in tampa, overnight house fire with four poem and two -- people and two dogs inside. how people were pulled to safety. >> clean record, great reviews. new details deepening the mystery of this uber driver who allegedly went on a shooting rampage over the week. >> i would like to punch him in the face >> donald trump has only been in vegas for a few hours and protesters already getting on his nerve. why the presidential candidate wanted to punch one in the face. we continue to follow breaking news. tense moments in an overnight house fire in tampa. that fire was in the 1,300

>> corey dierdorff with the latest and one neighbor's story. corey, are investigators still there? >> reporter: yes, just least the scene a moment ago. as a daylight starts you can really start to see the damage at the home off sitka drive. this fire broke out just before 4:00 a.m. with firefighters arriving reporting that the home was about 50% involved. flames shooting from the front door. during operations a firefighter found three victims at the front of one of the fire trucks, with possible injuries. the firefighter calling for help. one victim was transported to the hospital with burn wounds. we've learned at the time that the fire started there were four people inside the home, two dogs. everyone got out. a neighbor said she was praying this morning, heard cussing outside her window. she looked outside, saw the

rushed out of the house. >> i was calling police at the same time. i'm just freaking out, hey, hey, hey, it's a house on fire. it's a house on fire. then i'm telling him quit trying to put it out with the water hose, man! just move, move. i'm hearing glass bust. there. it was an old lady in the back, i got her out. making sure we got the dogs out. i picked upup the bike, said let's go. >> reporter: fire investigators not giving us a cause yet. we have calls into tampa fire to try to figure out exactly what happened. code enforcement checking the structure now. live in tampa, corey dierdorff, abc action news. we're following breaking news in lakeland as well. firefighters just sharing dramatic photos after a truck slammed into the front porch of this home on parker street. police say minutes ago they cited the driver for running a stop sign. firefighters stuck around to help repair the home,

a man in a stolen car couldn't hide from tampa police. officers tailing the driver and taking him into custody overnight. police say an unmarked tpd unit tracked to it this walgreen's at armenia and mlk. once the suspect realized he was being followed he tried to run but a police helicopter enabled officers to catch him. officers tell us that they think the suspect and the stolen car are from another county. an investigation into a bay area hotel shooting ends with two teens escorted from their high school in handcuffs. hillsborough deputies showed up at armwood high school and took both students into custody yesterday. they say 16-year-old charles jones and 18-year-old shawn turner mcgee were at a holiday inn in st. pete sunday morning when a again went off at a -- a gun went off at a party hitting two teens. jones faces murder charges, turner-mcgee faces laser charges and bonded out of jail

ivan, one last day before things change? >> yeah, not a bad start. in fact clouds building later this afternoon, some showers but nothing to concern you. tomorrow a different story. temperatures now upper 60s to around 70s. plenty of sunshine. the rest of the tampa bay area, pretty much in the mid and upper 60s. we'll add 10 degrees to that. get to daytime highs today. titan doppler radar will begin to see spotty showers developing, i think after the 1:00 hour but it's not going to amount to much. everything is moving rapidly towards the north by the way. we're tracking. that is the system, it's a cold front that is going to sweep through the gulf states, eventually make it to our area by the time we get to tomorrow. today just showers, nothing severe. temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. i think we're in pretty good shape. the roads dry. janelle has an update. seeing improvement on i-4. we saw major backups to tampa but the crash we've been following, you can see it's off to the side. we're still seeing a slight onlooker delay but for the most

minutes from 75 to 275. we have a new crash, this one just in, in the bradenton area, 301 boulevard at first street, roadblock in the eastbound lanes so leave extra time there. up in pasco, that semi truck that we've been talking about, that jackknifed, is blocking eastbound state road 52 still out there, seeing some red heading eastbound. good news, you can still get on i-75 but you can't pass under i- 75 to head north on the interstates so you will have to head south first and get on at state road 54. crossing the bay, again things getting back to normal. in the yellow, 12 minutes across the courtney campbell causeway, 10 across the howard frankland and eight minutes to cross the gandy bridge. 9:05. right now the gulfport police department has issued a silver alert for this woman. police say metha franco has been missing since yesterday. her daughter says franco suffers from dementia, thought she had a doctor's appointment

