just minutes from being put to death. >> lovie smith is out. could dirk koetter be the next coach of the bucs. >> the circus heads to the hospital today. >> this is the fox 13 6:00 news. >> good evening and welcome, i'm kelly ring, i'm mark wilson. after the murder of three women this man who did it is scheduled to be put to death. the warrant signed back in october should be carried out any moment now. and gloria gomez is outside of the prison. she joins us, what is the latest? >> the latest is that we're waiting for the u.s. supreme court to make their final decision on whether they will stay the execution. i have not heard back yet. oscar ray bolin's attorney will be the third in line.

we're standing by, it will be on hold. and i did ask oscar ray bolin what his thoughts were as he is laying on that gurney. the convicted killer could be taking his last breath any time now. >> they killed me 28 years ago. when they locked me up. now they're releasing me. >> he was convicted of killing three women in 1986. all three mothers endured 30 years of trials and retrials. he outlived holly's mother, waiting for justice. but the mothers of collins and matthews will be there to witness oscar ray bolin's death. >> will you look at them before you're executed. >> if they're in the window i probably will, during the hour long interview.

everyone but himself from his ex-wife to the detectives to a discredited agent. so is florida killing an innocent man. >> they executed someone who did not commit the murder. but ten juries said he did do it. the death chamber awaits. >> this is the last chance. >> i'm grateful to the people that stood by me and supported me. my wife, attorney, friends, i love you guys, i'm grateful for the support. thank you. >> mark, we're waiting to hear from the supreme court whether they will stay the execution in the meantime, while that wait goes on that means that right now the execution is on hold. ky tell you there is a bell ringing behind me. there is about a group of i would say 50 protestors nearby

where this is all kind of developing right now. >> if i remember the last delay that we had 7 years ago it was only about maybe 10 or 15 minutes. so i cannot imagine this will go on if it is going to be granted we'll know quickly, should we not? >> we don't know. we don't know. i think that everyone is kind of waiting to see what what happens. i am in contact with the attorneys, they will be the third in line like i mentioned to find out from the supreme court if there is granted, whether they stayed the execution whether they granted that or not. so at this point. we're waiting to see but until they come up. we'll let you know. >> to make the point it has been weeks since the supreme court denied that. so it has been a couple of weeks. we know that you are watching it

we have to. >> and one of the witnesses for the execution should it happen here in the next few minutes, we expect to hear from him in the news cast. stay tuned. >> and the news of lovie smith firing from the bucs is sending shock waves across the bay area. the gm jason licht stepped in front of the media explaining the move. while the news is sinking in, we're getting an idea. >> the move stunned lovie smith and shocked and jolted the fans. there was no indication or clue or sign that the glaziers after sitting down with the gm would fire him. they did at 10:21 p.m. last night. a strange time. he is fired after two seasons. and there is a search for the replacement in the locker room t dirk koetter is considered the

he has the best offense. he did it with a rocky number one pick. two offensive linemen. jason licht did not say he is the candidate. there are two factors. one dirk koetter will interview for other jobs. the bucs like the resume. >> he put one in front of him. the best offense we had here in tampa bay. he is a good communicator. he did great things. dirk is one of them. >> now we spoke with the big name player not to be identified bought he is critical of the move firing smith. he said lovie was changing the culture around the building and had the players behind him 100%. you will see this is surprising. i thought the organization family would have some consistency. he placed the pieces for winning there.

dungy did it for gruden. was it deserved? >> lovie smith deserved a better ending. did he deserve another year? i don't think he did. i think there would have been a repeat and under perform. they would have to win 9 games next year. there is no guarantee with a tougher schedule. that falls on the head coach. he and they were lacerated by kirk cousins. eli manning. the tampa two was sliced apart. the defense was supposed to be the strength of the team. instead it was the biggest weakness. what the glaziers and the gm had to decide would another season make a difference? a dramatic difference? i don't think it would. the owners and the gm didn't

he will get paid a lot of money for three years. ky tell you that. stuck in the middle are the fans. what are they saying. and evan axelbank is live where he says they had a mixed reaction today. evan. kelly. kind of interesting the bucs are going over the pregame ceremonies and opening sequence for next season. an interesting day to be doing that. but the fans as you said, they had an interesting reaction today. the reaction is one based on fatigue. there are some who say they should have kept him because they noted the improvements that the team made in the win column. fans who were against the firing or for the firing say you know what. it seems like he took them farce they could go. >> a world away from the bucs bigwigs explaining the coach canning. a midday beer.

