for these fans that were able to make it down to clearwater for this spring season they saw a lot of things. they a saw really strong starting pitching and a couple of new faces. now some questions do remain before the start of the season, on monday, and that is how well will the team be able to hit and how many wins will they be able to bring home. the home team is back on home turf. >> go phillies. >> reporter: bus rolled in wednesday evening after a final winning training season in clearwater. fans are hopeful as phillies face off against baltimore in the last citizens bank park game before the official start of the season. >> i mow some people think we may not do good but we have a lot of young players i'm excited about, franco, nola. >> reporter: last year fans were dealt 99 losses, and just 63 wins. so what is the magic winning number this year. >> it would be nice to be in the 70's. maybe 82. but 70's would be a good place to be. >> reporter: perhaps even more impress i have number, 40, that is about how many years this super fan has been coming out to cheer on this team and s

. >> i'm a native of clearwater, florida. >> he grew up in clearwater florida with dreams of playing mow 10 earned a scholarship to play football at the university of florida. in 1987, his dreams came true when he was drafted by the eagles in the sixth round much his future was bright. >> the kind of linebacker that buddy ryan was looking for. like aggressive linebacker. look like promising career ahead of him. >> gary cobb played linebacker with the nfl for 11 years. cobb played for the eagles from 1985 to 1987. g. cobb as he's known locally became a popular sports talk radio host in philadelphia and now does some work for the nfl providing guidance to young players on how to transition to life after football. cobb and mow 10 were teammates in 1987. >> he was doing well. boom, goes down and has knee injury. >> just his third preseason game, mow 10 injured his right knee. >> i just remember lying on the turf at the vet screaming, you know, the pain was unbearable. >> after a couple of years on injured reserve the eagles let him go. but resign him for one more chance at his dream if 1

. >> i'm a native of clearwater florida. >> reporter: ron moten agree up in clearwater, florida withreams of playing in the nfl. moten earned a scholarship to play if the ball at the university of florida. in 1987, his dreams came true when he was drafted by the eagles in the sixth round. his future was bright. >> the kind of linebacker that buddy ryan was looking for a aggressive linebacker. looked like a promising career ahead of him. >> gary cobb played linebacker for 11 years. he played for the eagles from 1985 to 1987. g. cobb as he's known locally became a popular sports talk radio host in philadelphia and now does some work for the nfl providing guidance to young players on how to transition to life after football. cokk and moten were teammates in 1987. >> he was doing well, boom, goes down, has a knee injury. >> just his third preseason game, moten injured his right knee. >> i just remember lying on the turf at the vet screaming, you know, the pain was just unbearable. >> after a couple of years on injured reserve eagles let him go. but resigned him for one more chance at his

coming you have a solid spring training season in clearwater, fans could travel to florida and saw strongtarting pitching and plenty of new faces. >> we have a lot of young players, frank co, nola. >> reporter: last year phillies dealt 99 losses over just 63 wins but fans are looking for better. >> maybe 80, 82. >> players did post with fans treated to some extra perks for their early season support but not everyone was overly impressed by this match up with the orioles. after sticking through a rain delay, someone like jane, proved that these are far from fair weather fans. >> i'm going to root for them because i think they will surprise us. >> jane says that this is probably her last season coming here to citizens bank park, not because she plans to give up on the team, no, she wants to move down to clearwater where she can root from the phillies from there, the regular season starts monday. reporting from citizens bank park alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and still ahead on "eyewitness news", imagine finding a job like you would find a date, how e harmony is getting in

no, she wants to move down to clearwater where she can root from the phillies from there. the regular season starts monday. reporting from citizens bank park, alexandria hoff, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> test result are in, we have new information about the knife found at o.j. simpson's former estate. what forensic tests revealed, coming up next. >>> and if you have been told you have an allergy, it turns out it may not be true after all, we will tell what you medical testing can save you a lot of money, stay with us. to you, they're more than just a pet. ♪ so protect them... ...with k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, it repels them, too. so do more to defend your four legged friend... ...with k9 advantix ii. for the love of dog. >>> back on "eyewitness news" with an update on the knife a allegedly found at o.j. simpson's former home in brentwood, california. investigators say it was not weapon used to kill simpson's ex-wife and her friend back in 1994. simpson was acquitted in the case, a retired lapd officer claimed a construction worker

