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right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. good evening, i'm jenn holloway. >> i'm john. >> scott is good at dodging questions. his interview went viral and scott ask wrapping up
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state budgets and jobs. peter bernard is live. this is an awkward interview on msnbc. did you have luck asking the similar questions? >>reporter: josh, i was prepared to be stone walled. it has happened to me before and i've seen it happen to others in the past. today was not the case. >> visiting kobe marketing to -- visiting kobie marketing -- governor scott is criticized by changing the subject when asked direct questions. like when the msnbc host asked him if muslims hate america. >> no, no. >> but -- >> that's not answering any questions. >> i'm going to be there tonight. >> rick, rick, rick, i know you and joe are friends and this is awkward. but can you answer the question?
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msnbc, but governor scott answered me. >> islam does not like us. we have some people that love us and some people that don't love us. >> governor scott reminded me when he ran for governor, he was the outsider implying that trump is in the same situation. he candidate. >> i'm going to support the he is. we can't have another four years of barack obama. >> what about rubio. >> it was great to work with him in d dr.. cruz i compete with. >> with trump in tam pa, i asked the governor about the violence we've witnessed. >> i hope everybody is safe. i hope everybody understands everybody's first amendment rights and everybody be careful. >> all right. there you go. no bobbing, no weaving.
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answers to every question i asked about the kobie marking deal. he was celebrating job growth and tax cuts. josh. >> peter, we know you're a veteran reporter, but how did you get the governor to answer these questions? >> i'd like to think i have the magic tough. i wanted him to know that. i don't have an answer. maybe someone gave him advice that that msnbc thing didn't look good. maybe he's opening a new chapter. >> we're happy you got the answers we needed. more than 2 million votes cast in the -- state officials pushing back on trump's twitter claim that there has been voter fraud. mike vasilinda tells us more. >>reporter: 1,000,555 republicans voted. 849,000 democrats have cast their ballots. mail ballot out number
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here in the state capitol, 4,000 no party voters dumped that so they can vote in the preference primary. florida's primary is winner takes off. 99 delegates in the gop nominee. the winner takes off was to favor bush and rubio, but no longer. >> we most the primary to march 15th because we knew we wanted it to be winner take off and it was important. it's playing out to be that way. >> trump tweeted twice about vote are fraud in the state belittling rubio saying that minions are working over time to rig the vote. they're asking for -- both the division of elections in the department of law enforcement saying no complaints have been received. >> i'm calling to ask you to vote for mr. trump tomorrow.
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end of rubio's campaign. >> regardless of the income, they have the ongoing -- >> governor rick scott said he'll support whomever is the gop nominee. but rubio is suggesting he won't support trump in tallahassee. the four counties with the most -- hillsboro, broward and miami day. keep in mind, that florida's primary is tomorrow. if you haven't voted and you have questions, we posted everything you need to know on wfla.com and our primary coverage starts at 4:30 a.m. a woman brought two young children to a bar and left one of them for an hour. she brought a 6 and 7-year-old. kehoe left the bar with a man and took the 6-year-old with her, but left the other child with a stranger until she came back.
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the sarasota county sheriff's office wants to remind boaters to follow the rules and be safe on the water. they released a safety video. it's a reminder about responsibility for boat captains and for passengers. for example, safety equipment. >> before you get the water, the most important thing you can do is insure you have all the required safety equipment for your boat. that required safety equipment varies depending on the size of your vessel. as the captain, it's your responsibility to know what you need for your boat. >> we've posted the information on wfla.com. a clothing store in ybor city is getting attention. >> coming up, how coffee and clothing came together to create success. >> it's a new episode of the "the voice." the battle begins. we have a preview coming for you.
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begins this week, but we have temperatures on the way that resemble more light florida winter. i have your 7-day
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this is a letter from someone who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the same 10 vials
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valeant pharmaceuticals. i'm going after them. this is predatory pricing and we're going to make sure it is stopped. i'm hillary clinton and i
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eagle 8 hd coverage is brought to you by your sun coast dealer. shop buyhyundai.com. welcome back. let's talk about stress. it's tough. in today's health minute, general jennifer has re-- relaxation tips. >>reporter: there's a few ways to help me maintain a healthy balance. take a few minutes out of your day to meditate. find a quiet place.
