among them was daniel scott of tampa who told me afterwards he yelled back out of anger. >> they're going to have their convention. let us have our convention. but there's always going to be protests, i understand that. but i didn't like what they were saying. so, you know, i'll put in my two cents, too. if they're putting in their two cents, i'm putting in mine. >> reporter: a shouting match picked up again before the event between protestors and supporters who didn't get into the event once it filled up. but most people just kept it to cheering. >> you don't see any of us being interruptive here. we're very peaceful, happy to be supporting our candidate. but we're mostly here for our >> reporter: there's a lot of police presence here. also tampa police officers by the dozens. also a lot of secret service here. but no reports of any arrests. even the people thrown out weren't taken into custody. and no reports of any violence. you know there was also some concern about the traffic here along south franklin street in downtown tampa. it was blocked off much of the day. it has reopened. and

. >> reporter: danielle scott is with the tampa bay forum, an advocacy group for tech jobs. for higher paying jobs in tech, talent is a challenge. until that changes, some of the higher levels jobs are going to people outside of the tampa market. >> we're putting the full list of what types of jobs are growing in florida as well as how much they're paying on our >> reporter: and we will break down all of the gains and losses on abcactionnews.com. we're the i-team taking action for you. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. beautiful shot there. circles of apollo beach. that cloudiness actually gave some folks the opportunity to we were posting them on facebook. it looks like a rainbow out there when the light reflects from the clouds. it won't bring us rain tonight or tomorrow. but by late tomorrow night and first thing on friday, i do think we have showers popping up. in fact maybe even a little more pronounced than we were talking about this time yesterday. nothing severe or to worry about. the temperatures right

. >> danielle: well, coming up on 7 news 5:69:30. >> >> reporter: back scott kelly back on mother earth. danielle: tras knots greeted by gravity a after an out of this world voyage comes to an end. >> lynn: and a gator daichg swam for a relaxing day nay home owners pool. >> danielle: and mother nature fueling this fierce fire. we'll tell how when we come back. >>> >> a. >> now at 6:30, a record breaking journey coming to an end. an astronaut spending nearly a year in space coming back down >>> >> >> lynn: that's a long time right. >> danielle: haw haw. >> lynn: as tra not scott kelly reaching the stars. >> danielle: how his record breaking space odyssey has come to an end. >> scott kelly back on mother earth after 340 days in space. >> danielle: an out of the sth world imrerns now over for scott kelly and two russian colleagues. the year in space mission came tie close. >> nothing like cold air coming into the capsule supply before get back to earth he got a chance to thank his crew and turnover the come mand. >> so i'm going to turn the come mand of the space station over to my friend

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. >> danielle: and it is pretty cool. scott kelly is back on solid ground after spending nearly a year in space all in the hopes of one day sending a manned mission to mars. >> scott kelly back on mother >> danielle: an out of this world request experience now over for astronaut scott kelly and two russian colleagues. the two landing safely in kazakhstan bringing kelly's year in space space mission to a close. >> nothing like cold air coming into the capsule. >> danielle: before heading back to earth he got a chance to thank his crew and turned over the command. >> i'm going to turn over the co mand to my friend and colleague tim here. and they hugged the crew and said goodbye before getting into the soyuz cap tul sul for the trip back to earth oomplet kelly traveled 144 million miles through space and circling the earth more than 5000 times. his 340 days off the lan net setting a record for space flight. and be stints a board the space station typically last about six months. >> a year a is a long time you next you next it fel

and the man of himself, the man of the shower scott kelly coming off the plane. >> danielle: from hugs and kisses from lofdz ones at his homecoming. scott kelly sits down at the johnson space center to share details about his 344 days in space. >> i could of gone longer on this flight if there was a good reason. >> his 11 month long trip not just for saight record. kelly and the colleagues on the international s sce station were hard at work conducting experience and learning wh may be needed for a mission to mars. >> and sigh o cog log call symptoms and now we're in the phase of collecting data and starting to an na licehe data and see what we know about this mission. if we made the choice and said hey we're going to do this and set a goal and set a tiernlings yeah, i think we could do it. >> one tng he learned. flying back and forth from earth to space can wear the body down i think coming bacac to gravity is harder than leaving gravity. maybe the aliens have it a lot easier than we do. >> dananlle: nasa scamming the effects of space travel on the human body comparing scott with hihi

