always be looking over our shoulder i guess now. nervous neighbors like christa bennett say they are concerned, tampa police are, too. >> clearly this violent, this isn't going to be the last time he tries something like this. >> early tuesday morning near 15th and hillborough investigators say a woman in her 20s was dropped off at home by a friend, still on her front porch a man approached at first trying to make small talk, suddenly grabbed the victim. took her off the porch, pinned her down, he tried to remover had clothes, some of her clothes wag ripped his intention was to sexually batter her. when motion detectors turned on lyings and dogs started bing the woman's attacker walked off. posting it to social media, sharing it with the local home crime watch. >> really scary. you think something like that is going on around here. >> violent sexual attacks like this one are rare much so in

sketch, they are also going back through their records see if this criminal profile matches anyone who may have reasonably -- recently be released from prison. have your keys in hand when you get home, keep your area well lit and call or ask ask someone to watch and make sure you make it inside safely. >> we done know if that is something he is going to try again, get him off the street before he does hurt someone. >> eric glasser. one more time we want to make sure you get a good look at the sketch, it's at our facebook page for you to share, if you know anything about this call crimestoppers. back on the about lot, the decision to legalize medical marijuana will be in your hands this november. so news reporter kendra is live outside of the orlando office of attorney john morgan, kendra, what is the difference

>> reporter: reggie, inside a news conference, morgan assists this amendment does fix some of the issue from 2014. this time around also the attorney general is not fighting it and he says florida supreme court has already approved the question. now morgan, along with united for care, the group has gathered 692000 signatures nearly 10,000 more than is needed by the deadline putting medical marijuana back on the ballot november 9th. last time medical marijuana fell short of the 60% needed to pass. it would also allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for people dealing with debilitating conditions like cancer, aides, he leap see or ms. hoping the voter turnout will be better this year and instead of a younger crowd says they'll target the more 60 plus voters saying they need to educate them why thousands of patients need this. >> so the people we're talking about are people in large part

lives or people like my brother for their quality of life. this is not let's go have fun. >> reporter: and a once outspoken opponent judge from polk county is not excepting on the amendment the second time around because he is no longer president of the florida sheriffs association, i can tell you other opponents like drug free america are voicing their concerns saying it will make it easier for kids to get hands on marijuana and pot shops will replace what they wiped out with the pill mill, let 9 months of debate begin. live in orlando kendra cbs 2 news. moms are leading the grass roots effort to legalize marijuana. this mom in hillborough county invited us to in her home to show us why. her son bray done suffers from

it's difficult to watch. sadly pharmaceutical drugs aren't stopping him from having up to eight seizures a day. >> enough is enough. we're to the going to lose him to a seizure and i'm not going to lose him because someone thinks it's not okay. you come and live our life. >> renee and some doctors believe that cannabis can help conditions like epilepsy. we are getting your opinion on the medical marijuana debate. we've asked you on twitter how you will vote in november, .93% are for the amendment. 19% of voters are against the amendment. way. a foggy day leads to area. jim van fleet are tracking. showing heaviest rain and of course that sea fog still out there but we are seeing improvements. beth with the rain and the sea fog beginning to thin. but still tracking some very

mentioned moving through lake placid and in areas of sunnyvale right now as well as headed through bear hollow through the next four or five minutes in central or eastern highland county, seeing avon park and sebring, it's a steady downpour, likely for the roads for the evening commute are a mess. polk county, tampa bay, we'll have that fog advisory lifting out in the next hour and i do have when the rain ends when you get your sunshine back 61:59. today marks 30 years since the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from cape can a earl, seven crew members died in that explosion,. now students at tampa's magnet school for space and technology stewart middle spend time watching a video about the

