3 (mark some stormy weather will be moving our wa hines. >> some stormy weather will be moving our way overnight. mike bennett standing by with more on when it will arrive and how strong it's going to be.

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court that nobody saw coming. >> >> anchor: good evening, i'm mark wilson. kelley has the evening off. mike is in for paul tonight. >> yeah, mark, we are looking at the possibility of more strong to severe storms. last go-rowpped round was tampa south and this time it's tampa north. you see the high clouds continuing to stream across the southern half of the state. it's this area of low pressure that is going to be tracking eastward toward atlanta before turning up the coast and becoming a major nor'easter and it's this cold front that has the potential to bring us severe weather. this back edge of the storm and radar doesn't make it all the way down to the gulf but you see where we have all of that lightning?

are strong storms extending deep into the gulf and this is all heading our way in the morning hours on friday. this is from tampa northward and look at the models coming out, most of them continue to point to areas up by the big bend as the best chance of seeing severe weather but still the risk is there for us. storms ariverring mid to late morning and lingering into the early afternoon. severe potential highest for straight-line winds and you can't rule out an isolated tornado and drying and turning windy as we head into the afternoon. we are not done after that. gale warnings friday afternoon and evening and into the day on saturday. we are talking about wave heights of 14 to 18 feet possible by later on saturday. details on that and a chilly looking defend forecast weekend forecast coming

>> and a pair of brothers may have thought it was funny but the sarasota chofs sherrif's office did not. we've reported on a number of thees stories these stories, and i know you have yourself. why do some people just seem not to get the message here? >> i don't know. they really need to pay attention. what seems like an innocent prank puts lives in danger. those laser beams can blind pilots and that is dangerous and not funny at all. >> cats love lasers. but deputy pilots like this one do not. >> just since i've been here, i've been hit with lasers multiple times. >> one happened late wednesday while he and another pilot were on patrol in sarasota. watch the flash right here on

>> could i get a unit to 2493 -- lane for laser activity? >> it's like a flash blindness, just like a flash bulb going off in your eyes and for a moment you can't see. >> the brothers are gary and matthew benington, and they were arrested for misuse of laser devices. >> the beauty of a laser is it tells us exactly where it's coming from. >> the faa says in 2014 there were nearly 9,000 laser incident and there were no injuries but it may just be a matter of time. >> if a pilot is doing something related to flight that is critical, it could happen. >> it is both a state and aircraft. >> if it hits the aircraft, the

and lights up the entire cockpit. >> and it can actually cause ermanent eye damage. >> they don't understand how dangerous it is. >> all the more reason to keep the beams on the ground for those who appreciate them. >> the brothers are also facing drug charges. deputies say they found pot in their house. it will be up for the fbi whether or not to charge these guys federally. one of them admitted to deputies that it was a very stupid thing for them to do. and tonight they are out on bond. mark, hopefully they learned their lesson and will leave the laser beams to the cats. >> anchor: we can all hope the same, josh, thanks. and what a moment as five airmen returned home for a mission overseas, among them a firefighter who just marked his final deployment.

younger brother glenn calls chip his hero. he has served as a firefighter and paramedic but for twice that time he has served his country in the military. again. >> better than christmas! [applause] >> and there is their there. he has served in the air force 23 years and been deployed six times. his most recent mission to afghanistan and qatar. >> it's good to be home, good to be home. yeah, the beach, the weather? come on! >> it's florida. >> hopefully living in the keys somewhere on a boat.

chopper for a boat but before that he will get back to firefighters and he also plays rub by, playsrugby. and not sure where the giant draped bald eagle in the background came from, but another airman returned and said he is going to disney world because that is what his daughter wants to do. >> and that daddy-daughter time is precious. >> and a bill was just shot down that would allow people to open carry guns on college campuses. that makes the path to passing it difficult even in a similar intil approved in the house but another concealed carry bill is

allow people to legally carry a holsters handgun. police found 17-year-old simon and her mother dead in their apartment early in december. dcf took the teen away from her mom in 2014 because they discovered that the two had a suicide pasco county. a judge gave the teen back to her mom without even considering the results of a psychiatric evaluation. dcf also pointed to weaknesses in communication between social service agencies that were supposed to protect the team. the mother and daughter died in december when it appears they actually carried out that suicide pasco county. >> and detectives pasco county. >> pact.

