for a teen and foster family. the role that chris archer played in making it happen. this is the fox 13 6:00 news. i'm cynthia smoot. >> i'm mark wilson. sob stories of needing cash, promises of driveway repair but they were only preying on the elderly a couple accused of killing seniors out of thousands. how did they do that? >> i'm standing here in one of the drive ways where they worked. can you see all of the shoddy work. look at this. it started to come apart as soon as they left. and now they say the pair will pay a bigger price than the seniors did. >> joe's drive way looks like toast. >> this has washed out.

>> it looks terrible. >> this couple would drive up and tell a story. >> his teeth were rotted out. i'm looking for work i have a family, they say for a few hundred dollars in cash they could redo a driveway before it got dark out add make it look like new, they fell victim to the couple. the phoney workers would mix up a batch of watered down concrete slop it on top with a broom and call it a day. the drive ways would peel away. i left messages you know nothing, you don't hear anything back, they made off with $8000 not. deputies know of 13 victims but more. >> we know it is difficult that you may have fallen victim to him but give us a call, nobody is going to think any less than you. we want to help you out.

their pictures in the story so anyone who ids them can do so from memory. prairie said he thought he was taking so little money it could be - would be considered civil. >> this fellow is a scam artist at its core. it is possible they hit the victims from her nan toe to hillsborough. and they have written off ever getting their money back. >> they reside pretty much down in the pond scum area. the big thing making sure that the police put him in jail and leave him in jail. >> and prairie has been charged with grand theft here. but we understand there is a warrant out for his arrest in missouri . pgh that means, mark. even if he bonds out of jail here he will be held because he has to answer for the charges there. there is no way a business would

people to do work sight unseen. >> that quickly, too. >> thank you. a venice couple had guns, explosives and drugs all within reach of a five year old child. 15 guns, two pipebombs, two gren mades ed ammo and sen athletickic marijuana in the house. the couple had a 5-year-old girl living with them. all within arm's reach of her. deputies arrested steven pace and katey smith. it is upsetting but they are thankful the girl will be okay. >> it brings sorrow because of her situation. and everyone that has ever watched her. i watched her several times i don't have children of my own but i looked at her as if she was mine. >> deputies say pace brought the bombs home a month ago and said he didn't intend to hurt anyone with them or the guns. when the bomb squad went out a device was active. they are still being held in the sarasota county jail and

>> and police say that this guy right here thought it was a good idea to put his gun in a diaper bag and 6 year old fired a shot. that boy was injured and now the defendant is facing serious charges. and gloria gomez is here with how this played out in court. gloria. >> the defendant had to face a judge today and go over all the charges against him. the prosecutors say that he was at a park when he decided it was a good idea to put his gun in a diaper bag and talked over to the pier a 6-year-old found the gun and fired a shot. it injured the boy but he will recover. they saw him trying to throw the gun in the bay trying to get rid of evidence before the judge set bond he had a warning to stay away from the child and more. >> he bonds out he is not to

you understand those conditions. >> yes, your honor. >> the bond was set at $20,000. he is charged with culpable negligence and tamp perking with evidence. no court date has been set. we'll follow this one back to you. >> thank you very much, gloria. and all right. now we're talking about programs a political ploy or maybe a general genuine attempt to protect our pastors. that's what the senate will consider as the pastor protection act comes up. it protects leaders from lawsuits if they do not mayor the same-sex couples. the bill passed and that's what the first amendment is for. it is important to put safeguards in place. >> they say they are covered but a lawsuit can wipe out an organization that relying on donations to keep afloat, the senate should take a vote on tuesday on this. the. the ted cruz smeared marco

cruz apologized and asked the director to resign. now he is facing questions from trump over his eligibility to even be president at all. our political editor shows us how it which play out. >> this shows marco rubio as he walks up to cruz' father and insults the bible. >> marco rubio says it is another dirty trick from the cruz camp. he said this is what he said. >> i know what i said to that young man i said the answer to every question you have is in that book. i pointed to the book of proverbs, for them to take a video and transscript words that are the opposite of what i said. that's disturbing. >> i have apologized to marco rubio and the campaign. >> a spokesperson apologized

a taste of what is to come. listen to trump. >> are you not sure that marco rubio is eligible to run for president. >> you're not sure. >> i don't know, donald trump retweeted lames that he is ineligible to be president because his parents were not u.s. citizens when he was born. >> i'm not sure. let people make their own determination. >> so marco rubio's stock is going up but he is facing a lot of challenges. >> he will pick up a lots of money and endorsements from the jeb bush crowd. i south out lindy graham's advice, that may not matter this year. >> they are kicking me out the door. they're kicking me out, even if marco rubio gained all of jeb bush's votes in south carolina he would have finished second to trump and some of the votes may scatter across the field. voters who want an establishment republican with governing could move to john kasich.

