now at abc action news this morning, searching for answers and suspects after a shooting >> why teens is not responsible for the break in are now locked up. >> florida official wildlife commission is going to try to save a manatee this morning. come up at 9:00 we'llexplain

look at this, traffic is thinning out nicely on i-275. we have a stalled van there in thenorthbound lane there that's not causing any delays. make sure you move over or slow down if you are passing that van. checking out the bridges for you right now, it is not too bad. we have seen it a lot worse. these cars heading up into tampa. at themoment, nine minutes. on the gandy bridge. the onetrouble spot i mentioned in olsmar here, just before you get to tampa road. your alternate lane to getback to tampa road.

are getting ready to rescue a manatee. we want to give you a look of where this rescue was going to happen. >> that's where we find our adam wiener telling us what crews want to do with that manatee >> adam, what do you know? >> reporter: the manatee is staying warm this winter by staying close as it can. behind me youcan see where this that's what i am told this manatee has been clustering. manatee is known to stay close to waterto stay warm in winter. in this case, we are toldthat will that the manatee is stuck or sick and it is unable to go to a better location to get food. >> the plant their sheldon road. fwc tells us they'll capture

onto a boat or truck and then move it further up the river near the dry creek road access and that's where they'll drop it off. a mild or two north of us of where we are right now. >> they take this procedure very seriously. thereis been some news in florida that manatees might no longer need to be classified as endangered but right now this is what they call a manatee ex traction and it is a delicate process. >> the water treatment employees here is looking here is looking at if he can see where the manatee is. there is apossibility that there maybe two manatees out >> they're not sure. if there is two, that would make this process moving both of them and that'll be twice as difficult and takes them twice as long to do. we'll be out here watching this process and we hope to have an

adam wiener. the carnival paradise about 13 hours after it was supposed to yesterday following a five days trip in grand cayman >> hundreds still chose to sleep on board because it was so late. >> it was foggy and it was cold. we had to stay on board one more night and we were anxious to get home. >> because cruise liner could not dock on time, it let passengers off on thursday and the next carnival cruise could not leave on time for its four day trip that'll leave at 4:00

carnival will offer guests half off their trip and half off their next trip. deputies have identified one of those suspects, anthony stevens is his name and they're asking you to keep an eye on him. he was armed with a handgun when he broke in a home in ho iday last night. thehomeowner shot at him and accidentally hit a teenage girl instead. she's in the hospital right now and in a coma. a story we brought to you at this time. the 12years boy who was hit by has died. lot trying to catch a school bus ch that's when he ran out

he was a6th grader at farnell school. the woman accused of hitting the 5 years old is in court today. shelton dried to leave the scene but her tires got stuck and witnesses snatched the key out of ignition. shelton is set for first appearance today, she's facing attempting to leave a scene of a crash. attorneys are investigating on a road rage incident that turned physical and parts of it was caught on camera, too. >> keep playing with me. >> this video was recorded. the vetteling us a woman cam ps. what'snot shown on camera was

get him to stop recording. >> no contact order between both students. theveteran wants a harsher punishment. this is racism,this is what we are trying to eliminate in this country. >> we are not identifying the female student involved because she's not charged for anything. >> the student did not respond to our request for a comment. the mother of two children who went missing is in jail this morning. the children five and four years old dorian of saintburg. two out of workers got amber alert from their phone and spotted them in a car.

back to their mother. even though the front runner was not there, he was still a big topic of discussion. >> the ted cruz talked tough of he claims the obama administration isfailing in the fight of isis hunting down terrorist groups. >> you claim it is tough talk to discuss terrorist fungiing. >> our political fact team rated cruz's statement is false. >> military spending has decrease.

military spending and ing. the moderators wanted to know from kentucky senate errand paul how he would handle shootings specific for the one in ferguson where michael brown was killed. >> i discovered a third of the budget was being reaped and people were fined to death. >> our fact checking team found paul to be mostly paul because he did not talk about critical facts. the city of ferguson is dependant on fines and fees from revenue but paul over states his reliance. >> fines did hit upward to 16% but fell to about 7% last year

