making it out of her second floor apartment saturday at bellaverage vista manner. >> reporter: do you feel lucky to be alive? lakeland fire and police department got to the fire in less than five minutes and right away, worked hand in hand to get everybody out safely. >> very safely. we have gone through it before. we do our fire drills and everything was organized. firemen were there very fast. the bella vista has a fire alarm system monitored by an outside company inside of the unit where the fire started. >> fire alarm had fallen off the wall.

fire alarm may have alerted that resident. are are fire resistant doors and corridors, which made a huge difference in spreading the fire and flames. >> each unit is their own cell. that prevents the spread of the fire. >> reporter: it has an independent living facility and less requirement than assisted living or nursing homes. if you or any loved one is moving into a senior center, do your home work. lived in the fourth floor unit where the fire started. it's most likely that the fumes from the smoke overtook him. when it happened. as for the rest of the residents impacked. i'm told my manage machine they will going to start to let them

good afternoon. this morning, we were clear and cole, some of the coldest weather we have seen in quite awhile and the season with temperatures warming up nicely to 70 degrees. that is a sign of things to come. tuesday will definitely be warmer tan we have had had morning. forecast only expected to drop into the 50s across the metro area of upper 40s to low 50s across our northern counties. clouds slowly starting to roll in, low to mid-50s down south. eventually, we'll see clouds an the chance of rain and maybe even the chance of severe weather. we'll pin point the timing on that coming up in a couple of minutes. >> >> polk county, construction

polk state college is college has offers. >> >> reporter: for mons, monica has been looking for a job, with not much luck the problem, lack of qualify indications. >> alot of the jobs were construction and they needed this certification. >> reporter: the mother of two said it has been tough. her fortune may be taking a turn. >> i have to get lear, i have to do what i have to do. >> lawson, part of the college's manufacturing construction certificate program. through the department of labor grant, the college provides the course free of charge. >> it's a win, win if you are not working, its a way to pick up the certification. >> during the six week training session, participants receive in class training and here in the lab. hands on. one they complete the program

college connects them with local employ years an they are guaranteed interviews. >> they can put them to work right away. >> reporter: this is the break lawson has been looking for. confident pretty soon she will be earning a paycheck. >> it will feel like a 17 or 18- year-old when you are you walking across the stage getting the diploma. you are able to do it on your own. >> >> polk said the classes are we have posted all of the information on our website. >> >> if you are you applying for international airport. right now, they are looking to fill 2500 positions by the end of march. they need everything from servers to cashiers. experience is golden. hiring managers suggested you resume. list specific examples of how

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candidates are working hard to shore up support with one week to go with the iowa caucus. >> reporter: the battle for iowa. >> they want to be part of a political revolution. >> reporter: caucuses in the hawkeye state in a week, new hampshire is next. >> we -- i want to win iowa >> reporter: recent polls have trump leading ted cruz. >> 177 hours. caucus. >> bernie sanders, ahead of hillary clinton. >> i hope to earn your support. >> possibility of trouble for clinton has her friend and billionaire michael bloomberg considering an independent run. a decision he plans to make

but only if there will be a general elections matchup meanwhile, republicans are the target trump. in his receipt remarks. >> two core run thinkians -- two kaczynski orinthians walk into a bar. >> chris kristi took on this controversial comment trump said over the weekend. >> endorsements rolling in for the candidates, today former texas governor and gop rick perry endorsed ted cruz. >> >> the highlands county tourism development council is using historic snowfall in the northeast to lure visitors to florida. >> all they have to do is use a picture and bait here.

resident, sherry crow, sharing it on facebook saying -- photo is part of a two week facebook campaign coming up next. your fit bit could be out of shape. right now, users are sousing over performance. how to put your gadget to the test and keep money in your pocket. >> >> later, the way you bundle up your child before hitting the coming up, a safety alert for >> >> a baby kidnapped, taken from

tonight, "consumer reports" are are backing the accuracy of the fit bit. a new lawsuit has others wondering about what else is out there. ashley is putting the most popular devices to the test. >> reporter: when it's time to track fitness. >> big competition.

expert said not all fitness trackers are created equal and she is showing us her favorite, but you need to decide what you want to spend. >> it gives you an idea off your activity level the whole point is to be motivated, active and focus on your health goals. >> if you want to track your heart rate, go for the middle of the the road trackers, running you $150. she wears the fit bit hr where you can tugle through the stats on your wrist. >> my heart rate, calorie burn so far. >> reporter: she said is the most user friendly. >> it's easy to check your stats. >> >> reporter: if you want a sleeker wrist band, try the jawbone, hr.

your goals, which is a neat feature. >> tradeout, there is no screen. thirty dollars more than the fit bit hr or there smart hr. >> one really cool feature if fact that it is water proof. >> fitness professionals lean toward the tracker. garmin, but some say it is bulky. right now, look out for wearable trackers if you don't want to invest, this app, at any price, trackers are tools, not an exact science. >> the truth is about any tracking device that it's not only going to -- >> it can keep you accountable. that wearable technology when it works could earn you serious money. what if i told you you could start to earn money right now just by losing weight?

