today on the now tampa bay a teacher under investigation after bunch their students nearly loses their fingers. what the district and the kid's parents are saying about what happened inside this tampa school. >> plus chris christie making new promises and mitt romney throwing more punches why the of west may still be ahead for voters. >> and ladies, can you believe this next story? a florida woman says her two care -- carat diamond ring wiz swiped off her finger. >> i'll show you coming up. it's 4:00 and this is the new tampa bay.

we want tosy you pictures a small brush fire in plant city crews trying to make sure everything is out. we saw those just about 30 minutes ago. off horton road near 60. you can see they got it under control, as i said. no more flames just that charred ground. breaking news this afternoon governor rick scott has on thinks desk a new death penalty bill. it would require 10 of the 12 jurors to agree on execution before it would go through. lawmakers had to rewrite the law when the u.s. supreme court said our death penalty was unconstitutional. executions w -- could soon start, again. >> a first grade teach on paid leave -- teacher on paid leave and under investigation after a child's fink girls were nearly cut off. check out the picture we just got. the district is trying to figure out if this was an

intentional. jacqueline ingles joins us now. >> reporter: i'm here outside of calhoun magnet. you can see right now we have a school bus out here. it's a very quiet scene. last week, though, it was bloody and there was an ambulance here. 97-year-old boy was holding the door when it slammed on his hand. two of his fingers were nearly soeverred. doctors had to sew them back on. texasle. the teacher did this. in b fat we know she did. the door was slammed on the child's finger. the issue with us is that we dent want this -- the parents are really concerned they don't want this happening to another child. >> reporter: school district officials are confirming that this teacher is on paid

since 2011. she has no prior complaints and has know before been investigated. stay with us because coming up at 5:00 you're going to hear from the little boy's parents and their attorney. in tampa for the now tampa bay. also right now still waiting for a jury in hulk hogan's case against gawker media suing them for $100 million for publishing of him having sex. gawker media releasing this statement today they're defunds the first amendment against his effort to create a world where celebrities can premot themselves then veto how the media covers their lives. bankrupt. tampa bay is getting a little bit closer to offering commercial flights to cuba. jet blue and southwest applying to run two flights a day between tampa international airport and havana cuba.

carriers applying to do so here locally. nine others have applied across the country. last month u.s. and cuban officials signed a deal allowing commercial flights, something that's been banned for 50 years. that's what the earth tastes like scott kelly. a happy and emotional welcome home early this morning for astronaut scott kelly. hugs all around for everybody. kelly getting back in houston after spending nearly a year at the international space station. >> it's just an unbelievable feeling to be back here on planet earth. back in our great country and back with all my family and my friends. >> today he tweeted this video as he jumped into the swimming pool at his house saying, that feels good. nasa will be studying how his 340 days in space impact the human body. in order to plan long-term

let's get a live check outside. you are looking at the beautiful aerial picture of the florida strawberry festival first day in plant city. i tell you what somebody over next to me got to go to the strawberry festival how many strawberries and how much strawberry short cake did you eat? >> take a look at how many people are out there. i'm telling you it was packed out there already. and i think a lot of the reason is because the weather is just so gorgeous. >> i stepped out for two seconds earlier today to go get something and i said i don't >> yeah, i know. i think that's how we felt out at the strawberry festival. i'll have more on that in a little bit. take a look at the temperatures right now in polk county still in the low 80s. so this is really beautiful weather definitely on the warm side for this time of year. lakeland at 81. hillsboro county around plant city 78. so temperatures just a little bit lower there.