while in clearwater, he meets lois reisdorf, who says she recruits david to join the commodore's messengerization, l. ron hubbard's personal, elite unit within the sea org. >> he was very, if, if i could say, um, gung ho. had a lot of spark. >> at 16, he was a climber. he wanted to be at the top. and he gained a reputation of being really tough. you didn't mess with him. >> reporter: pretty soon, david finds himself in the orbit of the founder l. ron hubbard, who has gone from writing science fiction to writing volumes of sacred scientology texts. teenage david moves west without his family, where hubbard, sometimes known by his initials, lrh, is building secret new bases and shooting scientology training films. >> dave ended up being a cameraman, but in the beginning, we used to call him the kid, and lrh would call him the kid. >> reporter: while ron miscavige is back east selling cookware and cutlery, what his son is doing during this period of time is a matter of intense dispute. the church is adamant that hubbard decided early that david miscavige would eventually succeed him. >> there

hillary clinton takes for states , putting clearwater between herself and bernie sanders. the countdown begins to the real games. go, the days to country says it will be ready. and finding out how i drop in iphone sales wiped almost $50 billion off the value of apple. big ben prepares for a facelift. will undergoll repairs to its crumbling clocktower. melissa: sulla of the first time back inlah abdeslam is paris. he was handed over by belgian authorities just after 9:00 a.m. this morning. he spent four months on the run before being captured in march in a brussels -- in brussels, where he faced several weeks of the march 22fter attacks come in which he is also believed to have played a key part. here's a look back at the man four -- for the last for the less 5.5 months, france's most wanted. >> back to the scene of the crime, salah abdeslam arrived back in paris. when it five months after the attacks in paris that killed more than 130 people and injured hundreds more, salah abdeslam was extradited from belgium, where he had been indicted on march 18. since then, he has bee

cell phone video capturing a funnel cloud over clearwater and officials say at least 50 homes damaged, monstly from the uprooted trees. no injuries reported. >>> get to bill karins with the friday forecast. anything good for the weekend? >> yesterday, you saw the picture of the chase, the roads looked wet around l.a. and a lot of showers around. upper level lows continuing to spin here. a decent amount of rain moving north of the phoenix area up around prescott and sedona, heading up to the grand canyon. for the day today, still having scattered showers, maybe an isolated downpour or two. a few thunderstorms especially higher elevations seeing most of it. by the time we go through the weekend we watch another system off the coastline. this one moving towards us and actually get additional areas of rain. notice a little blue here, snow at the high elevations in the central portions of the sierra. good. some of the mountains outside l.a., enhancement of rain too. rainfall amounts over the next three days total. highest totals, highest peaks in the mountains. almost two inches possible.

he can sit at the piano and play a beetles seconding or pick up the guitar and play a creedance clearwateruy or sing an opera that you or i knew. that was not a short answer. >> that's all right. i don't want short, i want expansive david foster. i think of t other amazing voices that you have worked with, and a couple of names - whitney houston. houston. >> i was between whitney houston and celine. now. >> great voices. it's worthy of saying this. celine was so amazing because whatever i asked her to do she'd do exactly what i wanted. like, i would cop up with a lick in my -- come up with a lick in my sound, she understood and delivered. whitney - she'd never give me what i wanted ever. she would give me something better than i asked or many times it would be worse. it's not what i wanted. but a lot of times it was better than what i asked for. >> what a loss. what are your thoughts on whitney houston not being on this planet singing? left a trove, a treasure trove of great songs. >> yes. i feel so honoured that i caught her at that moment of - you could argue "the body guard" was not her

people in line at this concert hall forced to wait it out and in nearby clearwater, backyards left looking like this, several feet of water surrounding this home. >> i'm covering my car. >> these people taking no chances covering their cars hoping to avoid damage from falling ice. areas of texas, oklahoma, indiana and kansas all getting tornado warnings overnight. the weather threat remaining high throughout today according to accuweather's paul williams. >> looking for widespread severe storms to continue and flash flooding continues to be a problem along with lightning strikes, damaging winds and hail and possibility of tornadoes >> and in wyoming, a late april snow shower enough to shut down this interstate. we should mention snow forcing the cancellation of several classes at the university of wyoming. areas of the state dawe up to 7 inches of snow. >>> now to the race for the white house. it's "your voice, your vote." donald trump is now more than 100 delegates richer and closer than ever to clinching that gop nomination. >> trump hit a slam dunk last night. let's put it that way winn