into nevada and a dozen states next week. >> and so the polls in nevada look like the results in south carolina we saw. and donald trump has a lead there. still ahead a meeting with the ray's pitcher chris archer led to adoption day here for this teen. that's cool. if we can keep this beautiful weather going. this streak will end. we'll squeeze out another great tuesday. clouds are rolling in.

that's coming this is a day you say why are we here. >> it is hard to not call in well are you loving the weather. you have to be out. >> what happened to the days doing the news casts outside live. state fair you go out in front of the station do it from kennedy boulevard. get out. check outs the sky right now. a good sun set in the western sky. we'll turn around and see a good moon rise in the eastern sky. as the same time the sun sets. and they're kind of opposite. that's why it is full.

>> hope you had a great weekend. i cannot imagine any better weather than this. this is the san diego weather with sunshine not much humidity. well into the 70s. >> a chilly note. that should wrap up the month of february more cold air heads our way. first things first. we are sticky tonight. moisture is making a come back. and that influx is actually producing a few little showers around the bay area. we'll show you that on sky to youer in a moment. the front here that will produce a severe event for mississippi, alabama and panhandle tomorrow it will be in the moderate risk. bad weather northwest of us.

here locally on wednesday. a smattering. this is going to dry up as it slides north and northeast. if you are watching us it could sprinkle or rain a bid. >> this from louisiana, mississippi, alabama. this is not the one that is heading our way. the energy back in texas. a ways to go. the moisture will cause sea fog not tonight. we look to the west and the northwest the energy down the rockies will dive to the southeast. get caught on the jet and move a

another trough along the coast. we have 70s. 73 in tampa and sarasota. and the dew points are coming up from the south and the southwest that may cause areas of sea fog. a few showers inland for a time tonight. tomorrow heating probably showers where the mercury in the 80s. and tomorrow night and wednesday it races across the gulf and that will produce a squall line tampa is north. i think a lot of the energy will stay north of us. it is a food time to get the app on the store.

weather approaches. it is a must have. >> 73. the dew point is 61. south wind at 8. in the southeast. showers and along the periphery. some of this is heavy. cold air is gathering across the plains states. that heads our way tonight. may have to click on the ac with the lows in the 60s. if you are watching us. breezy and muggy in the 80s. cooler along the coast. look out for sea fog. tonight much warmer and a moon lit night. we're down to 67. partly cloudy. breezy. shower and sea fog. the front is by. some will be heavy. in the 70s. after that, this is a

we're at 44. highs of 60s. back to you, how about a day at the race. and a boy was in foster care and spent the day with chris archer. it was posted to a web site. and he was adopted. how this played out. we're glad it did. >> it is the definition of a ray's pitcher who was adopted as a child meeting with a foster child who had his doubts about being adopted. the meeting caught the attention of a couple who made him a part of the family. >> chris archer had no idea when he met this teen one year ago life forever. >> it is a perfect example of

will be on somebody. >> the day at the park led to zach's adoption. >> chris archer and others involved changed his mind. >> it was set up by the hart gallery, they are working to increase the number of adoptions of teens and high need children. in another participant of the state, mark and terry had nearly given up on the hopes of adopting when they saw a store about the day with the pitcher on the web site. seeing zach they say they just knew. >> it was a place in life for us and we felt like we could offer, you know what we have learned and help him grow. >> they reached out to meet zach and they hit it off. before the start of the school year he moved and into the home.

months we have grown to know him and love him there in the house. we would miss him if he was not there. now it is just making that final step and saying we are committed to him. >> zach and his parents have made things official. 194-year-old was adopted by the retired air force vets in clearwater. in port charlotte where they are gearing up for a season, chris archer was thrilled to hear a day with the teen made such a difference. >> to have it come full circle around now it is be yourself, share your experiences, your truth. people look at adoption as a negative thing but if you get the right parents it the it is awesome. ky speak to that. i was adopted as well. >> and the heart gallery has arranged 300 adoptions and much

they say one of the biggest ways people can help kids is by following them on facebook and helping to share stories just like zach's. >> there are a lot of kids that age that are waiting and let me tell you it is a scary thing to turn 18 and not be a ward of the state. >> the colder kids have a lot to offer. i'm glad. >> the exposure to make that happen. hats off to the rays and chris archer there is nothing like being there and knowing what he is doing. >> and sharing that experience. >> that's a nice story. nicely done. friday is when the ray's team needs to be in charlotte. they cannot wait to get started. every big name is there but one. the latest and the inwither of the 500 headed home to charlotte. he had to leave something

