3 right now at six - we've been watching the krewes go by all afternoon - on this right now we've been watching the crews go by all this afternoon for the gasparilla children's parade. what's next the first invasion of the season. >> we are keeping an eye on what i can consider the worst of mother nature's wrath. >> the worst may be yet to come as heavy snow piles up in the mid-atlantic states. why this could be one of the worst blizzards on record for the region. the ripple effects here in the bay area. where we're seeing the most flights delayed or cancelled. >> announcer: from tampa bay's number one news station, this is the fox 13 6:00 news.

being with us tonight i'm hayley hooiz. >> i'm aaron mesmer. >> gasparilla season is officially underway. bringing families out from across the bay area despite that chill in the air. fox 13's evan lambert joins us live from the parade. what's next for the folks out there? >> well, it's the fireworks. that's what everybody is here for you mention the chill in the air. i kind of wish i had it right now. we are here along bay shore and as you can see the fun is not stopped. the parade still going by us here the screams. we're trying not to get hit by the beads that's the hardest thing out here. but you can see everybody waiving. we have made some friends here along the parade route. we're going to talk to megan who is here with me right

clapping along to this. the music here really loud. but megan has special talent. it's why she got all these beads. show us out how you got all those talk me you're excited about the fireworks. talk toe motor about that. but your screams could rival the fireworks. cold, rainy, window, amazing. >> i'm going to focus on the araising.

appreciate it. everyone having a great time. hayley, eric. >> my ears are still ringing. mostly cold and windy all day long. we have a live look traffic is back open. the winds this morning averaging 40 to 50 miles per hour. with gusts over 50. the blizzard up north is having ripple effects for us here at tampa international airport multiple flights were cancelled today that were scheduled to depart from new york, philadelphia or raleigh, north carolina. the temperature is about to dip even more here in the bair.

meteorologist mike bennett. off the left here you can see bay shore waiting for those fireworks about an hour from now and it is going to be pretty chilly out there for the fireworks. like we had earlier we'll see the winds continue to 46 , shiver me timbers wind chill advisories in effect for everywhere else. 28 up in and 29 in bristol

a chilly, chilly night tonight and chilly night elsewhere in the country with plenty of snow to talk about. details on that coming up. >> thanks. and that blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the east coast to a standstill today. stranding travelers and shutting down the capitol. it was still not enough to keep some people away. new york's governor has declared a state of emergency. >> we are keeping an eye on what i curb the worst of mother nature's wrath which are flooding conditions new york city the flooding is probably the most

poses a real safety consideration. >> new york mayor city bill de blasio closed the roads at 4:00. officials say they hope to underground. detectives say they have a warrant for the third arrest of a third suspect last week authorities arrested andrew joseph and jonathan also in miami. criminal histories. earlier this month four people were gunned down in east lake at a place that investigators called a "one stop shop for drugs. the victims were all shot in the head execution style. three died and a fourth survived. tonight a brandon man faces d.u.i. charges after deputies say they caught him driving the wrong way on

they spotted it will of authorities tell us he showed signs of being impaired and having a blood alcohol level of .1 nern. failure to maintain a single lane. during the stop, >> troopers pull him over for an illegal window tint and failure to maintain a single lane. they noticed a strong smell of weed they found more than his truck. he was arrested and later released from jail. daphne was an all-american player at the university of florida. he also played for the texans, patriots, jets, broncos, and dolphins. still to come on the fox 13 6:00 news, tackling tough issues for the city of entering. -- of st. petersburg. >> this is the issue that i care most about. >> what is the biggest issue facing st. pete?

the table what's in store for the city of st. pete this year? that's the question mayor rick kriseman what's in store for the city of st. pete. that's the question mayor rick priceman hoped to answer as he laid out his plan at today's state of the city address. it was held this morning at the palladium theatre. he said the city is strong and sunny but didn't sugar coat its flaws. >> fox 13's crystal clark explains. >> the mayor wasting no time addressing his fault the fatal shooting shined a light on st. pete's problem

>> we're a sick address you with the statistics and progress provide no comfort to the mother who finds her son face down on the ground. >> reporter: much of his 33 minute speech focused on youth in the troubled south side. >> he encouraged more community involvement in public schools, two high schools now offer training for students aspiring to be policemen and firefighters. more than 800,000 is being invested in the youth employment program. in the coming years more and more people will be living within walking and biking distance. >> he says boarded up