. >> reporter: as the sun was rising in clearwater, florida, this was one of those 13 confirmed tornadoes across alabama, georgia and florida. it woke up families near tampa, and blew through neighborhoods with near 75-mile-an-hour winds. >> it skipped my house and hit the next one. and everyone else is alive, too, that i know of. >> reporter: tonight, the weather service says it was an ef-2 tornado that hit calhoun county, georgia. near 130-mile-an-hour winds wrapped this home around a tree. tornadoes in alabama, where the lamar family survived by hiding under a mattress. >> my kids were crying, screaming. it was hard, man. it was like a bomb went off. i mean, it was just -- it was a terrifying experience. >> reporter: this same storm system that flipped trailers north of atlanta, is moving north and east, ripping parts of the roof of this car dealership in maryland. this is the kind of damage that happens in the middle of the night where people get hurt. mom and dad were asleep in this corner bedroom. tonight, all five family members who live here are safe. david? >> that is the good ne

the clearwater area. at least two tornadoes were confirmed. this is also the tampa-st. pete area.ed like a wide tornado, but thankfully it wasn't that strong. winds were estimated at 60 miles per hour and 85 miles per hour. 50 peophomes were damaged thoug. that was from trees coming down. kind of a rarity, a tornado in florida. we're good until at least sunday afternoon, but the cold is dominating. windchill is 9 in northern michigan and we're at 22 in indianapolis. a freeze warning, as far south as st. louis as we go through tomorrow morning. right now the blue on the map, we have the clouds in white. the blue is snow. so there's snow showers and light snow, western new york, buffalo area, to erie, pennsylvania, pittsburgh has snow showers. and also central portions of wisconsin. here unfortunately is the snowfall forecast map. it's nothing blockbuster. i mean, we won't see crazy high totals but from detroit to cleveland, to erie, the grassie surfaces could get a couple of inches. don't expect much of anything in the big cities on i-95. through the weekend, today, warm conditions

from french to brazil, it came as a complete shock as reefs usually thrive in clearwater not they found over 60 species of sponges. seventy-three species of fish. the discovery was announced in the journal of science. not to be and it came after years of studying the water. >> juliet: that's a place i would never visit. this is what you call running with your head above the clouds. british astronaut took part in the london marathon even though he was aboard the international space ace station. he made the countdown and then ran on the treadmill 250 miles with the other participants. even saw the real root under his feet and he finished in three hours and 35 minutes. >> ben: you can see he's tethered on both sides to stay down. when you weigh nothing. >> juliet: it would be just an easier run. maybe something i can even do. >> ben: we will see. >> juliet: probably not. >> mike: good morning to you both. that show you what is happening out there. things like that marathon and bike tours going on next weekend the weather will cooperate. first of all sun and clouds, more clouds right now bu

. >> clearwater, i went two years back with my life people talking about clearwater.on't even know who got clearwater. it went on and on and on. anyway -- >> this went on and on and on, sadly. >>> it was one bad swing, really, followed by -- the heft to hit over that water, when you got behind you, you got a bunker you don't want to get in. it's all very difficult. defending champ jordan spieth closed out the front nine four straight birdies after he bogeyed number 5. and it looked like he was going to become the youngest player in of the masters era to claim three majors after winning back-to-back. but it does start with the bogey on 10 blocked it into the bunker. and up and down. great and 11, he blocked it in on the right side. hit a great shot and missed the putt. that was the one that got him. it's not hard do on number 12. the wind was blowing and disaster did strike. he shot a quadruple bogey, 7 at the 12th hole. his first shot fell short. it trickles down into rae's creek and in the drop area. as you look in the post, it's a chicken wing. desailed on a wedge s

