trying to figure out what exactly caused this fire. we will stay on top of this breaking story and bring updates as soon as we get them on air at abcactionnews.com. back to you. we're starting here with mild temperatures and probably mostly cloudy skies by later this afternoon. we are going to see a few showers in the forecast, 20% to 30% coverage. not going to see lightning today, or big storms. it's just going to be nuisance showers. we'll time that out but tomorrow things are going to change in a big way. 60s now bartow checking in at 59. the cooler spot. my goodness, this is not only mild but you step outside and notice more humidity out there. that is setting the stage for the showers today. then for the storms as we head through tomorrow. there's your hour by hour, pick time and there's your forecast as temperatures climb up to the upper 70s. notice after 12:00, 20% to 30% coverage as far as showers.

tomorrow, that's the one that is going to bring potential for severe weather, although right now looks like that will come in after the morning commute. so that is always a good thing. you have a crash already? we have a crash we're following. in the san antonio area, up in pasco county. i'll zoom in. state road 52, eastbound lanes right at i-75, although just in the past few minutes fhp is now reporting eastbound and westbound lanes are blocked. on this. again state road 52. you may want to find another way to i-75, maybe state road 54. i'll watch it and let you know if we start to see any major delays there. i-275 in fowler, traffic looking great, up to speed now in both directions. a quick check of drive times, starting all the way back at the apex. 13 minutes to get to the downtown area. five minutes from busch to i-4. 6:01. more news from overnight. a man in a stolen car couldn't hide from police.

driver and taking him into custody. police say an unmarked tpd unit tracked that stolen car to this walgreen's on armenia at mlk. once the suspect realized he was being followed he tried to run but we're told a tpd air unit spotted him and answer ibled officers to catch him. officers think the suspect and stolen car are from another county. in democracy 2016, republican frontrunner donald trump is hoping to hit the jackpot in las vegas with the nevada caucus hours away. hoping for his third victory in a row after easy wins in new hampshire and south carolina. once again he's heavily favored to win today. there's a lot at stake for senators marco rubio and ted cruz after a close contest for second and third place in south carolina. both men have spent weeks now trying to present themselves as alternatives to trump whose name is in big bold letters on top of his hotel on the vase strip. on the democratic side senators bernie sanders and --

makes his different from his rival hillary clinton. >> it's a crucial time since clinton is expected to win this weekend in the south carolina primary. speaking in massachusetts sanders criticized clinton's use of a superpac to raise funds and used it to tie her to big money on wall street. by contrast he says most of his donations came from middle class americans, the average just $27 apiece. breaking overnight -- we just found out that president obama is coming to florida this week. he will be in jacksonville on friday. he's going to tour a lithium ion battery factory that received funding through the stimulus package passed during his first few weeks in office. advisors say the president will use the jacksonville trip to talk about the tough choices he made in his first term. new information about the uber driver who admitted to a shooting rampage that left six weekend. jason dalton began working for his ride-sharing service uber

lawyers maintain dalton's shootings were random and haven't said what his motives might have been. altogether authorities say dalton shot eight people. the family of a teenaged girl who survived the shooting says they are daughter is now in a ventilator, dalton is being held in jail without bond. this morning uber defends the way it screens and approves its drivers. the company saying dalton cleared a background check and had a nearly perfect rating among his fares. uber said in a statement it had no reason to believe anything was amiss until the shootings saturday night a hillsborough county county trying to rebuild after a fire defendant stayed their home. -- devastated their home. they pray their two cats are going to survive. charred remains of the home here, it burned nearly to the ground a week ago. firefighters saved as many animals as possible but sadly four cats did die. >> i think the hardest part is just knowing -- i'm sorry --

