today on the now tampa bay, donald trump is taking over tampa right now. >> he has charisma. at the scene got it. -- he has got it. >> we're live at the rally why the line is growing by the minute. why he's here and not in south carolina. plus, the dramatic 911 calls of the horrible crash on i-275 that might have made you late somewhere today. >> i need to break this so i can get the doors unlocked on the other side. >> why this may not be an open and shut wrong way case. and nuns who are growing and selling pot. >> those plants, those little babies, they are legal.

the now tablespoon starts right now -- the now tampa bay starts right now. breaking news as we come on the air at four. the now tampa bay confirming in the past 30 minutes, polk county superintendent katherine laroy has resigned. she submitted her resignation before the polk county school board decided if she was going to be fired. this stems from a relationship with greg rivers, reporter ryan raiche is working on the new developments right now. we'll have a lot more coming up tonight on abc action news at five. we want you to take a look at the line at the usf sun dome. all the people waiting for the trump rally. we have been out there all day long on the ground. carson, that crowd is huge. interesting to me. a lot of people you talked to say they aren't going to vote for trump. >> reporter: some say they are.

person. some have made up their minds. they want to get a glimpse inside the sun dome. look at this line, all the way it is critical. he's got strong support in southern states, but on march 15 march 15th, that is when the presidential primary will hit in florida and other big states, north carolina, ohio, illinois, so those states, those big states going to come very very quickly, and all in a timing very critical here. now, we met tammy picket a little bit earlier today. you are first in line, and you're from leesburg. >> my mother made this. she's 90 years old in the nursing home. >> reporter: you have met him before, right. >> i have met him. tennessee.

autographs for over an hour after his speech. >> reporter: good luck tonight. we hope you get the autograph. there's a group of protesters expected to show up. we have been out here all day. no sign of them yet. we expect them shortly. as soon as we get them, we'll bridge it live. i'm carson chambers for the now, back to you. we want to look at the democratic side. rallies happening at this moment. you see bill clinton in senate, ohio, obviously campaigning for his wife hillary. hillary is in denmark, south carolina. that's about an hour south of columbia. ahead of the primary there on february 27th: republicans will vote the saturday before on the 20th. and today she's weighing in on the spread of the virus, zika, supporting the president's almost $2 billion plan to fight the virus, and in the last two hours, new information in from the florida department of health. they're telling us there are two new cases. one of those cases happening in

which is right here. they have another case. we are holding at three here in hillsborough county. so now there are 20 cases of zika in florida. and right now taking a live look at i-275 at ashley drive, a much different scene than we saw this morning after a deadly wrong way crash. that's the video at the top of your screen there. for the first time, we are hearing the 911 call and the man on the phone with dispatch who really jumped right in to help. >> anyone trapped in the vehicle? >> yes. both of them. i have a pulse on one of them. >> let me use your baton. i need to break this so i can get the doors unlocked on the other side. >> that crash happened at 5:30 this morning. it took about five hours, however, for investigators to clear the scene. it wasn't until this afternoon that we learned who was behind the wheel. deputies say the man who was driving the wrong way was 47- year-old larry thompson. we're waiting to hear if alcohol or drugs were involved here.

hit, he's 65-year-old eugene fisher. we're here with meteorologist shay ryan. definitely got warmer today. something tells me people will want to snuggle on valentine's day! temperatures are going up and down, but you're right, today all that sunshine out there. warm and gorgeous. let's take a look outside. look at this. it's just beautiful. this is our camera coming from the apollo beach area just gorgeous with that sunshine glistening off the water. man, oh, man. makes me want to run out of the building and go to the beach. let's take a look at the hillsborough county. things looking great. the area. tampa at 68. even off to the north in citrus county, temperatures are in the mid- to upper 60s. this is certainly an improvement from where we were, even yesterday. not a big jump in temperatures, but i think it's noticeably warmer out there. if you're going to be hanging out tonight, we have a cold

you won't notice it around 6:00. temperatures still in the mid- 60s. around 8:00, we start to see a few clouds building. that's our first sign that the front's on the way. then the temperatures dropping to the upper 50s only, around 10:00. those clouds act like a blanket, keep you a little cozier. you might see a sprinkle around 10:00 in our northern counties, all a sign of the things that are ahead of us. these weekend temperatures, yeah, they're going to be cooler ahead. i'll have the weekend forecast for you coming up in just a little bit. waiting to find out how two girls were found dead at a glendale arizona high school. both 15 years old, both sophomores shot to death. they were found lying next to each other on campus, a gun next to them. police are not looking for anyone. they say the area is secure. there are a number of scenarios they're looking into right now. either way you look at it, just a tragic situation in glendale.

