the courtney campbell cause way. traffic is still light. all right, let's chynoweththe veterans express way, it tends to get busy and about half an hour or so. 12 minutes from van dyke to 275 and six minutes to get from waters and down to 265. we'lllet you know about it here and on twitter at tampa bay traffic. hillsboro deputies announcing they saw a murder that o considered on valentine's day. >> ortiz was booked in the county jail after mid night. >> ortiz shot rafael and leonard dennis after the tampa men bought marijuana from him in the parking lot. dennis survivored, ortiz is

detectives are going through nearly a dozen students' cell phone and social media accounts right now after uncovering an sexting scandal. some of the picture usare so graphic that they want to make sure none of these kids are pornography victims. >> teachers found the selfies and tipped off authorities. >> the sheriff after seeing the pictures, she wants to make the investigation. >> she's hoping this will be a warning call for other parent to monitor what your kids are doing >> the truth that the matter is, parents do really need to be checking their children's phones on a regular basis. >> the principal at that school is planning to hold an emergency meeting on monday >> we'll plan to send you into that meet sdg keep you on the loop of what's happening next >> more than 80 year in the making t. white house is

president obama will visit cuba next month. the move comes more than a year after him and president raul castro pledge to--the president's trip is expected to happen next month. going in-depth, president obama will be the first sitting president to visit cuba since 1928. jimmy carterhas traveled to twice. >> i am deepen saddened and disrespected by some of the things i have come forward. >> the teenager is talking publicly about the charges against him. he's asking for privacy. >> he's going through of what he's calling the mess that's making news around the world.

this morning with the news conference that he held. is he denying his chargesns s? >> >> reporter: he told a few members here that the accusations is completely fall. >> love robertson claims he only practices alternative medicin s. he treated patients with photo therapy andwater and food and air. >> one patient said robertson forged and cash her check and wiped out her bank account >> we could shed some good lights on some of the things that's happening today. we can share on positive things that are happening and stop worrying about bashing someone and start to listen them up. once again^ incompetent ^ i want to thank everyone for their support whether good or bad.

negative things. everyone is entitled to their opinion and once again, i am not upset. he said he's speaking things over with his attorney. you will meet the attorney at a later time refused to name who his attorney is. this is not the first timethat love robertson had been investigated. last january,he was caught roaming the halls of the florida's hospitalhospital. >> charges this morning against love robertson including grand theft and fraud. coming up in one hour, he's goingto be in the studio with good morning america talking more in-depth about this what he calls a mess that he's surrounding him and his family and his career. >> stay tuned for that and coming in up in one hour. >> do you recognize this guy? i know it is hard to see here

this man. he's wanted forrobbing a convenience store >> he robbed--as you see in the picture, he was wearing black hoodie and he took off with a golden sat turn. detectives believe this guy is linked to another robbery. >> crime stoppers is offering $3000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. an update now, last night at 5:00, this five car crash that sent two people to the hospital including an under cover pinellas county deputies. >> a driver hit that detectives unmarked vehicles while changing lanes. >> both people are hurt in that crash and expected to be fine. >> officers say someone shot a man and a woman in the leg

expected to be okay. >> police are working on two possible crime scenes on u.s. 21. it is not clear if any gunshots were fired there as well. we want to keep you up to date on a devastating thank you very much fire. 200 members of a pope county judgeis beginning to start a worship and finding the place. this could have been much worse. >> the fire started on tuesday night. everybodythankfully escaped safely. the humane's the hane's building were a total loss >> i just thank god that we are still alive >> i feel like god did this for a reason. >> investigators are still trying to find out what cause

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welcome back, 6:09 right now. the va's intern watchdog revealed the hotline, urgent phone calls going to voice mails. long wait time being put on hold and not getting through responder as all. >> more and more veterans are use g using the hotline. the vais hiring more staff to help its most vulnerable veterans. a series national behind a car bomb attack. itkilled 28 people and injured six others. >> syria's leadership is denying for this.