babies, which is my cats, what they had to go through. that they suffered. i wasn't here to protect them and help them. >> those two surviving cats are boeing treated now at an animal hospital. we're hearing it may take months for them to recover from what we're hearing are severe burns. firefighters believe the fire started in an electrical box. a st. lucie county high school band director is expected in court today on charges he had sex with a 15- year-old female student. 26-year-old gary burnett was a first year band director at st. lucie west centennial high school. a student told a resource officer about the inappropriate relationship. police say burnett confessed to the crime, was arrested and fired. meanwhile, an update to an urgent manhunt for a teen accused of mowing down a central florida sheriff's deputy. the 15-year-old will be in court after turning himself in to authorities yesterday. lawyers for that teenager will

should be charged as an adult for driving into sergeant marcy pearce last week while she was taking him into custody. she suffered a serious head wound and other injuries but is out of the hospital this morning. in sarasota county, a 5- year-old girl living within reach of guns and drugs is now out of that home. deputies describe that house as "an explosives ridden drug den." there are photos of the grenades, pipe bombs and dozens of firearms reportedly found in that venice home friday afternoon. this morning that little girl's mother, katie smith and her boyfriend steven pace face charges. neighbors say they are relieved, a few told us they took that little girl in numerous times keeping her for sometimes weeks at a time feeding and clothing her. deserve this. she needs a life. she deserves to have a life. this is not a life for nobody. or any animal.

the home. the landlord told us both pace and smith are not allowed back and an eviction notice has been served. 76:07 -- 60:7. history making error, how many more exploding airbags could be

6:09. tuesday morning. troubling new developments of how many cars may have the notorious exploding airbags inside. >> regulators say they may decide another 90 million airbags should be recalled. that would nearly triple the number of faulty takata airbag inflators recalled so far in the biggest auto recall ever. just last month the national highway traffic safety administration announced nine new recalls impacting nine new automakers. a dozen deaths in the u.s. have been linked to the airbags including at least one in florida that can explode with too much force and blow shrapnel at drivers. a united nations panel approved a temporary ban on cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium ion batteries on airplanes. they are capable of intense fires on a plane. it's believed one destroyed a asiana airlines plane before it landed in 2011.

that ban goes into effect april 1st. parts of the eastern gulf coast now under what is going to be, i think a life threatening situation today. we have the potential for violent tornadoes across this part of the u.s., across the southeast and it's all going to be headed our way. in a weakened fashion. but i'll let you know what to expect as it rolls through tomorrow. in a few minutes. 6:11. still ahead, basketball game brawl. a parent caught this on camera. a parent punched a coach in the face and children and adults get involved. what triggered this jaw- dropping site? >> an overnight fire sends one person to the hospital. the scene just clearing up on east sitka street after two hours. firefighters say flames were shooting out the front door when they arrived. a family of four was inside, they got out along with their

no word on just what caused

those are giant waves from honolulu, hawaii. they've been washing boulders over roads, closing a 12-mile

some of the residents say they have not seen this in a very long time. something there. in fact it's not a storm system real close to them. look at the sky, clear skies. a storm well off to the north, the swells associated with it made it all the way in. voifers probably in the complaining -- surfers probably not complaining. we have weather to get through specifically. we'll talk about that. let's go to where the storm is. this is a thousand miles to the north but it's the swells associated with the storm. there's the low there to the north. the islands there, that's what's been bringing that swell in the last couple of days. it will continue a little more and we'll get back to normal. let's fly home and show you what is going on. we had a great weekend. now a few showers popping up. later this afternoon i think we're still good despite cloud cover. then we're going to watch to our west. this is the storm that is getting going.

