she came up empty-handed but the cat ended up somehow in florida. a vet scanned her micro chip and two months after she disappeared her owner got a call she was waiting for. >> pretty shocking and amazing to see how far she had come, i mean, if she could tell us stories. >> i so wish this cat could talk. i would love for know how she hitched a ride to florida. >> nadia oorks 's owners are looking for a way to bring her back home. >> those micro chips are important. >> so important. >> and right now at 11:00 we are looking at the story of a missing child that actually turned out to be just a big lie. >> but it had the boy's grandmother believing the worst. >> awful, awful, awful, i thought i was not going to see my grandson. >> what the parents were

>> i have to figure out what to do to pick up the pieces and get everything fixed. >> what happened when a tornado ripped through port charlotte. >> yes, the flu is on the rise in our area. >> why flu cases are on the rise and how the vaccine is doing battling it this year. >> we begin at 11:00 with the search for a missing boy who was never actually missing. it was all a big fat lie. it started when ismyel badillo's mother told police that her car was stolen with her child inside, . what did the parents have to stay? >> they both stopped short of saying they never lied to police

and police precious resources and time as they tried to search for this boy who was never really missing. you see there that this boy was missing allegedly at around 1:30 when angelica morero told police her boy was taken inside a stolen car. that sent police into immediate overdrive chasing the stolen car and looking for the boy. the car crashed on u.s. 19 and curlew road. the boy was not in the car and eventually the mother admitted he was in daycare in pinellas park with his sister. the children were released to their grandmother. >> she is my speet sweet child, too, and i want to ask her what happened and why did you take it

thank god, i'm getting my grandbabies and they are going be safe and okay. >> no comment. >> was your son ever missing? >> no comment, the police already took care of it. >> it appears that the exchange of the vehicle may have had a drug nexus and i think it was something that got a little out of hand. >> the two parents are being charged with misusing 9-1-1 and filing false reports. the driver of the car has been charged with grand theft auto and fleeing police. police say the 9-1-1 tapes which may be made available to us soon refute the stories and they say they have these two right on the money and they did in fact lie to 9-1-1 operators. >> parkway and the and the little boy is with the grandparents tonight, right? >> that's right, the boy was taken from police right to the

grandparents were reunited with him. >> glad he is getting cared for tonight. >> and developing now, tornado damage in the florida panhandle prompting governor scott to declare a state of emergency in several counties tonight. the tornado packed winds of up to 155 miles per hour and it damages or destroyed over 300 homes in the pensacola area, but remarkly nobody was remarkably nobody was killed. fox 13's haley hines shows how people are working to clean up the mess. >> many of these had will neighborhoods are rumbling with the rounds of generators and roofing companies and generators are running throughout the night. this pile here was a fence this

>> when it hit the mourdock area it was around 1:15. it ripped pieces of this suntrust building right off, this was an ef1, with winds up to 97 miles per hour. it ripped moving off of homes and sliced through screens and knocked over everything in its path. there were 34 homes damaged in the deep creeg creek area with almost a dozen unlivable. >> it was kind of like -- i don't have any water because it broke my -- the spigots off where the lanai used to be. >> some neighbors are going be forced to sleep elsewhere tonight but if there is any gd in goodin all of this it is that no one was killed here. >> that storm system is now

this is video out of charlotte north carolina where winds brought down trees and knocked out power to a lot of homes and the winds turned daddily turned deadly in the small town of -- -- excuse me, the storm killed three people there including a 2-year-old child. six people total died in the storm including two in louisiana and one in mississippi. >> a former animal shelter care worker is accused or stealing thousands in donations. gale judah was the office manager and she is stoad said to have taken over $66,000 and police say she altered the books.

sarasota, cont we tonight we are hearing from a woman who says that driver nearly hit her and her 2-year-old daughter. >> i was just like worry buendia worried about my child in the back seat and was this person on drugs or what was going on with him. >> that is stephanie puckett who has to swerve out of the way. the driver was arrested for ob obstruction and fleeing to elude, and his blood alcohol limit was nearly three times the legal limit. >> officials say it's not too late to get the flu vaccine. crystal how is it looking locally? >> at manatee memorial in bradenton, doctors are seeing a record number of flu patients so

it's not so bad in tampa but still many, many patients are heading to the hospital but while the virus is spreading fast, the good news is this year's strain is a familiar one. >> stocked up and ready to go, there are cases of flu vaccine at tampa hospitals. >> this is the strain from 2009, that is when healthy young adults were getting sick and having complications and pregnant women were having complications. >> but this year hospitals are better equipped to addle the equipped handle the virus. >> this year's vaccine is a good match for the strain. >> a record number of patients showed up at manatee memorial with flu-like symptoms and

patients visited the e.r. in a single day. >> since january 1 we have had the hospital. >> but even visiting the hospital can put people at risk in other patients are not careful. >> if you are having flu symptoms tell them right away, we'll give you a mask and hand sanitizing and we will try to key up away from others. >> frequent hand washing doesn't hurt and reminding your coworkers to keep their germs to themselves. >> cough into your elbow instead of your hand because you cough into your hands and you spread it around. >> if your one of the unlucky income get the flu this season doctors say it's important to stay at home until your fever is under 101 degrees and it can

