pete that ranked among the worse in the state, a report out today from the florida department of education shows not much has changed. receiving an f grade. >> what grade? >> preschool and first grade. >> reporter: some parents so upset because these school child's education. >> yeah, people in higher positions isn't doing what it is supposed to do to get these schools on track. time. we ask parents partner with us to put in support from the success we want to see for these students. >> reporter: lisa with the pinellas county school district says they improved the school district letter grade to a b for the first time since 2011 and increased the schools with an a and b. >> the parents are reasoned to be concerned. that's why our work will continue. >> reporter: jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> breaking it down. the florida department of education graded 3200 schools statewide. grades. close to 650 got b's. even more were considered average with a c. all these grades are based on tests given about a year-ago. parents you can check on your we posted a link to every school and the grade they

here's what eric he and his family are hoping to visit the kennedy space center. 3 3 the florida department of education is crossing it's fingers this morning. the latest round of student lasts for two months. and the state is hoping there are *no glitches this time. the testing today includes grades four through seven... taking english and language arts. this is the second year of "florida standards" testing. last year was filled with computer issues... some students couldn't even log on. the state says it's prepared this time, making several upgrades to the system. 3 3 florida voters... it's finally time to decide. early voting begins today for our primary elections. just check your county's elections website... to find the location nearest you. you just need to bring a photo i-d with you. the centers will be open from ten a-m to six p-m every day... through march 13th. and then, our primary election *day is march 15th. hillsborough county is expecting a pretty big voter turnout this year. more than thirty *thousand people in the county have already cast their votes... by mail. 3 and not *all of flori

the florida department of education released the teacher evaluation report. 98% of teachers earned effective or highly effective ratings for the 2014-2015 school year. less than 1% of teachers were given the lowest rating. >>> covering sarasota county now. we want to talk about sarasota school officials who will vote to approve the purchase of 24 new school buses in sarasota. there we go. apparently it will cost two and a half million dollars and will replace some of the oldest worn down buses in the fleet. >>> now we move to hillsborough county. a meeting there on a controversial expressway is just underway. morning before the planning meeting. tbx would expand interstates to reduce traffic there. it would cost billions and tear through at least 100 buildings. some worry it will kill property values and recent revitalization. >> i don't think you can find more than a handful of people in tampa in support of this project. those that are in support of it are the ones that stand to make money as paving contractors or real estate developers. >> the meantime fdot is loading a meeting in half an

florida department of education released school rates today. among those that failed the same elementary schools in st. pete that have been labeled failure factors. 10 news reporter jennifer titus is getting answers about why the grades are not improving.

today the florida department of education is holding its collective breath hoping not to see a repeat of last year's the florida standards assessment test. first round of testing today after changes were made in hopes of making the process go smoother. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live now at hillsborough high. plenty of districts had issues with this testing last year. >> reporter: that's right. that's why a number of parents are concerned about this year's testing process. in fact the state department of education actually requires students to go on-line to the web site and take a number of practice tests to probably, maybe figure out any problems before they get to them. reviews of the system were also put in place to try to avoid some of the issues and problems from last year. the state says the florida standards assessment or fsa testing company has upgraded their defenses against cyber attacks. last year's test was plagued with technical problems including a cyberattack with a system overloaded and students had trouble taking the exams. students between the eighth

. >> reporter: and the florida department of education told us if a lot of students end up opting out of this test, it could impact school funding. there are bonus dollars that help pay for extra teacher if 95% of the kids in the school don't take the test, those dollars could be at risk. >> but what happens to the students if their parents opt them out? >> reporter: if they end upcoming to school, it's unclear if they're sitting there, able to read a book. a lot of the districts weren't able to comment on that. we know in pasco schools that if parents keep them home on the day of testing, that counts as an unexcused absence. >>> some new signs around pinellas area beaches. there will be 78 signs warning people about dangers. it's so interesting about rip currents because i didn't know about them until i moved to florida. it's nearly impossible to escape. >> and when you're standing on as you're looking at the waves, these arrows show you here where the waves start to break, and you have that flow going out. so it looks a little different. >> so there's no way to tell. >> right. the g

florida, only registered republicans and democrats can vote in the primary. 3 ((walter the florida department of education is crossing its fingers this morning. the latest round of student testing begins today... and lasts for two months. and the state is hoping there are *no glitches this time. testing today includes grades four through seven... taking english and language arts. this is the second year of "florida standards" testing. last year was plagued with computer issues... some students couldn't even log on. the state says this year it's prepared. 3 you may have felt the squeeze -- if you were recently on an airplane. airlines have been slowly cutting down on legroom and seat width. 3 and the changes aren't sitting well with everyone. the average legroom in most airlines has declined by nearly 4 inches, and the width of the seats has narrowed by almost 2 inches. but one new york senator is trying to change that, with an add-on to a mandatory f-a-a funding bill. he believes the changes should be done *without a fare increase since airlines are making record high profits. an industry trade organizati