system across the eastern gulf coast. in fact as i've been talking about, this will likely be a tornadic outbreak for them, up to the north. it will arrive here tomorrow but not as strong so we'll be pinpointing that. there are the showers that develop today anywhere from 1:00 to say 5:00 p.m. we are going to have showers, nothing severe, no lightning, not widespread and these will be quick movers by the way heading from south to north. then we get ready for this, this is the main line that comes in ahead of the cold front, this is attached to that low. the difference will be the low will be far enough away where i think we're not going to have to deal with the spin. so tornadoes not likely here but damaging wind gusts certainly as the line of thunderstorms barrels through. i think that will happen 11:00. by the way, if you know anyone here make sure they are aware of this because this is going to be, i think a big deal for today. the nastiest outbreak we've seen in a while there. for us the threat shifts

no oranges, we're not in an enhanced risk or moderate risk, but there is slight risk. that is 7:00 to 11:00 for damaging wind gusts. can't rule out a tornado but i think the percentage for it is under 5%. my main concern is really the squall line moving through with heavy downpours and the potential for very strong winds. so keep your stormshield app on and of course once you set it up once you don't have to worry about it. it will alert you wherever you are as far as your zip code. i think we may in fact by tomorrow get a watch box. so we'll keep you posted. we'll be on-line and throughout abc action news. upper 70s to 80 degrees by today. we'll do that with partly sunny skies and showers in the afternoon. tomorrow is our tough day as far as weather. then by the way, after that, it is a cold front, it's a potent one and do we have some cold air on the way. highs in the 60s, replaces the 70 to near 80.

into the 40s through the weekend. we are following a crash up in the san antonio area, in pasco county. state road 52 at i-75, this is affecting both the eastbound and westbound lanes, both blocked now, also the entrance and exit ramps from i-75, so if you're trying to get to i-75, depending on where you're coming from and where you're going you're going to have to use state road 54 to get on the interstate. i'll let you know as soon as that road opens back up. we're also watching a crash here in manatee county, in the myaca city area, state road 70 at berna road, eastbound and westbound lanes affected, no complete blockage but i'm seeing some slowdowns. so if you're morning drive take you here you may want to leave a little earlier. less than 10 minutes to get across all three bridges. the oscars countdown in full force.

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welcome back. thank you for joining us on this early tuesday morning. 6:24.

not far from the florida straw were festival grounds in plant city. no problems on the road. janelle was checking for an accident. we don't seem to find it. overnight there was a 10th inch of rain in tampa. there may be some slick streets. in some places that are not well traveled early so watch for that. i know there's water on my car this morning. 65 degrees, very comfortable. ivan says big changes are on the way. wild fight caught on camera. players and parents at an oklahoma elementary school mixing it up on the basketball court. police saying some of the people caught in the brawl may soon face charges. officers in dewy say two fourth grade boys began playing rough at the game earlier this month. one punched the other in the head and then comps and parents run on the court, at one point the stepfather of the boy that was hit punched one of the coaches in the throat. the stepfather said he felt threatened but we're told the surveillance video doesn't back up his claim.

plan to safely dismantle this construction crane, it caught fire and collapsed in melbourne, australia. that fire was so intense you off. debris damaged several cars on the street below. construction site. firefighters say the fire was started by an electrical blaze and one of the motors, as bad as it looks, no one was hurt. in tampa an early morning fire destroys a family's home. why it's called a near miss for four people inside. nude photo epidemic. three things parents should do right now to prevent their children from being exploited. >> we've watching i-4, we had a crash in the eastbound lanes around park road. not really seeing it. traffic looks pretty normal. you're still looking at about 22 minutes to get from downtown

6:30 -- breaking news. tampa fire crews remain on scene to monitor hot spots at a house that erupted in flames early this morning. four people and two dogs were inside the house on east sitka street. we spoke to a neighbor that says she called 911 and rushed to help everyone get out safely. one person was taken to the hospital with burns. the cause remains under investigation. it's a very busy morning on abc action news. first we want to get you prepared for the kind of day you can expect today weatherwise. it's going to be fairly nice today before the changes move in? >> some showers. we're not talking about severe weather today. that is tomorrow. we've been talking about it the last couple of days. it's been a while since we've had nasty weather roll through. just a heads up. sunrise 7:01. coming up in 31 minutes. we're looking at temperature by later on today in the upper 70s. the difference, today we have enough moisture and enough

