same neighborhood, what city is doing to give neighbors a piece of mind. destroying everything inside of a house except one precious possession why you might think it is divine intervention. we thank you so much for joining us, fake cops are targeting homes in temple terrace, this could happen just about anywhere. >> we are urging people to be cautious, know who is at your front door before you open it. >> 10 news first warned you about this after an incident in december, a up could he will claiming to be cops knocked on a door and got invited inside the home. >> it happened again this week, and police do not want you to become a victim. 10 news reporter jenny dean has important information on how to tell if an officer is real or fake.

you to be on -- temple tear has police want you to be on alert. >> it is scary. >> the most recent incident happened here in the 100 block of forest park avenue, police say a man knocked on a door, identified himself as a police officer and asked to speak to the homeowner. >> at that point the guy just kind of looked at him and he closed the door, he thought he just felt like something wasn't right. >> last monday's incident was scare injury, a man and a woman actually got into a home here on linda avenue by claiming to be cops. >> fortunately no one has been hurt. no weapons were, you know, fired. nothing was stolen, so the motive is really unclear, we don't know what these impersonators what their intention was. >> in beth cases the victims say the suspect looked like real cops in uniforms with beens, one even had a gun who will officer.

clicks of a house to get those items, how do you know if a law enforcement officer is real, they'll make an appointment, if one does. >> show credentials, they have police credentials ha has the name of the department, has the seal, and a picture of the officer. and a hollow gram. >> and if you are still not convinced, you can ask the officer to wait outside while you call their department to verify they've sent someone to your home. in temple terrace. temple terrace officers say at this point there are three suspects, not ruling out the possibility that they are dealing with a group, if you have information about these suspects if you think you may be a victim call them. for their number and see a description of the suspect from the city's crime alert head to

an intense 10 hour rescue mission where crews freed 17 minors trapped in a salt mine elevator 900 feet underground, rather than panicking, the minors huddled together. the minors manager says the worker were cold but their spirits were high. >> in true fashion they waited until the last ones were up to make sure they were altogether, movement inspired how well that they dealt with this, that they worked together. >> operations at the mine are on hold for now while safety inspectors what cause that had elevator are to breakdown. imagine not knowing and then finding out that hundreds of second offenders live within a couple miles of your house. that is the case for some neighbors in the vme board neighborhood off of nebraska avenue. today 10 news reporter sarah who will loan beck found out councilmembers are finally going to do something about it.

the nebraska avenue tell me they are delighted that city council is finally taking up this issue, they say it's scary to live within walking distance of hundreds of sexual predators an unacceptable. >> have you ever plugged your address into the sex offender data business. there were 839 sex off fenders and predators within five miles of her home. >> before someone in our neighborhood gets harmed. >> told city councilmembersed to that living by some sex offer fenders is expected, but other areas of tampa. >> i'm asking for enforcement on those properties on nebraska avenue or. >> one idea is to enforce an existing anti-clustering ordinance that allows just one

right now there are 47 of them sharing just three homes along nebraska avenue. but of course the big question that brings up, if they don't live here where are they going to live? perhaps your neighborhood. >> and in my district or some of the others have to absorb something additional you are right, they may not be happy about it. but just like everything else in the city, we really all need to bear the burden for each other. >> they cannot only be along nebraska avenue. >> i'm sarah who will loan beck. check out this story on wtsp.com to see how many sex offenders live in your neighborhood and how to get an e-mail alert. click seen on tv. this week the president unveiled a new initiative aimed at cushing gun violence in the united states. now the president and other gun control advocates often cite a statistic that says 97% of

checks for purchases, on this week's fox news sunday conserve laura ingram said that statistic is inaccurate. >> 990% statistic of all supporting background checks that has been debunked, a lot of the myths about gun ownership are perpetrated by people who never much like the second amendment in the first place and have a vested interest in massing more power in washington d.c. >> that caught the folks at pundit they rated the 90% district true last october. has something changed? they know don't where laura ingram got her information but say it can be true. >> we can find no definitive debunking, we found half a dozen follows from 2015 alone that showed support just last

>> one poll from q research found 9995% supports -- it was even favored by a majority of households that own guns, it's clear there has been no debunking of the 90% support for background checks, pundit fact rates laura ingram's statement false. a tennessee couple that lost mr. everything they own in a house fire found a surprise in the ashes a bible, you see it right here, the majority of the book is burned, the edges of the pages blackened and charred, but the words the passages as you can are nearly untouched, the couple is calling it a sign from above. >> that tells you right there that god still, he is still here with us, he is still here for us, after i've seen the word of god, i felt like god was reassuring you, i save your life through this, i brought you guys through this for a reason. >> the fire left the couple

staying in a hotel room paid for by a local church. you don't need a crystal ball to see into the future you need to take a stroll through consumer electronics show going on, your kitchen could have high tech help to make your life easier. now there are fridges that when you knock on them you can see what is inside. >> oh,. >> or how about a fridge that will open automatically by putting your foot down. there is even one that takes pictures. >> every time i touch the door it is going to take a lifo toe of the inside of the fridge, the benefits to the customer you can be at the grocery look inside your fridge. >> really? >> okay. there are washing machines that can do two loads at a time. >> i need that. >> no need to pull a vacuum, a robotic one follows you around, the show continues through saturday. dripping the words that

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citrus county is the mecca of manatee tourism and soon the sea cows could be removed. the endangered species list. >> digging deeper into what the move means for business, and also gentle giant. >> citrus county is the natural winter growns for the manatee population, $50 million a year tourism impact. >> we are proud of the fact that the industry has had a big part in raising awareness . the news of the reclassification of manatees from endangered to threatened should only be good for business. >> awareness has just reach add level that we've never seen, it's over the planet. >> depending on who you ask you get a different perspective. >> talking about the manatee, it's very treasured animal, i don't think so you want to switch too quickly.

to keep pace with increased development. >> save the manatee club says the move is too soon, the move will not change any protection its for the manuals, the reason for the down lifting current population is 6300 manatees. that is a 500 increase in population. >> there is still so much more we've got to do to secure that we can get to that point where they don't need the protection. >> really it's a testament to a success story. >> the group said crystal river petitioned the beds to follow its own rules to reclassify the manatees. >> those resources can be reallocated to finger -- animals that are in finger of extinction. now if you weekly to comment, go to the seen on tv.

