i'm laura harris. -- >> do you have a plan if a tornado strikes in what you need to do to be safe. if you live in a mobile home, why a car could be a better option. >> right now, let's take a birds eye view of what $12 million in damage looks like that's the after math of this weekend's tornadoes, hundreds of properties in node of repair. some of them completely destroyed. this video shows how much

on the right is what the same area looked like just yesterday. things can be replaced. houses can be replaced, but people can't. these are the two people that died in that storm in the town of duet on sunday. that's where abc action news reporter, eric is live, eric, you were there yesterday as well as these people are trying to clean up. devastation. >> >> reporter: for sure, laura, it's sad to see as this family tries to pick up the pieces the debris in the middle of the road yesterday has been pushed off, but there is a large pile. been going through it, trying to salvage whatever they can. you see the pile right there. so much devastation that was a

kelly wilson were killed. steven wilson, his parents were killed, one of the four kids that escaped were actual actually out here, cleaning up. both of them, i saw, had cuts and bruises, but they were out here helping. i talked to a couple of relatives. no one wants to speak publicly, yet, there are alot of tears being shed for steve and kelly, their son and four grandchildren were able to escape and taken to the hospital for treatment. the families have been sifting through things, whatever they can find that is salvageable neighbors here told us steve and kelly were wonderful people u wonderful neighbors and it is heartbreaking to see family members going through what is left of their belongingses.

of work to do out here. >> the chief is here with us, looking at eric's live shot, crystal blue skies, everything looks fine except for a tornado blue through that area. is >> a tragic situation we have been talking about, this sort of pat pattern with el nino. what we had the same thing happened in cape coral a week ago and it happened here saturday. we'll see more of it folks. this pattern lends to severe weather and tornadoes across our area. so, in spite of as beautiful as it is, right now, wispy clouds out there, causing rainbow activity going on, the 22- degree hey low that shows up enwhen the sun goes through. a circle around the sun or moon for that matter. the enhanced tornado threat is something we are going to be talking about probably through the end of march.

to our weather. it energizes the storms that come through, while titan doppler radar is quiet, skies cool. they will go a lot more than this. bay area. >> it's not just the tampa bay area, right now, the cleanup is going on on florida's east morning. ef1 in that area. chainsaws humming throughout the neighborhood. 30 minutes north of palm beach. trees are still down, cars damaged in that area. a number of cars were damaged. we are hearing how thankful people were to have the storm shield app. one woman said she heard the alert, turned on the tv and decided not to tick the family to church. >> all of a sudden, within two

i grabbed my son and we ran into the closet. >> storm shield app available for android and apple devices. she also said she was amazed at the amount of debris in their neighborhood. national weather service confirmed it was an ef1 touching down west of where we are, this this area. wind speeds up to 90-miles an hour. they say the storm moved through about 65-70-miles an hour in that area. thankfully, they are saying it wasn't stronger than that. >> >> whether you are a cashier, a waitress or anyone exchanging money, watch out for this next scam we will tell you about. an elderly man caught on camera three different times stealing money from tampa bay restaurants. you see the surveillance video, he is in both of them.

this latest scam happening this weekend at yo-yoju's, can see the customer is getting cash bag. stuffed some into his pocket and then you see him making the hand gesture that he was short changed, trying to get more money. >> >> also, right now, u.s. state department is working to find three american contractors missing in baghdad. iraqi security forces you see in the video and doing house to house searching in the area, today. a senior security official said the people were kidnapped by militia men. right now, we are getting a look at all 12 missing marines all the way on the far right top, you will see right there. that is corpsal thomas jardis -- he was just 22 years old. all missing after two helicopter collided off the coast of hawaii. rescuers are expanding their search.

but no survivors. the family of one of those marines is in hawaii, right person. there are not enough words. his heart is so big. >> reporter: the family of one of the other marines from south highly trained. his dad said his son would tell him how proud he was to just be >> >> finally, the real reason men to take getting sick a lot worst and what the solution might be. >> >> breaking news, a second deadly avalanche in the french alps. this time killing five french soldiers on a training exercise. last week, a school group it was swept away by a snowstorm. two students and aadult died in that crash.

cops in ohio mourning one of their own. danville's body was found late last night behind a city building. here's what we know so far, the suspect, her shall jones in custody. we are learning jones' girlfriend called police telling them she was armed, the cops are saying the guy was in trouble with the law plenty of times in the past. on top of this, the officer's cruiser an his gun are both missing. >> >> controversy not stopping fans from packing into the australian open today. it is being overshadowed with claims not only have players been fixing matches, but that the sport is covering it all up. bbc and buzz feed reporting they have gotten ahold of secret internal files implicating 16 players that have not been named yet.

