now at abc action news this morning, we are tracking heavy storms making in the bay area right now. >> the possibility of thunderstorms and wind damage. >> just because there is no snow here, right here at tampa bay airport, comeing up, we'll show you what you can expect if you are flying this weekend >> we are watching strong storm moving in in area

how bad isit? >> at this point, we have not seen anything yet. that has, pyred. a batch of heavy rain brushing the county. but, this is the line that i am concerned about that's making its way towards coastline. north around i-75, where we'll see soot round of heavy rain moving across i-75 from pasco county on north. >> as we move through the day, we'll have the round of heavy storms and there is a chance for damaging wins as well as an isolated tornad . we'll keep youposted and wem continue through the morning. they'll be out of here by the afternoon drive. degree.

rain that moved through. what's happening this moem. moment. >> right now, there is nothing out there to slow you down. i do want to stop out here on the sunshine sky way waef--all right, we do have a closure that's happening all weekend starting tonight through monday you are alternates cypress and spruce t good news here is you will be able to get on and off >> right now, the interstate is green. tampa. >> pushing 70 right now. the east coast. it istargeting 50 million people.

sunday morning. a state ofemergency has been declared along with five other states. is going to close later today >> anyone heading to the delays and plenty of cancellations because of that massive winter storms. country is already cancelled right here at tia. now. how bad is itout there and how many flights cancelled so far? >> reporter: we are at 50 flights and countdowning and counting right now. we are looking at things being cancelled, anything in the mid atlantic area, maryland, north carolina we are seeing a lot of delays this morning and the closer we get to the weekend, the more delays we are expecting.

flights come in and out of tampa airport delayed and cancelled right now. >> nationally, you have heard well over 2000 flights just cancelled for today. i have been talking to alot of travelers at the airport this morning including one mom i met this morning. she wastrying to get to vermont for a snow boarding trip with her daughter, she's afraid she may get stuckduring her lay over today. >> we fly in at 11:00 and we are supposed to take off about 12:o 000 or 12:30. >> everybody at work is thinking oh, we'll be stuck there are or just plan the weekend at dc. i hopethat does not happen >> i see a lot of people visi ing the departure list here making sure their flights is on time.

she gaveme advises on how to work with the airlines making sure you are not going to end up on a flight that's cancelled too badly. i am going to share her tips later. here is a look right now at flights cancelled around the country. >> flightaware.com. >> flights have been cancelled today. americanairlines already said they are stopping all routes. >> we have shared several flight straking data tracking data links right now. we got it posted right now on ourwebsite on abcactionnews.com. the accident happened this morning just before midnight. troopers tell us the man was in acrosswalk or wearing any reflective clothing when that car struck him. he was rushed to the hospital,

facing any charges right now. at least 1300 homes or businesses are without power in the carowind area. they are working tofigure out the cause. it is unclear right now ifthat outage is related to weather. in citruscounty, there are some 1800 outages and those are related to strong storms that flew through. al second suspect wanted for two murder in manatee county has been arrested. in at this time, he's not yet charged in the connection with those deaths. the investigation is still ongoing. the mancharged with this case is dwayne humming is go toing to court today. police in long wood near

previously served time for sexually assault and battery charges. the run. hasketsocial security after a foot chase last night. >> deputies showed up at the home along brad ton. haskett hiding in the yard before he jumped the fence and that burglar victim was not home at the time. a st. pete man is attack. two men asked to borrow the phone andattacked when the door is opened. fisherman and the suspect had just been paid in cash. arrested and police are still searching for the second man.

was forge family--crews rushed to the house around 2:30 this morning and the home was seriously damaged. again, no body was home and two adults and three children live there and and they they were at their aunt's house at the time. hernando county this morning, deputies are closely watching the sinkhole behind me that opened up in a yard. the hole right now is not threateningthe roads or any home in the area. it is 20 feetwide around 15 feet deep. we'll continue to monitor theuation there and make sure you download our mobile alert. we'll send out a push alert if we get any new information. let's look at the timing when it will make into citrus county. >> on shore around pinellas

fifteen minutes. this storm does have the capability of creating damaging winds and isolated tornados. water spout before it makes its way onshore. >> the impacts and it looks like the the impact of flooding due to the heavy downpours and wind. we'llcontinue to monitor this because it could continue to strengthen as it makes its way on shore. i willhave more on that and how quickly it will move through timing, how it clears out coming up. deiah. thank you, shay. >> coming up on abc action news this morning. >> the most troubling part, wait until you hear how many bus drivers doing this. we'll tell you theaction that lawmakers are taking right now to stop it. >> punishment for an uber passenger made imfamous by a viral video and the other out

welcome back, 9:12 right now. a community ismourning a marine is now confirmed dead. loved onesgathered last night. the 22 years old was one ofthe servicemen on board. >> the aircraft colliding during a night time training exercise. the coast guards sus spened the suspended the search for the 12 vicks. victims. linda osmond died early this month.