works for one particular question from college application to make that happen. >> a civil rights group is asking for the common application used by 600 colleges to remove the question asking applicant if they ever got in trouble in high school. the concern is teenager's mistakes could harm them well into adulthood especially as a minor student. it is breezy so it is making it feel like a lot cooler. don't worry, temperatures recovered thisafternoon. after the break, i am going to show you something that i have never seen before. when it comesto snow. stay with us. >> i cannot even let my kids go outside right now. i know guy is still out there. >> a mother's fear and now her warning. the scare hewants parents to hear like you and me to keep

we are back, i am from florida and this is something i have never seen. a big rig goes into a ditch. a guycomes by in a pickup truck tows it away. they asked thedriver how he's able to do it and he said, it is a ford.

drive but dan has an miata. and i have an tuff. >>. >> that was not a commercial before but there you go. >> it should have been. >> there it is. >> maybe now it will be >> temperatures nothing to worry about out here >> temperatures are in the 40s. by the way, that snow,that was a front that brought us cool weather of the last couple of days and everything is connected on the atmosphere. >> winds right now, anywhere from 5 to 15 miles per hour, enough, when we step outside this morning and despite the fact that it is not frigid, it feels calm which sets the stage of the fog. not an issue with the fog today.

southeast, it will migrate to the east. the flow around it will allow our winds to get a little more easterly component. it is just the wind coming off the water bringing us more clouds and friday into the weekend. it is not cloudy or over cast but just enough where we won't have crystal blue skies. taco bell cloudy and right along the coast, a couple of sprinkles ruling out. we'll watch it closely for the race,. wehave changes in our seven-day forecast, i will show you that in a sengd here. second here. we have a mild finish today and tomorrow, much more of the same except oh, crank up the temperatures a little bit more of a couple of degrees. by saturday, back here on sunday reaching 80s in some spots further south. there is the front on tuesday >> showers and thunderstorms

do cooloff and back in the 60s. >> if ru heading out the door, maybe to the veterans express way, wide open out there. >> he is heading north right around--we are keep in mind, it is closed westbound through. cars picking up out there and a lot of volume starting to build. still somespace so no crashes or break down to slow you down. >> let's check your drive time on 275 starting all the way back to the apex, it is taking 14 minutes to make that drive. >> five minutes from bush to i- 4. >> downtown area down to the howard franklin. theaverage speed on 275 over in

right now from bridge to bridge. back to you. >> thank you, janelle. 17 minutes after 6:00 right now. british car maker jaguar will unveil a car that can travel 200 miles per hour. >> that's fast. the company says it can go from zero to 60 in 3. 5 seconds and it will have a va transmission. >> it will cost $126 million. >> it is set to be unveiled at the show in switzerland. >> [ laughter ] >> most cars cannot go up to 200 miles per hour >> those cars cost $129, 000. that's why i did not know. >> you are paying it >> i drive a truck. >> 18 minutes after 6:00 right now. the new rule thatcould be in

off with drugs. believe it or not a. dog sparks a fire and forces the family out and what exactly happens. first, remember when ben yate upsets iphone users? here is abc tech byte. >> in today's tech byte. a matter of principle. >> how difficult would it be for them to write the code to unlock one phone. computer security experts say it isnot difficult at all. it will take apple one afternoon. >> google is expanding their mail feature, it allows those with yahoo and outlook accounts. access all theirmessages from a single screen. >> they won't say at gmali il.com

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welcome back, thanks for waking up with abc morning news. it is 6:23 right now. this is our view in tampa. >> it is looking really nice there. details on trafficand weather coming up. we have an update with a story that you might have seen on gma >> the head of los angeles hospital it paid in ransom in bit coins to some hackers what broke down to their computer network. hackers installed malware kept employees sharing test results and looking at patients' hacker records. >> the hospital wounded up paying $17, 000. >> that internet money is hard to track. >> in the wake of this troubling case, how can you keep your data safe from hackers. two police officers accused

sexually assaulting children are in court today. some of the asults happeninside their patrol cars. both officers were arrested yesterday. both of them have been relieved from duty. >> lawyers from both men denied their allegations. this morning, we are reminded of not leaving combustible things on a stove. firefighters say the dog was trying to get to a pizza box left on top of the stove. the dog accidentally turn on the banner. thefamily live there is was not home at the time. the fireended up kaling two of the family four dogs and caused 26 fair in damage. they see accidents like this all toooften. that's not allowing for conditions to be not foggy this morning. >> 68 into lunch and low 70s.