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and take a few deep breaths. doctors say deep breathing helps to slowdown your heart rate and lower your blood pressure. take a walk or getting fresh air can make you feel less tense. the idea is to slowdown and to spend time in the moment. listen to music. research shows listening to something soothing can help with anxiety. adding nature sounds to your play list is a good start. if you're doing yoga, any form of exercise is a good way to deal with stress especially if you do it a few times a week. for today's health minute, i'm jennifer waland. the voice -- among the first battles, you'll see is one from team kristina. malik singing "it's a man's world" along with brian batista.
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teaching from a legend patti labelle. >> i don't know what you were nervous about. >> i don't like to say you were it's very hard, but i found my self stronger than i thought, you know, as far as giving constructive criticism. >> it has been effortless for don't be fooled. >> thank you. >> the rest of the mentor roster including sean combs for team pharrell and gwen. stick around for news channel 8 at 11 followed by the tonight's show with jimmy follow on. celebrity dog trainer caesar is -- a pop belly pig was there was an online petition calling criminal charges. investigators are deciding whether to file
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occurred and the whole thing has been blown wait out of proportion. there was a casting call in boston for a new movie about the boston marathon bombings. hundreds waited in line. some of the hopefuls were directly there were first responders as well as the movie produced by mark wahlberg is set to film -- lee won a game of go against goggle's computer program on sunday. it's the world champion's first victory against the machine which by the way, the machine won the three previous games. goggle engineers say a defeat will do the artificial brain a favor because it's revealing the holes in its programming. >> if it makes a mistake that leads to a loss, it will adjust its system and to make that the chance of that mistake slightly
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>> the game of go originated in china more than 2500 years ago. a local entrepreneur is branching out after giving up a career as an auditor -- >> he created his own clothing line. it has blossomed into much more. >>reporter: a unique coffee shop opened up in ybor city. it has its own line of clothing. the blind tigers started as a store that sold a lot of clothing called -- >> we wanted to add a coffee bar because that would create our own [indiscernible]. >> torres and his two business partners had no dwrd how the concept would take off. >> when people try to describe it to somebody else, they don't get it. i don't know how it works, but when they step in, they get how the clothing style
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compliment the brand that we have for our own coffee. >> the shop is now known for its coffee as it is for its clothing. >> it's not like a big box starbucks operation. there's a lot of indies stuff going on. attention. the blind tiger and the black and denim brand were featured on msnbc. >> it was amazing. the opportunity that's a national platform is paramount. we develop an opportunity to connect with people that we already had as customers and brand new customers >> small latte. >> businesses have been so good that not only have they opened up a second store, they have plans for a third location as well. in tampa, josh thomas, news channel 8. >> torres credits the business's mouth. the exposure is helping
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a soccer game in australia over the weekend took a very unexpected turn when an escaped bull invaded the field. it was caught on camera. video posted online shows the bull walking from the woods nearby and as you see here, he's picking up speed and chased down one of the players who somehow managed to the animal turns around and you see him here, head back into the woods. nobody was injured. people at a fish market in san diego were surprised to find a sea lion pub in the parking lot. the animal was not in a big hurry to leave. he jumped into one of the cars and played with the radio and got behind the wheel. sea world rescue was called to the scene and they picked up the pup and safely took him away. the sea lion hopped in the car and played the radio and put his favorite tunes. you have to love it. here's a live look from the beach.
