congress woman titus will be reading to students tomorrow afternoon. titus will be reading green eggs and ham from her office in washington to nevada connections academy students. jason so to will also be read the children. >> can't go wrong with green eggs and ham there. for sure (a reno teenager with this had morning by make a wish foundation. >> waffles and wishes event is the 6th annual event where they raise money to grant wishes. 18-year-old coral celebrated her birthday today while getting her wish. >> reporter: this morning's wish granted involve add destination. 18-year-old coral baltimoreravens.coms leukemia. she had no idea she'd be able to get her wish granted. >> lot of lying about why we're making videos and all but it was worth it. >> for make a wish to grant a wish they need help from the community. >> our job is to reach out to the community and find the community supporters and companies to come forward and help us adopt wishes so ney can it's for the family and it brings the community and partnership to getz. they feel the incredible

jennifer titus, 10 news, wtsp.>>> it is a 10 news health alert. the first case of sexually transmitted they got in florida in polk county. there are a total of 52 zika cases across florida. right now, the cdc wants anyone who has traveled to a zika region to stop having scott is taking a pass on addressing a dangerous situations. 10 investigates noah pransky exposed the problem last february. he continues with how pennypinching puts you at risk. >> reporter: the legislature will not give a salary boost to 1 million workers for the night. revenues. one place that is felt is the department of corrections. the starting salary pails for comparison -- by comparison to their counterparts. that means felons reintroduced to the community don't have proper supervision. that has some of them committing new violent crimes. that is one example what happens when you don't replenish budgets. there are some employees who the supervisors of election in each county will get about $20,000. most of them already make more than $100,000. that's your legislature at wor

i was able to yell for my son and stop the car. >> reporter: titus isn't the own one confused.led complaints saying their vehicle rolled away after thinking it was in park. national highway traffic safety association is investigating, 850,000 vehicles, most are 2014 and 2015 grand cherokees equipped with e-shift. government investigators found it is not intuitive and provide poor tactile and visual feed become to the driver increasing potential for unintended gear selection. the investigation claims reports of 121 accidents resulting in several people being hospitalized. >> these new technologies coming in the cars are creating all kind of new problems. >> sean cane, president of safety research and strategies wants stricter safety standard for technology added to vehicles. >> you get into a car today if you haven't been in it. hard to understand how to start it, shift it, seeing all different control systems. that's creating problems for consumers. new ways people are going to get killed and injured as a result of poor design. >> we drove a 2014 grand cherokee at consumer repo

pete jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> helping you make your choice in 2016. some very telling numbers out of an exclusive poll from the ledger and 10 news wtsp. here's now the numbers shake 22% are willing to vote for a third party canidate. biggest number is 9% are undecided which would greatly help any of the three. republican canidates continue to focus their efforts on florida ahead of tuesday's winner take all primaries. marco rubio stopped in west palm beach before heading to napels. ted cruz has been in orlando. donald trump started in palm beach and picked up an endorsement. >> i think it would fracture the party and hand the election to the democrats. they would get two to four supreme court picks and america would be forever changed. that's the big picture. it is a very big picture. it is not about me. it is not about mr. trump. it is about america. >> there you have it. this comes one week after carson ended his own run. >>> parts of louisiana have been seeing so much rain it would be the equivalent of what matter of five hours. flood warnings are

jennifer titus, 10 news. >>> you can stay on top of this story and watch it as it unfolds live. said you -- campaigning for your vote tonight in sarasota. this comes a day after the rally in tampa were hundreds of people came out to show support. rubio wrapped up a few moments ago. the senator spent time talking about his plans for the economy. he took jabs at his rival and cuts to the nation's military. rubio is heading back on the florida campaign tour in st. john. bernie sanders will be in tampa on thursday that he will hold a rally at the florida state fairgrounds. doors open at 4:00. clinton coming to tampa and making a stop at the ritz eve for on seventh avenue. doors open at 10 am. >>> $1 billion business that continues to grow. marijuana. as it becomes legal in more states businesses are making thing without discussing the plan. scenes of a reality show trying to help one of your neighbors become the next marijuana millionaire. >> the marijuana show. the next millionaire could be here. >> it is a web-based reality show. >> we love shark tank but our show is a hybrid. for