>> you don't want to mess around with the flu, our producer jessie knows that well, and we thank her for staying out of work for a while. >> you shouldn't go to work if you think you are contagious. >> and making headlines for choosing the sex of her baby. >> how the model and miss john mrs. john criticism. >> and after the break, paul we had a rough morning and afternoon, and it's still windy out there tonight? >> but we are heading in the right direction. the rain is long gone, and the seven-day is our next item is a genuine "name your price" tool. this highly sought-after device from progressive can be yours for... twenty grand? -no! we are giving it away for just 3 easy payments of $4.99 plus tax! the lines are blowing up! we've got deborah from poughkeepsie. flo: yeah, no, it's flo. you guys realize anyone can use

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new tonight... a piece of >> new tonight a piece of florida's history is being removed from the captain. >> lawmakers voted to remove a statute.

since 1922. now the effort to replacement gained support during a recent debate over confederate symbols. and the governor has indicated he will sign it. possible replacements, flaggler or disney. >> congressman david jolly says he is determined to keep tampa bay the home of several hurricane hunter aircraft. for decades macdill has housed the planes but now they say they need the hangar space for new jets and they give them several months to move out. but jolly says it's crucial that the planes stay in this area. >> given the agency's concern

highly skilled and qualified workforce should the hurricane hunters move out of tampa bay and the mission they support in our region i am optimistic that noaa will keep the quiewnts in units in this area. >> he says he will explore space at st. pete clearwater and tampa bay airports. >> bad weather at cape came and a half really a forced a scrub of the space x rocket, their fourth attempt to land a rocket on a plavment platform in the ocean. it looked picture perfect last collapsed. >> 6:45 and sunset at like 6:30, it's a good time because you will get the sunset to give light and i think we'll have a

>> you heard it here, the weather is going be good and i think we are a good for launch. check it out, begin the countdown. this is what we were dealing with this morning and you would think i learned my lesson. is the rain on el nio winters always comes in early. this morning we had the rain off of the coast and timing was earlier than expected and then things slowed down. multiple tornado warning south of us and multiple rain warnings, about half an inch to an inch as the trend for wet weather continues. and actually this should be a tornado warning up in the green swamp earlier today for a pretty impressive looking cell on radar that went over rural green swatch and then died out. if it was over a populated area earlier today that could have

75 for the high today and the low is the current reading. prescription .83 and year to day almost double the average of 8.71. 75 the high, the average high is 74. we are adding a lot to our daily high temperatures, the average is moved to late february and march. the sun gets higher in the sky and the average highs start increasing in numbers especially through march. we have blues coming up with a cold front, and tonight a severe thunderstorm watch is up in the northeast and includes all of new york city. behind this front we have dry air moving in on the backside. we'll see lots of sunshine coming up for the next several days. the squall line is how off the tip of cape hatteras north carolina and that is moving rapidly to the east-northeast. take a look at what is happening here. you have rain along i-95 in

york city is absolutely awful. you have heavy rain over the city. there was a severe thunderstorm warning north of new york city, in west chester county, with heavy rain and strong winds, it is a mess tonight. this is tropical air making it all the way into new england where it's in the 50's and 60's. a couple of weeks ago they were 10 to 15 degrees below zero. the winds have shifted behind the cold front and the dewpoints are plunging into the 40's, 50's and 60's. a very nice night underway. winds are gusty coming in from the west and northwest. obviously tomorrow is not a good boating day with wind advisories up, and the front moving away and then we just watch the big "h". high pressure is your friend and that high is going slowly move

sunshine. remember how good last weekend was? and it was good. this weekend i think is going to be just as nice. blue sky, low humid, and lots of sunshine. we are down 52 tomorrow, windy with sunshine and turning noticeably cooler. we are about 62 dress and coming 62 degrees. and check out the seven-day. some of you could be complaining a little bit that it's too cold. 43 at night is kind of chilly and 62 is kind of chilly but in august you are going to wish for a couple of days like this. and back to the mid 70's next week. >> not complaining a bit, paul, thank you. and co-stars doesn't always get along but there is a rumor about will smith that might have crossed the line, before we go to break we are celebrating chip

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news is only popular but when it comes to this model's pregnancy it's hitting an ethical nerve. head crack joins us now from dish nation studios in atlanta. okay, so head crack we know that tegin and her hub used used invitro fertilization but they actually chose the sex of her baby. >> she wanted to make sure she got a girl and out of all of the embryos they had, she chose a girl, and she is happy with the situation, but the internet, not so happy, mixed reviews. >> if you can choose, i guess pick the one you want, but some people have equated this to taking nature out of it.

about will smith and how he treated him on the set of the movie ali. paul rodriguez was playing ernie pacheco and the real pacheco called will smith the "n" word when set smith off, and when he ernie rodriguez playing pachco came on the set he was reportedly mean to him. so he was chalking it up to maybe what happened to him and will smith up to ' roid rage. >> and you are very right it

smith's acting method and i had no proof other that i put on a lot of weight for the roll. >> all right, head crack always keeping us up to date on what is happening. catch him and the rest of the dish nation gang week nights right after our news at 11:35. >> we are a long way from the start of the buccaneer season, but dirk cutter is learning important things right now at the combine.

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>> dirk cutter at the combine, the nfl's version of a job fair, with a lot of details for players and coaches and gm's to work through, and he is looking at a running back just in case he can't sign doug martin. he is worth 8 million if he can put a bunch of those seasons together, but the bucks have a ton of interviews lined up and dirk tells us the one-on-one moments are critical. all right, so here is the deal at the combine. it is a big job interview. the gm eerks 's and the coaches and the players looking to make an impression know it. get on the draft radar and then line up a job, but to get that job takes training for the fieldwork and coaching for the interview section. >> they are coached up on how to do these interviews. just like most of us getting our