p>> we'll join you next week places, empty. no. >> a body found at a tampa apartment complex near usc has people in the area concerned. what authorities are saying about who may be responsible for this death. out of an abundance of caution. >> concerns over the zika virus. how you can help reduce the spread of the virus. this policy has not served our country well.

rearzy for u.s./cuba relations. -- horizon for u.s./cuba relations. good evening. thank you for joining us. federal officials say supreme court justice antonin scalia has died. justice scalia was a guest at a luxury resort in west texas this weekend and was found by an employee there. we're told foul play is not suspected in his death. the conservative member the court was of the court was appointed by ronald roggen. developing month a brush fire threatens homes in weeki wachee forcing authorities to shut down partses parts of u.s. 19 as crews fight the fire. ev. evan is there live. we understand that u.s. 19 is reopen? >> reporter: lloyd, yes, the

we're on the west side of u.s. 19 near parakeet road. these are rural roads. a very rural area of her dan know county. take a look. you can see that smoldering still in the distance. but according to the forest service this is about 90% could be 90% contained. good news there. it did jump u.s. 19 and is on both sides of the road. take a look at video. at one point, the fire was just 100 feet from several homes. we're told some people in the homes did choose to evacuate. there weren't mandatory evacuations. but they did choose to evacuate. the florida fire service say theying did cut lines to prevent any any than 100 feet. we're told those people were allowed to go back to their homes right now and they are looking into how this started.

in the area or anything like that. no lightning. so at this point thinking the fire was started by man. that is something that the fire service is looking into. right now this fire is 90% contained. they have about 15 units between hernando county fire rescue and the florida fire service. we're gonna be talking to some of those homeowners, also to the forest service. there is a concern that u.s. 19 will remain smoky throughout the night. right now it's open. but there could be closures later on. we'll be monitoring this and have the latest at 10:00. >> we know you will. also developing, deputies in hillsborough develop get death of developing the death of a man. authorities have not released much information. we're told they found that body at the park at aberdeen apartments on sycamore court shortly after 5:00 this morning.

the victim knew the suspect or suspects and the search is on tonight for them. that, though, is of little comfert we talked to whose lived loved ones live near there. >> scary. scary to me she's over here on saturday and in the morning this place is empty. no security. it's terrible. >> so far detectives have not released the names of anyone they are looking for. but we're told the search continues at this hour. we will bring you updates as they come in on the air and online at fox13news.com. with three confirmed cases of the zika virus in hills bre county, hillsborough county, officials are taking every precaution to keep that number from going away. one way is to remove any stagnant water. today the county held a tire

although you can dispose of tires year round, it's crucial to toss those tires the right way. >> they've been proven to be potential breeding grounds for stagnant water. the goal is to get them off the streets, get them off the properties and they gem disposed -- and get them disposed of properly. a vehicle theft in the city of sarasota is one for the books. check this out. this is surveillance video as a flat-bed truck pulls up to sarasota ford and the crooks literally take a truck right off the lot here. there were two people seen in this footage. they pulled in at night and quickly worked to get that f-450 truck onto their flatbed. now, this happened at the end of last month. officers are hoping this footage

lead to an arrest. >> we are thankful there's video, especially in this case. it happened in the middle of the night. so we're just hoping that maybe somebody recognizes the flat-bed truck. may have seen it around town with an f-450 or may have seen it driving that night that the actual theft occurred. >> that truck they stole valued at $76,000. if you recognize anything in this video or if you have any information on this case, who stole it, where the truck might be, you are asked to call sarasota police. a major change is on the horizon for u.s./cue bea cuba relations. >> here's more. >> reporter: for more than 50 years, traveling to this tiny island nation has been a no go for most americans. but politicians like florida kathy caster are hoping to change that.

