a traffic nightmare is about to start on a busy area in carrollwood. construction will soon begin on the intersection gunn highway and linebaugh ave. today, hillsbough county will talk to those who live and work in that area on is expected to solve there by adding more turn signals, new timed traffic signals, and pedestrian safety features. those stories where serious?" a blind man's guide dog of 6 beijing. assistant was walking the dog monday morning stole her. listen to this, there are only 10 guide dogs in beijing and about 100 country, so because of the rarity of it, this drew a lot of media attention. and it seems it caught the attention of the thieves, because on tuesday night, the dog was found with a note attached reading "please forgive us." ian, the dog is doing well this morning. her owner says she is right back beside him, bouncing and if cats could talk, this one would have quite the story to tell. nadia, a russian blue cat, traveled from wisconsin to naples, florida at some point within the last two months, and her owners have no idea how

seam thing at tampa bay downs. sunlight over the horizon. 48 degrees in carrollwood. west chase upper 40s. brooksville 48. 43 crystal river. closer to the water it is warmer. 57 pete. 53 sarasota. 55 mulberry. same thing with bartow this morning, as well. winds at of the northeast. not a lot of wind. the water is now warmer than the air temperature over land. so you get a land breeze. that wind blowing off her. it is blowing 15 miles per hour along the coast. 5 to 10 for the bay and calm inland. the wind will come down a little bit. satellite and radar quiet today. clear skies with lots of sunshine. patch or two of fog can't be ruled out. it will be nothing like yesterday. most of us will have a clear, smooth ride into work as far as early morning recesses will be chilly. afternoon is going in the low to mid 70s. the forecast models today, this has the wednesday arrows and temperature and clouds and rain. there is just not much to show you. late today and tonight there could be an isolated shower coming in off of the east coast. i don't think they survive to make it h

live in carrollwood, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp forecasters say the cyclone that killed 42 people in fiji is making its way to australia's east coast....but they warn the track could change at any time. in fiji, four people are among those missing, including a 10-month-old infant. the cyclone tore through the island chain over the weekend. winds reached 177 miles per hour. right now...the c- d-c is investigating 14 zika cases in the u-s that could have been sexually the new cases do include two pregnant women. one couple was living in brazil last summer. the husband contracted the virus while his wife was pregnant. as we've been reporting, the mosquito-borne virus causes birth defects. the c-d-c says they may need to re-think the way zika is spread. before you get ready to leave, give us about 30 seconds, this is something you likely didn't know, we certainly didn't. you know how the vin number on your car is out on your dashboard for anyone to see? well people may be learning more about you than just the car you drive. if you enter your vin on the website "thats them dot com" you

hillsborough the crime spree yesterday morning in carrollwood. police say an 18 and 15 year old hit a woman in the face with a gun and stole her purse. during the struggle the gun accidentally went off... almost hitting the victim. deputies say those two teens... also robbed two men the teens were eventually caught. investigators say they confessed. starting this morning, a traveling exhibit about the "magna carta" will be on display in tallahassee. it will be at the pupreme court building, through february 26th. the goal is to show people how important the british document is to the "rule of law" in the u-s. florida's "python challenge" is now over. the hunt ended at seven o clock last night. at last check, hunters caught more than 100 snakes. they were all turned over to scientists for research. the goal is to lower the python population in the everglades. the giant snakes are a big problem because they are not native to florida. an orange county man is stabbed to death in his own home... and this morning.... investigators are focusing on his m

pete to tampa, carrollwood and bartow, as well. choppy on the water with the strong northerly wind. that will make the bay area waters rough. offshore waives two to five feet. low tide half hour to 40 minutes before sunrise around 6:20. another low tide around 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night florida state fair forecast better than tonight. not dealing with the rain. you'll want a jacket or coat by dry lovely weather. breezy and cool temperatures falling into the 50s for the florida state fair forecast. 62 the high tomorrow. only chance of rain this weekend is i-4 and south. 30% chance late saturday night early sunday morning. it will be gone in time for your superbowl parties sunday evening. we'll stay cool next week. mornings in the 40s and 50s. there is a couple days tuesday and wednesday where we won't even get out of the 50s for >>> the big game is on sunday right here on 10 news wtsp. before you watch the football and the commercials and half- time tune in saturday night at 7:30 p.m. to watch bobby lewis go on the big road for the game. he takes a look at superbowl history, tampa icon