2:00 at the paladium theater. investigators made the sad discovery in the woods near the child's home. >> officers have been coming the woods everyday. the family's pastor says that little boy is going to be remembered for being full of energy. >> jesus is going to keep up with him. it is one ofthose things where he's just a bundle of joy and 100 miles an hour and very tough and strong kids. thechild was found about a mile and a half from where he was last seen. to an alarming news right now for parents here at florida. this is shocking. a new study finds nearly 11, 000 driver in the state illegally pass school buskers in a single day. the department ofeducation says more people are racing past school buses. now, the state is considering action toprotect children on school buses.

tallahassee. >> they'll bring tougher restrictions. you will notice this video of the uber driver turning violent. >> she apparently got into an uber car without a reservation over the weekend when the driver asked her to leave, she attacked him. you can watch thevideo there she attacked the driver. she got in thecar and she starts trashing it when the man still won't drive her home. >> what are you doing? >> oh no. >> oh no. >> you have lost your mind. >> i have lost my mind. >> so far, police have not charged the doctor with my

system where she works maybe investigating her. the family is begging for justice. craig ly craigly junior won more than $400, 000. >> three men busted into the home. the victim's girlfriend begged for his life. >> when they came, i said don't do it in front of my kids. don't do it in front of my kids and my old lady. the girlfriend says--deputies are working to put those men behind bars. >> bucrch recently used some of his winnings to buy christmas gifts.

cosby. >> it was one of more 50 women accused cosby of sexually assault. the judge dismissed her claims ruling that statement made by cosby and his lawyer did not support defamation charge as defined by the law. i want to check with shay of the story o f the day. you are still tracking that nasty weather. >> it will be about half an hour of citrus county. it will take a little longer for it to work its way across the coastal area. and twitter for tampa bay weather for more updates timing out the arrival of this heavy line of storms. the river gate tower camera, shake and the winds are gusty out there. we'll pick up more as we continue throughthe day and behind the front. it is not just theframe, it is also the wind and especially a

way on shore. >> what we have moving so far garden showering and storms. further tothe south and desoto county, aarcadia is get acadia is getting heavy downpours. we have seen heavier downpours and power outages. the strongest is still yet to come associate with this fast moving front moving about 45 miles per hour. as that continues to move rapidly in our direction. by about 10 cloek it is :00, it is working into our county and south. our northerncounty is drying out and by 4:00, it is long gone. the reason we are shaded in yellow because the storm

the slight risk category for a severe storm. we have an elevatedrisk or a higher risk than normal for damaging winds for isolated tornados as that line of storms roaring through. these are the impact that you could seethrough 3:00 today. make sure you don't have lose items on your porch. and make sure you stay indoors and download our storm shield to your mobile device so you can get warnings if you are on the go. this is dpoing to be a travel mess right into saturday because of the northern part of this system. you heard about us talking about cancellations at areal airports. for must,tomorrow, we just got gusty wins and behind the front, we may see a few scattered rain showers tonight. it is not an indication that there aremore storms along the way. there is a strong flowof air off to the gulf of mexico

area and extra clouds and a few showers with wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour tomorrow. sunday is looking better with less winds. it will be chilly and the improving weather continues on next week. that's florida's accurate,the seven-day forecast is back to you, guys. next on abc action news, livestock is on the loose. >> also, this little guy right here, this little love bug has a sweet tooth, the tasty treat that's her favorite. the clock is ticking for the academy awards for nonprofits. who'll win the title of nonprofit ofthe the year. the possibility is narrowed down toseven charities in the area.

