>> where is he now? >> is parked at a gas station. >> as long as there's no problem now, there's really nothing deputies can do. >> casey calmly is getting answers about what can be done to right this wrong. >> a shocked nucor elliott said she was on state road 54 tuesday when she witnessed the wrong way driver coming off of the on ramp to i 75. >> it just rang and rang and finally disconnected. >> she said a third call went through but it took more than one minute for the dispatcher to pickup. >> they told me that because he was no longer having the wrong way, there was nothing they could do about it. >> acting director of safety indications that the company recorded only one call from elliot but admitted to training and staffing problems. >> our issue is staffing.

calls and 20 seconds or less. >> there was a disturbing pattern where callers had waited almost three minutes. >> the must be some degree of heartburn. >> if a citizen feels like to beatty should be dispatched because someone could be part in harms way, we need to follow through with that. >> there's got to be more with me saying, there's something wrong here. >> catherine starkey had an issue of her own, she had one call that went unanswered for one minute. >> it's going to collapse. >> the pascoe sheriff says the public and first responders if you are at risk. >> i don't believe there should be concern for the safety. >> they say they are trying to retain more staff but it's difficult. >> 911 is something we should never have to sacrifice.

entire community is taking to facebook to complain about pascoe county's 911. this is a closed page so we are keeping it anonymous, but one person right then and says quote i no answers. rings and rings. situation. another person says i hours, being here, and not one story ever get through. and another comment, last month i called 911 because my husband was having problems with his they didn't answer the first successful. we will stay on top of these issues and continue to push for change to keep you safe. >> using penalties for pot in tampa. the city decriminalized the possession of small amounts of immediately. here's what it means, if someone is caught with 20 grams or less, they could face a fine

$71 on the way up to $450 or, all of this is meant to keep jail. >> new research about a deal between charter can indications and time warner cable could be finalized within weeks. that deal could possibly lead the federal communications commission and the justice department have to approve both of those deals. action today following a ten investigates report aiming to protect you and your car. investigative reporter noah prensky shows how telling is the newest effort to curb them. >> if a bar goer has too much to drink, i think we can all of agree that we would avoid to getting home high on the wheel.

that changed after our report. city council discusses how they can take it a step further by notify customers that they had this safe option and they didn't need to drive home and they were intoxicated. >> we see horror stories of wrong way drivers and drunk the right direction that the city can take, the council, and protecting the public. >> another number of carpenters explains two action after seeing our story. >> new information about a scary situation in orlando. arch county fire and rescue says the chlorine level was at a pool and nearly twice what it should have been.

dad called 911. >> they are throwing up, we are crying. >> you can hear the children the apartment complex says work was being done on the poor and blamed faulty equipment. >> take a look at, incredible new video of a man driving a stolen car and loses control in lakeland. see that air? once again, you can see it in action. pretty scary stuff. we are told that it look deputy stopped behind the car and ran the plate and realized the car was part of a carjacking investigation. and the suspect says he faces

including driving without it license. >> the jury in the whole cogan sex tape trial will hear closing arguments tomorrow. after that, attorneys for both sides spent spend a few hours with the judge working out whatever evidence will be submitted to the jury during deliberations. hogan is suing gawker for $100 million over the leaked sex tapes. >> the fight for your choice in 2016 is heating up in the congressional race. in an interview, you will see only on 10news, erica lim spoke to reporter mark rivera number of counties that will endorse his campaign. he's also ahead in the latest polls by 60 points. he says he is not worried. >> the important as the race like this is not about name recognition and, my opponent

when we connect and talk to voters, and i've knocked on 6000 or so far, people choose eric lin over charlie crist to represent them in washington because they are ready for new ideas. >> charlie crist says he is not taking his large lead for granted. tomorrow family and friends will pay their final respects to a deputy killed over the weekend and it wrong way crash. that deputy died saturday morning. hillsborough deputy say eric was driving on the wrong side of the selmon expressway and hit him head on. open visitation begins at 7:00 a.m. the service begins at 1:00 p.m. and we will bring it to you live on 10news app. >> i desperate search for it traffic six in kennedy county, especially on it off and memory island. right now, officials have come

lane changes to keep the traffic moving. in sarasota, it woman's welcome to florida from ohio was cold-blooded. she stepped onto her screen patio early this morning when she noticed her cat suddenly stopped. sonia followed their gaze and spotted a forefoot boa constrictor. police came to the rescue and bagged the slithery guest. >> i like florida, i just like the snakes. and hopefully there are no alligators around here, either. i see myself going back to 3 feet of snow next year and enjoying it. >> he appeared to be a pet, and he's very pretty, and he was well cared for. >> i like that, he was a very pretty snake. >> the snake will stay at

if the owner doesn't claim it, it will be turned over to fort efficient wildlife or to a essence reptile handler. >> i'm not touching that one. after some growing pressure, sea world says goodbye to captivity. >> hello my friends. see fog is the big talk again this morning. that has burned off, and here it is right now. evening but a chance for fog and we are tracking thunderstorms that impact the but not all of the weekend. we will lay it out coming up on 6:15 p.m. >> and we are giving away 150 lottery scratch off tickets.