the office on central avenue south says metha never arrived. she's driving a white 2008 buick lose yes -- buick lucerne. police. in sarasota county a 5-year- old girl living within reach of guns and drugs is now out of that home. deputies described that house as an explosives-ridden drug den. we have photos now that show grenades, pipe bombs and dozens of firearms reportedly found in the venice home friday afternoon. now that child's mother, kate smith and her boyfriend steven pace, are both facing charges. neighbors say they are relieved. they say they took that little girl in numerous times, sometimes weeks at a time feeding and clothing her. >> that little girl does not deserve this. she needs a life. she deserves to have a life. and this is not a life for nobody. or any animal. >> dcf removed the little girl

the landlord told us that pace and smith are not allowed back and issued them an eviction notice. we continue to follow a develop story out of michigan. uber says the drier charged with six counts of murder after a shooting rampage in kalamazoo passed a background check. the ride sharing company says jays jays had only been -- jason dalton had only been driving for uber less than a month and had good reviews. in his first court appearance a prosecutor dismissed the idea that he was going after a particular person when he shot the first victim. still no motive released. meantime more uber passengers from that night are speaking about the frightening experience in the car, with dalton. >> i said hey, this is not the hhr, you're not the guy, are you? he kind of said no. >> two people remain hospitalized from the shootings including a 14-year-old girl. uber says they are cooperating with the investigation and are heart broken.

felony charges after a 6-year- old fired a gun in a crowded south tampa park. rico marquez -- ricardo marquez. officers say marquez left the pistol unattended in his girlfriend's diaper bag sunday in a park. the child found it, fired a shot, luckily no one was hit. the guns at the center of the first ever student-run protest at florida polytechnic university. a group of students rallied for a bill that would let concealed weapon permit holders bring guns on campus. organizers say that way they can easily eliminate active shooters and save lives. guns are now banned on state university campuses. lawmakers tried to lift the ban last year but the bill stalled >> we're trying to inform and advocate the voice of the students who are left defenseless. >> florida polytech says it would rather focus on public safety. the school has 36 emergency call buttons around campus and the police say their response

three minutes. in democracy 2016 -- republican frontrunner donald trump is hoping to hit the jackpot in las vegas with the nevada caucus hours away. he's hoping for his third victory in a row after easy wins in new hampshire and south carolina. and once again he's heavily favored to win today. there's also 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 trying to present them steeves as alternatives to -- themselves as alternatives to trump. >> trump is already making headlines for remarks he made at a rally last night in sin city. he told attendees he wanted to punch a protester in the face. after the man was escorted out. >> here's a guy throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else when we're talking. and walking out and we're not allowed -- the guards are gentle with him. he's walking out, smiling, laughing, i would like to punch him in the face.

tried to punch security officers. he also remarked that protesters were in times past carried out on on stretchers. bernie sanders is outlining what makes him different from rival hillary clinton. 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 and the average donation was just $27. president obama is heading to florida this week. his trip to jacksonville friday could reignite his legacy. he'll tour a lithium ion battery plant. advisors say the president will use the jacksonville trip to talk about tough choices he made in his first term. the death toll in fiji continues to climb after it was hit by a monster cyclone over the weekend.

now dead, government spokesperson says that coral island is virtually flattened and very few buildings are left after the storm. about 4500 people live on the island. winds from the cyclone reached over 180 miles per hour making it the strongest storm in fiji's recorded history, one of the strongest ever in the southern hemisphere. a state of emergency is in effect for 30 days as a major clean-up operation now gets underway. officials say the top priority of course is getting emergency supplies to the islands. more on the young woman from tampa injured in a tragic accident during her trip in colombia. this morning schuyler arakawa is back in florida. the 22-year-old berkeley prep graduate just landed in miami last night. she was taken to jackson memorial hospital. doctors there are evaluating her. a boulder crushed her while shefsz on a post grad fellowship trip. we have a link to her gofundme he page if you would like to help. go to our web site and look for the story.

