driver to save a woman's life. his funeral hours away. how is the family coping now? >>reporter: you can imagine it's been a tough week but they say the community support has helped them through this. they came here to the memorial. a man who spent six years serving his community when you see that smile, it's infectious. >> reporter: john sharing with us the family moments. the kotfila family coming from a long line of officers. >> i tried to dissuade him from it. you see a lot of tragedy. >> reporter: he went on to spend six years doing a job he loved.

want in a police officer. >> reporter: the dad spent 30 years with the massachusetts state police so he knew when he got a call at 5:00 a.m. he knew it couldn't be good i don't remember what happened after i got the call. it was tough. >> reporter: but seeing the interview made things better. >> if this deputy had not a split second decision to pull around me, that would have been me dying. >> reporter: an eyewitness to the crash saying kotfila, jr. sped up past her to protect her from the wrong way driver. >> we know the sacrifice wasn't in vain.

>> its gives us comfort knowing he didn't die in vain. >> it's a celebration of his life and something to be celebrated. >> reporter: back here live, this is where his story will be posted here at the fallen officer's memorial. the service is tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 at saint timothy's catholic church and we will be there to bring you the latest. before the services begin, a public visitation will be held morning. if you can't make it we will be streaming the services live on our website. a deadly shooting involving tampa police officers. sunny chin. police were responding for a

she tells us chin was drunk and jealous about a friendship she had with a neighbor and he was threaten her. she climbed out of a window to safety. >> i'm going to hurt you. i'm going to hurt you. he was really really angry. yes, i fell down over here and then i said please don't hurt me. i don't want to die. >> reporter: he has a long criminal record from the 90s. he was charged with assault and domestic violence and dui's. no officers were hurt. tonight a pinellas travel agent is facing serious charges. she was selling bogus vacations. investigators tell us she called the victim three different times and offered her a cash only

she ended up getting $3,500 for the counter fit vouchers. . we have a lot of changes days. right now there was rain rolling in, especially from northern citrus county and the rain extending back in the gulf. there's a chance this could roll in hernando and northern pasco over the next couple of hours. the heaviest rain staying to our north with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s today. we do see cooler air on the horizon. this evening it stays mild and few showers up north. the rest of us are dry. i'll let you know if it will be a foggy start to your commute. scary moments tonight for a sarasota woman who woke up to a four-foot long boa constrictor outside her apartment.

discovery and the police officers that came to her rescue. >> reporter: one week after moving to florida from ohio she got the unofficial state welcome. a four foot long boa constrictor slitherring outside her la nigh. >> that's probably the one thing i'm most terrified of -- a snake. >> not one of my favorite things. >> reporter: officer grabbed a poll and held open the pillow case. >> nobody was volunteering. >> reporter: just like that the pillow case was closed. >> there were other people there including a lady who called us who was deathly afraid of the snake. you could hear her in the video. >> reporter: luckily the officers didn't have to resort to lethal force.

control where it will remain for five days in case its owner claims it. >> i wouldn't care if they threw dynamite at it to get rid of it. >> reporter: cliff ton had something else in mind entirely. in sarasota, abc action news. investigators are telling us marie cunningham and tyrel plotted the whole thing together. they made police think she was being kidnapped and would only be released for $150. closing arguments are now set for tomorrow in hulk hogan's sex tape lawsuit. lawyers from gawker trying to show inconsistency in his character. he testified there's different

his lawyers may try to use it against him for a right to privacy. city leaders in tampa decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. now you get a ticket and a fine instead of jail for 20 grams or less for marijuana. this means people who get caught won't have an arrest record or large court fees. the mayor will sign the ordinance but opponents say it won't help addicts who have a serious substance abuse problem. >> if they would have tweaked it, i would have been for it but the fact that it's unlimited number of times you give somebody a second chance it makes no sense to me. >> opponents wanted to see a drug assessment in the ordinance along with the fine threshold. things are heating up on the campaign trail. hillary clinton slamming bernie

donald trump taking aim at a protestor. tonight we're putting them to the test on the truth-o-meter. >> the clean power plant makes no sense and bernie sanders said he would delay. >> she says he would delay president obama's plan to fight climate change but our pol itoco says it's not true. >> he's been very supportive of it and wants the law to go further and it could take longer to put in place. there's no evidence that sanders wants to delay the law. so hillary clinton's claim is false. the other big winner this week donald trump took aim at a protestor on meet the press.

in ohio has tied to isis. >> he was playing arabic music and dragging the flag on the ground and internet chatter with isis and about isis. so i don't know if he was or not but he had that on his internet. >> that protestor was arrested by police. do those internet postings tie him to isis? >> this is clearly the work of a prank administer somebody not related to him. we talked to experts and thought if he had isis ties and they say it's clear he doesn't or the government would not have released him so trump's claim is false. that protestor was charged this week in federal court. for more fact checks log on to politico.com.