45% highlighting that st. pete is ever progressing. there's an openness to diversity. >> we're seeing hours in the gay and lesbian community being more accepted and finding that we have a right to stand up. the city's look is changing, too. the most prominent example is the pier. >> the new st. pete pier will truly be the people's pier. >> reporter: and the crown jewel of the new pier district set to include a water ferry service to downtown tampa. crystal clark, fox 13 news. >> today the mayor also announced a new baseball flov forever campaign. still to come an important reminder of the sacrifices made for our freedom.

new statues just3 the hillsborough county korean war memorial is finally complete. 3 today -- in front a crowd of >> the hillsborough county war memorial is finally complete. today in front of a crowd of veterans and their families three long awaited statues were unveiled. the monument at veterans memorial park was originally dedicated two years ago with the statues. the veterans coordinator said this addition represents all pass sets of the war, the leadership, the military side and the civilian side.

finality the millennium on is complete. 3 christie is asking people to keep off the roads.. as the forecast calls for new jersey to get as forecasts call for new jersey to get about two feet of snow maybe more than that in the southern parts of the state the there's still two more eye tides i have wean out on the roads in a last

don't put yourself in a position the snow is difficult and the visibility is no more than a quarter of a mile. christy says this is his 17th storm as conference he's confident that his flishls do everything they can to keep people safe. hopefully everybody does have a way to stay safe. they wouldn't have to leave the house for anything. you on often talk about storms being hyped. you are talking record-breaking snowfall. d.c. may end up in the top two.

monstrous storm look at some of the snowfall totals guys these are. glen gary, west virginia, 40 inches of snow up over 20 inches. philly that's 7.7 inches that was take not about 4.50 inches ago. just a crippling snowstorm across the southeast. you can see this grand of heavy snow right city through wilmington and delaware. snowfall rates in that band

so very very heavy snowfall. so we could be talking about many, many areas picking up upwards of 30 inches, upwards of three feet of snow by the time all is said and done. even on shore waves crashing the good news that starts to wind down tonight. dew point at 38 .

of the country. you got to go back to the west and see any kind of warm air 72 right now in phoenix, bundle up this is certainly hug your honey alert weather. 56 for tomorrow, still chilly less windy out there so it may feel a little bit warmer at least. here's your seven-day forecast. guess what we'll keep that hug your honey alert going out tomorrow night as well. mid-70s, tuesday and wednesday, another severe weather potential wednesday and thursday we'll keep a close eye on that and a little bit cooler for next weekend. kevin. >> hey, mike that wintery weather is affecting the carolina panthers in their

snow and ice makes it tough. for the 2nd time in a week... the lightning look to well, for the second time in a week the lightning looked to pound on the panthers this time they'll drop the puck down south at sunrise at 7:00 tonight. the panthers have to be sweating. they led the atlantic division by a lot now it's just three points. and the lightning are charging pretty hard. the lightning own the best winning streak in the nhl right now. panth with eight straight victories. these are two teams heading in different directions. the bullets are playing their best hockey of the season and florida are struggling with just one win in the last five games. but they shutout chicago

while it's great to see the lightning climbing up the standings john cooper was puts a little perspective on it. >> just judge us after 82 games don't nitpick us. while things are still going well i'm saying just judge us after 82. it's the ebb and flow of the season. we make the playoffs, and we can sit here and say we did what we were supposed to do we felt like we could do. it kind of works itself out. allow every single day to be consistent play consistently well and things will work out better for you in the end than not. i truly believe in that. it's just wait until the end of the year then let's make our judgment. things are getting a lot tougher as the bulls lost nine straight games coming into today. u.s.f. suspending one of their top players for team rules violations that's an indefinite suspension no word on how long this will

u.s.f. with a solid start against houston. cousins scores the first two points. but more bad breaks for u.s.f. minutes later cousins stepped awkwardly on a cougar player and rolls his ankling. looks like he's in a lot of pain but he does return. the bull goes from. there they go on a big run 18-8. bo ziegler leads the way to help them to a 32-22 lead at intermission. jamal mcmurray a huge day. he pumps in 30 points and the bulls avoid a double digit losing streak. f.s.u. head coach getting along mays back in the lineup. 22-15 lead over pit. they work the clock to perfection after the break. making a payment would give them a half lead.

