right now at 11, questions over a dog's fate. whose life was spared once. >> months after biting a child padi the dog strikes again. >> bit him several times. >> a service dog in training was bitten on the nose. so was padi provoked? we have both sides of the story. when the video was released my whole world changed. >> hulk hogan on the stand. how the hometown wrestler opened up about a leaked sex tape and friend's deception. just in the nick of time. the amazing photos of a super dad. he stopped that flying bat from hitting his son right in the face. you're watching fox 13 and the 11:00 news starts now. we begin at 11 tonight with padi the dog that was saved from being euthanized last summer after biting off a chunk of a child's ear. now a woman claims that he attacked again. this time biting a puppy in training to be a service dog.

the woman taking care of that puppy. crystal she said this was ub provokeed. >> according to the caregiver her puppy was simply being a puppy approaching padi out of curiosity when he was attacked. padi's owner claims the puppy was growling at his dog when padi, quote, nipped his ear. two very different sides of the story. but the pictures of the injuries speak for themselves. there are teeth marks on the top of obi wan's nose from a bite his caregiver says came from simply trying to sniff another dog. >> i thought it was going to be a normal meet and greet and the dog basically attacked him. >> reporter: tammy is afraid that four-month-old golden retriever she's training to be a service dog through new horizon could be scarred for life. >> having fear issues can take a dog out of the program. he is being trained to be a wheelchair support dog so he has to be able to go into neighborhood with other dogs. >> reporter: she took him to the pet clinic in bradenton monday morning to get his puppy shot.

came face-to-face with padi. >> it bit him several times and latched on to the nose. >> reporter: chris says the doctor, padi's owner, dismissed the attack as minor. he did not want to speak on camera monday but claims the puppy was the aggressor growling nose to nose with his dog. last june he also claim add four-year-old boy provoked padi to bite part of his ear off. he says the boy wouldn't stop following the dog as he roamed the clinic. >> i suppose there are some dangerous dogs that the public has to be protected from. but, obviously, padi is not that dog. >> padi was sentenced to be euthanized but gained international attention through a free padi facebook page. a sarasota judge ruled to spare the dog and padi's bill was passed at the state capitol. it protects met is accused of biteing from being put down. the caregiver says she does not want to see padi killed but after this second incident something must change.

history of biting other dogs and kids and you are still allowing it to roam free and cause more damage. >> he said he feels padi is being targeted because of his popularity. but chris says she had never heard of padi until today. he file add complaint with the sheriff's office. back to you cynthia. >> a lot more going to be happening this this story. thank you. and happening right now, we're following a news alert out of south tampa where there's been a deadly shooting. started with a fight just before 8:00 at the gardens of south bay apartments. that's on south lois avenue. two people were shot and one was killed. the other taken to the hospital. this is video from a second crime scene. a picture rather on south quincy street where it all came to an end. we are waiting for police to release the names of the victims and give us more details. also following this this evening. before the florida supreme court could remove him from the bench, manatee county circuit court judge john lincoln announced his immediate retirement today.

tampa bay ray tickets from a law firm whose case he was overseeing. that would be a violation of judicial ethics. he had a hearing scheduled for june. he has apologized for his lapse in judgment and said the tickets did not influence his decision in that case. on the stand, hulk hogan sharing some very intimate details in a pi fell as county courtroom about the sex tape recorded he says without his knowledge. hogan is suing the gossip site gawker for $100 million for releasing that tape. today he told the jury he was struggling through a difficult time in his life. when he leaned on his former best friend bubba for help and with his blessing hogan says he had sex with bubba's then wife. hogan testified that he asked bubba if there were cameras in the room and bubba reassured him it was just between them. >> it was so surreal that i was there and he was handing me a kobd om. my -- condom. my gut just couldn't feel right

you are not filming this is what i actually said. if i remember correctly. i refused to believe he did this to me. he is my best friend. another person. >> he says at the end of one the recordings he heard bubba's voice say this is our retirement fund here. gawker claims because hogan spoke freely about his sex life releasing this video was fair game. first amendment. the trial will pick up tomorrow in pinellas county. marco rubio's last-ditch effort to save his candidacy is in full speed tonight and he is honing in on his home state. florida votes a week from tomorrow. he is looking for a big state win in florida's 99 winner take all delegates. he held a rally tonight. it end add few short hours ago. fox 13's evan axelbank is out there. what will he do to make up all this ground? >> cynthia, it's often said the first step in solving a problem is admitting that you have a problem.