cell phone video covered the funnel cloud over clearwater. winds peaked at 76 miles an hour. multiple power lines were also knocked down. can you tell us ouch rain we will get around here? >> we are going to see very strong winds tomorrow. in fact, breezy today, windy tomorrow. as far as rain is concerned, we are not going to see a lot of rain, we will be focused on the wind, breezy, cool, gusts anywhere from 25 to 30 miles an hour, because of the winds, rain and 72 hours in the forecast and very cooled temperatures, tomorrow will be a storm team 4 weather agree letter day, i will be here updating the forecast and in the evening as well. sunday is looking like the better of the two weekend days. right now, this is how chilly feels in your neighborhood. 34 in leesburg and frederick. 43 in washington. i'll be break down the rest of your day hour by our in ten minutes. >>> the folks that run the department of transportation hope a fun new campaign will help to fix the roads. >> we want our roadso like belgium waffles. >> that's virginia's pothole hunter. he is a part of a new ca

this is cellphone video that captured the funnel cloud over clearwater. told winds peaked for the first tornado at 65 miles an hour, winds in the second one peaked at 76. officials say at least 15 homes were damaged. you can see multiple power lines were taken down and cars damaged, too. >>> when you hear bear rescue, you don't think this p. >> we'll call him smoky junior. >> s.j. >> isn't he cute? >> that little bear cub is on the mend right now. firefighters in florida rescued him from a brush fire, this is near orlando. they say the fire didn't hurt anyone or damage any property. florida fish and wildlife officials are evaluating the cub. firefighters say they're just happy that s.j.'s mom wasn't around. >> s.j. will be big one day. >> eventually, right. made out all right. >>> so this is just a really interesting way to start an engagement. >> we promise that your fiance is pretty much guaranteed not to propose this way especially after we show you what what happened. a man in california climbed a rock illegally and then had to be rescued from it. his

. >>> the phillies are coming home from clearwater for their final spring training game. >> yes, teams back in south philadelphia for the final spring training game against the orioles, taking a live look at citizens banks park. the philles starting the season this monday on the road and nbc 10 is counting down the days until the home opener. it is april 11. and nbc 10 has you covered for all of the action against the padres. pregame show starts at 2:00 followed by the first pitch at 3:00 p.m. all here on nbc 10. >> right now it looks pretty sunny outside. not too bad. we hope we get that for the o n opener. >> it's not happening today. you're not looking that far down the road yet. >> you know, tonight, not so great. looks great outside now, but later on this evening we're going to see some showers, even storms moving in so that's in the forecast for tonight. next monday we don't have that in the forecast yet. but or not monday but april 11 for the opener. tonight we have evening thunderstorms, some of these already moving into the lehigh valley, the poconos seeing heavy rain and even

. >> reporter: in clearwater, angela davis, fox news. ♪ >>> tonight at 6:00 more than a dozen people new jersey. facing child porn charges. the high tech way investigators say they caught them at the at their own game. plus, things you can find in your own home blown to bits in the garden state. the potential weapons of terror that police want you to know about. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> tonight at 6:00 more than a dozen people including a teacher arc schoolbus driver and a high school student facing child important charges. authorities in new jersey announced the arrest tonight after a week's long investigation. >>> good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney in for lucy noland. investigators say the evidence is both heartbreaking and very disturbing. let's get straight out to fox 29's karen hepp live in pitman tonight. karen? >> reporter: and we are in pitman because this is where that local teacher actually lives just a number of steps away. very involved in the theater both at the school where he taught in vineland and over

