good evening everyone i'mrod carter. tonight there's a hulk hogan trial. he has won his lawsuit and he will receive $115 million. we do have a report tonight as we will have much more on this case coming up in just a few minutetes. also tonight two people are dead following a fiery plane crash. now there's a question about whether there was another plane that was involved. chip osowski is live on davis island. you spoke to one witness. what did they have to say about this? >> reporter: good evening to you, rod. two witnesses are now telling me that they heard a boom, looked across the way there, and they saw one aircraft taking off, another one on the ground in flames. when fire crews first responded the plane was engulfed in flames. authorities spent hours on the scene trying to piece together

examining the charred wreckage. . now they know that the plane that crashed was a twin-engine cessna with two souls on board. we're now learning it was a cecessna 340 like the one pictured herere equipped to carry a pilot and up to five passengers. they confirmed that the plane was taking off and bound fan airport in pence core -- and bound for an airport to pensacola. one witness described the horrifying scene. >> as soon as we got up to the stop sign we saw the plane go directly into the the ground and blew up into flames immediately. >> and you were with? >> my two sons brock and shane. the police. >> reporter: and authorities have not yet confirmed nor denied whether there was this crash. the ntsb and faa are currently investigating. it appears that they have left

names of those involved have not yet been released. reporting live in tampa i'm chip osowski news channel 8. >> all right, chip thanks. the bay area paused today to say good-bye to heros. they turned out to honor the deputy killed less than a week ago by a wrong-way driverer. news channel 8 mark douglas shows us the services that honored his life saving sacrifice. >> reporter: it was a bitterswsweet sound inside saint timothy's chchurch as they packed with fellow officers. the governor, the attorney general, and the mayor of tampa ththat paid tribute to john caphelia jr. >> i'm prproud and honored to call john a hero today. he earned it, he deserves it. but like a lot of the men and women in this room, he was not defined by one moment in time. >> reporter: gary herman thought of him as a son and said that the man that put his patrol car between a wrong-way

saturday morning was always ready to help others. >> that is what made him a trueue hero. not because of how he died, but because of how he lived. >> reporter: caphelia comes from a family of cops in massachusetts. police from that state showed up in droves for his funeral. >> we have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: his mother and father sat quietly next to his casket while his sister said good-bye. >> god may have lost a guardian angel down here on earth, but we gained another one up in heaven. >> reporter: and the respect of the family that he was sworn to serve. >> it was in his dna. that's why he became a cop. >> reporter: the deputy's flag- draped casket is on its way to massachusetts for a final interment. i'm mark douglas news channel 8. well it looks like the case caught on camera slslapping an

on trial. james lambert appeared in a pasco courtrtroom with his attorney on the side for the pre-trial hearing facing child abuse charges. this happened two years ago and the child's mother is growing very frustrated by all the delays. now a trial is set to begin. that'll take place on june 6. it can be hard to find a parking spot at st. armon circle, but they are considering building a parking garage and installing parking meters. to build a parking garage and it will be paid for in part by their parking meters as the garage will be built and the meters will be installed by december 2018. >> this place is beautiful and don't modernize it too much. >> the civic commissioners will vote on their project in the meeting that will take place on monday night and they are

don't forget that the air fest is this weekend at the air force e base as they are flying around the bay area this afternoon and in fact that the photojournalist caught the video of them from hd and the gates opened up tomorrow anand sunday at 8:00 0 a.m. with the performances starting around 11:15. chief meteorologist steve jerve joining us now with the all- important forecast. >> did you ever take a press ride? >> i have never hahad the nerve to do it. [ laughter ] >> i know those things turn your stomach up. >> yeah,h, it did. >> seseveral times. >> just once back in 1991, it was a thrill. riding the f-16 as an amateur. >> i don't know if i wanted toto do it that i need to do it. >> yes, warm up to it. speaking of the air fest as they are talking about, it is comingng up this weekend with the possibibility of the showerers. of course the event organizers are more than ready to deal with that. 50% chance for the off and on throughout the day and especially later on in the evening as they approach and the light showers, they are e

to make sure to bring along the umbrella, the rain slick or so and just in case the showers will pass while you're out at the air show. 73 degrees on sunday and the changes, the rain really ends in the morning hours, then turns breeeezier and sunnier for the second half of the day to be fairly nice. spring will begin this weekend and sunday as well and on the day we will see cooler and breezier weathther. officially starts at 12:30 on sunday in the morning. we'll have more onon the weekekend forecast coming up. all right steve ththank you. now back to the breaking news we told you about a moment ago. tonight there is a verdict in the hulk hogan trial. peter bernard joining us live. bring us to to -- bring us up to date on what happened. we're having a little trouble getting peter, hopefully he'll be here in a second. we're told that hulk hogan, here we go, peter bernard is live for us. peter? >> reporter: okay, we are back. all right. after a 10-day trial you add to

