>> right now on newschannel8 at 5:30. >> i'm jenn holloway. >> i'm josh benson. across the bay y area, primary watch parties are beginning to start ready to watch the election returns come in. one of the parties is for donald trump and it is at milone's irish pub. peter bernard is there. how is the turnout? >> reporter: right now. it is rather slim. the watch party is just beginning. they have their sign out front. they have a little buffet. $5. they are expecting hundreds to

trump supporters, here at the hide away, it is serving as party central. according to the polls, they celebrate. more than 300 people are supposed to be here. many of those must still be at work or are waiting for the polls to close at 7:00. i spoke to a couple of early birds who tell me donald trump is the man they want to see in the white house. >> tell me why you like donald trump. >> i like him because i think at this point in our country where we are right now, he is the only guy that can fix it. >> trumpmp is the only candidate that will actually rebuild this country and do something for the middle class. the last administration has been a disaster in my eyes. >> reporter: about a seven minute walk from here down that way are the hillary clinton supporters. their party starts at 6:30. we will take that brief walk down the way and have their reaction later on. .

you. way. thanks peter bernard. there is a reason it is being called super tuesday 3 or megatuesday. >> ohio, missouri, north carolina, and illinois held their primaries as well. chief correspondent jim continues our coverage in washington. >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton is expected to handily win north carolina. it has a large african-american base that secretary clinton has done well with and resembles some other southern states that she has won handily. but, the sanders and clinton campaigns agree if sanders wins a state tonight, it could be in missouri. though not a ton of polling has been done in that state. ohio is a question mark for secretary clinton. the polls have been all over the place.

and the sanders campaign also likes its chances in illinois. there's been a shift in momentum there. on the republican side, ohio governor john kasich is ahead slightly over donald trump in his home state. the polls have had kasich consistently ahead. now, if rubio falls in florida, ohio is critical to the stop trump movement as it diminishing trump's chances of getting the nomination before the gop convention. in north carolina, and illinois, look for a trump cruz battle. and the take away from all of this besides florida, the key race to watch out for tonight is on the gop side between donald trurump and john kasich. keep it right here for the most complete coverage. in washington, jim osman, newschannel8. meanwhile, president obama has yet to endorse e one of the democratic candidates for president. >> but hehe had plenty to say about the tone of the republican campaign during a saint patrick's event earlier today. during a lunch with irish

was dismayed at the vulgarity and viololence surrounding the campaign. he is concerned about america's global reputation. >> this is also about the american brand. who are we? how are we perceived around the world? the world pays attention to what we say and do. >> a after disruptions at donald trump's rallies, he said he would like to punch a protester in the face. he said he could shoot someone on fifth avenue in new york and not lose any voters. texas senator cruz has said he will support whomeverer the republican nominee is. a reporter asked him if there was any situation in which he would refuse to support trump.p. >> well, i can giveve you one example where i would no longer support donald trump. if he were to go out on fifth avenue and shoot somebody, i would not be willing to support donald trump.

only republican who stands a chance mathematically to beat donald trump going into tonight's primaries. trump has 469 delegates to cruz's 37370. ohio's governor john kasisich is in fourth place behind senator marco rubio with 67 delegates. despite the math, kasich is state. today. candace lee joins us live from hey candace. >> reporter: good evening jenn. we are here at baldwin wallace university where john kasich and his supporters will gather to watch the election results come in. earlier this morning we caught up with the governor as he cast his ballot. he said he is confident he will win his home state where early polls had put him ahead by just trump. kasich said he is proud of the

running, one that is positive, a sharp contrast. none of the negative rhetoric. he said he felt good about his chances and one point of note is he says if he does not win tonight, he will be forced to exit the race for the white house. the last night i had an opportunity to attend a pre- election day party where i was able to talk to one of his supporters. they say he is the right man to be the president of the united states. citing his previous record as a member of congress and of course during his six years as governor here in the state of ohio. again, a must-win for our governor here in ohio. one that currently right now, he should take. reporting live, candace lee, nbc4. >> thank you candace for the latest. we will have continuing live team coverarage of the florida primary throughout the night t including an hour long election special at 8:00 p.m.