happening over the last decade. all govern bodies are denying it all. >> tennis integrity unit absolutely rejects any suggestion that evidence of match fixing has been suppressed for any reason. it is being thoroughly investigated. >> somewhat of a policing body was formed to avoid cheating it has issued six lifetime bans since then. >> >> should donald trump be banned from britain. parliament taking on the topic after more than half a million people signed a petition to keep them out. they are upset about his proposal to temp pairry ban

britain's prime minister said he doesn't support a ban. >> >> peace and quiet. "the now's" program shows a pilot program that is music to anyone's years of >> reporter: this is how the third graders in miss planery's class starts their day. this week is different. mindful music moments are being added. two minutes of classical music and meditation to start their day >> it gets them calmed down, it gets us focused and centered and helps us to start our day in a calm more peaceful way. >> reporter: the students listen to it every day for a week.

everything else is up to them. >> this is a pilot program stacy simms came up with. >> the ritual of stillness is now quite easy for them and that's something they can take with them their whole lives, knowing how to calm yourself and make your ownself healthy. that's huge. >> i notice it from the time we start and finish. >> i used to never listen to music, but now, that has changed. >> simple, a couple of minutes, coming together as community and experiencing the same thing. >> in a classroom where seven

the students, music is really the universal language. >> check out a map that shows how the flu is impacting tampa bay right now. with this week's update from the cdc, it looks like the cases are few and far between in our area of that's a great this one. does it seem like men get extra whiney when they get the flu? there is nothing but guys in it turns out you guys may actually have a good excuse. a recent study from john's hopkins find that women may the flu because of estrogen in our bodies. adding estrogen to nasal cells

women, but not in men. why it works is not clear, but researchers say it may have something to do with our estrogen might slow down the virus's ability to replicate itself. researchers need to do more research. a detroit mom may have had a seizure behind the wheels. the teen said he noticed something was wrong when he was she stopped talking, driving the entire time, but was unconscious, swerving into other lanes. her son jacob moved her hands of the wheel, took her foot off the pedal and laid on the horn, trying to stop the car. >> i'm trying to kick her leg

at that point, i was like i don't know what i'm going to do. i think we are going to die. once i saw a free clear lane, i got florida the lane and turned >> sandy says she doesn't know what happened. as you can imagine, jacob is glad his mom wasn't alone when that happened. emergencies all of the time at the wheel, but how about that one. >> >> we were just talking about this. i thought it would go below 32, for the fact that all of the cold weather shelters are open. >> officially, a freeze watch, wednesday morning. it will still feel like it's in the 30s and 40s. it's cold, either way. i would not be surprised if we see more of that tomorrow night as tomorrow will be colder than today is, still beautiful

as we said, there is a freeze watch in effect that means tomorrow night and once morning. upper 20s to low 30s. can be extended to pascual county as well. i do want to go over what we were talking about earlier. the surveys that came in from the national weather service the duet tornado women in as a a 2. stayed on the ground for nine miles. 300-yards. sarasota tornado also an ef2, a little stronger, 132-miles an hour, stayed on the ground for a mile and slightly wider at 350-yards. right now, titan doppler radar, we are rain free with temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. saturday light, looks good a little bit of high cloudiness out there, but not the kind that will give us any rain, at

weather story will be the temperatures. this is what you will be waking up to tomorrow morning in the low 40s across our viewing area, mid-to upper 40s if you live closer to the water, upper 30s to low 40s across our none counties. even down around highlands in de soto in the mid-40s with temperatures on the cool side. skies on the clear side. partly cloudy skies overnight down to 42 in tampa. tomorrow night, we'll be even colder and the possibility of another area of storms roll in later on this week, we'll talk >> coming up, right now, new pictures of a crash that happened not too long ago, check it out. car crashing into the side of a building at hillsboro and 40th. action air 1 getting there is this short time ago. if you look at it, it looks like a school, right? well, it is. thankfully, it looks like the driver will be okay we are

that happened, how the car ended up in the building. thankfully today is the mlk holiday so the kids were not in school at the time. >> >> today, we are remembering the courage of dr. martin luther king and what he stood for. apparently, few americans actually think it's worth celebrating.g.