all right, we are looking now at the river gate tower camera over the ut campus. you can see how itis shaking a bit there, that's because our wind speeds have really picked up. this is going to continue behind the front and into tomorrow. speakof this strong front

coastline. >> again, there is an uncrease of chance not only for damaging wins but isolated tornados as these storms moving on shore over the next couple of hours. citrus county will see the impact first withthis storm in about the next 30 minute ors even s or even less. once it moves into the area, it will be metliving rather quickly but it could pack quite a bit of a punch and even some isolated street flooding. i will have more on the timing and keep you posted as we continue throughout the morning. deiah. >> thank you, shay. >> 9:24 right now. i want to show you a new video this morning, a cow headed to slaughter. you cansee the video there. police were called in.

several streets as they try to catch him. he was being transfer to ared to a trainer when it got loose. >> police finally got the cow at a parking garage. a three years old chihuahua. she's just chilled. >> she's chilled right now. if you put her down on the floor, he's ready to play. she's got a lot of energy. >> well, three years old she still got a lot of puppy in here. >> these dogs live long lives. >> she loves to snuggle and loves to play. >> you will notice her tongue is part of her. >> i diplomat notice that. >> it is a rare disorder and it microglacio. it means her tongue is too long forher mouth.

>> does she have a favorite of bake cup cake? >> bacon. >> she's wonderful. >> if you would like to adopt her, the number is on our screen and we have the information posted on our website. >> you are adorable >> the shelter opens at 11:00 today. >> o great. >> thank you. >> deiah. >> we have been panicking, well thought that we have to reschedule or cancel all together. >> travel troubles extended to the bay area. hownasty weather is impacting the coast, it is impacting flights right here. >> how the bay area is helping people this weekend as they brace for the blizzard. abc action news is brought to you by morgan and morgan for

live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> we are tracking heavy storms

possibility of wind damage and a tornado and how it is going to impact local travels. thanks for waking up with abc. >> we have our meteorologist shay right now tracking the storm all morning for you. >> right now i am watching this it is about to make into citrus county. as we time this out to you from north to south. pasco county expecting that line is making into your coastline about 45 minutes. itwill take a little longer forman tee county and sarasota. >> expect gusty wins at a minimum. there up to 30 miles per hour. i amseeing minimal signs here of a little of a spin here the tornado impact about a 3. 2.that's pretty low on the any spin at all.

with this storm. >> we cannot rule that out, we want you to stay vigilant throughout this time frame. at 3:00 as thekids are getting out of school today, we'll see some storms inland around polk county especially into eastern parts of manatee or sarasota county. it ispossible. by 6:00, this is all clearing out fromthe east coast of florida and again, we'll be in the clear as early as 4:00 across much of tampa bay. iwill have more on the timing and the impacts of the storm system rolling through and coming up of our our most accurate weather. thousands of delays and many more is expected ahead of that massive storms. adam wiener is liveat tia where there are dozens of delays.

it light. >> >> reporter: the people here having a lay over on the east coast is impacted here and spending a lot of time on the phones with the airlines or trying to make it and trying to find a way to keep their travel plans intact despite all the cancellationings lation cancellations and delays we are seeing this morning >> i talked to one woman changed her flight to avoid atlanta today. she gave me simple advice for otherswho may not travel as much as she does. take alook. call the airline to explain but don't be that person complains a lot. register with the frequent

royalty. just importantly, just be nice. >> i called the airline and i said hey, i need to go to the west coast but i am going via atlanta and because of the winter storm, they offered me the ticket with no extra charge and route me to los angeles and >> reporter: well over 50 cancellations so far coming in sdn out of tampa bay airport this morning. >> we got a lot of information about how to keep track of the flight statuses here and we got a lot of information on our abc mobile app right there on the overcome page and of course on on aabcactionnews.com. at least 50 million people are in the pack of the stor s

they are lining up at super markets and snow shovels are disappears just very fast. the federal government and all publictransportations in our nation's capitol will close in just a few hours. the state of emergency is now declared for dc and five states. live to washingtondc which will be coated in snow, a live look at the white house right now. 26 degrees under a blizzard warning and predicted to be the >> help is already on the way the bay area. county. the group isheading to the carolinas ahead of the storm. >> in some cases it is a life and death situation, we provide power to hospitals and so these gentlemen go out there day and night 24/7 and battle some of the worse weather to ensure

our customers. >> six trucks are on their way to help out. a man got attacked instead. >> investigators say the 21 years old victim use the data app to meet up with a 17 years old girl. theymet at an mcdonald's in lakeland, the victim tells detectives the girl then ask if he could give her brother a ride on the road. when the brother got inthe car, the man attacked him and robbed him and then he said the couple stole his car. >> if you don't do a background investigation on your own of anybody you date on a website, you can end up with a lot of surprises. >> investigators didn't have much trouble finding the accused attackers. the teenage girl used herreal page--so they know exactly who

scientists will make their case today to senator bill nelson. >> u.s. u.s. they asked the boy from campus a pasco county teacher is getting a lot of attention today for her resignation. >> tracy suits said the education system is putting a strain on teachers and hurting students. >> suits had been in the classrooms for 30 years. teaching students go again everything she stands for. she hopes her resignation is a wake up call for others.

