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athletes success. >> good evening and welcome. >> we have a lot going on tonight, a suicide in an emergency room. a man insciewshed injured in a car wreck shot himself after asking a nurse to step away. our evan axelbank is here to tell us about this. >> ordinarily we do not report on suicide as you well know, but in this case deputies felt this was important enough because it happened in public and there were many people in the emergency room who heard the gunshot. a man in the emergency room asked for privacy and pulled out a gun. >> 61-year-old william adams of sumter county had been in a car crash and was taken to bay front hospital where in the emergency room he asked the nurse to leave

>> they heard a noise and stepped back into the room to wall there. >> but she started screaming. >> they are not used to being involved in the act right there in the emergency room. >> deputies found a large stach of pain pills in his car and believe he had the gun with him in the ambulance. it is not standard practice for ems to search for weapons who is not under arrest. a statement said as public places hospitals must balance the the risk with poarkts protecting staff and visitors and we have regulations and regularly review them as needed. deputies said this incident can serve as a reminder that mental health needs be on everyone's

>> there are many, many, many options if you can reach out. don't do it. >> the people in the other car who were injured were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the crash and shooting are still under investigation. >> i'm sure they are, evan, thank you very much. and now detectives are asking for help looking for this 6-year-old girl. she was last seen this afternoon getting off the school bus and she is believed to be with her biological mother. if you have seen either of them, call the hillsborough county sherrif's office. >> we could be in for a bad pretty active still. >> this is one of those rare events where the rain doesn't just come in and go out but it lingers for a couple of days. there's been a little bit of a lull in the rain but you look

bit of rain approaching our west coast. it's been kind of a wet, damp, cool right. rain along i-4 and near sebring. you look to the southwest and here is more rain developing off shore. this will swing our way and i i don't see any cooling or drying up until the second half of tomorrow because there are still lots of rain back here in. in here. in fact, the models stay wet, this is 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., tomorrow, the bands of rain shifting south but by late in the day the cold front will sweep to the south and bring with it a band of rain across south florida and our winds will pick up from the northwest and that will set the stage for a couple of nice days. more skytower views at 10:20. >> a man accused of killing

block is behind bars tonight. they found the body of kevin house in a wooded area, and detectives say the two men got into an argument and enrico was upset because he felt that house property. he attacked him with a concrete block and stabbed him. he is charged with murder. >> and a controversial had report by the aclu finds that black drivers in florida are much more likely to be ticketed for a seatbelt violation than white drivers. josh is looking into that for us and has more, josh? >> the aclu says the study raised concerns of racial profiling and said some departments are not properly reporting their statistics to the state. >> if you're black and behind the wheel in florida on average you are twice as likely to be

as the white driver in the car next to you according to a new report by the aclu. >> it raises the specter of profiling. >> it found that some cases more than doubled. in fact, in some counties black driving were three times more likely to be cited and four times in escambia county. >> what about in tampa? >> tampa is one of those not reporting their day data for the last ten years. >> tpd gave out 575 citations com compared to 429 to white drivers drivers. the department denies any suggestion of racial profiling. >> if you are not wearing a belt

regardless of your race. >> this shows the same type of problem exposed by the bicycle stops. >> the aclu is calling for an investigation into the state-wide figures. drivers we spoke with ad mixed feelings. >> anybody should get a ticket that don't wear their seatbelt. >> now, tpd says it does send its citation data to the state but they will take a closer look at the format to ensure they are in full compliance. >> josh cascio reporting. thank you, josh. >> well, there currently exists no death penalty in the state of florida. this is what a pinellas county judge said as he blocked a

penalty against steven dykes for kills his 3-month-old baby girl. his big rules could set another trend. one attorney tells us until legislators change the law, other attorneys to going to face the same problem. >> it's not the prosecutor's fault or defense attorneys it's the law. >> this comes on the heels of a seismic decision by the supreme court saying that the way that pements penalties is unconstitutional and that only juriys not judges should make that decision. >> early yesterday morning bob

was smashed in at sun pharmacy and when he arrived he found boxes of over 800 dozes of fentanyl spray gone. on the video there was a man running out and patel identified the man. >> they've been my patients for more than three, four years and i never doubted or suspected anything like this. >> the addiction to pane medications is particularly damaging to our community and in this case to this particular individual. >> deputies say critchfield admitted that he was using the drugs himself and he was charged with teft. >> theft. >> -- some of the orders have