man who went missing with his 21-month-old daughter over the weekend is now in police custody but the child is still nowhere to be found. where police found him and where they are now searching for that little girl. >> she was found pushing her 3- year-old's lifeless body in a swing. today we've learned a maryland mother will not be held responsible for that little boy's death. why a judge is letting her walk. >> i'm tracking a storm, which is 700 miles away. by this time tomorrow, we could see severe weather as a result.

9:15. new developments in the search for this 21-month-old little girl in upstate new york. we told but this yesterday. the father of this little girl missing since saturday is now in police custody. the amber alert for little

deputies say they arrested ryan lawrence yesterday after he was spotted at a thrift store near syracuse. an employee at that store says lawrence was in the store to buy a comforter. she says he was wearing a black wig, hat and bandanna covering his mouth. deputies took ryan lawrence into custody without incident but his daughter is still missing. officials searched dumpsters and alleyways but still haven't found that little girl. meanwhile this morning we're learning the mom accused of giving birth in a california subway sandwich shop and leaving her newborn in a toilet has now been charged with felony child abuse. mary grace trinidad is going to face a judge today. the da is asking for bail to be set at $100,000. the subway employees found the crying newborn earlier this month. you're looking at surveillance video of trinidad leaving the subway store. the baby is expected to survive. a woman in maryland whose son died after she pushed him

will avoid both prison time and mental institution. a judge found roma sims not criminally responsible. she had been suffering from schizophrenia when last may she put her 3-year-old son in a swing and kept him there for 44 hours. at some point the child died. her lawyer revealing sims heard voices that med her do it. at the time she was off her medication. under a plea deal she must now take her medication and see a psychiatrist. if your morning routine involves a stop at starbucks get ready to pay more to get your rewards points. a coffee chain overhauling its rewards program. starting in april starbucks will reward stars based on the amount of money you spend. in the old program, a star per visit. didn't matter how much you spent. also customers would ask for separate transactions to earn even more stars. starbucks executives say the change will speed up service at the checkout. they say they have more than 11 million active reward members. more bad news for shoppers.

harder to come by for amazon's nonprime members. the threshold used to be $35 for an order to ship free, now going up to $49. if you are a prime member, any purchase you make qualifies for free shipping. the move is being made to bump up the ranks of its prime program which is $99 a year. firefighters now working on a plan to safely dismantle this construction crane that caught fire and collapsed in melbourne, australia. video captured the moment that crane toppled and collapsed. sent that flaming arm falling and into debris plummeting to the ground. the crane and debris damaged several cars on the street below. it happened at a 12-story construction site. firefighters say that blaze started in the motor of the crane which traveled up and luckily no one was hurt. check out this new sufficient video. a plane crash landing on a city street in los angeles.

across the street, wings crumpling as it clips cars. fortunately the pilot wasn't hurt, nor anyone on the street. the pilot says he was approaching his landing when a gust of wind blew him off course. how about that. >> i know. scary. >> i was checking the observations there. winds pretty much calm. at flight level they are stronger but as he was heading in, not sure what he bumped into there. luckily everyone ok. >> he's actually credited with avoiding other areas that could have -- killed a lot of people. >> any time you crash and no one gets hurt on the ground, absolutely. no question about it. let's check conditions outside for us, we're a little bumpy tomorrow with the showers and thunderstorms we've been talking about all morning. right now we're good. sunshine, a few clouds, temperature in the upper 60s to around 70. so it's nice, have you noticed humidity, if you stepped outside, a little higher. that is setting the stage for some afternoon showers today and then for the storm as it moves in tomorrow. we'll time that out in a