right now, i want to you check your pantry for what you are about to see on your screen, right there, trader joe's recalling these because of fear of salmonella

how can cashews get contaminated with salmonella bags are being recalled right now. we have posted everything you need to know on our facebook page. marching in honor of dr. martin luther king, today, a parade in east tampa celebrating his legacy. we asked a few people there how we could all be more like dr. king. >> definitely show more compassion towards one another. more heart felt concern for each other. >> many people talk about giving more, being more helpful. more kind. we found the tampa mayor, council member -- parade ran from the park down mlk >>

finally achieved his dream? yet. only 28%, say we have reached the day king preached about in speech. cording to a new survey. the number down from 35% two years ago at the same time. the survey did find younger americans are more likely to think we all have an equal opportunity. views vary depending on race. 75% of african-americans say we have not achieved king's dream. compared to 59% of whites and 56% of over minorities. overall, 23% of all adults see dr. martin luther king day as one of our country most important holidays. people under 40, slightly more likely than older americans to rate the holiday that day. 20% consider it one of the least important. >> >> there is already a ton of

from the deadly tornado says over the weekend. you could be faced with even more damage during the cleanup process.

breaking news, a child has been hit by a car in braidenton, injuries severe enough that a medical helicopter has gone to get the child. it happened 6500 block of 34th avenue west just after 4:00. action air 1 is heading to scene. as soon as we get aerial pictures, we will bring them to you. >> >> happening, damage and debris left behind from sunday's

the storm leaving a path of destruction from sarasota where two people were killed. the damage has been incredible to see it's heartbreaking. take a look over here. you can see this pile -- even looking at the ground, it is littered with debris, there is construction and glass, we are being extra careful. the real thing that fhp troopers are warning about are these downed trees, what they say is happening is that the debris is falling into the road and drivers aren't paying attention. >> what is happening, we have drivers -- with their i phone, not paying attention, coming up

it, that's causing pour damage to their vehicle. that are on the road. . what they are really worried about are all of the kids off school for the holiday. they are concerned that some of the distracted driving may hurt them. laura >> i think you touched on this a little bit. reiterate so people can hear this, what do they need to do to steer clear of this debris. those that have to clean up right now, what should they be doing? >> what you are you going to want to do if you see debris in

report it so fhp has a nonemergency line. star fhp, call, report the debris in the road and they will seen a clue crew out to clean it up. >> and now the weather story in tampa bay, it's cold outside, nothing like negative 25 degrees. you are you looking at a live picture. in chicago, you can't tell how cold it is from that picture. it's beautiful outside. it's negative 25 degrees. we were complaining about what? 43? >> closer to home, a little cloud cover, still a nice day, a chilly day. no doubt about that under dry

about, a freeze watch means a freeze is likely for citrus and hernan doe county tomorrow night, wednesday morning, it is going to be cold, just not a breeze expected tomorrow morning with temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s on average that's about where we were yesterday to five degrees colder than yesterday, so, you can see the temperatures are trending down as we see partly cloudy skies across the area. week need more rain and potentially more storms, we'll take a closer look at that coming up in a couple of minutes. >> >> a common treatment not just helping people with cancer, our partners mind finding how it could help people with multiple

>> patients with multiple sclerosis are regaining -- within nine months steven's condition deteriorated where he needed 24-hour acute care. he received a bone marrow transplant using his own stem cells. now, he can swim and ride a bike >> the treatment, stem cell transportation or hsct, first, there is chemotherapy, which then harvested from the patient's blood used to rebuild the immune system. he received it as part of a clinical trial at a hospital in the uk, another patient given the treatment, holly, went from having to use a wheelchair to be able to walk. a consultant on the trial

immune system. researchers described the littest treatment as a major achievement. right now, we want to celebrate an amazing 14-year- old. you remember cole? cancer survivor who started his own foundation to raise funds for families dealing with the diagnoses. he invited myself and reporter carson chambers to hang out with them, that's where cole revealed he raised $300 thousand in two years through his foundation. $10,000 of the dollars going to the team lounge he opened in the hospital, giving teens battling cancer a place to play and just be kids. cole, now 14 -- if you want to help him continue to raise

need, we have posted all of the information you want on our facebook page. one of the coolest kids i have ever met. >> >> when we come back, the fast food china wants to charge you more to eat healthier, almost a dollar, we'll explain, coming