this is the big story this morning. 45 degrees in carrollwood and land o'lakes. 49 in clearwater. it is almost 35 degrees colder now than it was yesterday. 29 degrees colder in crystal river. 22 in tampa. sarasota 18 degrees colder. it is coming in on the cold north to northwest wind. 25 miles per hour sustained wind gusts. 28 in clearwater. 29 in st. petersburg. this wind will come down a little bit throughout the day. but let's call it windy this morning and breezy this afternoon. here's one good thing. it brought in a lot dryer air. you'll feel the humidity wiped out today. i will feel better. you can see the palms blowing this morning. that was the back of the clouds. beautiful sunrise coming for us this morning. we have high surf advisories nine to 11-foot seas. it will be an amazing day to watch the gulf of mexico. you don't want to be on it. 47 degrees at the bus stop this morning. it will feel like the lower 40s. bundle those kids up. dry and sunny this afternoon. only in the upper 50s to low 60s. they'll need that jacket with them all day long. it is a quiet forecast mode

temperatures currently in the upper 60s for us in brooksville, land o'lakes and carrollwood. you clear for the important hours while you are out tonight. i'll look for building clouds after midnight and even a chance that we will track this front. might even see what looks like rain on the radar. i'll explain it in a moment. tonight around tampa and st. pete. low 60s. light wind. we'll wake up to mid 50s. very comfortable considering the windy and cold mornings. it is manageable and doable. in our forecast again before 7:00 a.m. i expect a few clouds to stream by. you might open up the 10 news app and see rain. this front brings a couple light showers. we are so dry at the surface. it probably will never make it to the ground the way things look. the weather word for that is verga. that is a possibility between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00. don't look for much rain for the next couple of days. that is in the forecast. saturday and sunday beautiful great day to go to the fair. it is the last weekend for it. get it in while you can. 66 in the afternoon. low 60s for the dinner time hours. early eve

reporting in carol carrollwood, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> the nation mourns the loss of the oldest serving justice on the supreme court. supreme court justice antonin scalia passed away at a texas ranch, he was 79 and his death was touched off a political fire storm. >> flags at half staff sunday, in honor of supreme court late sunday, his body left texas for virginia. >> i'm quite confidence that law students will be reading his opinions a century from now. >> colleagues are offering praise for the justice whom they affectionately called nino. meantime his passing leaves the supreme court split between liberals and conservatives and that is fueling a political fight. the president says he plans to nominate a justice to fill the vacancy and dom democrats say they support that but conservatives say a new appointment should wait until the new president takes the white house. >> it is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. >> justice scalia's death leaves conservatives without a key vote that could impact major

gorgeous sunset starting out here on the sky 10 network. 59 land o'lakes. 58 carrollwood. we have temperatures 59 for us in bradenton and lakewood ranch. 61 our temperature in downtown st. pete. tampa international airport official temperature for the bay area 61. what stands out right here the we do see that from time to time in the winter. it is not extremely rare. it is not that often that we get it. humidity then 22%. extremely low humidity for us. that will allow a temperature here heading towards sunset to drop the quickest over the next couple hours. we'll drop about 7 to 10 degrees depending on location here as we go through 7:00 and 8:00. once we get into mid evening we won't see a rapid fall after that. looking for temperatures to start a couple degrees warmer than this morning. more importantly you won't have the wind we had this morning. gusts are not expected. it should feel more manageable. no doubt about it for us, in this part of the world, 40s are cool. winds start on saturday. saturday is probably the better day. clouds build in after midnight. they'll be

that is what is helping make it feel so much more comfortable outside. 64 carrollwood. 61 tampa. 53 st. pete. these temperatures moderating nicely from where we started in the upper 30s and low 40s. and our nice weather, a result of high pressure in control over the entire sunshine state. that gives us stable air, sinking air. we are not going to see any rain for the next few days. leave the umbrellas in the back of your closet. high temperatures today warming up more. st. petersburg cooler by the water with a high of 61. a great day to head to the state fair. winds mild from the southwest at 5 miles per hour. across the nation we have snow showers across montana, dakotas into nebraska. out west we have an area of low pressure bringing rain, snow and ice to higher elevations of the pacific northwest. this high pressure keeping us quiet. you can see where the cold front is. temperatures to the north are chilly. four degrees at international falls, minnesota. st. louis 25 degrees. look at new orleans. currently 71 degrees. we'll stay quiet today. mostly sunny skies. by the afternoon our