60s and low 70s now. quiet. by the afternoon, you'll be able to see a few showers popping up. we'll see that on futurecast. i want to widen the shot, this storm headed our way is still well to the west. in fact over texas now. it still hasn't even reached the area where i think today will be a very dangerous day for portions of louisiana and minneapolis, even parts of the western panhandle here. all under the gun for not just severe damage as far as winds but tornadoes. even strong to perhaps even violent tornadoes this. is going to be a big deal for them. thankfully the area of low pressure associated with that headed up to the north. we get the cold front, i don't think we're going to get storms that are going to be spinning but we will have the potential of getting a nice squall line through here. by nice i mean not good. 7:00 to 11:00, damaging potential, 45 mile-per-hour winds. they could be higher. any time you get a squall line moving through you can't rule out isolated tornadoes especially along the squall

discreet cells develop. we'll watch this through the day today and into tomorrow. today the showers, not severe, no thunderstorms. that will develop later this afternoon. then scoot to the north and east pretty quickly. tomorrow morning here's the line of showers and storms. this particular computer model forecast not too excited about this, breaking them up here. i think it's going to be a little more solid as it moves through. through the early part of the day. we'll watch that. by the way, yes, turns much colder, with a gusty wind taking over from the west. that will be tomorrow. today, still enjoying upper 70s to low 80s for afternoon highs. we'll do that with higher humidity. that is going to feel warmer. again will set the stage for about 20% to 30% coverage as far as the showers. 7-day forecast, for tomorrow breezy, 76, line of showers and thunderstorms and then turn colder on thursday. look at the temperatures bottoming out in the 40s for back to winter. florida style anyway with he temperatures in the 60s. the dry stretch continues from

still ahead -- twin mania. five sets, 10 twins, one family. how two sisters managed to hit the mother lode. >> good morning. i'm lisette campos with "positively tampa bay." changing how you think ofof food and hunger.

incredible story. identical twin sisters are celebrating their fourth set of twins. >> identical twins now both have two sets of twins. they were both told they couldn't get pregnant but got help through in vitro fertilization. >> one sister had the first set in october of 2010. the youngest were born over a week ago. now the moms who work at the same school plan on living next door to help each other. >> i had a boy/girl first. she had the two girls. then we flip flopped. she did the boy girl and i did boy/boy. we got our bases covered. >> then some. some might say -- each set of twins and mothers doing great and perfectly healthy. it's a serious job but every job allows for some fun some of the time right?

kelly proved when he showed an ape ascape on the iss. ape escape. terrorizing a crew member. quizzical tweet said i thought you said you had things under control up there. maybe that year in space is finally getting to him? >> i think so. >> he comes back to earth i believe next month. next at 9:30 -- selfies not just for fun. they are potentially for your safety. whether could make them a common practice -- who could make them a common practice to

9:30 -- an alarming problem is growing. authorities tell us just how big a sexting scandal is getting in one area middle school.

we're awaiting a big announcement now from president obama. it's expected in about an hour. we have the details. good morning. thank you for joining us at 9:30. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. headlines in a moment. first ivan, looks like the weather is going downhill? >> it is, not so much today. i think tomorrow specifically. in fact i don't think we'll see much sunrise. look at that. coffee pot bayou, sunrise, little seagull there. ifies stuff. back to reality. clouds are taking over. that sunrise, we saw it as we check in with temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. we're going to reach upper 70s by later this afternoon. a few showers today. nothing severe. 20% to 30% coverage, i think after 2:00, continues into the early evening hours. it's this storm system we're tracking over texas now. still a good 700 miles away but by this time tomorrow it will be on top of us. i'll let you know what that means for us in a few minutes.