>> a couple of weeks before the iowa caucuses, florida senator running for the gop presidential nomination. third place in iowa with 13% of the votes. >> >> just a short time ago wrapping up, donald trump campaigning in concorde, new

daughter along up on stage as well. >> >> a look now at the difference between what average americans are making as opposed to extremely rich. a new report showing the world 62 richest people have as much wealth as half of the world's population. more 3.6 billion people. in 2010, it took 380 billionaires to have that portion of global wealth. the income gap is growing. the report showing 20% of the world living in extreme poverty barely saw their incomes budge between 1988 and 2011. compare that to the most wealthy 10% that saw a jump of 46%. >> >> the fast food restaurant that has made a lot of money on waffle fries, fried chicken and fries is trying to make you healthy and charging you for it.

broccoli, replacing the coleslaw. we talked to a couple of chickfillaers around town and some are selling the coleslaw until they run out of ingredients. since it is a widely popular restaurant, we are breaking down difference for you, right now so you can see what is going on. side by side coleslaw had 380- calories. the new super food has less than that. now, the price here. this might be the deal breaker. they never used to charge you more for the coleslaw with the combo, but if you want kale, 94- cents more. >> >> one place you can run to if a tornado warning is issued, if you live in a mobile home and what you should do if it happens to you in the middle of

>> >> a new study said that heavier waiters sell more food. is that really the case?

we are still following the breaking news out of braidenton, a child has been hit by a car. the medical chopper will be landing right there. you are looking at live pictures from action air 1 they have cleared the area. landing right there. there are medical personnel waiting for that chopper. all of this happening 6500 just after 4:00. a car. we are waiting for the medical chopper to arrive. as soon as we get more details, >> >> the tornado in manatee, all of us. we know of the destruction.

were warnings, some people were caught off guard. partly because it happened in the middle of the night, which is why you have to have some sort of alert system and then react. >> >> take those cellll phone warnings seriously, it was only three minutes later that that happened. >> now, she was talking about the storm shield app. clifton french is here to explain more about that. >> reporter: if you have one of these apps, it sends an alert to your phone, has an alarm that will wake you up, our meteorologist with personalize all of the information and then you can look at the radar to see where the storm is heading. it's how you react after that that may save your life. damage from yesterday's storm shows how the bay area is into the immune to devastating tornadoes, an ef2 that stayed on the ground with 127 mile-an-

>> the equivalent of a category three hurricane. >> high winds badly damaged a trailer in manatee county, lifted it off its blocks, killing two people. >> you have to get to a sturdy building >> and make sure you are on the lowest level, move away from windows and get to an interior bathroom or hallway. >> if you lived in a mobile home and we talked about severe weather coming in the next day -- >> if we know it's coming, we are lev leaving. >> melanie lopez and her husband live here but have a sturdy home where they go during severe weather. if you are in a mobile home, get out. the red cross said your car is safer, put on your seatbelt and drive to a better structure. if you start to see debris

and park and you have two options. get low in your car or get lower on the ground like a ditch. >> it's not the best option, but it's safer than this. >> i'm clifton french. >> >> clifton, thank you. >> >> you are seeing the medical chopper landing, live pictures from action air 1. the child will be taken to blake medical center. all of this happening in the 6400 block of 34th avenue in braiden ton just after 4:00. exactly what happened. why that child may have been in the street. as you are seeing, that's the medical chopper, two paramedics carrying that stretcher. they are heading to the scene where that child was hit. they had to land in the open field area to make sure they could get their safely and you

soon as we get them. the child was hit at 34th avenue west. we are trying to figure out how old that child is, who that child is and hopefully, all of the information will come through in the next couple of minutes. >> >> chief meteorologist dennis phillips with us. it will get cold. >> temperatures, 30s and 40s, tomorrow, we will freeze across the northern counties, looking outside, right now, beautiful. a lot of sunshine, compared to the heavy weather we had saturday night into sunday morning. sunday, monday turned out to be very nice. there is a freeze watch in effect for our northern counties tomorrow night, so u in other words tomorrow night into wednesday morning. pretty decent chance. a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about this particular event would likely be the coldest so far of the season. that looks to be the way it

only our northern counties pick up the breeze, titan doppler radar quiet, temperatures, upper 50s to lower 60s under mostly clear skies, satellite and radar very, very quiet. the stretch of weather from tonight through friday for at least early friday should be pretty nice, then things begin to change. first things first, tomorrow morning, low to mid-40s, so it will not be a freeze, but as the kids go back-to-school, you will want to bundle them up. temperatures will feel like like it's in the 30s, but we tonight. we are tomorrow night for our in the pets. it will be down right chilly 30s and 40s. cloud cover over the next couple of days. that's it, otherwise, more sun than clouds, a nice stretch of weather as temperatures,