tampa 74. 77 carrollwood. south. they'll go southwest. pete. 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts in the 20s. they'll shift later today to the north and west. clouds will stay with us through the rest of the afternoon and evening hours. i don't think we'll see too much sunshine before sunset. after that we'll start clearing. it will take a while. here with our forecast model. 2:00 rain is pushing in towards the nature coast in the hudson area. this model is slower. it will get here sooner than that. 5:00, that ride home scattered showers and a few embedded thunderstorms. we'll track them for you. jim is in at 5:00 and 6:00. i don't think we'll see severe weather. we'll watch for gusty thunderstorms. 8:00 p.m. 75. at least the heaviest rain. a few showers left over. by midnight we are starting to clear out. did you notice the wind change around 6:00 p.m.? that's the cold front coming through. that will take this warm, humid, muggy air mass we have seen and just send it southward. cooler, drier air filters in overnight. in fact it is going to

left her car just after midnight headed to her home in the foxcroft apartments off dale mabry in carrollwood when the gunman approached. investigators say he was 18-year-old nicholas gillham. gillham hit her several times in the face with the gun after martinez held on to her purse because she had important medicine inside.21:50:17i was like i need my medicine please don't hurt me and he called someone else which was the black guy that came to me and started kicking me.martinez says the teens wrestled her purse away before taking off. the gun accidentally fired in the process--narrowly missing her.21:54:19you deserve life. you could have killed me. i'm thankful to be here and it's just the point of the matter. you could get a job. i work hard. why can't you do the same?but martinez wasn't the only one hurt.deputies say less than two hours later--they were there invesitgating and heard more gunshots.they say the teens robbed another man in the same complex.this time firing a shot through his friend's apartment which grazed the man inside.the robbers got away again--and attacked one more man i

upper 30s brandon to river view, lutz and carrollwood. definitely 30s north of tampa over the nature coast. 38 dade city. 35 zephyrhills. 43 sarasota. 40 north port. 30s will be common from lakeland to haines city, lake wales and winter haven and bartow at day break. very similar afternoon highs for your saturday as to what we saw today. the difference a little bit lighter wind. it should not feel quite as crisp and cool. blue skies all day long. hardly a cloud can be found in the state of florida tomorrow. 66 brooksville. 65 lakewood ranch and sarasota. on the water tomorrow after the strong winds the last two days very well likely kept you off the water. much better. turning northwest staying two to ten knots. gusts 10 to 15 at the highest. light chop with offshore waves settling down to two to four feet. sunday we'll mark the better day of the two. they are both fantastic. the reason being the afternoon highs is climbing into the 70s on sunday. we should be cloud-free and beautiful both days. sunday, again, starts crisp and cold. 30s c

petersburg. 62 carrollwood. crystal river trying to catch up with the rest of us. degrees. there is the cool front that's moved to our south. you can still see some clouds associated with that pushing the sunshine state. we are in good shape. high pressure building in across the southeast united states. stable air. you can put your umbrellas away for the weekend. pretty breezy today with the same winds northwest anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per hour. we could see wind gusts upwards of 21 along the coastline. not a great day out there for lots of sunshine. your high temperatures staying in the low 60s. by 7:00, if you are headed out for friday evening, maybe some dining, we are looking at temperatures 52 degrees. by midnight 46 degrees becoming chilly with clear skies. we'll see good radiational cooling. that means all of the surface heating from the sunshine today will radiate back into the atmosphere without that level and layer of clouds to keep the heat down by the surface. six feet. bay waters choppy. small craft exercise caution. uv index 8. sun is getting stronger thi

