>> he went to high school with him and admits a week ago they got into an altercation. his 8 months pregnant girlfriend miranda saw the attack and got out of the car to help. she said she was pushed to the ground and also remembers having a gun pointed at her and one attacker raising brass knuckles. she said the attack suddenly

winter haven detectives say brahim's cell phone was stolen and they recognized one of the attackers from the robbery. 12 states head to the polls today. super tuesday. >> the frontrunners are looking to -- david duke. >> ku klux klan comes through pretty clearly and he refuses to criticize it. >> we should all be united in saying that the klan is rep

weather is going to play an important role in getting a lot of people to the polls. >> what is the weather going to look like? so many states today. >> we'll focus in on the southeast. i think there will be significant issues there and will impact voting, no question about it. let's go to the board and show you what is going to be happening. let's highlight first what states are voting for today. then we'll zoom in across the areas that i think will be an issue. across the north looking good. just light snow in portions of colorado and wyoming. looking good there but look across the southeast. this is going to be a big deal. it's going to be happening during a vote -- voting hours between 4:00 and 7:00. we have a pretty nasty line of thunderstorms rolling through. that is going to impact portions of alabama and heading into georgia as well. including the atlanta metro. watch the clock before the polls close. around 6:30, 7:00.

best time to vote here would be evening, best time here in the morning. no matter how you slice it i think certainly there will be impacts across the southeast weather. that front is headed our way. we'll be talking much more about that coming up. it's 5:35. one of the biggest wrestling stars of all time is gearing up for a tough fight in tampa bay. million. hulk hogan's lawyers will be questioning potential jurors today. he lives in tampa and claims a web site violated his privatesy by releasing a -- privacy by releasing a sex tape in which he apparently yelled racial slurs. opening statements should start beginning next week. meanwhile former tampa resident and "dancing with the stars" host erin andrews getting ready for what is expected to be another emotional day in court. she's suing the national

a stalker modified the peep hole in her hotel room and shot naked video of her.

>> the city council will vote on the ordinance this thursday. if it passes, he will join a

similar ordinance including miami. >> campaign runs for two weeks. march comes in like a lamb pretty much. mid and upper 70s, we do have a cold front on the way tomorrow, that's coming up in my next forecast. also coming up, you might forget that we share beaches with some delicate creatures. sea turtle nesting season starts today but without even realizing it things you do could cause harm. >> unpleasant findings not just on the floor of a local vehicle but walls and ceilings.

new this morning -- today the united nations security council is scheduled to vote on tough new sanctions on north korea in response to the country's latest nuclear test and rocket launch. u.s. drafted the resolution with china and presented it to the u.n. last week. russia delayed the vote when it asked for more time to study the proposal. draft calls for mandatory inspections of cargo to look

fbi. a new york judge ruled the justice department cannot force apple to provide federal agents with access to locked i-phone data. this decision contradicts the decision by the california judge who ordered apple to help the federal government hack into the cab cab shooter's -- cab san bernardino shooter's i- phone. wildlife officials are talking about protecting the endangered species, sea turtles. they want to you turn off all lights along the beach at night to avoid confusing the females, who are laying eggs. it's illegal to harm or harass them and be careful with

get it on it. astronaut scott kelly finally comes home. by seeing how he adjusted to a year in space his mission will help scientists in nasa prepare for future space missions, possibly to mars. we'll bring you his historic return tomorrow morning. it was pretty nice yesterday. >> what about him coming back? i would look forward to a shower. it's going to take a while for him to get used to it. let's look outside and show you what is going on with the temperatures. upper 50s to lower 60s. a lot of things you can probably miss from earth, right? clear skies. looking very good.

warm up to the mid and upper 70s. warmer than we should be this time of year. i'm not going to complain about that. as we talk about temperatures that could be much colder this time of year. not going to be as we check in across the rest of the tampa bay area. looking at 40s across the nature coast. usually colder spots, inverness, brooksville, tampa 62. and st. pete looking pretty good. hour by hour forecast, pick your hour, full sunshine throughout the day, blue skies and temperatures again warming up into the mid to upper 70s. low humidity as well. titan doppler radar scanning tampa and the rest of the peninsula here, looks good, that is -- widening out a little more we'll show you how pressure in charge, sinking air, we won't be able to make clouds today because of that but upstream, the front is going to be making its way through the southeastern with severe weather. by the time that front gets to us and it will tomorrow. very weak, just a few clouds, 10% to 20% chance of showers. don't have to worry about severe weather.

