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

what he thinks of you. >> reporter: she hopes to have it signed by donald trump in tampa. >> everyone here probably is about the same thing, wants to get up close and see him. >> reporter: some see him as a cultural phenomenon, others for sure voting for him. >> i want to put trump in the white house. >> i like trump, his unpolitical correctness. >> reporter: and then there are usf students like michael ham. >> i'm a big fan of politics. i always keep up with the news, and so, like, anything that he says or any politician says, i would like to at least see in person. >> reporter: in a key state like florida, trump's rally's timing is critical. march 14th marks florida's presidential primary and what's still on the mind of these local voters. >> health insurance, better job, keeping the economy going. >> reporter: going. >> reporter: okay. so the doors open here at gait a for the trump really -- gate a for the trump rally.

it's taking a while to get on the other side of the sun dome at gate b, we understand there could be protesters. we're on our way over there. we'll find out and bring it to you live at 6:00. live in tampa, i'm carson chambers abc action news. the superintendent of the school district has resigned amid scandal. ryan raiche is live at the district with details about how this came about. >> reporter: i can tell you now behind the doors, the auditorium is packed. 7 school board members are meeting to discuss the settlement offer that came in from katherine laroy. they were set to meet to discuss the internal investigation and vote on her future with the district but it appears she beat them to the punch. a lot of people saw this one coming. she took the last two days off after learning on tuesday that at least three board members no longer support her. laroy has been in the hot seat in the wake of a whistleblower

associate greg rivers. among allegations, harassment. she was cleared of all charges but the board did not like her cozy relationship with rivers and that's why we are here today. >> i think this is probably going to be the best for both parties, to move on forward. we've got schools and children, and really important things to focus on, and this has been nonothing but a horrible distraction for our county and for our children. >> reporter: back here live, we are working to confirm the settlement. it appears that she is seeking about $230,000 to essentially walk away from the job. that's between the severance package and her vacation time. in fact, that's equivalent to her yearly salary and i just got a text from inside. moment ago they voted and accepted her resignation. it is official, she has resigned. i'm not sure if they have accepted the offer. they'll discuss that.

live in bar tow, ryan raiche now, the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. good afternoon, everybody. at long last, sunshine and lots of it across the area as today. in fact, we were a little bit above normal east of i-75. polk county, low to mid-70s. most of the metro upper 60s to lower 70s. skies have stayed clear for the last 24 hours. however, we do have a cold front and it's going to be rolling in overnight into first thing in the morning. so at least up until then, skies will remain clear. i'll let you know how that front impacts your valentine's day weekend forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> we'll check back with you. parents and students, right now in glendale, arizona, in shock. two 10th graders die in a shooting today at a high school there. both victims, 15-year-old girls. police are not saying who fired the shots, but they do say a

and no one else in that school was ever in any danger. and a south tampa school on lock down for the third time this week because of a tampa police. the news had parents scrambling two similar calls were received wednesday. some answers. our jacqueline ingles took their concerns to not only the police but district officials. she joins us live now from plant high school with what they had to say out there. jacqueline. >> reporter: well, wendy, both parents and students here at plant high school say they aren't necessarily afraid or scared of the threats anymore. they're just fed up. >> it's really disruptive to learning. >> it's very frustrating. >> it's the third lock down in the past five days at plant high school. sophomore kit is taking refuge studying as police search every inch of campus. she's lucky on wednesday she

during a lock down for safety purposes. >> nobody wants to be caught in a lock down. >> all three the result of phone calls threatening violence. one threat was phoned into the school itself. the most recent calls were to tampa police. finding out who's behind the calls is not as simple as checking caller id. >> it's not as simple as people might think. there are ways to disguise who's making the phone calls. >> reporter: police say it's highly likely the calls are connected. >> same school, roughly the same time of day. >> reporter: parents tell abc action news they're on edge and want answers from school district leaders. are their children safe at school, and are these lock downs that last about an hour, compromising their child's education. >> my daughter was face timing me from class. they're not doing anything in class at this point. >> reporter: school district leaders believe the calls are a drain on resources, however

students remain safe remains a top priority. still after the campus has been deemed safe, parents are pulling their kids out of school for the day, sometimes between 50 and 75 students, like on wednesday. >> nobody wants to be at school after that. what happens if the police missed something. >> reporter: police say online chatter on a social media site led them to question a male student here. that teen was later released back into the classroom. they say they determined he had nothing to do this morning's hoax, and now the fbi is taking over this investigation. live in south tampa. jacqueline ingles, abc action news. a push to require 20 minutes of recess in florida elementary schools has now stalled. mothers supporting this bill say they are quote outraged, disgusted and heartbroken. they released the statement after learning the senate will not consider the proposal. parents have protested to get this bill passed as law.