daniel james scott is with the tampa bay technology forum, and have a sink group to protect jobs. he says for a higher-paying skilled job, hiring is a challenge.>> we are not seeing as much challenge for open jobs right now. >> reporter: some of the higher level jobs are going to people outside of the temple market. >> we are putting a full list of what types of jobs are available in florida as well as how much they are paying on our website and we will break down all of the gains and losses on abcactionnews.com . >>> coming up, the four biggest differences setting this year's >>> live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >>> welcome back to abc action news this morning. your time right now is just about 7:30. here's what we are watching >>> pennell as part police are investigating possible dog abuse. take a look at this video. and all caught on camera. this man tells officers he was training the dog for a special training to protect the dog. it's a protected dog sport at the doghouse llc. detectives think this looks extreme so the state attorney is als

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daniel, really remarkable what happened. >> reporter: fascinating gene. scott kelly spend 340 days shy of a year in space. he has been tweeting the whole time and no different as he began his mission back home. >> and undocking has occurred. >> daniel: wow. from the international space station and here is the video of the spacecraft that brought him and his russian counterparts back to earth. you can see him floating through the clouds before land through the clouds before landing in kazakhstan just before 11:30 last night. moments after landing, kelly pops up out of the castlend you can see people helping him out and before he takes out his helmet and breathe fresh air for the first time in months before he left his home in space. kelly actually said he would be sad to go. >> leaving this amazing facility is going to be tough. because i will never probably see it again. >> reporter: kelley's work is not done that he is back on earth. once he is back in the states, nasa will actually put him through a series of tests. they will compare the results to his identi

scott, they tell me they plan california supreme court. >> drew: danielle nottingham for us. danielle, thank you. is a new type of gear shift causing jeeps to crash? we'll have that story when the "cbs evening news" continues. so let's start talking about your long term goals. knowing your future is about more than just you. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum to you, they're more than just a pet. so protect them with k9 advantix ii. it kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. k9 advantix ii. for the love of dog. ibs-d. you know the symptoms when they start. abdominal pain. diarrhea. xifaxan can help. prescription xifaxan is a 2-week treatment that can provide you with 6 to 24 weeks of relief from your ibs-d symptoms. specifically, relief from diarrhea and abdominal pain associated with ibs-d. do not use xifaxan if you have a history of sensitivity to rifaximin, or any components of xifaxan. tell your docto

antwan scott is one of them and he buries the three-pointer. the other senior, till daniels finishing it off with the slam of the rams get it done 87-73. free agency begins next wednesday and that's when brock osweiler can begin to talk to other teams. right now it appears the texans and browns are interested, maybe more, but the broncos are making a play to keep the quarterback in denver. according to multiple reports, and offer has been made that is three years and somewhere around $45 million. now the guaranteed money is what we don't know and a portion of that is going to be an incentive -based, try rink from the post is reporting its going to be 13 million a year. brock went 5-2 as a starter last season 39 touchdown passes and five interceptions but was finale for peyton manning. speaking of manning, still no decision on what he will do. this contract becomes fully guaranteed on the ninth so if he doesn't announce his retirement before that, the broncos will be forced to cut him. manning's agent tom condon said on a san diego radio show that manning has been informed th

scott they tell me they plan to take this case to the california supreme court. >> danielle nottingham for us. thank you. its a new type of gearshift causing jeeps to crash? we'll have that story. the "cbs overnight news" will be someone's hacked all our technology. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. expect great savings and a whole lot more. let's get these but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast-max. it's the same difference. and fights mucus. mucinex fast-max. flu liquid gel that is max-strength and fights mucus. >>> more than 100 accidents blamed on a new high tech gearshift install in nearly a million american vehicles. the government is investigating. and so is kris van cleave. >> reporter: gary titus drives a 2014 jeep grand cherokee, a vehicle built with a new electronic shifter that changed the feel of changing gears. and get night drive i could get into an accident because of that. >> reporter: it is

