llc (800) 775-7838 e-mail: comments@captioncolorado.com we begin with breaking news right now in south tampa. an officer shoots and kills a man involved in some type of domestic disturbance. police say officers responded to a home on cherokee avenue. an armed man came out, pulled the trigger but it didn't come out. he went back inside, came out and fired the gun hitting the officer's shield. officers fired and killed the man. we are setting up to go live at 5:00. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm lindley logue in for dan this morning. in hillsborough county, a dive team has been searching for a missing man. >> the sheriff's dive team is using sonar technology trying to find that missing man. hillsboro fire and rescue says

friends when he jumped in to grab a noodle to bring it back onto the boat or stay afloat. sadly, he never returned to the surface. teenagers crashed a stolen car into a home. the officers tried to pull the driver of that car over, but the driver took off, crashed into a fence and into this house. no one inside. car was hurt. tampa fire and rescue says the home is structurally sound. and the most accurate forecast. >> looking at warm temperatures so far. look at that, low 70s and humidity out there just feels like a july morning. we have more warm weather to come this afternoon as temperatures climb back from the 60s and 70s and mid to upper 80s inland. right along the coast, we're staying cooler with the wind off the water. the temperatures make their climb into the 70s.

we'll have that in a few minutes. a live look right now at your morning commute. this is i-275 and the sunshine sky way bridge. a little hazy out there this morning. we'll check in with janelle and i'veen to see if that's fog out there, ivan. is it? >> a little foggy. we'll see if they close it or not money right now, it looks good. >> sounds good. sad news in the music world today. frank sinatra, jr. died unexpectedly in daytona beach. he was scheduled to perform tonight. ticket holders can get a refund ticket. aside from singing, sinatra, jr. had two dozen tv and movie credits. and purse snatchings are happening in store parking lots. >> abc action news reporter michael spoke to one victim who's now scared to shop alone.

days, four suspects have trolled grocery store parking lots looking for purses hanging on elderly women's wrists. >> you are robbing people that work. i am employed. i have to work for whatever i have pop. >> reporter: kathy, who didn't want her identity shown, was attacked while putting her groceries away in a winter haven wal-mart sunday. she never saw it coming. >> i started screaming "he stole my purse! he stole my purse!" >> reporter: kathy is one of six since saturday. >> i feel very different from the way that i felt previously prior to this incident. i am have i afraid. >> it's going to progress, and it has. >> reporter: all women are being urged to leave purses at home or shop with a friend. kathy has already taken that advice.

family. >> reporter: michael paluska, abc action news. surveillance cameras caught this photo of an arsonist. >> he started five fires in a six-block area. detectives are warning neighbors to be extra vigilant. tampa could become the next city so decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. the idea for this is to not penalize people with a criminal future. two weeks ago, the city council proposed an ordinance to make it a violation. instead of jail, people would get a fine starting at $70. council members are expected to approve the ordinance later this morning. testimony in hulk hogan's sex tape trial is set to continue. yesterday, a local celebrity

shock jock bubba the love bug is refusing to testify. heather cole testified she didn't know she was being taped having sex with hulk hogan. hogan, whose real name is terry is suing gather for invasion of privacy for posting the video online. a man is now suing uber. jason dalton is asking for $10 million claiming that working psychological damage. he went on a shooting spree and injured two others and killed several more. a hospital closed for more than a day to sterilize equipment. crews spent the night last night sterilizing the surgical center in fayetteville. tests confirmed a possible case of cjd on a patient who had a procedure there. cjd is a devastating

causes dementia and death. officials say it is hirely unlikely it can spread to patients but they didn't want to take any chances. meanwhile, more than 1300 former patients at a seattle hospital are being warned they may have been exposed to hepatitis b, c, or hiv. a surgical technician is accused of tampering with patient medications. rocky allen switched out needles containing a painkiller with needles containing other substances. he worked at two other officers including one in denver. and two former patients have tested positive for blood-borne pathogens. alison a drug addict and is infected himself. president obama announced his pick for the united states supreme court yesterday, submitting his nomination to the senate. he chose merit garland. garland is considered a moderate.