jennifer titus will be covering the trial from beginning to end. she is breaking down what you need to know before opening statements. >>> all eyes will be on the pinellas county courthouse in st. pete for the next four weeks as jurors are being weaned out. this is a long time coming as it has been years since the video was first released. in 2006 terry bollea known as former professional wrestler hulk hogan had sex with a woman. he never knew he was being filmed. in 2012 the tape was released anonymously to tablet website hogan filed suit against gawker the terms of the settlement have remained confidential. gawker and hogan have remained in a legal battle for years as numerous pretrial hearings with of its attorneys and gawker fighting for documents to be released or sealed. an audio clip was leaked using racial slurs and a conversation caught on the sex tape. hogan blames gawker and doctor denies releasing audio clips. within hours of the race went, hogan saw his career unravel. he was pushed away. >> the trial to begin with jury selection conti

let information to local agencies and coordinate efforts to make sure it is an officer. >> jennifer titus. 10 news. >>> police say blumencranz was also arrested a few times at 2014 also for impersonating an officer. >>> today felt like spring. >> we earned it after the day a little chilly this morning for one of the first few days of spring. lots of sunshine now. from bradenton beach back to comfortable temperatures. great sunny skies and nothing going on on storm tracker 10. again. the numbers, 71 now in tampa. 74 in st. petersburg. 73 mulberry. 60s hanging down right now. overall the are looking good. mainly things too much lighter winds today. out of the north still that between 5 to 10 miles per hour. at times please year. with that we had yesterday we're seeing 15 to 20 miles per hour gusts not driving" there any northwoods keeping it dry air in place for next few hours but we will start to see those as we had to the overnight. we will pull in more moisture and warmer temperatures. we will heat things up a little bit into tomorrow and the big difference is not starting off in the 50s

jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> this next story could have ended differently. a 9-year-old girl has minor injuries after she was hit brooksville. florida highway patrol say it happened on cortez boulevard near red bud lane. the 9-year-old was hit when a 37-year-old lost control of her suv and ended up in a ditch. she was ticketed for careless driving. >>> a likely piece of the missioning malaysian flight 370 while it is not confirmed it came from a doomed airline, as far as anyone knows it is the only missing boeing 777 in the world. the plane vanished in march 13 with 329 people on board. >>> every time there is a deadly motorcycle accident it cost all of us one and a half million dollars for medical fees and property damage. as daytona bike week kicks off this friday we have a safety warning for you this afternoon. 10 news reporter emerald morrow explains the startling numbers on where florida stands when it comes to motorcycle deaths. >> reporter: florida comes in at number one in the nation when it comes to drivers killed if you include passengers who are a

petersburg, jennifer titus. >>> a staple at mcdill air force base for two decades. bill nelson once hurricane hunters to stay there for years to come. atmospheric administration is being asked to move its employees and hurricane hunting places to a new location. the air force needs that space. at the base, mcdill is the best location for the specialized planes and the equipment and employees should stay in florida. we will let you know what happens. >>> a meeting one century in the making. president barack obama on cuban soil for a historic visit. >>> he met with cuban president castro today in havana. workers cleaned up the streets and painted buildings ahead of his arrival. the leaders talked about issues from human rights to a long- lasting us trade embargo against the communist nation. >> the most important obstacle to the economic development and there will be -- well-being of the cuban people. >> it allows foreign companies a higher cuban directorate. the president's trip. cuban exiles posted desperate tested the event at little havana. protesters call for oba

pete, jennifer titus. >>> as soon as a gets back from the break we will have the trial streaming live on the 10 news out. >>>: speech shop is back in the news. it had to be evacuated during an autograph session. bands who had gathered on the second floor balcony felt something shift. new beams are now in place.>>> we could have $22 million to relocate the usf medical school to downtown tampa thanks to a deal lawmaker struck on tuesday. emerald morrow explains. >> reporter: this is going to be huge for the area. there is already so much happening and concerns of development and this is going to be one more thing to help jeff bennett with his mission of redeveloping the waterfront. this will make things a lot easier for students to take part in the program. will be closer to tampa general which is the schools teaching hospital. economic impact on downtown tampa. we're talking millions of dollars from construction to the faculty and students moving in and the research done inside the school will play a big part in bringing money into the area. economic aspect is obviously important and a

lawsuit against mcdonald's in 2004. 10 news reporter jennifer titus is live in the courthouse. are they having a hard time seating a your? >> reporter: they are weeding through this group now. jurors are being questioned. we started out with 500 jurors yesterday. the number is 106 this morning. lawyers tell me although many of them heard of this case, they are positive they will be able to narrow it down to a final nine. there is no doubt most every juror in the courtroom heard the name hulk hogan. >> i know he was a wrestler. i have seen him on tv or in an advertisement in his costume. >> reporter: it is that popularity that becomes complicated on both sides of the case as attorneys look for jurors that have not formed any opinion about this case. the tabloid website over a leaked sex tape. >> it is an appropriate arrangement. one man's wife is one man's wave and in my opinion should remain that way. >> when you come into a celebrity's hometown and involved in the case with a celebrity you expect there to be a home field advantage. >> reporter: lead council for gawker said tha