here is antwan scott and he is a senior and he can shoot. bill. and the other senior, till daniels throwing it down. rams get it done 87-73. the free agency begins next wednesday and that's when brock osweiler can begin to talk to other teams. right now it appears the texans and browns are interested and making the play to keep the quarterback in denver. according to multiple reports and offer has been made that is three years and somewhere around $45 million. the guaranteed money is what we don't know and a portion of that is going to be incentive -based. it sounds like it's going to be around $13 million a year. brock went five and two as a starter last season throwing nine touchdown passes and five interceptions. he was benched and the regular-season finale for peyton manning. john elway talked about brock last week in his impact and denver. >> we were excited what we saw and when you look at the seven games he started in the way he played you never know what a court of i can do and chilly gets in there and underneath done any proved a lot to us. obviously you like to have a lit

scott kelly comes >>> and a s.e.a.l. team 6 member comes home. >>> "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm danielle vino, super tuesday is here and it could be donald trump's greatest day yet. for republicans, 600 delegates are up for grabs, more than a quarter of all primary delegates. the latest nbc news survey preference among registered republicans shows trump with 40%, marco rubio at 21 and ted cruz at 18%. a pro marco rubio pac is running ads slamming donald trump. trump blames the misstep on the klu klux klan on a bad earpiece. meantime 2012 nominee mitt romney called the interview quote disqualifying and not in the character of america. at a rally in virginia, protesters for black lives matter were escorted out of a

scott. >> lynn: former senator marco rubio failing to win his home state nailing his bid for the nomination. >> danielle: and a triumphant tuesday for hillary clinton who took home three big wins over her po nent bernie sanders. today donald trump announcing le not attend the next dwop debate and it has since been canceled. >> lynn: and for all the focus now on the candidates is in arizona. sheldon fox live in the plex with the l lest from the campaign trail. sheldon. >> reporter: lynn and danielle, tuesday is gone with the wind and so are marco rubio's presidential hopes. the big news on the democratic side was about hillary's big night for every one else, fight continues. >> to win by that kind ave number as, is incredible. donald truru's ability to self promote right now appears as the donald took florida tuesday and took down marcoco rubio's presidential run with the win in the senator's home state. >> and while today my campaign is suspended. >>> hours after tmp's sunshine state win govenor scott formally endorsed trump but trump could not capture tuesday's other big price. ohio. off govenor john k

scott, they tell me they plan the take this case to the california supreme court. >> drew: danielle nottingham for us. danielle, thank you.or eewti 'salut l g yoe t y eait t t s sss anchyoeanliac s f us phewiva ls s uik9x fove knymwhst l di crif eknt cdeh4 r fribto if atib otaxu a ofit r, myan a aneif ou awur diorwhng maigse el n. llctu lea agr on cae ea th onou llct pr n p ur mon ec ar a ien y y tha tocabxa >> pelley: more than 100 accidents are being blamed on a new high-tech gearshift that's installed in nearly a million the government is investigating and so is kris van cleave. >> reporter: gary titus drives a 2014 jeep grand cherokee, a vehicle built with a new kind of electronic shift they're changed the feel of changing gears. >> if i don't hit it just right and get it into drive, i could get into an accident because of that. >> reporter: it's known as a monostable electronic gearshift or e-shift, and lacks the typical grooves and sensation of moving the car into park, drive or reverse. >> i thought it was in park, and it was in reverse still. and i noticed the car was moving a little b

daniel? >> something also he has the conservative republican governor scott walker in his camp.he is popular in showing that conservative reforms are working. >> he just got on board. just recently walker. >> he left the race, walker said i'm going to run against -- let's all unite against donald trump. so, although he just joined the race, he did start unifying the republican or some elements of the conservative movement against donald trump. and i think that's -- it's sort of been in the works for a long enough period of time have an effect. let's state the obvious. if donald trump pulls out a miracle and wins wisconsin, i think we are -- this talk about contested convention is over. >> then ted cruz -- if trump wins wisconsin you think it's over for ted cruz? >> pretty much. obviously there could be some technical in some of the math it would be very hard. but, if ted cruz is able to win, especially in convincing manner. if these poll numbers hold up. or if the gap wydens or whatever, i think that's very big for ted cruz. i think it shows donald trump is problematic. obviousl