acknowledged that he is at this point an underdog here in florida. but tonight he brought an optimistic message to the tampa convention center. and he left out any personal attacks that we have seen in take a look. this here is marco rubio here this evening at the tampa convention center. and rubio argued that conservatives need to not portray anger or fear. rather he says he can make up a current eight point deficit in one florida poll against trump by using momentum from a win in puerto rico. he admits that he flung his own personal attacks at trump several weeks ago but only because someone had to stand up to trump who he called a bully. just two weeks ago polls showed that rubio's deficit was much larger down by as much as 20 points to donald trump. >> we have to do it now. a turning point is coming. a turning point awaits in this

and it begins here in florida. i am asking florida to do what florida always does. decide the nomination and decide the presidency. >> the story is the trend more than it is -- i mean, you know it can turn in two days let alone two weeks or another week before the primary. >> still ted cruz the senator from texas has run a solid second to trump in many primaries and caucuses and also in polls. and rubio would see trump's delegate lead grow to a nearly insurmountable 540 if trump can win florida and the 99 winner take all delegates. but if rubio could win, the deficit against trump would fall to as few as 240. obviously this is also rubio's home state so there are many reasons he cannot afford to lose here and rubio would not say whether he would leave the race if he can't win florida a week from tuesday when the final

and he also, guys, has rallies planned for sarasota tomorrow. and we can certainly expect to see quite a large tv and coming coming week. downtown in tampa, evan axle bank, fox 13 news. >> front-runner donald trump rolled out a new advertisement attacking rubio. the ad calls rubio corrupt and accuses him of loose spending. trump spent most of his day rallying voters in north carolina which holds its primary the same day as florida. trump made a stop in mississippi where senator ted cruz is finding plenty of support. this mississippi's governor announced his endorsement for the texas senator today on the eve of that state's primary. cruz was in michigan tonight the night before that primary as well. michigan also on the line on the democratic side. hillary clinton and bernie sanders took questions tonight in a town hall meeting in detroit. both candidates made their final push before tomorrow's primary. sanders is riding on his wins

vermont senator nabbing three of four states super saturday. the two battled it out over the support of bailouts and college tuition. >> of course, i voted in the one senate vote that i had the opportunity to vote to support the automobile industry. what i did not vote for was the bailout of wall street. and that is essentially what senator clinton would put me. >> when senator sanders says free college with no pressure on the universities and colleges to lower their costs i think that will only make it more >> anchor: both candidates agree that the governor of michigan should step down over its handling of the flint water crisis. voters in four states hit the polls tomorrow. looks like hillary clinton is the one to beat on the democratic side. clinton will be in tampa thursday at the ritz. heads up if you recently paid at the pump at this

your credit card may have been compromised. deputies found skimming devices instead two pumps. those devices steal credit card information from people pumping gas. here is a look at the devices. we're told they used blue tooth technology. that's how they send the information to the person who planted them there. they were installed at this 7-eleven mobile station on fruit vail road. deputies think they have been there at least two weeks before anyone realized it. >> these skimmers are inside the pumps so you can't see them you know. and if somebody looks at the pump if you don't know what you are looking for it might look like part of the regular electronics with the pump. >> deputies are trying to go over security video to see if they can see anyone installing those devices. so far no arrests in this case. new at 11, a tampa man making a plea to whoever has his dog to please bring her back. it's really a bizarre story. last month anthony says he let his two dogs out in his fenced

neighbors tell him they saw a woman luring them into her car with treats. the dogs were wearing collars and tags at the time so he hoped they would be returned quickly. a few days ago one of the dogs a pit bull named buck found his way home. but buck had on a brand-new collar with a brand-new tag showing a new name and unfamiliar phone number. >> i love my dog. she is part of my family. she is my baby. and i hope she comes home soon. i wish that the ladyer in picked her up or at least called the phone number on her tags. >> he is talking about his other dog who is still missing. by looking up the phone number on the tag he thinks the person who took the dogs is somebody who lives nearby in the neighborhood. at this point he hasn't pressed charges. the sheriff's office says the case is closed. he says he doesn't want any trouble he just wants emma, right there, back. >> basically a is put being worked out by a couple of neighbors at this point.

hopefully emma comes home. >> we'll see. coming up, a famous charity run that everyone can connect with may actually be in jeopardy. >> it just really is upsetting, disturbing that we're not even 15 years away from 9/11 and how people treat it. >> why a new york race held in honor of september 11th victims may not happen. that's new at 11:23. a last-ditch effort for

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big day in tallahassee. senators approved a bill that will allow floridians with terminal illnesss to use full strength medical marijuana. the bill expands a law that allowed cancer patients and people with chronic seizures like epilepsy to use a weaker form of the drug. the senate passed the bill today by a vote of 28-11. there was disagreement over the limited number of nurserys allowed to grow the medical marijuana. under the 2014 law, only five growers in the state could grow and sell cannabis. >> you are basically mandating that five families get wealthy.

power of government to stop everybody else from getting into this cartel. >> several nurseries filed suit over that 2014 law and its limit of five growers. so the new bill will allow additional licenses to be granted to nurseries whose court challenges are successful. which means there could be more than five nurseries growing this stuff in the future. the bill is now awaiting the governor's governor's signature. florida has a death penalty. governor scott sign add revised death penalty bill. it requires ten out of 12 jurors to agree to put someone to death. the new law also prevents judges from imposing the sentence saying it must be the will of the jury. that's because in january the supreme court ruled florida's death penalty is unconstitutional because it allowed judges to override the jury's recommendation. two executions were delayed while the legislature worked on its fix. and this is the final week of the legislative session in tallahassee.

