it was around 2:00 a vehicle drove by opening fire. several people were on the porch. the 3-year-old was hit and a 23-year-old terrell hallman. they are doing all right in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police are trying to determine who did this and why. we spoke could the mayor a moment ago, he tells us that the person who did this is a coward, whoever would shoot a child is a coward. they will find that person and prosecute that person, the sort of violence. i spoke with a witness she heard 10 shots, maybe more. children came by. a scary environment for them to

police are looking for the while dodge challenger f you know anything. >> if you have information the police department needs your help. a girl shot. she is doing okay in the hospital. >> we're live. >> glad they are okay. >> and josh, the video here from a school bus in polk county is clear as day. the driver and attendant walk alone. twice. now they are under arrest. and evan lambert is here with more on the story. >> cynthia, the sheriff said it is clear the attendant and driver walking off the bus leaving a child asleep inside. >> i want to introduce to you two people who will not be the

of the year for the polk county school system. >> reporter: the sheriff says that the bus driver 51-year-old gail brown and attendant gwen job. can you see the aten attendant get up and leave followed by the driver. while a sleeping 13-year-old with special needs was inside. he was even forced to crawl out an emergency window. what were you thinking? the attendant walked right by him. that was march 2nd. the next week they say the teen said that he was left alone and force to hitch hike. investigators say on march 8th it happened again. brown and simmons left him asleep on the bus that day. he hitchhiked home. >> two times in one week he has been left on the bus.

staff should check to make sure they are off before they leave. there is an alarm in place but the deputies say the driver had it disengaged. the mother found out when he did not show up to school. brown and simmons will be fired from the district and face child neglect charges. >> back live brown, they both got granted a $2000 bond. cynthia. an attempted abduction we told you about yesterday. the sheriff says that the 11-year-old girl made up the story because she didn't want to walk home from the stop. she claimed a man tried to lure her into the car saying her mom was in the hospital. the sheriff's office created a sketch. the sheriff said the girl will be charged with filing a false police report which is a misdemeanor. five days left until the

hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a race for votes. clinton campaigned earlier today, sanders will hold a rally at the state fair fairgrounds at 7:00. and evan axelbank is at the fairgrounds. and aaron mesmer attended the rally. >> reporter: the rally was all about who is going to win here. hillary clinton has a lead over bernie sanders in florida. she hopes to keep it that way by focusing on topics that could hit home for people in tampa bay. >> let's give it up for the next president of the united states, secretary hillary clinton! >> reporter: a welcome back to tampa. >> mostly i want to thank all of you. >> that's been 8 years in the making for hillary clinton. >> but i cannot be happier to be back in this extraordinary city, the county, this part of florida. the rally is the first visit here since 2008.

job creation. >> most of the jobs come from small businesses and the fastest growing small businesses are headed by minority. >> the front runner touched on topics close to home here like line. right here in tampa. if i'm your president we will make investments go back and look at high speed rail, from there clinton took an approach promising to defend the afortable care act and reaforming her beliefs on several issues. i will defend marriage equality and voting rights from the onslaught of attacks. >> the supporters packed into the relatively small venue. >> i became an american citizen so i could vote for her. >> they left raving about what they heard.

lgbt community. that sings to my heart. >> health care for people who cannot afford it. health care to make it affordable that's important for me. >> she discussed immigration and gun laws and took shots at her republican opponents. that's tonight at 6:00. >> thank you. bernie sanders is trying to score yet another upset. if he can win a week after turning the polls up side down in michigan it will provide a ton of momentum. he is holding a rally. and evan axelbank is there now. what is the mood? >> reporter: based on the finger in my ear, this is going to be a loud and large rally here for bernie sanders. this is a crowd that's highly motivated. you can see there in the middle. that's the podium he will be

this is held in a larger venue and dwarf. and. there are people that are set up here. we will have a large crowd. these is the seen here and wrapped around several times they see a similar story line this is a tie verse, and when they started it will be clear that the message on was not cracking through. and the polls show a lead for

that we're seeing here will surprise people. >> he pulled through. and and if we can prove to people that polled wrong we can prove it wrong. it was impressive people cheering on supporters it has been awesome. >> and remember here that the democratic side for the primary is different. and they are awarded proportion nally. there are 240 opposed to 99. the bernie support remembers hoping if he does not win on eprimary night so to speak he cuts into the lead and continues to build that momentum to take away that narrative that hillary clinton has built that