how school administrators in highlands county are describing what has become an out of control problem at a local middle school. >> we're hearing 20 schools at lake placid middle school sent nude pictures and videos on their cell phones. abc action newstion reporter rodney dunigan grand junction us up to -- abc action news reporter rodney dunigan brings us up to speed. >> reporter: the local sheriff's office is investigating and there's a chance the students could be possibly facing felony charges. many of the parents simply couldn't believe what their kids were doing with their cell phones. >> i guess it's hard, having a 13-year-old to know that's out there. >> reporter: casey hopper, one of a host of lake placid parents trying to wrap their minds around the ongoing investigation at the middle school. >> it's sad. to know that it's goten to this point. >> reporter: the highlands county sheriff's office looking into the actions of 20 female students, possibility remains open the youngsters could be facing felony charges for sending nude pictures and video

it ruins their life. that's it. takes one time, the guy gets mad and sends it to everybody else. your life is gone, like being pregnant. you lost your whole life. >> reporter: the school's presentation for parents warning them of the dangers of not keeping watch of what their phones. >> children are children. they are not going to just make the right choices because they are old enough to do it. they are kids. >> the investigation involves youngsters that range in age from 12 to 14. lake placid parents admitting this situation is a major learning experience for them as well. >> i feel like it shouldn't have happened. and now we have to pay close attention to our kids and watch them on the phone, seeing what they are doing. >> reporter: you know this story should be definitely serving as a warning to parents. to watch what their kids are doing on-line. but is there are a number of

out of harm's way. national society for the prevention of cruelty to children says parents should explain the dangers of sexting to their kids, tell them it's not only dangerous but it is against the law. also reassure your child you will be supportive and understanding but i guess the most important thing, if your kids receive one of these messages definitely contact police and also we were looking up this morning different phone application that's parents can use to actually track the messages their kids were sending. we have just learned that president obama is going to deliver a statement on guantanamo bay coming up in just about an hour. he's set to speak at 10:30 this morning. for years now the president has been working towards shutting gitmo for good saying terrorists use it as a recruiting tool and it's too expensive to maintain. in his announcement the president is expected to present a new plan to congress which has opposed previous efforts to shut the prison down.

on our abc action news mobile app. turning now to the fight against the zika virus. ramping up even more this morning. we'll soon learn if $2 billion is going to be used to combat zika spread in florida and beyond. president obama officially asked congress for that money yesterday. as we told you earlier this month it will go toward expanding mosquito control programs and developing a vaccine. meanwhile florida's top health official will head to washington tomorrow to let lawmakers know exactly how our state is responding to dozens of travel related cases. we found out yesterday two more cases have been confirmed in florida. new this morning, 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. a student told a resource officer about the inappropriate relationship. police say burnett confessed to the crime, he was arrested and fired. covering polk county now,

may learn today who is in line to replace a superintendent who recently resigned following accusations of sexual harassment. two weeks ago the school board accepted the superintendent leroy's resignation after the school board admitted they lost faith in her ability to lead the district. she was cleared of allegations she sexually harassed a subordinate. their home may be destroyed in a fire but a hillsborough county family is hoping they won't lose two cats rescued from the flames. the cats, lexy and andy, are recovering at vet care harris animal holt hopt in tampa after they was rescued from the fire a week ago. firefighters saved as many animals as they could including four dogs but four cats didn't survive. the two animals in the hospital have severe burns. >> i think the hardest part is just knowing -- sorry -- it's just knowing that my

they had to go through. that they suffered. i wasn't here to protect them and help them. >> could be weeks or months before the two cats get better. luckily no people were home at the time. firefighters ruled this fire an accident. starting at an electrical box. a state attorney's office wants to charge a 15-year-old northwest florida boy as an adult for the murder of his 10- year-old sister. deputies say frederick lockridge it inned to shooting his sister while teaching her how to shoot a rifle. isabella was reported missing and hours later investigators found her dead in a large field behind her home. the report says frederick moved her body, changed her clothes. he's now charged with murder. investors enjoyed a rally in the markets the past week or so but so far the dow today seems to be take a knee. new jobs are coming to the