tied at 67, pit gets another shot at artis nails the three and pit rallies to beat f.s.u. 74-72. we fly south to miami, where 15th ranked hurricanes didn't shoot well against wake forest. they actually missed 11 layups and two dunks. newton though came off the bench he would add some life to the canes off the turnover here. newton he will give the canes a 3-point lead. newton paces miami with 18 points and they pull away to beat wake forest 77-63. clear skies are forecasted for tomorrow's nfc championship game in charlotte. the snow has moved away but it's going to be chilly. temperatures are expected to drop to freezing when the came kicks off at 6:40. this is what the panthers have to deal with over the

isn't worried about it. josh norman tells us he doesn't particularly like the cold.. but at this time of the season he welcomes it. josh norman says he doesn't particularly like the cold but at this time of the season he welcomes it. >> it's nice. there's only four other teams i wish the other 28 would be. but hey, i thought we would prepare for it. whether it's snow or not snow. we know it's going to be it's great. so i think coach did a great job. enough. add the cold into it. trouble tomorrow. >> come down to whoever gets the ball. thanks, kevin. when we come back a closer look at the powerful blizzard crippling much of the eastern u.s. >> the impact across the country and around the

a massive winter storm barreling up the eastern a massive winter storm barreling up the eastern seaboard is living up to its billing as one of the worst on record. probably $85 million in its path woke up today to heavy snow with many major cities coming to a crippling stand still. thousands of flights two or within the u.s. had been cancelled as a result of this storm. >> fox's joe waldman has more from our nation's capital which is already buried under feet of snow. >> reporter: overnight forecasters said the storm began to look even bigger than expected upping their snow total predictions even more. >> there's a lot of snow. >> reporter: by the time this behemoth of a winter storm passes through the highly populated eastern corridor at least 18 to 24 inches of snow will have been dumped on washington,

with some pockets in those areas getting upwards of 30 inches. making it one of the worst snowstorms on record for the region. >> i've never seen this much rain. getting at least a half foot of snow. causing a number of car accidents to spike. heaving some drivers completely stranded. i saw a lot i saw a lot of people off the roads.

president obama was one of whom may hunker down at home he stayed inside the white house. in washington, joe waldman, fox news. now an update officials are now reporting that death toll is up to as even as 17. most of those are from are from traffic accidents. carly fiorina was one of several high pro-life voices profiled are voices who joined thousands at the national mall. the event is held on the anniversary of the supreme court's roe vs. wade decision. oh no,, we're from south dakota so we're used to it. it's all about love. it's all about pro-life. pro-life advocates say their newest strat is gee to find monday ground. showing more than 80% of

abortion to the first three months of pregnancy that number includes two-thirds of those who self-identified as pro-choice. officer-involved shooting shut down the strip overnight. offers were respondsing to a call about an arm man in front of the hotel fountain when gunfire was exchanged. neither the officers nor the suspect were injured. the mayor of flint, michigan says it will cost $1.5 billion that number is well above governor rick snyder's $700 million estimate. however, officials are hoping that chemical recoating of the pipes will help contain the lead if the coating works it could make the water safe enough to drink until the damage to the system can be fully assessed. the philadelphia police officer who was shot multiple times while on the job is back home today. officer jesse hartnet was released from hospital on friday and driven home bay

the officer was shot three times in the arm by 30-year-old ex-con edward archer. he managed to get out of his car chase archer and fire back. four people are dead several more are injured following shootings in two separate locations in northern canada, friday. officials say a male suspect was taken into custody friday but did not provide any information witnesses described hearing screaming and more than half a dozen shots. authorities say the investigation is ongoing and both locations but stress the public is no longer at risk. and the citizens of and the

placed at five but later lowered to four. this is shaping up to be a very interesting presidential year. we're talking about former new york mayor michael bloomberg he is willing to spend a billion dollars of his own money to win the white house. bloomberg is looking to make a decision on whether he'll run sometime in march. he said more likely to make a bid if the democrat and republican candidates are a matchup between bernie sanders and either donald trump or ted cruz. bloomberg was a very popular three term mayor and is city years old. some folks hoping to find a way to have fun through it all. they had a run on hats be, gloves, shreds and everything from kids to re-create a scene from frozen.

packed along with the storm essentials adults flocked to stores like total wine and more be shocking up on their beverages of choice. >> food is ready to go, yeah. 10 times busier today than we are on a normal thursday. >> that blizzard or even our own chilly weather could be a reason enough to stay in sunday night. after a 13 year break in a six episode series of ex-themselves -- of ex-files and themselves.

after a 13 year break david duchovny and gillian anderson return as mulder and sculley in a six episode series of the "x-files." the stars like the idea of playing older versions of the familiar characters but their passion for solving cases of paranormal phenomenon is just as strong. i love the idea of taking mulder and sculley on and on. with the ex-files of the past but now they get to work modern technology into the story lines.

