hulk hogan's payday from gawker just got bigger. $115 million last friday. just a little over an hour ago that , same jury returned with a decision in the punitive phase of the trial. peter bernard live in st. pete. peter, that means the original bigger? >> reporter: bigger. a lot bigger, jen. good evening to you. it's a banner day for hulk hogan. the jury today decided that gawker needs to pay him $15 million. another $10 million from gawker's founder, and $100,000 from one of gawker's editors. here's how it went down today. the ten-day trial ended last week with the jury deciding hulk hogan, terry bollea, will get more than he asked for. they awarded him $115 million. today's decision was after four hours of deliberation.

website one minute and 40 second tape of bollea having sex with "bubba the love sponge's" wife. he did not know he was going record the. the total take for showing the video more than $140 million. >> i feel great. i really am happy about everything's happened. we protected a lot of people hopefully going through what i went through. >> which have heard the jury's decision and we look forward to going to the appeals court where the law will be followed and all the facts are known. >> when we viewed the video, that changed the game for -- i mean, i went into that deliberation room thinking one way, and watching that video sealed it for me. >> reporter: how about that? court. two jurors, the one you heard from, and another one said they

media that people, especially celebrities, deep serve and expect and should get their privacy. >> all right. thank you, sir. shifting gears now. lawmakers are fighting to keep noaa's hurricane huntner tampa. not being evicted, but looking for better options. if they stay on base, building expensive? >> reporter: that's right, jen. possibly to the tune of almost $90 million. that's if they decide to stay here and build their own space at macdill air force base. >> to uproot this operation, to take it to a different part of the country, would be highly disruptive of an exceptionally important mission. >> reporter: a mission senator bill nelson could potentially

if noaa leaves macdill's air force base. the problem. they need to make room for additional refueling tankers and other employees coming in. >> 18 now. a total of 24 bringing an additional 400 people here. >> reporter: nelson insists noaa is not being evicted. simply looking at better options. but staying on the base could be costly. >> it's no secret that there would have to be some additional building here, and that's a $90 million item either for noaa or for the air force. >> reporter: something that could be determined in the upcoming fiscal year. if you remember a couple weeks ago, congressman david jolly, he suggested that noaa move their headquarters to the st. pete clearwater international airport. but again as you heard senator nel on reiterate, he believes that noaa should stay right here in tampa. again, noaa is expected to

some quick thinking by a tampa police officer saved his own life and the life of a wrong-way driver on i-275 over the weekend. dashcam video captured the close call. steve andrews shows us it was quite way for a dui cop to end his night. >> reporter: it happened in a second. >> expressway wrong way. >> reporter: sunday, 5:06 a.m., tampa police officer scott van trees veers to the right to avoid a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver on i-275 south. when he got off the interstate, a cruiser was there waiting for her. >> she was more concerned about asking the officers why they weren't out arresting murders and drug dealers than the consequences to her action. >> reporter: she joins a growing list of bay area drivers involved in wrong way incidents. last week a man plowed into a hillsborough deputy, killing them both. florida's department of

a million bucks installing lights that flash when drivers go up the ramp the wrong way. >> you'd have to be daft to not notice the lights and signs to prevent people from going the wrong way. fdot says every one of the drivers looked at going the wrong way has been impaired. this is a dui problem. >> as you heard, steve mentioned we do know tonight the driver who killed a deputy in a drinking a lot. eric macbeth had a blood alcohol level of .27 at the time of the crash on the selman expressway on march 12th. both macbeth and deputy john kotfila died in that crash. three men died and one was injured when their car hit a tree and split this morning. sierra police say around 3 a.m. the four were travel fast when

into a tree. the collision split the car in men. the sole survivor is recovering at a hospital. toxicology tests are being done to see if drugs or alcohol played a role. families of the victims have identified the two men killed in a fiery plane crash at peter o. knight airport. his close friend kevin careeno was on born the twin-engine cessna that crashed on take- off. dave hickman served in the air force reserves with careeno and was his friend for more than 30 years he was an extremely passionate guy. he would help his friends. he was extremely intelligent. and was a very loving husband grandfather. >> the ntsb will release a preliminary report in a week or so.

same time may have contributed to the crash. now 8 on your side special coverage of president obama's historic visit to cuba. keith kate reports from havana. cuba, this afternoon as president obama stood side by side with communist dictator raul castro. private talks where president obama said no topic was off the issues. tomorrow president obama will address the cuban people, and also tomorrow the tampa barras will play the cuban team. >> reporter: good evening. yesterday president obama stepped into history. today the tampa barras do the same thing. one day before tomorrow's big game, media from around the world are here to cover a news conference involving the rays and the cuban national team.