for now we are live in the news room jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> lightning are striking down hunger in tampa bay. 700,000 people including children in our area are not sure where their next meal will come from. the bolts announced a continuing partnership called goals for food. >> when you think about each and everybody year how many people are without meals it is only a small piece. we need to do even more. we need to push and prod to drive in more dollars to make sure people are getting fed. >> every time the lightning score a goal at home $500 will be donated to feeding tampa bay. since the program began the lightning combined to score over 2.5 million meals for tampa bay. >> well done. >>> looking live outside. it is gorgeous in clearwater. the wind definitely strong. you can see the palms blowing in the breeze. we'll tell you if the wind will die down this weekend. neighborhoods under water as more rain slams the southeast. >> they are getting calls coming in from every direction. everybody is doing the best they can. >>> rescues continue after severe weather hits the south. we

today certainly no exception. 10 news reporter jennifer titus is on top of the proceedings. get us up to speed today. a journalism professor to take the stand today but also video deposition of a sex tape broker. yes, it is a real job. a person that sales sex tapes. kevin black is known as hollywood's sex tape broker. he wrote a letter to hulk hogan wanting to sell his sex tape. hogan said he claims he never knew one existed and didn't want to make money off it. mike foley was on the stand struggling when talking about the first amendment and freedom of press. court adjourned today and will start back up tomorrowing at 9:00 a.m. we'll be there live as hogan's team has two more witnesses to take the stand before they rest. jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> new information in polk county an abduction near a school bus stop turned out to be a fake. the story because she didn't want to walk a mile home. he'll be charged with reporting a false alarm. >>> partners at the times report the legislators plan to set aside a million dollars to move the church building from palm avenue. t

titus its one of hundreds who filed complaints saying their vehicle rolled away when they thought it was in park. 121 accidents reported resulting in 30 injuries. national highway traffic safety administration is investigating more than 850,000 vehicles equipped with e-shift. most are 2014 and 2015 jeep grand cherokees. we drove one at the consumer reports test track in connecticut. here, i guess it is because there its also not, like i pushed all the way forward. doesn't mean i end up in park. leave it in drive. or open the door, press the button to turn off the vehicle it stays in the mode doesn't go to park. >> jeep drivers do get a warning on the dashboard. the company says they are cooperating fully with the ntsa investigation. for 2016, the company changed the shifter to something that has the more traditional feel. but, fiat chrysler says they did that for customer satisfaction reasons not for safety concerns. >> kris van cleave. thank you very much. another big jury award for hulk hogan. >>> pro wrestler, hulk hogan, has won the biggest match of his life against the online go

pete jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. evening commute. as we know that donald trump rally in downtown wrapped up an hour ago. clearly having an effect. that back up on the howard frankland bridge there. a live look over florida southern college where the rain is over for now. we have big puffy white clouds in the sky. we'll tell you when you need the umbrella again. >>> you'll see what had passengers bracing for impact then running to help a blacked out driver. >>> it is a life changing >>> it is a decision no one should have to face. if you could find out whether you'll develop a devastating disease before it strikes would you find out? >> that's the question families in the bay area and across the nation struggle with. whitney wild shows you how testing for an alzheimer's gene split one family down the middle. >> reporter: these are the miss. >> the biggest fear of getting alzheimer's for me is becoming out. >> reporter: marty and his brother matt say alzheimer's, including early on set traveled down their family line for generations. a

and the garage, and i was able to yell for my son and stop the car at the same time. >> reporter: titus is one of hundreds who filed complaints saying their vehicle rolled away after they thought it was in park. 121 accidents have been reported resulting in at least 30 injuries. the national highway traffic safety administration is now investigating more than 850,000 most are 2014 and 2015 jeep grand cherokees. we drove one at the consumer reports test track in connecticut. >> here i guess it's because there's also not... like i pushed all the way forward. that doesn't mean i end up in park. >> reporter: deputy auto editor jon linkov >> it lacks the fail-safe that if you leave it in drive or neutral and you open the door, it still stays in that mode. it doesn't go directly to park. >> reporter: jeep drivers do get a warning on the dashboard. the company says they are cooperating fully with the nhtsa investigation, and for 2016, the company has changed this shifter to something that has a more traditional feel, but fiat chrysler says they did that for customer satisfaction reason, not fo