as we take a look, temperatures tonight looking around 58 tampa. 54 crystal river. 5 a carrollwood. evening forecast i'm expecting upper 40s by late tonight. if you are gone from the house for a while know that a layer or two might be a very good idea. even colder for us north of the tampa area. we'll be looking at dade city. you'll get in the low 40s by later this evening. in fact at 11:00 we'll be 42 to 45 degrees in citrus, hernando county and pasco county. nowhere we have been so far this winter, but definitely cold. compared to the last few nights it will remind us it is still february on the calendar. 35 to start saturday morning in crystal river. 37 brooksville. 35 wesley chapel. closer to the coast and the 44 largo and palm harbor. 42 river view. 39 new tampa. 41 lakewood ranch. 43 in sarasota. 39 in lakeland. after that it is another beautiful day like today. lighter winds with temperatures similar to what we had today getting back to the mid 60s. on the water moderate chop. offshore waves settling down to four feet. sunday fun day looks better. we'll mark that as the bette

but still there are some showers across part of the area from around clearwater up towards chase, carrollwood, east of lakeland, haines city and all the way down bartow as well. offshore, bradenton area. this will all be gone by tomorrow morning. you will wake up to partly sunny skies dees y -- by tomorrow morning early however there is plenty more where that came from. even some sea fog tomorrow. we have a lot of things going on. mid 60s across the entire area. the winds are coming in off the gulf. today we hit 78 over 58. today same thing last year. 73 is the normal high. 55 is the normal low. we were a little bit above normal. that is a warm front. as warm fronts move north, couple things happen behind it. it gets warmer and a little more humid. tomorrow morning and right on the through the day you will notice more humidity. watch what happens, by tomorrow morning that warm front lifts northward and we are left with partly sunny skies. not a bad start to your day. by tomorrow morning mid to late morning a few more showers going develop across our interior counties. a few more showers, no t

very, very comfortable. 70 in carrollwood. clearwater is 71. same thing in sarasota. 73 bradenton. 68 polk city and lakeland. a cooler 66 degrees in crystal river. comfortable with sunshine for everyone. northeast winds is why we'll warm up this afternoon. sun shining down on this land here. that heats up and the air gets blown back our way. the winds have come down. they were 15 miles per hour at times a long the coast. we keep them in the 10 knot range for boaters through the afternoon. clouds, we have a few over off of the east coast until you get towards west palm. these will flow on shore the next couple of days. friday, saturday and sunday we'll get some to come over. most will be over polk county and fall apart towards our beaches. that's it. there will be a couple for us it is dry and warm. temperatures at or slightly above 73 degrees. that takes us through the weekend. north easterly winds will turn east over the next couple days. that brings the dew point up. you may feel more humidity in. this afternoon 72 to 75 inland. lower 60s lat

petersburg. 55 carrollwood. that patchy fog possible because we'll have mostly clear skies. a little low level moisture and with the light winds that's the stage to set up possibilities of fog. by the afternoon mostly sunny skies. a light breeze. 76 degrees. nice and comfortable. we start your saturday evening quiet and calm with a mid to upper 70s across the nature coast. 76 thonotosassa springs. 78 brooksville. wesley chapel 77. palm harbor 74. st. pete 74. across the cultural coast bradenton 75. sarasota 76. polk county upper 70s. dry on our future cast model. our winds will be out of the east to start in the morning. a little east to southeast flow. a few mid and high level clouds possible east of i-75. the beach is staying beautiful for you. if you are taking the boat out seas one to two. bay waters a light chop. tide time early in the morning. last high tide will be late tonight. chance of rain once again late monday night tuesday into tuesday night and the first half of wednesday. looks like we'll see two waves of action there. on and off. your seven-day forecast shap

carrollwood land o'lakes 59. 60 sarasota. gorgeous twilight starting here as we look over the marina in downtown st. pete. we'll head through the 50s tonight. no major drop in temperatures expected. we'll ease through the 50s. the winds will fluctuate between 2 and 12 miles per hour. nothing as strong as what we saw earlier today. right as a front comes through at day break we'll see cool temperatures. 42 crystal river. 48 land o'lakes and plant city. we'll start in the low 50s around tampa. that's where we should be this time of year. couple of clouds at day break are possible. that's all the front produces as far as anything you'll see with your eyes. the winds will gust 5 to 15 miles per hour. sometimes 20 and might even see a 25 but not likely to be as strong as the gusts today. 49 to start in tampa. 62 for a high temperature. future cast we'll show you what we are talking about. i'm tracking at day break a couple clouds coming through 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. offshore, coast guard, fishing captains might squeeze out an isolated