lesson for these kids and a chance to pay tribute to the people who help shape the space program. >> i feel really lucky to be able to honor these people who give up their lives for the chance to explore and to expand our ideas of space. many people remember exactly where they were when that challenger exploded. a lot of you watched it in a classroom. at the time, schools around the country wanted students to see a first civilian, a teacher, make history. instead they watched the tragedy unfold on live tv. around the state right now a controversial open carry gun bill is heading to the house floor, a committee approve add slightly modified version of the bill forcing people who want to openly carry who will officer their firearms. pinellas county sheriff spoke on behalf of the sheriffs association against the bill

open carry can scare criminals off. and taking a look county by county sarasota ban on the sale of commercially bread pets from puppy mills moves forward. the decision came after a intense 12 hour meeting with people on both sides of the issues, revisit part of the breeders. animal rights groups and county worked on this ordinance for three years, the ban would put them out of business. a proposal led law protecting dogs of euthanization, called patty's bill named after a local dog after bought ago child. patty was allowed to live after the requires dogs to be put down if a bite is severe, unconstitutional. calls for exceptions in special circumstance. our road warrior is getting you results. on tuesday, hillary told you about a safety concern on a

working hard to get you solution and tonight she's got some good news. >> on tuesday, i introduced to you members of the sarasota manatee cycling club, they told me about an issue on u.s. 30 is 1, these rumble strips are in the shoulder and leave 2 feet for them to arrive, this road hasn't been resurfaced since 2002, only applies rumble strips to limbed access highways where cyclists aren't allowed, the next time route 301 is you are surfaced, they already added them to a portion of u.s. 301. so these didn't take up any part of the shoulder and they allow for a safer ride for cyclists, u.s. 301 isn't on the schedule to be repaid this year, i push today see if there is anything that can be done to help cyclists right now much here is what fdot wrote to me, there is vegetation over growth into the shoulder so as a short-

to have the shoulder cleared to uncover the entire available width so cyclists have more room to ride. this is a 5 stretch of road it will take time to clear the corridor at least some relief is coming. if you see a safety on the issue on the roads, i will get he some answers. hillary's on it. >> hillary doesn't mess around. if have you a traffic issue you want her to investigate, send her an e-mail to road warrior at wtsp.com you can also shoot her a tweet using the handle at 10 news traffic. 10 investigates watching out for your safety exposing illegal and dangerous school zones a fix is in the work to help you and your family, not it mention your wall let. all next week you can watch 10 news at 5:30 for a chance to call and win a $500 golden diamond source gift card.

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laws regarding school crossings, how they used the problems to handout and exorbitant amount of tickets. st. pete ignored years of requests and requirements to fix their poorly marked school zones, what good is a warning to drivers to slow down for kids if they never see the signs and required pavement markings don't exist. millions of dollars the city cranked out in tickets because of them. fdot claimed making st. pete comply with the rules. st. said this. >> the department of transportation needs to get involved and provide additional guidance. >> he is moving forward to force cities to remove noncompliant signs much the bill would need several more approach hing signing the law, first committee hearing, in the

adding pavement markings and picks signings, they don't offer refunds, they can't figure out how to properly alert drivers. check out this sign, think on an afternoon drive at 40 miles per hour you could figure out if you needed to slow done. we'll keep fighting to save the roads, we'll keep holding you're located officials. >> can you find all of the investigations on wtsp.com just click 10 investigates. i don't know what's behind jim. >> that is the fog. >> can't see anything. >> it's so erie, too, because on land and around town it answer been that bad but take a look, i wand to show you this is what it was like in downtown st. pete, close to the by and couldn't see the skyline for parts of the day and then it

are seeing improvements, while there is still some patches out there, it is definitely improving, we are seeing it starting to thin out, otherwise cloudy and steady rain, here is what at chapel toyota, and pasco county, northern hillborough county really looking nice, here is a live look from where it was so foggy, happy, sky 10 network, that is a tent we believe is the european equestrian show. that is nice in downtown st. pete. still tracking some heavy showers in highland county as we did at the top of the show moving out of the next hour to, and there you go, that is a break in the rain. just to the west and about -- to get not only the rain but the clouds out of here, another 9-6 hours, i am talk being everything out of here and off to the east, that is clear skies, high pressure out in the gulf and the rio grand valley, finally getting some of this to