so you can see its definitely warm out there. citrus county holding onto temperatures in the upper 60s and homosassa mid and upper 70s. beverly hills at 75. closer to the beaches temperatures are a little more mild. we have some upper 60s and low 0s here around east lake. clearwater at 64 degrees. for the rest of the night we're going to see thicker cloud cover building in because of a cold front that's going to be quickly moving through in the very early hours tomorrow. so tonight we'll see some extra cloud cover keeping the temperatures mainly in the 60s through about midnight. we'll see some temperatures falling into the upper 50s but there will be a few showers early tomorrow morning. problems. ahead for the morning commute coming up next and what's ahead for the strawberry festival. but one more thing that cold front that's rolling through, it's not necessarily what goes

behind it that i think you're going to be interested in. well usf president could be getting another raise. the board of trustees approving a one year contract extension today. her base salary is going up from 470-493,500. that's a 5% increase. he could make a lot more than that because she's eligible for $2,757,000 in performance bonuses. important to know here, the money the state pays her is the same. it has been since 2011 which is $200,000. the rest is paid for privately in 2014 she was ranked 12th in the nation for total pay among public keg chief execs making more than $719,000. when you talk about money with hershey's generous with it. just a couple weeks ago she gave coal a full ride to usf at the american chance very site

look how cool that is. you may have seen this 14-year- old beef. he's been featured in a few stories here for the amount of cash he has raised for pediatric cancer research. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> he welcomed the trump endorsement four years ago now he says trump must be stopped for the good his country. why the worst may still be ahead for voters trying to stay behind donald trump. for the first time in history a unique group of people competes in the summer's olympic games our partners at newsy have that. >> a team of refugees will compete a the summer olympics at rio after getting a approval. ioc president made the official announcement late wednesday saying athletes will be made up of united nations

like all the other teams. all 43 prospective athletes have identified for the team. there will likely be between 5- 10 compete under the olympic flag. they will be given funds too train for the games. the decision comes as the world is in the midst of a so-called global refugee crisis. a surge of people are fleeing war torn countries in the meet and heading mainly to -- in the middle east and heading mainly to europe. in mid-2015 the refugee crisis had hit an all-time high. the unhcr says forced displacement globally exceeds 60 million people for the first time. it's an unprecedented move for the ioc which has know featured an all refugee team. in december they identified three potential refugees. a swimmer from syria, now in germany. a person from kong go in brazil and a tae kwon do fighter from

right now getting you caught up on the race for the white house in the last half hour governor rick scott posting on facebook he will not endorse any republican candidate this year. >> wright he trusts the voters. this is as theory are lots of rumors he's going to throw his support behind trump might want that vp pick but it looks like they squashed all of that now. also right now a new york judge is considering whether ted cruz is eligible to run for president. cruz is snot at the -- is not at the hearing but a few voters and evep donald trump have said that he can't run. ms.mother, though, was born in united states. new jersey governor chris christie for now he has n plans of hitting the campaign trail with donald trump but emight in the future.

endorsements his home town paper the miami herald. the paper saying it need to pick a unify candidate. non campaign related news. the federal investigation into hillary clinton's use of her private e-mail server is taking a new turn. the justice department is giving immunity to the guy that helped set up her server in hopes of getting him to cooperate. the state department just released the last other 30,000 plus e-mails clinton sent while secretary of state. her campaign says it is pleased that man is cooperating. and today's new cover of time magazine doesn't offer the most positive views of gop frontrunner donald trump. it shows he's checked off bully, showman, party crasher, and dem going and the fact is president could be next. one of those really standing out for us a demagogue. a person or leader that uses

claims and promises to gain power. the time article looks at trump's roll after his big super tuesday wins. a trump rally speaks to people on a level beyond pure rationally. mitt romney is blasting frontrunner donald trump and killing on republicans to rally around a different candidate -- and calling on republicans to rally around a different candidate. >> his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump of the. >> attacking donald trump on just about every facet. >> mr. trump's bombast is already alarming our allies and fueling the en meat of our enemies. insulting all muslims will keep many of them from fully gauging with us in their urgent fight against isis. >> reporter: it was a blistering speech but a stark contrast to just four years ago when he welcomed trump's support during his own run for the white house.

magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. >> reporter: now, calling him not only a fraud but dangerous for the country hoping to derail his frontrunner status and allow one the other candidates to start gaining support or possibly leading to a chaotic brokered republican convention,. >> the only serious policy proposals that deal with a broad range of national challenges come from ted cruz, marco rubio, and john kasich. one of these should be our nominee. >> reporter: at a rally in maine called trump a choke artist. >> milt is a failed candidate he failed. he failed horribly. >> reporter: romney came out swinging his speech not party but certainly speaking for many with in the party ending with what he hoped would be the knockout punch. >> he's playing the members of the american public for succors he gets a free ride to the white house and all

his domestic policies would lead to recession. he has neither the temperament nor the adjustment to be president. >> reporter: for the now i'm tom walker. shorely before trump's response romney tweeted he never would have accepted trump's endorsement if he said the things he's saying today. you can bet the call for a contested convention will be big top is in tonight's b republican -- republican debate. all the canted dates will be there except ben carson. a new poll suggesting more voters likely to vet against current frontrunners and donald trump and hillary clinton than for them. if the election were held today they report 49% of all likely voters say they would vote against trump. 30% say that a vote for him similar numbers for clinton. well listen to this one break

just under 20% say their vote will depend on who's running against either candidate. well, it's too late to switch parties now to vote in our primary but if you want a mail in ballot you have less than a week left to ask for one. march9th the deadline. >> it has to be back at the elections headquarters by march 15. and here's allocate unofficial turnout so far in the hillsboro county area. here it is right here. almost 48,000 mail-in ballots, 12,000 early voters. looking at the stats by party there are 2000 more democrats voting than republicans right now. well, a little weather news for you today. unfortunately, we can see more scenes like this the destruction in the future because of tornados. the average number of tornado outbreaks bringing more than one twister from a single weather system is growing. that's according to some new research coming in from the nature communications journal.

behind the change. but they think climate change just might be to blame. speaking more on that is our meteorologist shay ryan. it's been gorgeous since we had those tornadoes in the area. >> we are on a nice stretch and we have nut front coming through. but check this out. >> i'll take it. >> right. >> i will take it. i feel like this is the best time of year. the temperatures are mild the humidity is reasonable and even been creeping up with the west to southwesterly flow. did you not is it? >> i noticed it's warmer outside than the newsroom we got to get rid of that. >> that's that air conditioning kicking. in take a look at the main sail beach. folks walking along the beach there and looking great getting a little closer to sunset. we had the high thin clouds for much of the day and some of them a little thicker. we have a cold front headed in our direction at least for right now, though, we are still

again, that extra cloud cover building around tampa plenty of sunshine. winds from the south to southwest ahead of the front. pumping in a little bit of humidity but it's looking really nice behind that front. >> i'll show you more on that in just a second. futurecast you can see it's showing that we're staying very dry right through 8:00 tonight. >> then you start to see the thicker clouds rolling in. 3:00in the morning this may be a lit ill early for the timing of the rain but you gent the point. overnight into early tomorrow morning 6:00 in the morning a few showers. then it presses farther to the south. then the wind coming from the northwest behind this going to bring in dry air. and we're going to settle into a nice dry trend for several days. so the humidity comes down just a tad. and that drier air settles in and with lots of sunshine ahead, i'll show you the four day in just a little bit but at least for tomorrow, again, few showers possible for that

by noon we're clearing out from north to south s. 4:00 from top to bottom, beautiful. check out the highs, still in mid-70s. so not a big drop in those temperatures behind this front but we will have that lower humidity. show you what happens to the temperatures coming up at 4:00. well, which of these is healthier? see the spaghetti the blueberries but yet these two together are cheaper and go a lot further than this package of blueberries. stick around i'll explain the exact dollar amount it would take to help you eat healthier and save hundreds of thousands of lives. coming up. >> but before we go you have to hear this one. a family cleaning out their great grandparents' house found some old baseball cards. turns out they were one of the greatest players of all time. ty cobb dating back to 1909. the cards are so rare only 15 were known to exist until now.