december, telling them to return the tanks and grenade launchers and other items given out. the items were considered surplus but president obama has ordered some of the more heavy duty items to be returned after there was a push to demilitarize police. and responses like the ones in physician and surgeon son, fernlg ferguson, missouri. >> if there are criminals with high caliber weapons, the only people who are going to be able to respond is local law enforcement. the military is not going be able to get here in time. >> deputies were able to keep their armored vehicles but they were ordered to turn assault rifles.

people who want to bet on a pro athlete's success. that is after the break. >> we want to make sure we are making sense to people in this day and age and in this cull cheer. >> culture.

?have you ever won money playing >> all right, have you ever won money playing fantasy sports? well, the state of florida wants to cash in too, and today lawmakers pass ad bill that would protect fantasy sports from being considered gambles. >> our chris cato joins us with more. >> last year the sites collected more than $3 billion in entry fee, aka bets. popular? you bet!

exactly to do with them, new york and louisiana and others have banned them, but florida and other states are moving in the opposite direction looking for ways to regulate them and, yes, generate some revenues. the house and senate committees today approved twin bills that could give oversight of the websites. >> the bill says here are the regulations you can't steal money, have to poets post a bond and can't have criminals running it and i think have common-sense consumer protections. >> among them the state would require operators to pay $5,000 to register and would require them to ban children and their own employees from playing. you remember the controversy when some employees were winning money on our fantasy sites but we talked to some players who said that the state needs make sure a small percentage of players are not winning all of

>> as far as like the big corporations going in and taking so many of the opportunities away? as long as that is choked or curtailed which i believe it has been and there is a way to know who is and who is not using the algorithms. >> i believe our politicians have better things to be focused on than fantasy sports. >> so the bills that would legally daily fant fantasy sports betting passed through but one senator warned that the seminole tribe certainly considers it gambling and that could jeopardize the new pasco county with the tribe. >> and all of the plastic pearls from the beads can cause trouble especially when they land in the water.

aquarium says they often act as lures for fish and the chemicals coating the beads can contaminate the water, and the captain of a boat says he cannot believe the number of beads he saw tossed in the water last year. >> we would not think throwing plastic bottles or trash overboard but this one day a year somehow it's okay to throw plastic beads overboard, it doesn't make sense. >> volunteers picked up about 1600 beads last year just along the shoreline and in shallow water. >> you have to think. and although it just rained here to our south there is quite a bit of damage from a tornado in broward county, in coconut creek.

it overturned vehicles and downed trees and winds upwards of 90 to 100 miles per hour. >> our phones all went off with emergency alert, and then one of the people who had been in the foyer came and said oh my goodness, the wind storm went through and there are cars in the parking lot that are up-ended. >> some say the wind tore their front doors right off of their and one woman was injured when the wind picked up her car and tossed it about 30 feet, and the national weather center classified it as an ef-1 tornado. >> and over the turnpike and over in the poconos. another case of el el nio.

two, the rain and the severe weather in winter and here we go again. the initial message was when is the el nio going to start and then -- but the whole thing winds down in april, but we have a ways to go. talk about a cloudy cool, and damp day. this was the headline and we'll put this into motion. you would just stay in and you see lou low clouds and off and on rain. very low visibility and it's just a dark day. it's winter and you have that low sun angle and we have bands of rain coming in from the gulf and clouds moving from northeast to southwest. and the rainfall amounts are pretty impressive. i mean, fort mires is now up to 11.22 inches for january, the

is approaching 4 inches. st. pete is the fifth wettest january on record at 6.32 and tampa is up to 5.10 and i expect february and march to be equally if not have even more impressive rain. today a blue day, because of the clouds and rain, cooler than average at 68 degrees. there is still a big mass of weather in the gulf of mexico. all of that is going to head our way and you see what is happening offshore. more had impulse and more energy riding along a stuck front, and i don't think the rain will be as heavy as it was last night but still just a damp night. light rain up by lutz and by spring hill. additional bands of rain in orlando. and sebring with a light rain and there is the rain offshore.

