3 right now at five - the historic blizzard up north.. still having an impact here in the bay area! how travelers are coping with the mess.. 3 through an independent living home in lakeland.. why firefighters say.. it's one of faced. 3 parking frustrations.. spilling over at the port of has customers *and* employees upset. 3 3 good evening

and thanks for joining us.. i'm haley hinds. and i'm aaron mesmer.. lloyd sowers has the night off... 3 first up - near-record breaking snowfall.. in the big weather service says the 26-point-eight inches of snow that fell in new york city.. is the second-most recorded since 1869. that measurement.. taken just after midnight last night. it narrowly misses the record of 26-point-nine inches.. that fell in february 2006. a massive cleanup.. is now underway.. in addition to heavy snow.. towns along new jersey's coast are dealing with tidal flooding.. as a result of that powerful storm.. streets were flooded with ocean water and icy chunks of snow this it's expected to let up today.. but thousands of we have much more on the impact of the blizzard still ahead.. 3 meantime, here at home.. if you thought it was chilly for the gasparilla children's parade yesterday.. you probably needed *another layer today.. meteorologist mike bennett joins us now with a look at where the temps are going this week.

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have up north--historic up north--historic snowfalls have caused havoc for travelers this weekend.those flight delays and cancellations have trickled down--impacting flights to and from tampa international. that's where fox 13's evan lambert is now.evan--how are flights there doing today? 3 3

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3 3 tonight we're learning one person died in an early morning fire in lakeland. it happened at bella vista facility..two other residents are beng treated at the hospital. 3 fox 13's crystal clark spoke to firefighters who describe this ordeal as..a 'worst-case scenario.' 3 3 3 3 3 13 news.crystal clark, fox in lakeland, investigation.fire is still under the cause of the 3 fire is still under investigation.in lakeland, crystal clark, fox 3

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3 3 tonight - the manatee county sheriff's office is looking for the people responsible for a deadly shooting. 3 3 3 3 a ruskin man is facing serious charges tonight.. after the florida highway patrol says he crashed his car while driving drunk.. the

3 3 3 developing tonight - more trouble for customers and employees of premier parking. 3 cruise passengers arriving back in tampa today were met with a not-so-warm welcome back to land. they say the *one* operating shuttle took more than an hour to bring them to their cars -- parked at the premier lot on north brush street -- with one employee manning the lot. this isn't the first sign of trouble for the private parking service. we brought you a similar story on premier last week. the company closed its west hillsborough avenue lot, unannounced. airport passengers found themselves stranded... their cars were abandoned... with their keys locked inside a trailer. today, a group premier employees who say they've not been paid since last month, showed up at the north brush street lot to picket. and, despite no compensation, they still wanted to help the

3 3 still ahead on the fox13 six o'clock news... how would you like to work.. at tampa international airport? 3

expansion.. could help you 3 the overhaul at tampa international airport means new businesses are getting ready to open. but first they need some new employees. 3 t-i-a is hosting a job fair tomorrow. there are 125 positions available at shops and restaurants that will open up this spring. representatives from businesses like ducky's...newslink...auntie anne's...and rumfish grill will be at the fair. they're looking to fill hourly and management positions. an airport spokesperson says this is the next step in the ongoing airport expansion. 3 once the expansion is finished...there will be 65 new stores at the airport. 30 of them will open this year. the job fair runs from 10-until-four tomorrow...in the airport boardroom. 3

into big top circus today... lightning-themed, of course. 3 it was the bolts family carnival, back for the second year. families brought their mini hockey fans out for a day of fun, games, traditional carnival foods... and the best part-- they got to do all of this with the entire lightning roster and coaching staff. some played ping pong with steven stamkos, others took on tyler johnson in a friendly game of rod hockey. 3 3 it was also a day of education. guests got to learn all about the science of ice. proceeds from today's event will go to the lightning foundation, which shares funding with hundreds of local non-profits. 3 still ahead - help for stranded drivers trying to survive the east coast blizzard.. is coming from a surprising place.. 3 the organization living up to its name.. that's helping them out! we'll be right back. 3 3 3

3 3 3 meals on wheels.. is taking on a whole new meaning on the pennsylvania turnpike. the pennsylvania emergency management agency called on the salvation army to help with delivering meals to stranded drivers there. volunteers from across central pennsylvania.. helped prepare the food.. originally.. authorities had requested 500 meals be made.. they later upped that to *4- thousand*.. to help stranded drivers survive out there.