so six months after somebody came here to carrollwood market and bought a $50 million power winning tick it, it expired. i found this say sad reality that happens over and over again here in florida. when someone hit the $50 million powerball jackpot at this hillsborough county convenience store in 2013, it was instant jubilation. >> it was nice. >> reporter: but the cheer turned into disappointment when nobody claimed the tick it and it expired six months later. >> it's like a waste of luck. >> reporter: a lot of luck has been wasted over the past decade. 8 on your side checked statistics and learned nearly a dozen jackpots have expired since 2000. >> usually the people that purchase the tickets keep up with them and know whether there's a winner or not. >> reporter: usually. but some drop the ball and forget or lose the ticket. the florida lottery even tries to help a winner if the ticket is in rough shape. >> we have one of the best forensic laboratories in the country. and we can go through whatever evidence they have of a ticket and if it's presentable, i mean, if they can prove tha

dale mabry highway looks great from south tampa up into carrollwood. and construction i-75 northbound at university and westbound university underneath the interstate. it's part of the new intersection being put in there. and water main work, 15th street between 137th and 138th, that's just north of fletcher avenue. august. so keep that in mind. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. >> thank you, leslee. >>> taking the video you record on your smart phones to the next level. >> it's great video. i've seen this. ahead, one skier's idea that's giving us some cool video this morning. you don't want to miss this. >>> and saving hundreds of dollars on various bills. the way two brothers are helping people like you and me cut every day expenses. >>> can we chat about what's going on in new hampshire? iowa? what do you think about our candidate marco rubio, former governor jeb bush who really picked up steam this time around. let me know what you think, find me on facebook and (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. presidential candida

hillsborough county deputies say .spree started early yesterday morning in carrollwood. police say an 18 and 15 year old hit a with a gun and stole her purse. during the struggle the gun accidentally went off... almost hitting the victim. deputies say those two teens... also robbed two men later that morning. the teens were eventually caught. investigators say xxx6xx6xxx they confessed. a five-year-old boy in polk county has died after he was hit by a car driven by a man who was trying to get away from police. the sun sentinel reports jayden w9 was on a sidewalk near his p home in boynton beach on saturday when he was hit. the driver, lex eugene, was running from police after they tried to stop him for reckless @ driving. eugene was caught, and is charged with several crimes including vehicular manslaughter and murder. florida's "python challenge" is now over. seven o clock last at last check, hunters caught snakes. they were all turned over to scientists for the goal is to lower the python population in the everglades. the giant snakes are a big problem not native to fl

wesley chapel toyota looking good first thing this morning, as well. 61 in carrollwood and land o'lakes and dade city. 63 lakeland. 60 apollo beach. 62 sarasota. 66 degrees in tampa to get february started. we should be 53 degrees or so. the winds light. it is out of the east. it will go southeast to south and southwest. that change will bring in a little bit of fog later today. dress the kids 60s this morning and mid 70s this afternoon. as we get going through lunchtime outdoor lunch looks good. mix of sun and clouds. rain-free. along the coast, see that gray? that is sea fog developing. the skyway bridge, southern pinellas county into manatee county by 5:00, that should spread out moving up to the coast of pasco and eventually will get more into sarasota by late afternoon and early evening hours. jim will track that at 4:00 and 5:00. you may want to check our app before you leave work today. there could be issues on the sunshine skyway bridge if the thick fog form. 76 today. sunsets 6:10. if you are traveling we'll have your travel forecast coming up in ten minutes. locally no issues.