mid and upper 70s. along the coast, a little cooler there because of the sea breeze that will develop. it's not going to be uncomfortable, temperatures there holding back into the low 70s. that -- rain chances for wednesday, not expecting much but what the front will to, dry us out and cool us off a little, 55 to start thursday. then another boundary moves through. another weak one friday clearing us out in time for the weekend with temperatures in the 70s, a lot of sunshine. let's get the latest from the traffic center. >> backups now after the fatal crash in gibsonton we've been following. we have some video. you can see the southbound lanes of i-75 completely blocked while crews are out there investigating. a motorcyclist was killed when that cyclist ran into the back of another car. i want to show you on a map, here's where you can see this backup building starting around riverview drive. you might want to think of getting off i-75 further north,

around and avoiding this congested area there. i'll keep an eye on it and let you know if the backups start to build. elsewhere across the bay area we're in great shape. here's the howard frankland, less than 10 minutes to get across the howard frankland and the other three bridges. on i-4 your drive into downtown tampa looking great as well. all in the green, just 22 minutes from lakeland into downtown. back to you. time now 5:50. state inspectors have temporarily shut down an area because of rodent droppings. >> it's part of or "dirty dining" report. the auburndale location was temporarily shut down, 65 rodent droppings were found in several areas. >> also evidence of rodents in the walls, ceiling and food prep area. it was the same violation the

their last inspection six months ago. >> a statement was released regarding this. >> abc action news has been doing "dirty dining" reports more than 12 years now. check abcactionnews.com/dining for a list of our reports. march 1st marks the start of national peanut butter month. and today is national peanut butter lovers day. this morning there's another way to enjoy it. put a few scoops on a microwave- safe bowl. newark it for 15 seconds at a -- nuke it for 15 seconds until it becomes sauce-like, pour it over granola or yogurt for a treat. also works great with fresh fruit.

starting off with temperatures in the upper 50s. by this afternoon nice and mild, upper 70s. a cold front is coming. i'll let you know how it's impacts your weather coming up tomorrow and the next hour. spacex is hoping the fourth time is the charm as it tries to launch a communications

and land on an asian barge. previous launch attempts were scrubbed due to fuel problems and a boat wandering into the flight path. each time the rocket tipped over and exploded. it could save millions of dollars by reusing rockets. disney springs continues to expand its new list of shops and dining venues. some opening this may. some stores are anthropology. kate spade, oakley, underarmor and sperry. find more on the disney parks blog. we'll tell you what is making super lice so strong and ultimate ways to defeat them. >> breaking news, i-75 southbound still shut down at gibsonton drive.

i-75 shut down southbound at gibsonton drive after a deadly collision between a motorcycle and car.

with the alternates. >> this happened just past gibsonton drive where the southbound lanes are shut down. what they are letting cars do, they are actually moving cars around the crash and letting them back on at gibsonton drive. we're starting to see some backups, traffic starting all the way at riverview drive. so you might want to get off further north around 301 and take that on down to avoid this congestion in there. either way leave yourself extra time to either make that detour at 301 or to sit through this traffic here. i'll let you know as soon as that clears. we're also watching a construction project on i-275 southbound in pinellas. 54th avenue south is blocked. should be reopening any minute now. this project has been going on for a couple of days and expected to go on overnight again tonight but they usually reopen that exit at 6:00 a.m., if not you have to get off at 22nd avenue south and take 19 on down. pretty busy traffic morning for us.

in the morning we talk about fog. that's right. just a little patchy fog across the interior, otherwise in pretty good shape. in fact we're looking at temperatures in the 70s as we head through later on this afternoon. i think we're in pretty good shape. in fact the next few days we have a frontal boundary that is coming in. tomorrow with a few clouds and just a couple of showers. extended 7-day forecast coming up. right now 6:00. democracy 2016 -- a crucial day ahead in the presidential race. >> super tuesday and more delegates will be awarded than any other day of the primary season. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is here to show us what is at stake. >> reporter: a lot is at stake. half the delegates needed for the republican candidate to win the nomination are at stake and in a dozen state races republican frontrunner donald donald and democratic leader hillary clinton seem to be