are an overjoyed bride to be first to show off her engagement ring here on "extra." telling a.j. how he popped the wedding. >> called my dad, called my mom, did the whole thing. >> and dishing on parenting plans soon after their i dos. kids. i want to have more kids than