will result in a few showers, coverage 30%. again nothing widespread or severe, or too heavy. in fact i think we'll be in pretty good shape as far as the day goes. just not going to be as dry as yesterday. temperatures in the mid-60s. headstart with more humidity. you're going to feel it as you walk outside. feel a little more like we're getting closer to spring. so showers this afternoon. and then we'll be watching the storm system in texas today. the severe weather today is scheduled for eastern louisiana of florida. we don't have to worry about it today but not going to be the case tomorrow. so futurecast, again, a few pop- afternoon. mainly for the interior. if you're watching us along the beaches i think you'll be in better shape there. despite the cloud cover, it will be drier certainly than across the interior. then we have the line that is going to move in with showers and heavy thunderstorms tomorrow, any time from 7:00 to 11:00. that is going to be the window for heaviest weather to move through. i'm thinking again the strong winds, damaging wind to tension

miles per hour and isolated tornadoes but the conditions more favorable for that are the north. just heads up that we have up tomorrow. janelle. a crash earlier. what's the update? >> it's still causing major problems. in the san antonio area. up in pasco county. state road 52, busy road

go south to state road 54 and get on the interstate that way. we have a crash. let's check with action air one. >> reporter: we're at top of state road 56. the headlights are coming from state road 54. i-75, i guess is unaffected by this. that is the good news. state road 52, i think a little west of 75 is where we're talking about that accident. [poor audio] >> 6:32. in highlands county, a group of middle school students could be facing felony charges. >> the sheriff's office is investigating what they are describing as a sexting epidemic at lake placid middle school. tiontiontion reporter rod rod is gathering information -- rodney dunigan, we found out the students investigated are girls. >> reporter: that's right. in fact the sheriff's office investigators are looking at 20 young girls now.

pictures and video on their cell phone. the school's principal is now trying to get to the bottom of this. and also warning parents to know exactly what your kids are doing with their cell phones. many of the parents of lake placid students were shocked to hear what has been happening. the principle pal -- pain -- saying the parents have to be the first line of defense to stop this sort of thing from happening. parents disturbed now focused on ensuring their kids know the dangers of sexting. >> it's shocking to a point that in the way the world is today with all the technology it's not so shocking but -- it's hard, i guess it's hard having a 13-year-old that is out there. it's sad. this point. >> reporter: the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children says to explain the dangers of sexting to your child.

dangerous but against the law. also reassure them you will be supportive and understanding and you should also contact police if they have received any sort of nude pictures. back here live in the feed room, parents should also keep up to date parental controls on their kids' cell phone. one thing to look for, different apps. we found this on-line. this is teen safe. with this application, it's put on phones, parents can actually view the text messages and also the calls that their kids receive and that they send off. again this is another added measure to ensure the parents know what their kids are doing on cell phones and also to keep them safe from sexting. reporting live in the feed room, rodney dunigan, abc action news. parents of school kids in polk county may find out today who is in line to replace the superintendent who recently resigned. two weeks ago the school board accepted the superintendent katherine leroy's resignation

district. she was cleared of allegations she sexually harassed a intoed -- subordinate and created a hostile work environment. detectives in pinellas county need help to track down thieves. five people seen taking 10 bottles of top shelf vodka from a publix in largo. everyone leaves the store without paying. the suspects might be in a silver suv and dodge dart. looking for a job or know hillsborough county public schools looking for teachers but you have to act quickly. the deadline to turn in your application is next friday, if you want to be in the classroom year. there's a meeting tonight, going to happen at east bay high school, 6:00, if you want to learn more about how to

