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incertainty means for a man who brutally married a young family. good evening, everybody and welcome, i'm kelly ring. >> and i'm mark wilson. developing at 10, a state of emergency for four florida counties over this zika virus and this includes hillsborough county. home to two of the state's cases. >> the two cases in hillsborough county were brought here by people who traveled outside the country but since florida is a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, officials want you to be careful, aware and informed. >> zika is a strangely named named virus with scary consequences. as evidence by these babies in south america better

>> the governor has ordered mosquito sprayers in the four coins where the virus is present to focus on mosquito will breeding. >> it plans like the governor is planning to stay ahead of the virus. >> the two cases here were brought here by people bitten by mosquitoes elsewhere and there is no sign any mosquitoes here are infected although areas around the infected homes are being inspected. >> people need to know we do not have zika virus being spread from person to person within the county. >> still county commissioners want more public outreach, and one commissioner urged the county to expand a report on zika prevention. >> my office is literally buzzing with requests for

>> zika has no cure which is why prevention is so important. >> we have all of the ingredients that makes that virus able to spread in our community and so we have to be smart. >> commissioner mirman also says it may be time to send out additional mosquito control teams. and health officials urge woman who may get pregnant to beine more careful about mosquito bites and traveling to counties where the virus is present, is also of concern. >> a pasco county substitution teacher is under arrest, aciewding accusing of having had sex with a 14-year-old girl. >> substitute teacher brian germani won't be going near a

>> it's always a concern for school districts when something like this comes to light. >> what "this" is is the accusation that the 20-year-old substitute teacher had an on-going relationship with a 14-year-old girl. >> he was terminated today. >> he filled in at river ridge high and gulf high meaning he was surrounded by other teenagers. he did pass a federal background check before being hired. >> we had no indication that anything like this would happen. >> the 14-year-old victim was not enrolled in the pasco county school system. >> mistakes are mistakes, i think it's okay. >> i think it's disgusting and this must be an impulsive decision. >> while being taped on a the phone he alleged by told the 14-year-old to lie about their

could ruin his life. he is now charged with lewd and lascivious battery. >> you know better than that, you don't mess with a 14-year-old when you're 20 something. >> and he is out of jail at this hour on $10,000 bond. >> several gun bills are moving forward, the florida house passing bills that would allow people with open carry permits to openly carry and bring them on to college campuses if they wished. the companion bills are moving through the senate and two were sent to governor scott, one would ban gun ranges in heavily populationed communities and another would give judges flexibility when sentencing people of aggravated assault.

fatal love triangle took the stand today. rica witness occur witness whitaker met the victim on a swinger's website and later she tried to end the relationship at first keeping her feelings for whitaker a secret. >> did she provide you with a phone number? >> um, yeah, when michael went to the restroom i had a pair of boots on and christina put her number in my boots and asked me to call her or text her later. >> okay, and did you do you do that? >> a couple of days days later, yeah. >> but prosecutors say fields

threatening text messages and three days later beat him to death with a rock. >> and a couple's package with their wedding gown was stolen right off of their doorstep. the couple, blake fitzgerald and brittany nicole harper tells us that a ups driver stopped by to deliver the gown which went to cleaning but while the driver was there a gold suv pulled up and a man claimed to live at the house got out, signed for the package and took off with it. >> it's just sad. a wedding dress has a lot of sentimental value. my mom and i spent two or three weeks going to the different

>> and they have also had a new cell phone stolen from their front step, and officials say they are looking into the situation and hope to have a better idea by thursday. >> hope that catch that person fast. well, a judge in manatee county is waiting to see what is going to happen him to after he accepted rays' baseball tickets from a county attorney. the judicial commission filed a complaint after they found out he violated a juvenile code of ethics, after he accepted the tickets from a law firm from a case he was overseeing. several lawyers in the area say he does not deserve to be pulled off the pench. >> bench. >> he is considered to be a very ethical and thoughtful judge and i would hope he would not lose his job or career over what was a mistake.

judgment but that to me would not be a punishment fitting of the crime. >> his attorney says he is a top-rated judge and will file a response to the charges coming up in the next week. >> and coming up a courtroom defeat for bill cosby. >> a case against him will move forward. >> i met some really great ladies on this and if someone of them turns out to be the one? who is to say. >> and dating apps are now helping people of all ages make a connection. this is coming up tonight at 10:30,. and i know changes are on our way, mike. >> we have rain across the panhandle that will be moving through during the day on thursday. and i have information on the la everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count.