have to go back to 1999 when the last game was played in cuba between the baltimore orioles against the cuban nationals. by the way, the orioles winning that game in extra innings 3-2. the score in the game a side story. what was important, before that you had to go back to 1959 when the exhibition game stopped. major league baseball pulling out after the embargo was put into place that president barack obama now wants to lift. so it's no coincidence that president obama is here to watch this game tomorrow and the players, the coaches, the owners, they feel the importance of this game. >> people refer, it's 40 some odd years ago, ping-pong diplomacy, right? this is well up to that. nixon and china and everything. it can only help, right? for us to be able come over here with hundreds of people, thousands of people with the president and the embassy and the timing of it all has got to be positive.

think three, five, ten years out, this is gonna look like a little spark and start to something that's gonna be dramatically different. >> reporter: there is no question baseball is part of the culture for america and for cuba. that's why the president as well as major league baseball are so anxious to implement a new rule that would allow some of these baseball cuban stars to play for a major league team without having to defect. it's just another sign of the sweeping change taking place in cuba. keith kate. us his reports from cuba all through had historic visit. tonight at 11. meantime, chief us. just about the time i thought i would i -- could put away the another blast. >> you could get away with boots tomorrow if you wanted to wear those.

i will wear boots tomorrow. >> leopard? >> maybe. you never know. >> that's just my opinion. >> stop being so judgey. >> coastal areas not included in that. winds are lighter with an area of high pressure over us. frost is possible in these areas. heads up and take those precautions if you feel you need to in your area. >> right now 60 degrees in st. pete. 58 degrees in wiki wachee. ago. we are going to jump right back with the temps and a warm-up. we will talk about that coming up. still ahead on 8 at 7. >> these boxes full of bees are a massive beehive found in a gated community. about how many bees are in here

more than 80,000 money any bees got eviction notices today. tonight melissa marino shows us the beehive takedown and where they are headed now. >> i have a souvenir. a piece of the beehive. experts say because of the size of the hive, they believe that it's been here for over a year. not only that. they believe there is well over 80,000 bees in it. these honey bees must know how to pick their real estate, make home. creatures wildlife control wanted to make sure the bees were saved, we need them for the environment. they pollinate everything. without bees, we got trouble. >> reporter: slowly vacuuming the bees in into a box and piece by piece taking apart the hives.

we carry them to an bi -- apiary. do you want a smaller iphone? and is starbucks charging you full price for cups that aren't quite full? trouble is brewing in a new

on wall street today the dow gained 21 points. the s&p was up 2. the nasdaq gained 13 points. apple is hoping you will give them more money. ceo tim cook unveiled several new products, including a smaller iphone and smaller pascal dupuis pro. lindsey mathis joins us to break down the latest additions to the apple line-up. >> reporter: the big headline, there is a brand new iphone. this is not an iphone 7. instead, they are calling this one the iphone se. it's a 4-inch phone and it's one of their more affordable models. it starts at about $400. and there is also a brand new

it has the pro features and they are releasing a new model. they will have brighter screens and be less reflective. it will adjust to ambient light. there is a new ios update as well as it's coming with something called night shift. and one of the problems with iphones right now is that the blue light that emits from the screen sends signals to our brains that keep us awake. now there is night shift. it's going to automatically remove a lot of the blue light and present warmer tones that will help us get some sleep. that way we can have our phones in our beds and eventually fall asleep. you can download the new update today. they are focusing on the environment. they have liam that separates metal from your phone. to go with the apple watch there are new band colors and a new woven nylon band.

the watch will now start at $299. and if you've got apple tv, there is a brand new update. you will be able to organize using folders. the best part is voice activation including for search and passwords. you can even ask siri to find something good to watch, and i am sure she is going to tell you to watch channel 8. listen to this. court documents claim starbucks routinely cheats its customers by 25% in order to save on the cost of milk. a lawsuit could end up being a class-action suit, which means anyone who has ordered a lay that at starbucks could join in. a new kind of aircraft is getting ready to take flight. one that can stay in the air for five days and land almost anywhere.