all the information is posted on ourtiontion mobile app. -- abc action news mobile app. we could learn in hours when president obama plans to close one of the most notorious military prisons. we took you inside guantanamo bay where fewer than 100 prisoners remain. for years the president has been working towards shutting down gitmo for good saying terrorists use it as a recruiting tool and it's too expensive to maintain. the white house will present a new plan to congress which opposed previous efforts to shut the prison down. we want to keep you up to date on the fight against the deceive deceive, that we've been -- zika virus, that we've been talking about. it's ramping up even more this morning. we're waiting to find out if $2 billion will be used to combat the spread in florida and across the country. president obama officially asked congress for that money yesterday. as we told you earlier this month it will go toward more mosquito control programs and also work on a vaccine meanwhile florida's top health official will head to

lawmakers know exactly how our state is responding to the dozens of travel related cases here. we found out just yesterday two more cases have been confirmed in florida. won't be long before we start to get bit by the guys as we look outside. humidity going up, temperatures in the 60s and eventually 70s today. tracking severe potential for tomorrow. coming up. good morning, captain al just arrived at the scene of this crash in pasco county. you can see the semi truck involved in this, blocking both the eastbound and westbound lanes of state road 52, there at i-75. so you will have to find another way around it. looks like they are letting cars get on the interstate. we'll check with captain a.m. al to see how it's affecting traffic and how you can get around this. 6:37. new video from overnight. a massive fire raging through a warehouse. what was inside that building

plus, the disease many babies are vaccinated against that is now showing up on at least

look at these flames. overnight massive fire incinerating large warehouse near los angeles. you can see the inferno ripped through the roof of that 150- foot-tall structure.

to keep flames from spreading to adjacent buildings. we just learned a number of vehicles in the warehouse were destroyed. so far there's no word on a cause but crews did not report any injuries. this sad update this morning, a 16-year-old boy injured in a helicopter crash at pearl harbor last week has now died from his injuries. that teen was pronounced dead yesterday and his family decided to donate his organs. he and three family members visiting from can'ta were on a -- canada were on a helicopter tour when it crashed. their names haven't been released. it happened near the pearl harbor visitors center thursday. federal agencies are investigating exactly what may have caused the crash. an update now as we learn what happened during a several hourslong deposition with bill cosby's wife. in massachusetts camille cosby answered questions about a defamation lawsuit against her husband. how much of the meeting was a back and forth with lawyers about what she could and couldn't answer. judge. while lawyers are keeping quiet about what was asked of camille

position to know a lot about bill from their 52 years of marriage. despite attempts by her attorneys to block the deposition it's going to continue next month. 6:42. stick around for more of this video. a crash landing on a city street caught on camera. the pilot of that plane walking away without a scratch. why he says he had no choice but to turn the road into a runway. >> we're following a traffic scent in pacifico county in the -- accident in pasco county in the san antonio area. state road 52 at i-75, it's blocked due to a semi that jackknifed. one westbound getting through. looks like cars can get on i-75 southbound. captain al will have a live

we're following breaking news in pasco county. in the san antonio area. a semi jackknifed blocking lanes on state road 52, captain al, what are you seeing up there? >> reporter: good morning. this is just adjacent to tampa bay golf and country club in the southwest corner of i-75 and state road 52. you can see where the jackknifed track tractor- trailer is under the overpass, that new overpass they are building. it's completely blocking the eastbound lanes. actually the rear end there, almost in the westbound but

involved as well. he's turned, now they are allowing as you see there going eastbound, you can get on i-75 and go south, but you cannot go east and continue under 75 and go north on i-75. so keep that in mind, you will be able to come west from san antonio over to the west side of i-75 and then go south but it's going to be a little slow. they are in the process, they have a heavy wrecker out here so hopefully they will clean this up in the next 15 or 20 minutes. we're following another major crash, affecting traffic in the myaca city area, in manatee county, state road 70 at vernea road, it's effecting mainly the westbound lanes but slowdowns eastbound as well. i'm you want to day lowe avenue to fruitville if you're trying to get to i-75. and fruitville back in the other direction as well. you may want to avoid state road 70 until they get this accident cleared. opening up our cameras, looking