for the third time this week, plant high school has been placed on lock down following violent threats made over the phone. jacqueline ingles spent her day talking to concerned parents and students. what do we know about all of these calls? >> reporter: well, laura these calls are being taken so seriously that now the fbi is investigating. we know that the first call placed on monday was placed to administrators at the school. now, the two recent calls, one on wednesday, the one this morning, those were placed to tpd, and tonight, those calls, all three being described as violent in nature, and threatening. now we have parents, students and administrators, as well as district school leaders sharing in the same frustration tonight, calling all three of these hoaxes disruptive not only to learning but a drain on resources. >> it's really disruptive to learning, especially in ap

get caught up on the curriculum because it slows you down so much. >> tampa police are saying there's a high probability that all of these calls are related. they say they are jointly investigating. again, along with the school district and the fbi. we do know that earlier today, a male student was identified on social media as being possibly someone who could have been involved with today's calls. he was questioned, but later released back into class by police. they do not believe he had anything to do with this. now, coming up at five, you're going to want to stay with us. we want to take an in-depth look at why it's so hard for police to trace these phone calls, and this is not just as simple as checking a caller id. live in south tampa for the now tampa bay, i'm jacqueline ingles. >> thank you. hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks, especially for people with grandchildren. before we go, a snag in the

our partners over at newsy explain. this is the titanic 2. well, not actually. this is just video mock up of what the titanic 2 will look like. it looks eerily similar to the original titanic, right. that's what australian billionaire clive palmer is going for. they are building a fully functional replica. titanic 2 will reportedly host 840 cabins, split up in first, second and third class, just like the original ship. it will also have amenities including a squash court, tuckish baths and a grand staircase that align with the original design features of the titanic and everyone on board will reportedly get a set of 1912 inspired clothes to wear, so kind of morbid, especially since more than 1500 people

there are some important differences to note. palmer says the new ship will have enough lifeboats for everyone and upto date satellite controls, digital navigation and radar systems. it's being built in china, and will travel to duabi. no word on whether jack and rose will be on board for the maiden voyage. i'm katie link. watch newsy on your tv with

welcome back to the now tampa bay, we have some new moves to tell you about from flight tracker with allegiant airlines flight 153. it had to make an emergency landing in birmingham alabama. they are moving back to where they need to go to, to nebraska. 153 people were on board the plane. apparently the pilots were smelling something they didn't like.

water, so then they stopped in alabama. minutes ago. time. minutes ago. hurt. staying with the unfriendly skies for a moment, a plane that was supposed to be heading to tampa got hit by a van before it took off. the passengers were at logan international airport in boston plane. finally back in tampa, they are telling us what they think happened. all of a sudden, the whole plane just shook, and we're like, what was that. >> we were on a plane, and we heard a big bang, and the plane went up and came back down with a big jolt. >> apparently the guy driving the van thought he put it in park but didn't. he did get hurt trying to stop it. the plane is out of service and being inspected. the passengers tell us the airline took good care of them, getting them off the plane and onto another one shortly after. well, you feeling a little cramped in the seats on the airplane, you're going to

proposal to make the seats bigger was shot down in a house committee meeting today. we told you earlier this week that a congressman was trying to make it happen, with bigger seats. he said it was a safety and a health concern. he's worried about it because he says the average width of a seat has gone from 18 inches to around 16 inches. he says he's not giving up, though. he says he's going to try to add the bill again when the debate over faa funding comes to the house floor. and happening now, a historic meeting between the head of the catholic church and the head of the russian orthodox church just wrapping up in cuba. they had a lot to catch up on, too. this is their first meeting in nearly a thousand years since the church split. pope francis tweeted before today's meeting, it was a gift from god. it's not going to wipe away years of distrust. both sides are saying it's an important relation between the two churches. holy sites destroyed, is pushing them together. we're also gathering new images right now, apparently the pope

trying on a sombrero. we'll bring you those new images in that video just a little later on this hour. as you get everything in order for your taxes this year, whether you have children or you're taking care of your governor -- grandchildren, you could be missing out on big money. justin has three things to cash in on right now. >> reporter: with three kids, erin and justin need the breaks they can get. >> i noticed the nice little tax break when our first one came that was surprising. >> reporter: by keeping track of every dollar they spend, they get help from uncle sam. >> every family has a nerd and a free spirit. i'm the nerd with the excel spreadsheet. >> reporter: inside those numbers are four big things every parent needs to know. overland park cpa josh mower says the first one is the child tax credit. >> the majority of people out there don't make that much money. they're going to be able to get