. >> reporter: gary titus drives a 2014 jeep grand cherokee, a 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 bit. so i got between the car and the garage, and i was able to yell for my son and stop the car at the same time. >> reporter: titus is one of hundreds who filed complaints saying their vehicle rolled away after they thought it was in park. 121 accidents have been reported resulting in at least 30 injuries. the national highway traffic safety administration is now investigating more than 850,000 vehicles equipped with e-shift. most are 2014 and 2015 jeep we drove one at the consumer reports test track in connecticut. >> here i guess it's because there's also not... like i pushed all the way forward. that do

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pete tonight, jennifer titus, 120 news wt suspicion. >>> it's not something you would expect from someone in law enforcement. disturbing allegations of child abuse by a now former pasco county detention deputy. >> the victim in this case is 7 years old. j.c. cumley is digging into what put the former deputy behind the same bars he used to secure. mercy he was terminated and arrested. >> reporter: the pasco county sheriff's office is saying 20- year-old ryan ferguson reportedly slapped, beat, and choked a 7-year-old girl on sunday. >> this was an angry individual taking out anger on a very innocent little kid. >> reporter: according to the arrest report, the abuse stwartd ferguson putting liquid soap in the girl's mouth for lying. but then ferguson allegedly struck the child in the face with an open and closed hand. the girl's 4-year-old sibling witnessed the beating. sphwhrp she should be in jail. >> reporter: according to the arrest report, the arresting deputy marks on the child's face, neck, head, and back. >> this criminal should feel the same lack of power, that same fear, because th

jennifer titus has been covering the trial since the beginning. jen, any word on o how close the jury is to handing down a decision? >> reporter: they've been in there for 4 hours. it's been a long 2 weeks from them. they've heard it'll from hulk hogan, nick denton, and multiple expert witnesses. they now have to decide whether or not hogan's privacy was he suffered emotionally or whether or not posting this video was gawk aer's first amendment right. >> they didn't have the common decency to call one person involved in it before they posted this story. it probably tells you as much gawker. >> reporter: hogan's attorney, animated and aggressive during his arguments, letting the jury posting of the sex tame is nothing that hulk hogan ever wanted. >> with a click, uploads this thing into an internet and turns this man's life upside down. there's not one thing about that that terry bollea created. >> reporter: he spoke about a.j. dau lerks rio and nick denton as rule breakers who have no problem ruining lives. >> what's disturbing about gawker is not

they will finish cross- examination tomorrow morning at live, jennifer titus. >>> padi the dog back in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. deputy say she bit a service stock. isabel mascareas is joining us now. >> reporter: patty and her owner are under investigation by manatee county. patty mac that a dog at the clinic this morning. he bit a service dog. the golden retriever puppy was see what appears to be the bite because of the one is a service dog it is protected. under state law patty's owner could face criminal charges. the puppy was a growling and another.this morning and came so he never. director of new horizons with patty back to lunch at the puppy. the sheriff's office is investigating animal services. it will not take the case because dog on dog bites do not violate county law. and in the meantime the owner is facing a civil lawsuit from the family of a four-year-old boy. coming up i will have an interview with executive director of new horizons. she has the details of the incident today. isabel mascareas. >>> a haines city man who to to the airways claiming he could not

jennifer titus. >>> you can watch the trial from beginning to end by downloading the 10 news out. we will be streaming from the courtroom. download the app for free. >>> digging deeper tonight as deputies investigate patty the dog.'s owner could face charges after padi that a service dog. isabella masculine speaks with the head of the organization that trains the dog. >> these are the injuries to the nose of a four-month-old ovi one. >> the puppy was checking out at the pet clinic after he got vaccinations when he was bitten by padi, the veterinarians dog. >> we went into the waiting room and he attacked him. he held on. >> the executive director of new horizons, the trainer, is worried the dog will be trainable. >> the dog will become fearful for the rest of its life. >> the owner doctor paul barton berg has a different story. he said the puppy was the aggressor saying that other dogs in the waiting room were being ground that. padi nipped at the puppy. the injuries are minor. the manatee county sheriff is investigating. service dogs are protected under state law. patty's owner c

pete, jennifer titus. >>> we're streaming the hogan gawker trial every day the court is in session. see it live on our 10 news at. search wtsp in your app store. >>> a professor is accused of the unthinkable. university of tampa professor accused of sex trafficking. he was trying to play to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. nathan madson is facing federal charges and he is an assistant university of tampa. online to a special website he says he went to meet a man's 14-year-old daughter to have sex but didn't realize the man was an undercover agent. neighbors are stand. >> it is a shame. >> university of tampa has put him on administrative leave and other teachers are taking over his classes. we are digging deeper for answers into whether or not there were warning signs in his background. >>> if you are in the heading northbound on the veterans you got stuck in a major traffic mess and it was all because of this. a tractor-trailer hit a guardrail and overturned and caught fire. the driver lost control south of waters avenue. he is being treated. crews worked quickly to reopen the roa