getting rid of him. he was not going to go anywhere. >> as they dissected the news he is gone dissecting and done as a ticket holder. he gave up a plan two years ago. >> i got tired of losing. >> losing and the way they were going. >> rob mert tampa. good morning, you're on the show. >> not done are 620 wdae hosts. >> i'm not that surprised. >> they talked lovie smith all morning with the expecting -- >> what is up, hawk. >> and the apprehensive. >> they could not be stupid enough to:chip kelly is the answer. >> they have gotten a mix of calls. those on lovie smith's side, just like lovie, the fact he is a great community guy and great guy all around, i think that's where are you getting the polarizing feels from the fans. >> some worry this is the start

will bring a fifth coach in 7 years to a team that does nothing but finish last. we ran into a former buc. >> they need to give him four, five years. it takes that long to turn things around. >> we asked the gm about the fans feeling disenfranchised. can you get fans like that back with what is going on? >> i'll shake his hand when he comes back to see the winning football that kill woman back. >> that is a promise that we are heard before and we have heard not that long ago. kelly. >> that's true, evan axelbank out at raymond james for us. we'll have more on the firing of lovie smith in a few minutes. an emotional outburst in a courtroom today a murder suspect laughed at the victim's mother. she reacted.

the death of. steve nichols shows us what happened today. >> and at his first appearance today, 18-year-old was well bounce er than most murder suspects. his routine proceeding was interrupted. >> i'm keeping the bond the same. i have a public defender. >> that's the mother of the one of the 17-year-old victims. >> he murdered my son. no reason. >> and she said he threatened her son before the december 15th argument and shooting. what we cannot show you because the camera was on her is the suspect. laughing at her. >> you smiling god is going to get you. >> that's enough. >> you have to go. >> he is laughing like is funny. god is going to get you. >> after the deputies removed

>> he did not deserve to be killed the way he did. not just in the courtroom. he looked a the me on that tv and laughed like it is funny. this is not a joke. my son was lovable. >> the victim's grandmother confirmed the bad relations between the victim and the suspect. >> he threatened him he don't fight he shoot. >> for us, an uncomfortable reminder that any violent crime rips at the heart of many. >> i have jesus i pray he burn in hell. i pray. in pinellas county, steve nichols, fox 13 news. there were witnesses to that murder so the police had a suspect immediately. but he went into hiding a tip is what led to his arrest at a motel in pinellas park. wildlife officials have decided that manatees no longer meet the criteria to be considered endangered species. the fish and wildlife service

manatee as a threatened species but allow flexibility for officials to manage them. and the population is grown from several hundred in 1967 to more than 6000 in an annual statewide survey last year. advocates say the proposal to relist the manatees as a threatened species ignores the threats to their survival. today kids at tampa general got a peek at the greatest show on earth. it was a treats for those who could not make it. the circus came to the rehab center at tgh for one on one time for the children. they loved it. the circus is continuing their partnership with the hospital they donated $10,000 for patients t is a very win-win for both sides. that's great.

probably between midnight and day break. there are showers and rain bands coming from the gulf. the weather improves and then another low over by texas and that will likely give us more rain on saturday. that zips by. the weather systems move fast as you get just a strong subtropical jet stream blowing over the gulf. it is approaching the coast. they see rain around by our

the rain by tallahassee. that rain is moving east we're dry now. a coolish evening underway. temperatures in the 60s now. we managed to hit 72. we had sunshine for a time. that ended the streak of four days below average 65 and winds they are light from the south and the southwest. moisture increasing from the atlantic and the gulf, there is the area of low pressure and the strong low out by bermuda, that is a named storm. a subtropical storm it is alex the first named storm of the 2016 hurricane season to be watching that.

there are other areas of low pressure out in the pacific. i want to add that when i look out about 8, 9 days. we may see rain and maybe some severe weather towards next weekend. they are insisting on that. things could change. and is 5 -- 15 rapid city. and colder air is heading our way and the middle of next week. not cold now in columbus. chicagoland is 39. and the jet is active. we were waiting for this to happen in december. the jet stream brought the weather to dallas and lots of heavy rain up the mississippi valley. the jet is blowing in off the

rapid areas, another on saturday another one next week. this is the one that we'll have to watch that could potentially bring severe weather our way in 8 to 9 days. we'll see how it plays out. tonight not that cold. we stay in the 60s. tomorrow with any morning rain we should bounce into the mid-70s. watch the area of low pressure. that goes by tonight. afternoon should be fine. then on saturday, the clouds increase again. another batch of rain goes by. sunday should be cooler and monday and tuesday should be colder. tonight showers developing and a milder night we're down to 63. any rain ends. it should be done by day break. and 75. saturday we cloud up again with some rain developing during the day. a drier and cooler day in the 60s.