>> $1000 per child. it starts phasing out at every income level. second out of pocket medical expenses, spend a thousand dollars on your child's delivery that insurance wouldn't cover you out, uncle sam could help you out. third, breast-feeding equipment, the money spent on tax and bottles could be tax detickettable. finally, giving -- deductible. finally giving, all the clothes, give them to charity and claim it on your taxes. >> make out a list of what's in the bag before you take it there. >> you have one child and you acquire a lot of stuff, a lot of clothes, a lot of toys and they continue growing, and you have to get rid of those things. >> a few little things that can make a big difference when you're crunching the numbers. >> we've been very blessed with that. >> with the child tax credit, it doesn't matter whether your child was born on january 1st or december 31st of last year, you will still get it. ashley is following

>> this warehouse fire in new jersey still burning. more than a day since this sparked. we brought you live images of the same fire on the now tampa bay. the smoke is so bad in this area today that schools were forced to close. the warehouse stores plastic materials as well. like weapons, and ammo. one firefighter was hurt. luckily the injuries are not crews are having trouble putting this one out because of the strong winds. i want to talk now about our bay area forecast. a live look over apollo beach. what a gorgeous friday, and i can't think of a better way to usher in the weekend, and let's usher in meteorologist shay ryan. what a beauty outside. >> it really is fantastic. it makes you want to jump in a sailboat and take a cruise across the bay tonight, doesn't it. >> yeah, if only. right. >> if only. >> saturday or sunday issue we're on a boat. >> just going to rent one. >> let's take a look at the temperatures out there. it's pretty comfortable. lakeland, 72 degrees.

inverness at 70. as we cruise around tampa bay, you can see the temperatures are anywhere from 69 in clear water to 68 in tampa. macdill air force base at 71. one of the warmer spots. brandon at 73. here's the thing, we're going temperatures. not necessarily what we want to see, but this is what we're going to get. mild air has been moving in ahead of the next cold front. there's a nice batch of cooler air behind it. doesn't look like a massive drop in temperatures. i think the weather is going to be great, in fact, as we head through the weekend, but we may see a few sprinkles overnight, and the weekend will be a little bit cooler. so here's a look at some weekend fun. the night parade, chocolate fantasy out at mosey, the renaissance festival, play ball day. this is a free event in st. pete, and cupid's andiron.

the mid-50s, ending at 67. clearing skies. that front moves through quickly, and we have a few clouds in the morning. by sunday, we're looking at a nice, bright dry day. but we start off at 44. so valentine's day morning, that is where we've got that snuggle weather. now, i told you yesterday that our temperatures are taking a roller coaster ride. maybe that was a bit extreme. let's call it a kiddie roller coaster. i'll have more on that, and hey, speaking of roller coasters, this is the last weekend of the state fair. i'll show you that forecast coming up. thank you so much, shea. coming up here on the now tampa bay. we've got a way for you to say history with the tampa bay lightning. we'll explain that coming up. before we go, finally some good numbers from wall street. dow up 300 points, closing at 15973, snaps a five-day losing the weekend. you're watching the now tampa

tampa bay. right now marks two years to the day that we brought you insane video. a sinkhole swallowed 8 of the kentucky. the man who donated one of the cars to the museum is from pasco county and said his vehicle looked like a piece of tinfoil at the time. the museum just opened an exhibit so you can relive this event should you choose. one of the damaged corvettes you see in the video has been fixed. in just a couple hours, the puck drops at the lightning game at amalie arena. they're raising season tickets next season by 6 buckings per game.

now the team is allowing you to finance it. you can play every month. the lightning still have the third most affordable experience for a family of four in the league. and at the next game be sure to be a part of history. what do i mean, the bolts are the first pro team in the country to have their very own app where fans can take pictures and videos and the team can post them directly onto the jumbo tron. completely free to download. speaking of the lightning, how about thunder bug spreading love around town. people registering online to get to bug love before valentine's day on sunday. thunder bug delivering flowers and candy, and more importantly bug hugs. how about deals and steals for people who did not get the bug hug. >> did doesn't matter if you're in a relationship, if you're single, take advantage of the valentine's day deals out there. tgi friday is offering bottles of wine half price.