actions at a different donald trump rally. all of them are being accused of failing to act when the man was punched last week. the man who threw the punch is facing criminal charges. a sky high view very few people get to see. they get ready to soar the skies over tampa this weekend. an apology unlike any others. the musical atonement in a courtroom you have to hear and the super star singer who gave the felon the inspiration. . we have rain rolling in. we'll pin point those details

new automatic braking systems will become standard on all cars. today some 20 auto makers representing 99 percent of the auto industry made a written commitment to make it standard equipment in virtually all new cars within six years. >> today's commitment means safety isn't just for those who can afford it. all of these vehicles will save lives. >> auto braking on all vehicles could cut rear end collisions by 44%. they will be standard on cars and mid size suvs by september of 2020 with large suvs pick ups following by 2025.

unusual apology in court. it appears he was inspired by adele. >> hello there, i want to say i'm sorry for the things i've done [ music ] . >> the judge told taylor he was obviously a talented man but then sentenced to 17 years in prison. tonight we are getting a special preview ofview for a ride with the geico sky hypers. more than 12,000 people watched on facebook. >> reporter: all the people that

planes they learned in these. world war ii these at six advance trainers are used to entertain and send a message that geico sky typers put on a show and they used high-tech equipment to do sky typing. >> what is the most interesting thing you have typed in the air? >> after a divorce was completed i wrote, "she got it all". >> you can reach out and touch the other plane sometimes. tom daily flew police helicopters in new york and he loves to fly anything. >> you'll get that experience today. i'm looking forward to it. >> i did hitch a ride cruising over the beaches. it was loud and windy but surprisingly smooth.

were in the air as we performed dog fight maneuvers over tampa bay. >> this is a great show. a lot of people come out. this is an inspiration for young people. people start the quest to become a pilot or get involved in aviation at the age of 7 or 8 years old. >> i'm inspired too. beautiful day to do it. >> yeah, the question is will it be the weekend? i'm not so sure about saturday. looking better an sunday. this is the way it will play out this weekend. at least for saint patrick's day this was a few minutes ago in donedin where the festivities

there are showers 33 miles west of hernando county. these are moving slowly to the east. most will fizzle out by the time they move inland but there's still a slight chance of showers across the northern counties this evening. otherwise tomorrow i think very reminiscent of what we had today but not as much fog. i think we will see noticeably clearer conditions first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures now from the mid 70s in pinellas and up north and mid 80s in polk, hardy and de-soto. topped out at 87 in bar toe. 82 in tampa and 73 the afternoon high in brooksville. outside now from tampa to clearwater to saint pete staying in the 70s. the cooling affects of the water whether it's the bay or gulf, water temperatures in the low 70s.

which is what's going on in the central counties. tomorrow more of the same even though we see this impressive area of rain to our north. here's what's going on. there's a frontal boundary. it's going to linger over the next couple of days. eventually swinging through on sunday but because it's so close, little pieces of energy riding along the front and along that we will see a few areas of rain popping up. timing it out i'll tell you this now -- it's a bear to forecast this. so starting friday night through sunday morning you can't rule out the chance of a shower. friday is mostly dry. friday evening is mostly dry. by saturday morning we see that energy coming through and i think the best chance right now and this could change -- but right now leaning mid afternoon saturday to late evening on saturday night. that's when i think most of the

morning this is out of here and the second half of sunday looks good. so in terms of overall rain through saturday morning, not too much but then saturday afternoon through sunday morning the rains come in and it won't be a huge deal but it's something we have to keep eyes on. we're updating it tonight and right on through the weekend. highs closer to the beach in the upper 70s but you go inland and closer to # 90 degrees. this is a look at florida's accurate 67-day. saturday is the best chance of rain mid afternoon through mid evening. sunday morning could be rain early and we clear out and cool off dramatically with highs in the 60s on monday. the eastern conference play off race.

between being third in the volts are. they take on dallas. they ended up suffering their first loss of the season after sitting out the year. ben bishop will be in tonight. all other calls are game time decisions. we thought we would have a buster out. that's marshall formally the blue devils. fernandez has made their way to los angeles. colorado state opening opponents. ranked 22nd in the country right

rams only loss coming to penn and they played only one bcs team being colorado and they beat them. >> you don't win 31 games just because. they got very good basketball players and they do things well. they are efficient. they don't foul and turn it over. they defend you. so i'm surprised. this e were better than an 11 seat. >> a concern involving longoria. one hit-and-run while striking out.

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tonight, the new backlash after donald trump warns of riots at the convention if he's blocked by the republican party. leaders now calling his words unacceptable. breaking now. the new video. the young american captured, accused of fighting for isis. you will hear his explanation, right here. now saying it was a bad decision. lead in the water. the grilling on capitol hill. our reporter, tracking down authorities. why didn't they act sooner? and the new report that this is far beyond flynt int. locations in 4 the states? the tearful plea. the young american sobbing, begging to be free. now we see the alleged prank in north career ya that landed him 15 years in hard labor. the effort now to get him home.