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right now some crazy video making headlines today. a texas gun store broken into by 7 suspects. 50 guns taken in just 2 minutes. at this hour only three people have been arrested and only some of those guns have been roughed. here's how they pulled it off. black truck pulls to the back of the store in houston. the men knock the hinges off the door after chaining the truck to the door. >> scramble inside go through the aisles break the glass stealing the weapons and get out. weaponsed the full video on our

well a pretty startling prediction by the american heart association cutting the cost of fruits and vegetables by 30% could save nearly 200,000 lives. here's what they're saying. research used special computer models to create different simulations to zero in on the most effective way to lower death rates from heart disease and stroke throughout the next 15 years. well they compare it to when the cost of cigarettes went up. it stopped some smokers from lighting up. which in turn reduced the long- term health effects. well, just for a little real life perspective here i stopped bit grocery store earlier and bought these three products. the blueberries cost me $3.99. it's a modest box. then i grabbed the spaghetti sauce and noodles. both of these together were $3.69 a meal for four is crit less than this carton of blueberries. there are dozens of other examples like that in the healthy eating just isn't

well next year on the now tampa bay the three biggest challenges law enforcement is facing right now to keep on the streets -- keep

right now a troubling trend across the country. police departments struggling to attract new officers. cities seeing drastic drops in applications. the now's mike brook bank. >> reporter: fewer people are willing to take the pledge of to serve and protect. experience a 90% drop. >> reporter: experts has written a book point at the so- called ferguson effect. clashes like this captured on camera causing some to stay clear of the profession. >> heightened media sensationalism over police use away a lot of people. >> reporter: not just the

like this. all across the country, polices -- policing is clearly less appealing. >> these officers are thrust into the limelight for the most part police officers are trained to lay low. >> reporter: another major factor is the economy with unemployment dropping people can pass on becoming a police officer. >> police organizations have to compete more vigorously with private sector. >> reporter: as to where the shortage is greatest, smaller cities and tops seem to be struggling more. he says another detente is poor pay and lack of benefits. >> yearly salaries of 30- $34,000 thinks is not -- this is not something that's going to attract a large pool of candidates. >> reporter: e especially when there's an uptick of officers being killed in the line of duty. >> over the last 20 years or so policing usually doesn't finish in the top 20 in terms of most dangerous jobs.

departments i spoke with off camera people's perception will shift. but until then they will continue to change up the way they recruit, make sure police academies are diverse and represent the communities they serve and find new ways to compete with an improving economy. reporting for the now. we checked around with the local law enforcement we checked with tampa police they have 21 open positions. that's not considered a shortage. the pasco sheriff's office has 17 open. st.petersburg has 29 but potential of 15 hires in training right now. telling us they are having a lot of baby boomers retiring but thanks to a big push in recruitment they are keeping the numbers pretty stable. well in a bays are turn of events remember the three black new york college students who said they were victims of a racially charged attack by nearly a dozen white men. well, now the cops have arrested the university of

police say here they are seen in that surveillance video on the bus fighting someone else. once the video surfaced it caused a certainly media firestorm. hashtags were created hillary clinton even write on twitter there's no excuse for racism and violence on a college campus. now, what the video does not show is what may have led up to all of this. the three women all 20 now face an a salt charge. they could spend up to a year in jail. all three students have pleaded not guilty in this case. well, this florida woman right here says her wedding ring was stolen right off her finger. anne shilling was at a naples restaurant celebrating her granddaughter's engagement when a woman came up to her holding her hands. she didn't know the woman just thought she was part of the party and part of the celebration. but when see got home, she came up with a new theory.

looked down and my diamond was gone. i flipped. i said that lady that hugged me, it was unnatural. it has never fallen off my finger. it has never -- i've never almost lost it. i've had it day and night. >> so we're wondering how could someone just pull it off her finger. wearing that ring every day for the past 56 years. it's 2.2 carats. but 2.2 carats and you don't notice someone took it off? just asking. well, right now the strawberry festival in plant city is open for business. all kind of fun happening. they like to kick thinks off with a discount for seniors today. in a few hours josh turner takes the stage. saturday kids all the way through high school get in free. you can pick up discount tickets across tampa bay. and since we're having nearly