just moments ago came back with a verdict awarding hulk hogan $115 million. now as you recall he sued gawker media for invasion of they announced the verdict in front of the court and essentially said that the media had violated their privacy, disclosed private facts, that hulk hogan did not authorize this video to be put out and they intended to cause extreme severe emotional distress. also they intentionally put the video out and it was an invasion of privacy. this has been going back and forth now with ten days with them saying that this is just news worthy and the short clip that they put on the internet did not constitute in evasion of privacy. it is indeed a celebrity and was fair game and that the small clip they put on of him having sex with bubba the love sponge ex-wife heather was in

put it on the air. not agreeing with that, saying that they are liable for $115 million in damages, the verdict for tonight. we also have access to a bunch of sealed documents that we just got a couple hours ago that i have been going through those with a lot of revelations in that. we'll have that for you tonight at 11:00. >> all right, peter bernard reporting live for us, thank you very much. still ahead on 8 at 7:00. it is going to be very loud in south tampa this weekend. coming up, we'll show you what to expect as air fest takes off. this massive alligator ended up at a school. we'll show you the video of how it all went down. we'll have that and more coming up. you're watchining news channel 8 the station that's always on

air fest 2016 kicks off bright and early tomorrrrow morning and tonight ryan hughes explains what you can expect over the weekend. >> reporter: and good evening over the next two days, spectators will be able to walk inside air force planes like this one as air fest 201616 gets underway. >> reporter: from the coast guard planes to ththose dating back decades from those vintages that there is something fofor everyone at air fest 2016 at mcdill air foforce base. ththe annual event gives visitors a chance to get a rare look inside the planes that will insist are military in the most needed times, allowing people to watch them takeke to the skies at the intensnse speeds. >> the most exciting thing like this is the scene of the crowd. cheering for us, especially the young kids that they love the military and when they cheer

going. and tomorrow dive onon the plane from 15,000 feet and plunge, wowing the crowd on the rapid trip dodown. >> there are all those performance anxieties that you want to do a good show for those people to be impressed and kind of what we do. >> reporter: and of course that f-16s from the air force thunder birds will wow them as well. event organizers tell news channel 8 nearly 30 planes will be parked for tours. 15 will show off for spectators. >> the event kicks off at 8:00 in the morning both saturday and sunday. the air performances will happen on 11:15. reporting live in tampa i'm ryan hughes news channel 8. > all right tonight a warning for you. your car could be the next targrget for hackers. that story is coming up. and also ahead a a delivery without a driver. could the robot really replace

the e dow gained 112 points. s&p up by nine and nasdaq gained 20 points today. a warning g about the security of all of those electronics in your car. according to the fbi and the national highway traffic safety administration that the vehicles are becoming

the feds are warning that they are accessing both manufacturerred installed and aftermarket electronic components, controlling things like your brake and steering and that they are urging people to be individual lent about installing the late -- vigilant about installing the latest updates. march madness means a lot of money won or lost. americans are betting $9.2 billion on the brackets this year. last year they spent $6.6 million on power ball and the other lottery tickets. drones delivering pizzas. that is so 2015. they believe the future actually lies in the delivery ground. the restaurant chain in new w zealand just unveiled a delivery for the robot. and a couple of drinks that will be with that personality and not cheery.

on the streets of wellington, new zealand that it is not saying exactly when they will be put to work. interesting. whole foods is moving towards slower growing chickens by the year of 2024, replacing their standard chicken bread to rapidly pack on the pounds with the slowower growing varieties. now they believe that they will enjoy the better lives, yielding better tasting meats. all right, so this was a lesson that none of the teachers have planned for today, but the students at the school in lakeland would earn a lot today about 1 particular cold-blooded resident. they show us what happen -- what happens when they showed up for glass. >> reporter: why did they cross that football field? to get to this lakeland school and the other teacher came in and said that there is an

>> that's right. and that the teacher captured it all on their cell phone. >> they started on the driveway. one of the kids were so ecstatic. to see them come to school. >> reporter: they believe that they were headed across the street doing the u-turn right across the street. >> this will become an emergency and all the kids are starting to come out. he's headed towards us. >> reporter: they would coral the massive gator. >> walk it out of there and get them to walk through the loop. >> reporter: you can see them wrangled the reptile as they watch in amazement. >> the best shoe that they would get here that they would dry out quick. they fit every morning that it is great.