temperatures. >> some changes in the extended forecast, we'll have that, coming up. i really was not trying to hurt anybody. i was justtrying to do what was right >> now, a pharmacy fight at a wood bee wobble, the man who beat that quits down, he says he did it all for love. >> good morning everybody, i am janelle martinez, traffic is going nicely right here on downtown on i-275. we aregetting words o f a crash on pinellas county. we areworking to get details right now. i will have the latestcoming up in a few minutes. abc action news weather is

at 6:30, a warning parents need to hear. >> the danger looking at thousands of your seat belts right now. >> we'll spell out which automaker impacted by this recall. thanks for waking up with abc. >> the wind out there is making it feeling chillier. >> some extra layers out there this morning. >> later on today, you know the story is warm and we'll continue to have comfortable temperatures over the next few days. 70s this afternoon. >> yesterday, we had the clear skies and calm winds and that allows for the fog to develop. we have drier air ontap and we are looking at the winds making i cooler. allof that combining for a better commute on the roads. >> 41 at crystal river and with

making us feel in the 30s. per hour. that'll be thecase throughout the day. as far as our planner, temperature in the upper 60s. we'll have low 70s by thetime we get into 4:00 and dropping back into the low 60s by 8:00. sun rise comes up at 7:06. right now, despitethe fact that it is still dark and no issues with fog. that was a mess yesterday and the roads dry. that'sa good thing. >> let's head outside. driving around right around tampainternational airport. what's the drive time out there. >> good morning. just came down the veterans here. volume is definitely building this morning. a lot ofcars on the road. everybody is moving up top speed andlooking great this morning. it is going to be abeautiful, beautiful sun rise this morning. the sun juststarting to come up

nice on the left hand side of your screen. i hope you guys havea wonderful drive to work. janelle, how is the rest ofthe road ways looking. >> we have been tracking our camera. traffic is lookinggreat here at the polk parkway. if you are in lake area, comfortable getting where you need to be. >> traffic is up top speeds right now. let's check yourdrive time on hiv 4 right now. >> 23 minutes from county line road to downtown >> eight minutes from 75 down to 275. the only accident we have reported now is pinellas county. >> cal tan al captain al, what are you seeing there? >> you can see right there by

they aretreating someone. traffic in that vitamin city is notbeing affected right now. >> all the way down to the road seems to be slow and smoothly. >> just about 6:32. covering manatee county this thursday morning. investigators are looking of claims ofa possible kidnapping. her 12 years daughter was snatched by a man who far from her home >> live from the southeastnd scene and near the intersection where the mom says this all happened and her daughter acted quickly. >> she certainly did >> her mother said this is the area where it all happened. >> her 12 years old daughter. the man attempted tosnatch her daughter. thankfully those two gars were ableto get away. >> they had a cell phone and got a little bit of help. >> all of this happening last thursday evening.

this neighborhood and we are told that will no one was hurt. deck tifrs say theydid receive reports of a drunk man in the ar aroaching kids. >> now, this manner has shaken his mother and she does not want to reveal her identity. she's spreading the words of most of this on investigators. . >> we do plan on speaking with parent in this community later this morning to figure out what they are doing to keep their kids safe. we'll have much more on that during our 9 a.m. news hour. reporting live, bradenton. in a few hours, when he could find out when a mother is accused of killing her daughter and stuffing that baby's child's body into the ridge

including 11 years old jayina. >> some mass is charged with first degree murder. >> we are watching two big issues playing out today. itcould affect your kids. tampa could become the latest cities to decriminalize. it could be with them for many years of their record. if approved of those under 20 grams of pot will receive a fine. >> banning so called predator clustering, parents worried about their kids safety >> dozen os f offenders living their them and often sharing rooms at the same house. >> the council is concerned of where o's offenders will go. >> a florida hospital is paying nearly $50, 000 fines months after women seeking treatments back nor december, barbara dawson refused to leave the

breath. breath. when she would notleave, the hospital called the police and handcuffed her in the parking lolt. dawson died right there with bloodclot in her lungs. pinellas county, the good smar samaritan found the man a. worker at a near by cemetery found him while he was on his morning routes. all of us here in the bay area know that our beachs the best and now the rest of the country knows. >> clear water beach topped the list och the best beaches in the u.s.a.. and saint beach came in at number four. the only non florida beach to beat those two are in hawaii