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spring the question going into every spring the question going in is who will be the ace. do they need one. the pitchers in the rotation do not like that word ace they feel like it is a five mon job. the focus is for the pitchers

a lot of fast balls. they are counting on that. it took the final month of the year for him to trust his arm. he has the confidence and comes to camp ready to build. >> it was ed weird to not have anything to compare it to and say you know when i'm healthy this is how hard i'm throwing it. >> when you come back, it is i think one of the harder things to do is get back to the level that it taking. after the celebration the car and does not leave.

it does ons display and just the way it looks. >> that 11 car was doing rubbing down the stretch. and it is inside, they gave up the best super speedway. >> and win something worth it. >> i will be burnt out that's where this comes along. regardless of anything soak psychiatrist up. >> i will not show up and make that i don't think t is a short

and denying reports that tiger's back is getting worse not better after this third back surgery. and a well known rider are reporting that tiger can barely walk. the agent went on the attack to squash that saying that he is rehabbing and that there is not a time table for his return. >> and howe crazy is this chase going to be? >> where the lite are. the lightning were in ninth place out at the playoff hunt. >> it was capped off by the win. and another four games. >> look at this.

he does not do that. >> you will take abuse add teasing from your teammates. you could have driven a car through that. >> too much time. >> he missed on the wrong side. >> that was not very big. >> it was not. apple is digging its heels in over hacking phones of the san bernardino shooters. >> now the victim's families are getting involved. the uber driver who is accused of mass murder in kalamazoo. we'll hear from a rider who was in the car before the shooting started. , we a looking inside the world of cyber security. >> sometimes it is a tricky and dirty bus.

dumpster maybe a mile from the house.

started driving eratically. we're running stop signs and going through the lawn speeding along. when he came to a stop i jumped out. >> he was with an uber driver went on a. >> a prosecutors said that jihad jihad -- that dalton has admitted to carrying out the shootings. he waived his right and was involved in the incidents. we go to kalamazoo with more about the court appearance. >> 45-year-old driver jason dalton making a court appearance showing little emotion and saying very little. >> are you jason brian dalton. >> yes. >> one-word answers when he was asked to confirm his name and

including murder and attempted murder. >> the defendant did murder, guilty of this offense. a felony punishable by life in price he is accused of carrying out a shooting rampage in the kalamazoo, michigan area. on saturday at 6 p.m. firing at a apartment complex. then at a dealership and after that more shooting at a restaurant parking lot. he targeted random victims, shooting six people. no word on a possible motive. meantime he continued to pick up and drive off uber passengers in couple. >> i would never expect someone that just had been out killing people to pick me up. >> we joked and said you're not the shooter, are you. >> and he said no. >> i said are you sure, he said no i'm tired.

the prosecutors said a warrant was issued at his home and a store of weapons uncovered. mike tobin in kalamazoo, michigan. >> 14-year-old girl was shot. she survived. she was shot in the head. her parents say they asked her a question telling her to give response. she did. that's a good sign but they is listed in critical condition. apple versus the f.b.i. the victims of the terror shootings will be involved they never to know what is on the iphone of the shooter saying it may have information about why they were targeted. the victims and families filed court papers in support of an order that says that apple has to comply and hack into the phone. apple still says no. >> apple is not budging they are fighting an order to help the f.b.i. recover data from the

the director firing back at critics who say forcing apple to preserve the data is a slippery slope. writing, quote, the san bernardino litigation is not about trying to set a precedent or send a message. it is about the victims and justice. those victims and their families are now jumping into the legal battle. filing a brief on behalf of the government. >> i feel very upset for the apple not cooperating. >> the bigger picture there may be information in that phone. >> but experts say that apple is digging in for a fight. the government may not get everything they want. >> if they had possession, it would turn it over. the government is asking them to create something that does not exist against its will and at its own expense. >> for now both sides are sticking their guns with the justice department comparing

brand marketing strategy. most apple fans still divided on their own response. >> they need to assist the f.b.i. with the national security matters. >> invading this is a bit strong. >> apple noted the idea of creating a government panel on encryption to resolve this legal standoff and others like it in the future. in los angeles, jonathan hunt, fox news. >> an attorney for the victims believes the government has a strong case they were owned by the county government. they damaged two iphones so badly they cannot recover anything from them: the president delivered remarks at the governor's association conference. the president hosted dozens talking about ways to work together to make progress across the country. and he urged the states to remain vigilant to fight terrorism, gun violence and

