captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com. >> it is a busy morning. we just got an update about two people stabbed earlier this morning, plus what we found out about a police chase down the streets of tampa. >> first, a gunman surrenders after violence breaks outside of a bay area bar. good morning, i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. at this hour, investigators in hernando county are trying to piece together three men at bamboo's bar in spring hill. >> rodney dunningan on scene

next steps of the investigation. >> reporter: this has been an active scene all morning. when deputies arrived, they discovered the two victims had been shot right here in the parking lot. one man was dead, the other rushed to a local hospital. investigators also say that the shooter in this case was here in the parking lot, taken into custody. he also suffered a number of injuries. he was taken to a local hospital. they tell us that the information they gathered from him will be key to figuring out exactly what happened here. >> obviously he was injured as well. so after receiving medical treatment, you know, we sent him down to a trauma center, and our detectives are waiting to speak to him. >> it was after 1:00, they got the call billion a disturbance at -- about a disturbance. the altercation spilled out into a parking lot where investigators say the two victims with are shot. >> seems like there's a lot more of that kind of thing going on around here. >> reporter: john works right

>> i have drivers on call 24/7, so they could have easily been in there taking care of the patient. and as a resident, those things are scary. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the sheriff's office tells us that this investigation is ongoing. reporting from spring hill, rodney dunningan, abc action news. calls out right now. we're trying to get an update on the two men severely injured on what appears to be a knife fight. deputies tell us the two men were arguing while outside of a home early this morning. things turned physical. both men ended up getting cut badly. they were taken to the hospital with serious wounds. it is unclear at this point if either man will face criminal charges. police putting four people in handcuffs following a high- speed chase. officers responded to a call of shots fired around 3:30 this street. that's when they heard more shots and saw two cars taking off. officers followed.

at 56th street and river hills. as for the other cars, police performed a pit maneuver and three more people were taken into custody there. race car drivers are gearing up in st. pete. the grand prix weekend is officially under way. >> abc action news is your ticket to the track. this is the first practice session of the day. more than 1 million will catch the action on tv. >> and that leads to the end any 500, the biggest race of the year. it is a jam packed three-day event with practices all day today at 11 races between saturday and sunday. lindsay logue is at the firestone grand prix so join us for a live interview coming up at 9:30. the big question right now is, is the weather going to cooperate? >> ivan? >> yes, it will. >> okay.

sunday, we're talking about the live pictures coming out. we are looking for a little bit of late sunday earlier in the it day the drier it will be. by the afternoon, we'll see showers and storms. we have had quite a stretch of dry weather with high pressure in charge with the high now breaking down. we are going to see the moisture coming in from the gulf. so good today. saturday looks good. dry, sunny there. temperatures in the upper 70s and then by sunday, an earlier part of the day, i think we're okay. the latter part will look at showers and thunderstorms beginning to move in. right now, 70s already out there with a lot of sunshine. looks fantastic. your day planner goes this way by lunch. 80 degrees will be in the low to middle 80s. we'll keep tweaking the timing of the forecast here for sunday but right now, a few showers and storms. you have not decided what you are going to do this weekend. >> oh, i know. >> oh, you do? >> i do know what i have

should i tell you? >> the music festival is a great time out there. traffic's flowing nicely right here at 275 at 22nd avenue. no problems to tell about you there, but the grandpa prix, the big event in downtown -- about the grand prix, the big event downtown. a couple of parking options for you, park at the city garages or private lots. two of the city garages sun dial and south will cost you $15 both saturday and sunday but $a5 for tonight. you can also park at tropicana field and pay $10 and take the free shuttle to the track. keep in mind, this is where the boat show is happening all weekend so a the lot there could fill up fast. once you get to downtown st. pete, you can take the trolley or the central avenue shuttle. those cost you $.50. make sure you have exact change if you are going to take one of those. five minutes after 9:00. abc action news is taking

right now, we have experts standing by to answer your questions about consumer protection. the number to call is 1-888- 219-8881. you are looking at hillsborough county, pinellas county and the state. they are answering your foale calls about a number of issues. this is especially important during tax season when scammers are trying to steal your money and identity. if you have any questions, call 888-209-8881. happening today, an emotional final farewell to former first lady nancy reagan. >> she will be laid to rest this afternoon next to her husband at the ronald reagan presidential library near los angeles. there will be a host of high- profile guests for her funeral including former president george w. bush. during the past two days,