>> things are cranked up. >> today is the day that the fall out after lovie smith was fired. jason licht tries to explain why

the on the job for two yea and you know the gm jason licht gives the glaziers are breakdown. a scouting report on players, games, they take it all in. they come out, the decision is lovie smith needed to go. they fired him last night at 1021 p.m. now he losted two years with the team. one just eight -- won eight games, three were home. 8-24 is not going job security. he did not see this coming. >> we talked with him after it ended he was planning on moves. was it to promote dirk koetter.

a phone call. >> my respect for lovie smith, as a friend you can i let him know that owner was -- as a friend, i let him know that i didn't think it would go in a good direction and what it was. he said that he said you can have joel call him. joel called him, the first thing i would like to get together with you tomorrow. lovielovie asked. told him i understand what it is about. he said let's not talk about that. let's get together and talk about it. and hoffy declined the meeting very polite. only in the way he can could it. i would just rather do it this way. so, this was after several

particular, to fly here, meet with him. but lovie came last night and cleaned out his office. >> now it is jason licht's job to fix what the glaziers got wrong. you know when rich mc kay was the gm, they won 75% of the games. since he left the bucs had 7 double digit losses in 12 years. so, that's why we point to ownership as the problem. >> the biggest concern is not who will be the next coach the question is will the bucs get it right? >> lovie smith is the fourth head coach fired by the glaziers in the last seven years. but the gm does not believe it will hamper his job to lead the team.

great coach. it is from the interest that we have received that people want to coach. >> since he was forced out in 2003. they have gone to the playoffs twice. they're the only team in the modern era to finish five straight years. the lose something directed to the coaching hires and the former buc quarterback says that it is time for the glaziers who step back. >> as good as they are as business men and people, i think they're lacking when it comes to pick and select the head coaches. >> dirk koetter is the lead candidate but jason licht said there is competition for dirk koetter. at the is not a tug-of-war but they are obligated to let them interview unless they hire him, are you obligated t is a notification they tell you that they want to interview them as a head coach.

contacted us. is it the right choice. >> all i ask is that whoever we hire can we hire the person that we believe in to the point we show the commitment no matter how long it takes to get it fixed. >> that's a good point. lovie smith thought he had that commitment. he had to go to ownership and say i had rookie. two linemen. i started with a kicker. we're not going to win the games. you understand that. >> they did not understand that. >> do you think people will be hesitant to take the job with the bucs. because they're short term. >> i do think part of that is there is an insecurity there. like jason licht said today. the team has spent money. glaziers are not cheap they will spend to get talent. they have a lot to spend. this is a team that's 3, 4 players from making an impact. you can make that and turn around a team in the nfl. >> you have the rookie of the league, rookie ofs year. franchise quarterback for

>> two of the best running backs. >> we'll see what happens. >> thank you, see you in a bit. at 6:30 the day after a test of a hydrogen bomb. things are now getting testy along the border. the south is about to retaliate what they plan to do next. and tonight. dangerous moments for firefighters in maine. after the break, why a firefighter is lucky to be alive here and tonight our consumer reporter is going to join with us more. >> the credit cards can be a life sentence. some places it is worse than others.

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3 ((kelly--- people upset with north korea's people upset with the alleged hydrogen bomb test hit the streets in seoul. they slashed the flappings and set fire to an effigy of the leader of north korea. the south koreans have resumed cross border propaganda broadcasts. and tonight talks are underway with the u.s. officials to bolster america's military presence in the area. agencies around the world are hard at work trying to

korea was a hydro again bomb. but the fall out is being felt. china, the strongest ally is calling for a resumption of talks to begin as soon as possible. >> long term peace is in line with the interest of all sides. it is the responsibility and requires joint efforts from all sides. it takes two to tango. >> there are calls for a strong response to the test. the military has continued broadcasts which are considered an act of car and the government started talks to bolster presence in the area including the deployment of subs and planes to the korean peninsula. many officials see it as a political maneuver designed to bolster the rule of the north korean leader. >> the nuclear test has a purpose of showing off an accomplishment and decorated as achievement of the leader. >> the administration is urging

from the world powers saying the test is a provocation that cannot go unpunished. >> we will work closely together to determine the steps that we can take in order to address our increasing concerns about that test. >> the leaders say there is support for the sanctions bill and it could be ready for a vote next week. in washington. it may take weeks or longer to figure out if it did test that hydrogen bomb. the blast was not as big as the blast would be from a failed h-bomb test. this is an all too familiar scene in paris. police stop an attack one year after that alzheimer'sly terror attack in the capital. police shot and killed a man who was armed with a knife. he yelled god is great in arabic.