like going back to 1955. it's been isolated. this policy of isolation has not served cuba well or our country well. just talked to the folks who live here, the families that had had to struggle through a lot of red tape just to visit their family members. >> reporter: today castro and six state representatives from both sides of the aisle embarked hop a embarked on a trip to cuba. the mission to end the u.s. embargo. >> the embargo has not done much to change the cuban government but it's hurt cubans. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees this will bring about the change,s they say cuba desperately need. >> i share their optimism but sadly as everyone knows there's been little progress on the principal issue. >> everybody likes to talk about what would be great to happen and then we pander to these

little in return and hope, you know, like in north korea, we really hope that things change. >> reporter: castro says the end to the embargo is only a matter of time. her bill to lift the embargo could be brought to the floor for a vote sometime this year. while a decision could be months or years away, a major change in the u.s. cuba travel ban is just days away. on tuesday, u.s. transportation and state department officials will be in havana to sign an agreement that would allow commercial flights between the two countries. lloyd? >> kelly, thanks. we're told the flights from cuba to the u.s. could begin this fall. st. petersburg's mayor has decided on the operator fought new pier and pier district. dolliers has been chosen to operate and manage the new pier and the businesss within the district. they are from pinellas county. it was founded in 1974, well-nope company with strong

the city will now begin contract negotiations with collers arnold. once those negotiations are complete, the agreement will be presented to city council for its approval. still ahead -- a push to take better care of those taking care of florida's youngest residents. who is behind the effort to raise the minimum wage for child care workers. hey, mike. >> hey haley. perfect day.

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about two dozen parents and kids held a rally calling for an increase in wages. state representative victor torres is sponsoring legislation in the florida house that would create a $15 per hour minimum wage for all workers in the state. he says it is most important for those working with young children. >> this is their development stages. this is when the trial starts to develop their abcs, these are things that we need to continue. >> the bill has not been heard by any legislative committee. the current wage is $8.0 a per hour. florida fish and wild said more than 100 burmese pythons have been captured and turned in so far as part of the challenge. the goal of the competition is two-fold, to cut down on the

also spreading awareness of the trouble those snakes cause. sometimes people will raise them as pets but once they get too large, 15 feet or so, owners release them back in the wild. >> our goal with the general public is for them to realize any type of invasive species, whether it snakes causing a lot of problems. they eat the maller mammals as well as anything else they can get ahold of and they breed prolifically. >> the competition ends tomorrow. whoever wins, can win thousands of prizes. the award ceremony is february 27th. a long overdue honor arrives for two families. >> how members of the civil air patrol in the bay area are being

today in tampa, two members of the civil air patrol are service. both recipients of the congressional gold medal helped protect u.s. shipping against german attacks and carried out other vital wartime domestic missions. one of the awards was presented to the family of michael bourn who passed away last year. the other to former cadet mary bernard, who is now 88 years old. for a span of a couple of cold days, it was just perfect. >> gorgeous. >> it really was amazing. you walk outside and look u

not a cloud in the sky. for me, this is perfection. i know people want it warmer. some people maybe a little bit cooler, just right. >> we're not complaining. look at this picture. >> that's as the sun is going down. you see the sun reflecting on some of the buildings. check out the beach. really, really nice ending to the day. and what a day it was. look at these highs. 70 in tampa for a high. 7 in don. 64 in new port richey. 73 in sebring. 75 sebring, rather. certainly a pretty mild day. this is right around where we should be. but no clouds in the sky. breezy at times. overall, not too bad. the breeze has died down a bit. that's why i think we'll see a colder night tonight, still mild. temperatures still hitting right around the 70-degree mark. next front moving through monday night and into tuesday morning.

stream is gonna allow this week, especially once we get by the front to really be a warm and pleasant week ahead. here is your valentine's day forecast. 47 at 8:00 a.m. chilly start to the day. but kind of getting back into the mid- to upper 60s by noon. 68 by 5:00 p.m. all in all, a pretty nice-looking valentine's day forecast. current temperatures, it's 59 in tampa. temperature starting to drop off. 63 in brandon. 59 in bray doneton. -- bradenton. wide view across the state, 50s. 57 in panama city and 51 in jacksonville. but the real cold spot across the country right now, it's gonna be the northeast. look at this. albany below zero. 10 below up in watertown. 13 degrees in new york city. 16 in philly. 19 in d.c. very, very cold air across the northeast. for them windchills tonight, 25