comings is charged with two counts of armed kidding. and we are thoald told my by authorities it appears to be drug related. and another man is being questioned about the two murders, and we have an update for you on the trial of a man accused or severely beating a small dog to get back at his owner. this is a sick story. arthur jewel is reported to have beat a chihuahua so badly she lost her eye and had internal injuries. he was found guilty of assault and fleeing police. he was offered a plea deal but then he started to interrupt the judge and acting strangely and so the judge took the plea deal off the table. >> yeah, you you don't have to go

didn't do, and i want out of jail, i can't care what i have to do, put two more years of paper on there, but just get me out of jail. >> he is will be back in court on tuesday and the judge will review the case and decide what to do next. >> and the city has approved the approach to the new st. pete pier, it will connect the downtown core with the new pier. the firm was selected in october of last year to provide design and construction services and integrate the approach and the new pier into one big project, the approach is $20 million financed from the downtown pac service district. and fighting fear with misconceptions and humor.

>> how one group is using the internet to battle islamphobia. >> and remember this bay-area singer who wowed us all on idol?

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a clock.""and?""his name is ahmed.""what???" >> they are fighting hate with humor. a group of 20-somethings using a camera and the internet to battle islamphobia, and this is an interesting take. >> it is mark, and their videos have gotten more than 10 million views and they use humor to battle even death threats because they say it can fight in

>> remember when the boy was arrested because a teen made a clock. >> we have a kid with a clock, and his name is ahmed. >> their parody got 8 million views. >> listen, calm down, we need more details. help me with your situation. >> you get to laugh at it, not because it's funny, but because when you're laughing at something, you are exposing it to its ridiculousness. >> they have taken on a presidential candidate who compared muslims to rabid dogs. >> i'm mentally and emotional emotional unstable. >> and they have read hate

burned down in temple terrace. their goal is to americans to re-examine attitudes in an age when half of respondents in one poll said they would not vote for a muslim for president. >> it's to help you think deeply and examine a subject. >> they call themselves peace house and their videos have been seen collectively 12 million times. >> laughter can concur pain. >> the peace house team has tried to sell their ideas to netflix but at this time they have not generated much revenue but they are searching for way to go do so. >> creative indeed. mike is with us and we were looking at that line you showed us a bit earlier and it looks

>> the difference however, between this event and last weekend, is the placement of the low. last weekend it was in the gulf and that mean all of that severe weather was closer to us, and this time it's closer to atlanta. >> so pay attention but don't freak out. >> don't freak out, and keep your weather radio close by and download our app because at the least you get paul coming on to the app he to -- >> wake up. >> exactly. and dave will have the latest. this is the serrata beach cam showing the high clouds across the area really, all day long and filtered sunshine but temperatures still in the low 70's and look at that. what a gorgeous sunset it was. here are your weather headlines.

to late morning, and the biggest threat with these storms is going to be the damaging winds. straight-line damaging winds. the tornado threat is not as high as it was last weekend. with the same system we are talking about a blizzard all the way into new york city, blizzard warnings in effect for philadelphia and new york and long island, and for us it becomes a cold and windy weekend forecast. and so what does this mean for the guilty plea gasparilla children's parade? how about 54 for a high with a few light showers, cold and windy, and choppy if not downright rough on the bay and we mentioned that the seas are potentially 14 to 18 feet as you

