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rnght. i'm so embarrassed. i'm so angry. this could have been stopped. >> now at 11, $55 million verdict. erin andrews just winning her lawsuit over that nude video. what that decision could mean for other victimized women. >> a jury handing andrews a huge victory against marriott hotels and the man who recorded her naked without her knowledge. >> cameron pullen breaks down the verdict and its potential impact.
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award twoarnd michael barrett, erin's stalker, will be required to pay $28 million. marriott hotels are on the hook for the other $27 million. we're not sure how much of that $55 million erin will actually see, but victim advocate groups say it's a huge win for all victims. >> $55 million, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: with those words, a jury of 7 women and 5 men have kickstarted the healing process for erin andrews. >> do you believe you will ever get over this? >> no. >> reporter: it's a huge win for victims, but claire reynolds says andrews' recovery is far from over. >> >> i check to see if there's camera, i check the bed, i check the alarm clock, i check the phone. >> in ms. andrews' case wibled imagine that because this went viral, there's always a fear
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>> reporter: andrews' original suit sought $75 million from a hotel shah that she stayed at -- that she she stayed at when michael barrett filmed her changing. barrett was sentenced to 2 years in prison. family members talked about how andrews continues to have trust issues to this day, something reynolds says she's not surprised by. >> it impacts everything you do on a day to day basis. what you took for granted were before very easily now you stop and think. you think about it. you think about what happened. >> reporter: reynolds says it's all an effort to feel safe again. no matter how much pun is way awarded, feeling safe is something cash just can't buy. what it may buy is more hope and validation for other victims. >> i hope it will empower other victims.
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the nashville hotel says he's dispieptd with the jury's decision but has not announced if they'll appeal. >> thank you. women in ann druse's situation have more protection here in florida. a law making it illegal to publish sexually explicit photos without someone's consent makes revenge porn a misdemeanor. hulk hogan's sec trial against gawker was held today. hogan say he is did not know he was being filmed. >> i said, you're not filming this, are you? and he just laid into me, i'm your f-ing best friend.
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i would never do that to you. it just froze me in my tracks. >> jurors will have to decide if gawker violated hogan's right to privacy. a controversial man manatee tonight. deputies looking into another case after patty the dog bit another dog. the 4 and a half month old golden retriever is a service dog in train, so it's protected urn the plan patty's owner misdemeanor. patty. hit by a suspected drunk driver and then held against her why l, a pinellas county woman is recovering from a broken pelvis.
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con vision of running her over. 6-year-old was in excruciating pain -- the 60-year-old woman was in e excruciating pain and begged de jesus to call police. highway patrol troopers tell us ivan hall lost control when a front tire blew out on a bridge. that set off a chain reaction of crashes involving 10 vehicles total. that was clearly not weather-related at all as we've had beautiful weather. loads of shine and not much in the way of rain. however, there is some rain out to our west right now.
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we've got high pressure to our north. we stay nice and have that heat pump effect bringing us warmer temperatures. we'll only get down to about 58 in tampa overnight. a warmer start and a warmer finish for your tuesday. we'll look at that in the action weather forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. jameson? >> see you in a few. turning now to democracy 2016, florida's primary just 8 days away. a new poll shows donald trump's lead over marco rubio is getting smaller, only now by 8 points. the florida senator in tampa, trying to drum up support before next week. >> these signs are coming down. they'll go up at the next campaign stop. but here this afternoon, senator marco rubio told the crowd it always comes down to florida. >> reporter: in front of a
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rubio reminded them why he should stay as their favorite candidate. >> i give us the best chance to beat hick. see knows that. that's why they attack me more tannin else. >> i think that he would be a tremendous president. >> reporter: while others haven't decided may sway him. glts con tint, like the content of what these candidates are saying. >> reporter: he believes his biggest endorsement will come from voters. >> the republican follow nation always comes through florida. it did for james john mccain and mitt romney and it will for me. >> reporter: he says taking florida's 59 delegates is huge. >> right now, no one is on pace to get the delegates. but the biggest single prize is medical florida. >> reporter: he call himself an underdog and doesn't plan on back down from donald trump. >> i'm only one with a chance to beat trump in physical. >> reporter: rubio wants people
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will come out of trump's mouth next. >> when i give a policy speech why get mentioned for 10 seconds or not at all. the problem is we've turned these into reality politics. and what's at stake is the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: bhr than 1,000 people were at this rally. >> the campaign trail will continue to run through tampa this week. democratic frontrunner hillary clinton will be in town on thursday. he's holding a rally at the ritz ibor. to save a spot, head to our website. the use of l medical marijuana is a signature away florida. but medical marijuana move. advocate john morgan is calling it tippal tallahassee window dressing, because cancer
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banned from using it. a hanes city man learned hard way you can't doing and treat patients without a medical license. an undercover detective arrested manuel cordova at his clinic. his degree says he earned his dock rat of medical medicine at an online school that's now closed. >> i hear the patients say he's not a doctor. >> the state department of health says one of its investigators heard the so- called doctor advertise on a local spanish-speaking radio show. an undercover detective then made an appointment and cordova diagnosed him with a made-up condition. one survivor of the boston marathon bombing and her college classmate died in a car crash overseas.
