switch to fios good evening. i'm reginald roundtree. i'm jeannie dean. we are staying on top of three big stories happening now. obama administration is allowing thousands of pregnant women and children in flint, michigan to get medicaid. that's in response to lead in the city's tap water. waiver allows those exposed to blood monitoring and help services for the next five years. power outage in syria comes in the midst of a cease-fire.

new information tonight about a south carolina teacher forced to resign over nude photos on her phone. the teacher says he is worried about her family's safety after getting threatening messages in her mailbox at home. she resigned last week. >> reporter: the messages were written on the back of one of the four photos taken from her phone. they said you got what you kids see. >> it has been very emotional.

minute, the last 12 hours do i have anything left? >> reporter: county superintendant says arthur was not where she should have been at the time the incident occurred. >> if you are not in that hallway at that door greeting your students and monitoring the hallway you better have a reason why. >> reporter: he states her students routinely used her phone with her full permission. >> i allowed my nephew one time i okayed it with his mom after class. >> reporter: whoever did this act will be facing a felony of five years in prison or a $10,000 fine. he hopes to find the culprit the by next week. >> we are waiting on other agencies to process. can not do what we want to do. >> reporter: author says

never know how much damage was done. >>i'm not asking for my job back at this point. because if i went back into that position they are not going to look at me the same way. >> she's been a teacher over 13 years. a student who helped start an online petition to bring her back says she is not to blame. there is an unspoken rule that you don't touch who is on the teacher's desk. tow truck drivers are calling on you to do the right thing and move over after a driver was hit and killed on the howard frankland bridge. now, they are showing support for the move over law at a court hearing for the come accused of hitting and killing him. allison huffman pleaded not guilty to hit-and-run charge. fhp said she hit perez 2:00 a.m. february 22nd and ditched her car near the bridge. got a ride to the hard rock casino before ending up at a friend's home.

their lives every time they are helping you. >> i have jumped on the back of my truck more than you have fingers and toes and me included over the years. it is a common occurrence. >> they are begging for drivers to avoid the state's move over law for any emergency vehicle. 10 investigate story recently revealed driver's frequently failed to give tow truck drivers enough room to operate. the law requires them to slow down 20 miles per hour under the current speed limit. if you never forget a face you might be what researchers call a super recognizer. it is a rare trait only few people have. the skill is critical to solving cases. one metropolitan police has the world's first full team of super recognizers. they are sharing their tools with st. pete police. >> the good thing about identifying super recognizers

you just didn't know about it. you are not recruiting extra people. you have the latent ability that is on the surface and you have to use them in the best possible way to fight crime. >> turns out the st. pete police department has seven super recognizers. all four in the top 2% of the nation. police are looking for some of the suspects in a bold robbery of a gun store in houston. surveillance video captured the break in. check this out. the group uses a black pickup truck to rip out the front country guns and ammo. ten of them scatter inside grabbing as many guns and rifles as they could carry. they took 50 weapons in a matter of two minutes. law enforcement officials say stolen weapons like these are often sold on the black market. >> you have another criminal element that needs firearms to

with a drug trade or robberies. >> investigators say gun store smash-and-grabs are becoming more and more common. so far they have made three arrests in the case. on sunday thousands of runners will raise money for take stock in children manatee. take stock provides mentors and college scholarships to needy students. 10 community kathryn bursch shows you how the combination of money and encouragment can change lives. >> i love the way some of you are waiting patiently. >> reporter: mary teaches third graders in bradenton. >> they are our future. >> reporter: the school is lucky to have such a caring teacher. but her path to a classroom involved much more than luck. there were obstacles to overcome. >> i had a son when i was in high school. >> reporter: having a child so young could have easily derailed dreams.

days are rough. >> i can't anymore. i'm tired. i'm overwhelmed. >> reporter: as a take stock scholar she had a mentor to keep her on track. >> she was that person that would motivate me and tell you yes you can. you can do this. there is no going back. there is only going forward. >> reporter: she not only stayed in high school but excelled and with scholarship money she forged ahead graduating from college. >> walking across that stage meant the world to me. you have to make sure you are detailed. >> reporter: now she has come full circle. able to give back. >> three people share the metaphor. >> reporter: as eager learners raise their hands she knows some of them will also need a helping hand. >> we need to come together as a community and support children. these little babies in this room today, they are our future. >> reporter: in bradenton kathryn bursch 10 news

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here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. a group of migrants are protesting at greece's border blocking a rail line. that's because macedonia refused to let them continued their journey into western europe. 10,000 people are held at the border. we are getting a look at the chunk of aircraft wreckage that could belong to missing malaysian airlines flight 370. it was found off of the east

to australia for testing. the new transportation hub at the world trade center is opened in manhattan. it is 15,000 tons of steel and 25 stories tall. they hope this landmark will be an economic engine. if you love instagram you can make thousands of dollars by taking pictures. netflix is searching for four photographers to take instagram picks of iconic movies and tv locations across europe. you'll travel for two weeks and earn $4,000. that sounds good. that's your 60 second scan. every second counts when someone goes into cardiac arrest. that's why a community in pasco county is learning how to step in before emergency crews ever arrive. 10 news reporter shows you how this program could save a life. >> reporter: neighbors come

provide cpr to the patient. once the neighbors have been notified of the emergency, it is up to one of them to come to this location and grab the aed device and rush it to the patient. in under two minutes the ade is on scene. in three minutes of the emergency call the first shock is given. >> shock delivered. start cpr. >> reporter: in the last six months 70 people have been trained by professionals from bay front health dade city. >> i feel empowered. i feel like we can do something if somebody has an emergency. >> reporter: pasco county rescue was on scene in 4:45 to take over. >> that is about the average from here coming from the fish station. >> reporter: the program is called neighbors saving neighbors. it is designed to link 9-1-1 calls to trained neighbors in

