>> stocks just closing a few seconds ago. you see the closing bell there. falling some 394 points today, just below 16,000, the first time in a while. all of this from a worldwide sell-off of oil overnight. you can see the numbers closing there 15,987. the closing bell showing we are

day. bit. also today on the new tampa bay, a whiled weather event. a roof crashing on top of tornado watches, heavy rains. sunshine outside? with the wet weather returning this weekend, we're talking about it with denis phillips. >> so if you want to see evil in the flesh, there he is. >> and finally, an answer. why the cops say a well- respected softball coach in polk county was murdered in his own driveway. >> it's one of the happiest days of my life. but also one of the most humbling. >> plus, the new coach all choked up today. let's just hope we aren't crying the next football season. what the man in charge of the bucs says the first order of business will be. it's 4:00.

that means the new tampa bay is on. we start today with what a difference a few hours makes. this was a look earlier this morning. completely wet outside of our studios. we're across the street from raymond james stadium. nightmare traffic this morning. also more of the same in st. petersburg. sideways rain, if you want to call it that. check out this poor person in this backyard with the umbrella trying to get out of his backyard. you saw him scurrying through the shot. it wasn't helping much. thanks to our viewers in the northern county for keeping us updated during the downpours. janet showing us this picture earlier today at her house. but the real weather story here happening today down in venice. you see aerial pictures right there. a roof getting peeled off of a strip mall. it landed on a bunch of cars behind the plaza. no one was hurt.

the good news, there was no tornado. and i'll let denis phillips tell us the rest of that. how do we know it wasn't a tornado. >> you look at radar imagery. tornado has a specific signature. you can see what it looks like. there was a tornado south of them for the second time in a week. two times in a week. i don't -- >> in january. >> and just in florida. the exact same spot or within a couple of miles. tornado touched down. no reports of injuries but plenty of damage. there it was at the line came through. up around venice way. look at all of the spin there. things were really cranking for a period of time. that's as they moved in. >> look at it right now. >> yes. skies have cleared. it is beautiful out there right now with sunny skies and mild temperatures. and those mild temperatures are going to stick around for one more day. and then we've got another

round of nasty weather rolling in first thing on sunday morning. look at these temperatures. up near 80 degrees across the southern counties. you can shave about 45 degrees off of those for highs. well, for lows at least coming up on tuesday morning. we will talk about that in detail in a couple of minutes. >> man, if you -- if you only knew the things that they instilled in me along the way that led up to today, it's an amazing journey. it really is. >> i would say this was probably the worst kept secret in tampa bay. cutter getting emotional as he was introduced as the new bucs head coach. sports director tom korun was there. a lot of people saying that was the wrong choice after lovie smith. what do you say. >> i can't say if they're wrong or right.

i don't know how dirk is going to be. i can bring up reasons why i think dirk cuter will be successful. what i like about him, he is a straight shooter. i don't think dirk would be a great politician or me. we say what we mean. you know what we are saying. you may not like it. he is a communicator. he is a motivator. he holds everybody accountable. he said he's a pure football coach. in the rudimentary sense. he will strengthen the team by surrounding himself i believe with successful people. in his first hire announced today being from the atlanta area. >> i know. >> falcons head coach mike smith is his new defensive coordinator. >> sure, there is a comfort factor there because there's no better teacher than your own observation. i have seen mike smith as both

a coordinator and as a head coach. and i truly trust my gut when it comes to coaches. i've been around coaches my whole life. this guy is the real deal and we're lucky to get him in tampa. >> mike is a good choice, i think. he is a comfortable choice. that's important because i think the more comfortable dirk is in his situation, the quicker he will be able to grow into this job. it will take time. not only for him and his family. we will have more coming up at 5:00. >> hopefully it means wins. >> w is all that matters. we are hearing from tampa bay mayor buckhorn as the team can search outside of the city for the new stadium. the tampa park apartments which is section 8 housing between downtown and ebor. >> if you can use the downtown

garages and ebor garages to supplement parking needs and not construct parking, those prices come down. the trolley runs right by it. there's reasons why some sites make more sense. but certainly that site at this point is probably the best location. >> take a look at your screen right now. that's action air 1 flying over the apartments earlier today so we can get a better idea of what we're talking about. it's off nebraska. plenty of parking. the mayor did say the site is owned by just one person, which makes buying it a little easier. the mayor also saying they would also have to help move the people who live there. but the rays would have to pay if they decide to leave st. petersburg early. >> i lost my best friend that day. my life will never be the same. >> such a heart breaking story.