>> [ laughter ] >> well, and let's keep going with that thing. >> the beach is looking fantastic >> temperatures this afternoon at a low 70s. if you aretaking a dip in the water, the water temperature 61. youhave been warned that it is winter here. >> 61 if you are taking a stroll by 8:00. all right,we'll be back with the extended forecast and show you when the next cold front arrives in a few minutes. yeah, captain alice flying over our crash in pinellas county. >> the crash has been moved into the duncan donut parking lot as you can see there. it is not affecting trafficand i lie howism seeing the car slowing down and moving over. coming up, we'll check your drive across thebridges. i told them and i asked him to stop

taking over his social media accounts. we'll explain why the victim dependant cannotdo anything to stop this.

seat belts in more than a million suv of toyota may not work. ralph-42006 to 2012 for the year. >> an electric, the earlier was 2006 and 2012. theelectric model were 2012 and 2014. toyota will replace your seat belt at no cause if you are impact t. we'llpost the information on our abcaction news app. >> hundreds of you cannot see enough of this video. youcan see he's bloody and bruised. sthoo this man righthere tried to rob a braid son pharmacy. he got more thanwhat he bargain for when a customer confronted him. david west punched the light's out because his girlfriend is behind the counter

was trying to do, he did not hesitate >> he starts to fiddling with his hands and he reached into his pant and i told him there. >> i hope he uses it as an tointing point in this life. >> you can see the results there, it is muggy of this mug shot. a lot of you have strong opinions about his appearance crime. one person wrote, instant cram karma >> you can take a look at our video right now. stillahead, a mother sent scrambling when an airline loses track of a child traveling alone. what cause that scareover her precious car go. >> i am janelle martinez, captain el is overing over the crash. the crash off to the side,

good morning everybody, it is 6:45. it is 55 degreesright now on franklin bridge.

heading over the bridge now. traffic is looking great in both directions in st. pete and tampa bay as well >> everybody is up to speed. about 70 minutes to crossthe bridge. janelle, great news out here and a greatview on the howard barry burbank linh grinch. highwayare the rest of the way looking. all three bridges. which can oit these drive time right now. nine minutesto get across the courtney cam personnel. nine minutesto cross the gandy bridge. >> i-4 westbound past memorial. i will keep my eyes onit as we start to see any problems. a quick check ofyour drive time. >> this is going to be the veterans and a lot of i are trying to decide which one to use and both are running about the same. >> 19 minutes from the veteran

drive. >> captain al, any traffic problem that we have been following? >> reporter: actually, far west now. >> he's going to turn around probably depart this in area. don't know if anyone is on board. that twovehicles minor damage right here in the parking lot. that's a front atlanta tech edge road of u.s. 19. >> u.s. 19 you can see in the middle of the picture, uneffective by this. i can see u.s. 19 from about beyond. >> no problem to speak of. it is cool out there. therest of us are in the 50s. >> it is looking fantastic out there. the wind is helping us out here

in the50s, you will need an extra jacket. afternoon, as we talk about 70s and through the afternoon. i will do thatwith full sunshine, mid to upper 70s. let's break itdown as we head through the remainer. >> by lunchtime again, upper 50s and lower 60s and we'll get you about 70 degrees this afternoon. the warmingtrend continues right through the weekend. middle tollupper 70s. we'll touch 80s in some spots. >> across the south as we hit through the day on sunday. monday we are still good. we'll have temperatures intuper 70s. the cloud cover will begin to increase lateon monday out ahead of the next storm system that rolls from the gulf so we'll have to watch that one as well >> mid-70s, that'll stay the same. showers will arriveand thunderstorms and the timing still to be determined here. we'll have the forecast in the next few days. wehave showers and thunderstorms back on a tuesday

the early part of wednesday as i see it right now. >> there after, we cool back down. enjoy the stretch ofmid to upper 70s. we'll get back to cooler temperaturesafter that storm system heading into part of next week. >> we turn now to democracy 2016 with two days to go until the primaries. the six candidates left making final speeches to voters. >> analysts florida senator marco rubio e mirjed merging to be the winner. crews said he's not worried about donald trumpto sue him over a controversial act >> he's well cold to file whatever he likes.