not add it to this year's senate agenda. breaking right now, detectives arrest a third suspect in a triple murder of lakeland. a u.s. marshals task force even getting involved in this investigation, and arresting this man, jamal smith in miami. you're about to see him here. the 25-year-old now one of three people arrested in connection with the murder of three people on january 6th in lakeland. detectives arrested two people for helping smith in miami. right now, passengers from boston are happy to be safe right here in tampa tonight trip this morning. all of a sudden, the whole plane just shook. and we're like, whoa, what was that. >> big bang and a jolt, and the van went underneath the back of the plane. it lifted it up off the ground. >> a van struck a jet blue plane while people were boarding in boston this morning. a wing was damaged by the impact. police say a delivery driver forgot to put the van in park before getting out. passengers were deplaned and

most felt the flight crew handled the incident well. move over batman and wonder woman, the pasco county sheriff's office has superhero of their own. they are coming out with a coloring book. sergeant sergio soto created it. it's called the pasco guardians and features the centennial, lady justice, and patriot the k- 9. >> this agency is really great. i want kids to see this. have a positive attitude in not just working with this book, but when a deputy rolls up to the house to help them with something. >> the coloring book will be available soon at the sheriff's office locations, schools and businesses around pasco county. well, tonight is a night to shine for hundreds of kids here in the bay area. >> that's right. abc action news ashley orr joins us with how teens with special needs are getting a chance to go to the prom. >> reporter: the night to shine

they rolled out the red carpet. they have very special guests on the way. can't wait to show you. he was barking and going crazy. >> plus, returning the favor, coming up, the life saving bark for man's best friend, and why

happening now, hundreds of kid in the bay area are getting ready for the night of their lives. thanks no former florida university star, tim tebow. >> kid with special needs who never got the chance to go to prom are now getting that chance tonight. abc action news reporter, ashley yore spoke with one of those young women and joins us live from one of the local churches participating in this annual night. >> reporter: hey, wendy, tonight really is all about making these teens with special needs feel good. you can see they've got the red carpet out here. they've got the paparazzi in full force, and every guest that comes in gets a crown or tiara just like this one. it's almost prom time, and this one you're not going to want to miss. with each curl,.

>> reporter: and swipe of a makeup brush. olivia campbell is closer to the night she's been dreaming about for weeks. >> we have a calendar at home. she's taken off the days and she's really excited to get the dress on and the hair done and the makeup and the shoes. she was excited. she knows what's going on. >> reporter: you can tell just how excited, even though 17- year-old olivia doesn't use many words, she has downs syndrome, and tonight she'll be going to her first prom. >> we're just lucky to have her. we really are. >> reporter: she's one of a hundred lucky teens and young adults with special needs attending night to shine here in tampa, sponsored by the tim tebow foundation. nearly 200 volunteers will be at christian family church, making this a night to remember. >> we want them to feel like kings and queens. we want them to feel like they are valuable, they mean something to god.

gator hosts the prom experience in about 200 churches all over the country, giving about 20,000 people like olivia the royal treatment, and that comes without judgment, something olivia's mom welcomes. >> no need to apologize. everyone's the same. they've all got their own special needs. so, yeah, she's going to be with people like her. >> reporter: no one will be dressed like her. sparkling inside and out. >> tonight's just going to be amazing. >> reporter: now, inside they have boot corsages, food and dancing and parents will be able to watch on a live stream from upstairs. you can see these volunteers out here are so excited for the guests to arrive. the limos should be pulling up in about 45 minutes. report live in tampa, i'm

a dog rescued from an animal shelter returns the favor by actually saving his owner. >> yeah, but this k-9 come companion companionship almost didn't happen. drew smith had never heard his dog carl bark before. the spaniel mix found his voice last month, frantically refusing to let him go back to sleep. smith smelled smoke and realized his home was on fire. he almost didn't adopt carl in the first place because he wanted a golden retriever, now i bet he's glad he went back to the animal shelter. >> no dog is perfect but they can be perfect for you. >> that is true. smith says that carl woke him up before the smoke alarms went off, and he was able to call firefighters before the damage got too bad. now, the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. well, we started the week wearing turtle necks, ending

florida. into sunday morning, it's going to get chilly again. that's good snuggle weather. >> especially valentine's day. >> look at the beach, today we were back in the upper 60s to low 70s. sunshine was abundant. today. that's also going to change late tonight. but actually, i think any clouds that do move through might be just while you're morning, i think we'll be mostly sunny and dry, eastbound though the models are -- even though the models are hinting at a sprinkle or two. temperatures right now, upper 60s to low 70s. made it to another and this weekend will be very nice. maybe not quite as warm on sunday as it will be tomorrow. especially in the morning hours. this is what you'll be waking up to on saturday morning. 50s across most of the area. even our northern counties. this pretty much as that front is coming on through.

