>> and people have really gone out of their way to help her when we should all be doing. >> no doubt, they did a great job and we commend them for that. >> time now for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> speaking of a good job. >> terror in a small town in kansas. >> i feel like i'm in a nightmare right now. >> four people dead and 14 injured. what we know about the killer. >> it's an unfortunate event and very embarrassing for our department. >> another hit for the clearwater fire department, a high-ranking member is caught stealing. >> this will probably be my last flight on allegiant. >> the scare that cause caused the crew to abort another local

>> we begin at 11 with a news alert out of kansas where a man gunned down three people in a factory at a plant that makes lawn mowers in hurricane hurricane ers hesston, near wichita. he started shooting people in the parking lot and then went inside and continued his rampage. one witness said he was going after everyone. he killed three people and wounded dozens before police shot him. the wife of another worker was just woashed worried about her husband. >> within seconds after he fired he was going around his pickup truck and right into the building within five seconds. >> how is your husband doing? you were able to talk to him. >> yeah, i was able to talk to him, he said he is okay but he said somebody next to him got shot -- oh my god, oh my god!

>> wow, an emotional reunion there, one of many that took place in hesston. and the gunman is being identified as this man, cedric ford, and one video on his facebook page shows him shooting what appears to be an assault rifle in a field, and another photo of a handgun. his page says he is originally from miami, and we have learned he has a criminal history including convictions for unlawfully carrying a weapon, fleeing police and burglary. >> and the clearwater fire and rescue now has a new public image problem, an accusation of theft against assistance chief ronald jinshein.

convenience store, and it's small but it is causing problems. >> it's a matter of principle and of credibility. and gives a black eye to this department that has had its share of issues. >> add this to a growing list of embarrassing headlines coming out of the clearwater fire and rescue department. assistance chief of health and safety accused or stealing a $3 five-hour energy drink from this 7-eleven, he claims it was a mistake, and it's a petty crime but pending review, it could cost him in career. >> i'm embarrassed and it makes away from the fine work that 99.5% of my employees do. >> in 2014 a lieutenant was

admitted to having sex in a fire station with two women and watching porn on his phone. and another one put away for live for sexually abusing a teen, and other sex-at-work scandals. >> there are circumstances associated with each incident and so, no, my confidence isn't shaken. i'm still as confident at ever. >> but when asked about this official's future, the city manager appeared less confident. >> the question i have is can he perform in his duties as he has in the past and still receive the confidential of confidence of his peers and the public he serves and i would say at this point that that is really in jeopardy. >> he is scheduled to be in court on march 22. he does not have a prior

josh cascio, fox 13 news. >> thank you, josh, and it was a night of fireworks at the republican national debate. marco rubio took aim at donald trump and you might say he unloaded, too. and we've been watching this and rubio came out with zingers tonight. >> bam, bam, bam and this was good for rubio, for people who are looking to see someone who can take on donald trump, and rubio delivers basically throwing the kitchen sink at him from being born on third base to hiring illegal aliens and having his clothes made in mexico, and i think there was one striking moment on the issue of health care where rubio used his gaff

his advantage. >> you have so many different plans -- >> now he is repeating himself. >> no, no, no -- (cheers and applause). >> i don't repeat myself, i don't repeat myself. >> you don't repeat yourself? here is the guy who repeats himself, you repeat yourself every day. >> i watched him repeat himself five times two weeks ago. >> i watch you had repeat yourself five seconds ago. >> i watched, i watched him -- >> and so it goes back and forth and in that moment rubio revealed a lack of detail in donald trump replacement health care plan, and the badgering went on all night long, and i bring up glenn beck because he

who tweeted rubio is killing it. and this is a very different marco rubio than we have seen in prior debates. he has not been this aggressive before, but how will it impact his standing in the polls? >> the polls show trump winning winning among floridians, do you think there is room for change? >> well, it could move the needle, and what you saw a few moments ago could be borne out in the numbers because rubio has his back to the wall. the polls showing him way down, and donald trump at 44%. now, rubio has nowhere to go in he can't win the state of florida. what state does he win, and you can make a similar claim for cruz, and that is why both of them wailed on donald trump

to bring him down. cruz went off trump on grounds he is not electable in the general election but watch how trump fired back. >> i'm beating him awfully badly in the polls. >> but you are not beating hillary. >> well, if i can't beat her, you are really going get killed, aren't you? >> and not only where there fewer candidates but it was really just three can't dated and it was cruz and rubio not tearing each other apart but both of them taking their aim on donald trump. and that is very interesting considering the fact that 11 states are coming around the corner on tuesday. >> oh, yeah, coming right up, too. >> thank you. >> developing tonight more trouble for allegiant airlines. one of its planes was forced to abort take-off the airline says due to engine trouble.