work on the state's $80 billion budget by tomorrow so they can vote on friday. state law requires a 72 hour cooling off period before a final vote. the jury has awarded sportscaster erin andrews $55 million in her civil lawsuit. andrews sued the national hotel chain and a man who secretly recorded video of her naked at the hotel then he posted the video on line. michael barrett was convicted of videotaping her. today the jury deliberated for six hours and reach add unanimous verdict. andrews asked for 75 million. she got 55 million. the hotel chain attorneys say they're not sure whether they will appeal. i got to step away from my desk. don't tell my bosses. i stepped outside for a few minutes to enjoy some dinner and enjoy the weather. >> is thaw up on the loading deck. >> that's me having my picnic. [ laughter ] >> nice back there. >> busted.

have a little picnic table. >> i think this is an invitation. >> the three of us dipper on the picnic -- dinner on the picnic table? >> i'll bring the basket and we're good to go. this has been great waetdzer to be outside. strawberry festival is getting cranked up. that ends on the 13th. still good weather next couple days. take a look at the time-lapse today. it's kind of interesting. one thing you will notice, this happens a lot, it's clouds going into two different directions. low level clouds coming in from the atlantic. then high level clouds going the other way. rolling in from the gulf. east winds at the surface and west winds aloft. great, great day today. nice boating weekend. only issue this past weekend is a few more clouds on saturday than i predicted but still turned out great. sunday was off he charts. photos coming in left and ride. it was a good sky. sunset over john's pass from tammy sue vasquez.

that's great. wish i was on that boat enjoying that sunset. then picnic island tonight and lori. and this one even as it may be i was kind of staring that photo for a little bit. kind of looks like the green flash over the sun usually happens when the sun is right over, dipping over the horizon. but it doesn't get much better than that. that picture by the way is on my facebook page. if you want to take a closer look you know where to find it. thanks a lot eric nicely done. today temperatures up near 80. we're not going to cool off at all. we're going to stay with a southeast wind. the forecasting dilemma is this weekend. there is going be a front that's producing rain in texas. it's back here and it's going to move across the gulf mexico. the models are struggling on the timing of when the rain will arrive. kind of focusing on saturday into sunday. we'll fine tune that forecast the next day or two. give you a heads up.

give us a southeast wind. eventually a south wind. rain is heavy by oklahoma city. eventually rain will expand along the lower mississippi valley. and that rain is going to be locally heavy. right now 50s, 60s and 70s up and down the state. around the southeast, a warm night. 58 in atlanta. 64 birmingham. 65 little rock. 68 in new orleans. the dew points are gradually coming up especially in the western gulf. our dew point now is about 55. it's going to rise. and i think by thursday and friday i would not be surprised if the dew point kind of sits in that 65 to 70 range, maybe 70 or so briefly until the weak cold front goes by. has to turn muggy eventually with winds from the southeast. high pressure is east of us. we stay warm tomorrow. we stay warm on wednesday. in the low 80s. and then we just kind of wait

it's going to produce all kinds of weather trouble in the lower mississippi valley. that's going to head our way and probably arrive sometime on saturday. clear and mild tonight. we're down to 59. we've got sunshine tomorrow. it will be a warm day we're up near 80. a day like today. wednesday mostly sunny, even warmer and a bit more humid. we do hit 82. i'll fine tune the weekend forecast tomorrow but i would plan on at least a spell of showers and thundershowers maybe saturday into sunday with temperatures then in the upper 70s and low 80s. back to you. coming up, a race up dozens of stairs is now a race against the clock. >> just months before this popular charity run is supposed to happen, it's now on hold. we'll tell you why after the break in 1934,

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3 new at eleven... a charity a harty run up dozens of flights of stairs in new york may be in jeopardy. this run is supposed to support the families of 9/11 victims. maybe you have heard of it. last year it was held in the new one world trade center for the first time. >> this year they're say saying it may not happen at all. fox's linda schmidt explains. >> it just really is upsetting, disturbing we're not even 15 years away from 9/11 and how people can treat it. >> frank siller is the ceo of the tunnel two towers foundation. it is best known for its yearly tunnel to towers run in honor of his firefighter brother stephen who died on 9/11. last year the foundation start

they had planned on doing it this year. in one world observatory which is part of one world trade. however the organization which manages the building has just said no. the event is two months away. >> they've been not getting back to us with 100 percent answer for months and months. >> reporter: the tunnel to towers foundation raises money to build smart homes for uft s. military men and women who are triple and quadruple amputees. this year's stair climb would have started at 5:00 a.m. in the morning on a sunday and been over within four hours. the durst organization issued a statement saying in part, quote... as we learned from last year's event the unique design and security requirement of one world trade center makes stair climbs extraordinarily challenging. with more tenants the logistics are even more complex this year. >> come on. what is really the inconvenience? was it so inconvenient for people to run up those stairs

>> that was linda schmidt reporting. frank siller has contacted the governors of new york and new jersey asking if they would possibly intervene. so we'll have to let you know. it didn't take long for loveie smith to land on his feet. his new job and what he had to say about being fired by the bucs coming up. the lightning running into

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