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have folks enjoying the sunny weather. going back to this morning, we had the clouds and showers and sprinkles. you name it, we had it. all those clouds did clear out. and it has made way for a descent second part of the afternoon. how does the rest of the week look? we have spring breakers in town who want to enjoy this nice weather. tomorrow and wednesday, we'll have morning fog, but still we're looking awesome as far as the beach day goes. you may want to wait for the fog to go away. thursday, nice. friday, okay weather. and then saturday, we're looking at scattered showers, maybe a storm. not quite as nice. i would say between so -so and blah weather wise as we head into saturday because of the approaching showers and storms. of course we know the sun is rising later. and setting later. it's going to rise tomorrow morning at 7:39 and set tomorrow at 7:39 p.m. which
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play in evening. right now, 78 degrees. upper 70s for areas west of i-75. 86 degrees in seabring. satellite and radar picture, we're looking good. no clouds to speak of other than a fluffy cloud or two. showers have diminished. it's a nice looking evening. we have to go to the pacific northwest to see the next weather system that's going to impact us. check out this front that's going to drift through the southwest through the week and it's going to park on the border of georgia and florida as we move into thursday. the low pressure that develops on that front, that will bring us rain as we head into possibly late friday, saturday, and maybe lingering into sunday as well. here's a closer look over the next 24 hours. throughout the evening, we're looking pretty good. i think we pretty much cancel that chance for an isolated inland shower and looking good through
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overnight tonight, we'll see fog developing. a bit of sea fog and by morning, a few little sprinkles. maybe a little drizzle and temperatures in the upper 60s. pretty warm start to your day. tomorrow afternoon, that fog will burn off and we'll see a nice sunny afternoon and a high temperature near 80 degrees. overnight tonight, a few area of fog developing. a low temperature near 68 degrees. that's 10 degrees above where we should be this time of year. tomorrow afternoon, becoming mostly sunny. another warm day. high temperature of 8 #0 -- 80 degrees. looking ahead to saint pat -- patrick's day on thursday. fog starting off. and a nice evening. high temperature near 80. keeping in mind that tampa is going to be dying the hillsboro river green on saturday. not st. patrick's day, but march 19th, they'll dye the river green. the weather on saturday not looking quite as
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nice over the next couple of days and morning fog. a 10% chance of rain on saint patty's day and a 10% chance on friday. saturday, scattered showers and storms. it will bring cooler weather. as we start spring, temperatures cooling off and upper 60s for that's winter-like for florida, but still that's something we can handle and we have lots of warm weather heading our way, josh and jenn. that's not too shabby. >> brian, thanks. new information in the ambush shooting of a maryland police officer. >> coming up, who investigators believes who shot and killed the officer. also ahead, heavy fog causes problems for hundreds of passengers at a major airport. provide living wages for working people,
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will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. with your help, as president,
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now to what's making headlines across america. air maryland police officer is dead in what authorities call an unprovoked ambush. investigator say it was friendly fire. police say the suspects waited outside -- they opened fire on the first officer they saw. police fired back. colson was hit by that shooting. police
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attacked them. >> an unwarranted, unprovoked attack on our police officers at unprecedented and unacceptable. >> the suspect was also shot. police have three brothers in custody for that shooting. the man who -- with a snow mobile says he had been drinking. snow mobiler hit two -- one dog killed and several others injured. police believe attacked. the suspect admits he was drunk and shouldn't have been driving, but he says he wasn't trying to hurt anyone. >> i don't know how i could possibly make it right for jeff and ali, but i hope they can forgive me. i didn't mean it. >> he's facing multiple charge s including third-degree assault, reckless endangerment and criminal miss chief.
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150 flights were cancelled. is the west airlines cancelled its inbound and out bound flights midway because of weather from sunday through monday, 9:00. o'hare international airport was -- the break caused a sinkhole and this car wound up inside. water rushed out of the 12-inch water pipe for 12 hours before they got it shut off. news channel 8 at 6:00 is coming up. >> stacie and keith is here with what we're working on. trump brought heavyweights with him. >> what trump had to say about people who interrupted his event. a crossing guard in trouble. what he did that landed him behind bars. tonight, we hear from the woman who called 911 just
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driver crashed head on into a sheriff's deputy. a disease is killing bees i'm john rogers and i'm going to show you why this could mean bad news for
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incredible sacrifice. new information about the death of a deputy. his actions may have saved a woman's life. trump in tampa. the presidential candidate draws hundreds of supporters and protestors as well. the bee population hurt. good evening, i'm keith kate cate. >> and i'm stacie schaible.
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office took time to remember fallen deputy john kotfila who was killed by a wrong-way driver early saturday morning on the selmon express way. mary mcguire has been covering this story all weekend long and it's emotional story. >> it has been a sad time. tonight, the memorial stone bare bares a new name. we're hearing from a 911 caller who says the deputy's last actions saved her life. >> i was flashing my lights crazily at him like a strobe light, like, click, click because i couldn't think of anyway to say stop driving at me. please don't hit me >> sarah was returning home from work when she saw a wrong way driving barreling towards her driving eastbound in the eastbound lanes of the selmon express way.

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