>> these are some areas where there should not be a dispute. we have to keep our country safe and strong. >> the president pledging help in response to the shootings in kalamazoo over the weekend. donald trump celebrating his bin in the -- celebrating his win in the primary. and hillary clinton in nevada. all eyes will be on the states again this weekend. >> the gop candidates are gearing up for the next showdown as they cross nevada monday making final pitches before the state caucuses there. and it is on the heels of another win for the front runner, donald trump. who is now suggesting that he is unstoppable after taking first place in the primary. >> i will win michigan, nobody can think about winning. i'll win new york. ky win new york, new york state if i win that the election is over. there are so many delegates. i do things nobody else is going to do.

republican race, the fight between ted cruz and marco rubio is intensifying. the lawmakers coming in second and third place on saturday, they are positioning themselves alternative. >> it is now every single day something is out of the cruz campaign that is deceptive and goes after my faith. >> this is a theern. we're at a point we ask about accountability, the democrats are focusing on south carolina which holds its primary this weekend. bernie sanders looking to regain ground after a 5 point loss to caucuses. >> i think virtually every idea idead and what the american people want. >> they will go head to head one last time before the primary when they attend a prime time town hall event tomorrow night.

>> this afternoon ted cruz asked his national spokesperson to resign. it was over a video that marco rubio was talking trash about the bible. another bloody weekend there is a ceasefire agreement in the works in syria. the president and the russian president are hammering out details. but as we report, now the syrian government and opposition groups must agree to the deal. >> it will start. they need to accept the deal. and they discussed the seas fire. >> and it is a long running process. it is an opportunity. the truce will not cover the state and. they are targeting those groups

130 people were killed in the state woman bombings. and 250,000 people have been killed in the civil war and investigators say that the crimes are committed by forces. >> they think the suffering of the people must stop now. it remains to be seen if the deal will hold and if all the parties including the syrian president will adhere to it. >> two of the issues not addressed are where sir syria must stop the fighting and where operations continue. charily -- charily sheen's

a positive impact and prompted the greatest number of searches on google since 2004. it was on steps and testing. they published this in the journal of internal medicine. >> ground control to major tom... >> it was not david bowie that the crew heard around the backside of the moon they heard something.

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[music] you know when apollo ten launched in 1969 it was a test run for the 11 on the moon but something unexpected happened during that mission that is now being declassified. the crew mimics every part of landing. as they passed over the backside of the moon. out of communication with earth sound. space music. 47 years after the mission they released the recorded audio of what they heard. listen. >> do you hear that. >> sounds like outer space music. >> who will believe that.

light on the science channel program nasa's unexplained files they may have some from saturn atmospheres. others think it was radio interference between the craft the module and the lander as they were orbiting the moon. nasa is not offering up an 10. they never talked about the music in public. hmmm.

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(mark when it comes to your tax dollars.. you want your money spent you know when it comes to tax dollars you want to spend your money wisely. when fox 13 learned that pasco signed a contract and tina jensen dug and free trips for employees paid for by the vendor that got the contract. the question for the sheriff on the 10:00 news. and energy stocks leading a rally as the price of oil surged. the dow did. the nasdaq is up. s&p 27. master card wants to change how you did things online. it will allow people to take selfies or use thumb prints to pay for things you buy online.