stage not to promote a new single of his own but to cover songs by the foo fighters and credence clearwaterture halftime combos we've come to love like coldplay sharing the stage with bruno mars and queen bey and katy perry with lenny kravitz and missy elliot. ♪ purple rain purple rain >> reporter: inspiring and reminding us all that the man and his music were magic. could put on a show. did you guys know by the age 12 he could play 20 different instruments? >> wow. >> he was the real deal. >> i got to see him in concert two years ago. >> you did. >> i'm telling you, i am so honored that i got to see genius, genius on that stage. there was no one like him. i know we've been talking about "purple rain" but there's rain heading east. >> as prince would say, please make it rain harder cause we could use it across the east coast. fires in north carolina, hyde county, 15% containment there. abnormally dry here so we'll take whatever we can and come around rush hour. across i-95 but not really that much. >> hello. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. rain this morning. shower

clearwater, florida, independent line. as you take in all of this tonight, what are your thoughts?: can you hear me ok, sir? host: we sure can. go ahead. caller: hi. thank you so much for putting me on the air. i'm originally from pennsylvania and the gentleman that called in, as a former pennsylvanian person, i hope to gold there are a lot of people up there that think differently than that last caller. pennsylvania is full of people who are living in depressed areas but that is no confuse to vote for somebody -- you talk about setting an example for young people. donald trump is a disgrace to the country. it is shameful and john kasich is a former pittsburgh guy and -- boy and i'm discouraged that the gentleman bashed him as he did but kasich isn't in this race for selfish reasons. he's in this race because he knows his chance to be selected and that may surprise everyone on the republican side and not even go near cruz because cruz has a lot of issues with the suspected affairs and his overall approach is not very friendly to the general public. he's kind of like a mitt romney i

at least two tornadoes touched down in florida, including this one in clearwater. no injuries reported but several homes were damaged. >>> one of the country's largest universities has been rocked by a campus murder mystery. urgent man hunt is underway at the university of texas to catch nbc's gabe gutierrez is in austin for us. good morning. >> the president is calling ing ing it a parent's worst nightmare. imagine sending your student to school and then this happened. this tower is usually brightly lit but, this morning, it is mostly darkened. the campus is heartbroken. >> reporter: this morning, ramped up security at the university of texas at austin. dozens more officers on patrol around the clock. students on edge. >> it could have been any one of us. it's -- and it did happen to one of us, and now it's just kind of rocked us to our core. >> now, let's have a moment of silence for haruka weiser. >> reporter: late thursday, many were in tears, remembering haruka weiser, just 18 years old, a freshman dance major. >> i'm so grateful for the opportunity to have kn

. >> cia director john brennan making it clearwater boarding is no longer part of his agency's practices. he is speaking out because tactics and techniques are turning into catch phrases on the campaign trail. he had he would not carry out instructions to waterboard. >>> john kerry making history this morning by becoming the first u.s. secretary of state to ever visit hiroshima. he laid a wreath at the memorial but did not apologize for the u.s. dropping an atomic bomb on the city at the end of world war ii. it claimed 140,000 lives. >>> bond is set at $1 million for the suspect who allegedly shot and killed former new orleans saints football player will smith. coy wire has the latest live from cnn in atlanta. a terrible, terrible story. well beyond sports. what's the latest? >>> indeed, chris. i have reached out and spoken to several former teammates. he said will was just getting excited about his life after football. he was expected to walk in his graduation in less than a month. he had an even greater impact in the new orleans community. >> new details emerging over the apparent road

a nightmare of a scene in clearwater, florida, as lightning turns a black sky bright orange.th of there, in new port richey, folks left picking up the pieces after storms tore through neighborhood. parts of homes left mangled and scattered on lawns. a similar looking mess hundreds of miles away in maryland. a windstorm knocking shingles off roofs and uproot something trees. >>> the newest member of "sesame street" crew, a 6-year-old afghan girl. hoping to promote female empowerment in that country. okay. >> who can this be? >> thank you, elmo. today i'm excited to be here. >> yay! >> good luck with that. there are about -- they're about 1,000 years too late. show executives hope zahri's confidence and inquiz tisk nature will engage young afghan girls -- inquisitive nature will engage young afghan girls. >>> a man seen beating a college student then taking off with her car. came to a screeching halt when a mother found out her daughter was involved and tipped off police. >> i said, this is not how i raised my kid. this is not how i raised. that happen, they need to get arreste