. >> the owner of the carrollwood market says a lot of people came back convinced they were the ones with the winning ticket. >> again, it was never turned in, just for the record. headlines, david daniel. >> our very first holiday is off to a perfect start! >> where you headed? >> drive, pip squeak. >> reporter: netflix released the first full trailer for pee wee's big holiday, as paul reuben's character sets is out on the vacation of a lifetime. the grammys paid off in more ways than one. spotify streams of lionel richie music rose 146% after an all-star tribute. and alabama shakes streams went up 29%, according to the service. gerard butler will be the grand marshal of sunday's daytona 50. will ride around the track in a ceremonial car before the race begins. tough gig. with the hollywood minute, i'm david daniel. >>> now for another look at the weather, julie is with us. >> if you haven't had a chance today, not to worry. this stretch of weather is not going anywhere for a while. i'd love to be the bearer of good news. for the rest of the evening, very nice for you, waking up tom

it is cool. 53 in river view. 54 in sarasota. 50 for carrollwood and land o'lakes. the 40s in northern pasco, hernando and citrus counties winds north and east five to 10 east of i-75. higher towards the coast. we'll generally keep this. a northeast to east wind around 15 knots for the boaters. only change in the forecast today is a few high clouds. well, low clouds coming through, excuse me. these are on the surface wind picking up moisture across the ocean. no rain coming out of those for us. 54 at the bus stop. most areas in the low 50s. a jacket for the kids. just like yesterday back in the mid 70s for daytime highs. we made 74 yesterday. closer to 75 today. here's the forecast model. i want to show you the low level clouds coming over from the east coast. that trend will continue all weekend long because winds will go east northeast today. then eventually east and southeast by sunday. that will keep that flow coming. it means a few clouds midday into the late afternoon hours. only a stray sprinkle or two out of that. the race on sunday in daytona should be fine

she's headed to a barnes and noble in carrollwood, to sign copies of her new cookbook, "paula deen cuts the fat." unlike her previous recipes, these use less sugar, salt and deen's favorite, butter. the signing is from six till eight tonight... but get there early, to get a good spot in line. 3 (jen the n-f-l gave fans one last look inside levi's stadium before sunday's big showdown between the panthers and the broncos. the stadium just got a fresh coat of paint and new signs. fans at the stadium will also get to use some new technology during the game... they'll be able to order food directly from their seats... wouldn't want to miss a second of the big game. there's also 13- thousand wifi access points... more than enough to handle all those tweets, snapchats and facebook posts. the n-f-l's director of events described the stadium's readiness "in football terms, we're in the red zone." 3 3 she's a t-v star, and a hollywood heiress... so what's she doing working for a psychic hotline?((jen))we'll clue you in, after the break. 3 ((jen and... they're taught to "be prepared"... but they d

tonight, here's what temperatures will be dropping down to. 39 in temple terrace. 42 in carrollwood and 42 in a apollo beach and 39 in plant city. we should be near 40 in bartow. 38 in arcadia. 35 in invernus. we sdroent frost -- we don't have frost advisories. don't be surprised if we have patchy temperatures drop to mid-30s. it's a possible for late tomorrow into late tomorrow morning. at the moment, clear skies. and looks gorgeous across the state. high pressure in control. it's keeping rain chances out of the forecast. 59 in temple terrace. 59 in lutes. 62 in sun city center. inland spots have warmed up more this afternoon. we've made it up to 68 in bartow and seabring. 67 in brooksville. for the rest of your friday evening, do expect temperatures to drop quickly quickly. bundle up this evening if you have late evening plans. clouds, not expecting much in the way of that. skies clear. a light northerly breeze and we'll have your full weekend forecast coming up. >>> all right. julie thank you very much. we're learning more about america's mass shooting in world cancer. four people de

south and carrollwood. the weather map it is still fairly benign. there is not a lot going on. low pressure it is cold. chicago is 21. columbus is 19. bristol 35. tonight, it will be cool but not as cold as it was today in the 60s near the coast and many spots inland will be in the low to mid70s. that's typical of like springtime when it is cooler along the coast and warmer inland. >> we're approaching the spring season. clear and not as cold but cool we're done to 4 viii and lots of sunshine. 69 degrees for a high on saturday. the trend continues. we're up near 70. if you are boating and south and southwest 5 to 10 knots. look at the bay. 54 degrees that's chilly. and tides at 10:10. 415 tampa in the morning. and the next weather change. it comes in late monday into tuesday. a descent chance of rain. wednesday and thursday. >> paul, thank you. something new going on at tiat >> and the new canopy on the garage's top floor. why energy is not the only benefit here y is this 8-ton statue of heccules -- hercules in the parking lot. how did it end up here? where will it find a home.