>> in this critical world time is muscle. for every limit delayed survivability race is increased by 10%. >> reporter: joe got the friend from visiting a friend in the village who already has the program. >> neighbors feel more safer and comfortable. >> reporter: these neighbors agree. a prepared community is a safer community. >> those neighbors told us they hope other communities will see what they are doing and start a similar program to even possibly save more lives. i'm dion lim. live in the news room new at 6:00, big brand names duking it out for your dollars. how stiff competition is pushing several of your favorite retailers toward offering bigger savings and better service.

several incidents between hillsborough county. people wants to know who is going on. we reached out to get answers. easing drug penalties. city looking to replace marijuana arrests with fines.

looking at our sky 10 network clearwater beach looking wonderful tonight. looks like the windham is almost done as construction continues on in the western florida communities along the beaches. a lovely start to the evening. very comfortable. low 70s with high clouds overhead. we are upper 70s lake wales and sebring. 71 brooksville. i am tracking a cold front early tomorrow morning. there will be a chance of brief showers.

i'm not expecting rough storm in our neck of the woods. this looks like it will have more moisture to work with than the front we saw on wednesday. keyword little. it will be a hair difference as the low will track similar. it is not quite over the great lakes. it is moving east to northeast. the rain we are watching come together over louisiana will likely slide a few showers our way. mainly before sunrise. as we go through the sunrise hour and into 8:00 and 9:00 in the morning, all of this with the front will get out of here. most of your friday is looking nice and clear. tonight we'll see mostly cloudy skies and warm and mild temperatures and conditions. chance of some rain showers are in the mix. we talked about it yesterday as we upped the rain coverage a little bit. not a huge deal. no storms or dangerous weather we are expecting. just passing showers that start

and should be done by 7:00 a.m. just a few hours from crystal river to venice to sebring. that's about the time it would take to get the whole line through. the majority of your day shortly after sunrise for all of friday is sunny, beautiful and warm in the mid 70s. this is while a lot of us are sleeping. if you are on the roads early there could be wet roads in the morning. that's the only weather heads up we have to give for your friday. nice temperatures. 62 to start. 75 tampa. in the afternoon with sunshine. 80 in wesley chapel and zephyrhills. tampa and east suburbs 80 degrees. low to mid 70s in pinellas county out to the beaches. 74 for you in sarasota. 82 lakeland. 81 winter haven. 83 sebring. if you want to head to the strawberry festival friday is a

it will be around 80 degrees in the afternoon. sunny skies. comfortable with winds from the northwest 10 miles per hour. on the water 5 to 15. moderate chop expected. offshore waves two to four feet. low tide 5:00 a.m. high tide around lunchtime. for the next week that's the only front that we have for the next five to 7 days. a beautiful, warm weekend. windy conditions will be back tuesday and wednesday. your saturday and sunday look absolutely wonderful. week. that is for sure. tampa temperatures in the 80s. if you want to keep up with storm tracker 10 when you wake up in the morning to look at where the few brief showers are expected you can do so by the 10 news app. search wtsp in the app. imagine going shopping and you find your car is on fire in the parking lot. but the dog is inside. >> how perfect timing helped

a live look outside at the sky over st. pete tonight.

family dog was trapped in a burning car for 20 minutes. drew nickelson shows you the rescue firefighters feared. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: security camera got shots of stephanie and the 4-year-old walking in the store last year. cora was in the car with the windows cracked. within minutes customers started noticing smoke coming from inside.

the fire chief happened to be in car wash in the walmart parking lot. he had an extinguisher on the fire just as the fire truck was rolling into the lot. he originally told stephanie the dog was likely dead. but then cora ran out and was just fine. >> i want to tell the fire department i'm blessed and thankful they saved my dog. i told each one of them that and gave them a hug. >> reporter: her daughter made sure to thank and hug the fire chief. the chief says in a line of work where you deal with tragedies all the time it is nice to have a call for help that ends with a smile. >> that is so sweet. the dog did have a few burned paws. otherwise she was okay. "10 news at 6:00" is

good evening. i'm reginald roundtree. >> i'm dion lim. thank you for staying with us. our big story tonight allegations of child pornography, sexting and inappropriate contact between teachers and students. we are talking about four incidents at three different schools in a few weeks all in the highlands school district. tonight 10 news reporter eric glasser is asking what is going on? >> it is disgusting. >> reporter: reaction to the latest in a series of sex related scandals among students and teachers in the highlands school district. on wednesday a language arts teacher abruptly resigning accused of taking inappropriate pictures with a pair of 18-year-

avon park high another teacher suspected of sharing nude pictures of herself with a 16- year-old student. >> it doesn't make sense in my mind. i don't know how it makes sense in theirs. >> that's not what we send our kids to school for. >> i have many people calling and saying is it okay to send my kids to school. >> reporter: the highlands county sheriff confirms nine more charges have been filed against safety hook. the middle school teacher was recently jailed for having sex with a 14-year-old student. less than two weeks ago a sexting scandal at lake placid middle school involving so many graphic images on so many student's phones the principal had to call an emergency meeting with parents. >> maybe you need to have a sit down with what is appropriate and what is not. >> reporter: district administrators say it is not their hiring practices that seem to have been the issue.