and it was t-boned that was coming southbound on 301. >> this is what it looked like. 31 students were on the bus, five were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, mostly with neck and back pain. we spoke with a father who said his daughter hit her head when the impact happened. the crash was frightening. >> they're making a turn and then a car just went in front of us and everyone hit their heads on the seats. >> some people were injured. >> some people were scared and crying. >> traffic was backed up until 4:30. school officials will be waiting for fhp to determine who was at sault in the crash and only then would it be possible to say whether the driver would face

the district said all of the buses have video but at this point that's not part of the investigation. it may be a while before we see that. we're in riverview, evan axelbank. >> thank you, evan. powerball fever is hitting a high. the guys behind a mega poll think they have the best odds of scoring big. anjuli davis has the details this evening. this is an amazing story. >> reporter: it is crazy, they are printing 72500 tickets for a single pool. that was not stopped. consider this the head headquarters for an anything but average powerball pool. >> chaos. >> yes. >> we started this out as a facebook post hoping to get 5 or ten people in. and we closed it out with 290

>> $145,000 worth of powerball plays. and they had a minimum buy in of $500 they were begging to take part. 90% are friends, friends of friends. how does this shake out? the pair have a cpa and attorney and a process to notify everyone of their lucky numbers. >> we have to scan to know what is up front. we have the splits posted. there is no question what were in the pool. >> the physical print something at metro market in ybor city. >> every time i think 1.5 billion. >> the coowner of the store could not resist buying in himself. he and his family are clocking in long hours keeping up with the count. >> we had them deliver three boxes of paper today. these are all extra paper.

they hope that one ticket out of those printed beats the odds. >> we brought them down to 292 million to about. winning a million is around 160 to 1 now. terrible odds but great for lotto. >> aisle' be the first to tell you i'm no good at math i turned this over to chris chmura. he broke down the numbers he said with one ticket you have one in a 292 million chance to win tonight's powerball drawing. the odds are now 1 in 4,030 to win it. and they should match up to four numbers on two tickets so they should take home a 200-dollar prize and a couple of smaller

we'll see how it pans out at 11. >> when they divide that up the $200 i'm not sure they can get a cup of coffee. it was fun. >> they have decided it will be around 3 million per person after taxes. tomorrow. >> yes, thank you, anjuli. >> maybe you waited in line for a ticket, probably not like this line, though, this is crowds outside of a store in hawthorn, california for a chance to win that jackpot. the biggest in u.s. history, this store is known for its good luck. 7 people have become millionaires after buying the tickets from that store the people are hoping, hey the luck maybe it will rub off. >> you will not need to worry about what is happening on wall street which is not good. they are taking a plunge and because of low oil prices and a economic slowdown. the dow plumbing 360 points the

s&p dropping 48. >> daycare worker is under arrest of throwing water in the face of a 3 year old boy with special needs. deputies say it was december 28th but they arrested her yesterday. as evan lambert explains, she has targeted children with special needs. >> you are difficultny littlepage, is that correct? >> yes. >> the 34-year-old former daycare worker went in front of a judge after she abused a 3 year old in her care. >> apparently you no long ver a job, is that right? >> that is correct. >> children's nest fired her after the incident in december. according to the deputy as 3-year-old boy with autism was playing with her water bottle. to punish him she through water in the victim's face. now she is charged with abuse. >> i would have been upset had

>> her granddaughter goes to the daycare. littlepage's arrest is out of character. >> shock. total shock. i mean unless there were things we didn't know about. never to our knowledge, the kids were happy with her. >> deputies say other workers told them she would specifically single out special needs children for unjustify punishment. the owner apologizes for the alleged actions he fired her immediately and has added more training for workers. >> it was at our school, we feel horrible. there is no other way to say that but like i said it is out of bounds. they're not trained that way. >> the bond was set at $3000 . she he could face five years in prison and $5000 fine. we have a update on the investigation of a deadly new year's day shooting in lakeland. grady judd said it was

a 24-year-old and an accomplish protect into a home and opened fire on the homeowner. he got his own gun and shot and killed one of the intruders. he went to return his wallet and led deputies to him. >> the family is seemed up that he is dead and they notify us and say this guy driving this green thunderbird has brought us the wallet and the cell phone. >> well the sheriff said there may be a third suspect out there still on the run and if you have information, you are urged to call crimestoppers. hulk hogan walked into a courtroom smiling this morning. after a hearing that lasted all day long he is probably happy with the way things turned out. he is suing gawker for

