yesterday, as much as 10 to 15 degrees below where we were putting ugto the mid and upper 30s to the north. 58 in st. pete with the water influence. 45 bartow. not bad along the coast but the interior is in the 40s. there's not much wind so the actual temperatures are what it actually feels like as opposed to wind chill. there's that but otherwise cold start, temperatures as we get into the afternoon into the 50s, so janelle, we're looking pretty mild here in the 20:00 hour, low to mid- -- 2:00 hour low to mid-70s. i've been checking the crash in sarasota on i-57 southbound. on the map i can show you where it is and if it is causing traffic problems. you can see southbound just after you pass university parkway, traffic indicators in the green, so even though we have reports that the right lane is blocked we're not seeing delays so you should be

i-275 and fowler wide open, still early so not a lot of cars on the roads so if you're heading out you shouldn't have any troubles. a check of drive times on 275 starting all the way back at the apex, 13 minutes to get to i-4, four minutes if you're starting at busch to i-4 and six minutes from downtown tampa to the howard frankland bridge. today president obama will finish his historic trip in cuba. not before he makes several stops and even takes in america's favorite pastime this afternoon. >> anchor laura harris is in havana with more on the president's schedule and how the tampa bay rays play into all of it. >> reporter: first, no, no hurricane, no bad weather but it's been windy like this the past couple of days. we're hoping it's going to clear up for the baseball game a little bit later on this afternoon. we'll talk more about the rays in a second but first, in a few hours president obama is

people, just about the rationale behind trying to improve relations between the two countries. yesterday, it was a big move, we saw history happening as president obama and cuban president raul castro vowing to continue to press forward with the changes, loosening the year-old embargo. keeping with the sentiment the two are expected to unite again today but this time through sport, both scheduled to attend the game between the tampa bay rays and cuban national team in havana this afternoon. i got a chance to speak to some of the rays, they say it's more an just an honor to play in front of the cuban people and people back home but also a chance to be part of history. >> hopefully we bring some -- we take some awareness of what is actually going on here and hopefully the people from cuba enjoy and appreciate while we're here and going forward hopefully having some things

rights go. >> reporter: free admission to get into today's game but getting in will be pretty difficult. we've seen people who came all the way here from tampa bay but there are not enough tickets to go around. one last note -- possibly a product of all the changes that are happening between the united states and cuba. select cruises will now be allowed to cruise from the u.s. to cuba and that starts in may. with all of that many commercial airlines have petitioned to be able to fly here, hopefully by the enend of this year or next. in havana, laura harris, back to you. >> as she mentioned hot on the heels of the president's historic trip we just learned that cruises to cuba will set sail in a few weeks from florida. carnival is launching voyages from miami to cuba starting in may. this makes it the first cruise ship to set sail to cuba from

experts say other major cruise lines like royal caribbean could also win approval for their own cuba trips soon. 5:34. the journey from cuba to america turned deadly for nine cuban refugees. another 18 pulled from the waters of the gulf of mexico by a royal caribbean cruise ship over the weekend. this is video of the rescue. this was caught on camera by a land o' lakes family on their way to cods medical. officials say the -- cozumel. officials say they were floating 22 days off the florida coast. >> still screaming even though they are in a rescue boat and they can at least relax a little they couldn't because they were just probably hallucinating and not knowing what is going on. >> once the ship docked in mexico they were turned over to authorities and prepared for deportation to cuba. presidential candidates are preparing for another day of primaries and caucuses. >> republican voters head to

instead of campaigning or debating all three gop candidates spoke to a critical pro-israel lobbying group yesterday in washington. the republican candidates are all stating their unwavering support for the jewish state. >> when i become president the days of treating israel like a second class citizen will end on day one! [ cheering and applause ] >> i remain unwavering in my support for the jewish state, and the unique partnership between the united states and israel. [ cheering and applause ] >> israel is a liberal democracy that shares our values, israel is a stedfast and loyal ally and our military aid to israel is not charity. >> ted cruz criticized donald trump over earlier comments the real estate made said that he would be a neutral guy in the israeli/palestinian conflict. on the democratic side, watching contests in utah and

bernie sanders spoke not to speak before the group. instead he held multiple rallies, sanders calling clinton the candidate of the establishment and big money interests. he promises to continue campaigning right up to the democratic convention. >> i'm not a quitter. we're going to fight this to the last vote. we're going to give every american the chance to decide which candidate they want, that either democratic nominee in november. >> with polls in the three states not closing until late tonight count on us to bring you the latest results starting tomorrow morning at 4:30. meanwhile, a final goodbye for a hillsborough county deputy who sacrificed his life to save the life of a stranger. a wake will be held today for deputy john kotfila in his massachusetts hometown. followed by a burial tomorrow. earlier this month kotfila drove in between a wrong way driver and another car in the selmon expressway absorbing the impact of that crash.