more. new testimony on the hulk hogan sex tape trial sounded like an adult movie. a writer from gawker talked about it and it had graphic details. jeff patterson, sounds pretty racy. >> reporter: yes josh, indeed it was. some of the testimony should have been labeled adults only and no, we are not going to play that part of the system, because, this is the dinner hour and families are watching. >> i felt he was a public figure. >> reporter: gawker ceo once wrote for the london financial times. this weeeek, he is on the witness stand defending the decision to publish the hulk hogan sex tape. hogan whose real name is terry bollea is suing gawker. >> i asked you whether you gave any consideration as to whether

pornography would embarrass this man and you didn't did you? >> i think doing the job of o a journalist would be unbearable if you always put yourself in the shoes of a subject. >> we are not talking about a mayor smoking crack. >> no, we are talking about a world famous celebrity. >> reporter: much of the day was spent by a gawker exec talking about the people who viewed the hogan sex tape. scott kitter said only 30% of the people who read the articles clicked on the sex video. >> you hope readers will find stories interesting to them. and you would hope they would come back. but the reality of the ininternet is that the great majority of them don't. >> reporter: yeah, gawker maintains though they published the video, they didn't get a lot of revenue with it. there were not ads on the page when they put the video on.

expected to hear testimony from heather clem, the ex-wife of bubba the love sponge who appeared in the video, but the jury won't see her in person. it will be previously recorded testimony from a deposition. >> and a lot of talk about t bubba in this entire process. is there a chance he could be in court tomorrow? >> reporter: we expect he might be in court tomorrow, but again, his attorney says that he will be pleading the fifth amendment, taking his right under the constitution not to testify against himself or put himself in jeopardy. they likely won't see hihim. >> and you have been onon this since the beginning. seems like it keeps getting g more interesting there. so interesting to see how this jeff patterson, thank you. hectic. it has been a rerelatively quiet spring break, but it is spring break time. we have not had a lot of disturbabances on pinellas county beaches. >> coming up next, we will show

stays that way. >> also ahead, a wild video by viral. are nonot amused. >> looks fun though. we had a high temperature at tap pa international airport of 82 degrees. we had 40s in the forecast. i'll have your temperatures an the details about tomorrow's

>> welcome back. believe it or not, we are approaching the peak of spring break. pinellas beaches have avoided

marked years past. marked years past. and newschannel8's mark douglas joins us live in clearwater. . something is working out there mark. what is it? >> reporter: well, it's not the sun today, josh. pretty foggy out here in clearwater beach. but police say their proactive strategy is paying off here. clearwater beach is ground zero for the pinellas spring break. but it is also a no alcohol zone. officers are making sure it stays that way for better crowd control. clearwater beach. lots of fun but no booze infused fights like the one last year. that ended well for deputy brian bingham. not so much for the spring breakers. this year, clearwater police say they are taking a proactive approach so the same thing doesn't happen there. >> make sure we try to identify those groups early on. have them get rid of the

problems later in the day. >> reporter: to that end, sergeant corey lensdon spend his day on cooler patrol. they could have given these teenagers a $118 citation for having alcohol on the beach and taken them to jail. even if they had been 21 or older. that is because there is no booze allowed on clearwater beach. >> nobody in the group said thanks for not arresting us or givenning us a ticket. you were there. i don't remember hearing it. >> reporter: sure didn't. this group of college kids from duke seemed to appreciate the break. for this. >> these are very good guys. >> reporter: other destinations from panama city to daytona and miami i are reporting troubles with booze goers.

you're not drinking beer. >> absolutely not. >> reporter: well, fun without beer. just imagine that. now, we are keeping an eye on those girls. they are still down there. as far as we can tell, they are behaving themselves. no beer or alcohol down there in that crowd. now, just imagine going home and explaining to your parents because you were having fun with beer, you went to jail. that wouldn't work out so well. now, the police say they haveve made very few arrests. no major disturbances of any kind. the pinellas sheriff's office tells us the same thing. so far so good at least here on clearwater beach except for this darn fog out there. where's the sun? we want it back. >> yeah, look at that out there. no booze. no sun, but a lot of fog. all right, mark douglas live for us in clearwater. thanks mark. well mark is wanting to know where the sunshine is. well mark, you onlyly have to go a few miles inland.

right now, sun city center we have beautiful sunny skies. immediate coastline. tonight, the fog is going to bay. by tomorrow morning, the morning commute could be a little interesting once again with some low visibility. but again, right now, that is a view from sun city center. still lots of sunshine. the sun won't set for another two hours so if you are just getting home from work and want to do a little fishing or whatever you may want to do, you have two hours of daylight. tomorrow morning, the sun will rise at 7:38 a.m. current temperatures now, a big range because of the fog in arecas our coastal location. we had a high temperature of 82 degrees at tampa international. thursday, 80. friday, 78. a cool front passes through. bit. monday.