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>> motion denies and the case of bill cosby is moving forward, you are looking at video of this slowly walking away. after a judge failed to dismiss the sexual assault charges. his attorneys argued they should be because of an argument made by a former district attorney. >> but the judge ruled against the comedian. >> the criminal charges against cosby are largely based on a deposition he gave ten years ago in a civil suit against him and today his top lawyer said the only reason he gave he allowed him to give that position is because a district attorney promised he would not charge him criminally. a woman claims in 2004 cosby drugged her and forced himself on her. the district attorney at the

yesterday the former d.a. testified saying he believed the woman's story but didn't think he could get a conviction and so convinced cosby to testify in the woman's civil case by promising he would close the criminal case and not prosecute. but the current da claims it's not clienting because the former d.a. never put it in writing and didn't have the authority to promise that he could not be prosecuted. the judge reels ruled in favor of the current d.a., cosby said in the deposition that his physical contact with the woman was consensual, and he settled that case out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. >> the florida state fair kicks off tomorrow, and you can expect the usual fair favorites but

how about the bacon bottom burger that just won the people's choice award, and get ready, bacon crumbles on top of a burger about a ti patty and a couple of slices and bacon. >> we have quesadillas and bacon and peanut butter and jelly, and in you need one, we have it and so much more. >> and of course there is also a wide variety of fried food. kids under 6 do get in tree, and i was just saying it's perfect time for mikey to get out there. >> because i eat everything. >> but you are off tomorrow and you can't do it for us.

i may have to pick up at least the quesadilla and that burger. >> you would not eat the burger. >> the florida state fair is ball trying -- >> they have defebruary defibrillators nearby. >> and still a lot of urn uncertainty in our forecast, but you can see the rain t's close, it's getting there, off to the north and west right now, as we widing out the view you see this is a part of that massive storm system that brought rain and weather to the east over the past couple of days because it's making very slow progress eastward, it's going to take some time to get here. overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow, this future cast

here around 8:00 a.m., and i would not be surprised if it was not a little learn that. between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., this is where we will be seeing the rain close to the bay and probably close to the 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. time frame. as we head throughout the day, the progress eastward is going to be slow and as opposed to the last couple of storm testimonies where we saw the showers move through, this is going to be in and out of the shower activity, and some of it legally heavy. that all pushes through friday, but look at the wind direction, winds out of the north and we know it is a cool, cool wind and so friday is going be a chilly day. look at this, 88 in brandon and 88 up in brooksville, mid 80's off to the south and east, and tomorrow a little bit cooler especially late in the

early afternoon and midday highs. also the south and east where we hold off the rain just a little bit longer. it's a little bit longer. 80 in arcadia and 78 down in venice. showers and storms moving into the nature coast, and we head for the morning and into the afternoon and bringer into the evening linger into theevening hours. still uncertainty in the forecast, and some of the latest model data really not helping out at all, everything is going one way or another. we have not come down to the one-model solution just yet. dewpoint at 66, winds out of the south at 8, and other temperatures around the area, it's 72 in bartow, and 72 in arcadia, so a mild night. and a muggy night as well, dewpoints in the mid 60's.

and a humid start to the day tomorrow. winds out of the south but as the front pushes through it will transition to more of a northerly wind. you see thend off to the north and west and as that cold front pushes through we usher in the cooler and breezier air. let's look at our recap. more sea fog developing later on tonight, 78 for tomorrow, and showers and storms shifting south, and for the day on friday, 62 is all we get up to, mostly sunny by cool and breezy. here is that roller coaster ride in the temperature department. 68 on saturday and if we do see shower activity looks to be later in the day, late an and on into the evening and maybe a morning shower on sunday, but breezy for most of theks