their respects passion by mrs. reagan's casket. she passed away at the age of 94. turning now to your votes. take a look here. this is a live look preparing for a major announcement in just a few minutes from south florida. dr. ben carson is taking the stage to endorse donald trump as the republican nominee. >> this comes not long after carson suspended his campaign. and with the florida primary four days away this could give a big boost with the winner take all primary. >> speaking of the 99 delegates, here is a look at the delegate count. cruz pulls out a win and would trump. as we edge closer, no wonder the republican race took a much more serious tone during last night's debate. >> i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: apparently, the candidates were as surprised as the crowd. during the republican debate in republicans running for

part, respectful as they discussed policy. >> you know, maybe running for president of crow ace ya. >> immigration is a key issue for florida. one hot topic, the vees that problem. >> i know the h1b very well and something i frankly use, but i shouldn't be allowed to use. >> reporter: donald trump also asked about his comments on muslims. >> you told cnn "islam hates us." did you mean all 1.6 billion of them? >> i mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio was quick to remind the crowd that he is in his home state. >> my mother who happens to be here today, i am against any changes in social security that are bad for my mother. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz used his roots to connect to florida voters. >> 59 years ago, florida welcomed my father to america. as he stepped off the ferry boat from cuba onto key west.

sending a message to his party, if he gets the votes, he should be the republican nominee. >> the republican establishment or whatever you want to call it should embrace what's happening. >> in the context of illegal immigrant -- >> the race is heating up for the democrats as well. a day after hillary clinton rallied supporters in ybor, daughter chelsea will be stumping for her mother in sarasota and st. pete today at the francis at noon then head over to st. pete's soiree at 2:14. meanwhile, bernie sanders is headed up the east coast to target other primary states. sanders would start with a rally and head to toledo, ohio and wrap up the evening in chicago. count on us to keep you updated as the florida primary approachesp. 9:09. right now, you are taking a live look inside the corn room as testimony is set to resume

testimony from gawker presented evidence on the value a celebrity sex video has to the site. we're stream it live as it happens. you can watch it free anywhere. we've been reporting on the dangers of synthetic marijuana and today multiple agencies are coming together to sound the alarm on what's plaguing the tampa bay area. between this saturday and tuesday, fire rescue crews say they got almost two dozen phone calls involving spice. more than half happened on monday alone. today, firefighters and officers will come together. they will shine a light on this dark trend in hopes of avoid deadly incidents in the future. coming up, a bold break- in. a hammer used to shatter a glass door. we'll tell you about the witnesses the suspects were not counting on that could help police nab them. . >> we're taking action for you this friday morning with our

we have experts here from state and local agencies answering every and all consumer calls that come in here whether you are dealing with a landlord problem or a bad dead collected, we're here to answer your phone calls and questions

good friday morning. we're taking action for you this morning. here's a look at what's going on. we have consumer investigators from pinellas consumer protection and the state department of ag. these guys are manning the phone bank answering all of your consumer questions. eric, i know you said you get a lot of online scam questions. what is the biggest piece of advice for people? >> people need to be careful dealing online through the phones.

they have to be careful in that they may not know who they are dealing with. so check into it before you give any information. >> what about if people's paychecks were shorted. what do people need to do to get help? >> hillsborough county has developed a program. we're working in partnership with the mediation diversion. we want to get more information to get started. >> reporter: i know we're interrupting your call. you said your number one complaint is landlord/tenant. what should people look for? >> most important thing is the terms of the lease to make sure the rent that was agreed to is on there.

know what the term is on the lease. >> reporter: let me ask you one more question. what about evictions? >> a lot of people are wrongly evicted. briefly, what do they do? >> if you have been served an eviction summons, you have five days to respond. if you are not eligible for our services, floridahelp.org is a helpful web site. >> that's floridalaw.org. that's 888-209-8881. back to you guys. we want to talk to you about a big story that we talked about. we want to confirm that a school bus driver and attendant posted bond after leaving a boy on a school bus not once but twice. you can see them grabbing their belongings and getting off the bus without doing a thorough check of the votes. minutes later, investigators say that 13-year-old boy wakes

all alone locked on that bus. he opens up the emergency exit window and jumps out. deps say he then hitchhiked 30 miles back home. amazingly, it happened again just seven days later to the same boy. investigators say the bus is even equipped with an alarm that goes off when the ignition is shut off that requires somebody to walk to the back of the bus to shut it off. brown and simmons had a child deactivate the alarm just before the final stop. a brassen break-in at a newspaper's offices in michigan. take a lack at two men as they take a hammer to a glass door of the arab-american news office in dearborn. about a dozen newspaper staffers were in that building overnight working on the latest edition. suspects ran off without hurting anyone. when you hear the word junction food, candy is probably the first thing that comes to mind.