and the thing is there is a front nearby but it really isn't moving all that much. winds above us are blowing parallel to the fropt and there front and there is no big punch of kick to get this front to slice northeast. that will happen late in the day tomorrow and until then we stay cloudy and weather with cool weather coming in on the backside. we talk about the fast subtropical jet during el nio? well, here it is. and the weather balloon launched in ruskin is showing winds speeds at 145 to 150 knots whipping in from the west and southwest. the energy along that jet is giving us the rounds of bands of rain. the mercury was not budged today, in the 60's and we had areas of seafog for a time this morning.

watch how slowly the front moves. it just creeps to the south and so even at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, there are clouds and rain around and then by later in the day, the cold front moves slowly to the south. even by 5:00, still lots of lingering showers and we finally clear up, 66 and a dewpoint of 65. so the rest of tonight? how about just dismal, dismal with occasional rain. we stay in the mid 60's. still damp tomorrow morning, and rain gradually ending and 68. a much better day on friday, pleasantly cool and in the mid 60's and your weekend is looking good, sunshine both days and i think late next week there will be a cold front moving through. could be very cold next weekend, not this weekend but next, maybe 20's and 30's for night time lows. >> thank you, paul.

and new developments on the

>> why the group's leader is developing >> developing tonight at 10:30, a twist in the month-long standoff between the feds and those occupies a wildlife refuge in oregon. ammon bundy asked those there to stand there.

traffic stop and others including bundy were arrested. t leaders are trying to get them surrender. >> but as we heard, they still have not left the compound. >> federal agents are ratcheting up the pressure. the move follows the fatal shooting last night and the arrest of seven of the protest leaders. >> it is the actions and choices of the armed occupiers of the refuge that has led us to where we are today. they had affirm opportunity to leave the refuge peacefully. >> killed was 55-year-old robert "lavoy" finicum an arizona rancher who was the activists' spokesman. leader ammon bundy was among

while the fbi denies wrongdoing, a leader was told he was not a threat. >> he was cold-blooded murder and they shot him with his hands up. >> the armed protestors began as a protest to keep two local ranchers out of prison for misuse of public lands. the sheriff is begging the remaining occupiers to leave. >> this is tearing our community apart. we don't arm up and rebel. we work through the appropriate channels. this can't happen anymore, can't happen in america and can't happen in this county. >> the fbi used extreme caution with the protestors but the oregon governor and others criticized the fed saying that the occupation has to end now and the fbi finally all the way

and acted. >> new fall-out from donald trump's plan to boycott the debate.

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donald trump says he's s >> donald trump says he is sticking to his plan to skip tomorrow's debate. he says he is boycotting it because moderator megyn kelly treated him unfairly the last time around. >> >> >> people have a right to be angry about the direction of our country but also have a right to know what people who aspire to the presidency floon plan to do. >> rubio is running third in

first strike last night. >> i think anyone running for president of the united states owes it to the people of iowa to have the humility to come in front of you, to make the case, to answer the hard questions, to look you in the eyes. this is a job interview. >> trump claimed that he was offended by a sarcastic fox news statement on social media. >> i didn't like the fact that they sent out press releases, games. >> the fox statement read: we learned from a secret back channel that the ai toe will ayatolla and putin plan to rita him unfairly when they meet with him. >> anyone scared of megyn kelly is not going be able to stand up

>> instead of debating, trump plans a rally for veterans and he was tweeting this morning saying i refuse to call megyn kelly a bimbo -- i will only call her a light-weight reporter. -- based on an estimated record shattering turnout of 150,000 had caucus-goers. >> so will this help him or hurt him? craig patrick anyone anyone joins us tonight from iowa. >> we can guarantee this debate will be unlike any other that we have seen because the dominant front runner, tump, trump, will apparently not be on the stage. we don't know how that will work out because we have not seen this before. it could clearly work against

there is an open space where he should be, bet that his rivals are pile on and make the case that he is afraid to debate in this particular venue. on the flip side, he is certainly getting a lot of attention out of this and that could work in his favor and he has the opportunity by stepping away to freeze the field so that others like ted cruz will not be able to engage him directly. we'll be back here at good day in the morning and all through the day covering the debate that begins at 9:00 tomorrow. we still have a lot of ground to cover. craig patrick, fox 13 news. >> thank you, craig, and in the meantime, governor scott is weighing in on the race for the white house, praising trump saying he has his finger on the pulse of america, but he says he is waiting to see who has the best plan to improve our committee.