fundraiser. >> his boycott is seen as on ongoing war with the moderator. >> i didn't think it was appropriate and i didn't think it was nice. >> the abc action news political fact found trump to be false about never asking kelley to be removed. >> trump greatly down plays how he responded. >> he has gone so far to kelley should not be able to moderate and should not be at the debate. wehave more fact check findings right now on abcacti abcaction.com. chelsea clinton is in the bay area campaigning for her mother. >> she will attend another fundraiser later tonight in fort lauderdal . hillary clinton credited her daughter on same-sex marriage which she

all right, let's take a look at the forecast today. if you are plan to head to the beach, a lot of sunshine out there. there are some cool breezesthis morning, the winds are reasonable especially right behind a cold front. most of them are goingto be below 15 miles per hour. high trfrps at clearwater beach at 64 degrees. it will be dry and water temperatures is at 58. temperatures just keep on getting warmer over the next couple of afternoons. may not believe just how warm we'll get before our next cold front. >> 9:12. still to come this afternoon. a beating caught on camera, the message the sheriff has about other deputies there. >> firing up the grills for pig fest. the barbecuebatch starts tonight, how you can get a taste and how efforts serve up

9:15, this video shows a deputy beeting the beating the suspect. that deputy is facing ten years in prisonand a $250, 000 fine. he's been fired. back in 2014, several deputies as you see here beating suspects and ordering him to stop resisting even though the video clearly shows he's not resisting. >> now, the sheriff wants to rebuild the community's trust. >> don't let any of these men image destroyed our image in the community. new video coming in giving us a first look of the shoot

the wildlife refuge in oregon >> the vie leapt confrontations vie linsanity the group's leader and bundy and others were arrested. they opened fire because he reachedtowards his waistband where he had a gun. fourpeople are still holdup at the refuge. they aredemanding the fbi let minimal walk away without being arrested. starting tonight firing up the grills, they are ready for the big festival. this event is much more than barbecue. >> joining us live now to show you how it is about giving back to the community. >> reporter: hi everybody, it is never too early to eat barbecue. we are live at the lakeland pig festcelebrating 20 years this year.

charities. >> we are here with our friend from the lakeland barbecue company. take a look at this beautiful food they made. >> this one is for ashley and this one is for deiah, the poor pork language. take a look at these beautiful tobaccos for shay. >> yummy, yummy. >> joel and bobby king are both here. how early doyou start cooking for this event? >> good morning. we took on three trucks. we had our food truck dlrl ris and deliveries. >> 4 a.m. is what is time we got there this morning.

when i make pork, my stuff is not pretty but your stuff is gorgeous. >> take focus and put it together where it is presentable for folks to eat. >> reporter: we got #8d 0 professionals of what i 80 professionals. we'll becoming back with you. now, we'll send it back toyou because we have to eat. >> all right, let's take a look at what' going onwith our weather today. it is gorgeous out there,is it? >> this is south tampa that you are looking at. youcan see the sunshine is glistening off the guilding there now and off the water. what a beautiful startto our friday after such nasty stays out there. this is our reward. a gorgeous day today. we are off to a cooler start but even that i am not complaining about it. so pretty out there and thick clouds to the south and our winds coming in from the north

we have had somelight winds this morning making it feel chillier maybe than what it otherwise feels. >> it is noticeable with that drop in temperatures that we are feeling. a lot of sunshine dry and itis going to be cooler than average for this time of the year. you are thinking, how do i dress forpirate fest? if you are heading out ready for the invasion, temperatures are going to be around 50 degrees. by parade time, we are get ng the low 60s. yeah, you might want long sleeves or extra lair but it is going to be dry and leave the rain gear behind. it is looking fabulous for gasparillatomorrow. starting off with lows tomorrow in tampa48 degrees and that means upper 30s in citrus

year. >> again, comfortably cool for saturday but sunday just fabulous. into next week, got a couple of detail, i will tell you about more in my next full forecast when it comes to that next cold front. check out that warm up. >> almost 80 degrees. on tuesday. that's floridamost accurate seven-day forecast, you can find me on facebook and twitter. back to you. still to come this morning, the alarming spread of the mosquito born zika virus. >> coming up, we'll tell you what is being done to stop it from spreading. prisoners in their own home. the disturbingpunishment

take a look outside, you you may find a few lingering clouds sdltof shooip out there. take a look. our wind speeds right now out of the north at less than five miles per hour. wind won't be a big factor as our temperatures climb in the mid-60s. i will have ourseven-day

our rain chance ahead of the next cold front, coming up in just as few minutes. taking action for you. an emergency meeting to address over the concern of the zika bor virus. >> zika is linked to birth >> the last twelve months alone, officials warning this spread is explosively. a child abused out in connecticut. policeaccused a couple locking five children in bathroom for days and months. george and nancy barnes were

restroom as punishment and only allowed to get out to sleep and school. >> the child finally reveal the abuse to a school's officer. what you need to know for gasparilla this week. >> the new effort getting them release and the counter fight

now on abc action news, it is the eve of the pirates invasion. >> hundreds of thousands of people are expected to put their boots and hats and beads