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with more on the >> reporter: lynn and danielle, a big final night for rubio, and a big night for hillary, and a continued grind for the rest. now we know who rick scott is endorsing for president, donald trump. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. >> reporter: the sunshine state is shining on the dodged. florida delivering 99 delegates in its winner take all primary, and trump delivered a a knockout blow to florida senator, marco rubio, ultimately e"ding rubio's path to the white house. >> while it's not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or mayb ever, and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come t ts far is like to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really good campaign. >> reporter: in ohio, adding extra rallies and speeches, while locked in a tight race with ohio governor, john kasich for weeks. trump said that kasich failed as governor and would do much the same as president, but kasich took the ohio win with 66 delegates. and he said that he's riding the wave all the way to the convention in clevela. >> to have people believe in you and believe that you can bring pe

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scott kelly comes home. >>> and a s.e.a.l. team 6 member comes home. >>> "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm danielle vino, super tuesday is here and it could be donald trump's greatest day yet. for republicans, 600 delegates are up for grabs, more than a quarter of all primary delegates. the latest nbc news survey preference among registered republicans shows trump with 40%, marco rubio at 21 and ted cruz at 18%. a pro marco rubio pac is running ads slamming donald trump. trump blames the misstep on the klu klux klan on a bad earpiece. meantime 2012 nominee mitt romney called the interview quote disqualifying and not in the character of america. at a rally in virginia, protesters for black lives matter were escorted out of a hall and a photographer from "time" was slammed to the ground by a secret service agent when he tried to leave an area designated by the press. even with this controversy, trump keeps nabbing endorsements including nascar's ceo and several drivers. >> if the people that like it watch nascar, vote for donald trump, they can cancel the election right now. nobody can win. nobody. >> cruz, mean

danielle: absolutely. let's get live to the satellite center. alex diprato standing by with this news. >> reporter: we're just getting information n. nasa astronaut scott kelly has decided to retire. that will be effective april fimplets he joined the international astronaut corp in 1996 and spent the most time in space. after retiring le continue to research related to his one year mission. as you might remember just last week he returned from space after spending 340 days in space. kelly broke the american record for the most time in space during that mission. he is a ciewd 500 to days. of course we're going to continue to stay on thoch one. live at news desk. i'm alex diprato. 7 news. >>> >> lynn: all right. also a special needs student left all alone on a school bus and makes a desperate decision to get home. like more than once. >> a dust bus driver and attendant going home and for getting something to do on their to do list. >> very important. >> danielle: and it wasn't the first time as ashy jones explains. >> i want to introduce to you two people who where l- not be the school bus driver and tendant of the year for the polk county school system

danielle: i'm sure and an animal g@es on a destructive rampage. the story behind these pictures >> >> lynn: an american astronaut finally heading home after scott kelly expected to land in ca pakistan tonight. he spent 340 days a brd the international space station. the mission allowing researches finding out how a body adjusts in space and how it handles coming back to earth. and they this wil help them plan a future mission to mars. >> and now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phil: all right. good afternoon every o. here's a look at the big view coast to coast. we have a front making it's way right now across the ohio river valley. cleacroots plains and then another winter storm set to impact the pacific northwest. temperatures right now will are not too bad a@ross the west coast. 63 in ravment. a little cooler in seattle. 26 in minneapolis. 83 san san antonio up and down the east coast. 40s, 60s 76 here in south florida. radar showing everything is dry inland in the broward county looking good. it it should remain this way over the next seven days. high pressure sitting over us. we are looking at high upper level clouds moving in

scott, in a statement, the church says its thoughts and prayers are with the people of belgium and france as they deal with the devastation caused by these attacks. >> pelley: danielle nottingham for us tonight. danielle, thank you. president obama left cuba tonight for argentina. he was in havana when he got word of the attacks in brussels to change his travel plans. margaret brennan is with the president. >> reporter: in a secure call early this morning, president obama was briefed on the bombings. >> we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible. >> reporter: but at his keynote address and with the cuban leader rauu l castro looking on, the president quickly turned back the his historic trip. >> i have come here to bury the last remnants of the cold war in the americas. >> reporter: he out thed the benefits of democracy to a still-authoritarian country and pointed to america's presidential campaign as proof that anything is possible. >> you have two cuban-americans in the republican party running against the legacy of a black man who is president while arguing that they're the best person