what we all eat is considered junk. junction is ultraprocessed food full of sugar, salt, and fat. sugar loaded bread, soft drinks, frozen pizza and breakfast cereal count as junction. researchers say fresh fruit and veggies make up about a third of the calories in the average american's diet. apple fans are gearing up for a big announcement set for ten days from today. the company's staying mum about the exact details saying let us loop you in on march 21st. by the way that's one day before apple squares off with federal prosecutors over the

>> taking sunday out of it. >> sunday the first part is okay. it will be 40% coverage so not terrible. let's look outside at your photos. look at this shot. i love the sunrises with the clouds out there. lynn tuttle, thanks for sharing that with us on facebook, twitter as well sharing your pictures when they look like that. we've had gorgeous sunrises. getting back into the 80s for today. quiet across the 80s. this is where the action is and has been for the last several weeks. you'll begin to see a little further east with progress with this, right? so the rain that was in texas and louisiana is important

down with the rain eventually making it our way. by sunday afternoon, that disturbance rolls in and that allows for showers and thunderstorms to mull in here. it really gets moisture going for sunday. on monday, 20% coverage. plan out your weekend. keep in mind, the latter part of sunday, temps in the 80s. we hit 85 and will be close to that again today. walter temps are in the upper 60s. trap can that field, look at this. we'll be looking for showers and storms and 40% cover 0age on sunday. we clear out for next week and not as warm temperatures heading into the early part of

degrees now, and i have to go play with that dog. this energetic puppy is in our studio waiting to prove why he will make a good addition to our family. we'll introduce to you dash and where you can adopt him or

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you to the pet of the week. this is nash. he's been jumping all over the place and now he's not going to jump. he's what, you say? >> catahoula mix. >> he is a well trained dog. >> look at that. >> this is going to make one has ice. >> he does. somebody who's active. >> you said they were bred for herding? >> herding. they are the state dog of louisiana and they are bred to be sturdy and run for hours. >> he has an accent. >> i think he does. [ laughter ] >> he just needs lots of -- he's only a year old. >> he can learn.

[ laughter ] >> 405 22nd street if you would like to give nash a home. great dog and plenty others, too. >> i don't know why you wouldn't. look at that. >> he's a great dog. if you are looking for something to do this weekend, the tampa bay boat show sails into tropicana field. it is open to the public and admission is free. besides all of the boats, local fishing experts will be holding seminars to help you up your fishing game. [music] >> kicking off the 2016 firestone grand prix. . >> we're taking action for you this friday morning with our consumer expert phone bank. we've got investigators and experts from state and local agencies here to answer every, single consumer complaint and concern you have.

all morning long, we've been your ticket to the firestone grand prix for the indy car season. it is happening this weekend in downtown st. pete. it's giving you a front row seat. >> lindsay logue is live at the track. did you get to do a lap during the practice run this morning? >> reporter: you know, i asked and i was told that i probably didn't have the right type of car insurance. so maybe i'll try again next year. before you can hit the tracks, you need a car and the crew. we are here with all of the behind the scenes stuff that

we saw a lot of moving parts. >> right. what people often don't realize there's so much that goes into this. a big part of that is tire selection. they've got a primary, you have to make decisions during the race. if it rains, you have a third spec of a tire here and a rain tire. so much going on that you don't realize. >> every driver here has a firestone tire. >> yeah. we're really proud of that. it will be in excess of 1500 tires. throughout the race weekend, we have qualifying sessions, practice sessions and race time. the guys are going to want nice, clean rubber to put down

>> reporter: you have big news. >> we are proud to announce we'll extend our sponsorship of the event. your counselernmen, your mayor, everyone's supporting us tremendously. we are here in partnership through at least 2018. >> that is fantastic news. so we know this will stay in the bay area. a jam packed weekend this weekend. the practice sessions have already started. i've been showing you that video between saturday and sunday 11 races. so a lot of fun to be had. news. updating you on a breaking story we brought you yesterday. st. petersburg detectives tell us they found the car they were looking for linked to a drive- by shooting injuring two people including a 3-year-old boy. police found the 2011 dodge challenger abandoned late last night and they are now processing it for evidence. they think it was used in a drive-by shooting that injured

material holliman who was standing with the 3-year-old. a neighbor who didn't want us to show her face says holliman was shot trying to protect the 3-year-old. >> everybody was screaming. i felt like i wanted to do something. >> investigators say holliman was the victim of a similar crime last year that's gone unsolved. police won't say if the two shootings are related but say yesterday's was not random. fortunately, both holliman and the child are expected to be okay. a south florida woman was brutally beaten by the roommate she found on craigslist. after 24 days in a coma, the 23-year-old is finally awake and talking to family. we first told you about jones last month after police arrested byron mitchell. he says jones threatened him with a knife, but prosecutors claim mitchell simply snapped.