tuesday, back in the 60s on wednesday, so, again, we are either well above normal or well below normal that's perfect textbook stuff for an el nino situation, which is what we are going to be right on through march. so the five and six days of rain and stormy periods, there is no reason to think it will change and it won't, because by later on, i think we'll see another round of storms, potentially strong storms, not nearly as active as this last round. that's the way things are shaping up. otherwise, a lot of sunshine. this is wednesday morning. this is the coldest morning, with temperatures in the low to mid-30s across our northern counties. i think these numbers will be a little lower as we get more data in. look at what everybody will be waking up to on wednesday morning, 30s across most of the area. partly cloudy skies tonight waking up to mostly 40s.

we'll take a closer look at the severe severe threat on friday coming up. >> >> right now, three americans freed by iran as part of a prisoner swap are heading home. here's what we know so far. they are in germany getting checked out at the hospital and reuniting with their families. this picture of the washington post reporter landing safely, his family arriving in germany, today. can't wait to get out there, see people, meet people. right now, he has to focus on getting himself better. >> his brother was jailed in iran in 2014. the other two will see their families soon for the first time in years. fallout continuing from the iranian capture of 10 american

walked into their territory. tom walker, showing us the time line of what officials are finding now. >> january 12th, navy boats ended off course in iranian waters. this is iran. u.s. officials are still trying to figure out what happened. they said at 2:00 in the afternoon, when the sailors failed to show up for a planned refueling stop. at 2:10. they radioed saying they were being questioned by iranians. and then later, all communication with the sailors were lost. four hours later, there was contact saying the sailors were safe. what happened? they were hold for a total of 15 hours.

video was released. sailors being held at gun point. this video, out rained secretary of state john kerry -- >> i was very angry. i was very frustrated and angry that was released. i raised it immediately with the iranians it was not put out by the administration of foreign affairs who have been opposed to what we are doing. >> >> reporter: throughout all of details report about what happened being put together, will be released. for the now, i'm todd walker. >> black lives matter sign stolen right before dr. martin luther king holiday. cans is city churchgoers noticing it was gone when they arrived to hear the mayor speak on a number of topics,

the reverend said the sign symbolizes unity. i would like to think we have a right to put that statement out there. other people are free to disagree, but let's let each other speak. now, thanks to donations, the church will replace that sign saying "crime will not win." the reverend saying she will need help putting it up because it is going higher, she says where it will be more visible and hopefully, no one can get to it. >> >> more celebrities protesting the oscars. so many have said upset over the lack of diversity. today, director spike lee posting this to his insta-gram page saying he will not be attending the award show because of it all. jada opinion debt smith posting

today. diminishes dignity and diminishes power. >> at the end, not only will she not be going, but she won't be watching. her frustration after her husband didn't get a best actor nomination for his role in "the concussion." >> chris rock said -- >> the oscars air here on abc action news station on february 28th. >> >> on the surface, it looks innocent enough. i'm about to show you a picture and you tell me what you think. there is a picture right there. to some it's innocent, but awe children's book about our nation's first book on slavery

stores are refusing to carry it. >> the story is told through the eyes of washington's head cook and his daughter, both slaves. ed backlash echos "a fine desert." ill straight tor noted slavery -- saying washington's cooks took great pride in their work and she depicted them as happy people. the head cook eventually escaped but left the daughter behind. >> watch newsy 24/7 finally, today on "the now" advice on how to keep the

looking into a new study that says your -- >> when you sit downing everyone knows you order off the menu, but everyone knows a good server can make you buy more with the power of persuasion. >> there is something to be said for suggestion >> i like to be served. i'm a big eater, i'm a hungry man all of the time. >> reporter: a new study said customers like him are more likely to eat more if they have a heavier waiter. researchers studied 500 interactions, when a waiter's body mass index was 25 or higher, they sold more food and drinks, 25 is the threshold for what is considered overweight. the customers were 17% more likely to order alcohol. >> i feel like that's probably true just because they probably

different desserts of a lot more appetizers. >> reporter: before you go pointing fingers at people's waist lines, consider this -- >> i think i get more of a workout here than i do at the gym. >> shell biworks out regularly, in addition to all of the time she spends on her feet and she does pretty well so maybe, just maybe, there is another factor at play. >> i just want somebody that is nice and kind. >> has the spirit of that you look for in any work, actually. doing it from his heart. >> self proclaimed hungry man telling you why he keeps coming back. >> i like to be served by