so cold night for them. cold night for us. when you compare it to that, overall, not too bad. satellite and radar, you see no cloud cover across the entire state. really a treat in that department. future cast shows that cold front continues dipping off to the south. mild again on sunday. high pressure shifting off to the east. that allows the winds to get more southeasterly for monday. warmer temperatures monday and even into the rest of the week. the showers and storms monday night into tuesday morning with this front here not really impacting the temperature department as we head to the week. tonight, temperatures in the low to mid 40s. 30s to the north. clear skies could be a floor some of those sheltered locations. 0 for tomorrow. increase the clouds tomorrow evening. but overall, near perfection. seven-day forecast, 75 on monday. 72 on tuesday. morning showers tuesday, a few

temperatures in the low 70s as we round the workweek. it it. it looks like a good week for daytona. we'll tell you who was the quickest and how about this, kevin cash spending his last day before headth hea i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? (husband) i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds.

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3 this is just the this is the start of daytona speed week. drivers hit the track ready to run. drivers had their first practice sessions today. under the lights tonight for the sprint unlimited. that's a three-man mad dash segment. coverage starts at 8:00.

junior showed the way with amelia. that's what he calls his car, number 88. he named that after amelia earhart. she was the fastest in the morning running. she topped the starts with 1.94.11, six miles an hour. last year, took two checker and four top finishes. looking pretty good. in the afternoon session, he says he has not been behind a wheel until this week but . tomorrow, the laps count for real wheel as the top speed earns the pole for the daytona 500. >> feels nice to be on top of the board. it all depends on the weather tomorrow. hopefully there's tricks in the bag. some guys are fast there.

to tomorrow. >> the car's good. this is amelia that we ran in the races last year. it won the 125, talladega. it has a great track record. it's a great car. we figured we would keep running it until we can figure out something better. lightning struggled on the road. at home, they are finding ways to win. the bolts have lost inside -- haven't lost from the arena since last year, 2015. their last game was december 30th. nine straight wins at home. pretty impressives for the tale. they had to battle back against nashville. watch the right post. jt brown never gives up on it. takes the hit. ties the game at 1. bolts get the lead on this.

somehow he gets the shot off despite being interfered with. he would have been awarded a penalty shot. take another look at this. one arms it and gets it right through. less than 30 seconds left in regulation, cooper pulls the goally in stamkos delivers the shot. it's off to overtime. tyler johnson is gonna find a hole. so in a span of 1:30, the lightning get a tie. and stamkos picks up his second goal. this might be a slump buster. >> we -- when he's feeling that confidence and shooting the puck, they are gonna go in for them. he's gonna hit the net seven times, one of them will go in. >> there was extra oomph on the shots. it worked out. obviously nice to come up and score a big goal for the team

it's been a tough goal but i'm trying to say it's -- just sticking with it and trying to do things well in other areas. still feel like you're contributing to the team's success and it's nice to do it on the score sheet. last weekend for the rays before they go to charlotte. they open up spring training. can i believe it? kevin cash spent the morning inside talking and working with t-ballers and their coaches. this is the third year for the rays' initial initiative where they outfit 10,000 t-balls and their coaches from 80 local leagues. everyone is a pretty good time starting with the rays' manager who starred himself until the little league just a few years ago. >> it's a good feeling. pretty special feeling, especially that my personal ties are are so so close and i get to

the little league that i played in and grew up in again. >> north side still very proud. >> he went to the little league world series. >> all a big circle. the circle of life. he didn't think so. >> all right, kevin. thanks. still to come -- hours to go before the republicans face off on live tv.