we're getting an incredible view.. of the blizzard that brought much of the east coast to a standstill. astronaut scott kelly took these photos.. from the international space station. the storm dumped as much as three-feet of snow...stranding tens-of-thousands of travelers and shutting down big cities. most of the 80- million-people in the storm's path *did listen to requests to stay off the roads. 3 (( ))

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3 the nfc championship is set to kick off in a little over and hour... without question the panthers and the cardinals are the nfc's top two..... the playoffs played out perfectly leaving two of the conferences most dominant teams.. the numbers that arizona and carolina put up this year are eerily

3 carolina nearly ran the table this season. losing just one game to atlanta... the panthers have pounded their opponents winning by averaging of 12 points per game.... the cards by 11. this is a rematch of last season's playoff game in which the cardinals came limping into the postseason with a third string quarterback. carson palmer will be a huge difference in the game... he's already being considered for the league's mvp along with cam newton. the panthers beat arizona 27-16 a year ago holding the cards to a playoff record low of 78 yards of offense. this one will be a completley different game and both quarterbacks can't wait for kickoff.

3 peyton manning is outplaying tom brady after two quarters of play.. manning has thrown two td passes and brady two picks... the broncos are up 17-12 in the 3rd quarter. 3 the lightning take their first step towards making sure steven stamkos will stay in a lightning sweater... the bolts first offer to stamkos... an 8-year deal worth $68-million according to sportsnet, a canadian hockey wesbite... i say it's a start because it's only a million more than he's making now and the top two players in the league are making over 10-million per year. the lightning's offer would be the 8th highest salary in the league... stamkos would likely get more on open market. so don't look for him to accept this one. 3 the game was over after

4 goals in an 11-minute span in the 2nd period.... but this team didn't give up... halfway throuhg the 3rd period... jon cooper pulled andre vasilevskiy for and extra attacker... i can't that happened with 10-minutes in a game.... the lightning kept florida out of the goal for 6-minutes before they picked up their 5th goal..... the bolts did pick up a goal late from jt brown... but their 7-game winning streak is over.. for coach cooper it's all about finding a way to start a new streak. . 3 3 usf's women team get back on track with a trip east down i-4...... courtney williams not the star on this day.... kitt-e-yu lak-sa takes over and has one of her best

3-pointers and leads usf with 29-points... williams a strong game... she dumps in 20 as the 15th ranked bulls beat ucf easily 88-49.beat ucf easily 88-49. 3 tossback 3 the snow may not be falling anymore.. but the impact of the historic east coast blizzard is far from over. up next.. what some of our nation's largest cities.. are doing to get back to normal! 3

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3 accumulation on the ground creating accumulation of passengers >> a powerful earthquake hit southern alaska early this morning. here is look at the map. the 6.8 magnitude quake where it happened centered 30 miles east of pedro bay. 160 miles southwest of anchor ridge. tremors felt. reports of scattered power outages.

thankfully no injuries have been reported. >> the manhunt continues for three escaped inmates. last seen early friday morning in the central man's jail in santa ana: inmates all have violent histories including torture and murder. >> identified as 20-year-old jonathan. 37-year-old jose and 43-year-old. the jail holds around 900 inmates. >> canada friends and loved ones held a vigil outside the school a gunman killed four people. one of those people is the daughter of the city's acting mayor. she was a teacher at the school. also learning the alleged gunman first shot and killed his two brothers at home before making his way to the school. putting the death toll at four. police say they have a man in custody. the motive for the shootings is still under investigation. >> investigators believe they

the airlines flight mh370. the plane that went missing in march 2014. the new piece of suspected plane wreckage washed ashore on a beach in southern thailand. discovered the piece of metal reported it to authorizes. french prosecutors confirmed in september that a wing part found on a remote island in the inn ion ocean was also from the plane. it disappeared with 239 people on board. during a flight 3 >> as the water crisis in flint continues a number of local organizations there are coming together to try to help out residents. members of the organization detroit for flint went to the city and immediately ne advertised certain needs. day care centers for children are being neglected. the organization asking for other items like diapers and baby wipes. just hoping people can donate whatever they can. >> knowing that you can help in any way possible. is great. and then the supermarket is