ryan couldn't resist showing us all plant city has to offer. >> well, i mean this looks really good and all, but kind of hard. you know, kind of reminds me of that story goldilocks. >> reporter: is this too hot or too cold. are the rides too fast for you or are they not fast enough. >> maybe too fast. >> reporter: so is he ready to ride the rides. >> too short this time around. >> reporter: oh, too short. a little underraiche, little overripe but this one is just right. that's exactly the way the weather has been for opening day out here at the strawberry festival. we're talking highs stint mid- 70s, then tonight we're still going to have dry conditions, mostly clear skies and lows are going to be in the 50. really perfect weather and very comfortable. now as we head into the weekend we're still looking at great weather with highs in the mid- to upper 70s each day. n rain in sight. so some may say this is a

i think it's going to be just right. so come on out the strawberry festival's looking great. >> awesome, shay, thank you so much. another reason to celebrate or just cry today. there's a brand new powerball winner from florida, again. the only winning ticket for last night's $291 million jackpot was bought in marathon down in the florida keys. they only have 60 days to collect the lump sum. which is about $191 million. by law here in florida, they cannot remain secret. dennis phillips was it you? >> no. >> since you don't win the powerball you need a job, right? coming up besides abc action news, of course, the new list out of best companies to work

welcome back. you know, your work environment is a big part of weather you like your job or you don't. if you're looking for a change consumer reporter jackie callaway is here with the best companies to work for. >> you know what we're doing we're trying to take a look at what makes them so great the google tops the list for the 7th year in a row. feel valued and respected. the company offers a lot of perks like virtual doctor visit and nap pods. acuity insurance in wisconsin ranks number 2. high salaries and generous pay raises and perks like a family picnic where they give away thousands of dollars in prizes. there are several high up jones which is financial services number temperature

they have offices all over the bay area and get points for hosting summer meetings for their employees at resort. the container store was number 14. only hired about 3% of people who applied they stick around for the higher pay independent a fun culture. in at 38 which is usa a financial institution that serves military families it also has offices here. well check out what will soon be the first virtual reality coaster. in north america. you wear a head set showing you a realistic scene and all the real drops and turns of the ride. six flags is bringing the new technology to 8 parks. the closest one will be six flags over georgia just outside of atlanta. well home flipping. tampa a top area for turning dumps into dreams. why that might not be a good thing for the average family. looking for a home. >> and one of the most trusted

top cars best for your budget. that in the now palm beach returns.

for right now we want to show you video from moment ago. president obama leaving milwaukee wisconsin you see air force one pulling out of the tarmac. headed back to d.c. the president was there talk about the affordable care act. the president also passing along some interesting family news today, as well. saying he and his family will be staying in d.c. after the presidency for a couple years so his youngest daughter can finish high school. eldest daughter is going off to college this year. he'd be the first president not to leave washington immediately since wood row wilson. right now tampa is one of

the contrain the number of homes flipped. you know, that's when someone private or in versusser buys a home, fixes it up and sells it within a year. the now's adam winder finding the local house flipping business is so competitive it could be hurting the average home buyer. everything that you see is new we had to rip the kitchen out. we had a lot of water leaking from upstairs. the bathrooms were all leaking. >> reporter: this is not your typical flipped house. the spanish home 20 years old and in a newly developed area. >> the typical market is too competitive for us too spend $150,000 to make $10,000 just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: realtor and investor has been flipping tampa area homes for a while but right now the as competitive as he's ever seen it. >> the market is getting so competitive that, you know, as investors we're looking at houses that are retail value, as well. to maybe try to hold onto them,