so again through the night tonight, you should see improvements, we are looking a the some rain this evening, more of the light stuff, drizzle, and a passing shower, kicking off the early evening hours and the evening drive, that was about our heaviest of the day but that is now east of us and will not return. so temperatures starting at 63 into our evening both on the tampa and st. pete side, of 3 in sarasota, here is a look at how things are going to play out much the one thing help to go thin out the fog and clear those skies, win gusts will be pick up from the northwest, expecting gusts between 20-25 miles per hour, late tonight in the middle of the night that is pushing everything out of here and give you much better day for your friday. for tonight though out on the roads know that as the fog thins, still could see a few pocket he and light rain as well, temperatures as everything clears out and dries

cooler, looking for starting temperature around 50 degrees, and a breezy day, northwest wins 10-20 miles and hour, dry, flu skies are back in time for your friday, should put you in a good mood. 649 will be the high temperature. may start light late tonight, moderate and heavy add offshore waves 3-5 feet. we'll see low tide around is 1:00 in the morning, high tide 4:30 in the morning. now as we look ahead not only is friday looking great, a few high clouds pass by, not the rain making kind, we will go back and forth for the next couple days, gasparilla looking fantastic, just chilly. around 47-49 degrees around hillborough county, 52 in st. pete. with you once we get past the day break hours, wonderful, dry

in the mix through the day but other wise upper 60s and low 70s, sunday better, not quite as chilly in the morning, we'll see high temperatures .992-7 -- 79-74 degrees. we'll be tracking for you midweek next week around wednesday. a word of the day for chance to win two tickets to the february 21stdaytona 500 race much the winner also receives two passes to the sprint fan zone, all have you to do is watch 10 news at 11:00 for the word, enter the word on the facebook page, we'll announce the winner on friday. it's graduation day for a pair of dogs guess tinned for greatness.

welcome to so sports, buck a nears todd he won't be gone plays head coach cutter on the bench but he still seems pumped un. >> i like having fun. i just didn't, i never understood that. i want to fight song, we done have a fight song, i want a fight song much call me a college guy, when i was in jacksonville they called me a college guy. >> i guess he want as fights song. >> sheds pitchers and moneying, jake mcgo in a minor league arm

colorado rockies, mcgee nearly 4.5 million will come off the books. still has four years remaining on his current deal. well this morning bill edwards announced will host six nfl teams next month and with st. pete mayor edwards revealed he wants to expand the stadium's seats. >> 85,000 people in the downtown st. petersburg last year that came to watch the were done and parked and they spent a lot of money downtown. so i think that is why downtown is truly embracing the route is and what we are doing. and hopefully the city will feel the same way. >> and we leave you tonight with a story of puppy love and doggy devotion, remember these

named jack and gibson, stars in an ad for southeastern guide dogs, they are now grown up but still playing a starring role in people's lives, they are beth trained guide dogsed to graduate weekend their new owners, ceremony took place in st. pete, the yellow lab is going to give her freedom. >> jackie is a miracle from heaven. he is so delightful. i am going to tear up. because he is a special guide dog. i really believe in my heart that jackie was born to guide. >> wow. >> that is powerful. >> it takes years and thousands of dollars to produce a guide dog. and southeastern provides the dogs free of charge to their visually impaired students. the grads today are getting a dog is a life changing experience. >> oh, they do so much good at that organization in our community, it's great to see.

>> a whole new world. and with that that is it for 10 news at 6:00, coming up on cbs evening news we'll get a check in on the campaign trail as the presidential hopefuls make it for voters. breaking news, 24/7 live wtsp.com always here, always on, download the 10 news app, breaking news weather reports and fast look at traffic, until then have a good night and it