of a sex tape. they tried to get that thrown out. and gloria gomez has been wrapped up. what is the latest. >> a big win for hogan in court. gawker wanted it dismissed. the judge said no. the trial is set for march. we have video of him in court. they wanted the lawsuit dropped, arguing they're protected by the first amendment and the lawsuit has no merit, they say but the team of hogan said it was an invasion of privacy when they posted the leaked tape and the lawsuit must go forward. the judge agreed with them saying let the jury side. the trial is set for march. it was a six-hour hearing that included a lot of housekeeping issues and what the questionnaire would look like, things like that. we're still waiting to see how both sides will comment after the hearing. we hope to get that later on in the news cast. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> video is raising questions

sailors in iran. >> it was a mistake. we apologize, the revolutionary guard said the commander made that apology for entering iranin waters and shown on tv. the vice president said there was nothing to apologize for. the other video shows them in captivity their hands on their heads. the secretary of state said it is a victory for diplomacy. >> i'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the iranian authorities. all indications suggest or tell us that our sailors were well taken care of, providing with blankets and food and the return to the fleet today. >> it was as iran is close to complying with a nuclear deal struck with the u.s. and five other world powers. the navy said the mechanical

drift into territorial waters where they were picked up by troops. >> a crash is under investigation in st. pete. investigators say corporal joe minor was pulling his vehicle out of a business on martin luther king street when a motorcycle hit his vehicle. the rider locked up his brakes to try and avoid colliding. he slid into the side of the vehicle. he was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the deputy was not hurt. they don't believe that speed was a factor. police want your help finding the women in this video using stolen credit cards a woman at a home had credit cards, jewelry and electronics stolen last month. they say the women then used the cards to charge more than $1300 worth of merchandise. if you recognize them, tpd would like to hear from you. >> customer at a waffle house

he saw two employees doing in the kitchen. now the video is going viral. >> i just got on my phone and started to record. i thought it was nasty. i had to let someone see this. >> washing her hair in a pot used in the kitchen. what happened after it made the rounds and what waffle house is saying. >> unbelievable. my legs were shaking. a premature celebration. how they thought they won the jackpot. what would do you if you won that? >> this what the viewers told us. >> pay off my mom's house.

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and the victory celebration did not last very long. >> yes! >> reporter: it is what euphoria looks like. $940 million worth of pure bliss. >> it was unbelievable. my legs were shaking. >> at least that's what the staff at this restaurant in new jersey thought. >> a 20 minute millionaires. >> it was crazy. >> the 5 or 10 or 20 minutes was amazing. >> and the bartender got a text listing what he thought was the winning testimonies. that's him on video calling them out.

were matching the ticket. >> and we're laughing. it was a nice feeling. and you didn't think about spending it. >> i'm not washing any more dishes. 42 employees, cooks, waiters, they were all in on the pool. >> what would you have gotten. >> 22 million each from what i here. >> you would quit for the 20 minutes you said i'm finished. >> he has been parking cars for 20 years when he thought he won he quit. they said give us a car i'm millionaire now. >> it is a party thing for me. >> this is the ticket and the numbers, 2, 11, 62, 63, 17, they are the winning numbers the problem is that they were not on saturday night. these were the winners for wednesday. and it was over with. >> and reality hit after his wife said double check just to be sure.

web site it is 20 after 11 all different numbers. >> they are back at work they will pay for the 1.5 billion on wednesday. >> impossible. >> so close to having it all. >> that is sad. >> i feel bad for them. >> but imagine how close they came to get the numbers one night but not on the winning night. would that happen again. >> that's cruel. >> paul, what would you think. , they watched a drawing by itself deserves something. >> they got on tv. that's something. >> we have a lot going on. chilly today. cloudy and cool. look outside, not exactly a chamber of commerse day. this -- commerce day. this is all in midjanuary.

sun trying to work through the clouds a canopy of clouds over us. that worked out nicely. no rain today. just a low overcast. and the low clouds. it stayed chilly. areas of light rain. south of tampa bay. can you see on the water vapor imagery. >> as you expand on this we talked about el nino and it produce as jet stream that runs from the pacific and moves across mexico and across the gulf and with that pattern is that once in a while you get energy that rides along that jet and storms along the jet feeding

them can produce heavy rain some severe weather. >> not a sure thing late thursday. that's the time that a storm goes by and produce the weather. it indicates there is energy in the southwest gulf and rain with the frontal boundary from key west. it was chilly a day when you -- the house does not warm up. not a lot of sun. it is dimmed sun. after a chilly night you have temperatures in the 50s and the 60s.