emergency and why allegiant is getting negative attention from the faa. >> pilots say loss of power in an engine on take-off is rare but pilots train for it and they prevented a much bigger emergency but keeping that plane on the ground. but it was still a shock to passengers. when passengers heard a boom right before takeoff, it happened just before 3:00 when the pilots experienced a problem with one ofort of the engines. passengers describe a loss of power which made the plane veer to one side of the runway. the pilts pilots had to correct it and bring it back to the gate, some

be their last allegiant flight. >> my wife and i had a discussion and this will probably be our last flight of leejt. allegiant. they are going on our no-fly list. >> well, call it a sign of the times. this year's strawberry festival is beefing up security. it draws half a million people and this year you will find an officer at every admission gate and also some on horseback, as well as more security cameras and they will also use hand-held wands to inspect guests at random. the strawberry festivals running march 3-13. >> i want to go! i have heard great things with it. >> that strawberry shortcake.

keep me away from that. >> and now cereal's reputation is getting... a little soggy. >> just a couple of reasons that people don't eat cereal, and the reason that millennials are not bellying up to the bowl. >> but first spying on animal rights groups and the reasons for doing it. next. paul? >> pretty chilly the next couple

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and peta says the fact this they refused to fire him shows that the company condones the actions. >> this activity was undertake with efforts to maintain the safety and security of animals and employees in the face of credible threats. >> it is still not cheer what the threats were. seaworld says it's hiring an outside firm to review its security practices. >> and today governor scott touring the hardest hit area of deep creek where at least three dozen homes were badly damaged. >> this home is one of the worst damaged in charlotte county. there were 55 homes damaged altogether totally $1.8 million. a tree today down into his backyard and his entire pool

he also lost his roof and some windows. the governor says they may be eligible for state aid but it is too early to tell. >> we have great charities, red cross and salvation army who show up to be helpful. >> and chances are it won't hit you but take precautions. >> this maybe a busy few weeks of tornadoes in our area as two grandparents were killed in manatee county several weeks ago. in this case, no one was hurt. >> and once again tonight, they have called off the planned launch of a falcon ix rocket. a technical glitch forced them to scrub, and they have not said

it was kind of windy out there. >> it was supposed to be 6:45 and i tweeted at 6:44 and i think they are still throughout waiting. the rocket is still on the pad and i feel bad about that. >> but the weather looks good, the visibility is fantastic. take a look near the skyway from karen madson eliot. this is pretty much the outlook for the next several days. initially chilly, warming up to the 70's. and a little bit cooler along the coast with the wind whipping in all day today. almanac data? 10 degrees below the average, we hit 64 today and the morning low 52 degrees. precipitation 8.71 for the year,

and that just screams el nio. and we stay with the west and northwest wind flow. imagery. it may be a little ribbon of clouds going by, late tonight and tomorrow as a reinforcing cold front passes by, but that is about it. lots of hps and high pressure and lots of red. dry air on the image. and this was the first of the year and it's like we flipped a switch and frrmt went a ridge in the west and a trough in the east, and now it's him the opposite, and if this jet hangs around i think we'll have potentially

although the el nio impacts are not quite done yet. it tends to wind down in april. and right now temperatures near the coast are milder. tam pal tampa is 56, palm dale is 49 and clewiston is 50. this is pretty significant. this is behind the cold front. temperatures inland are running 10 ta to 15, almost 10 degrees warmer than they were last night at 11:00. the barometer is rising, 30.22 inches of mercury. watching a weak cold front go by, the east coast is fairly quiet because there is wind and lake effect snow fill underway. snowing here detroit, and downwind of the lake, finger

a quick trip up to sugar mountain or ski beach, a lot of snow and they are making snow right now. a good ski weekend. bands of snow, some of of lake sham champlaine and tomorrow's high, a little bit on the cool side, we top off in the low to mid 60's. i hope you have a good night and a good friday. we go patchy clouds late and we are down to 49. any clouds melt away early tomorrow. sunshine, breezy and cool, and then coming up on saturday, sunny and cool, highs in the 60's. sunday is going be a great day, lots of sunshine and back up to 70. and the next potential of having severe weather would be on wednesday.

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because they found the clean-up inconvenient. >> >> >> all of the things i thought would be reasons why they are not buying cereals were validated from my twitter feed. >> her feed told hermie less than her my lessthan that unhealthy. >> we are always on the go. >> and the bowl will it leaves behind -- >> that fits into the lazy aspect and stereotype. >> okay, so. >> i will never -- i will never give up on cereal.

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>> you know it's been about a month since the bucs hired dirk cutter to be their coach but in that time he has put together a staff and actually within weaks hires his coordinators. two pieces of the puzzle. now, they have to pick up players in the draft and that happens at the combine. he wants to model them after the carolina panthers but if he wants to be a factor in the nfc south he knows he is going to have to beat a team that just went to the supergoal. >> i heard we might get traded to the nfc west, did you hear about that? ipg it's i think it's imog to going to be tough. the panthers have been patient with their coaches and they are very well coached. they've done a great job and it