for the nighttime, the pyrotechnic extravaganza, bundle up. 49 for the high and the current temp, 63. other temperatures around the area, there we go. 58 in sarasota, 60 in bradenton, and 59 in lakeland, 57 up in brooksville. the wider view shows temperatures into the 60's and 70's off to the sow south but take a look at the wider view, and it's 33 in little rock and still 63 in new orleans and it's that temperature contrast that helps to drive these winter storms. this is exactly what we have going right now. there is our area of low pressure. that tracks pretty much due east. near atlanta -- a little bit farther north than saturday's storm did -- and because of that, the best chance of severe

as well. generally dry, increasing clouds. we'll pop up showers as we head towards 7:00, 8:00, but that line of storms looks to arrive around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and it's going to be moving quickly and so once again by early to midafternoon we'll get rid of the main batch of storms and then get the cold showers popping up heading towards the evening and they may linger into the day on saturday. as far as the severe weather threat goes the biggest threat will be high winds but can't rule out the isolated tornado threat as well. 59 degrees, increasing clouds. for tomorrow, 69, showers and storms turning windy in the afternoon. some of the storms may be on the stronger or maybe even severe side, and you have our app downloaded as well. 54 for saturday, cold and windy. here is your marine forecast for

a gale warning and seas 3 to 5 foot, building in the afternoon to 6 to 10 feet, choppy on the bay, and your gulf temperature at 58 degrees. upper 60's for tomorrow, only mid 50's on saturday. with the wind it is going to feel a whole lot colder out

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the race for the white house is heating up.. donald trump and senator ted cruz are trading >> anchor: the race for the white house is heating up. the donald is still dominating the polls but a new poll in iowa shows that cruz may be narrowing the gap. >> donald trump has been hammers cruz daily. >> ted is getting very, very nervous and he should get nervous but a lot of polls are coming out and not looking good for ted, not looking good. his new line of attack is that i've become establishment, oh, give me a break. >> tweeting trump supports amnesty, read his 2013 tweet while i was leading the fact to defeat the gang of eight amnesty.

the border is secure first. -- combined with his former dual citizenship in canada make his suspect. >> with ming a canadian citizen he said oh, i didn't know that. how did he not know that, and then he said with the loan, oh, i didn't know that, smart guy. he doesn't know that? that is worse than hilly when you hillary whenyou think about it. >> they have made the assessment that marco can't win this race and the washington establishment is rushing over to support donald trump. >> with a major winter storm bearing down, people are scrambling and it's the last big event before the iowa caucus on monday. >> and jeb bush and marco rubio

>> jeb bush is desperate and is spending millions on false attacks. don't fall for it. >> they are spending millions attacking each other. they have paid $91 million for a series of hard-hitting ads but as we heard from our political editor, it is not money well spent. >> the assumption seems to be that money doesn't vote; people do. and you have $91 million that the bush and rubio teams have combined have spent and compare that to what cruz and trump have spent, and they are spending much of it on ads tearing each other apart. >> rubio has 18% and bush just 3.

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being loaded on to trucks. let's go to fox's megan dice. hi there, megan, dc is still cleaning up for last time, right? >> that's right, mark, and this comes on the heels of half an inch to an inch of snow last night. many saying that the dot was unprepared, and many people got stick on the way home. it was just icy, and it was about 24 degrees and they are definitely preparing today. we are in northern virginia and you are looking behind me at several of those -- as of tonight, 4,000 trucks in all -- telling me this is not a report for them. this right now we are under a blizzard warning and so apparently this is very unusual to be issued 24 hours out.

18 to 24 inches we are looking at and this is being compared to what happened in 2010 where we got 18 inches of snow, #snowmaggedon. sunrise up until monday, and 45 miles per hour wind gusts and they are closing the metro system which is big. a lot of people saying they can't remember the last time this happened, maybe only once for hurricane-like conditions. they are going to shut it down through saturday and sunday, and many of the federal buildings still open at this hour, but as the federal buildings close, so do the rest of the businesses and about 95% of school districts are closed tomorrow. >> thanks thanks megan, stay warm. okay, a woman in st. pete is

out of botox and juviderm injections. after getting the injections she said she left her credit card in the car and then took off. they say each time she changed her identity. it's alarming other local doctors, now. >> she was just very misspelling nicole, with an h. >> and this could happen easily, because you bring someone in the room and discuss the procedure and do the procedure and charge them on the way out. >> she is being charged with grant theft a felony, and writing bad checks but there is one thing she was willing to pay for. her had