shake at steak 'n shake. they're delicious. buy ten bucks worth of gift cards first. and hooters is helping anyone who is single with its shred your expromotion. on sunday, bring a picture of your ex to the restaurant, and you get ten free boneless wings when you buy ten. that's the best one. ashley is considering an unusual concept in the 365 store, it would allow you to get food and tattoos in a one- stop shop. this is far from being set in stone, as it's also looking at fashion. body care products and services, too. the idea is to bring in partners, businesses, to make each main store that much more unique for the younger shoppers out there. the first store will open in may in los angeles, and ten more will open by october of next year. we want to give you a live look now, donald trump's rally at usf, he's expected to hit the stage around 7:00 tonight. from these aerial views, too, you can see the parking lot is full.

look at that line stretching around the building. we're going to tell you why the timing of trump's stop in florida is critical.

the doors have just opened at the usf sun dome. that's where the donald trump rally is happening tonight. >> let's take a look outside the dome, too. you can really see the crowd, too, from the shots. action air one hovering high above. people have been waiting in this line since this morning. look at that crowd. they're either there to see trump or they could be there to protest as well. this rally is free, but you do need a ticket to get in. people are spending right about 20 bucks to park, though. and a big part of the reason for the large crowd you're seeing is the celebrity factor here. a lot of people see donald trump as more of a celebrity than anything else. usf political science professor

iowa, new hampshire, and before the south carolina primary. >> you don't want to wait last to appeal to florida. florida is a huge state. florida has 99 delegates to the national convention. florida is the largest swing state in the country. >> and she says trump being in florida is sort of an i dear you to marco rubio, and jeb bush. they are thought as the suns of florida. trump is daring them to outstump him in florida. i listened to him on the radio this morning. you can expect to hear about national security on today's rally. trump said on the radio, he'd prefer to go against hillary clinton versus bernie sanders in the presidential election, calling clinton more damaged. right now let's take a live

that's john kasich's event happening right now. he's not there just yet. definitely a packed house. he released two tv ads today, much of it they were talking about god and talking about his faith, not really bashing the other candidates. he made second place in new hampshire. south carolina primary for the republicans is on february 20 february 20th, and i want to show you a little something. get more and more people to the polls, it's something we might be able to do with just using selfies. thanks for that, preston. >> literally they're trying to get younger people to the polls, so they're trying to spread a different message. maybe a more social approach would also do the trick. first when you take pictures and post them on social media of our dogs and our dinner, if people start taking pictures of themselves in the act of voting, fulfilling the civic obligation, hopefully we'll have higher voter turn out in our elections. >> that california lawmaker thinks the ballot selfie would

right now it's illegal to take station. take a look at this little guy from tampa bay, maybe a fan of this policy, if he has or was old enough to vote. he's only 12 but his dad sent this picture of him, telling us he's very interested in politics all because of donald trump who he of course dressed like on halloween. he says his son knows everything about trump as well as the other candidates. we want to take you back outside now, a live look at our beach cam. can we just soak this in for a minute. today is glorious. we sent shay ryan out to the fair a little early for a look at your weekend forecast. >> reporter: so you know, people tell me sometimes that they think that forecasting weather doesn't have anything to do with knowledge, that it's just as easy as throwing this dart as a balloon. i wish it were that easy. so on that note, how close do you think heck get to the forecast? >> hi, i'm shay. >> i'm aaron.

>> how often do you guess correctly? >> 75%. >> that is impressive. >> have you ever guessed a forecast? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: would you like to try? >> i will try. >> reporter: awesome, what do you think the high temperature will be for saturday? >> i would say roughly no higher than 70. >> reporter: i think you are good. i see why you got 75%. i think you're getting 99% right. my forecast high is going to be 69 degrees for saturday, and you know what, tomorrow we're going to find out the truth, won't we. >> oh, yeah, i can't wait to see it. >> reporter: that's awesome, aaron, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: with highs near 70 and 0 chance for rain, it couldn't be a better last weekend for the fair. >> that's awesome. it's not just chocolate that can be a danger to your dog this veterans day. there's -- valentine's day, there's another danger. it has to do with the packaging that's wrapped around the chocolate. pets can eat that box or the wrapping and then that could be

vets also find women's underwear, socks and earrings in pets, while they all require immediate action, vets say chocolate carries the biggest chemical risk. >> chocolate has a chemical similar to caffeine, which if dogs ingest it, and there's certain degrees of how bad, can cause restlessness, vomiting, diarrhea, anxiety, and all the way up to seizures. >> if your pet does find its way into your chocolate stash on valentine's day, carter says to call your vet immediately or call the poison control. well, still ahead, how this guy pulled off probably the most clever craig's list scam and got away with it almost a $7000 rolex. plus, what you need to know right now to snag one of the open jobs at the pinellas sheriff's office.