can file it and lose. >> donald trump spoke at his own town home on nbc. >> marco rubio, he picked up a key endorsement. >> haley is throwing her support behind him. >> we say that every day is a great day in south carolina. >> ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, everyday will be a great day in america. the state holds its gop primary on saturday. >> that's the same day that democrats hold their caucus in nevada. the democratic party is providing an unopeneddeck of cards at all 200 locations. if there is a tie, asingle card, it is a style game of chance. we'll breakthe tie.

down to a high card draw. we'll be here on monday morning. >> we have new information this morning as we track the zika virus crisis. >> they now have proof that the ill noesz causes birth deif he cans. . >> here in florida, the number of cases have grown to 22 and all of them are travel related. yesterday, hillsborocounty free up half a million to fight the spread of the virus throughout the county. that money will be used for things like more mosquitoes and spraying and tracking and testing. new personal data secured from the federal government government. >> jim cook is agreeing with apple. >> it would sabotage the security of tens of billions of

>> the court ordered farook to unlock frank's phone. this morning, an high ya man is waiting for textbooks to hack his facebook account. now thashgs person hasaccess to john's cell phone pictures including john and his girlfriend's nude picture. he's posting them onlineand making lewd requests. >> he wanted a video of him and i having sexes together while he watches. the first thing you should do is contact facebook but with 50 million users, it takes some time before it makes place. an ex convict that started this fire.

he's facing 20 felony charges including murder and kidnapping and arson. he heads tocourt tomorrow. >> american airlines is apologizing to a mother for losing track of her 11 years old daughter who was flying alone. >> her flight was delayed and cancelled. >> maggie mom paid an extra $300 kwar. americans nevercall to hell her ant the delay or cancellations. >> americans have issued an apologyist and says representative are now in tufrp with their families. >> one thing they are sure it is not is bird droppings. black goo has an ash and oily consistency. >> environmental scientists collected samples of this. >> time now is 6:52.

weather and traffic you need to know about before you head out the door. first up, highlands detectives aregoing through a dozen middle school students cell phones and social media accounts right now. after uncovering ashocking, sexting scandal. at least nine students took naked photos of themselves. the pictures are so graphic,we want to mistake sure these kids are not sexually assault exploited. >> parents being told to look out this morning. a motherclaims a man tried to snatch her 12 years old daughter. the girl and her friend were able to get away and called 911. braid son police are looking into this incident. hillsboro deputies made an arrest in a valentine's day

>> ortiz shot two men after a drug sale >> one of those men later eyed. >> we are waiting for an announcement in the white house. officials are noun announcing president obama thomas hock president for the first six months. >> locally owned bake coffee and tea company. >> they became the first restaurant to open turnd airports new ex paengs. >> 65 new restaurant in stores will open at 1 ia. >> over the next tia over the next two years. you are looking at a six minute drive from here and down to the howard franklin and six minutes in the opposite direction >> let's check out your average speeds now.

from van dyke >> a little bit quicker but not by much on i-70. this isdown to i-4. your average speed there is 46 miles perhour. >> captain al was just flying over the fest beach in america. you have a good view today. >> i will tell you what, a great award that they got. celebrations. it will lead you right to clear waterbeach >> beautiful shots this morning and traveling is no problem. >> we are number one here. excellent views and if youare heading out to work or the beach, look at these temperatures, upper 60s to lower 70s. water temperaturesis in the lower 60s. a little bit cool for most of us here. we'll warm temperatures up over

and iper 70s. er 70s. here is one deal that you will never get closer. >> gush gore we need tour the new construction site. cue line. there will belive pie thoens. >> what? >> and vibers just inches away from guests. >> it debuts next summer >> as if the roller coasters itself is not bad enough. >> not even that. >> i will stay in the heat stay tuned, good morning america is coming up next. >> keep up with us on our mobile app and facebook and twitter.

good morning, america. dead heat. a brand-new national poll shows ted cruz and donald trump tied as trump takes aim at jeb bush. >> this guy, why doesn't he just give up, go home. go home. go home to mom. >> and hillary clinton trying to avoid another upset striking a pose in "vogue" just two days until the next big showdown. breaking overnight, president obama will travel to cuba, the first president to visit in more than 80 years and the huge events in the works in baseball to beyonce. the 18-year-old arrested posing as a doctor accused of treating patients now out on bail speaking out to abc news.