was just unveiled in the u.k. it's currently the world's largest aircraft and it combines the best features of an airplane, helicopter, and airship. the developers believe it will be useful for military surveillance, communications, and disaster relief since it will be able to deliver supplies to places that don't have an airport. our producer returned from a trip to death valley in california where they are having a wildflower super bloom. the super bloom happens about once a decade when the desert gets enough rain. flowers at the lowest elevations have already started fading, but higher elevations see blues for a few more weeks. the longer we stay with this video, the more gorgeous pictures we get to see. daniel woodrum is the name of that producer. daniel, thanks for bringing that out. for tampa gonna be a chilly

that's our forecast low temp international airport. 40 degrees is the record set in 1906. this is fairly cool. close to record setting. amy got a shot of her son on the rope course looking up at the sky for the day. maybe a few high clouds at that location. had to close the zip line because of the higher winds today. storm team ate weather max app is a free download for your android or iphone. 72 degrees at 3 p.m. 59 degrees the current temperature. tampa international. so it's a chilly night tonight. 60 degrees in st. petersburg per hour. high pressure continues to dominate across the gulf of mexico. a fast jet stream, a mid-level front. that's that line up see. also the high clouds are pretty good speed. clearer skies across the northern portion of the state. cooling. as the winds become lighter tonight, basically sitting on top of this area of high pressure, we don't have much in the way of wind. it allows any heat to go through the ceiling.

in the upper 30s across northern portions of the area and for late march that's chilly stuff. the high pressure you see shifting quickly off to the east and the flow around that high will give us more of a southeasterly flow wednesday morning. as we look back to the west we see a cold front approach the area thursday midday. a few showers and thunderstorms in the south. that will stall out, especially for friday, saturday, and sunday, and that will be an area where showers can develop as we head through the weekend. 50 degrees clearwater tonight. 45 lakeland and north port. a chilly one. looks like highs tomorrow mostly in the 70s. 80 degrees wednesday. 82 degrees on thursday. 78 degrees for friday. note the rain chance here at 40% for good friday. and also for saturday. 30% chance on easter sunday itself. so temps are going to stay warmer. we are going to jump back quickly. rain chances become a bit unsettled through the holiday

>> we will keep an eye on that easter forecast. a lot of people like to go to the sunrise services. >> yes. there is a chance of showers there. we will zero in on that the rest of the week. >> we will stay tuned. we will be right back. here's what you will see tomorrow at 6 a.m. >> probably one of the top reasons people stop working out is because they get bored. well, i am going to show you how to knock that out. plus, weather and traffic on

you don't have time for a kicker, but look at these scripts. >> yeah, you can only do that during the vernal equinox. the angle of the sun is right and the wake of the moon. >> i don't want to touch it. they can't see the bottom.

>> when you produce the show, apparently you could put up any picture you want. >> great job. >> what? we are back at 11. this won't be, though. kim kardashian unveils her post-baby weight loss at the ultimate it girl party. >> now on "extra" from universal orlando resort. kim kardashian showing off her body after baby as she parties with j-lo, kate hudson, and lady gaga. >> i don't get let in everywhere. so this is really wonderful. >> plus, gaga's man taylor kinney with the latest on their wedding plans. >> and i'm hearing it's going to be a big italian wedding. is that true? >> gwen stefani pours her heart out. >> it was rock bottom. i was so embarrassed. >> her incredibly candid new interview about her split from gavin. trump's new attack on megyn

>> why fox news is calling it a sick obsession. plus, mariah's inner circle imploding? the headlines today about her longtime team suddenly dropping like flies. that man versus superman. >> he's a big dude. >> the superheroes shut down new york city. how a.j. may have just ignited a will and jada battle of their own. >> he's starting trouble in my home. then, before tonight's "dancing with the stars" premiere, dance pro cheryl burke is turning the mirrors ball into a crystal ball. >> i have my favorites. i already have my winner. plus -- >> i'm with miss u.s.a. and miss universe. >> now on "extra." >> from universal orlando resort. hey, everyone. welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez on location at universal orlando resort. coming up, we're in the big apple with ben affleck as "batman v. superman" soars into theaters. also coming up from here in

all-new photo of amy schumer's bikini vacation with her new man. but first, kim kardashian has been working hard to lose her pregnancy weight. she unveiled her body this weekend and stole the show. lady gaga, j-lo, and nicole. and kim's amazing body after baby. hollywood's hottest women, one giant hollywood night. how did she have a kid only three months ago, in a tight black sequin dress. her first big public appearance since saint's december birth. kim revealing she's lost 42 pounds, hoping to drop 28 more. snapped with kanye after the daily front row's fashion awards only hours after this family reunion. >> happy birthday, rob! >> kim in the back seat with daughter north, a rare rob sighting as the kardashians got together to celebrate his 29th birthday. posting these picks at nobu, the only one missing, khloe. she, kylie, and kendall going incognito earlier, dressed in disguise, snapchatting in wigs.