way driver who also died had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. to a quick heads up in pasco county. a watermain break is affecting people in the brown acres neighborhood. in port richey. police say the city is working on the issue. the water has been off for a few hours now. the repairs were finished, the water is back on actually now and that means the boil water notice is now in effect. it's going to be a busy night in cape canaveral. atlas 5 rocket is ready to launch this evening. liftoff set for 11:305. it's named the ss rick husband for the fallen commander of the spaceship columbia. great night for a rocket launch across cape canaveral. in fact it will be partly cloudy, just fantastic evening with temperatures around 61. for us, it's much colder than

look at the start, mid to upper 30s. when will we warm up? and when will 80s come back? 5:38. still to come -- serious punishment for a pinch. one middle schooler's bad behavior now leading to more than just detention. >> you never know where we might have a camera on. >> a shooting caught on camera, at a gas station. this special tool that helped authorities get their case

we're staying on top of breaking news in belgium. police say at least 13 people are dead, possibly even more, after two explosions in the brussels international airport. this is video from inside a chaotic scene. a witness calling it a war scene with debris and walking wounded everywhere. reports that one of the blasts was a suicide bomber. another blast at a metro station, that bomb apparently planted on railroad tracks, that station near the headquarters of the european union. dozens more injured in that blast. for the first time we are now hearing officials referring to the coordinated blasts as terror attacks. everyone in brussels told to stay where they are right now. the french president just announcing he's holding an emergency meeting because of the blasts. this morning's explosions come just a few days after the top suspect in last year's paris attacks was arrested.

arrested over the weekend, officials say saleh abdelslam is his name. and he was taken into custody at his apartment complex. he was apparently planning other terror attacks. belgian's foreign minister says during the raid they found a large number of weapons, according to saleh abdelslam's lawyers he's fighting extradition to france, has a court appearance scheduled for tomorrow. france remains under a state of emergency after those november 13th attacks which killed 130 people several of the attackers also were killed. cold start to the morning. temperatures around 50 in tampa, clearwater 55. 58 st. pete. with a wind out of the northeast, look at the temperatures to the north across the nature coast where the frost continues, an advisory until 9:00 a.m. look at this orange hue, this is the mid-levels of the atmosphere.

it will be a day you see all blue, not much clouds but that changes as the high shifts further east. there are the clouds, that will also moderate our temperatures as well. even by this afternoon already getting back into the 70s, eventually that the 80s. however, unsettled weather begins thursday and continues into the weekend as this front begins to approach. that will increase moisture and with that boundary nearby we're going to continue with rain chances on and off through the weekend. temperatures this afternoon in the 70s, looking milder. tonight not as cold, we drop into the 50s, still below average for this time of year. 79 to 80 for tomorrow. three-day forecast shows temperature continuing to climb along with the rain chances going up as well. 30% coverage on thursday and then again friday through the weekend and even into next week coverage of 40% to 50%. not going to rain every minute of everyday but unsettled weather means showers

the roads are dry, visibility is good, all bridges are open. we're going to start on the howard frankland, what it looks like at the tampa side of the bridge. wide open, no crashes or breakdowns here. let's check drive times. 8 minutes across the courtney campbell causeway now. 6 minutes across the howard frankland. 8 minutes on the gandy bridge so all in the green there. veterans expressway, if you're heading there this morning, all in the green, a lot of construction that was going on overnight is in the clearing about that. 17 minutes from 54 to 275. down there at the bottom just six minutes to get from waters to 275. a 12-year-old in central florida is facing battery charges for pinching another pilled school student. brianna evans says she thought it was a joke when she pinched a young boy on the behind.

took her to juvenile detention charging her with battery. evans says her father -- she and her father have signed her up for a pretrial diversion program and that will keep the misdemeanor charges off her record. imagine you're at a gas station, filling up and going to get coffee, when suddenly this happens. >> this video now going viral. it shows a woman pulling out a gun that she was hiding in her underwear and opened fire. happened in detroit. three suspects under arrest after a driver was shot several times. >> the injuries not life threatening. a woman who worked at the gas station for five years says she has not seen anything like this. >> it's crazy. it's too many guns out here for real. it's like the wild, wild west. >> the camera catching this horrific scene. police believe it was connected to the police department through a special program. the video so clear tips started to flood in, within hours of the shooting leading to the arrests. an 11-year-old in minnesota