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>> how president obama is hoping to lead by example. >> putting a spotlight on efforts to de rail derail religious intolerance. >> too often people conflating acts of terrorism with the beliefs of an entire faith. >> he argued it's easy to combat extremism but working with the people of the muslim people but critics say the president picked the wrong mosque to make this point. >> i think he is basically using it as a political prop in the height of a partisan season and right before the national prayer breakfast. >> but the white house is not denying a political component to

motivated in part by what it called antimuslim rhetoric from republicans, the president urging americans to reject religious intolerance and bigotry. >> we are one american family and when any part of our family starts to feel separate or second class or targeted it tears at the very fabric of your nation. >> the mosque visit coming just a vehicle week after he game the first to talk about the game became the firstto speak at -- >> the executive director of the council on islamic-american relations calls it a huge step in the right descreks. >> direction. >> we welcome this address. it's long overdue and we

this step right now. >> he says the group urged him to take the step after the terror attacks and the background lash against muslims in the united states. >> -- gruesome cases in florida history is that of lisa freiberg and her two little children found murdered in lutz on mother's day, 2008. her live-in boyfriend, covington was convicted. we spoke with her mother today. >> the wounds have been reopened for her because of the question mark that now hangs over the death penalty in florida. they would rather be thinking about her daughter and grandchildren instead of wondering if the book really is closed on edward covington.

at pictures of her grandchildren, there is one thing she can't stop imagining. >> i wonder what the little ones would have looks like. >> on mother's day, the two children were found brutally killed in her home. edward covington was found by deputies minutes later, and as arrested. >> he gave my kids three death sentences, i think he deserves his. >> but the florida death penalty was found unconstitutional in florida because florida juries recommended the death penalty but it's really up to a judge. if the rules does not apply to those already sentenced, it could mean sentencing

sentencing phases may have to be reopened. >> i hope it don't happen. >> she has reason to hope. covington gave up his option of the jury and asked specifically for the judge's order. >> while she waits with dread, there is one thing she wants even more than covington to pay with his life. >> i want to keep my children's memories alive, i talk with them all the time even to strangers. >> we spoke with a legal analyst who said she does have reason to hope, even in the high court rules would apply to those already sentenced it may not apply to those who gave up their right to a jury trial in the first place. >> well, thank you. and coming up the big race for the white house.

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screaming foul and is blaming ted cruz. >> cruz is having none of it. >> it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum or if you like another trump-er-tantrum. >> he called into the morning meeting a show put on in boston. >> a lot of people didn't think i should go to aye aye iowa and actually if you think about it, then i came in first and that is why the polls were so wrong. >> it been a bare-knuckle get-out-the-vote effort for years. >> he tweeted a new election

>> he lost and he doesn't like that and his reaction is that he breaks down. he really has problems -- >> in washington ben carson had a news conference and stopped short of accusing cruz of dirty tricks or voter fraud. >> it -- in this case spreading false rumors. >> several are betting it all on namp new hampshire. cassick says if he gets smokes he will step aside. >> please clap. >> for those who think that the games in iowa were tough, it's nothing that happens in the granite state and south carolina a week after. >> investigators want to know if

in somalia was intentional. the pilot believes it was a bomb but government officials say there is no evidence of a violent act. the country is plagued by islamic extremist groups which have carried out many deadly attacked. and the deputy to the united nations was on board the plane. some of the passengers were wearing oxygen masks. one passenger may have been sucked out of the cabin after reports of a body found on the ground. >> and suspected killer robert dirst has plead to gun charges in court. he will be extradited to california to be formally charged with killing his

talking with his former wife. and new at 10:30, dating apps are no longer just a college student's game. >> the dating demographic is shifting as we see tonight. >> late nights -- >> no, maybe there, no, yeah, she is cute. >> swiping, messages, a sea of fish at his finger tips. >> definitely not a fake, no way, she is just amazingly gorgeous, six miles away, and very cute. >> yeah, you want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. >> he was happily married at the dawn of internet dating. >> my wife left me, a guy her dad's age, heartbreaking and a little creeky. >>