killed in his own driveway in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. both terry and his wife tina well respected members of polk county. long-time volunteers and coach of the miss auburndale softball league. now another man who lived in the area for a long time as withing is charged with his murder. ryan raiche joins us live from the courthouse right now in bartow. ryan. >> reporter: what a relief for the family of terry. and the entire community. this was a well known and well respected softball coach whose murder was a mystery until now. the former colleague alfred jenkins was arrested. they worked at packaging corporation of america. he was the union president. and jenkins worked as the treasurer. jenkins was arrested for stealing from the union and

terry turned him in, doing the right thing. on august 11th, jenkins committed murder. >> if you want to see evil in the flesh, there he is. >> me personally? i would like the same thing done to him that he did to my husband. >> reporter: what makes this case even more disturbing is how long a criminal history jenkins has. it makes you question how he became treasurer of the union in the first place. he faced a judge today and as expected, he is does not get a bond. >> ryan, it's been six months. what triggered that arrest all this time later? >> reporter: well, a little bit of luck. yesterday, the sheriff's office got a call from a confidential source saying they had information from the suspect. the sheriff said that led to a search warrant and they found enough evidence to make an arrest. laura. >> thank you, ryan. coming up on the new tampa bay, the winners of the mega powerball jackpot out of

tennessee just finished talking. there they are on your screen. did you hear about the kid who won $2 million right here in florida? what his friends are saying about how he bought his ticket and why the cops got called to the other florida town where one of those winning tickets was sold. if you or someone you know is investing in e-cigarettes, they may want to stop right now. what research says they do to people trying to quit smoking. later, say good-bye to chipotle for a little bit. when and why they're closing.

>> well, breaking news just into our news room in the last year. the florida supreme court has announced it is suspending three attorneys. the attorneys involved in the dui setup of another attorney in the shock jock trial a few years ago.

the supreme court says they have 30 days to stop practicing law. the court saying the attorneys can fight this one but it won't stop the suspension. we're still waiting to hear more information on if this means all of them will also be disbarred. well, we told you before about the spike in heroin and opiate abuse in the united states. it's bad in the tampa bay area as well. now president obama is trying to do something about it. today he appointed agriculture secretary tom billsack to led an effort to come up with solutions. the focus will start with the problem in rural parts of america. heroin related deaths in the u.s. increased 30% and overdoses are now killing 30,000 americans a year. it is official. the tennessee couple you see right there on your screen, they are one of the three winning powerball winners. holding those tickets. splitting the powerball winnings. look at that check.

this is john and lisa robinson arriving earlier today verifying their ticket. they actually decided to go public on tv first to try to control the story, making an appearance on the today show. just minutes ago, they finished talking at the lottery headquarters. >> i'm a little overwhelmed and excited. we knew in our heart it was the right number but for them to say yes, this was the winner. because there's been some -- it is a little overwhelming. >> you were one of the first ones to go public. what made you decide to do that? >> well, when we first knew -- well, when she first knew that we had the ticket, then i verified, yep, what you're looking at is right. then i knew i had to do something. okay. so the first thing that i went and did was i tried to talk to my daughter. >> speaking of which, tiffany, where are you? come on out. join the party. >> come on.

tiffany, come on. >> you don't have to. >> was tiffany in the house or -- >> no. >> tiffany lives in my mom and dad's house, which i own now because my parents are passed away. well, anyway, i told her that i wasn't feeling good. i needed some advil or medicine. bring it over. because i wanted to tell her. well, she got someone else to bring it over to my house. i call her and i said, tiffany, why didn't you bring me the medicine? i need to talk to you. well, i'm getting ready for work, dad. i told her, i really need to talk to you. you and mom can come over. so we loaded up in the car and went over there after i told her i was sick and not feeling good. i walked in the house and i told her -- i said, tiffany, we

