right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. good evening, i'm jennifer leigh. >> and i'm josh benson. the hogan sex tape is in the fugitive phase. the judge awarded hogan $115 million against gawker. that amount could go higher. jeff paterson joins us live from the courthouse in st. pete. friday, jeff, he got more than what he was asking for and they're going back for more. >>reporter: yeah, good evening, josh. on friday, this jury hit gawker media like a pro wrestler coming off the top turn buckle

but you're right. the jury could award hogan even more. when the jury read their verdict on friday, he hugged his legal team and shed a team. gawker nick brushed their verdict as unjust. >> given the key evidence and the most important witness in this case, with help from the jury, we all knew that this -- the appeals court would need to resolve this case. >> mr. blend is happy. this is not only his victory today, but also anyone else victimized by journalism. >> jurors were asked to consider punishing gawker even more with financial damages. >> to deter gawker and other similarly situated

now being asked to punish my clients further, an additional punishment that is unnecessary. $115 million is punishment enough. >> and those demonstrate the complete [indiscernible]. the punitive damages to apply against gawker and its founder, nick. but so far, we don't [indiscernible]. >> we apologize for that. jeff having trouble with his signal. >> we'll bring the update once the jury comes back we'll bring that to you. authorities say a team was holding a fake rifle -- a teen was holding a fake rifle when he was killed. according to police, 16-year-old robert called the emergency line sunday

himself. gainesville police and a -- they said he refused orders to drop that rifle. >> witnesses was telling us they did hear the verbal commands, that he would be shot if he continued building. the subject ignored those commands and building. the officers had no other option but to utilize deadly force. hospital. he was on juvenile probation. deputies in broward are investigating a shooting that started as a road rage incident. the chaotic moments after one of them was shot can be scene in this cell phone video. a woman administered cpr, but the man died at the hospital. residents were shocked it happened on

children were playing. >> very scared to see my children outside and somebody shooting. >> you only see it on tv, but never think it would happen down the street. >> investigators are speaking with the suspected shooter. the teacher bonus program known as best and brightest has been almost universally condemned by the state's educational accomplishment, but it's being continued next year with more money. mike vasilinda explains why. >>reporter: thousands of graduating high school students will have taken one of two test. the sat to demonstrate their readiness for classroom. those can -- even though the test may have been taken 10 or 20 years ago. florida school superintendent say they endorse accountability, but not bonuses back in high school.

between one's score on sat and that's questionable. >> the dislike of the plano -- it didn't stop lawmakers from increase going. >> a third of the funs from this past year went to attract new teachers. teachers not in the teaching profession before. >> more than 5200 teachers qualified for the bonus, so instead of $10,000, they'll have to share $8200 a piece. >> april 1st is the deadline for all districts to cut the checks. >> florida's teacher's union calls it discriminatory. >> we have veteran teachers who can't retrieve their sat scores because they were taken so long ago. >> educator don't like the point, top lawmakers do and they're discussing increasing the money next

mike vasilinda in tallahassee, news channel 8. >> teachers say the plan discriminates against former educator and those who attended a historically black college that didn't require sat scores for admission. an 11-year-old in a stolen cement mixer led police on a chase. the teen stole a truck and took off. look at him go. they chased him and he swiped several cruisers. then the chase went onto a highway. >> for us, it was -- with a vehicle going back and fourth on 14. we were concerned about the vehicles coming back into that center because it was our understanding it had been stolen. >> now, this is up in minnesota. along with heavy damage to the truck -- the tires on the truck was blown out. the drive was driving on the metal rim for a while.