determined to be a fake one. >> well, there are only 25 days to go before the iowa caucuses, as voters prepare to cast their attacks. and we have the developments from the campaign trail. >> they have been buddy buddy on the trail for months but now the front runner donald trump is calling out the canadian born at the cruz. the developer suggesting, just like he did with the president, that cruz may not be eligible to be president even though his mother was a u.s. citizen. cruz surging ahead of trump in iowa said it was a side show, as a legal matter the question is straightforward in settled law. the child of as can born abroad is a citizen. >> the targettest jeb jeb bush isic maaing donald trump his. the former florida governor

as preposterous especially the wall on the southern border. >> the idea that that he says we will build a wall and mexico will pay for it. let that settle in, can you noodle on that for a while. >> the democrats not taking chances in iowa as bill clinton campaigned for his wife. the camp is nervous they may be outspent by bernie sanders, something that hillary clinton ignored during a stop of her own in los angeles. >> i disagree with the republican front runner, mr. trump. you see, i think that america is great because generations of hard working americans have made us great. >> first it was bill, now chelsea will hit the campaign trail starting next week. >> in december a poll found

thought that hillary clinton would win the general election. 6 in 10 said that about bernie sanders. a woman who nide jail in texas and her family is speaking out. the trooper wassen dieted for perjury. and the trooper surrendered to authorities today. he lied about the details of his arrest of sandra bland after a stop last july. bland, who was arrested for assault died later in jail. no other officials or fers have been indicted in connection with her death which was ruled a suicide. that caused great outrage amid the racial tensions in the country. bland's mother believes the trooper who made the arrest should have been charged with more. and video shows winds and rain blowing true san diego. it was associated with the band of storms moving through the area yesterday that paul talked about.

el nino caused storms and nasty conditions. but as will carr reports, the area is getting -- getting much-needed rain. >> reporter: and rain is hitting the area. >> it is as crazy as it has gotten. the guy has to get out. he like walking. >> the waves are like quite large. >> and el nino bring much needed rain but it may be too much of a good thing. water shooting out of this manhole and trees coming down in san francisco striking this car and taking out power lines. >> it is a concern. they need to trim the trees ahead of time but unfortunately we didn't get this one. >> and the flooding a concern for the region. >> there is a rock slide here. we have been worrying about that seeing how that goes. there is another and this is not water. it is muddy water. forcing people to evacuate the

>> they say if it rains, i think there is like a pool up there. >> friday is expected to be mostly dry but residents are not in the clear. there is more rain in the forecast for the weekend. >> and el nino not just a problem for people in california but they had to shut service down at the grand canyon national park. in los angeles, will carr. fox news. the weather service has issued surf warnings for la and 8 to 12 feet are likely. they could reach up to 16 feet tall. terrifying moments after a firefighter goes through a roof in maine. here is video that shows them on a roof as they work to put out a raging fire. seconds later one of the firefighters fell right through the roof here. and he was not seriously hurt but his fellow firefighters were there to rescue him.

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>> it could be a ((mark--vo-)) it was a simple post on facebook. one woman's new year's resolution after the death of her bo a resolution after the death of her boyfriend. little did this woman from st. pete know her words would catch the attention of thousands. the resolution is stop distracted driving. she wants others to join her. >> and as we report tonight.

experience the loss she is feeling. >> he was the new kid and he was in a lot of my classes. >> her boyfriend bob. >> he had the most incredible laugh. >> he made everyone feel special. >> they knew each other for 12 years. >> he is the love of my life. >> bob was in a car accident and died n a moment, her life was ripped apart. >> i lost my boyfriend, my best friend. i lost someone who had just been a constant in my life that i thought would be there. >> no one was in the car with bob but susan and the family believe he was distracted by his phone, something that can happen to anyone. >> i think everyone thinks they're invincible that it will not happen to them t is a split second.

without bob she went and wrote a post asking others to follow a new year's resolution of not being distracted while driving. >> i know a lot of people don't text but they will use pandora and use their maps and answer one thing. and it is a split second of being distracted to change a lot of people's lives forever. >> the post had been shared more than 72,000 times. and bittersweet, they hope others will take their promise to heart. >> nothing is going to make it better and nothing is going to bring him back if in his memory fewer lives can be lost. it was worth posting that. >> to be exact that one facebook post has been linked 64,000 times and close to 7000 people have made comments on it. >> let's hope she make as difference. >> look out uber and the

unveiled in vegas. kind of. >> it would be cool though. >> and it carries humans. it is a big drone. it lands like any other and others to navigate and land. >> you don't need a pilot all you need to do is are you the passenger and can you see it is controlled by the computer inside. we have the command center behind and it is always you know the right time in the right place. what happens if the motors fail there are eight for redundancy. officials say the batteries take 2 to 4 hours and flying time of 23 minutes.