her daughter is smiling, whispering and hugging family members and calls the recovery nothing short of a miracle. expanded evacuations in louisiana as it's on the verge of overflowing. record setting flooding has killed three people in the state. the entire state of louisiana is under a state emergency. the governor says the state doesn't have enough signs to mark all of the roads now flooded by rainwater. >> we're asking for local and parish level officials to put barriers where they need to be and to man those road closures as necessary as well to make sure we don't have people disregarding that. >> unfortunately, forecasters calling now for more rain in that region right into this weekend. if the weather does let up, the governor says he'll tour the flooded areas.

began. >> any relief in sight? >> not reallyp that guy driving into the flood waters. don't do that. cars stall. historic rains and an unbelievable plume of moisture. some areas have picked up 2 feet of water just this week. this is important for us because eventually some of the rain will make its way rain will make its way eastward. they've had so much rain on top of rain and so it's pushing toward the east. it will be nowhereas bad here. we'll talk about showers and thunderstorms. we have the timing for that headed into sunday when i see you in a few minutes. your child's school could soon be getting a makeover thanks to a record setting state budget. part of the $82 billion deal includes construction projects for school, universities, and

it is the last day of the legislative session and already governor rick has signed 25 bills into law. they include a measure that would let you choose someone to take control of your social media accounts after you die. another new law gives clergy the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples if it violates religious beliefs. the four remaining republican candidates for president made final arguments on the debate stage in miami last night. this before the so-called third syrupper tuesday which includes the state of florida. we're taking action for you. last night, the republican candidates competed to portray themselves as the top man in israel. senator cruz attacked trump for his stance on the israeli/palestinian relations. >> dealing with radical islamic terrorism.

wants to be neutral between israel and the palestinians. as president, i will not be neutral. >> our panels and fact checkers only found senator cruz to be half true. donald trump did state he wanted to remain neutral but only to be an effective negotiator. cruz does doesn't mention his other comments and actions zschauing support. social security will continue to be hot topics and most spoke on how we modify the program to keep benefits going. senator marco rubio argued that's not a real solution to save taxpayer money. >> i am against any sort of wasting of monday on foreign aid. the numbers don't add up. >> rubio's true about what americans spend on the foreign aid. look at several reports including the white house budget.

3.5 trillion. that is not less than 1%. it's actually 1.3% of the budget. overseas markets were up today as a live look at the dow the last six minutes. 17,146. the tampa bay business journal hits newsstands today. alexis mill is here. good morning and happy friday. we reported way took place -- too many times about this. >> yeah. >> there was a recent meeting saying this was a priority for d.o.

power program for which we have wrong way signs. there are technologies that alert us to some of that movement. when we think about public safety and certainly for us from a workforce point of view, this is just good to see rising to the top and among all of the things that they deal with. >> spring break, nearly a 5% increase in the spring breakers and tsa is getting ready for that influx. >> they are and they can handle view. it's really good to see this kind of volume. they may think more traffic and frustration. more spending and sort of the impact of all of that work that's been done on big major events from the republican national convention from the super bowl to the college championships that are going on. as we begin to be a big town and as you publicize the clear water beach and the national recognition that we get, over

with lower air fares to tampa, some of that pays off. whether or not you want spring breakers in your neighborhood it's good news for business. >> kind of just grin and bear it because it's good for us. >> the championship got under way this week. >> minneapolis is a 4 billion. they renewed it until 2020. >> this is a sign that not only is it working out for valespar but the way they -- valspar and this was many years ago on the verge of not being able to find a sponsor. the direct spending is over 20 million some people are estimating. so it's great to see them commit to tampa bay. >> very good news.

check out the money section on our mobile app. stamping out zika for the next big step in preparing a vaccine. >> they are only going to be here for the next 20 minutes. these are consumer agencies answering every, single consumer concern or complaint you have today.