change their mind about refusing to confirm him. >> today i am nominating chief justify merrick garland. >> reporter: the nominee has a long history of bipartisan support. the announcement, emotional and speaking with his family nearby. >> this is the greatest honor of my life. other than her agreeing to marry me 23 years ago. >> reporter: at 63, he is the oldest nominee ever. he is the chief judge in washington. before that, a top federal prosecutor. back in 1995, garland led the prosecution of oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh. he also prosecuted the unabomber. president obama says to give the well-qualified nominee a vote.

it has to be. >> reporter: but this is what the republicans say. >> it is the president's constitutional right and the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell accepted a phone call from judge garland but refused to meet with him on capitol hill. >> mcconnell said since garland will not be confirmed, a meeting would be perfunctory. truck grassley will meet with garland but has not agreed to hold hearings. s would did i kanani --bazi kanani, reporting. oklahoma senator jim en masse says he's now endorsing john kasich. he's seen as the favorite of

after rubio, jeb bush and scott walker suspended their campaigns. overnight, kasich thanked him for his support. today is st. patrick's day. one of the bay area's largest celebrations is happening in dun eden. the annual free festival is in front of flanagan's irish pub. there will be plenty of irish music, dancers, and of course lots of beer that will flow until midnight. in tampa, the mayor's river fest will take place from 11:00 to 4:00 on saturday. >> i think he like mize green. >> i think so. >> clearly, i forgot about that. don't forget to call a designated driver or call a service like uber. you can find all of the details right now on the abc action news app. >> ivan, have you got on green today? >> i do not, actually. so munn will have to pinch me. do they still do that? as you talked about earlier, this is an old patchy area.

so far, fhp not reporting any closures here. some pockets of fog where we don't need it there money we'll have the latest coming up in just a few minutes. not like it used to be. coming up at 5:00, the reason business owners say area beaches are empty this spring break. >> back on the ice again tonight.

gearing up for the fight of her life. years ago, she rescued a sick alligator and decided to keep him. >> he's okay now, but state wildlife officials say she can't keep him. react. i wouldn't want to go on because i sat there and watched my son die of cancer. then he's the only thing that i have. >> reporter: he is a 6 foot alligator named rambo. for 11 years, mary thorne, and her baby as she calls him, have formed an unbreakable bond, one that allows mary to kiss him, hold him, and share him with countless others even though we're talking about an alligator here. >> he's a rescue. when i got him, he was totally incapable of even moving. >> reporter: he measured a measly foot and a half then, but the recent measuring of his

live on 2.5 acres land, the ordinance that didn't exist when she was allowed to keep him. mary may now have to give him up. rambo has a skin disorder that prevents him from being outside for long periods so living in the wild will be deadly. >> i gave him a place to stay. he's my best friend. >> reporter: in a statement, officials say they are taking a closer look at mary's case, but right now, there are no guarantees. what is a guarantee is mary fight. >> he's my baby. wherever i go, you are going to see my sad doe. >> reporter: i'm kamran.

arrive in tampa today, replicas of christopher columbus' ships. they will dock at the tampa convention center. they are the most historically correct ones ever built. >> >> was there a third one there? >> they left the santa maria out. >> yeah. look at this, a mile and three-quarters visibility. be careful if you are heading north into manatee. when you have visibility, the sky is usually impacted. the receipt of us are in good shape so far. it is warm and muggy. dew point's in the low 70s. when you get those close together, you get them to us and low clouds out there. relatively quiet weather pattern continues for us. that will be changing as the front is closer to us over the next few days.

of the southwest and northeast. that's what's been keeping the fog in tact over the coastal waters. this one very quickly. what's going to happen is on saturday, we have afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing along that front. it will eventually push south but i don't think that will happen until later sunday. that means through saturday into sunday, we're game for showers and thunderstorms. keep that in mind as far as planning for weekend. we'll see good rain coming in, i think. it's just not going to rain the entire weekend. 60s and 70s as we hit through the morning hours. then 20% coverage. the front will continue to approach here, so especially across our extreme northern counties and north of citrus, that's what we're expecting. relatively dry day tomorrow compared to friday night and into saturday. that's when the rain starts going for us here. so we have plans wet saturday coming up here.