tampa bay area, this is downtown tampa, i-275, traffic up to speed here. no crashes or breakdowns here. just six minutes to get from here down to the howard frankland six minutes in the opposite direction. looks a little hazy out there. a little dark ivan, what is the day going to be like? a a few showers. nothing too bad. and looking for temperatures climbing up in the upper 70s. have you stepped outside yet? a little humid out there. the bus stop is ok this morning. later this afternoon a few showers, 20% to 30% coverage. titan doppler radar quiet now but it's going to change with a few pockets of showers afternoon. and tracking a storm system to the west that will arrive tomorrow in the form of a potent cold front that i think will bring potential certainly for heavy rain rolling through, also damaging winds along with the embedded thunderstorms. let's plan your day on tuesday, with coverage about 30%. just showers, i don't think that will really get going

after 12:00 that is when we're looking at showers, temperatures by the way in the upper 70s, above average certainly for this time of year. so i think we'll be in pretty good shape as far as that is concerned. tomorrow, this is the day we're going to be tracking the potential for severe storms. i don't think they will be as nasty as today up in the eastern gulf coast but for us we have this slight risk of damaging wind gusts. i think that is going to be the primary threat especially from hillsborough county to the north. in fact the further north you go outside our area, that is where you can encounter some rotating thunderstorms and potential for tornadoes. i think it's minimal for us, damaging winds. thursday we clear out. it turns breezy and look at the ternlts behind this cold front. sharpally. 40s by the time we wake up into friday morning and then only reach 62. wind beginning to subside.

pushing 70 by sunday. 6:48. in democracy 2016 -- donald trump is expecting a win tonight in the next battle for the republican presidential nomination. >> he's favored to win his third vote in a row in the nevada republican caucus. the last gop vote before super tuesday. two of trump's biggest rivals are recovering from missteps. ted cruz is showing his communications director the door over this misquote of marco rubio. in the -- we didn't see it but in the video -- here it is -- in the video the cruz campaign quoted rubio as saying the bible doesn't have many answers but rubio actually said all the answers are there. meacculpa from ohio governor john kasich. about women in his campaigns. >> many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door to door and put yard signs up for me. >> i'll come to support you but

>> i got you. >> some republicans wants casics to drop out of the -- kasich to drop out of the race and send support to rubio instead but kasich says he has no plans to end his campaign yet. hillary clinton is taking aim at donald trump saying electing him would amount to a national security risk. she told and audience at a california fundraiser last night a trump presidency could make the u.s. less safe. she cited comments about banning muslims as a concern saying it would make it more difficult to work together with middle eastern countries to fight terrorism. clinton and opponent bernie sanders will next square off in the south carolina primary on saturday. this morning vice president joe biden says supreme court vacancies should be filled in an election year. even though he suggested just the opposite on the senate floor in 1992. outgoing president hw bush was in office then. at the time then senator biden chaired the senate judiciary committee. a number of republican senators indicated they are willing to wait for whoever wins in

replacement for justice antonin scalia. people who support apple's refusal to hack an i-phone that belonged to the gunman in the san bernardino massacre are planning to rally outside apple stores outside the country today. in the country today. rallies planned for 5:30 in tampa and brandon. a federal judge is ordering apple to comply and help the fbi's investigation. the fbi director is also urging apple to comply saying "14 people were slaughtered," many more had their lives ruined. he added "we don't want to break anyone's encryption." apple has to friday to respond to the court order. state prosecutors now want to charge a 15-year-old panhandle boy as an adult for the shooting death of his 10- year-old sister. isabella hefernin was reported missing sunday morning and she was later found in a area behind her home.