>> we are looking at a live picture at stark right now as we're waiting for information from the u.s. supreme court on the execution of oscar ray bolin. we have not heard anything at this point. we're monitoring every bit of information.

on we'll be r 3 (kelly a man in a wheelchair who's paralyzed.. a man in a wheelchair has dreamed of making music. tonight at 10 it has physical eliminations and not realize his dreams until now. see how a studio is helping him overcome his challenges. that's tonight on the 10:00 news, another bad day on wall street. a drop in oil prices the dow plunging 392. and the s&p was down as well 47. credit card debt is a drag and especially in january. >> our reporter chris chmura has a look at charging. what did this reveal. >> we'll plot it out. a revealing map. it is courtesy of card hub. it got a look at the numbers here.

every month. they calculated how long it would take to pay off the cards. the blue numbers here that means you will pay it off fast. orange, slow, sometimes absurdly slow. 2460 cities ranked. it is all over the map. the bottom is alarming and hits close to home. the last place, college station, texas. where it will take the typical resident 387 months just to pay off their debt. that's 32 years. one local city in the bottom 20. lake placid. that town of 2000 saddled it with so much debt that it will take 142 months to achieve a zero balance. a life sentence of 12 years to pay off the cards. it is a mix of the high balances and the low payments that gets us every time.

>> it represents middle america. high balances, lower income. you dig a hole t is hard to get out of it. >> the worst first. what about the best. what can we learn from that. >> it is in california, the home of apple t is out on top. their they can pay down the balance. >> not surprising. 10 months for them. and it is around the bay area. people there have higher balances than here. but they're more aggressive about getting to zero and making higher payments every month. there are three options that can help do you the same. try to consolidate the debt to a bank loan and the pavements are fixed. look for balance transfer offers. low or sometimes no interest, enticing deals to get to you switch the cards.

ask i get a lower rate a fixed rate as to a variable rate. there is nothing really. there is no risk. >> do that before are you late. >> don't -- >> are you not going to get any help after that. >> that digs a deeper hole. you get behind the late payments. we have to pay it on time. more than that. in the start. try to not put anything on the cards unless you have to. >> good information. >> thank you, chris. >> and right over to paul to weather. >> a lot is going on. >> this is what happens in the winters where you get a fast jet stream and changes. >> ahead of the next weather maker.

east and late today we went from sunny and cloudy and there are areas of rain rapidly approaching our west coast. and move ahead. the systems are on the go. this will not linger. >> and the beaches in alabama and to the south. and tonight.

little rock is 46. winds are light and pick up. >> rain on saturday and a parade of lows coming off the coast to california. it is tough to escape. >> a lot of time to fine tune that. and deny they denver and minneapolis 33.

zero. the coldest was the ice bowl. 1967. packers against the cowboys. it was like 1 a below. low pressure heading our way. that's out in the west. >> some produce light showers and others. >> that goes by. subshine another cold day. on saturday and that goes by and

and turns cold we watch for maybe more rain. >> thank you, paul.

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3 going to a new school can be going to a new school can be tough especially if a child does not know the other students. making friends can be hard but thinks to -- thinks to a new program it was easier at schools t is what is right with tampa bay. i didn't have no kind of friends. i didn't want them. >> that's how he felt when he started at oak park school. >> that changed when he sat on

to help elementary students find new friendships. >> in my heart, i felt this would have been an opportunity and a place for the children to sit and once they sit there, this is a signal to the other children that they don't have anyone to play with. >> the bench is for students who want to make new friends. >> he came over and said did i want to play. >> i was born in florida, the been search working for the students. >> i sat on the bench. she came over to me. we talked a bit. that's when we were friends. >> everyone needs to have friends and learn. >> and they have now become best friends. all thanks to the buddy bench. >> i saw him over here, i thought he should have a friend, too. >> a unique approach so kids are

>> fantastic. lois hopes to put one in every school in the bay area. what a ice breaker. >> great idea, they get to know each other. >> and reflect once in a while, our younger ones. >> the news keeps on going. we want to leave you with a look from the florida state prison outside of the prison in ray ford. and the lat ditch appeal has not been granted. as of now the scheduled 6 p.m. execution is on hold. full coverage online.

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