tonight's gop3 just hours to go before the republicans face-off on live t-v... and the two democrats left standing are in hours to go before the republicans face off. john rob roberts has all of the action from greenville, south carolina. >> reporter: wagering that the american public is as sick of her e-mail as bernie sanders said he was, hillary clinton is cal paining in nevada. the state department is

hillary clinton's e-mail from her time at secretary of state. of these, more than 80 of the electronic communications from clinton 'now famous homer is fner are deemed classified. none of the e-mails are top secret. the state department plans to release the rest of her e-mails on february 29th, just one day before the sprnt super tuesday primaries. bernie sanders is also getting down to business in nevada with an edge in reno. [ cheers ] >> this is another state people said for a variety of reasons, you know, bernie, you won't be able to win here. well, it looks like they may to rewrite this as well. >> reporter: most republican candidates left are cramming for tonight's critical debate. special attention will be focused on marco rubio to see if

seemingly prerecorded answer esat the last showdown. >> that's on me and that won't happen again. >> reporter: while he's promising to vary his answers, donald trump is promising to clean up his act, or at least his language. the colorful donald said he will refrain from making off-color remarks. >> i won't use foul language. >> do it. >> they are all saying, do it. no. >> reporter: but donald trump tweeted saying he may sue ted cruz over whether he's able to resume the presidency if elected. he was born in canada to an american mother. jeb bush is taking a low-key approach. he is spending the final hours hanging out with miss four grandchildren. in greenville, south carolina, john roberts, fox news. bitterly cold temperatures are moving into the northeast. it's about to get worse. bundle up.

deblasio is washing warning new yorkers. the mayor adding the city faces some of the coldest temperatures and windchills they've seen in the last 20 years tonight. >> temperatures will continue to plummet today and with windchill values, we expect the result to be a negative 25-degree reading overnight. so tonight, going into sunday, it will get as low as negative 25 degrees. 25 below zero in terms of what it will feel like. >> the national weather service has issued a windchill advisory for the city in effect until noon tomorrow. pope francis gets political on the first day of a five-day trip to mexico. thousands gathered in mexico city today to catch a glimpse of the head of the catholic church. but he had a message for the country's leaders, telling them

mex -- combat mexico's long-standing struggles with drug violence. tonight authorities in louisiana are veething a shooting that left two officers and a -- investigating a shooting that left two officers and a suspect injured. the suspect shot the police officers following a two-mile car chase and they returned fire. both officers and submit smith are expected to be okay. we're hearing from seaside, oregon still mourning the officer death of an officer there. he was shot and killed on february 5th while serving a wart. he's remembered as a natural leader in his community. he graduated from the university in oregon and was a ducks' fan. friends say he was a man who people naturally gravitated toward. >> the events of last friday have wounded the hearts and

first responders here. and across the nation. >> city offices in seaside closed for friday so employees could honor the life and service of that police sergeant. switching gears a little tonight, a k-9 crime fighter is being honored as he retires from the force. after eight years on the force and assisting if in more than 300 arrests, k-9 deputy mike mallao no. o why is noy is calling it a career. officers say mike has help seized about 220 pounds of co and more than 25,000 pounds of marijuana. about stats like though, he earned his going-away party on friday. >> he's done a lot of work. >> i used to tell him to guard the car every time i went on a traffic stop. i said i will be back. you just watch the car. >> he will be spending more time

partner and his family. manatee tourism is the backbone of one local economy here in florida. when you see videos like this, it's no wonder. they are fascinating features, but new regulations could close the income from manatee watchers. here's more. >> reporter: in the winter months, ma that tees ma that ma that tees huddle -- manatees huddle here in 72-d.c. waters making this the largest congregation of one spot in the entire world. this week record crowds are, here swimming and die kye yacking kayaking alongside them. they were mutt on the endangered specieses species list. they will be downgraded from endangered to threaten.

sometimes you will also get 100 people or more snorkeling right next to and overcrowding the manatees. so u.s. wish and wildlife is looking to limit their access. this is where they come, where the metabolism drops. they are in resting mode, they are in survival mode. we're trying to protect them from theag that disturbs those patterns. >> reporter: but in a town like this, they worry if the feds bring in a heavy hand restrict them their businesses will go belly up. the captain says he's already lost business. >> the overall scheme is for the benefit of the manatee but the small guy will get squeezed out. >> reporter: tourism brings in $80 million a year to the local economy and until the fish and

regulations to impose expected this year, life here will just keep putting along nice and slow. phil keating, fox news. after this weekend, pin pin pinellas county buses will no longer stop at williams park. there was an event held to bid farewell. they thanked riders and handed chocolates. this was a transfer center for the past 50 years in st. pete. psta has created new routes and ambassadors have been helping riders learn the new stops. riders can look forward to faster trips with less waiting. >> i think the customers will be really happy. no doubt there will be changes to get used to starting on sunday night. sunday. but i'm sure within a quick amount of time people will like it. tomorrow will be the last day

when we come back, the biggest night inform music is just around the corner. >> who is stake, taking the stage and who could take home an