>> poursers believe they are on their way to do that. >> that's a big crowd, the republican candidates square off in miami in their final debate. and this is at the university of miami like last night's democratic debate it is at 8:30. and craig patrick will have the highlights at 10 and 11. we have a update for polk county deputies on the family accused of a murder. the sheriff is calling it a case of vigilanti justice. the johnson and a friend michael gunn went before the judge. they were seeking revenge. a female friend said that a man raped her. they are not sure if that happened. the men beat him with pipe and sticks and strangling him with a cord and burning the body. they called the johnsons father

the brothers and gunn held without bond. a journalism professor is in the national spotlight as an expert witness in the hulk hogan lawsuit against gossip site gawker. tina jensen has been following the trial. he had a lot to say publishing a private sex tape is us news worthy, not only is it not journalism it is not good and should not be in the same category. mike fully is an expert witness for hulk hogan. and today he talked about journalism and palling the public's right to know with consideration of what warm it could do. >> would the posting avidyo recorded in a private bedroom of my client where he engaged in sex, without his consent, would that violate journalism

>> and ethics alone are not legal standard but they relate to state law when it comes to publishing private information. publications have less protection if something is not news worthy or not of public concern. gawker said they're protected under the first amendment because the video was news worthy saying it was fair game because he dragged about his sex life in public. now, it gets into sticky first amendment issues that's one of the reasons the case is being watched. some believe that any restriction on any publiclyisation could lead down a slippery slope. back to you. >> thank you, tina. still ahead up in flames, fire overnight deliver as below to a local community. >> this is not just a fire but a devastation. >> the store that was destroyed

>> they were abandoned alongside the road. look at them now. things are looking up for that box full of puppies. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk.

3 developing tonight... the manhunt continues for two gunme the man hunt continues for a gunman who shot five and wounded others. it was in pennsylvania a group of people gathered when they were ambushed. they fired multiple shots as people tried to get away. those killed were one man and four women and one was pregnant.

the people. right now they were fleeing to the back door of the residence when the second gunman fired from the side of the yard. they all seemed to get caught on the back porch. >> witnesses say 25 shots were fired. police are asking for the public's help to track down the shooters. no word on what may have motivated that attack. new at 5:00, detectives need help finding a group of thieves. video caught them in several locations in the west pasco area trying handles and taking items from cars. the vehicles that they are driving in the videos are a path financedder and hyundai tk-rbg - a path finder and hyundai. the puppies found in a box alongside the road are on the way to new homes. they went up for adoption at the

these are the puppies we showed you, abandoned alongside the road in a box. they are mange, almost bald. they have been nursed back to health. some found forever families ascertains were ready to give them a start. everyone comes from a background story. the same thing for the dog, i will be honored to make a change. it is nice. that's what i thought of, you know. >> there you go. >> they will need three weeks of treatment before they can be microchipped and fixed but the infections are healing, the hair is growing back and they are adorable. that is how far they have come. you look at a picture a great difference, as far as the weather out there, this is a

we're heating things up a bit, 79, winds out of the southwest, another breezy day head to the beaches. people are vacationing here. next week we have break. 81 right now. winds out of the south-southwest. highs across the area. this map here you see more in early may and midmarch. up to 85 for the high. arcadia and sebring. how about 86 in wesley chapel and 85 in clearwater. 84 for sarasota. weather headlines over the next few days we're seeing this the record flooding in the mia express. we'll talk about that in a moment when that comes here.

us by the time it gets here we're not looking at that. and we're not looking at flooding issues. dew point of 64. winds out of the south. relative humidity at 60%. things were humid. breezy. look at this. and wind gusts sustained at 21 miles per hour. down in sarasota. another breezy day out there. more to come tomorrow. but not as breezy. we'll see the winds continuing to die down into the weekend. here it is. the stream of moisture. it is an atmospheric river. moisture streaming from the gulf and portions of louisiana in the past couple of days have picked up more than a foot of rain. some people havic abouted up 20-inches in the last 49 hours. more to come as this slowly

switch to the water vapor loop you see that streaming into the southern united states. the maya express, what is that? you have water moisture coming from mexico and the gulf all converging, a worst-case scenario here for the south. that's atmospheric river, like the pine apple express out on the west coast this is the southeast version of it. it is tracking east. saturday they have not moved a lot. we'll see increasing humidity. warm temperatures again. by sunday this will take a track and especially sunday afternoon we'll see more in the way of shower activity making its way around. that will provide relief for allergy sufferers. cloudy and mild. 84.