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coming up on 10 news at 6:00, it's judgment day for serial killer oscar ray bolin, he is convicted in the death of three women in the 80s, the last minute effort to stop tonight's execution and how the victim's families are dealing with the knew. closed door meeting all week has led to this. what it could mean to your wallet on both sides of the bay. and we've shown you the dream wheel of fortune surprise for 99-year-old eric, pat and vanna tell me how much it meant to them as well as eric california has been slammed all week by storms from the notorious el nino. we knew that those storms eventually will be storms here in a few weeks. is kel this system that is

look at these waves crashing ashore in southern california on the pacific, roaring those waves and causing mudslides, we've seen huge snows around big per lake. look at the problems we are seeing from actually roads kicking up, i believe that is around la and san diego area where we see most of our video from. that is this system right here, but it stretches as you can see from the other bay area all the way down to san diego and organizing snow in northern arizona and new mexico. first we have this system in the golf that we are tracking, that system alone bringing two rounds of showers that does start later tonight. rain that we are looking at what is going to have to happen first, we are very very dry at the surface, although we are seeing the clouds come back in the mid and upper levels, with this dry air down on the ground, what will happen, the rain will try to come ashore, it will fall over tampa, but

going to eat it up and that will actually mean it evaporates before it hits the ground, and then once the entire atmosphere has enough moisture then the rain should make it all the way to the ground, when will that happen? looking to be somewhere around is 1:00 tonight and after for that first wave. so we'll have the clouds. but looking for the actual showers is not really fall on your windshields or lawns until again around 1:00 when we see you again tonight. that will last through the overnight showers. here is futurecast, as you can see again, this breaks up in a couple waves, you can see showers here, really don't seem to do much until around is 11:00, 1:00 a.m., not expecting severe weather than this or any problems just rain at that. and a good part of this looks to be east of the by area in time for the morning commute with this little batch of energy reorganizing between

and out in the gulf by about is 1900-150 miles, it will try to come ashore late lunch time, that will be our second waiver from the system, two rounds possible with 60% coverage with scattered showers and storms, and that would move east of us for the dinner time hours tomorrow. then we've got that system in california that i will talk about in a moment what it means for your saturday. numbers for tomorrow, 69 to start, 796 for the afternoon, showers mid of the night just before daybreak until late morning and lunch time, looking for another chance of scattered showers and storms, so hair cast probably not the best, high humidity and rain in the forecast it is going to be one of these days that you need extra hold to get everything going. looking at high temperature, even though we have the clouds and rain still fairly mild 96- 78 degrees, rainfall is looking to be after 4:00 through the evening and overnight hours,

wrapped up early sunday to most of the day saturday up until the late afternoon hours and almost all of sunday does look to be dry, it's about the timing really more than looking at these pops here and then i think you will understand a good part of the weekend looks to be fairly dry, we'll have cool mornings in the days ahead, take a look at temperatures or just want to look at storm tracker 10, storm news app. love that 10 news app. on top of everything, two girls are making their dads proud in a huge way. we are going to show you how their love for technology

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. two six year old girl the are proving they can do anything a boy can do. >> they placed an international tech competition, they are not even done with the first grid. -- grade. >> these giggling girls really like robots. six-year-olds natalie and natalie, why the youngest team in the wonder league robotics competition. >> they were 9th in the world, first in washington state. >> that was against other 6-10 year teens, these two don't think the technology field is just a boys thing. >> yeah, it's everybody thinks it's for everybody in the whole world. >> yes, even. >> even grandmas and grandpas. >> the competition worked like this. the girls programmed their ipad

>> you want to start it up? >> and they needed to maneuver around several obstacles. >> then you are going to turn that way. >> their dads and coaches for the competition know the technology industry as well. >> microsoft engineer. >> they insist their daughters did all the work. >> it allowed us to share our passion for what we do in a way with our kids that we didn't have to force it on them. >> they say that is because the girls thought of this learning as a fun game, where they could turn programming code into a jingle just because. >> but more than that it taught them how to work as a team, how to fail, also how to figure stuff out. >> yes. >> part of the pride for me actually seeing the light bulb goes off with the kids that is how we are going to solve this. >> now, when i was six years

chasing little girls in the neighborhood. >> climbing trees and punching little boys be the neighborhood. >> incredible. >> they are awesome. that is true to see the lights go off, a ha moment. >> unbelievable. 10 news at 6:00 just

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not all school zones are created equal. why they might not come soon enough. you can buy a vowel but this surprise for a 9-year-old terminally ill boy is priceless. what pat and vanna are telling about their part in this emotional event. good evening, i'm reginald. an i'm dione lynn. oscar ray bolin may be in the final minutes of his life. the news reporter kendra collin is live where the execution will be at the florida state prison. >> reporter: and renal i didn't that execution is set for 6:00 tonight at the prison just behind me here, i can tell you that just today bolin's attorney asked the u.s. supreme