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display... 25-thousand l-e- d roses lit up h 25,000 l.e.d. roses lit up hong kong's harbor front. the traveling garden has arrived in china as part of the world tour. about 80 people planted the roses. they are waterproof. the exhibition is meant to celebrate both valentine's day and the lantern festival which is china's version. romantic western holiday. that's beautiful. music lovers only have to wait a couple of more days before the big night. the 58th annual grammy awards will be held on monday. >> here's more on the awards and who will be performing at the ceremony. >> reporter: the 58 at on grammy awards are set for monday. many are nominated for an award or will be taking the stage to perform. >> for me the grammy show, when

a half hours of the greatest live conmusic on the planet. >> reporter: leading the pack with 11 nods and taylor swift 7. all eyes on swift and lamarr going head to head for album and song of the year. >> it could go either way. if i were placing bets, i would give it to taylor simply because it's a more conventional album. >> reporter: country star and best new artist nominee sam hunt says it's really an honor to be nominated. >> it really means a lot to me to have people i look up to to -- to accept me into the group and invite me to the big party. >> best new artist can be huge for an artist's career because it's a stamp of approval from the academy. it says to the public this is an

and perhaps more significantly, especially if there are other grammy wins with it, it can lead to a very big bump in sales. >> reporter: and the grammy gifting suite -- >> they leave with huge bags of almost $25,000 worth of thank you gifts just being part of the show. >> reporter: see who takes it home. >> you don't even have to win an -- have to get an award to be a winner. look at all of those gifts. the rowdies have something cool coming up. they want to be the best in the u.s. they are taking their game across the pond. so to beat the best, what do

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the best way to find out how good your team is, is to play the elite teams, that's exactly what the the best way to find out how good your team is to play elite teams. that's what the rowdies are doing. they are taking their preseason to another continent. they are getting ready for a brand-new year going up against the best of the best. >> reporter: next month, the rowdies willg across the big pond. and there's no better place to prepare for the season than in england. >> the club's committed to preparing us the best they can and it's up to us to go out and put in the work and to prepare ourselves. >> reporter: tom lineman and his team will leave for an 11-day trip on march 6th. they will play three games in england including a match in lester city. >> it will be great for the guys. obviously, england, it's the home of football and soccer. so i want to bring them over there and for them to experience playing against the english teams, the intensity, the difference.

homecoming for the first-year head coach who spent the early part of his playing can rear in lester -- career in lester city. >> i still have a lot of fun memories there and to see how they are doing in the premiere league is brilliant. >> reporter: his former team is at the top of the league. for the rowdies where better and who better than to play back here in the states. >> even talked with some of the guys. it's a neat occasion for us to be able to go -- it won't do anything than prepare us better for april 2nd when we open up the season. >> reporter: world class training fort hope to be a top-notch season. >> they are starting their preseason out against another good team tonight. dc united oeferred getting getting ready to drop the ball. >> that should be nice. take your blanket with you. >> good but chilly evening. >> we talked about temperatures

but what a nice day it was today. i mean, it was just gorgeous. gorgeous. >> did you play golf today? >> i did -- do i look a little red? >> both of you. you need to wear your sun crean. >> i went to a baseball game. you played golf. not a cloud in the sky. >> and you think you go play golf in february, i don't need the sunscreen and, of course, you need it. >> we're sunburned. time lapse from today look at that. got a few people at the beaches of that's are gonna subside. tomorrow waves closer 2 to 3 feet. not too, too bad. wind-wise, winds coming out of the north dying down for the most part kind of remaining somewhat high. sustained winds at 16 miles an hour in clearwater. 17 in venice. we'll watch the winds come down a bit more. with that, the clear skies and lighter winds. that wind direction out of the north. you got cold temperatures tonight. temperatures tonight about