disturbing case against a former florida state student accused of murdering her own mom and stepdad in carrollwood. a deposition hearing is scheduled for nicole nachtman. she faces two counts of murder in connection to the shooting deaths of her mother myriam dienes and her stepfather robert dienes. >>> a truck plunged, that's the mess there on the ground, 100 feet off of i-95 down in miami. family and friends gathered at a prayer circle overnight, praying for him. he is in serious condition this morning. he is lucky considering the way the truck looks. and look at the image here, the aftermath of this. you can see the fire that was started there after that fall. and then a close-up of the truck. you can see the cab and the back part of the truck they saw. >> first the impact on the 95 when it broke the rail and then he fell on the roof of the house that's right next to it there and then tipped it and fell on the floor. and it's where the driver was ejected from the truck. >> despite all you see here, amazely, no one on the ground was hurt. morning. overnight. kept some people up, i bet. >> it rea

carrollwood 69. 70 in brooksville. it is the 4th of february. good. college in lakeland with great visibility. fog will not be an issue for you this morning. let's plan your thursday with the forecast model. we'll run you hour-by-hour. and show you only an isolated shower between now and 11:00 this morning. there is not going to be too much. after lunchtime, if you live in hernando county and citrus county that's when you'll start they'll push southward. the showers will. and a few thunderstorms through 2:00. tarpon springs, pinellas county beaches about 2:30 the rain will get started. there will be embedded thunderstorms. that will move through tampa into sarasota 2:00 to 5:00 this evening. i'll be on the noon show to show you the progression of these storms. i don't think we'll see a lot of severe weather from this. i think we'll have a few thunderstorms. when rally once we get past 5:00 to 6:00 the front comes through. the winds turn around to the north and west. it gets chilly and breezy, too. this is just saying t

she received a refund and also complimentary replacement. to you the owner of carrollwood forest suggests use a local florist with great reviews and ask for a picture what have is being sent. >> they can be a little more personalized with the order and can talk to the customer service person on the phone to explain to them what is going to be substituted. >> if you want to see ftd's full statement to karen it's on our web site, abcactionnews.com. click on "taking action." >>> it's 6:52. s your morning sprint counts you down to "good morning, america." >> the driver of a stolen car and two others are on the run now after crashing that car into a house. it happened a few hours ago in safety harbor. >> abc action news reporter, anchor lindsay logue is live with this breaking details now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. deputies tell me the driver of that stolen vehicle took a turn at mlk and fifth way too fast, blew up the curb, slammed into a street sign and that street sign ended up crashing through the living room window here. house, a white picket fence, this is the pile of rubb

that means winners quickly become losers. 8 on your side's ryan hughs is live in carrollwood. that's where a winning powerball ticket was bought back in 2013. i think i know the answer but what happened to the ticket? >> reporter: good morning to you. it was never claimed. so roughly six months after the ticket was sold here at this store, it simply expired. i did some 8 on your side digging and this is a sad reality that's happened over and over again right here in florida. when someone hit the $50 million jackpot at this hillsborough county convenience store in 2013, there was instant jubilation. >> it was nice to have it here in the store. >> reporter: but the cheer turned into disappointment when nobody claimed the tick it and >> it's like a waste of luck actually. >> reporter: a lot of luck has been wasted over the past decade and a half. 8 on your side checked lottery statistics and learned nearly a dozen powerball and florida jackpots have expired since 2000. more than $200 million in all gone. >> usually the people that purchase the tickets keep up with them and know w

and backed up to about carrollwood. >> thank you. >>> this morning, the former usf quarterback is out on bond. the story is getting a lot of clicks on our app this morning. he turned himself in after the hillsborough sheriff's office issued a warrant for his arrest. the 29-year-old is accused of punching a man in the face at his home back in december. he played for the bulls from 2005 to 2009. >>> in a few hour, the florida winners of the record-breaking $1.5 billion powerball jackpot are set to claim their prize. we're going to follow this live >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the princess and the press. kate huffington post that has her shining a light on a cause near and dear to her heart. >> we want to prioritize the emotional well-being of the students for long academic success. >>> plus, game on. >> what an idea that your doctor might write you out a >> we'll see it in the next couple years. >> could a video game help us stay sharp? an inside look at new technology that has doctors excited about reversing the effects of aging on the brain. >>> two hot to handle? ryan reynold