danielle: well, ahead from the news station, a florida student nearly losing his fingers at school,nd now a teacher is on administrative leave. the details on what led to it all. >> lynn: and astronaut scott journey. >> phil: all right, so the weekend is here, and what you've seen today, we're going too see for the next couple of days. morning lows, in the upper 60s to low 70s. and highs this afternoon, 82, 85 and fort lauderdale, topping off with 84 . low 80s except for key west. reporting a temperature of 77 . the wind, 9-15 miles per hour. and the pressure is steady. the humidity, 61%. stormtracker is showing that we're mostly dry. now, we've seen some dotted showers moving across the area, and that's what we'llll probably see tomorrow. and then again on sunday. ak front moving across the move away. no changes in the temperatures. but look at all of the cloudiness in yucatan. we're going to get moments of clouds and sunshine over the area. temperatures in the u.s., 30s, 40s and 50s up and down the east coast. l.a., a temperature of 75 . here's the front moving in, we could see a sprinkle tonight. away, movingnto the western atlantic. the winds will pick up. we could see an isolated see

mention scott and ricky and everybody behind the scenene >> reporter: find out who will stay and who will be sent home, and as well as special performances by harry connick jr. and demi lovato. >> danielle: don't forget that the idols are counting on your vote. watch them take the stage tonight at 7:00. everybody, it has been a day in south florida, lows in the 60s. 81 in miami and fort lauderdale. right now, everyone is still in the 70s with p pnty of cloud cover across south florida. the wind out of the south-southeast, 10 mileper hour. weeker at the coast. and the humidity at 52%. so the stormtracker is showing thth we're mostly dry across the arar though we have a very weak front moving across south florida. it will probably fall apart during the day tomorrow. and you ca see all of that cloudiness sitting right here. that stretches all the way back into t yucatan so, we can expect more cloud cover tonight and torn. but there's yet another front making its way across the nation's midsection, rain, snow, and more clouds and rain across the northern rockies. this next front will probably move in some time on friday afternoon, and no temperature change expected. but what it will do, it'

scott, in a statement, the church says its thoughts and prayers are with the people of belgium and france as they deal with the devastation caused by these attacks. >> pelley: danielle nottingham for us tonight. danielle, thank you. president obama left cuba tonight for argentina. he was in havana when he got word of the attacks in brussels and did not allow the terrorists to change his travel plans. margaret brennan is with the president. >> reporter: in a secure call early this morning, president obama was briefed on the bombings. >> we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible. >> reporter:ut keynote address and with the cuban leader rauÚl castro lookig on, the president quickly turned back the his historic trip. >> i have come here to bury the last remnants of the cold war in the americas. >> reporter: he out thed the benefits of democracy to a still-authoritarian country and pointed to america's presidential campaign as proof that anything is possible. >> you have two cuban-americans in the republican party running against the legacy of a black man who is president while arguing that th

. >> a car ends up underneath a >> scott telly -- kelly returns to earth after a year in space. more on the mission and what he has on tap for today. danielle. >> good morning. temperatures today are going to be falling through the course of the afternoon tracking the rain and it ends by late morning in bostonch the sun breaks out -- boston. the sun breaks out and i am tracking a potential storm on friday. we will breakdown the details of that when we come back. stay with us. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like stop & shop's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. >>> at least 4 people are hurt this morning after a possibletore tado. storm hit birmingham alabama. the red cross sheet up a shelter and national weather service crews will be out will surveying the damage. it's the same system moving in our direction. >> we get rain overnight. >> and it's the same system and rain will be done by late morning. >> now it's going to co

scott, in a statement, the church says its thoughts and prayers are with the people of belgium and france as they deal with the devastation caused by these attacks. >> pelley: danielle nottingham for us tonight. danielle, thank you. president obama left cuba tonight for argentina. he was in havana when he got word of the attacks in brussels and did not allow the terrorists to change his travel plans. margaret brennan is with the president. >> reporter: in a secure call early this morning, president obama was briefed on the bombings. >> we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally, belgium, in bringing to justice those who are responsible. >> reporter: but at his keynote address and with the cuban leader rauÚl castro looking on, the president quickly turned back the his historic trip. >> i have come here to bury the last remnants of the cold war in the americas. >> reporter: he touted the benefits of democracy to a still-authoritarian country and pointed to america's presidential campaign as proof that anything is possible. >> you have two cuban-americans in the republican party running against the legacy of a black man who is president while argui