safety harbor with the new developments. >> reporter: dan, i just got done speaking to the homeowner of this house, a young woman who says she and her boyfriend were asleep at the time, they heard a bang and then glass shattering. they thought someone was breaking into their house. instead they walked outside and saw a car into the side of their house but no one was in it. pinellas county deputies say after 1:00 stolen vehicle slammed into the side of this house and a driver and two suspects took off running. within minutes they had the helicopter and canines on the ground and in the air searching for the suspects but they have all gotten away. the homeowner says her dogs were asleep on the couch, at the time of the crash, she and her boyfriend though, everyone is fine. a sign that the driver took out, much like a stop sign or slow school sign, a medal sign went flying flew the window. the glass went all the way across the house to their bedroom but again everyone is

aside from physical damage, the other thing the homeowner says is the vehicle slammed right into the electric box and there's no power to the housite now. if you stepped outside you know how cold it is. some areas in the 50s dipping into the upper 40s now. so that is going to be their biggest problem aside from figuring out how to clean all of this up. again, three suspects on the run, the driver and two passengers here in safety harbor. live in pinellas county, lindsay logue, abc action news. if you're watching us from citrus county you're in the mid- 30s now. so definitely a cool start. the rest of us in the 40s and 50s. we'll drop a couple more degrees and then begin to warm up a little by the time we get to the afternoon. let's check in on conditions for the school day forecast -- 58 degrees, breezy and cool so i'm going to go ahead and give this still a "c," winds not as gusty but still upper 50s. you have to bundle up. the commuter forecast by

we're going to stay in the 50s. the difference today not as windy. so let's check with janelle at this time yesterday they had already issued high wind advisory for the skyway bridge. is that the case this morning? >> yes, a high wind advisory but you said not as gusty as yesterday. careful. corey dierdorff is behind the wheel of 275 around himes. how are you enjoying the new lanes there? >> reporter: i got to tell you, it's quite the pleasant drive through that area now. you used to have to go up and down the hills and make sharp left and right turns, now it's just a smooth straight through wide open this morning. yesterday when i drove through there during rush hour what a huge difference and it's going to be a great relief for drivers again this morning. 275 northbound approaching downtown as we just went through that new lane shift. everything is wide open. you can see one car in front of me. there goes another one. two cars on the interstate. so you're going to look great headed out this morning.

from westshore to downtown this morning. hopefully it's the same news on the rest of the roadways. we are checking roads over in the lakeland area, other side roads in the lakeland area great. no crashes or breakdowns. your drive on the interstate i- 4 looking smooth as well. here's the polk parkway up to speed in both directions. let's check drive times. starting back at county line road to downtown, 23 minutes if you're walking out the door. 15 minutes from county line road to 75. and eight minutes from 75 to 275. a quick check of the drive times through the downtown area, just where corey was looking great, six minutes from i-4 to the howard frankland bridge. manatee county family wants answers this morning after the mauling death of their beloved family pet. the small terrier was attacked by a larger dog and turns out the boarding facility where this all happened was being run illegally. abc action news reporter rodney

bradenton with what is expected to happen later this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a neighborhood where this all went down, in fact this is the home here where all of this happened, county code enforcement tells us this neighborhood, this community in fact is not even zoned for this sort of business. a family's beloved pet is dead, the family wants answers and the county plans to be out here today to shut this business down. jim dwyer, owner of 4-year-old caleb the terrier says she was assured the owner of peter pan's sitting and boarding their dog wouldn't be mixed with the larger breeds. however it turns out it was not the case. that dog was put in there with a huge breed, a dobo argentino, a large dog that can reach up to 100 pounds, typically used for big game hunting. the larger talk attacked the smaller dog. the owner says the attack was tragic but simply a mistake and animals are unpredictable. if we can come back here live,

this is dog vacay, the company from california which actually ran the business here, and we contacted them last night and they say this local business here, their account had been deactivated after this incident. county and coden forcement with -- code enforcement with manatee county will come here to make sure it's shut down. for now reporting live in manatee county, rodney dunigan, abc action news. 55:35. zika deceive blamed for rare -- zika virus blamed for rare birth defects now being found in china. after a man traveled to venezuela. however it's unlikely to spread in china for now because of low temperatures and lack of mosquitos. president obama wants to fight

from money congress already approved to fight ebola. at least 50 travelers varying the virus returned to the u.s. carrying the virus. governor scott is asking the cdc for more training to help florida hospitals identify the zika symptoms better. soccer star goalie hope solo, she's concerned and tells "sports illustrated" if she had to make a choice today she would not go to the olympics. she says she wants to have kids one day and doesn't want to take the risk. hurricane-force winds tossed a cruise ship that is expected to return to its home port later today. this is video from outside the passengers' rooms. there are now calls for a federal investigation what went wrong with anthem of the seas. the ship master now claims the forecast wasn't anything near what we experienced despite the