bigger or greater or scarier than some of the topics that we're topping upon are scarier than they have ever been on the world stage but aside from that and those realities, the science fiction aspect of things and the monsters, etc., where the level of blood or death i don't think is any greater. stopped us before. >> reporter: the x-files turns to fox on sunday night. in hollywood, fox news. >> you can catch the premiere of the x-files tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. right here on fox 13. up next those of who you are snowbirds or have one in your family will want to hear this. >> we're taking a look at a new app that could make clearing your driveway up

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or with a 2 year agreement, get $300 back. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios. 3 the gasparilla children's parade may be over.. but the just yet! there's a >> the gasparilla parade is over but the day's festivities rand over yet. there's a spectacular show just minutes away. fox 13's joins us. >> hey, there. after a wonderful day this afternoon there had to be a really good reason we're still here. >> fireworks. fireworks show which we were not sure was going to happen because of that wind that was 20 miles-per-hour winds. but it looks like they're going to get it off the ground. winds died down sadly the temperature has dropped it. >> was a great day though. we had a fantastic parade. we don't have any numbers. but it seemed to be above

it has been my best guess the kids were great. showing. all the pirates having a great time. lots of beads. >> fox 13 float was great. there was. fireworks time with the music which is really cool. >> i have never seen the it's even better live. >> for those of you at home enjoy it stay nice and warm. here. >> that's right. straight up at 7:00 it's timed with music. you got the best seat in the house. we have a good seat if you . >> it's dropping. we have gloves. we still do have a crowd. but it's coming up straight up at 7:00. timed with the music it's about a 30 minute show. it's about 24 minutes long so lots of fireworks it's going to be awesome. we're looking forward to it. >> we are. so we'll send it back to you

>> thanks, mark and laura. aaron and i are looking forward to that fireworks show right here warm in the studio. >> for those of who you are snowbirds or have one in your family you will want to hear this, especially if you're getting help with clearing your driveway back home especially if that's a struggle. up north there's an uptick in injuries and deaths from shoveling. >> fox's douglas kennedy talks to the creator of a new app that lets you hire someone that clears your driveway at the push of a button. >> reporter: ron websites sweitzer is a physical therapist in pleasantville, new york a town that had winter. >> reporter: fortunately whuchl people pick up the snow shovel you see a huge increase in knee injuries but especially back injuries. >> that's correct. injuries. every year as a result of shoveling snow. we're already started warning our patients not to do it if you don't have to. >> reporter: in fact, every year thousands of people are sent to the emergency room

shoveling snow. including dozens of deaths from heart attacks. it's just one of the driving forces behind the new app for snowplowing. >> she was stuck in her driveway. >> reporter: the co-founder calls it the uber of snow removal. so just like uber you type in your home address, and you get an immediate quote on how much it's going to cost. >> exactly. never before has technology allowed a home user to be able to summon a plow to their house. in just years plows has expanded to over 30 markets. the company maintains quality control through a rating system that quickly disposes of unreliable drivers. >> so what are the funds you face when you need a plow everyone around you needs a plow at the same time. >> exactly. we track the realtime g.p.s. of all of our providers so we know exactly where they are at any given time. when an order is placed it

on their existing route 92 in syracuse he says the average wait time is less than 30 minutes. which is good news for sweitzer who says less waiting means less people crouched over on their driveways. >> snow is a lot heavier than we often think it is, especially gets a little wet. >> reporter: mahoney says he didn't fix your back but he will send you a picture of the job is done. douglas kennedy, fox news. watching that brings back you're from pittsburgh my back hurts watching those people shovel snow. >> they say the app started in syracuse that's where i had my first job. >> my dad is from syracuse. lake-effect snow. >> that saying brings back bad memories. et might get hot or humid it.

that we have right now people used to ski. so let's just leave it at that, right. a couple big name buccaneers got to share some advice with some of the best college football players in the country this week. i caught up with t they're teaching these kids how the to here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody

joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away.