start the day on monday. so, it is a little cooler than it has been. a florida wintertime type of temperature by next monday. here is a picture just taken by bill horn. you can see, not the most beautiful conditions for that area along the coast because of the sea fog. so that fog will remain in our immediate coastal locations around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. that fog will start to move on shore. overnight, dense fog taking over m much of the bay area. so, some dangerous travel conditions tomorrow morning. the sunshine skyway could have a problem and possibly be closed again tomorrow morning like it was this morning for quite a few hours. by noon tomorrow, lunchtime, much of the fog will be history. an then again hanging on at the coastlines a bit longer. why are we seeing this fog? it is a pretty simple weather scenario.

north and it is coming over cooler water. clouds on the ground initially which is fog. that is why we are seeing the sea fog. inland locations are looking pretty good. to the north, we have a cold front through parts of texas. that front is going to move southeast and bring us a few showers toward the weekend. this evening, sea fog rolling in, becoming pretty foggy by tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, a lot of the fofog gone except for the immediate beach locations. high temperature near 80 degrees tomorrow. overnight tonight. dense sea fog developing again and moving in. temperatures in the middle 60s . tomorrow afternoon, fog moves away. burns off. and we will have a high temperature of 80 degrees. 80 in tampa. warmer inland. a bit cooler toward the coast. or we will have a bit of fog and cloud cover keeping temperatures in the middle 70s . saint patrick's day is on thursday.

maybe a little isolated shower at best. and of course, we are dyeing the river green on saturday. that is not on saint papatrick's day. the air fest will be going on this weekend. unfortunately, there is a 50% chance of rain on saturday. 20% % chance on sunday. so sunday looking like the better day. it will be a little breezy to come with the smaller rain chance. again, decent tomorrow. other than the morning fog. thursday looking decent. saturday, 50% chance. first day of spring, 20% chance. spring starts and the temperatures drop.p. first full day of spring will be 68 degrees. a whole lot of sunshine monday and tuesday. you know, we have a long warm humid summer coming. highs in the 60s . i ththink we can deal with that. >> it will feel real good. thank you. well a house committee holds its s first hearing on the flint water crisis.

back when it comes to one former epa official. >> you know, let me tell you. i'm sorry. there's a special place in hell

>> now to what's making headlines across america. a national man hunt is underway for a a texas teen polilice fear is in gravave danger. adriana coronadodo and her father caesar disappeared. then caesar's body was found dumped in a ditch. they believe she was with her father at the time of his murder and possibly abducted by the killer. >> things got a bit heated at the house committee on oversight and the reform hearing on the flint water crisis hearing. they pointed fingers at one another and a former epa official claims federal law limited the agency's ability to act aggressively as lead got into the water supply. the chairman did not buy that explanation. >> we are in mid march of 2016 and you still don't get it. you still don't get it. and neither does the epa

you screwed up and you messed up people's lives. >> michigan governor rick snyder is expected to testify on the issues thursday in dc. >> a kayaking trip that went viral also got a couple of kayakers in some big trouble. this video shows them plummeting over the cumberland falls. it was shared thousands of times but when the park rangers saw it they were not amused. they have been cited. newschannel8 at 6:00 is coming up next. >> it is a night that will make or break the candidates for president. it is primary night in florida and 8 on your side is tracking problems at the polls. why one woman was nearly turned away. >> and the crews are scattetered all over south florida. we will bring you live team

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>> front runners donald trump and hillllary clinton are expect today come out on top. marco rubio and bernie sanders are still hoping for an upset. nonow, with live team coveverage of the florida primary, here are keith cate and stacie schaible. >> it is a night that will make or break some candidates in the republican race. >> marco rubio is one of them.

rubio's last stand. donald trump has a big lead in the polls. tonight. polk county. it is troubling to hear some of the voters had problems there. >> reporter: a couple reached out to us after they received their ballots with only republican candidates. talk about a voting flub. >> we would have been turned about it. >> reporter: when teresa showed up at her polling location. >> i showed up and it was only republicans on the ballot. >> reporter: she asked a polling worker about it. >> she said it was a closed republican primary. >> reporter: it happened as the polls opened this morning on