>> incredible. it's considered an adult ailment. >> coming up, what medical professionals think is causing a hypertension spike in children. we'll have an update in apple's update. cooler temperatures with the breeze come from the north. so enjoy it while we have it if you like cooler air. a high high clouds, but warmups on the way and rain chances weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching news channel 8. the news channel always on

tonight, it's part 3 of the battle rounds on nbc the voice. the battles began last week with scorching performance.

hudson went head to head with davis. the pair sang a duet of lady monolog by team kristina, patti labelle. within seconds she was stolen by team farrell. she's not expected to -- we'll watch her performance. an anonymous tip leads the team to investigate a death row case sending one agent undercover. we'll find out what happens that has jane considering leaving the fbi. the voice starts at 8:00. and the blind spot at 8:00 and news channel 8 at 11:00 followed by the tonight's show with jimmy fallon. now to a consumer alert. the fda has a ban on powdery gloves. powder

air carrying -- the powder can cause respiratory infections. medical professionals say there's teens being diagnosed with high blood pressure. 2 to 5% of children have hypertension. poor die set one factor in recent spike in hyper -- poor diet is one factor in the spike in hypertension. we want to listen on the terry case verses gawker. >> the six circuit case number 121447-ci. it's

damages if any would you find the greatest weight of the evidence should be assessing to the defendant's. gawker llc, $115 million. $10 million, [indiscernible]. the 21st day of march. >> thank you very much. >> it's not certain. >> no your honor. >> thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, much. it has been a long time that you have paid attention to it and considered all the facts. so with that, we're grateful for your attention and the [indiscernible]. to make difficult decisions so we're grateful for you and for the time and consequences you have made.

about a unique privilege -- [indiscernible]. and it's up to you that we have a unique privilege to maintain that privacy. >> you're listening to the judge advising the jury after the jury just issued a verdict in the terry, hulk hogan case. punitive damages issued in this our jeff paterson has been covering this case from the outside the courthouse. jeff, another big decision in this case. >>reporter: good evening, jen. the whole point of the punitive session was to send a message to others, that's according to the jury instructions to consider others not to make this mistake. $15 million, $10 million and $100 thousand. some of the money is against nick, the his net worth was estimated in court at $120 million. gawker has their own assets.

and chief who decided to publish this video. in court, they said he had no assets. they claimed he has $27,000 in outstanding student loans which is kind of surprising given the salary that he had from gawker media prior to this entire incident, but the jury was limited in what they could punish him, the punish him. stem, they wanted to send a -- still message. the juror asked can we get aj community service, perhaps, that's what took them so long. we hope to be able to speak to the jurors as they come out. we're expecting to speak to terry in a few minutes, and we'll have that at 7:00 and peter bernard tonight at 11:00 on channel 8 explaining what's going on and how this verdict impacts gawker media and what terry, hulk hogan has to say if

outside of the courthouse. >> jeff patterter -- jeff paterson reporting. >> they're going to see what -- they're seeing what they're doing next. >> interesting details to come. >> yep. the beach looks pretty nice, but the temperatures are cool. you can see it's 59 degrees and with a north, northeast breeze, it's going to make it cooler. you don't see many sun bathing. it's a nice day at frenchies. 59 degrees, so it's a cold night with the breeze once the sun goes down. we have a few high clouds moving across hula bay with a north wind. that's a cool flow as we've been talking about. blue sky mixed in with the high clouds streaking across the sky. the jet stream, 120 knots to cross the southern part of the state.

advisory to include citrus, coastline. this wouldn't include crystal rivers, but inland spots where winds temperatures are cool enough to produce frost. if you're headed out to watch spring training in lakeland or clearwater, astro, tigers, temperatures will be cool on tuesday in the 60s, but generally pretty nice if you can get a nice spot in the sun. 46 degrees, that's our forecast for the record 40 degrees set in 1906. year. i remember that day. got a nice shot from mowsy doing the rope walk. they say -- amy said it was too cold to use the zipline, but it was warming up and less windy enough to be on the rope course as she watches her son goes on that. the skies blue in the background. great apps to take with us. 46 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 72 degrees at 3:00 p.m. lots of sunshine for tomorrow, but temperatures be cool, working their way into the