warm and fairly humid. more humid even than today. the temperatures in the 80s on saturday. sunday around 80. 50% chance. best chance the early showers monday. we'll stay around that 80-degree mark as we round out next week. guys. >> thank you, mike.

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turtle beach on siesta key is getting a facelift. (linda) turtle beach is getting a facelift. a project just started and as kimberly cuz kuizon reports, there is a push to get it finished before nesting season begins. >> there is a reason that people come to turtle beach. >> it's not crowded and busy. it is more peaceful. >> after 20 years of visits this is their favorite spot. >> she will read and i fish and then we'll walk. >> you could walk way down past the coral. >> most has disappeared.

had an 8-foot drop off. >> and fulfilling a project to bring the beach back to life. >> over the past year, there have been a number of storms that have come through and the waves have pounded on the beach. >> it must be finished by may 1, that's when the sea turtle nesting season starts. crews will work 24/7 to meet the deadline. >> the contractor schedule has 40 days of work, they started yesterday. they should make that time line. >> it occurs 7 to 10 miles off shore. the sand is pumped to the beach. >> we're going to have a bigger more beautiful beach. the water line will be 150 feet out into the water. >> it caught the eye of every visitor especially debbie and dell who cannot wait to go on a walk. >> that will be a nice surprise next year see how far

>> now if it is not finished by april 14th, there will be monitoring for the turtles who come up earlier than expected. troubling news in the fight against zika virus. the more they learn, the worse it gets. it was not just a store this was a life line. the fire that destroyed it

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3 if you had a problem in fort meade --you would if you had a problem at fort meade you would end up here if you ended up behind. they would give you food and clothes. now a part is gone after a fire overnight. and ken suarez is out there did they have any idea, they don't know the cause everyone here knows one thing about the place that you see, it is a corner stone of the community and last night it was knocked to its knees by fire. >> it was around midnight when things unraveled. >> the first thing i thought we

pop, pop. >> it blew up. it spread in the back and throughout the building. in an hour the place had so many people here have relied on was gone. >> when i showed up about 8:00 this morning this is not just a fire. the agency helping anyone who needs it had just lost their thrift store, not only did we lose now the community is at a loss. it was the heart of the operation and brought in the life blood, money. >> it provided $60,000 worth of revenue yearly used to help local citizen with food. utility bills, mortgages, rents. things like that. it will be tough to come back from this. >> next door several inches of water cover the office floor. help has been around for more

and leaders are not ready to see it fade away looking for a new building and for donated items to sell. they hope after helping so many people for so long, mab they will return the favor. >> i have to tell if you you have into not been to fort meade. everyone knows everyone else. a strong sense of community. that's good they hope that sense everyone pulls together to help this place get back on its feet. ken suarez reporting from fort meade. the republican presidential candidates are feeling the heat as they get ready to debate in miami tonight. marco rubio is vowing to stay in the race despite the low poll numbers from fellow republicans to drop out. the primary is on tuesday. really it could be do-or-die tonight for marco rubio. >> it could.

chance to try to change the trajectory of the race before tuesday. he is down in the polls and our own polling and with this, what does he do? he went on the attack in prior debates that did not work for him. it will be interesting to see the strategy. he said win or lose in florida, he will get in his truck and go across the country. but he said whoever wins florida in this race on tuesday, will get the republican nomination t is next to impossible for him to square those if he does not win. he is out if he doesn't. >> what can we expect from donald trump, more of the same, we don't know it will depend on what his rivals say and do. over the palm couple of days. we have seen donald trump look in a press conference sort of format he is relatively subdued. he is trying to project more leadership remember when marco rubio, ted cruz went after him

demeanor will depend on what his remaining rival goes after him. don't be surprised if we see them fog after what one another instead of donald trump the way thing are shaping up. >> cruz and kasich what else do we expect. >> more from john kasich. fray. that is poding well for him especially after marco rubio and donald trump walloped in the mud there. and. ted cruz don't be surprised if they go out going after marco rubio add they focus on the issues. that sets up a problem. and if that plays out in the debate. >> big night tonight. craig, thank you very much. >> thank you. and migrant workers are spending the last two days of the legislative session at the capital.