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dubai when the deadly crash happened. mcgrath was near the finish line when 2 bombs went off within senting shrapnel flying into her leg. noun rail preparations are being made for nancy reagan. she sigh dye of congestive hard fate your on sunday. she was 94 years old. still to come. >> she was nude by the time she got on an 18 wheeler. >> a naked woman stops traffic wile dancing on a big rig. the strange things she was say
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it's a popular party place for all ages, offering public skating, a laser tag areach tbhean it's the official training facility for the tampa bay lightning. butt ice sports no rum got an icy review from state inspectors just last week. in a special dirty dining report, we uncover the power play grill and bar on elizabeth place in brandon had to stop serving food and shut down overnight after live roaches were seen crawling in the kitchen. inspectors discovered over 45 live roaches near the reach-in coolers, cook's line and sinks. the state also saw ant on the
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in the chicken, and stopped the sale of canned peas. the assistant general manager, brent bradley, seven zen me a statement that said they had a professional cleaning company come out immediately. to see the full statement and other dirty doing stories, go to our website on abcactionnews.com/dining. a california highway patrol officer race to the rescue of 2 women and 2 kids when their car catches on fire. look at this amazing video the car billowing with smoke. the officer raising over to see the kids in the backseat. the hero cop then drops that kid off and runs back to save the other. both were trap have a strapped into their car seats. the kids and 2 adults went to the hospital as a precaution. we're getting shocking video showing the moment a
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in south florida. this is video released from the accident last month. the driver loses control and falls 100 feet off the side of i-95 and lads in a park. somehow, the driver lived and is healing after some time in the hospital. the florida highway patrol continues to investigate that accident. there's reaction on capitol hill to a scripps news invest of little-known police privilege. lawmakers are taking a closer look at police away times. >> we need don't to respect our officers who sacrifice themselves in order to keep us safe, but they also shouldn't be above the law. >> reporter: congressman hakim jeffreys of new york responding to a scrips -- to a scripps
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time off after a shooting. while most give cops 2 to 3 days, at least one department gives officers 10. jeffreys fears they give cops who commit a crime time to cover their tracks. >> policing in america is hard right now. >> reporter: officers -- it's said that officers need time to rest and that their memories will actually be better 2 to 3 days later. but plenty of memory experts they sai that's not true and they wonder why the policies only apply to those with a badge. >> i find that suspicious. why wouldn't you want that applied to all film people? >> reporter: congressman jeff rise is one of 44 cosponsors to the law enforcement trust and integrity act, which call on the department of justice so to study waiting periods. if they determine they sweer interfear want invest... >> then we can determine that perhaps the department of
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grants to police departments that have thee these waiting periods. >> reporter: that legislation is awaiting further action. it only has support from democrat, but sponsors say they're hopeful republicans will come onboard. an accident unlike any other shutting down both descretion directions of a houston interstate. a naked woman climbed on time to of an 18 wheeler. she started dancing up there. deintiet spight police efforts, she refused to come down. officers say she was involved in 2 minor hit and run crashes before this. witnesses say it's a sign they won't soon forget. >> she got out of the car and was going towards the 18 wheeler and all of a sudden, she started throwing her clothes at oncoming traffic. >> reporter: police say she was