just another day. but one that they will not forget. >> it is crazy. >> reporter: so you can watch the entire video on our website. in lakeland news channel 8. well they can see 7878 degrees. right now moving around a bit. mostly overcast at this moment. and at times that it looks like it will rain out here in polk county. the beach. yoyou can see that it looks a little bit hazy and cloudy at this location. still enjoying the beach at 73 degrees. not a bad temperature if you're from out of town. and 73 degrees on sunday. note that the rain chance is 50% storm chance warm and muggy. but then the sun will come back along with the cooler breeze from the north and chillier highs in the 60s, but we will

56 degrees at 7:00 a.m. with a slight possibility for the morning shower, off and on throughout the daday, especially later on in the day. and 76 degrees now tampa international at 76 as well downtown st. petersburg. this front, the train tracks to travel along the boundary, picking up the showers back to the west as we mentioned that possibility of the overnight showers. mostly light that it looks like with the sprinkle or two or the light shower this evening and most of it will be falling apart as they would get closer to the coast as we have seen the sunny patches and also the clouds here today and that most of the sunnier areas were inland and further south as they will continue to move in to the area of the low presessure and back to the west. partly to mostly cloudy skies with the possibility of the rain. there could be some sun breaks in here. and you'll see the approach of the front that will be between 5:45 pushing this on through with the possibility of the

saturday evening, the early part of sunday morning and then that clearing takes place and cooler weather condiditions for monday. look at that 67 for the high. and here on sunday. with the change in the air pressure here. 73 degrees on tuesdaday and wednesday and nice warm up. near 80 degrees by thursday and then getting into good friday. slight rain chance there at 30% and we will holold off on that easter forecast with a couple of days out at this point. >> all right. finally, spring is here. >> it is here. >> thank you very much. we'l'll be right back. you also want to bebe watching next week as ththey head to cuba to cover president obama's historic visit there. he i is also going toto sesee the reyes playing the national teamam. bringing us reports from havana starting right here on news channel 8. here is what you'll see on monday morning. >> all this muck and debris would have gone directly into tampa bay. i'll show you how the bucket is keeping that from happening. don't forget to wake up

what do you do if you crave saususage in the middle of the night? well the butcher shop just installed the first machine devoted entirely to the meat in the city. yes, the vending machine as they could walk up and they could buy the pork sausage and ready made meals as they vested tens of thousands of dollars in this meat vending machine. as a result you'll pay about $0.30 more per item than you probably would by just walking inside. but there is convenience. nothing is cuter than the little beaver, except maybe three of them. these critters lost their homes during the flooding in texas about a week old.

probably just two days old as they have named their chain saws. the workers will keep the beavers around for about two years before they could be released into the wild. nothing says romance like the hot dog, which is probably the westst virginia dog will be serving the mustard and relish and the weddings on the side. here is the place for the romance in the mountain state and at least from new jersey, they think that it will be true as they are on a mission to renew their vows. let me try that again. nitrate lace notch issues as they would give them state number 11. it would open today by the way. and now follow that. >> i can't. i saw the toilet sheet. >> well done. >> and good luck. >> absolutely.

ththank you so much. you can get your news any time. on the app. we'll see you at 11:00. who's that girl? the 17-year-old indecently today. >> is madge in trouble? now on "extra." madonna's shocking flash dance with a teenaged girl. >> [ bleep ]. >> this morning at work, my phone was blowing up. >> was the racy stunt planned? and could madonna be in hot water? j-lo breaks down in tears as a domestic abuse survivor sings her heart out. >> it takes a lot of strength to overcome those things in your life, baby. >> why the performance triggered such an emotional reaction from the superstar.

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but first today, the original queen of shock madonna at it again. after days of onstage meltdowns, she's now under fire for exposing a teenaged girl. jerry has the girl's first words today. >> madonna facing new heat, new fallout for this outrageous caught on tape moment. >> she's the kind of girl you just want to slap, on the [ bleep ]. and pull. [ bleep ]. >> she's also just 17. the fire storm blowing up online. >> this morning it work, my phone was blowing up. >> the big question, will the material girl criminally charged for this material malfunction? the girl at the center of the controversy, josephine georgio, helping madge do damage control - in an all-out media blitz on australian tv. josephine revealing she was approached to go onstage, and this is what she thought was going to happen. >> she'll spank me, we'll walk down the runway together. >> but she never expected this.