we'll learn more about them when governor scott comes today. he's attending the grand opening of ashley furniture's global retail and e-commerce offices today. expected to announcements new jobs coming to tampa. governor scott will speak at 11:00 this morning at the offices on 8th avenue in tampa. covering polk county, we could learn today how close scientists in lake alfred are to finding a cure for citrus greening. the disease devastated more than 57% of the florida citrus crop threatening thousands of jobs in the industry the state is known for. this afternoon the u.s. department of agriculture is going to tour the university of florida's institute of food and agriculture sciences facility in lake alfred where workers are working on a citrus greening cure. 9:37. coming up -- taking action to put an end to workplace violence. what one business owners now is requiring every employee to bring to work. >> lift, sip, repeat until you feel the burn or buzz this. woman drinks something during

police are investigating a las vegas hotel where a woman was found dead at the bottom of

staff at the d found her sunday morning. she was in town with her husband from california celebrating her birthday. detectives say surveillance video shows her at one point walking into a maid's closet. so far police are calling it suspicious but not calling the death a homicide. this morning there's an outpouring of support in a michigan community after an entire family died in this home from carbon monoxide poisoning. we first told but this tragic accident yesterday morning. police say the area lost power friday night during high winds and the family was using a generator inside their home. they were found dead on sunday. a gofundme page to help cover the family's final expenses was closed less than 24 hours after it set up because of an overwhelming amount of donations. that page raised more than $47,000. a georgia business owner is now requiring that all his employees get a concealed carry handgun permit and be armed. the company called lance towing and associates provides risk

insurers. he said recent crime stats concern him so he requires all his employees carry a weapon. after they get their license. and carry them openly in the office. >> willing to commit to training, becoming an expert on the firearm and also you have to commit to being ready to use it if you have to. >> the company thinks several high profile business owners with private planes may soon follow his lead and require their employees to carry guns as well. mastercard will soon start accepting selfies and fingerprints instead of passwords when shopping on- line. >> they've been testing selfie software in the u.s. and netherlands. mastercard says fingerprint and selfie scans are safer than typed passwords. you have to download the mastercard identity check app. products you by having you take a new selfie every time you buy something on-line. master cashed the technology

technology will be rolled out by the big banks the next few months. a woman behind a viral workout video. >> 2-year-old april story posted a video of her working out with wine. 15-second video posted last month, viewed more than 25 million times. in the video story does weight training with bottles of wine. >> she also takes a sip during push-ups and lunges. she says she was home one day and thought the wine workout would be funny to post on-line. >> what i want to show people with my videos is something you can do everyday, anywhere and you can use anything. >> her video even been shared by former "star trek" actor george takei. she has a second one to coincide with national wine day last week. i could do that with chocolate. >> does she drink it or use it

>> she's drinking it too. we're looking at sunshine, a few clouds this afternoon. think about a few showers developing later on. a nice shot there. 68 to 70 degrees as we look at titan doppler radar. not much right now but things will again to develop later on on. beaches. so if you're along the beach or head there had i think you'll be in better shape than our inland counties where we're go to have showers developing today. then everything moving ratchedly north. this is the next system we're focused on. it's going to bring us severe weather. before arriving here tomorrow, a bulls bull's-eye of very nasty thunderstorms and strong tornadoes. as things begin to bubble up for them. by the time it gets here the low goes north and the front still goes through. that means rotating thunderstorms, primarily to the north.

but potential for strong storms, severe storms, you have to go over 58 miles an hour. that could happen, it's a potential. so damaging wind threat is there but we're on the lower end of the severe weather outlook as opposed to areas well to the north. that's how it's going to shake out. this may go off tomorrow. if you don't have it check it out. stormshield app. if you can't be near the tv. especially at night. a good thing tomorrow is we're going to have the severe weather to pension through the day so we'll be a -- potential through the day so we'll be awakened and let you know what is happening today. showers continue to develop today. a lot of the activity further east, say from polk county, eastern hillsborough is where we're looking at most of the activity. then a line of showers and storms, that still have the potential of nasty weather tomorrow. it's not going to hang out with us long, it will be moving through at 7:00, by the time we get to 11:00, it will be to the