>> and sierra davis and her boyfriend. they contacted a guy on a dating website, plenty of fish. and he agreed to meet her at a mcdonald's and when he got there, she was accompanied by a man she said was her brother. she asked her date for a ride and later davis and williams beat him up and took his wallet. she they tried to use his debit cards but they didn't work. and who could forget how this contestant told the show, her

fame on the broadway stage was no accident. talent and hard work got her that far, and no she could be shining even brieter. >> brighter. >> it was her amazing voice that made her a stand-out on "american idol", but the help of others got her there. >> i had awesome teaching who prepared me to broadway and music. >> she attended the booker high school performing arts center. >> one teacher in particular, who i'm still really, really close to, every year he sings me happy birthday on my voicemail, it's really cool. >> and i remember being in class. i was belting out -- trying to belt out jacob, jacob and sons from the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, and he was like you

just do it, you got this, you can do this, push it out, let it go -- and before i knew it i was doing that broadway belt. >> it seemed like the lights of broadway were in her sights but first there was a detour. >> you go through so many auditions before you get to the tv audition that you see. >> but through it all her ticket was punched. she was going to hollywood and that is when the trouble started. >> the most important week i lost my voice. >> and that almost derailed her ride to stardom. after taking the drastic measure of going future mute for a while, her voice had returned. unfortunately her idol dreams

third, but her star's rise was just beginning. >> she went on to land major roles in two musicals. dream girls and the book of mormon. >> i got to travel the world. >> and she never forgot the bay-area people who guided her journey. >> we would sit down and talk and this also came about but text, talk and children, a wonderful program that provides scholarships to low-income students and i was the first recipients in my county. >> she is excited about the next chapter in her promising career. >> i'm working with my music partner, raj, digging deep and getting personal and really being transparent with my stories and what i've been through. >> and there is no doubt that the best is yet to come.

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auditions on "american idol", and the chosen few are now off and headed to hollywood. we have a look at some of this year's strongest contenders. >> contenders. >> >> reporter: "american idol" has dimmed the lights on the competition round of the show forever, after handing out the last stack of golden tickets monday night. >> it's like you are a part of history. it's the last "american idol" that they are ever going to air and i get to be a part of it. and that is crazy. that is amazing right there. >> there are not tons of shows that families can watch together in that way and i just remember people coming up to me every since i've been a part of the show, thanking me and asking me and being interested -- it was just an amazing, amazing thing that happened to america for 15 years. and i'm sad to see it go. >> i like the fact that you have a big voice.

the road was bittersweet especially for ryan seacrest see he see crist who has been with the show from the start. >> and for those of us who worked on the show so many years this is a big family, like half of my life and it's emotional. >> see who makes the cut when hollywood week kicks off next wednesday and fox. >> anchor: and of course all ofort of the idol excitement is just starting and i know it sounds cliche, but there are some really good singers on there just like there were some really good hockey players on the ice tonight.

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>> all right, we know that the tampa bay lightning are trending for obvious reasons and chip you are going to have more on that but it's got a lot of people excited and this sweet reunion is trending. his world war ii vet reconnected with his war-era girlfriend after 70 years. he is going to travel to ai australia. they get in love seven can he daidz decadesago, and they recently reconnected on skype. he says his dream will come true, and he plans to fly to australia so they can spend -- ready for this?