82 is the temperature for today. we'll continue with the 80s. in fact, a rise through friday and saturday showers and storms roll in, continuing saturday night into the early part of sunday with leftover showers. watch what happens here. go way back as far as the temperatures. overnight lows in the 40s and highs in the 06s and low 70s into early next week. we want a look at the morning commute. right now this is i-275 at cypress. not a lot of traffic out there this early morning. that roadway is cleared. of course let's check the other roadways. janelle will have a complete look at the morning commute coming up in a moment. right now, though, caught on camera. dramatic rescue by north east ohio police officer and an officer on patrol find a van stuck on railroad tracks with a freight train approaching with the driver still inside the van who's trying to unload the vehicle. the dash cam catches the officer ordering the man to

van is going to be shredded to pieces. thanks to the officer's heroic actions, the driver was not hurt. the tampa bay lightning are losers of four of the last five games. we preview the game in your morning sports. >> reporter: and a good morning, everybody. the tampa bay lightning are on the ice tonight in dallas against the stars. the bolts wouldn't be looking over their shoulder had they not lost four of the last five. minor leaguers. is looking tired. now. more efforts like the one they showed against the lease could put this team in a fight, believe it or not, for the playoff life. >> i don't care who we are

we'll take advantage of mistakes. that's not going to win hockey games. we have a chance and then have a breakdown. good teams don't do that. they find a way to get back into the game. >> reporter: the rays are in clear water today for the phillies. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. auto changes. coming up, the new safety systems that will soon be mandatory in all new cars. >> visiting an alien planet.

we'll have a few areas of patchy fog this morning. then we'll continue to warm things up through the afternoon. coastal areas in the 70s to near 80. the rest of us into the 80s by afternoon. taking a look at your hour by hour forecast. heading in to lunch, upper 70s and muggy as well. low 80s for the afternoon. then we'll get into rainfall with the timing for that coming up in the next hour of abc action news. if you can't wait for james cameron's avatar sequels,

into the world of avatar with the circumstance due so he lie show. there are several performances tonight through sunday. ticket prices start at $40. this morning, one lucky german shepherd is back with family after being lost at sea for more than a month. >> the dog was discovered in the island of the pacific. after days of searching by water and by plane, luna was presumed lost at sea and given up for dead weeks ago. days ago, something miraculously happened about 80 miles off of the coast of san diego. a navy biologist was driving up the main road of the island and spotted the dog. she stopped and luna jumped into her car. authorities say it was pure luck that luna survived on the island with no running water. puddles formed thanks to el nino storms enabled her to

dead sea gulls, and rats. coming up next at 5:00, the real reason officials say bowe bergdahl walked off his post. >> and trump fallout. the discipline five deputies received for not arresting a trump supporter accused of elbowing a protester in the

captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com a man tried to shoot at officers not once but twice overnight in tampa. >> the man who pulled the trigger is dead this morning. corey dierdorff is on the scene at cherokee avenue explaining how this all started. good morning, corey. >> reporter: good morning, deiah. the 3300 block of cherokee is now shut down in tampa. take a look behind me as you can see forensic investigators are gathering physical evidence. here's what we know so far from tampa police as we just got preliminary information right now. just before 3:00 this morning, a woman inside of the home called 911 saying there was a domestic disturbance at the home. officers rushed to the scene and an armed man rushed at officers, pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. the gun jammed and didn't go off. the man rushed back into the