59 in tacoma 59 in sarasota. lakeland. tough to believe after all the 80s in november and december, we're at 59. the dew point is 33. and a north northeast wind a true winter day for us. high pressure is over the gulf coast. light snow all lake enhanced on the great great lakes. more rain and snow out in the west. temperatures are cold. 17 flint. no frost or freeze. 40s and 50s. high pressure will move away. energy will ride along the subtropical jet. we'll see a period of rain and

as that goes by the winds will shift. the weather will improve interest may be another batch on sunday. that is uncertain. the gfs is more aggressive. sunday is kind of iffy. we'll watch out. we'll update that, obviously tomorrow and see how things will shape up. cloudy and cool and 49. lots of clouds there could be showers and thundershowers around midnight. they will continue until day break and 66. then the forecast coming up storming ending. winds will be east about 15 knots. a moderate chop on the way. the next tide is at 10-10. the 7-day forecast pattern will

maybe some more showers on sunday. it turns colder next week. look at the lows, 44, 40 and 41. it could be colder than that. >> it is chilly. college applications, sats there is pressure for kids to do well in high school, maybe too much pressure. some students say too much weight is given to their final exams. see why it is one school's valedictorian who is leading the protest. that's at 6:00. they grew up playing with hot wheels brive the drivers behind the monster truck jam say what they have and the coolest job in the world. don't miss it ahead at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you. two waffle house workers washing their hair in a pot

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>> judge has ruled that bill cosby will not be depotsed next month. he faces charges in pennsylvania where he is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman

his wife, who is his business manager, will be depotsed on the 2 2-7bd. seven others are suing the comedian for defamation for allegations that he assaulted them ten years ago. this is the first criminal case brought against him. >> slow speed chase in texas ends with a stand off. officers spotted a stolen 18 wheeler in garland near dallas when the driver refused to stop the chase began. the car was going 30 miles per hour. they used spike strips to flatten the tires. the chase ended when the driver ran out of road. they fired teargas into the cab. he let out a dog and then came out. the dog taken to an animal shelter. the truck was from arizona to maryland when it was stolen. nobody wants to find a hair in their food but two arkansas waffle house workers were caught here on camera using a restaurant pot to treat one of the employee's hair, this in the

and we have that report. the women have been fired. >> that's gross. that is gross. >> what they are seeing is gross and disgusting and happened in this waffle house on sunday when two customers saw two employees using this pot to treat up with of the employee's hair. >> i got on my phone and started to record. >> he shot one of the videos he says what was happening just feet in front of him where the workers prepare and serve food was beyond surprising. >> i thought it was nasty. >> i discovered the video on facebook and talked with another woman who was inside of the store when it happened. she said the women were treating one of the employee's braided hair. she started recording video on her cell phone as well. i spoke with people who live in the area who had not heard about the incident. >> disgusting i don't like hair

i don't like it when i'm cooking. no telling -- that is nasty, i discovered as a result of the actions of the employees in the video, waffle house corporate initiated an investigation and fired both of the employees. >> that is gross. >> i reached out to the department of department of helicopter and the health department they said as a result of the incident they performed a full inspection of the restaurant. >> there were no major violations. >> now in a statement, the manager said they were immediately fired. they went on to say they do not tolerate that behavior and strive to provide a clean and safe environment. a city receive $3 million in bp settle money from the oiled oiled -- oil spill.

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but as travis we report who knows what it is intended for. >> reporter: most governments got multimillion dollars settlements from the bp oil spill. and for dunedint is now dedicated to downtown parking. >> we are a victim of our own success. >> gregory brady was a member of the small city. >> best walkable city, the heart of the trail, all of these things have equated into more interest. >> and more cars looking for slots, even as developers grab up the lots used for parking. there is a plan to provide a mix of offerings. and blue for paved. >> -- for paid parking circumstances it over? >> no it started, the former public works director oversaw

street and now retired he blames the city for not requiring new parking to keep pace with new development. >> people are upset because they're being required to pace a meter instead of the merchants. >> everyone coming in here is against it. >> morris hansly's shop will have meters and free parking on the side streets. >> the other businesses here will scoop up the free parking in my opinion and leave with us no parking for the customers. >> but the supporters of paid parking point to years of planning for parking meters which arrive later this year. steve nichols, fox 13 news. >> the crunch was years in the making it. fixing it will take years. it will create a revenue stream to build the parking garages. and first donald trump took