night. 44 for a low in tampa. 36 in brooksville. 37 in crystal river. 3 in bartow. 46 in venice. so a chilly night tonight. areas to the north, especially those sheltered areas you know who you are, you get a little bit colder than everyone else. you stay windy than everyone else. you may need to kove uryour plants, could be isolated plants, flost as we wake up sunday morning. 72 for the high. 59 for the low this morning. overall, pretty close to where we should be. 59 59 right now. we are at our low. 41 current dew point dry air in place. winding out of the northwest at 12 miles an hour. other temperatures, it's 56 in pin pinellas park. 54 in crystal river. 5 a little bit warmer inland where the temperatures got

71 in sebring. 70 still up in lakeland. here's the setup. satellite and radar showing a cold front continuing to dive southward. you don't see a whole lot of movement. that's because there's no cloud over the state. the wider view, there's no clouds across the southeast united states today. that's how dry things are. we switch this to the water vapor loop and you can see all of this dry air in place. it will help to bring sunshiny at least for the first half of the day. cold temperatures up to the north and 10 below right now in burlington. you look at the windchills for those folks hitting 20, 30 degrees below zero. that's what it will feel like tonight for them. for us, i show you that first so i can show you this. temperatures starting off in the 40s and 30s tomorrow morning. back near 70s's weed towards the afternoon. tomorrow night, not nearly as cold as tonight. temperatures only dipping off in the mid- to upper 50s.

heads up for the isolated 1309s of frost off to the north. for tomorrow, 70. a few afternoon clouds increasing clouds by the evening. near perfection. this is a nearly-perfect seven-day forecast. showers and storms monday night into tuesday morning. doesn't cool us off a whole lot. temperatures the rest of the week will be in the low 70s. guys? >> thank you. well, he may not have to spend anything for valentine's day this weekend. a michigan man is getting a lot of help in the love department. he his coworkers surprised him by putting his face and contact information on a billboard, the 6 foote tall, 25-year-old said he was pretty priced by the gesture. he's taken a lot of calls and texts. he's not just looking for a fling. he's hoping to find someone to settle down with. imagine all of the calls and e-mails.

your number on it. >> it could be true love. unwrapping flowers and turning them into beautiful bouquets. >> that's what folks at random acts of flowers do. these florists come from wedding receptions an funerals and they are taken from the warehouse and they head out to spots like nursing homes and cancer centers to help cheer up patients and residents. very cold. >> when you are able to see the smile on a recipient's face, you realize that this really does make a difference. >> what a great idea here. random acts of flowers. started more than a year ago and has blossomed into delivering

look at the smile on that lady's face. fantastic. up next, a happy ending for a manatee found stranded. we'll show you the volunteers who dame came together to help.

3 finally this hour: a manatee found in distress at the end of january.. is back swimming in the wild this manatee found in distress at the end of january is back swimth in the wild today. our reporter was there as it was released. >> the animal was kind of isolated by himself in rocky creek and wasn't moving out to the warm water areas like >> we had pulled together a big team of people from fwc, clearwater marine aquarium, lowrie park zoo, to -- a lot of people that know how to handle

>> we saw some cold stress leashes around leash -- lesions around the nose. >> manatees are not able to handle cold water temperatures very well. >> they decided to bring it to the zoo to do an assessment to make sure it was healthy before we relocated it here. >> he's still in what we consider a calf age rainic but old enough to be away from mom. that's why we felt comfortable releasing him here today. [ cheers ] >> so beautiful. for more news follow us on twitter and the news is always on at fox13news.com. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00 and 11:00. in the mean time, have a great

>> today on "tmz" -- >> i got to say, you look at this and khloe and lamar look like it was six years ago. >> how are you doing? >> lamar looks completely normal. he is interacting with the paparazzi. >> nobody would have thought we would see this. >> they have to get back together. >> it feels like they're back together. >> but you said -- >> what do i know. >> gwyneth paltrow in her underwear, quite the ass gwyneth paltrow has. >> it will be interesting to see whether gwyneth paltrow has the