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cia, and aliens. investigators believe she was under some sort of drug or alcohol influence. but no result on those tests just yet. what would have led investigators to think that? >> great weekend great gay. >> great day to get up there. it was really warm in texas as well, obviously. we've got more warm pumping in here as we've got that high pressure off to the north, and a great evening really nice and clear. not nearly as cool as it has been over the past several evenings as we see things very nice and clear down across from the river gate tower camera. things are lit up across downtown tampa. and a nice night ahead. wonderful weather for your pond, pretty much blue thru the work week as well. as we continue with the warmth, there may be a squirt or two of rain by the weekend. but it's difficult to time that
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no problem on the satellite and radar come positive spipt we're clear from coast to coast and pillar to post. it is nice across the entire state of florida. current temperatures right now include 67 in tampa. 63 for spring hill, wesley chapel, avon park, sewring, arcadia. still 70 those the south. and warmth all the way up through the center of the county. 69 in dallas. evidence minneapolis at 57 degrees. but more rain pushing in across the pacific northwest down in through california and that is going to begin track back through the mid of the country as well. we have high preserve to the north of us. that will cause winds to come
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there will be a few clouds. maybe a sprinkle or two on the east coast. but it won't make it to here. overnight low lowes are very mild. looks like a 57 degree low for lutes and brooksville. very nice and mild through the overnight hours we'll watch those temperatures rise tomorrow, starting off at about 88 degrees. up to 80 by 2:00 in the afternoon. a were very warm tuesday on the way. a little cooler along the coast because that gulf water temperature is still in the mid- 60s. but the sun, very, very powerful. very high for the uv index at an 8. if you'll be out along the beach or doing anything outside, have that sun sauce on.
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low tide at about 7:47 in the morning after a sunset, sorry, sunrise at 12 until 7. daylight saving time coming up at 7. don't forget to turn your hour -- turn your clock an hour ahead. you lose an hour of sleep but the afternoon. as you can see over the next 7 days, the warmth continues. we have a front that's approaching us. the timing a little iffy. it will cool us off a little bit towards the beginning of next week. lovey smith lands a new coaching job. what he d he have to be said about getting fired by the buccaneers? and the bolts had a highlight today.
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win, especially when ann draw polat scores. bolts are 8-0 when scored. but all good things must come to an end. flyers tie it on a shane gastaubert goal and does it again, flyers now leading 2-1. braden chen gets it in the goal. flyers beat the lightning 4-2. the bolts got outshot 40 to 18. lightning are back home tomorrow against boston. guess who else is back in the lightning forecast? jonathan trouen. lightning gm steve eisen lifted the suspension. to football now, former buccaneerings head e coach lovey smith used to sport orange and navy blow blue when
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for 9 seasons. again, he's wearing orange and blue but this time as a head coach of illinois. lovey had a few interesting comments. he said he will not pursue any more nfl jobs. illinois is where he wants to end his football career. and then he said this about being fired by the buccaneers. >> being in this business as long as i haved, i think we all end up where we belong. and to me, where we belong is me signing a 6 year contract, saying where we think we should be. there's a coach going into the hall of fame this summer that was also fired by the buccaneers. you just take it and move on. i'm not saying that in a bad light, it's just our profession. >> lovey of course referring to tony d dunn gee.
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called it quits. 33-year-old josh macon has played in 7 pro bowls in his 11 year career. peyton manning's career is also over. he leaves as a 4-time mvp, 2- time super bowl winner, and the only team in nfl history to lead 2 teams to super bowl win. an emotional manning held back hears as he said good-bye to the game he loves. >> i love the game, so you don't have to wonder if aisle absolutely. absolutely i will. there's just something about 18 years. 18 is a good number. and today, i retire from pro football. >> good number indeed for manning. groupfruit league baseball. red sox and rays. rays threatening with 2 on in the 4th. kevin keermeier at the dish lines it up the gut and up the middle. rays you 2-1 and beat the bow
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