he took hits in the gop response. and craig patrick is here to show us why and we did hear a few in there, didn't we. >> we did, can you read between the lines we have the governor of south carolina say don't bother about reading between the lines. she was taking swipes at donald trump. let's start with the state of the union address, as always, republicans expressed concerns here about the president's vision what he had to say. to that end, the governor who gave the republican response to the address said that we have a lot of problems the president did not talk about but said that not just democrats but republicans take some of the blame for this. for all the relationships -- republicans in the base who are fed up with the broken promises and debt, she spoke with them and then took a swipe at donald trump when she said this. >> there is a tendency to falsely equate noise with results.

to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. that's just not true. often the best thing we can do is turn down the volume when the sound is quieter, can you hear what someone else is saying. >> this is a battle that's been playing out for some recent of time. now it is playing out in plain view. you have donald trump, who is dominating the gop race in every state but iowa and he is very close to first place if not in first in the state as well. the republican establishment does not want him to get the nomination. now they are pushing back in unusual ways. you just saw it last night. >> you know trump comes out swinging when someone criticizes him. how did he respond or did he? >> he responded in the way we have seen when he goes often others who0 go after him. she is not a candidate. she represents the party. he said she has been all over the place on the issue of immigration by application. he said so has the party and

when he gave her money. we heard all of this before from donald trump. but it's not what he is saying it is what his supporters are saying. and the more the establishment wing pushes back against trump, the more attention he will receive from it and do him credit in the race, it is much more interesting as things get tighter. >> yes. >> thank you, craig. an avalanche kills three people in the french alps. two teens and a skier. they are looking for one person that's missing a group of students were at a resort when it hit and engulfed them on a slope. three others are seriously hurt. it posted a sign that the area had a above average risk of ruptures. in tallahassee eliminating a waiting of children of immigrants to qualify for health insurance cleared the first house panel. the poursers include a number of

the legislation will change lives. , they are not going back. if they have diseases that need to be taken care of, cancer, now we have a chance. now we have a chance for those kids to live. >> that proposal that lifts the waiting period would not apply to the undocumented immigrants. >> he was buried and left for dead. zombie cat has a new lease on life. bart looks unrecognizable. he clawed his way out of a shallow grave after being buried alive. he was in bad shape when he went to the society. they had to remove his eye. he has been improving. >> his foster parent said that he is now he is thriving. >> he is doing amazing. he is fun and loving and affectionate and playful.

he has so much fun every day. >> nice to see that. >> bart is in foster care now but the couple is looking to adopt the cat but the main society and owner are fighting for custody of the cat in court. >> hope things work out for bart. and can researchers spot autism in the brain.

they two and a half million, that's the number of people here in the united states dealing with an addiction. and treatment center i may have a new tool to fight it.

first ever implant. we'll talk about that. you got to see this device. >> we saw it last week and it is under trial, we went up to matelaid florida. he showed us where it would go. >> it is implanted t is a surgical incision. it stays there six months so the drug is active in the body for six months then it has to be removed and a new one placed in there. it contains a drug that is utilized to help in the opioid addiction. it decreases the craving and helps with withdrawal. some of the drugged uses and abused. they hope this will help the individuals and not be abused. >> wow, do you think we'll see it on the mark soon? >> here is the deal it just

happened yesterday. it will go before the food and drug administration. we'll know that. if it passes i can -- we can expect it to be on the market shortly. it will be available by the researchers the individuals who are trained to use it. there are people who are concerned about it. there are things in the study they did not like. i would not be surprised if perhaps there there would be some studies. >> ty may be a while. let's talk about the research out of france. they're talking about detecting autism. what is going on. >> this is an mri. there is no good test. they have to be evaluated. there is a team approach. they have to undergo testing and psychological. this is looking at the mri and looking at the part of the brain that controls language. and so when they looked at the brains of the 2 to 10 year olds. there was a difference in the fold.

the brain it's not smooths. they looked for the depth of some of those crevasses in the area. they did see a difference so i talked to all children's hospital. the doctor there. if they came up with that it would revolutionize diagnosing autism. >> that would be huge. >> it would. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, dr. jo. >> chip? >> we're counting down to the ray's spring training,ky not wait for that to kick in. we'll look at the rays. the youngest players, the future of the franchise to get an idea