some are more had vocal about endorsements than others but others, we are still waiting for a definite jobs plan. this is what he ran and it's still the most important thing for our country. >> governor scott says he will endorse a candidate before the florida march primary. and so the debate is tomorrow, and keep it here. our political editor is in iowa. he is going to bring you live cover mg of age age of the debate. >> and a young pastor is turning his church into a destination location. and thousands of young people have traveled here just to hear this minister speak. his growing flock of groupies includes nba superstars and celebs and yes, justin bieber. >> why so many people are drawn to this pastor. >> this is not a sit on the shore and catch a tan type of

>> he is known as a rockstar pastor and he is revolutionizing the way that some people look at religion. for his unconventional thought of preaching. >> we need to make sure we are making sense to people in this day and age and this culture. the number one google question is still "why am i here?" and i'm aware of that and we try to use our message to get people to think. >> justin bieber credits pastor carl to help him but the pastor is quick not to take the credit. >> if you take the credit, you have to take the blame, and i think justin is his own man and we've been working for a long time, i'm doing my job which is to be a christian man and we are friends outside of that, so if anything we've supported him through some serious valleys and

experiences as well. >> one ofort of the ways they have reached their younger audience is through the use of music. >> it's loud and it's fun, and really brings the culture of what we hear on the radio and what we listen to, but at the center of it it's a deeper message. >> i just love dancing and i love that it's dancing for a purpose. >> the pastor compared his church to a restaurant with its own unique flavor. >> you will bear fruit if you remine in him, it's time to get up -- >> and how remarkable and supernatural it is to be in a vibe that is so strong and powerful that it is truly changing the way that people see religion. >> we're talking about life life-and-death stuff. we are talking about sin and redemption and salvation, but it's really an excited place to

>> all right, coming up on "american idol", the show is heating up. >> all the leaves of brown, and the sky is gray >> hollywood week is always fun! the scoop on some of the season's top contenders after the break.

blap whrap >> coming up stont, tonight, i just find this hard to watch. it's a tumble-and fall -fall of a skier tumbling down a mountain, and tonight she is talking about that dreadful drop, and then a story of determination, a dancer who lost her leg in the boston marathon bombing has a new goal now. the amazing mission she plans to complete. tonight at 11:00. >> lovin' can hurt, lovin' can hurt sometimes

the competition is fierce, and the pressure is on as they get to perform for the judges for the first time in hollywood. >> and it was really intense and now we are going to tell you about fox's michelle polino and how she caught up with some of the singers who impressed them the most. >> the solo performances took centerstage. >> hollywood week is what separates the boys from the men. >> it is a nerve-wracking down by some of the people who are prone to nerves continue to be nervous all the way to the very end and some just don't seem to be effected by the nerves. and we have seen a little bit of everything. >> nearly 200 of the best singers took turns in front of the judges wednesday and many proved they were ready for the spotlight.

definitely paid off. just this moment, a crazy sense of oh my gosh, i just did it. we want this so bad. >> and we would do anything for it, i'm in the same boat. i mean i would do anything for this and to win would obviously be life-changing. yeah, i can't believe i'm here. >> others didn't make the cut. >> people in the back row are on to the next round. >> and the judges were feeling the pressure. >> we hate letting people go and we find we are not agreeing. >> i'm kind of on the fence. >> you lobbies for lobbied for people, and there were young people who are certainly talented to be heard one more time and i thought this is something that i would fight for a little bit.

of us to have a chance to hear this one more time. >> she is much too strong -- >> the competition continues thursday on fox. in hollywood. >> for fox news.>> the guy with the scarf has mona and was o and was still there participating. >> and if steven stamkos ends up leaving the lightning, don't blame jon cooper. >> and a scary situation for an unsuspecting driver. what he didn't see. what he didn't see coming is 3 an imparied driver accused of hitting six vehicles and dragging a deputy on a motorcycle... why did it take more than a month to