got the winning numbers. and she said, no. i said, yes, we've got the winning numbers. she didn't believe me at first. but -- >> forget mr. and mrs. robinson. that is mr. and mrs. moneybags right there. whose dog is that? is that their dog? denis phillips says that's their dog. they're not the type to follow past winner who's have squandered all of their money. their neighbors say they are hardworking people, dependable and apparently they're pretty smart. he tried to keep it a secret for a little while. we still have no idea who the powerball winner in melbourne is. curiosity is getting the best of people. cops trying to tell people to leave this woman alone. she is not the winner. the person won't be able to keep the secret for too long. right here in florida, you're required to tell that you are

face picture and all of that. showing -- to claim that prize. the lottery claiming that keeps the public informed and speculation about cheating will never be a problem. here is what we do know right now, though. 19-year-old frederick walker from sanford claimed his $2 million prize. he is 14. but it's how he got his ticket that has everybody saying are you kidding me? >> the real twist to this is he found a play slip that he used to purchase that ticket. so through a series of fortunate good luck, fortunate good happenings, he is $2 million richer today. walker found a ticket someone else had filled out. that would be my luck. so when he paid for it, he added an extra buck for the power play, turning that $3 into $2 million. he has already gone to tallahassee and picked up his $2 million prize. in california the rumors is a 62-year-old nurse and a

six of her children are nurses. that ticket purchased in chino hills. a representative at her job said they could not confirm or deny that she had won the jackpot. everybody in the news world means that we can't tell you that that's the case. do you know who is not the winner? denis phillips and i. and this guy who posted a doctored picture of a powerball ticket on his facebook page. we think he was trying to get more followers or friends. we're not going to tell you what his name is. >> he got a lot of followers. >> that quick. >> he said i'm going to give you guys -- first it was a thousand or a million if you retweet or you like on instagram. he got like 40,000 followers like that. >> that's when we say, dude, why? why? >> you never -- >> gosh. all of that money. the 19-year-old won $2 million.

that slip out and never submitted it. it was prefilled out. >> they left it on the counter. maybe they forgot. >> craziness. almost as crazy as the weather this morning. it was ugly out there, right? as ugly as it was this morning, it's perfect out there right now. beautiful day. i was just talking to folks who was saying what about the beach. the beach is going to be great on sunday. no. on saturday. out. sandwiched in between, the line of rain that came through our area. there it is. and then the heaviest area, this is the second time in, what, six days that we actually had a tornado pop up in that area right around cape coral. so clearly we are looking at some very, very ugly weather early on. and now we are good to go. so your plans this evening, if you have anything plans outdoors, you're going to be beautiful. skies will be mostly clear tomorrow morning. i do think we may see a little

a lot of rain this morning. and sometimes that can lead to fog the following day. once the fog burns off, i think we see a mostly sunny day. then look what happens on sunday morning. there we go again. i will tell you who has the highest risk of severe weather and tornadoes coming up in the next half hour. >> thanks, dennis. the world is freaking out about chipotle. it could be good news for future customers. a deadly accident at the port of tampa leaving a man buried under sulfur. we're finding out exactly what

>> right now, many of you

don't worry, it's just for a few hours on one day, february 8th. company leaders are saying it's for a company wide meeting. they will be talking to employees about changes being made to make the food safer for and you answer any questions that they have. chipotle has been dealing with outbreaks from e. coli since august. it has changed its food handling practices and testing produce before shipping it to stores. we're hearing from actor sean penn for the first time since his controversial interview with el chapo. penn down playing his claims that the visit was essential to helping authorities capture him last week. he says he believes the mexican government set him up. >> we're not smarter than the dea or the mexican intelligence. we had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an

>> penn saying his article in rolling stone failed in its mission. it was designed to start a conversation about the u.s. government's policy on the war on drugs. instead people have been talking about that portion of it. well, too many here in the united states, the kennedys were like the american version of the royal family. right? and now is your chance to own a piece of their history. a lot of furniture and heirlooms will be auctioned off next weekend. everything from the dining room tables and the beds that they slept in when they visited up for sale. organizers are saying each piece has some historical significance. >> during the bay of pigs crisis, you know, the meetings would have -- that would have taken place in this room here is really remarkable. >> the auction is next saturday. we've got a list of everything that will be there on our

let's take a live look outside. that is 275 northbound right now. a reporter out in the traffic trying to figure out the question to -- figure out the answer to your question this week, why has the traffic been so bad. what are you leaving behind when you stay at a hotel. the most unusual things and the

but we had a couple tornado watches out there, denis. >> we did. and a tornado did touchdown in the cape coral area, which is the same area that had one last week. >> yeah. >> is craziness. yet, look outside right now. we went from a very ugly stormy morning to an absolutely beautiful afternoon. and warm too. with temperatures in the 70s. there's the tornado touchdown around 11:00 this morning in our area. with he had decent rainfall here. check out the totals. most areas had half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain. and now there is more on the way. but until then, we've got one pretty decent day with temperatures today in the 70s. tomorrow looks good. but then more rain, more storms, maybe more severe weather by early sunday. an update on that in a couple minutes. >> thanks, dennis. next on the now now, prices are going up but not on everything. how much you will be paying extra at the post office.