at the florida strawberry festival, members of the military and first responders get in free and march 10 get 60 years old and up get $2 off admission. the admission is free in st. pete. the grand prix weekend and everyone is invited to free movies on the lawn of the museum of fine art. >> community calendar is brought to you by mosaic. a huge new development in the zika emergency that we've been tracking for months now, which could finally help fight the spread of this dangerous virus. the national institutes of

find a vac keen could begin as early as next summer. the white house is asking congress for nearly $2 billion in emergency funding in the wake of the outbreak that's infected nearly 200 americans. this morning, a south carolina fishing charter captain is celebrating the catch of a lifetime. >> he caught a 13 foot long 2500 pound great white shark. they took a client out for a day of fishing on tuesday. the customer caught a few fish early on and chip hooked into this monster great white. chip and his customer took turns realing it in. after three hours, chip says he couldn't do it anymore, so they called another fishing charter to take over. >> we were both exhausted. i fought it for a while. he fought it for a while. i don't know, i can't really

it is worth it. >> he really sets lines to tag them. >> they've got the video to prove it. that's amazing. >> big boy. >> yeah. how's that forecast looking for the weekend? [no audio ] >> near 80 degrees by the time you get into the afternoon. the water temp is about 67. a few clouds that aren't going to bother us for today. looking to be still dry as we look at titan doppler radar and changes may be on the way for later this weekend, especially on sunday. the american flag there, the wind, gusty this afternoon. here's doppler radar and quiet down as we widen out the shot. look at this plume of moisture that impactslar. the area of low pressure has been cut off essentially over mexico the pumping moisture

then the high that's brought us our nice weather, that's from the rain that's finally subsiding for them. pattern has changed here. we're not going to look at anything that's going to stall or any heavy rain that will linger for days. we'll get the showers and storms as we moisten up the atmosphere. now the afternoon, a 40% chance of showers and storms. fantastic weather out there. the wind is a little gusty, southeasterly 15 and gusts to around 20, 25 and temperatures in the mid-08s and right along the coast and continuing with mild weather. the seven-day forecast will show that right through the weekend and into early next week. we'll have high temperatures back from the mid-08s to upper 70s to mid-08 through mid- week.

for the next 15 minutes, we're taking action for you. the consumer investigators and experts have been here all morning long answering every, single consumer problem you have whether it's landlords or

welcome back. we're taking action for you this morning. it is national consumer protection week, and in honor of that, we have gathered consumer experts and investigators from all over the bay area and the state of florida. we have hillsborough county consumer protection investigators here. we have the department of ag and consumer services here. they are consumer experts. we also have pinellas county consumer protection. they are fielding calls that

problems, online ripoffs, car repairs that went bad, answered. i want to step over here first and speak with pinellas county investigator anna marie millet. i know show's on a call. >> hold one second, please. >> reporter: you have been on the phones all morning? what's the biggest question you are getting. >> we are getting a variety of consumer questions from car purchases to landlord/tenant to generally what are their consumer rights. i know in honor of consumer protection week, there will be some kind of consumer protection fair. tell we what's going on with that and what you are offering. >> we have 13 to 15 agencies from state to local coming out to answer the questions. we have a lot of fun, so please join us at the e tension center. >> reporter: i also wouldn't to step here and speak with tony from the department of ag. you've been manning the phones

you've been talking to a lot of people. what's the biggest concern? >> most of the phone calls i've been receiving are regarding telemarketers and robe bow calls. people are receiving phone calls from all over the country. the consumers here in florida are a target of these folks. >> is this something to contact the department offing aabout? >> yes, very much so. they can contact us via the web site or our phone number on the seen. >> the web site is 800-help fla. com. these dies are only here until 10:00. if you haven't had the chance to call in, please do so now. we have a lot of people manning the phones. any consumer question you might ha, 888-219-8881.

coming up, 17,000 loads of laundry washed for free for bay area families in need? today we're introducing you to the laundry project, the tremendous need behind it and how you can help right now. >> plus, updating your weekend forecast. we'll see you at 4:00. >> all right. >> we'll pick something to do this weekend. we have the indy race and the music festival and the boat show. of course last but not least, the strawberry festival. >> you own have three days. >> if you are going today, we want to let you know about a

lineup, central florida native john anderson. tanya tucker canceled her performance due to complications with bronchitis. you can either stick around to see anderson or get a refund. >> that will be nice through sunday. >> i think all in all, a good weekend coming up. continuing coverage right now. >> "fab life" is next on your abc action news station. have a great rest of the bay

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