>> good morning, thank you for joining us this morning on abc news. >> first, we want to turn to shay with our forecast weather. >> jee, or argh i cannot. >> it is hard to do it off the top of my head. >> lakeland at 50 degrees. iverness right now at 50 and sarasota at 54. we are warming up. you, matae, we are looking good there. looking future cast stek. fantastic >> you know they make the long sleeve shirts, it is perfect nice and warm with cool temperatures tomorrow.

to see temperatures coming down as we get closer to sunset. the afterschool activities today are not like lick to be cancelled for any weather related eshs and the gasparilla forecast is looking awesome. we'll havemore on that coming up in jaus little bit. just a little bit. >> thumbs up on our pirates. >> not long from now, pirates will invade our city. >> it is the largest events in our area. >> abc action news anchor lindsay logue is live downtown with a look ahead of what we can all expect. good morning lindsay. >> reporter: you guys know this. 24 hours fromnow, bay shore will look much different. 200, 000people will line the streets waiting with anticipation. >> docking their pirate ship right here at the convention center and demand the keys to the city. after that, the main event and

largest parade in the country. listen if you are a first timer tips for you. you don'thave to dress as a pie rate pirate . beads are a must. get here early and all the spots will filled up be filled up. youcan get reserve seatings on the bleachers and no alcohol allowed unless you are on the parade route. if you don't have a designated driver, captain morgan this year is teaming up with uber and giving away thousands of discounted rides.

the parade starts at 2:00. fyi, a lot of road closures going on and the start tonight, we'll put the details on those. abcactionnews.com. joining us now from the crew, san diego, james ire. >> you are correct. >> thanks for stopping by, guys. >> james, you obviously have a you guys are doing for the kids >> yes, we have a lot of outreach program that is we use with the crew of san diego. >> education foundation provides slips scholarships for children.

guynn away over the years? >> we had our 20th anniversary last year. >> tell us about how you >> for us gasparilla season takes off in january. we kickoff in january and each year we bring in a new king and queen and this year is myself. >> congratulations. the costumes. theseare really amazing, but there are some history involved >> yes, this goes back to the late of the santiago that was made in spain. >> local leaders giving honor to the pilgrim imagine s and giving back to the community.

>> for the king's outfit we started in september. >> how many crystals are on these, do you know ? >> i don't know, going by weight, it is awfully a lot. looks like you will have great weather too forthe event. >> thank you for having us. santiago. >> awesome. >> everything you need to know is on our website on abcacti onnews.com. >> as 5 all right there on dan is so under dressed. we are monitoring delicate rescue that's about to take place. officials getting ready to rescue amanatee and perhaps, two of them.

right now in hillsboro county. >> abc action news adam wiener has the update. >> reporter: that's right, i was talking to biologist, and they're telling me this is a young manatee who's sick and hungry and that's the big reason they are doing the rescue. >> leading the rescue is andy garret coordinating this operation. can you tell us about the game plan. >> we have a safety net just in leave the area. manatee. we want to get him assess or if we think it is a young animal we cannot bring up the manatee up this bank because it is so steep. >> reporter: you make it all remove them?

something? >> we are expecting couple hundred pounds. it is something we have dealt before and we have a stretcher and a sling that we put the manatee in and take it over to shoreline. >> >> reporter: and you will be carrying it for thelong-term term. >> you mention this is something you do a lot? >> a little more out for our junior plant. for oneday is okay but this manatee has been seen here over a week and we are starting to see signs of illness. sf we are seeing one of the manatees right now. >> andy is going to figure oit out as they work out right now to try to capture this manatee. we'll watch as this unfolds here.