titus. titus. go on past ephesians for the time being and go on all the way back to titus. now that's in the 't's' remember. timothy's and then titus. chapter 2 verse 11, now some of these verses are just mind-boggling. i know they are. but the scripture does not lie. and so we have to believe it. titus, chapter 2 dropping down to verse 11. i'm tying all these together, john 1:9 that he is the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. paul says that the "power of god is manifested in them, so that they are without excuse." and now look what paul says here. "but, the grace of god which bringeth salvation, has (see, past tense).has appeared unto (how many?) all men." all it is. i look at the people down in the jungles of south america who o feel haveever heard the gospel and then in the light of these verses, they're responsible? yeah. they are. they're going to come before the great white throne as lost as lost can be and without a word of excuse and yet god is going to be absolutely fair and just in his judgment and he's going to be able to say, you could ha

and that's something titus fisher was determined not to see happen to his own children.ona to help them avoid a future of gang-banging. >> i've seen my son getting ready to start when he was only 14. so, i hurried up and got him out of there. that's another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now he's straight-as. he hasn't got a "b" in, like, three years. he's straight-as. on the football team. star football player. so, he's on his way to do something. you know what i mean? >> thompson also has three children. but their future seems less certain. >> i had a son. he go bang what daddy bang. >> what is that you want from him? >> he'll have the same life. but if he choose the other way, hey, go ahead. >> for you it's not a negative for him to spend a lot of time in prison, for your son? it's not a negative for you? >> nah. >> in another context, in another environment, it might be a parent saying to their child, if you don't end up being a doctor i'll still love you. with duker it was, like, if

. >> reporter: gary titus leased a new vehicle that changed the feel of shifting gears may be just not enough. >> if i don't hit it enough, i could be in trouble with that. >> reporter: the new shift putting the car in park or reverse. the national highway commission is now investigating 800,000 vehicles. most are the jeep cherokees. that investigation claims that 121 accidents resulted in several being hospitalized. we drove aune of -- one of the vehicles at the test track in connecticut. here, i put it forward, but it doesn't mean it's in park. >> we want to see a fail safe. >> reporter: the company says it's cooperating fully. the transmission has been recalls. the auto makers say the recall was because of customer satisfaction, not safety >> i wonder why they would make that a factor. >> i have to testify, my husband has one and i have to keep on looking to make sure it's in the right place. >> keep looking. >>> here's a look at what's coming up. >> reporter: a new day in cuba. we have coverage of president obama's visit. >>> a man is ambushed and stabbed using a bank atm. the new

jennifer titus. the tampa bay rays. for the first time since 1999 an mlb team is playing in cuba. the team arrived last night and so did anchor ian reitz joining the on and off rain that you event. >> reporter: it looks like in is on a little bit of a delay. can you hear us? we do have signal with ian that signal back. he has a story of how things are going in havana. >>> all of the presidential candidates spent time today in the nation's capital making a must stop for those seeking the white house. four of the five candidates are addressing the largest pro- israel political action group. frank boswell shows you what it means for the road to the white house. >> reporter: donald trump is expected to dodge deeper into his foreign-policy plans with the israel american public affairs conference. >> i want to speak to governmental people in israel and here and i want to speak to various senators and people. >> hillary clinton address the crowd monday morning and called out trumps campaign rhetoric even though she never mentioned his name. >> america should be better than this. and i be

. >> reporter: gary titus leaves a jeep grand jury be -- grand jury be. >> if i don't get it just right and get it into drive i could get into an accident because of that. >> the new shifter is a electronic gear shift for each shift and lacks the typical sensation of moving the car into park drive or reverse. >> i got out and i thought it was in park and it was in reverse. >> the highway administration is investigating more than 850,000 vehicles. most are 2014 and 2015 grand cherokees equipped with each shift. that investigation claims reports of 121 accidents resulting in people being we drove a 2014 grand cherokee as a test track in connecticut. >> there is also not -- i pushed it to the floor and it doesn't mean i end up in part. >> there is a failsafe but at the end of the day you don't have a problem with cars backward. >> chrysler said it is cooperating with the investigation. as of the 1216 model year, it has changed the transmission but has not recalled existing models. they say those changes were due to customer satisfaction and not safety. chris vancleave. cbs news. >>> bmw an