>> assume they are both single. >> or widowed? >> okay. ring. >> we wish them all the best. >> anchor: all right, take a look at this. challenge. this is a 4-cylinder toyota pickup truck, and it's raising through the sand dunes doing some climbing and it looks like one of those old commercials but in the end it does make it to the top. and for a little 4-cylinder pickup truck, that is like everest, isn't it? how does it not go backward. >> maybe the less weight with the engine. >> that is why he was going so fast. >> yeah, he is haulin'. >> oh, yeah, he is. >> a lot of fun. >> i bet it has to do with the weight of the truck, and if it

it. >> and after nailing his solo trumpet performance this mini maestro celebrates with a first push. >> pump. >> and fist pump. and wait, did he fall of the stage there? >> he did! >> don't show off. >> always look behind you. >> yeah, and tonight the lightning see the blackhawks behind them? >> that was an incredible game to watch. without question i think the lightning plays their best game of the season and with chicago you definite need to do that. i don't think we have seen the lightning with this ciepped kind of puck control or the checks until

just 43 seconds to score on the first shot of the game. watch the slot. and it's 1-0 chicago, lightning tie it up with this. victor hedman with a quick release and strollman with a quick deflexion, he is right there and just nicks it with a blade and it changes direction, and just a light touch and then in the second, lightning on the power play, and kucherov, no pressure on the powerplay and he just steps in and delivers and the lightning lead it 2-1, that is the winning goal, and they stop the blackhawks winning streak and the lightning have now won seven inn a row.

to clear the air on drouin. the big question is: how much does this drop his trade value? >> does it hurt it? um, i guess time will tell. i can't definitively answer that yet, but to this date i can tell you and we are actively and aggressively trying to find a deal that works. we haven't been able to do that. and going forward we'll see. i don't think this helps the situation by any means. it doesn't put added pressure on me to make a trade. i'm doing everything i possibly can now. doesn't help but how much it hurt it is? i don't know. >> here are my thoughts on the mess. there is no doubt that drouin is selfish. his "me" attitude is part of the problem but i've been saying that everybody shares

they allowed the relationship to erode, and trade demands don't come out of the blue. that is the boil-over point that took months to get this sour, but his agent is pushing the wrong button. he has a pitbull reputation and a spoiled frustrated client but instead of being a good advisor and agent he lashed out with his own arrogance foolishly believing in his own abilities and that backfired. it backfired because suddenly drouin a player with league potential now looks like he could be a potential problem for the next team if he doesn't get his way, and it backfires for drouin because a player who just wanted a nhl job has been put on ice and deserves to be there.

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3 3 (mike) 3 >> all righty, welcome back. satellite and radar view across

clouds continues to shift off to the south and west, but moisture in the west and more getting ready to move in. and here is why. you have this tornado watch in the panhandle, and a line of storms just east of new orleans and all shifting to the east, headed our way. meantime on the north side of this, high pressure situated just perfectly for a snow storm across the mideast and the north at lastic, continuing to funnel in cold air on the north side of this and look at this amazing water-vapor loop. you see this digging deeper into the southeast and has that continues to strengthen we get the south side of it, the cold front coming through. that cold front means businesses as it moves through in terms of showers and storms and with that we have a risk for severe weather into friday. now, timing-wise looks like

storms start to roll in and by the midafternoon they are already through the area. straight-line wind damage and the best chance to damage the closer you get to that area. that all pushes through, on the backside of it, cold, windy conditions funneling through the relatively warm waters of the gulf, and you get the showers popping up friday night and into saturday morning and behind that gale warning conditions. seas offshore talking about 15 to 18 feet, rough out on the bay, and certainly not good conditions at all for any kind of boating. as far as temperatures go heading into the day on friday, still mild out there, temperatures into the upper 60's and low 70's, but once that front pushing through, the winds

and by saturday morning we are in the low to mid 50's and we really don't recover electric from that. overall just a raw, windy day and cold day saturday, and that is not the only chilly looking day in the seven-day. full details coming up on the fox 13 11:00 news. >> investigators breathing a sigh of relief at least for one day. meantime mortgage rates are still low, i mean, really low. the three-year fixed falling 3.81%, the lowest level we have seen in three months, and for selling cars to sharing, general motors is launches mavin where users can rent cars by the hour. g.m. is test driving this in ann arbor, michigan before it goes

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