deals are too good to be true. kyle taylor there are tree apps promising not to hang your sweat out to dry. one of them -- you can walk, bike or drive your car, some have made up to $25. >> it's an independent contract. you set your own hours, decide how much you want to work and they give you 80% of the delivery fee. >> the other two taylor says he likes are fit studio and hygiene, all of them created downloads. if you do have to pay for the app, it's probably one you don't want to download. >> >> florida winters may not be as bad as the ones in minnesota, but you still want

how to keep your kids safe and more. >> reporter: in cold weather, we bundle up our children to prepare them for the elements, "consumer reports" said a bulky coat and a car seat can be a dangerous combination. with the help of five-month-old ben, she demonstrates a quick way to see if your child's coat is too big and bulky to wear underneath the harness. >> first, they strapped him in the car seat. then they removed his coat. >> in the event of a crash, all of this means there is so much more space for ben to ride up and his head to be outside of the protection which means he could have a head injury. >> reporter: you can use the >> in addition to not wearing a coat, make sure your child is

any fabric. >> how can you keep your child safe and warm in the car? for babies, "consumer reports" recommends securing your baby into her seat and putting a blanket on top of the harness. this cool trick. -- to see more stories, go to our website. everybody up note digging out from the snow >> for wednesday, wednesday

rain rolling in for part of the area. right now, actually pretty nice. started off so cold, temperatures in the 20s and 30s and frost, a lot of folks had to do some scraping. there it is, ark alert watch, not a warning on wednesday, wednesday night. and i think especially i4 southward. we'll see a couple of inches of rain. severe threat is still there. i'm a little less impressed with the severe threat than i am the heavy rain potential. no rain tonight or tomorrow, but by tomorrow night, late, a better chance on wednesday that's when the rains start to roll in.

them coming from the south, you will see a warmup as opposed to the last several days, the strong northwest wind that kept the temperatures down. dropped down to 38 this morning. normal 52, last year, 63 over 46. saint pete, skies are sunsy. wins are light in saint pete, skies are also clear at 64, the wins, right now, calm. that could change in the last couple of days. we had gusty wins, 30-35-miles an hour across much of the area saturday and saturday night. it will be a nice night. a cold one and again, the one thing we have been keeping our eyes on lately is the boating conditions an as we have been saying over the last couple of days, things will quiet down a bit. they have been and continue to do so with east winds 5-10 knots. there is a look at your water temperatures, 64 degrees and

so, again, as we look over the last couple of days, i want to mix it up and show you the seven day. right now, we are continuing to see significant rain chances come wednesday and again on thursday. especially thursday morning. that is when the protension will be the highest. i would not be the least bit surprised if we see serious rainfall later wednesday into thursday. how much, you say? the european shows this nicely, especially south of i4, look at that red color. that is a serious area of go to three, maybe even four inches of rain down south, no, the rain, itself, is something that some folks could learn to toll late. but i the severe threat after the tornadoes. straight line wins we have seen of late. the bureau is hinting sometime on wednesday that we could see some very heavy weather coming in from the gulf. but, at least in terms of my mind, i'm looking at more of

threat than the severe threat. >> storm predickion center saying, that's a slight chance, even a little bit less than that of anything developing in our area, but, i do think tomorrow, we'll probably start to see what we call a slight risk of an area which means less tan five percent of some severe weather on wednesday or wednesday night. one of the main reasons for these warm temperatures, we'll see mid-to upper 70s for forecast highs across much of the area about as warm as we have seen in quite awhile. it will be a really nice day. not only do we start out warmer, we end up even warmer still as we top out, look at that, near 80 degrees in areas down to south as i said, i do think we'll start to see some serious changes by later on in the period. if you want to go further in the next three days, focusing on the week. obviously, with the weekend, a very big event, coming up and

cooperate. how many times have we had the cold ones, gas pperillas, with a lot of sunshine and pleasant conditions. >> my mom was yelling at me saying "get out of the car. get out of the car right now." >> the seven-year-old watches as his mother fights off two

while at a pump, two men tried to car jack a mother. that's when she prank into action. >> i didn't think about the guns. i didn't think about what they could have done to me or what they were going to do. i thought about getting the kids out. >> protective mother sprinting to the driver's side door, diving into the car after one of these men, pulling him out of the vehicle and stripping off his mask the two would be carjackers are seen running away from the scene, allegedly fleeing to a get away car. the trio facing charges for attempted armed car-jacking and eluding police. >> >> florida state settling a lawsuit with jamis winston's accuser, plus, these top stories.

they are forced to train replacements. hundreds of american jobs given to foreign workers and the new lawsuit against disney. >> >> a baby kidnapped, taken right out of his crib. how he was caught and what a

fsu settles. the school paying out for rape claims involving jamis winston. what this means >> serious accusations that go far beyond the happiest place on effort earth >> dozens of disney employees taken from their jobs. >> how they say deathsny and contract os are abusing the government's program to save money on labor ever it's called. the hb1 program, bringing people to fill jobs americans are not qualified for. a federal lawsuit was filed

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