make sure the bills do not pass oppose. eli garcia came to the u.s. with her parents at the age of 10. >> my parents came for a dream and provide for to us have a better future, i'm here to say that we together, we have power. >> and one bill in front of the legislature will make it a first degree fellly to live in florida after getting deported and punishable by 30 years in prison and fines but it has not got an senate hearing it is not likely to pass. new concerns about the zika virus. what the doctors are seeing in

there is more bad news regarding the zika virus. there is more bad news on the zika virus. the more they learn the worse things seem to get. dr. jo listened in on the call and what is the cdc saying now. >> it will infect one in five people in the u.s. territory and trying to deter the spread providing screens. condoms but there may be another problem with that. some of the mosquitoes are developing resistance to commonly used insecticides and treatments. we'll find out more about that next week. the concern is the mounting microcephaly.

it in the first trimester it may affect the babies at any stage of pregnancy. they showed ultrasound abnormalities in 29% of unborn babies with mothers who had symptoms of zika. they wit watch the babies looking for other defects like disabilities. there is no good test for hit blood banks here in florida and the continental u.s. are shipping it to puerto rico. the nih is exploring vaccines but that will take months. they are asking congress for additional funding. >> here in florida how are we doing and what can we do to protect ourselves. >> there are new ideals out and six mover turn - there are new numbers out and cases here. four involved pregnant women. and four people are still

fever, eye, joint pain and a rash. yesterday we heard of a case of sexually transmitted zika. that person got it from someone who traveled outside of the country. so, remember we didn't know how long the virus my live in semen, it is important for pregnant women who have a partner who traveled to the country where it is issuing eye lating to abstain from sex or use a conditiondom pregnancy. not everyone who catches it has symptoms so even if your partner is fine, it does not mean they are not infeck scious. they are asking them to postpone travel to a country where it is. and it is zika or another, eliminate standing water in the yard is important. the mosquito that carries it can bite during the day and hang out close to home and eggs can last nine months. it can take a few drops to allow

>> there is something new on this every day. >> yes. >> scott smith not in the studio today. he is live out at at the golf course. >> i tell you what it was a heck of a challenge today. round one of the valspar championship for the defending champion jordan spieth. we'll bring you and exhilarating day for me. i got on the track with the legend. mario andretti. that's right, ride along on the street for the grand prix. lucky me. we'll go under the hood i think we should've taken a tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me,

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we have mike with us. check out what is trending, favorite part. >> you know first you don't succeed you try, try again. >> this little boy in china, he is trying so hard to make this ball -- watch. here he goes. >> come on can you do it. maybe not. he has all the people watching. he goes back and another go.

>> can you see he is wiping away a tear. the other kids come. can you do that. >> i love this, you have to love this. and does that matter. watch. >> he got it. he nailed it. >> give him a 10, the first one he was not close. the power of people carrying you on. and i don't know how he could beat that. >> i'm a big bulldog fan. >> we didn't know that. >> this tracks me up this is like mine. >> it's not but it is like him. we're going to the beach. i would love it if i could take -- >> he doesn't like the heat f you could bring him and he is chilling. >> most don't like the heat, they don't.

air temperature must be less than what we have. >> he need as marguerite. >> he likes the breeze, does he need sunscreen. >> and it is getting warm. we're flipping the switch. it is closer to where we should be in mid-may. on the warm side. this is from the sky tower camera out over the city. there it is. the firestone grand prix. conditions are great.

couple of days. 85. a high and low temperature and preview right. that's a warm stretch. it has opinion a while since we have seen the temperatures this warm. we'll keep going. 79, 64. winds out of the south. other temperatures around the area still 86 now in brandon. 84 in wesley chapel. brooksville and plenty of 80s out there. upper 70s. dew point wise you notice the difference in the air mass here. it is more humid and along the water here. you have the dew points in the 60s. sunday in the 60s. for some of us.