welcome back to the now tampa bay, i'm going to show you two pictures, i want you to try to figure out which one is real, and which one is fake. take a look. the left one is real. the right one is fake. not like any of us could really afford a roll ex, but hey -- rolex but if i did i want to know it's real. unless you got the fake and bake on you. that's what this guy did. look at this, when he met someone trying to sell a real rolex, the bad guy saw the craigslist ad, got a fake rolex, goes to the bloomingdale golf club, meets the guy, asks to show someone else outside the rolex, makes the swap and

really he had the real watch in his pocket. that guy, still on the run. right now, the pinellas county sheriff's office is hiring but it's important to know it's not as easy as you might think to get a job there. they have the positions posted on their facebook page right now. a number of positions, two school crossing guards, fleet technicians and more. they link you to apply here. they do not hire tobacco user and they test to see applicants have used tobacco in the six months prior to when they applied. some positions require a polygraph, psychological or drug screening. you want to know this if you're thinking about a job with the pinellas sheriff's office. that way you can put your best foot forward in the application process. with that, i feel like it's every day we're telling people, there's a new scam. now google is trying to help. they have introduced two new security measures this week. your gmail will now show a question mark instead of

it can't authenticate the message. google is going to make sure the message is coming from where the sender says they're going to come. >> if a message is not encrypted to stop people from spying on your messages, neither notification automatically means an e-mail is fraudulent. but the idea is to get us to stop and think for a moment, is this real, who's it from, and decide if we should really open it, or just delete it all together. >> i'm anne mcnamara in california. decoding your child's state test score. i uncover what the numbers mean and how it impacts your child's feature. and we'll find out how courteous people are on the roads, as many of you are on your phone and eating while

we want to show you the pope francis picture. someone gave him a sombrero. he's on his way to mexico meeting with the head of the catholic church and the head of the russian orthodox church. this is the first time a pope and russian patriarch have met. the vatican sees the meeting as an important step in restoring relations. come november, florida voters are going to have the chance to pick again. should we legalize medical marijuana. the now's anne mcnamara is taking us inside a unique pot operation that might get shut down. >> in a california neighborhood, there is a growing business. >> gosh, that looks so full. >> reporter: that's also a growing business. >> we are walking through what would be pot plants, very big pot plants. taller, wider, yes. >> reporter: the women here aren't trying to hide their marijuana habit.

we commit our lives to the sisterhood. >> sister kate and sister darcy aren't the kind of nuns you're thinking. >> when congress declared pizza a vegetable, i declared myself a nun. >> reporter: they aren't even catholic. >> if you look at what makes a sister, those are the things. >> reporter: their core belief is in the healing power of cdc, a found in marijuana plants. they take this weed and put it in crock pots with nut oil. it hardens into salves. they sell them on etsy. >> it's usually full. we're selling out so fast, we're struggling to keep up with demand. >> reporter: their products don't make you high, but they sure do bring in high profits. 400,000-dollar a year. and it appears these sisters have a monopoly because they're breaking the law. >> everything we're doing is

garage, they're illegal. the making of the salves is illegal. >> reporter: the sisters are expanding anyway. >> two long rows of 12 or 18 plants. >> reporter: to a new house in a county that bans their business. >> finally we got the farm. >> reporter: a risk sister kate is willing to take. >> i'm scared. i'm nervous. i'm not confident. i guess i'm confident from the standpoint of right will win at the end. >> reporter: for the now. >> but i don't know how long that's going to take. >> reporter: i'm anne mcnamara. >> city council plans to revisit marijuana ordinances next month. a city spokesperson tells us until then the police can't actively enforce the ban. >> fascinating all of it, wow. nearly 2 million acres of land are getting turned into three national monuments, the area is the desert in southern california between la and las vegas. it will connect death valley, and joshua tree national parks and mojave national preserve.