nice day, starting off cool with the warm florida sunshine. all we have to do is change the wind direction and we're going to do that this week. it kicks of temperature back again. 56 degrees clearwater. 65 in bartow. 63 also inter us in verness and brooksville. what we're looking at here is how temperatures have changed in the last 24 hours. we're 11 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. high clouds, high pressure sitting to our west. that will be over us and shift to the east. but these are what you're see ing in the skies. high pressure will stay over. lighter winds and that's why we're calling for the possibility of frost. tuesday afternoon, sunshine and high pressure and very much in control. you can see with the southeasterly winds, we move across the skies. add the moisture into the atmosphere. it's dry today. another dry day for us. thursday, we start

back into an easterly flow. way this front that will stall out and that will kick out air rain chances to make it unsettled. wednesday, right back to 80 degrees. 82 on thursday. upper 70s for good, friday , saturday, and sunday including per easter. there's a possibility of showers with a front hanging across the area. it's an area where showers can develop. it doesn't mean it's going to rain all day, but it means that showers can develop when you have the air masses stuck across the state. the central portion of the state. guys, back to you. >> steve, thank you very much. now to an 8 on your side investigation, we're working for you at 11:00. our investigation found apartment complexes partnering with tow truck companies to target residents. this lady here, shanna found a questionable and arguably reason -- >> that's right, jen. if

vulnerable you feel. you have to pay them or your car stays in the lot wracking up fees. a man turned to 8 on your side when his car was towed for an expired tag. but it expired. he forgot to put the yellow tag on his license plate. we went to the tow company for answers and we found other drivers forking over hundreds of dollars for the same reason. lawmakers want beefed up laws and they want action to help people and i found out a way this you can get around this. illegal maneuver, legally, you can pay someone else at first and they hold your money and you don't have to fork over the money to the tow company. >> we talked about this at length in our afternoon meeting. we were fascinated with what you found. people want to tune in at 11:00.

shannon. watch at 11:00 for this new installment of tows troubles. those sickened at a pool. coming up, a teen pilot makes a landing on a golf

now to what's making headlines across america. a 2 year-old georgia boy is fighting for his life today after he accidentally shot himself. according to police, the boy was staying with his mom, sibling and another adult at a motel. the boy took the revolver out of his mom's purse while she was sleeping and he fired the gun shooting himself in the stomach. investigates are trying to see what sickened 20 people at a pool. it was evacuated after a chemical incident. 22 people people, most kids treated at a hospital after experiencing coughing, nausea and vomiting. a teen's pilot may have saved his life and the life of his girlfriend. christian was flying a plane when his engine failed causing it to clip a tree.

doesn't remember -- he walked out with a cheek pen injury. both lucky. news channel 8 is coming up. >> stacie is here with what we're working on. video shows a terrifying moment that could have entering in disaster. a wrong way driver nearly misses a police officer and you won't believe what that driver had to say when she pulled over. plus a major mrob with the synthetic drug spice. what police in st. pete are doing to try and keep people say. historic changes taking place in havana. the tampa bay rays will be playing on this field and it's more than just a game. i'm keith cate, those stories coming up. these boxes full of bees are pretty much all that's left of a massive bee hive found in a gated community. how many bees are in here and where they're headed next? those stories plus your

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history made in havana. president meeting with president castro. >> this is a new day. this is between our two countries. >> it's the first time in 90 years, u.s. president is visiting cuba. here are josh benson and schaible. >> good evening, everyone. president obama called it a new day in relations between the u.s. and cuba. >> the president said

they pressed human rights issues and president castro said restrained race relations and a lack of services in the u.s. >> there's an ongoing en engagement with cuba. advancing the mutual interest of our countries improving the lives of americans and cuban. the relationship between our governments will not be transformed overnight. >> there's a state dinner scheduled for tonight. the -- >> the tampa bay rays are getting ready for their historic game against the cuban national team. and our keith cate made the journey from tampa to cuba. he's been talking with locals there about everything happening in that country right now. keith joins us from havana. >>reporter: good evening in hold havana.