finding out if your car is on a recall list may be getting easier. the changes that the government is making.

>> well, starting next week, it is going to cost you more to

mail some packages. the u.s. postal service is raising the cost of priority packages 10% starting on sunday. it comes after record deliveries this holiday season. because more of us are ordering things online, the number of packages they shift is increasing. 1billion packages a year. ups and fedex also raising prices in the past few weeks.

>> breaking news right now. 12 marines are missing off the coast of hawaii after a helicopter crashed. the military helicopters collided during a training flight late last night. the search is getting extremely difficult as the water is getting choppy and the weather is getting worse. you see it in the video. witnesses heard a loud boom and a flash in the sky. so far the coast guard has only found an empty life raft. stock market taking another huge hit today with the dow falling 500 points at one time. what you're looking at is a live picture of what it closed at 45 minutes ago, down nearly 400 points. just under 16,000.

blown off from straight line winds ahead of an approaching thunderstorm. now you've got this. there is the line that came on through. it is long gone. what is left, perfection. we're in the mid to upper 70s right now. cooling i guess into the low to mid 70s. most areas reporting sunny skies. there is the good news. noticeably warmer right now than it was this time yesterday. so as the rain moved through, it left quite a bit of moisture. that means we will see some fog first thing tomorrow morning. i think the fog in some areas could be rather dense. that is something that you will have to keep your eyes on if you're heading out first thing in the morning. it burns off by 10:00 and then leads to a nice day. partly to mostly sunny. and temperatures in the upper 70s. here is the problem, does this look familiar? overnight saturday night into sunday morning, almost the exact same timing as the rain

and i would not be the least bit surprised if we see an isolated tornado in our neck of the roads. i don't think we will have a watch. but we will be covering it here in case something does pop. by midday, it's gone. so if you sleep in on sunday, you might possibly miss the rain and it turns out to be a nice day and then we get colder next week. tonight, clearing skies. first thing in the morning, maybe a bit of fog. temperatures not that chilly. in the lower 60s. warming up into the 70s. then big changes and the cold front brings us a freeze next week. we will talk about that in the next half hour on abc action news. >> benghazi is under attack. we need immediate assistance. >> make he will bay's new movie 13 hours is about the attack on benghazi. the director known best for his transformer movies saying he kept politics out of the film. but it's presidential candidates putting it in the

headlines. donald trump even renting out an iowa movie theater, providing free tickets to see it. the attack is one of the most notable events during hillary clinton's tenure as secretary of state. right now ted cruz is on the road after the republican debate and right before the iowa caucuses. in columbia, south carolina right now, alan wilson with him at a town hall meeting. right now ted cruz is second in the polls behind donald trump. well, happy birthday, dr. martin luther king junior. he would have been 87 years old today. while our meteorologist ivan cabrera is enjoying time off today, he left us with a little something-something. a look at the events this holiday weekend and something for the retirees out there. >> we are at curtis hickson park. it will be home to the black heritage festival.

they are calling it the sweet 16 years. it's 16 years of bringing the community together. it goes from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. then sunday noon until 7:00. it is all free. expect live entertainment. saturday, jonathan butler. sunday, angie stone. then the big parade, the martin luther king parade is on monday. we made it to the corner of 15th street and 21st avenue. this is the start of the parade. it starts at noon on monday of course. you want to get there early and get good seats. here is the parade route itself. weatherwise through the weekend we're in good shape saturday. but for mlk itself, my advice to you, it will be chilly. highs in the 50s. bring an extra sweater. if you're looking for something to do that is a little more low key but no less exciting we're at the fairgrounds this weekend