a good wind kicks up from the west. it will be gusty and cold behind the front. we're going to go from upper 70s today, to 60s by thursday and the weekend. if you're taking out the boat you're good now but small craft advisory in effect as of this evening. that is going to continue through the next few days, as things turn bumpy wednesday. we get rid of the storms thursday but not the wind. and then cold after that, overnight lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. right through the upcoming weekend. countdown to the oscars has officially begun. we're now just five days away from finding out which movie is going to be named best picture. >> there's a lot of work that goes into making this most glamorous night of the year shine. crews working now in front of the dolby theatre in hollywood, installing viewing stands and most watched red carpet. starts 7:00 sunday night. awards show airs here on your abc action news station.

time to weigh in on which of the three dresses you would like to see abc action newstion sarina fazan wear to the tampa theater's oscar watch party. the winning dress to be donated to a local teen for prom. vote on facebook.

good morning. studies estimate more than 15 million children in this country experience hunger. living in what is called a food insecure household where they may not receive the standard meals. where fresh fruits and vegetables are a rarity. the aetna foundation is helping kids in underserved communities grow their own. this past fall one of its community grants came here to the tampa bay area specifically to the tampa heights neighborhood where the community has been working together with the junior civic association and the sociology department, usf, to make this

worked on for several years now but this boost is definitely going to help them in a big way. here with more usf professor doctor laurel graham and tampa heights president patrick snead. describe the community garden. it was established in 2007 to provide opportunities for the community. >> what are the airnlings of the kids? >> ages 6 to 18 years old. they attend public schools. >> how many worked on it over the years? >> over the years, we probably had over 100 students come out and volunteer their time as well as students in the program -- >> what are the things they do -- one of the things they do is sell what they grow. what do they do with the money?

>> they sell the products, -- it's in a credit union account. scholarships. >> you are looking at this model, why? to repeat it elsewhere? >> yes. replication of this model is really important to us. and to aetna. we're interested in the wealth of opportunities this provides for the community of tampa heights. not only for the kids learning valuable entrepreneurship skills but also in the way that this project brings fresh food into families who are at least three miles from the nearest grocery store, often don't have cars and vehicles that are reliable to get to those stores. so they are really hungry for fresh and healthy foods and vegetables but prevented from getting them for a variety of reasons. >> at this point it's a one of a kind project that we hope to grow. thank you so much for coming in today. >> you're welcome. >> we look forward to posting more pictures of the garden and the kids on facebook. here's the information, if you

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nice and warm today, mid and upper 70s. a few showers, 20% to 30% coverage. a line of, well stronger and perhaps severe storms rolling in tomorrow morning. we will be with you obviously tomorrow through that and also check in with shay on "the now" tonight and dennis through the evening newscast. adorable classroom proposal getting an a-plus grade on the internet this morning. >> a teacher's boyfriend used her first grade class to help him pull off the perfect proposal. samuel proposed to jennifer school. he used help from co-workers to

he said they distracted her, got her out of the classroom for a few minutes so he could set especially everything. >> -- set everything up. >> she said yes. her students even wrote letters congratulating her on her engagement. the couple says this is a moment they will never forget. >> so cute. lots of flower girls and flower boys now. >> everybody wants to go to the wedding. we've got continuing coverage of the day's top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> have a great rest of the

>> today on "fablife"... men actually have better sex lives when they do more chores. >> that's a lie. >> i don't think so. "oh, you took the trash out? i didn't have to ask? okay." >> countdown to the biggest red-carpet event of the year. things that you could do to rock every single day. >> this is amazing. >> plus, the girls from "vanderpump rules." >> and chrissy has another big announcement. >> ahhhhh! you've got to watch to find out. (chuckles) (cheers and applause) >> welcome to "fablife." it's a second day in our week-long countdown to the biggest red-carpet event of the year-- the oscars! >> whoo! (applause) >> and we are going full red carpet today with makeup artist to the stars, charlotte tilbury.