donating for the water cases. as much as you can get an send its important to help. >> the group also reaching out to other organizations in detroit that may want help but might not have the necessary transportation to get the donated items. >> a 40-year-old father and his 17-year-old son are dead following a shooting at a gun shop in mississippi. took place at the gun shop in pearl river county. a gun owner and his son went to the shop to retrieve a weapon. after being told it was not repaired one of the men reportedly became and i take ited because he had paid a $25 service charge. even though his gun was not fixed. the wife of the gun shop owner called her husband and son to de-escalate the situation. but that decision turned deadly. both father and son began to argument which authorities say led to the killings. two others were injured in that shooting. >> days to go before the iowa caucus. a toss-up on the democratic side.

house we have this report from fox james. >> reporter: with just a week to go before the iowa caucus hillary clinton and bernie sanders are effectively until a dead heat with sanders enjoying an one point lead. however the avowed socialist senator holds a 19-point lead over the former secretary of state in new hampshire. almost as big as the 22-point lead that clinton maintains in south carolina. >> on the republican side donald trump polarizing campaign made fresh headlines he claim he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose supporters many when the real estate mogel relished another heckler. he wasn't wearing one of those hats. was he wearing one of those. >> the latest fox news poll shows trump surging passed senator cruz and rubio erasing cruz lead from earlier in the month. new jersey governor chris christie assailed rubio for welcoming the weekend blizzard

government issuing new regular lace. lives. also revived his attacks on rubio for skipping votes while christie himself left the campaign trail to return to the garden state. >> don't be like friday me saying, you know, i really don't like being governor any more. and i really prefer running for president to being governor. so i know that my state will be hit with 2 feet of snow. i'm not going back because it's not going to really matter. shot back that christie only returned when he was shamed in to it. and that christie record is too liberal for the gop. casting a weary eye is former new york mayor bloomberg. instructed aids to explore whether he can mount a third party campaign in the general election. >> in washington. >> anchor: beginning of a new diverse era in hollywood.

accepting more minority members. announcement comes amid a backlash off the absence of minority nominees. this has been in the works for a while. >> the academy for the last three or four years has been -- even before then definitely more committed in the last three or four years to diversifying our membership. >> and including people all sorts of people, young, international, african american. latino. females, women. all across the board. >> the controversy led to oscar boycott by several members of hollied woo. will submit and his wife along with director spike lee and michael moore will not be attending the ceremony. >> when we come back a look at a very snowy edition. >> with the temperatures dropping some of you will likely be turning on your space heat ers tonight. what fire rescue officials say you should do to make sure you

3 what's trending this sunday? the powerful blizzard >> what is trending the blizzard tops the list. most of what we found on line today. >> might have seen that panda at the zoo. someone else trying to have a little fun with that, too.

really making most of his snow day. and then on the right that is definitely not a real panda. >> are you sure? i think so. that's actually jeffrey who posted that video of himself on instagram challenging the panda to a snow battle. >> here is the best part. wait for it. here it is. movements. >> that is fantastic. we were watching that on the right yesterday and just laughing about it. cute and funny on the left and the right. >> i love the random foot bite. >> that's what you do in the snow if you are a panda. love it. >> despite warnings not everyone stayed off the streets of new york city yesterday. decided to go snow boarding through the streets of the big apple. he didn't have rope to use. so resorted to august a 30-foot mi cable.

together. he says they went around the ban by very carefully. >> it is cool to watch. that is one of the stupidest things you can possibly do. don't try this at home. >> definitely not. >> for everyone that is tired of the cold here in the snow up north, we have one more trending video for you outside of that. this is some island flare. the song you probably very familiar with, too. [music] [music] from the other side. >> that's a brother and sister with their own spin on adele's hello. shot in the solomon islands.

wondering it's 90 today. >> very nice. this is probably my favorite version of hello. everyone has done their version. >> if you will cover adele you can't rye to sound like adele. you have to take a new spin on it. it's really good. >> i like this because you can actually play this and be in a good mood. >> it seems to happy to have a drink and cocoa nut. >> who knew you could make that song a happy song. >> these the key to it. >> hello to kevin out there. >> this weekend was really happy in st. pete. kind of breaking down barriers. made big news this week at the east west shrine bowl.