3 the east west shrine game is loaded with college talent, the game is loaded with college talent. last year 70 years players from this game ended up in the nfl. i spent they spend the week helping out senior stars get ready for the next step. >> reporter: the game this year has a buccaneer flavor

bucs offensive line coach has joined charlie wise's staff to share their expertise to players who aspired to be the next nfl stars. what's the point you want to get across. >> i think it's just maximizing the potential and being able to show their ability. i'm trying to help them give them every possible thanks chance for them to get an opportunity to dream. >> it's the hardest thing to get them to understand is you won't be able to line up and dominate you guy you block it. >> was former gator charlie wise's idea to get the bucs back together. he asked one more tampa bay great to be apart of this warren sapp but the nfl prefered that he didn't. >> we will certainly miss him. it will be a lot more quiet on the field without him. he would be over here entertaining everybody as he normally does. >> most of the college players were just born when alstott was making his name

one of the topics that the coach is bringing up. >> plus i do a good job of trying to humiliate them in front of the players so that makes things go a little bit more surreal. >> sharing experiences, advice and setting expectations are some of the points they are looking to get across at the nfl's next generation of players. >> just focus more on the details of the game and what really is going to give you the fair advantage because athleticism at this level everybody has it. >> reporter: alstott and moore weren't the biggest celebrities out there i caught bon jovi on the sidelines. he there was for the first three days. >> pretty cool. a lot of our fox 13 folks are just coming back from the paired. all commenting how -- parade. all commenting how cold it was out there. >> only -- if only somebody forecasted that. >> i saw during the week all of your little00s on higher it cold. >> that's the only time you

>> it's never a bad time for a pun. chilly day today. the breeze starts to die down bad news temperatures drop as well. it's going to be a cold night tonight. you heard me talk about it earlier 30 minutes ago i officially issued that hug your honey alert tonight. it's in effect from 9:00 p.m. tonight to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. check this out. sky tower radar view this is the snowfall and again across the mid-atlantic and the northeast historic snowfall totals for them. historic snowstorm all in all. totals 20 to 40 inches right now. it's the still snog out there. so this is just crazy the amount of snow they're seeing. for us the bottom side of the system. as so often happens with nor'easters. we get the can cold, cold air kind of pouring. in so it's 50 right now in tampa. 47 in brooksville, and 45

50 up in with a chula and freeze warnings in effect. through the overnight hours tonight. temperatures ditching into the 20s for several hours. meanwhile elsewhere wind chill advisories, wind chills 26 35 from 11:00 p.m. tonight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. overnight lows there you have it 37 can in tampa that would be the coldest morning we've had so far by i think 4 . 34 but 35, and 30 in wesley chapel. 29 in crystal river. so any way you slice it it will be a cold chilly night out there tonight. clear skies for tomorrow once we get rid of that and there's our departing nor'easter that continues to lift off to the north and east as well. so you got your freeze warnings, your wind chill advisory for tonight. wouldn't be surprised to see a more in the way of frost as we head towards tomorrow night and on into monday. then this cold front back off to the west after we get through some moderating temperatures. a little bit warmer wednesday and that has the potential to bring us some severe weather as we head towards the middle of the week but still several days

bitterly cold. windy evening. wind dropping a little bit overnight tonight. seven-day forecast shows temperatures back into the mid-60s. guys. >> mike, thanks. still ahead unlocking some of lego's secrets at a facility not yet open to the

>> we'll take you inside f the legoland expansion continues in polk county. the theme park is in winter haven, but its newest 9 lego land -- the lego land expansion continues. it's where model builders and designers create those life like lego models you see in lego land parks around the world. the facility is not open to the public but fox 13 photo journalist lucas got inside and was able to give us a closer look. >> reporter: most days are not anything that you can sort of preplan and go yeah today. this is the merlin magic making hub in florida. that's brand new production facility to make lego models for merlin abe traction all around the world. the kind of models we make here it's typically for mini land attractions within the lego land discovery center parks. we also make models which sculpted models like the knights, the pigs, the can dogs the globes all those sorts of things.

was recently completed. he will be going to an upcoming new feature in one of the lego land discovery centers. people come in and go i played with lego as a kid. >> when you're a kid you're playing with lego and then to actually have make a living actually working with lego it's just really incredible. i'm a model builder for lego land. >> if you told me a couple years that i would have a job building legos i wouldn't believe it. i would be like no. >> it's building something from nothing it's a really fun progression to watch. >> this is definitely very much a dream job. >> merlin entertainment is still looking to hire 20 more model builders for the lake wales facility. if you want the job you will have to go through multiple interviews and they'll have you build a model out of legos to make sure that you have the right stuff. >> that is the dream job for the kid who never outgrew

>> absolutely. well, if i didn't love this job i would consider that one. >> for more news follow us on twitter and the news is always on at fix 13 news.com. >> stay with us for gasparilla pyrotechnic extravaganza that's up next. there's a live look of where it will be.