admitted to shooting his sister while teaching her to shoot a rifle. >> he lied, was deet deceitful, he screamed and cursedded a sounded like a 30-year-old murderer when we talked to him. >> frederick is charged with murder. here's something you don't see everyday. a plane crashing on a city street in los angeles. skidding across the street. wings crumpling as it hit cars. fortunately the pilot was not hurt, neither was anyone on the street. that pilot saying he approached his landing but a gust of wind blew him off course. indiana university says all of its students have to get booster shots for moms now that nearly a dozen students have fallen ill with this virus. for mumps. officials say they've been spending extra time cleaning

mumps were found there. those students are isolated until they are symptom-free. everyone on campus will get a mmr booster for free. the vaccine is only 88% effective and all the students with mumps had already been vaccinated. two other indiana universities are also reporting mumps cases. it's 6:53. as we count down to "good morning, america." breaking traffic news in the morning sprint. captain al and janelle have more about state road 52. >> this is for drivers trying to get to i-7 a in the eastbound direction. that semi jackknifed blocking the eastbound lanes. captain al, what are you seeing? >> reporter: there is a super wrecker on scene there trying to get that jackknifed tractor- trailer out of the way. he is blocking the eastbound lanes of state road 52 under i- 75. so if you need to get on the interstate now, maybe in the next 30 minutes, old pasco road to 54, then i-75 northbound.

here within the half-hour. back to you. the other traffic situation we are monitoring is in manatee county. in the myaca city area. state road 70 at berner road we have a crash blocking some of the intersection there. slowdowns both eastbound and westbound. if i zoom out your alternate, lowe road to fruitville, especially if you're trying to get to i-75. definitely want to leave extra time. elsewhere around the bay area we're in pretty good shape, i- 275 in pinellas county at 22nd avenue, up to speed pushing 70 now in both directions. a little slow, typical morning congestion on 275 from the apex to i-4. average speed 36 miles per hour. temperatures this morning in the mid-60s. sunrise coming up but a lot of clouds today. i think a few showers, 30% coverage between noon and 4:00. then good by 8:00 with temperatures at 70 degrees. we're tracking the severe weather potential through tomorrow.

that for the next few hours. 6:5 . we're making calls for an update on a man injured in an early morning fire at this house in tampa. a neighbor telling us she called 911, rushed to the home on east sitka street to help four people and two dogs get out. one person suffered burns. the cause remains under investigation. new overnight -- tampa police arresting a man in a stolen car at a walgreen's parking lot. police say an unparked tpd unit tailed the stolen car until it reached the pharmacy at mlk and armenia. when the suspect realized he was being followed authorities say he tried to run but an air unit spotted him and helped officers catch him a group of middle school students in helands county could face felony charges. highlands county. 20 girls at lake placid middle school are being investigated for sending nude pictures on their cell phones. a school principal held a meeting for parents. and say parents are the first line of defense from preventing

a family needs your prayers. they are preparing to bury their infant son today. a lot of you donated nearly $15,000 to pay for the baby's funeral expenses. we first told you about giovanni perez and his family last wednesday, their 4-month- old baby son died from sids. florida governor rick scott will be in tampa today touting new jobs in the area. he'll be at the grand opening of the ashley furniture global retail and e-commerce offices in central ybor to announce those jobs. you can now have one of the most famous faces in the world narrate your drive home. not janelle, it's morgan freeman. the next few weeks users of the waze app can get morgan freeman's voice. >> i would rather have janelle. stay tuned. "good morning, america" is coming up next. >> and janelle keeps an eye on the crash in pasco county.

good morning, america. donald trump's vegas-size rally last night. his harshest words yet for ted cruz. >> this guy is sick. there's something wrong with this guy. >> and a protester. >> i'd like to pump him in the face, i'll tell you. >> as cruz is forced to fire a key staffer after new allegations of a dirty trick. severe weather alert. a large tornado outbreak expected to hit the gulf coast. damaging winds up to 70 miles an hour and golf ball-sized hail. 21 million people in the threat zone. flooding rain and storms from texas to maine. snow hole emergency. this 10-year-old girl falls ten feet below the surface. her father desperately tries to pull her free and we have the rescuers who got there just in