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all right time again to check out what is trending. >> i'm a hopeless romantic. >> now he do. >> i saw this and fell in love, (sirens). >> paul is in love already. >> fire truck; love. [ laughter ] >> so it looks like i don't know they are pulling out the house and the gear all on, right? well one of the firefighters invited his girlfriend to watch this was, the whole thing, the whole department was to propose.

the water going behind him. the sound track, listen. >> it is like a music video. >> the pressure on guys for the proposal is like you have it has to be a production f she says no she is hosed down. >> she is blown across the parking lot. >> they will show this. >> you don't have to be a person to like soccer. >> you don't have to be a person to play soccer. >> i know that horses some of them like to play with balls. i have never seen one get this excited. >> sign him up. >> that's amazing. he is really seriously into it. >> one more quick, go, go, go, buddy, some like to play with balls. this one likes it a lot.

check it out. what do you think if you saw this sitting out back and saw the lights. >> is this outside. >> it is outside. >> a spring of lights up in the sky, 100 drones launched in formation with the lights being controlled from the ground while an orchestra plays. why. they set the world records for the most unmanned vehicles launchched at one time. >> i thought it was a preview for the x-files. that's coming up. >> i think that's gorgeous. >> that is pretty, the drones what will happen it will be incredible. >> i worry about you know are you getting out of the shower, there is a drone. >> that and the self-driving cars in 5 or 6 years. >> then you could be on your

going to work. >> hang out. >> and that's next in line. >> i will be an app. >> let's look. watch what happens today. can you see you will find it right there. >> and it starts to set. this is -- you know you look out. i was over at mark wilson's desk. you look out, it looks like a winter's day. 61 degrees. and the high today so it's another blue day, significantly colder than yesterday. it did not get any sun. this time of year you know is low t is cloudy and it's chilly. we're near 60. it will not than cold the clouds that keep us cold during the day actually act like a blanket at

up a few degrees. 50s and 60s. across the inland counties. you have a northeast or east wind and then you have the clouds racing along the subcriminal jet. now we wait and see how things will play out. storms are developing in the southwest gulf. this is a hint of energy. and that will head our way thursday. as we learned showers and storms. it is something we have to watch. we'll watch and how it will play out. and the dew point is 33 a cold wind around the country.

the great lakes are warm it is efficient. there is the know and rain. and warmer in the 60s and 70s. and cloudy. and lose their way. and moving through. and and that happened about the severe weather. >> another round. >> and 49.

coming up on morning storms. and 69 degrees another system. and the story next week is not the rain it is the cold. and lows and 50s for highs. monday and tuesday. >> the lightning and road trip. >> and finishing off with a one timer. how they move this around. 4-0. they are playing better. maybe winning three out of four

>> we played well defensively. >> and trying to get chances. and they will not miss too often. it is good for us. and. >> if you thought they were motivated last night and outside of st. louis. he was a man growing up. he is stunned they are moving to la after a shutout bishop goes to twitter and let him know how upset he is. feels good to shut out the hockey team the day he moves my childhood football team. sad day for rams fans. he may have picked up fans this was retweeted nearly 3500 times.

when it comes to amateur draft the road is a long one. most players will never make it. they have a chance of hitting the lottery. one out of 10 draft picks in baseball ever reach a major league team. kevin o'donnell is where the future rays are working on improving their chances. >> the rays are taking small but important steps to the majors. once a year they invite 20 draft choices to take part in the winter development program. for a prospect like the first round pick. this is an opportunity to show the rays where he is at and get a feel for the organization. >> it is great to be here. and everyone here is older than me. there are a lot of peopleky talk to. >> it is the job to oversee and

the message to the players don't worry. and a perfect example of what can be achieved through hard work. >> you perform and do what you do. kevin is a perfect example of that, you can play in the big leagues for us. >> for the young players it's not about what is on the other side but doing it the ray's pays and that's the contribution, they will do charity. we're going to the ymca, macdill so they can see their peer group, helps our country they allow them the kids to play baseball. >> it puts us out there, we're still people. >> there are no guarantees they wilt make it. it is the way to do it. at tropicana field. those are the names you need

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>> a a rocky day on wall street. low oil prices and concerns of a economic slowdown led to a drop. the dow plunged 364 points the nasdaq tumbled and the s&p dropped 48 points. not a day to check your 401(k). >> no. the 6:00 news is next. >> here are mark and kelly. >> a big night a day after his

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