between i'd say maybe 3, 4:00 a.m., and 7 or 8:00 a.m., as the front comes through. but still rather mild. you can see the color up top, the bluish color, those are cooler temperatures and that's going to be oozing down in by late tomorrow night into valentine's day. still, though, nice weather for the night parade, which is tomorrow night. 66 in tampa. 68 in clear water. 66 in st. pete. skies are mostly clear across the entire area. satellite picture, not much to show, at least for the time being, as we have had clear skies starting from sunrise to sunset, but you just begin to see a little bit of cloud cover streaming in out ahead of that next front. and with future cast, watch what happens. all of a sudden, overnight, between around 11:00 and maybe 6:00, that front comes through. so i cannot absolutely rule out maybe a sprinkle, a spritz. that's about it.

by 6:00, it's already moving through, and by 8:00, it's gone. i think a lot of folks are was a quick shower. an issue. now, later on saturday, mostly sunny, and then it starts to cool off just a bit, and we're going to be talking about a blast of cold air up north. out of it, just the fringe by sunday morning, we're going to be back down in the lower 40s, and then by later on sunday, maybe even an easterly flow sets up, a couple clouds on the east side of the state. i don't think it's going to be a problem for our area. these are our low temperatures on valentine's day morning. upper 20s to low 40s. northern counties, i don't think we see a freeze but it's going to be a lot cooler on sunday than it will be tomorrow morning. talking about the national picture, there's going to be a lot of news of what's going on across the northeast. i mean, these are actual air temperatures in the lower 20s. boston, you throw in a strong wind and windchills on sunday morning.

40, for them, they could be 40 below. windchills 25 to 35 below 0. n this grayed out area. that includes boston. providence, areas most of northern new england, down to philadelphia. windchills are a solid 10 to 20 below 0. by far, the coldest weather so far this winter. now, for us, the winds aren't going to be picking up tomorrow behind the front. not outlandish. knot seas 2 to 4 feet. moderate chop on the bay. the temperature in clear water, 56 degrees. it's 60 in the bay. your sunrise and your sunset, a look at florida's most accurate 7-day. we'll go 67 tomorrow. a little bit breezy later on in the day. sunday morning will be chilly in the low 40s, and then we top out about 66. monday and tuesday, another front. a stronger one, but a pretty good chance of rain on tuesday. i don't see severe weather right now. but we'll take a closer look coming up in the next half hour.

17 years later, the mother of columbine shooter, dylan kliebold, coming up, the pain she feels for the victims every day. a traffic stop on the interstate turns into a huge identity theft bust.

. right now, it's been almost two decades in the making, we are hearing from the mother of columbine shooter, dylan klebold. >> sue klebold speaks to diane sawyer about that tragic event 17 years ago. dylan and his friend eric harris murdered 13 people at columbine high school. after years of silence and days before her book is released, sue klebold talks about the tragedy and the relationship

feeling she has for those victims. >> all these kids, the teacher, and i keep thinking constantly about how i would feel if it were the other way around, and one of their children had shot mine. i would feel exactly the way they did, i know i would. i know i would. >> sue's memoir, a mother's wreckening, living at after math of tragedy will be released on monday. hear more from her tonight on your abc action news station on 2020 at 10:00 p.m. next at 5:30, a 7-year-old with autism is handcuffed at school after threatening a teacher with a pencil. the reason his mother says school officials were in the wrong. plus there is a new plan to save a group of firefighters in highlands county. next at 5:30, how the new pitch will save you hundreds of

live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. now at 5:30, a pasco county mother is demanding change after her 7-year-old was handcuffed at school. >> the boy was restrained after threatening the teacher with a pencil and taken to a psychiatric facility. >> erik waxler shows us why authorities are defending their action. >> he's traumatized pretty much. he's afraid of everyone he doesn't know. >> reporter: allen butler hasn't been back to his elementary since the mother says the school resource officer treated the 7-year-old like a criminal instead of a special needs child.

front of the classmates. >> reporter: these are pictures his mom says show the bruises left behind. but she says the school is well aware of his behavioral problems, caused not only by autism but also a traumatic brain injury and they could have handled the situation much differently. >> he should be taken to a hospital if they think there's something different about him or he's acting anxious or frustrated. >> reporter: the pasco sheriff's office says the deputy followed state law, no matter their age. >> we feel we were justified to protect the child and the other kids in the area and the teachers. >> reporter: records show a doctor at north bay recovery center found allen calm and collected and did not admit him. his mother has an attorney is looking against possible lawsuits against the school district and the sheriff's office. >> at the end of the day, my goal is to change the way that these schools are being run and to make sure no child ever has to experience anything close to this ever again.