requiring someone to blink while taking their selfie. there you go. that way it knows it is not an old picture. they are, woulding on ways to authenticate purchases, iris scans, monitoring your heartbeat . banks will roll out the system in the coming months. >> i have a feeling this is -- this is going to keep going the technology, paul, you know, soon, pull up to the pump. put your thumb on it. go to the hotel or the restaurant. >> my phone knows who i am. >> yours does, too. >> the atms, soon, will not need a card. year. crazy. this is good. this is sun set late today. come in. and a couple of spots of rain as

from the south. and christi bay bacon got that. nice job. like her photos. can you see, look. some water on the camera lens here, here, here, that's because of moisture from the southwest. the main threat of heavy rain is not even close to us. it is well north and west of us. that will not move in until wednesday. tonight with the tropical moisture swinging around a high east of us. rain. it will not be a big deal. problems with severe weather not for us. but new orleans. western panhandle of our state into alabama. sections of mississippi and already schools in tuscaloosa have been canceled because of the threat of big weather. this will be a big deal. a smattering of light rain,

arcadia. sebring and lake placid. more off the coast line. if you are out and about. turn the wipers on for a time. this is not part of a storm. it indicates the tropical moisture. and a developing front. south of us. you get the bands of rain and come from an area of energy way back in texas. that will kick the cold front our way. rain is widespread in the southeast. turning humid. right now and temperatures in the 70s. and the dew points are creeping up with the wind. we'll watch out for sea fog developing tomorrow night, too. and that goes across cooler gulf waters. and the severe weather in the south. by wednesday. cold front races across the gulf. the storm prediction center has concerns that we could be seeing

i think a lot of the energy will kind of bypass us and slide northeast. but there is still will be some heavier showers and storms that goes by and then another surge of colder weather is back thursday. that lasts into the weekend. it is like a yo-yo. chilly warm up over the weekend. wednesday. colder thursday. all this, the energy along the subtropical jet more of a signature of el nino. the dew point is 61. a smattering of right rain. there is the rain from tennessee to the mouth of the mississippi. across the plains states. that's the weather for thursday. all the way through the weekend. tonight much warmer and moon lit as the clouds break up. showers. and 67. tomorrow, warm and breezy. showers that pop up will be

inland in the 80s. areas of sea fog off the coast. wednesday a band of showers and thundershowers heavy. we stay in the mid70s. the bottom drops out. this is chilly for us for late february. we're talking about temperatures dropping into the 40s at night and the high on friday should only be 60 degrees. still ahead here at 6:30.

3 coming up tonight at 11.. coming up tonight at 11. a youth football league the victim of vandals. it's not the first time. who the coach and parents are turning to.

where your suit suitcase is. and who handles it while you travel. that's on 1:91 o'clock news. at 106 years old virginia has seen a lot of history but she never thought she would see is a black president or seeing the white house in person. and during an event they came together and the moment was priceless. take a look. >> hey! >> how are you. >> fine. >> nice to see you. >> want to say hi to michelle? >> yes. >> she is 106. >> are you not. >> are you not. >> slow down. >> i want to be like you. [ laughter ] >> she is adorable. she was so excited she did a dance.

see was among the guests honored at the black history month celebration. wow. the spirituals are rooted deep in black history, songs are a way that the slaves did and came up with to get through the struggle of life. >> as we honor black heritage month, how a group is preserving traditional spirituals. >> born out of a high school choir, the alumni singers have years. the music celebrates the african-american experience. >> music with a special meaning. >> i seek my place. i seek my place. >> it is heart felt, it's your

>> the singers are a passionate group. they have been singing spirituals together for more than 35 years. >> the spirituals, that's the original music in america because they came everything else. >> the group formed in 1980 when they were members of the gibbs high school choir. they wanted to highlight their heritage. >> the music and words give a deep meaning. >> if my people -- >> it was sung by slaves to give them hope, homes in the fields. working to the children. >> the songs were part of a plan for slave as sort of musical code signaling the right time to flee their owners. >> when harriet tubman led the people they sang songs but the songs were songs of steal away.

mississippi. he remembers the sting of segregation, i remember my mother singing songs that would get us through. >> i have been singing since i was 5. >> katherine jones says the group has a mission. >> we were singing to serve people to make other people feel good. >> it is us. it is a part of our history. we must know where we came from. in order to know where we're going. >> the group has performed with the florida orchestra and churches and orchestra hauls. they sound great. with them. put the information on www.myfoxtampabay.com click on seen on tv. language. >> the news keeps on going on facebook, twitter and instagram. >> tmz is next.

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>> today on "tmz" -- harvey: no doubt about it, the '80's crowd hates kris jenner but she got booed off the stage over the weekend. [booing] >> deafening roar of boos. harvey: did she look shocked? >> no. she was like it wasn't even happening. harvey: you know, that is the advantage of botox. >> there's no expression. harvey: this is me upset. this is me happy. [laughter] >> drake. just one-upped every girl's bass mitzvah by performing at one. >> who is this family? >> ben ashkenazy. harvey: you know what, these are the problems with these bar mitzvahs --