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>> that is something. chip? >> well, we know that toronto would love to have stamkos. the league got a good look at him tonight, and he was on the ice for 21 minutes and change, and now he is heading into the all-star game with bishop. and they picked up a shut-out with 30 saves and stamkos has made this shot famous. on the powerplay, you know it's coming. and it's 1-0 lightning, and teams study tape and they know he does it but repeatedly he delivered because of the pay the powerplay is set up. you see jonathan sliding but he is not going to get there in time, so it's 1-0, and the bolts, the lightning almost pull

was 1-0, and now before the game, a lot of the canadian media wants to talk but the lightning kept stamkos off limits. they didn't want any distractions but they keep on pushing the maple leaf angle. friedman says if stam stam stam stamkos does leave, it's not because he is not getting along with jon cooper. >> and i'm sorry in your boss is watching but we all hate our bosses and so there are times when it's going to work and when it's not but i really thought this year when i saw stamkos play with palat that said to me here is a coach and a player working it out to put number the

palat and balesnikov is the best situation, and if you have a player who is happy to go there and a coach like that it says they are working together to find the best possible solution. >> and winning two in a row the bulls grabbed t lead and never gave it up. they are featuring a talented freshman, and i think this is cool with the tampa bay rowdies and soccer fans. some mls teams are coming in for the invitational. philadelphia, and d.c. united, and all will be practicing alongside the rowdies. and all of them will play exhibition games but it's a international stars.

february, so that will be good to see. we'll see what happens. >> good report, chip, thanks. >> all right. >> well, the big game is just 11 days away. >> the teams can't play without

we're going to have a look at >> counting down to gasparilla, there is jose gasparilla the pirate ship or barge out in hillsboro bay. that picture captured by brian supple. background. that is a nice shot, woat worthy of a fox 13 umbrella. a cool morning and a mild up the channel. and overall the weekend looks looks examine looksexcellent, but first we have to deal with the rain. nothing that heavy, like when the rain just blossomed out in the gefl gulf but there are areas of light and moderate rain and it's simply a cool and a damp night, and we don't get many had nights like this in the state of

time, we sometimes do. more raip rain developing in sarasota county, and so englewood and so venice, along 41 and 75. fort myers has a break in the rain now. we had over 3.5 inches of rain today, just multiple had bands heading in from the gulf and still ways to go. the cold front although it's getting closer there is still rain behind the front and so the process of clearing up is going to take a while. it's not going to happen tonight or tomorrow, and it will happen tomorrow evening into friday and friday should be a great day. tomorrow at the best mediocre with clouds and rain. at 9:00 a.m. we have low clouds and showers and we stay in the mid to upper 60's all day under mostly cloudy skies. as i mentioned the cold front is

is rain behind the front as the winds above us are blowing parallel to the front and a half is the key. and that is why the front is moving slowly. there is nothing really to push or kick the front to the south. that will happen as the upper-level winds change late tomorrow and tomorrow night. a little bit of a break and more rain developing by morning tomorrow and by the afternoon the rain shifts south. we stay mostly cloudy and i think by this time tomorrow night the winds will fresher and it's all signs for a good for a nice-looking friday. overall the forecast is improving and the sunshine developing on friday. back to you. >> hey, all of you parents and students paying to college, u.s. universities raking in a record billion -- that is billion with a b in private donations,

alone, and the federal reserve essentially said we are keeping our interest rates unchanged but may get back to hiking them as soon as march. and there was no buying on wall street but there were a lot on main street with home sailts, sales and you may want to check your credit card statement if you have been to wendy's lately. they are reporting unusual activities related to cards used at restaurants, and a new app is adding up all of the time that consumers spent waiting to transport data from an old phone to a new one. try 4.5 million hours! really. that is ridiculous. and that is business, i'm neil came

>> he is fired up today. here are today's numbers. and so you know this big football game they call the super bowl is nearly upon us. >> the panthers are getting ready to face off against the broncos and of course you have to have the gear to bleed blue and orange or -- including everything from decals and banners and the official field towels for both teams. >> most of our graphics and things you see us produce today probably went in to the nfl in october for approval and then we have to recreate the other teams and one team falls out and we have to recreate more artwork. it keeps us busy.