if someone was a first time buyer, any advice? >> a lot of people buy the motorhome based on the bling and then they realize we don't have any closet space or counter space. you need to buy something that is livable. >> reporter: whether it's the black heritage festival followed by the martin luther king parade on monday or the big rv super show going on through the weekend at the florida state fairgrounds. for the now, i'm ivan cabrera. >> well, first time moms are older than ever before. the average age is now 26. that's according to the cdc. the government started tracking the numbers around 1970 when the average age was 21 years. the shift is because women are waiting longer to have children and there's a big drop in the number of teen pregnancies. the report showing the most dramatic increase have come

and women living along the west coast. the northeast has highest average. here is health news for you right now. the cdc is considering a travel warning about a virus spreading in mexico and the caribbean. even if you don't have plans to go there, you need to know about this one. there are concerns that people could bring it back to the it is called zeeka and mosquitoes are spreading it. this shows where the virus is right now. it's been a rare disease primarily in africa for decades. now it's spreading to other countries. and the number of cases is also increasing. there haven't been any reports of the virus being transmitted by a mosquito in the united states, but one traveler recently brought it back. usually the symptoms here are mild from the virus. you could have a fever, rash, joint pain. now it may be causing a birth defect in brazil, causing

heads and severe brain damage. worried. at this point. the attorney general opening an investigation into water in flint, michigan. it wasn't until a pediatrician worked around the clock, crunching the data until the people in flint learned how much they were being poisoning. the now todd walker sat down with the doctor. >> reporter: thousands in flint, michigan were being poisoned. >> when i bathed in it, i broke out. >> reporter: they might have had a hunch. >> people complained. it was brown and tasted and looked gross. >> reporter: nobody knew how bad the lead contamination was until the doctor sounded the alarm last fall. >> when pediatricians hear

>> reporter: the city started getting its water from the flint river in april of 2014. >> it pretty much doubled in the whole city of flint. in some neighborhoods it tripped. >> reporter: some of the highest lead levels in the entire city because by the time the water gets to these houses, it has spent more than 140 hours in the lead-lined pipes. >> for a good 18 months, people were drinking lead tainted water. >> reporter: dr. hannah says the signs of lead poisoning don't show up in kids for three to five years but can be life- long. >> and our research even though it is damning really underestimates what happened. >> reporter: the crisis in flint won't be fixed when the water is safe to drink again. >> it's a problem of today but it is going to be a problem for tomorrow. it is going to be a long-term problem. >> reporter: in flint, michigan, todd walker for the now.

>> the physical and neurological effects of lead poisoning are irreversible. but good nutrition and early education is lessen the severity. a new trend is emerging in american politics. an increasing number of people consider themselves independents instead of democrats or republican. here is tara hall with the trend. >> reporter: if a recent gallop poll is any indication, both parties could be in trouble with american voters. >> trusting government has gone down. people don't trust the government to do the right thing. they think most people in politics are corrupt. >> reporter: that's leading voters away from the republican and democratic parties. >> what we have seen over time is an increase in negativity or hostility against both political parties. when you say how do you feel about the democrats, how do you feel about the republicans, you see this negative attitude that people have. and so those are the individual

that's are starting to say, well, i'm not a republican or a democrat, i'm an independent. 43%. that's the number of americans who currently identify as political independents. according to a recent gallop poll. that is a 7 point difference from 2008. >> i think that 43% number is going to continue to rise because you can't produce good policy with a bad process. and that's the situation that we're in today. we've got to focus on changing the process and make it more democratic. we have to transfer power from the parties to the voters. and we need a whole set of structural reforms in order to do that. >> reporter: while both speculate that americans will increasingly identify as independents, neither believe that voters will completely abandon voting in a two-party system. they anticipate that politicians will change their rhetoric to better appeal to american voters. for the now, i'm tara hall.

>> and i'm laura harris. thank you so much for joining us on the new tampa bay. abc action news at 5:00 starts right now. live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> it's official. a major promotion for the bucs offensive coordinator. tonight the big task ahead for the entire team. plus this -- >> he needs to die for killing terry. >> strong words from the polk county sheriff. the motive revealed behind the august murder of a beloved member of the community. the severe weather being blamed for blowing off a roof off of a building in venice. damaged power lines as well there. good evening. i'm wendy ryan. >> and aim jamison mueller. clean-up is under way after a strong line of storms left behind all of that damage.