>> reporter: that's not just a problem for investors. that means the average person unfortunately has to compete with investors like him. >> from a consumer standpoint if you're trying to buy a house, it makes it a little bit difficult because you have somebody with large amounts of cash competing with you and it's very difficult to get a client to understand that hey, you're not going to buy this house at asking price. it's probably going to sell for more. >> reporter: that doesn't mean that flipping will come to an end soon. he hopes to flip 40-50 houses this year and this house he hopes will sell upwards of $800,000. i'm adam winer for "the now" tampa bay. well concussions and cte are a hot topic in football and boxing but a high profile retired soccer player wants to bring attention to the possible issue in her sport, as well. we know brandy chasten by this picture right here she's the woman who ripped off her jersey after her penalty

the u.s. she's hoping her announcement that she's donating her brain to science for cte research will do even more for soccer. that's the brain disease that's believed to be linked to concussions. cte can only be diagnosed after someone days. it has been found in several men who played soccer. researchers believe it's from heading the ball so much. so far cte hasn't been foundy the brains of any female athletes but the sample size is just really small. that's why her announcement is a big deal and a rare move. researchers at boston university have examined the brains of more than 300 people only 7 were women. she says she does have memory issues sometimes and wonders if it has anything to do with her years playing soccer. other major female athletes who say they'll donate their brains when they die include olympic swimmer jenny thompson and sundaysy cone. so far the boston university

of cte mostly informer football players. the u.s. women's world cup team are a couple hours away. video from their practice at raymond james stayed -- stadium. many of the best athletes will be playing. the fur game 16 game tourney is the biggest before the summer's olympic games. france and germany play at 5:00. u.s. plays england at 6:30. tickets are still available. i love soccer. some soccer. look, shay ryan is out on the deck looking at raymond james. >> so awesome out here, laura. you know, what's nice with this cold front we're starting to get a little cloud cover and a light breeze. so things are really nice. so rain out here. so people as they're coming and going you can see the traffic had really picked up here on the road. so there's no weather concern as you come or go if you're

soccer games and things are looking fantastic also. as far as the timing of the rain ahead of this front it's going to come in overnight. so even as you're leaving, or whatever you have in mind, if you're going to be out late this evening you don't lav to were about rain. after midnight that we'll start to see the rain chances pick up and they move through and out of here by about 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. so really looking at good timing with very few showers associated with the front. >> check out the temperatures as they're warming up. and hitting 80 on monday. i mean, we're talking about a gorgeous dry stretch of weather with a significant warmup but fortunately even with that warmup the humidity levels stay on the lower side. the overnight temperatures also not bad. overnight tonight in the low 60s and then after that, still pretty comfortable. dennis is forecasting the next week ahead and he'll have the 7- day forecast coming up at 5:00.

now we're tracking big developments out of north korea they fired six short range missiles into the sea of japan. just hours after the un passed new sanctions against that very thing because of nuclear testing. u.s. state department is monitoring that situation right now but leaders say north korea has forced the world's hand. >> north korea is the only contrain the entire world that has conducted a nuclear test in the 21st century. in fact, it has conducted not one nuclear test, but four. the sanctions include inspecting all shipments to and from north korea and a ban on export. it can be used to help the armed forces there. the gel to get them to begin discussions to stop nuclear development. also right now google joining the fight against the zika virus. donating $1 million tune sef. the united nations humanitarian relief agency for children. also working with unicef to map

the challenge here many people who get it don't show the symptoms. so far the centers for disease the united states. 40 of them right here in florida. month. most of those afternoon people who were bitten by mosquitoes overseas before returning back home. the best bang for your buck a new list other best cars under $25,000 out from consumer reports. the chevy sonic is the first at a little more than $1000 with advanced safety features -- more than $18,000. it's got a huge trunk. here's the next one the honda fit. $19,000.400 really fuel efficient talking 33 miles per gallon. down side her testers say the seats they aren't that comfy. here's another one for you in the compact car category the mazda six sport. about 23,500.