the mayor of flintwrote to contamination. inher response, she dismissed her concern saying another department will follow up. there are stillcalls for the governor to step down of his slow reaction for r the crisis. now, the st. pete woman have been busted. nicole brown is charged with grand theft. she hittwo different st. pete doctor's offices within two months having botox procedures and skipping out from the bill. she told her latest victim that she wasgoing to the car to grab her credit card. >> 15 and 20 minutes went by and we are like, she left. >> brown stole nearly $17, 00 worth of0 worth of botox procedures. >> still to come on abc action news, guns on a plane. while it is not illegal to pack

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rain free across all of our major roads and bridges. furtherto the south along arcadia and island county. again, not affecting our major roads right now other than i-25 to our north. winds continuing not onlytoday but into tomorrow. >> potential of damaging winds from now until 3:00 this afternoon. >> heavy downpours that's quickly racing its way closer to the coastline could create some street flooding for a brief period of time. there is thatslim risk that we could see a brief tornado as that line moves on shore here over the next couple of hours. again, it is not just the threat of severe storms throughout the state of florida and into part of the southeast today, it is the northern section, all of these counties off into the northeast where that winter weather impact is

possibly lingering into the end of the weekend with those trickle down effect s from clean up and travel delays. we are headed into a round of storms the next couple hours. we may have scattered showers later tonight and through at least the first half of the day tomorrow. on sunday, less winds and still chilly and plenty of sunshine. don't forget yourstorm chill on your mobile device so you can get warnings on the go. we'll continue to get it posted here as well. they are finalists for this year's monofederal nonprofit of the year awards. find out why. >> the coffee shop is pouring it forward, the incredible number of good deeds that they

25, 000 votes and fiscal clifffteen categories, here with more is susan jacobs founder and chief executive, congratulations, we are so excited. when did youfind out ? >> i found out when e sent us an e you sent us an e-mail to come into talk to you. >> the impact that you all have had in twelve years is tremendous. tell our viewers that is number, ithink it is wonderful >> i think we have done over

it down, we have our regular wheels program and our social enterprise when people move up and could get a car loan of know interests. wehave done about 700 through our program and other services that are car related. >> that's the foundation of the organization is the thought that when you give a person and help a person get a car, that helps them in other areas of their life. >> right. it is interesting, i was listening onpaul ryan on speaker of the house, there are programs to get people while they're in poverty to help them. why don't we have programs to get out of poverty so they don't need that assistance. >> that's what i feel we do, we are that last piece so you can keep working and get a better job and get a promotion or work

things that make you a better employee to your employer and that's how we get a lot of referrals. that's the challenge that they are having is getting to work >> we have em employer part nests like mcdonald's is that we working with. you are working together tomake sure this person keeps moving. >> because that's the support system. congratulations on the nomination and good luck, we are excited for all of the nominees. if you wouldlike to learn more about wheels of success, you can visit them online, wheels ofsuccess.org. >> they'll find out whether or not they are winner, for more details on that, visit our

coming up today at 4:00, do you need a job? looking to change careers, maybe? well, there is a lot of them up for grabs, we'll tell you where and when to apply. >> watch, the national weather service, they are watching our weather today. >> and another recall on car seats, you heard it today on our show. >> take a look, we have a severe thunderstorm watch for all of our viewing areas. that'll konl through that'll continue through the evening. primary threat is danningwinds cannot rule out an isolated tornado. >> heavy rains will be out of

this morning, a coffee shop in south florida helping folks paying it forward. >> the owner has been keeping this chain going for 25 weeks now and offering free drinks to customers or they can pay. >> this started with one woman who pays it forward and finally she's on the receiving end of that gooddeed. >> that's nice. >> our top stories on abcacti onnews.com. >> stay with us for the updated weather, download our storm

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