a national monument is a federally protected area, similar to a national park, and we want to show you, too, some more perspective here. there are well over a hundred national monuments across the u.s. you can kind of see that here. four are right here in florida. they have been established by different presidents since 1906. now, compared to national parks, there are more than 400 of those. the national park service says a record 292 million people visited national parks last year. we want to go back to lauren now with a view of historic fenway park in boston, unlike anything we have ever seen. >> they are trading grass for snow. look how cool this is, literally 150 feet. can you believe that, that's how big that ramp is, and it's over at the baseball stadium, top skiers and snowboarder are there right now for the event called big air fenway. they actually get to ski right down into home plate. >> that is awesome.

glad we don't have snow here. >> right. and it's a great day for you to get out. >> you know why i'm showing you this? because we had so much time after. >> there it is. okay. so preston, our photo journalist and i were out at the fair, and reggie was spot on with that forecast. we were done so quick. this artist did this in like five minutes. a beautiful day for the fair today. you can see it on facebook how close it does look. take a look here. looking gorgeous. a great day for the beach today to go take a walk in the sand. the temperatures are lower than we would like for this time of year. not bad out there. in the future cast, this is what i want to show you, with the cool front coming our way, a little bit of green in pasco county, around 10:30 tonight, and then maybe overnight, you'll catch a really quick sprinkle or maybe even a light shower. you'll probably be in bed, right.

by the time you wake up in the morning, a few extra clouds. light rain tonight. if we see any, very quick. as we head into the weekend, things looking great. you want to take a walk on the sand at clear water beach, looking good out there. temperatures in the mid-60s. a little bit warmer on sunday than on saturday, but still, pretty nice, and the water temperature, 56 degrees. so things are looking good there, and as we head into early next week, we warm up before our next cold front that brings us a decent chance for rain late monday and into early tuesday. dennis is up ahead with an updated forecast and is tracking that cold front. the temperatures and the timing of the rain on action news at five. he'll see you then. well, right now supreme court is telling the environmental protection agency to stand down when it comes to enforcing the clean power plant. the measure limits the amount of greenhouse gas as a power plant can spew out. nearly 30 states have filed a

restrictions, including florida. the supreme court has ruled it wants that resolved before the epa enforces the measure. there will be a hearing on that lawsuit in june. ashley, thank you. in just a matter of weeks, parents can expect a letter from the state. it will look something like the one you see here. it will show your child's fsa test scores from last year. the now's lauren rozella explains how you can use it to help your child in school now. >> reporter: wester is only 7 but her family is looking to set her up for success. >> it seems like just yesterday she was starting her first day of kindergarten. >> reporter: in a few weeks she'll be taking this year's florida standard assessments. >> it's going to prepare her for a lifetime of success, i think. >> reporter: revised results of last year's tests are coming out now. it will look something like this with multiple ways to see how your child scored. these are the numbers you need to look for.

mastered that subject. a 4 means they are proficient, and most likely to move onto the next grade. a 3 means they're satisfactory but may need a little help moving on. a 2 or 1 means they need a lot of help. there's also categories rating your student's test performance on a one through ten point system. the department of education says this shows where your child's strengths and weaknesses are in any particular subject. then you can look just a few inches to the right to see how your child's scores with others across the state. this was after confusion of test results this fall. if this father needs something answered, he says he knows >> you can reach back to the teacher for more info if you >> these revised fsa score couple weeks. for the now, i'm lauren rozella. right now, let's take a live look outside. you are looking at action air one and that is the usf sun dome. all those cars mean all those

donald trump rally today. outdoors opened about 30 minutes ago. it was free to get in. it was hard to get a ticket, and there is our live picture inside as you can see so many people in there getting ready for that rally. a lot of people are excited because they say they thought donald trump was going to be in south carolina for the primaries there, but he said he wanted to make sure he made the trip down to tampa. and there's the gates there. you see people trying to get into the doors. not exactly how many people are going to be in there. we know thousands of people are waiting in lines around the building, just a short time ago. well, right now, we want to take a live look at bluffton, south carolina. that is where john kasich, one of the gop presidential candidates as well, is holding a town hall meeting there today. also today, kasich released two new tv ads. much of it talking about his faith in god. not about his opponents. trying to close that gap after a second place finish in new