an alert friday. again passengers on board captured furniture toppling over in the massive waves from their state room windows. also now criticizing royal caribbean and the captain for sailing through the storm. >> i'm really concerned about the captain's judgment in this situation. >> thank goodness there was not much damage and that it is seaworthy but the question is when there's a storm brewing why are mistakes made? >> the captain is claiming the storm they encountered was worse than what was forecast. the cruiseline in the meantime apologized and offering a full refund for passengers. an update on the deadly train crash in germany. we just learned police stopped searching the wreckage for victims now believing no one ways missing in the debris. that head on crash killed 10 and injured 88 others, nine seriously. both trains' data recorders are now being analyzed to try to determine what caused the

investigators believe a safety system designed to automatically stop trains to prevent crashes like this one didn't work. it's 5:38. this morning a florida man's so- called prank still getting attention now on our abc action news facebook page. we've been showing you the pictures you see here, that is an alligator. all week long, of that 3 1/2 foot gator tossed into the window of a south florida wendy's, the man behind the stunt says she's sorry. joshua james is out of jail but a judge ordered him to stay away from every wendy's. he says all he meant to do was prank a friend who worked at the restaurant and says he'll never do anything like this again. >> right now it's definitely going to be the last of anything that i do. just because, like i figured out, like, i'm really in trouble for this. i think my pranking days are over as of today. >> he's still facing an assault with a deadly weapon charge and has to undergo a psychological evaluation.

with any animal except for his mom's dog. this morning time is ticking before polk county school board members have to decide if the superintendent is in or out. they are meeting friday to leroy. we were there for yesterday's board meeting, the first time they came together since the investigation into her behavior became public. the associate superintendent harassment. rivers also claimed she became hostile when he refused her advances. the board members told us the drama is an embarrassment. >> it's my opinion that her leadership style is not appropriate for the polk county public school system. at this time i have lost confidence in her ability to continue leading. >> three board members in fact say they lost confidence in their leader. the superintendent avoided our questions but told the board she's sorry and wants to move forward. 5:39.

looks like a black smudge on their forehead today don't try to brush it off. lent today. ash wednesday kicks off lent until easter sunday. many will give up something in honor of jesus fasting in the wilderness. christians also take up acts of charity during lent. we're going to be cool again today. in fact breezy as well, temperatures below normal for this time of year. we're starting in the 40s. we're going to end up in the 50s, a bit of a breeze, not as gusty as yesterday, 20 miles per hour in the afternoon. by 8:00 already in the upper 40s which is where we started today so that means we're going to get much colder tonight. i'll let you know by how much and when we can expect a warm- up coming up. the fact that a toy caused this kind of destruction to our lives. >> another devastating fire

this time children almost died. then we're not letting you sit down for lunch without hearing the latest "dirty dining" report first. what you need to know about a local popeye's forcing it to

welcome back. thank you for joining us on abc on this early wednesday morning. live look at i-275 near downtown at ashley. no problems there. it is colder this morning

you probably noticed that. 50 degrees in tampa, less windy though and that is good news. more details coming up. weeks before spring breakers escape to the florida panhandle flames partially destroyed a popular beachfront restaurant in destin overnight. aj's seafood and oyster bar's thatched roof caught fire 6:30 last night and spread throughout the upper floor of the restaurant. there is some good news, the owner says that fire looked worse than it was. the lower floor suffered only minor damage and hopes to reopen as soon as inspectors say it's safe. this morning one of the popular toy hoverboards is blamed for starting a fire that destroyed this house you see behind me in nashville. firefighters believe the hoverboard's lithium battery started that fire. it started on the first floor, trapped two teens upstairs. the teens' dad said the 16-year- old daughter had to break a second-story window and jump out. >> i was kicking in the doors and thought i'm going to lose two of my four children today.

at her please jump baby, please jump. she jumped out the window without hesitation. i can't tell you how brave that was. >> after his daughter jumped out brian fox helped his teenaged son climb out with a ladder. both teens suffered minor injuries. firefighters say friends of that family also bought a hoverboard that also caught fire. only the hoverboards was damaged in that fire. the both families bought them from amazon. amazon is giving anyone who bought a hoverboard a full refund. this former catholic priest accused of killing a second grade teacher in 1960. 81-year-old john fite was arrested in arizona yesterday. investigators say he was the last person to see irene garza alive when she attended a confession in a church in south texas. garza was 25 years old at the time. he denies killing her but investigators say he told another former priest a different story.