>> the owner of a technology center decided that the internet needed a new dating climate. it's launching later on this year and it's called peak. >> it's mostly anonymous and does incentivize you to get out to a bar like this. >> he sees them but not their names or pictures. >> you don't know who the people are but it has your head on a swivel and you are looking around trying to find that mate. >> finding people to date has not been a problem. >> it can be a kid in the candy store phenomenon and there are enough singles and professionals here in houston to where dating every night could be exhausting. >> and hinge allows you to connect on facebook with a

>> you could call them up and message them and say i'm potentially matched with this person. should i invoice the game? >> a recent vanity fair article claims them for ruining dating. >> well, in a sense you get to date more but there are no relationships you do go out there and there is a good chance they are going to contact someone else no the next night. >> these two seniors say they got on a dating app for just that, fun. >> you met on tinder, and do you think it's becoming more socially acceptable? >> definitely. >> and their date turned into a two-and-a-half half-month romance. >> and it's how frequently you use it and what is your intent and a lot of that is up to the

>> for justin, it's about forging a new life. >> i sure hope so. i have met some really, really great ladies on this and whether or not one of them turned out to be the one? you have we'll see but you have to try and that is where my heart is at right now. >> it has a way of we'ding weeding you out and saving you a lot of time. >> well, coming up the idol hopefuls are fighting to stay in the game. >> yeah, the competition is pretty fierce, the latest on the search for a superstar when we come back.

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in hoping of making the top 24. >> because this is the last time we are going around you saw them had actually come out and go for it. >> creative and interesting and i can't say enough about the work ethic. >> the best peace piece of advice they say they've gotten to make it through. >> have fun because if you do, it will transmit to your audience. >> try to do you the best you can, because -- i mean, you can't fake it, you can't be something that you are not. >> with only one night to learn a song, several singers cracked under pressure. >> it's brutal. not only the competition itself but the fact it's on television and you are being judged in front of millions of people and the schedule is rigorous.

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one of the highest rated receivers in the country, was committed to houston but flipped to florida. and mcelwain now has offensive help that should make an impact. meantime, willie taggart and the bulls signed up several star players. and he also locks in nine three-star players. so the bulls coaching staff delivers and they are ranked fourth in the conference for the recruiting class because he did what he should do, with a lot of local talent, players with ability and attitude which is what he is looking for. so, again, this is a pretty good day. >> i look at it not as many from

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>> welcome back. storms not too far off to the west at this point. take a look at this. you see the rain moving into the big bend and the wider view shows us not just this band but another behind it, multiple bands extending out through the carolinas and so a very large system moving slowly.

heading through the overnight, just generally increasing clouds tonight, and i don't see a whole lot of rain making its way toward us. having said that the best way of seeing rain is from tampa northward. 8 siem 8:00 a.m. to say, 10:00 a.m., is where you see the rain moving into the bay and along i-4. after that we start to fill in and develop southward as well. folks off to the south and east and you see this is a pretty wide area of showers and downpours and so it won't be moving through quickly but will go on throughout much of the day and into the evening wellwith occasionally heavy downpours, just not the best of days. and then friday morning we are talking about a chilly morning with temperatures dropping into the 40's.

now. so warm and muggy tonight. heading into the morning hours tomorrow, we'll see temperatures dropping into the low 70, upper 60's, and by tomorrow evening we'll freeze this as midnight and most areas will be already into the 50's and by friday morning when you wake up, temperatures in the mid 40's. even a few low-40 readings off to the north and so a big, big temp change topping out in the low 60's. your forecast for the next few days a chance of rain tomorrow and only 62, cool and breezy and still a little up in the air. if we see shower activity it will be later on and on into the evening but your seven-day looks pretty chilly, more deals on

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