country area and i will throw it back to you guys, back in the studio unless if you want to stick here and see if we can watch it live. adam, we'll check in. tampa police to be on thelook out for this guy, he tried to rape a woman at her own porch. fortunately police believed he was scared by lights and dogs. >> you can open our mobile app right now and share his story and this composite sketch with your friends. a county man is accused of punching his girlfriend.

clothes and arguing and she threatened to call the police and he punched her twice. you may have known this. " steven avery's case, some are pushing for his release and while others disagree. >> reporter: hundreds of people here at the courthouse all gathering on the steps fungiing for two completely different issues at the exact same time. one of those groups will be here in support of convicted >> all this interest stemming from the netflix "making a murder" highlights 20050 murder of teresa hall. the serious have. something that the office denies. interestingly, it is the sheriff's department that'll be monitoring these demonstrations.

street and calling reenforcement from above. state police can bemonitoring and gathering. both groups have promisedto leave a peaceful protest. they have chosen to behere to fight for two completely different issues at the exact same time. 9:40, next on abc action news, a bay area girl takes action protecting four legged officers. >> you know that iconic budweiser horses. now,there is a new one. and his time preparing for r

it is a great story here, raising money for all canine officers. >> she exceeded that all by selling lemonade. she'snow able to help protect more police dogs. >> on thursday, a few canines thanked her for her great work. >> that's a great story. you saw a few minutes ago, the costumes weigh 40 pounds. >> they are thankful there are some cool air. >> you know, their attire was perfect for what's going on tomorrow. with those cool temperatures settling in. let's go ahead and take a look atwhat's going on outside right now. you can see itis a gorgeous afternoon.

invasion. >> look at that, temperatures already in the upper 50s across sebring and arcadia. and we are setting the stage for a beautiful weekend. i want to show you what the year. we should bestarting around 52 and ending the day from 71. apretty nice saturday, right? >> and then on sunday we are above average. upper 70s on tuesday. this slight chance comes along a disturbance that's rolling across southern florida. our southern counties are

around tampa bay we'll get a few showers out of it. rain on thursday with a bit cooler temperatures with that next front. that's florida's most accurate seven-day forecast, you can find me on twitter and facebook. it is 9:46 it is time to introduce you to our pet of the week. >> tell us more about allie. >> well, allie is nine months old. >> i am sorry, did i say nine years? >> when i read that i am thinking, well, he looks like a puppy. he's a chihuahua mix. he's wonderful and all dressed up for gasparilla and ready to go to the parade and be the

children wants to hug the little dog and they may break a bone. >> little dog in general i think he will be sturdy than otherchihuahua. >> you can visit at the animal shelter there at st. pete if home. give thenumber on the screen a gasparilla buddy. >> thank you. >> we are live at lakeland pig fest. take a look atthis beautiful sauce, i wish oh i wish we have smell for television.

good morning everybody, we are live at the lakeland pig fest where they are celebrating 20 years giving back to the community. competitorshere from as far away as montana coming to compete for the weekend. this is the largest barbecue. who needs those pirates? we got barbecue. we are with our friends here, thank you very much for taking a break from the cooking to talk to us. >> absolutely. >> not the secret because you will share with us with our viewers, is it the secret of cooking nice and slow? >> love and sweat. and diet banana juice if you can

>> what do you like best of the lakeland pig fest? it seems like a whole lot of fun. >> there will be about 40, 000 people out here. >> reporter: actually, 70, 000. >> well, we need to get more food. >> you will break a record. >> we got a lot of friends and we are all from here and we got a lot of family and friends. >> reporter: in addition to the fact that the proceeds are donated to charity. what ever you sellhere this weekend, you will also donate. tell usabout the spca. >> we love our animals and we

>> last year we gave them just shy of $9000. wedonate 100% and we walk in with a lot of local sponsors. we get a lot of help but we give it all back. >> thank you for coming in and talking to us. >> these two cousins have been cooking together since they were 16 years old. come on out, there are concerts and great food and great

tomorrow morning and all day saturday and into the night.

hello i am sarah rosario . gasparilla is as muchabout the beads as it is the booze. coming up todayat 4:00. a mistake that could cause you your life. and your chance to win tickets to daytona 500 of what you need to know to snag the big price, all that and more today at 4:00. the brewing company has added a new guy to its team >> how cute is that is? >> on tuesday, his name is mack and chosen to join the team for having the classic budweiser with white legs and black tail. >> enjoy the great weather this weekend. >> yeah, sure.