stealing a cement truck. look at the video. leading police on a high speed chase, steals that truck from a construction site on sunday. the boy refuses to pull over, smashes into two police cars and then about an hour later police cornering that truck in boy. he now faces several charges, no one was hurt but the truck lost a tire and also caused heavy damage to some of the streets around there. after facing tough questions and calls to resign on capitol hill michigan governorric snyder laid out his plans to make the city of flint better and its toxic water drinkable. snyder addressed the economic club luncheon in grand rapids yesterday as 75-point plan to fix the city of flint's lead- tainted drinking water includes a project to replace 30 known lead water lines in the city. it also includes the introduction of higher regulations for water standards and what the government says and what the federal government

how the projects would be financed, managed or implemented. the forecast calls for flashy outfits, lots of pizazz. coming up, how meteorologist ginger zee's debut went last night. >> one man gets the job but it's not because of what is on his resume. it's his quick thinking and even fast reaction when a

how cold is it? it's colder now across the tampa bay area than in chicago. can you imagine that? temperatures in the mid and upper 30s and 43 lakeland. 45 brandon. 50, the milder spot in tampa bay and st. pete. 58 with the influence of the water but away from the coast, frost advisories continue through 9:00 a.m. they need to scrape the old windshield there. yes, it's the first week of spring. but the temperatures are incredibly cold for this time of year. we've lost the winds so it won't be hitting you like it did yesterday. we'll have more sunshine than yesterday, full sunshine in fact, i don't expect much in the way of clouds. unlike yesterday as well temperatures moderating a little. we'll get that easterly flow and temperatures go back up to the low to mid-70s by 3:00, 4:00. season 22 of "dancing with

night on abc action news. >> the first of the competition proving very competitive. judge goodman is back in time to harshly critique the 12 stars. there's a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard. boyz2 men star morris, meteorologist ginger zee and kyle demarco all scoring 23 points last night. >> my goal is to just make sure i take that energy and bring it here and allow the technique to take me to another level. >> i think i genuinely enjoyed what i just did. i want to do it again. i would run and do it now. >> i think today we did a good job. i was perfect but want to be more perfect. i want something that the judges can't critique. >> here he is at the bottom of the board, geraldo rivera who scored just 13. you can see why -- >> the newsman seen dancing, more difficult than recovering a war.

latin night. >> he should stick to covering wars. 18-year-old goes for a job at a new orleans fast food restaurant. >> but not only did he come away with a job but also now called a hero. listen to this. desk washington was in the -- devon washington was in the middle of the interview when a thief came in, grabbed cash and tried to get away. he jumped in, helped the manager putting the robber in an arm lock until police got there. the teen's old football coach says he's not surprised. >> they thought he was the one actually involved in the fight just because he's so massive, so big. he's 6'4". >> i could be hurt, anything. i'm just happy nothing bad happened to me. >> as we said washington got the job. he plans to save money to buy himself a car. still ahead on abc action news at 6:00 -- making even more history today.

rays game and president obama, set to watch in cuba this afternoon. >> and at least 13 people are dead in belgium after what authorities are calling a series of terror attacks at brussels airport. and metro stations. the city of brussels on lockdown now. airports across europe in fact ramping up security. also the french president calling an emergency meeting as france remains in a state of emergency from the terror attacks in november. you can see the airport, parts of it destroyed there and folks milling about on the tarmac. we're pulling new video like this showing the metro station and the airport off the feeds as we speak. to keep you updated on this fluid and tragic situation,

in belgium in what authorities are now calling terror attacks. >> several explosions damaged the airport in brussels and at least one nearby metro station in the capital city overnight. that city now on lockdown. we have new video from twitter. showing the chaos that unfolded moments after the blasts at the airport. you can see travelers running from the building. the airport's windows blown out by the force of the explosion, smoke rising from the rooftop. many reports coming in, that one of the explosions was a suicide bomber. explosions happened inside the airport's departure hall. here's a look at the damage from inside that building. hundreds of people were there at the time to check in. this happened during the morning rush hour over there in brussels. overnight belgium raised its terror alert to its maximum level. all flights to brussels now diverted. we're also told that london and paris airports elevated their terror alert levels as well. it's near the headquarters

personnel told to stay in their offices or stay home. this is days after the prime suspect in the paris attacks was arrested in brussels, saleh abdelslam. he told investigators he was planning other attacks. we'll keep you updated. to another breaking story we're following. an on-line sale leads to violence in ruskin overnight. this morning three people in the hospital recovering from the shooting. deputies say a group of people met up last night to sell items listed on an internet web site when someone pulled out a gun and started to fire. we're going to be keeping track of both of these stories throughout the morning. for now let's go over to meteorologist ivan cabrera to look at today's forecast. a cold start. you need a jacket. >> it's cold indeed. we're talking about frost. can you imagine, first week of spring. frost advisories continue in effect until 9:00 a.m. across noncoastal citrus and hernando counties. pasco doing fine, hillsborough as well as far as frost but you're not doing ok as far as the temperatures.