you get the flow going. >> this is a slow moving system it will take a while to get here. as we look at the grand prix, a couple of practice runs. sunday we'll watch out for showers f there is thunder of course they would be delaying the races. here is a look as it stands now, just getting drenched. 500-year flood occurring. we're not done yet. look at the additional rain fall now as we head through the next couple of days. this is saying maybe 5 to

and to mississippi, alabama and the tennessee river valley. so certainly things are dicey out there. >> there is nothing showing up here a beautiful day. saturday is nice as well. >> recap for tonight. 65. a mild night 84 sun and roweds. and and humid. the marine forecast for tomorrow. winds out of the southeast. and seas 2 to 3 feet. and.

50% rain chance. 30% on monday. we stay warm as we head to next week. beautiful for walls par an interesting final round out there with the shower activity. >> that's the last thing what it did to the group of guys. wind is blaying a factor. 195 to 20 miles per hour winds a challenging course. and even more challenging this particular for the early group of guys that got off the tee. that was got off is jordan spite a tough day for him. the highlights here and playing his second started on the back nine. this is on the 10th. and already 1 over par this slides right by for an early bogey now on to 16. spieth the drive here along the right side of the fairway.

he bogeyed this. yesterday on his practice round he carted a 5 under a 5 over. 9 back. working for the p.g.a. champ. showing the midrange punt, skill not using the anchor punter. and a strong back. and three of the last six finishes with a birdie here on 18. so he, duke with bradley the clubhouse leaders at 4 under. and charles howe he is 15 through here in the opening round still out on the course. we talk about the courses being nice tracks i spent the afternoon on an actual racetrack, that is right, getting ready for the firestone grand prix. i hoped in for a ride along with

exkeyeding -- and exceeding speeds of 100 miles per hour. check this out. >> so i'm hopping in with you today. i'm in good hands. >> are you. >> any advice. >> enjoy. >> how fast will you take me, 2 or 300. >> miles per hour? okay. will you hear the screams through the helmet. >> i do. >> got my fire suit. >> and got my dress shoes the proper attire for a day on the track. >> how fast are we going. 2 and 300. >> wow. >> ta was for you. 160 on the straight. >> are these waterproof. >> have you been if one. >> what going through your mind.

>> we're going in layers. >> we're ready. [music] that was unbelievable. i did not breathe the whole time. >> what an honor. this is unbelievable. when he took off, i thought that was like going to be the

it was a different gearment we hit the straight-aways. do i look different. i feel like the wrinkles have smoothed out. >> nature's botox we're calling it in the car with mario. unreal, just speechless. it was unbelievable. the way he hit the turns and we're talking inches. you saw the interview with louis murphy, he wants to get behind the wheel. that's the difference between me the reporter and an athlete i'm scared you want to drive. the race if you want to see the professionals that's coming up in st. pete, that's cool to get that kind of ride. he is a legend. >> i see the smile.

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3 in st. pete... the manhunt for a driv developing in saint pete a search for a shooter0 who hit two people? and the drug trade has been at the core.

will see what they found inside. >> i could not be happier to be back in this city. >> and what the candidates are telling the voters before the primary. good evening, i'm mark wilson. i'm kelly ring. right now a drive by shooting that injured a little 3-year-old girl and now the mayor is saying enough is enough. it went down on 10th avenue south. and we are gathering details. what have you learned, josh, we know the police are looking for a white car a dodge challenger that was involved in this today. ky tell you this thing has enraged the neighborhood. and leaders as well fed up with this violence. the good news here. the 3-year-old and a 23-year-old

gunfire. they are okay in the hospital. this very non-life threatening department. now they say around 2:00 several people were on the patio when the challenger opened fire. some said they heard up to 10 shots ring out. can you see all the evidence markers lining the streets here. now to give you a sense of the seriousness we have seen the here. they are saying enough is enough with the gun violence. >> to the person who did this who is a coward and shoot a child. we're going to find you. we're going to prosecute you and put you away. and to the community, this is not tolerated t is time this has to stop. too many guns, too much violence. too much lettry buon. if something happens let us