republican side is february 20 february 20th. when it comes to learning practices, practice makes perfect, right. well, now there may be a new way to achieve perfection, twice as fast. here's how, researchers at johns hopkins university found the secret is making basic by small changes to your practice routine. for example, if you're learning an instrument, change the key of the song during one of your practices. for sports, change the size and weight of your tennis racket, or baseball bat or even the soccer ball during one of your workouts. researchers are saying this not only helps you learn faster, it helps you learn more than if you just were to do it over and over again the exact same way. i know ashley glass agrees with me on this. luckily it's looking great on i- 275 right now at least. >> right now, it gives me a headache just thinking of what this could look like 30 minutes from now even. it makes you think how courteous of a driver are you,

clear, when there's a traffic jam, and what pushes you to the limits, you know, the others driving around you. a new survey of people in england showing their getting fed up with distracted driving. it found three of the four don't let cars get in front of them, if the driver's on a cell phone. half don't let drivers in who are eating, and one in four don't let in drivers who are going underthe speed limit. those are the -- under the speed limit. those are the things that matter. right now there are a record number of law enforcement officers in the united states. more than 900,000. 124 of them were killed on the job last year. according to the national law enforcement officers memorial fund, more than 40 of them were shot. that's 3 officers every month. and with that, throughout history, more than 20,000 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty. their names are engraved on the national law enforcement officers memorial. that's in washington, d.c. with

795 are from florida. texas has the most. vermont has the fewest deaths. and in the past four days, five officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. the now's todd todd -- walker is sitting down with the national order of police saying the violence has to stop, and it won't stop until they address what's causing it. >> it's tough, it's real tough. i have been around this business for 30 years. it's real hard. >> reporter: the people tasked with keeping us safe no longer feel safe themselves. >> people are hunting us. and how do you think that sits with us. >> reporter: something has definitely changed. >> yet, we, you know, wear this badge with honor and pride, and we're going to go out every day and protect our communities. >> reporter: five law enforcements killed in four days in one country. 8 deaths already in 2016. >> the panera restaurant is where the first of two

and killed on wednesday. senior deputies patrick daley was trying to talk to the suspect when he was shot in the head, and the same suspect killed senior deputy, not far away. >> reporter: chuck canterbury is the national president of the order of police, and has seen officers across the country become targets. >> a lot of it obviously started after ferguson, but there's an anti-police rhetoric, that i think is involving people that authority doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: canterbury says this wave of violence has been building for years. >> the issues that cause a lot of this backlash are long standing issues in this country, poverty, the destruction of the mental health capacities in all of our communities. law enforcement is being asked to not only police the criminals. we're being asked to become doctors, social workers.

the scenes will continue until the underlying issues are addressed. >> we pray for the officers on the street. i have a son who's a police officer and i worry about that every day. >> reporter: i'm todd walker the 8 officers todd mentioned were all shot. by this same time last year, way. i'm laura harris and that's it for the now tampa bay. abc action news news at five starts right now. right now, fear on campus, from arizona to tampa, two teens dead at a shooting in a high school in phoenix. plant high school on lock down for the third time this year. from the threats being made to the disruption of students. and trump in tampa. the doors just now open at the sun dome. people filing in to hear what

good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm wendy ryan. >> here's a live look at the line outside the sun dome from action air 1. the doors opened about 30 minutes ago, but trump supporters started lining up well before 10:00 a.m. >> we have team coverage of tonight estral i will. carson chambers is outside the sun dome, talking to supporters and protesters waiting in line for hours. >> let's start with michael, live right now. >> reporter: i read a sign from someone that said god gave us trump. there are a lot of people low pressure. trump set to speak on the stage -- a lot of people here. >> trump set to speak on the stage behind me. he'll probably talk about how he will be able to create jobs better than any candidate, build a wall to keep people from coming in illegally on the tonight people saying trump is their man. he is the candidate they want

how many people we expect here. the usf sun dome holds more than 10,000 people, and that doesn't include all of the people that will be down here on the ground level. as you mentioned, they had been lining up here since ten in the morning, and again in two hours, trump expected to be here, and people that we have been talking to off camera are fired up. and i bet they are even more fired up now that they're being let into the building. that's where we find our car carson chambers. how is it outside? just as crazy as in here? >> reporter: yeah, the line has been growing all day long. it wraps all the way around the sun dome. a lot of people here waiting to see donald trump. thousands of people who say they want to see him in person. some who aren't even voting for him. >> she's 90 years old in the nursing home. that's why i came back. >> tammy picket's pillow was hand stitched in kentucky. >> he has charisma. he has got it, and he tells