>> pressure from animal rights groups has or sea world to phase out its animal shows. >> but the animal rights group that its match when it went up against the owner of really brothers farm and bailey circus. isabel mass grayness shows how the circus owners came out on top. >> ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus and it parent

years in court over the alleged mistreatment of a circus elephant, and they won a 13 million settlement. >> it's really unfortunate that these and all rights brought this lawsuit in the first place. it should have actually gone into cheering for animals which would be a surprising change. >> a judge ruled the lawsuit filed by the groups like the humane society of the united states was for the list, and found the animal recipe went as far as staying at home. >> we actually ended up signing one of the participants. no one is above the law and thankfully, the file family and recognize that we would stand up and do what was right and go between us.

euthanized. 11 circus elephants will join 29 other elements of the center for elephant conservation and pull county. >> we know, we are proponents of the animal welfare and not in all rights, and all of the animals were ringling brothers as well as conservation received the best care. we do it every single day. >> fell used the $25 million settlement to pay off 14 years of legal fees. >> i don't know where that is behind gym, but it is not a pretty picture. >> that's right behind the station. >> you park over in high society.

trucks -- does not. it has begun to heat up again today. here is the green from wtsp.com, and back to the bay there are some water channels there. hopefully you had a good day, i know if the sunshine skyway bridge was part of your commute with everything we have been going through, maybe not the case but, if they see that if you are wondering why, water temperatures are running around 71 to 75 degrees right now. do .7 in the upper 60's and even low 70s at times. on the temperature and dew point meet, the air is saturated. keep in mind that tends it goes up 250 feet. so as we see the temperature and the dewpoint come together,

but on land it heats up faster. the temperature climbs into the saturated. the water takes much longer to heat up and cooldown and land and that is why we have spent seeing the fog stick around. yet, on land, it sunny and beautiful and we can get those separations of the temperatures to still. although i'm expecting with storms's are in proximity, it could be the difference between seeing lots less fog in the morning, but i want ready, there is something in the mix tomorrow morning for the drive to. there is a chance of couple of isolated showers late overnight. it won't affect most of us, it will be late in the night while we are sleeping. for your early evening plans, 74 degrees, a very warm night and muggy.

great and more cloudy out there. 67 to start, and 81. for your friday planner, we will see the high tide around 1:38 p.m. and high tide around six them morning. much more cloud cover in some fog in the mix but, i think like the last couple days afternoons have been pretty pleasant. here's the big picture, our biggest storms to look to be as we look at into the site half of saturday. yes. and lots of many people try to plan their weekend. scattered showers early are possible, 3:00 a.m. we see this move into the coastlines, and wrap up around 7:00 a.m. we should get up break for several hours saturday that as we get closer to the weekend

thunderstorms best things so i'm hoping it will be earlier and earlier that day and saturday. i wouldn't be surprised if between two and 34:00 that. potentially another round coming in early sunday. so much as simple of the fight, the first chance on the least -- i am the least confident about. an isolated shower early in the morning as possible, after midnight tonight there about 5:00 a.m. then it couple of showers early saturday morning are possible. i'm feeling pretty confident that we will see it couple of stray showers. thus the third chance we have the highest confidence. we will stay between 3:00 p.m. saturday and 3:00 p.m. sunday. thunderstorms in the next an isolated severe weather possible. not much wind shear right now, or concern with rotating stores

>> here come the upsets. two of them in the early games, although they were minor one.

about 12 seated yale? yale when it's first turn the game in school history today. they beat fifth-seeded baylor. yale is up by three and mason again set that up. open man, three ball. yelled by six and now baylor had a chance late in the last couple seconds but medford it didn't even get a shot off. he'll the shocker, 79-75 over baylor. st. patrick's day in clearwater. logan forsythe leading off, and leading out. 104 by their rays today but, since this one is in good here, shin. then check out and it the a great game for maddie in the rays one.

with no walks and just controlled the entire strikes down the whole time. >> it's nice to have the ball coming out the way it is. and the changeup right now is kind of the cherry on top. >> the lightning continued their search for consistency tonight at dell's against the stars. then bishop and goal, they lost four of the last five and are not scoring, and now the defense looks shaky. >> it is march madness and now until march 30th, share your sports super suspicions and enter to win. we will pick one winner on march 31. feature green out, it is st. patrick's day. >> we are not allowed to.

all over the place. in dunedin, you can see people having lots of fun. all of it is happening at flanagan's irish pub on main street. that party is not out until my late tonight. >> we are always here and always on on wtsp.com.

>> pelley: that's the rear window of a car after a ferocious hail storm battered north texas. also tonight, under fire over water. >> you messed up 100,000 people's lives, 100,000 of them, 10,000 of those people are six years old and younger. >> pelley: the e.p.a. takes the heat for the crisis in flint. the democrats fall preview. >> donald trump won't make america great again, but he will make republicans the minority again. >> pelley: a sea change at seaworld. the curtain is coming down on killer whale shows.