consumer reports says the biggest problem here, it's apparently a noisy ride. the cabin is not that quiet. preston is loving all of these. you should buy one. steady cam he's like i love it. finally the toyota camry at 23,900. solid reliability and good standing has consumer reports ranking it high, as well. gas prices, may be on the steady increase but right now, they are still lower than past years which is why more people are still driving. but as the now's reporter shows us this could be a problem if you lease your car. >> what we found is as prices do go down in gasoline it's not uncommon for people to think more about driving taking extra weekend trips. >> reporter: as gas prices drop we're seeing some u of the lowest prices around. averaging between one and $3 across the states. >> often people have spring break or summer vacation are we going to fly or drive done to

and with the lower gas prices we are seeing some feedback from our client that hey, driving might be a more viable option. >> reporter: for those of us who lease our vehicles because of the cheap price of gas it will end up costing you less if you negotiate a higher mileage lease. >> it can definitely add up pretty quick. that's also going to depend on over mileage one might go. if you take one of those low mileage leases. >> reporter: if you're planning to lease ache cruz. monthly payment would be $.124. 15,000 miles would be $20 more. if you drive more miles the penalty would cost you $166 a month. it would be cheaper to take the highest mainly deal up front than take the lowest deal and may a additional mileage prices. most important choose a plan that works best for you. >> gas prices when you're

very popular option from many consumers get a lease that meets your needs. so you're not looking over junior shoulder wondering if you have enough miles left. [singing the national anthem] arguably one other greatest renditions of the national anthem of all time. whitney houston singing at the super bowl right here in tampa in 1991 it walls 85 years ago today that it became the official anthem of our country. some of the most incredible video we've seen all day. a huge 9 foot, 300-pound gator pulled' lakeland swimming pool. took the trap ter about an hurricane joaquin to get this guy out.

when he went looking for a stray golf ball and after taking a head count of his son and three cats, he called in for some reinforcements. well maybe tiger woods didn't make his new houston golf course hard enough. at the granted opening an 11- year-old boy got few make the first shot ever on the course and look what happened. he aces it. the crowd goes wild. tiger can't believe what he's seeing. by the way, that kid ended up winning the round. he was three shorts ahead of tiger. beat the former masters champion. it's a story you can tell. well a new s.a.t. debuts this saturday at testing sites across the country. it's the first big change to the standardized test in 30 years. the now's anne mcnamara talked to a tutor about what student can expect. >> i think it's an improved test. >> reporter: new and improved the students test looks far different than the decades old exam. one big change the old test

for wrong answers. >> the benefit it a husband you to be aggressive. the students would get gun-shy about the penalty. you know, you have to give it a shot. it gives you that approval to power through and try to figure out the question. >> reporter: he to thers students. in the past they only took the now, the s.a.t. will be part of the prep work. >> one of the things we'll look at closely for each student will you present better on the a.c.t. or on the s.a. t. >> the changes are in response to age old complaints about standardized tests. >> before going into the test i was really nervous what was going to be on the test. much more pressure because who have to finish within a time limit. >> reporter: the new test gives more time for each section and have 16 fewer questions. another big change the essay section which helps students like mary. >> there's a lot of stuff sin mathematics i don't know about. so you kind of have to guess.

your strength the essay is now optional and doesn't count toward your writing score. the down side is this test is more of a marathon requiring more time and, of course, more preparation. >> we'll learn even more once the first score reports come out which likely won't be released until may. and thank you some breaking news in the fbi apple dispute we just learned that six relatives of victims of the san bernardino attack have filed a brief supporting the justice department. they're fighting with apple over encryption arguing one does not enjoy the privacy to commit crime. well i'm laura harris. abc action news at five starts

criticism from the man who was almost president. plus this. >> what in the world? ? tonight the person the 1st grader say smashed his fingers in the classroom and the demands they're making from the district. the hillsborough county school district says the teacher is on administrative leave while they investigate who is to blame blame. >> reporter: is this an accident or intentional? the parents have filed a claim with the district. >> very frightening. i hear a call and don't know

an emergency. >> the first grader's injuries are too graphic to show you. severed off. doctors had to sew them back on. the family is asking for us not name. >> when his finger is hanging off, there's a problem. >> reporter: the seven-year old was holding a door for his classmates here at cahoon elementary when the door was slammed on his fingers. >> we have reason to believe the teacher did this. in fact, we know she did. >> reporter: an ambulance had to be called and it was a bloody scene. the boy was rushed to the er. >> i got there and i was more than overwhelmed. >> reporter: the teacher was