k >> a football player. she place for the kansas city titans. this week she got to help coach the wide receivers for the east team. jeff caught up with the coach as she follows in the footsteps of a coaching pioneer. >> is the coaching assistant to west shrine game. the kansas native following the path of dr. jen who became the first nfl female coach as in10 for the arizona cardinals. they were teammates on the u.s. women's national football team.

when i saw that opportunity open up for her i was completely thrilled about that for her. >> the coach is doing exactly what mike and dave are doing. transitioning from player to coach. >> i went to school played a number of different sports probably every sport except football. finding there was a women's team so i started playing football. have been playing for about eight years now. >> obviously love coaching so that's where my path has taken me right now. >> as a player she is a quarterback for the semi pro team in kansas city. as a coach on charlie staff she gets the same ribbing as everyone else. >> to watch the coach bust her chops like he does the rest of us ax i tell you she is working hard. putting together all the scripts. out there, coaching players. she has a lot of football knowledge. >> the coach works with the wide receivers. teaching is all about staying on

>> very, very motivating. she is always talking to me. she is pushing me the last two days. >> a lot of things take them to the next level. whether that be the nfl or whether that be being a husband or a father, so many things that we can teach these guys in the short week which has been amazing. >> some st. pete fox 13 sports. >> don't be surprised to see her in the nfl at one appointment the bills just hired the first full time assistant. things are changing in the nfl. >> be great to see. thanks. >> tell you what, it is a good thing they had the east west shrine game in florida this weekend. >> a good place for everybody to be. >> it's felt more like you are in the carolinas or something. >> we will take it. >> not too bad over all. what a day it was today. i know it was on the cool side but look at this time lapse view. >> see if you notice something lacking in this time lapse.

humans as well. no clouds out there. >> we didn't have the humans at the beach but didn't have clouds as well. >> i will go for either answer. >> i totally messed this one up. >> classic sunday night weather trivia. almanac for today 56 the high. 37 the low. look at the record, though. still nowhere near the record. 27 was the record set back in 2003. it could have been colder this morning. look at the current temperature temperature 54. .of 27. winds out of the north at 8 miles per hour. >> other current temperatures 52 in wesley chapel. 48 in new port richey. 57 in see brings. 54 in venice. 54 in st. pete. talk about it again. last night we had the freeze warnings. tonight still have the freeze warnings north but across the

advisories in effect midnight until nine a.m. with the exception being right along the coast pinellas county. on in to sarasota county. when you drop the wind just a bit that allows frost to potentially form so that will be the case late tonight. over night lows upper 30s in tampa. mid 30s as you head just to the east. brandon, river view getting in to the mid 30s. north lawsuits and wesley chapel near freezing up in brooksville. inverness around the freezing mark. crystal river 32. 37 in frostproof. 36 in winter haven. 40 for most of the coastline south of st. pete. another very cold night. maybe a notch warmer than what it was yesterday. satellite radar high pressure in control. big sprawling area of high pressure across the eastern half of the country. that keeps us on the dry side

in the north east a few light snow showers across upstate new york. pretty much it. temperature wise a lot cooler up there inoethane otherwise would be because they ever the snow pack to help keep things cooler. future cast watch the winds. winds out of the north right now they shift more out of the southeast tomorrow. that is a sign that change in the pattern for our temperatures to start warming up. see the temperatures. by tomorrow afternoon after another chilly start warming back in to the mid to upper 60s and we don't stop there. back in to the mid 70s by tuesday and wednesday. for tonight 39. areas of frost north and inland. 67 for tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. seven-day forecast temperatures in to the mid to upper 60s. tomorrow mid 70s on tuesday. next rain chance wednesday and thursday. have to watch the severe potential with that. then we are seasonable as we head toward next week end. high of 67.

as that temperature dips for at least one more night many of you cranking on the heat or breaking out the space heaters but those space heaters can be dangerous and can cause serious fires. fire rescue says if you plan to use one, make sure it's placed on a flat surface away from curtains. choose one with automatic shut off and unplug the space heater any time you leave home. >> all good advice. >> still ahead they were friends but that didn't stop walt disney from firing salvador dali. >> one of those explained in a

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they were friends.. but there was that one time walt disney had to fire salvador dali. that didn't end their friendship though... that's just one of the stories imbedded in the dali museum's latest exhibit. 3 it's titled .... "architects of the imagination" because disney and dali ***were both very influential **in their different ways. fox 13's "steve nichols" shows how this exhibit takes people into the

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