extradited to texas. conditions. we start with low 60s. doing a little better but don't get used to the milder mornings here. we have changes coming up. by the way the winds not as gusty today, breezy but about 20 miles an hour. that would be the most as we head through the afternoon. 34 at crystal river. 50 tampa. 53 in spelt and again -- st. pete and again looking at winds sustained, 10 to 20. titan doppler radar quiet. don't have to worry about rain but on the satellite and radar perspective as we widen out, hard to see but low level clouds moving in. that will filter the sunshine early this morning but i think those will lift by later today and so that will allow us for full sunshine by noontime and heading into the early afternoon with highs in the mid-50s out is there. should be in the low 70s, not going to get anywhere near that at least today. look what happens with calm

that will set the stage for a very chilly morning that will -- won't be a wind chill but you have to deal with temperatures in the 30s, even low 40s as far south as tampa. we warm up a little by the afternoon into the low 60s. still a good 10 degrees below where we should be. on friday, the highs about 70 degrees as we head through the afternoon. then we'll kind of stay there by saturday, upper 60s. not looking for 80s any time soon or highs well into the 70s but we'll take that and then on valentine's day 64, with partly sunny skies. we're heading outside, corey dierdorff is driving around checking things out for us. he's on i-4 around malfunction junction but this morning it is functioning just fine. no crashes or breakdowns there. it's taking 20 minutes to get back and forth between lakeland and downtown tampa. we're also checking out your drive through pinellas county.

main roads looking good as well. here in pinellas county on 275, 22nd avenue north up to speed in both directions. let's check some of the drive times now. on some of the majors. starting u.s. 19 southbound from tampa road to eastbay 11 minutes. still in the green on the veterans, just 17 minutes to get from 54 to 275. and just a tad slow on dale mabry, 4 minutes from fletcher to waters. before you make lunch plans today we've got a "dirty dining" warning you need to hear. popeye's, louisiana kitchen in spring hill known for its fried chicken temporarily shut down a few days ago after live roaches were found near where the food was being prepared, by inspectors. our i-team found the restaurant on commercial way and spring hill closed overnight on february 2nd after the state saw more than 40 live roaches on the front counter and near the chicken breading table not

drivethrough window. we reached out to the corporate office, they sent a response which reads in part -- for starbucks lovers, especially those who love chocolate, starbucks is announcing three new chocolate drinks for valentine's day. all this week through february 14th you can get the malted chocolate latte. the malted chocolate frappuccino and malted hot chocolate. the company also launched a valentine's day themed gift giver can starbucks animations and social media. coming up -- need a ride in how about catching a ferry? when you can hop on board at channelside to get around the bay area using a water taxi. taxi? dogs taking you around town.

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our morning clouds and temperatures in the 40s. by this afternoon not as windy as yesterday, we'll have breezy conditions and we'll have high in the upper 50s. 49 already by 8:00. that means we drop corply as we head through tonight.

i'm going to go upstairs and get that double shot and i'll meet you back here at the top of the hour. the newest way to get around town, a water taxi at least that's what troy hopes for. he's the owner of starship dining out of channelside. his fleet of three water taxis launch at the end of the month. each boat can carry 40 to 50 passengers. he says it's the perfect way to dodge traffic bouncing from harbor island to downtown. he says the decision to start out was made easier after the announcement of the redevelopment of channelside plaza. >> when you see someone else personally invest in it you want to personally invest. you say well he's willing to risk what he's got, we are too. >> the service is from 10:00 to 10:00 sunday through thursday, midnight friday and saturday. officially launches february 27th. want an autograph from your favorite rays player?

saturday at 10:00. they are sold at raysbaseball.com. each autographed pass is $20 a player. fan fest is saturday february 27 at tropicana field. passes will not be sold at fan fest, you have to buy them in advance. proceeds from the sales benefit the als association florida chapter. new video this morning, when you live where it snows daily you need to make the best of a bad situation. that is exactly what one person did from new brunswick, when they had he a craving for tim horton's in the middle of a snowstorm. this woman hooked up her dogs to a sled and took them on the ride of their lives. you can see the two border collies did a pretty good job pulling her along the snowy roads into town. she was of course mindful of their safety staying off sidewalks and busy roads. the owner is a dog trainer and says people are often surprised her border collies can pull a sled but points out any medium

once the crew arrived at tim horton's they rewarded the dogs with a -- she awarded the dogs with a treat. a car slams into this bay area house. our abc action news crew on the scene now. working to find out who was behind the wheel. florida. a man caught on camera beating an elderly man, brandishing a sword.

three suspects crash a stolen car into the house and run for the hills. hear from the owner after a very rude awakening. >> thank you new hampshire. now it's on to nevada, south

[ cheering and applause ] >> the final results just in from the all important new hampshire primary. the surprising candidate that seems to be gaining momentum, plus the candidates whose campaigns might now be in danger. a full breakdown of the results coming up. first cool once again this morning. >> yes, it's cool. by the way whose idea was it to put the kitchen upstairs? >> are you winded? >> a little. as we look outside, make yourself another cup of coffee. you deserve it, as temperatures now are in the 30s to the north. crystal river, hello? 32 degrees, already dropped to freezing. so if you're going to be out a little we may have a little patchy frost on the windshield. the rest of us are in the 40s now. tampa 48. 52, those are the morning lows as we're done dropping i think at this point. as far as the temperatures later today, we really can't get out of the cool spell. upper 50s for the afternoon

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