. >>> florida department of education has released its annual grading of all public schools. the 2015 grades are based mostly on student performance on the new fsa. the validity of the test has been called into question because of technical issues. lastly orange county public schools released a tweet saying grades have little value if you want to see how your school click on web links on the home page. >>> toopers investigating an accident that killed two people and they say the driver was trying to help the victims. you can see emergency crews construction area and palm coast last night. the best hitter say one of the victims got his truck stuck at the site and asked the worker to use the dump truck to get him free. when the attempted not work, the driver when to leave and accidentally backed over cameron walsh, jessica darby. charges pending. >>>, the police need your help and murder suspect on the run. littles was found shot and killed inside the unit and condominiums. two men have been arrested and police believe the mario is involved. there is a $5000 reward for tips lea

. >>> no word on why the florida department of education delayed yesterday's release of school grades. the grades are meant to determine individual projects, teacher performance of school performance, but for months, we have been reporting on the technical glitches with the new florida standards assessments which calls into question the test validity. >>> in one hour from now a school leesburg is set to be up in filing a flu outbreak it st. paul's catholic school is got sick. have officials say they are lake county. a flu shot will help to protect so many people sick. >>> on our wftv facebook page, we want to hear whether you've seen issues with the flow in your child school. simon. >>> 6:38 am. >> it is cold..>> a cold front working in this weekend. hope for sure, 40 harmony, who about 40 feet in assessing city, cable, kissimmee . a few counties in lake county, 44, mineola, groveland, howey-in- the-hills, 42 lake lewis up and clermont, 30s and leesburg and back to the villages to show you what is next we will stay chilly today, 59 so you want at least a sweatshirt this afternoon and

departments to help contain the blaze which caused flammable liquid tanks to explode. fortunately no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the florida department of education released school grades for the 2014-2015 school year. south florida districts were among the top of the class. according to overall district grades both palm beach and monroe county received an a, while miami-dade and broward county received a b. in all there were 20 f schools in miami-dade. grades are from last academic school year. superintendent alberto carvalho says results are screwed. >> to make an a, you have to perform at this level. to make an a this year, the standards themself are different. the body of knowledge much more complex. >> carvalho also said his to review the complete list of schools and their grades, check out our nbc 6 news and weather app. >>> take a look at this brand new video overnight, pope francis taking the popemobile through the streets of mexico city after arriving in the country late last night. crowds lined up hours before thehe pope landed. he's spending about five days in mexico. before he landed in mexico, pope francis made history by meeting wit

the first round of new testing for the florida standards assessment is set to start today. >> the florida department of education is taking steps to avoid a repeat of last year's computer testing problems but there's no guarantee that year. >> abc action news reporter abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live. local school districts had plenty of problems with testing last year. >> reporter: that's right. in fact that's the reason why some parents are pretty concerned about the testing process this year. the state department of education says they have put a number of measures in place to ensure that those problems don't happen this year. however, parents we spoke with aren't so sure. a host of issues plagued the testing last year, many districts including pasco, others forced to suspend the issues. >> you have a testing system that is supposed to be anyone. it lacked credibility. >> reporter: frank leavitteer, one of the parents refusing to let their kids participate opting out of the process. >> we have to change the system, the way it works now. it's not in the best interests of children. >> the departm

wish a report from florida department of education shows the most states public to -- school teachers have done well in evaluations. it shows more than 98 percent of public school teachers earning a rating of effective or highly effective ratings for the 2014-15 school year. 37.5 percent of teachers took high ratings down from last year's figure of 42.4. >>> cyber bullying is on every parents worry list and for every son or daughter who is a victim there is another one who is a cyber bully. >> parents are creating high- tech tools to help moms and dads stay olympic megan hughes shows us how -- abcs megan hughes shows us how. >> reporter: west virginia, third-graders already have stories about being cyber bullied. >> i was kind of sad because he was calling me stupid. >> i was depressed after that. >> you want to believe that but you know it is not right. >> reporter: senior and winner of a pageant lexi helps students visit -- resist the urge. >> don't retaliate. >> reporter: experts say children who have been bullied become bullies themselves. she's been a target as well. >> people wh

after a long wait, florida department of education released report cards for schools and districts today. >> the grades were based on how students performed on the state's new standardized test. >> the test was plagued with problems during the first year. how much is this grade really going to count? news 6's eric sandoval went to get answers today. what have you been able to find out about this? >> well, i'm outside rainbow elementary school in winter springs, ginger. this is a school known for its high-performance. i checked with the department of education. this has gotten an a rating since 1999. it got an a rating today, too. >> the grades are a part of our rigged accountability system that mean nothing to me. >> she's with the group opt out orlando and she says she's had a beef with florida standardized testing for years. that's not the only reason she's not putting much weight on the grades given out today. they were based on fsa's plagued with technical problems during the first go 'round last year. >> this year, it's based on a flawed test and it does not include all the informat

statewide my numbers and almost all of a florida public school teachers aren't solid evaluations for the 2014-15 school year. according to the florida department of education annual percent of the states teachers aren't effective or highly effective ratings. nearly 38 percent of teachers earned the highest readings, less than 1 percent receiving the lowest ratings. >>> comedian bill cosby was back in court today. >> had a poor why his lawyers say the comedian should never have been charged even though he admitted in a death -- women. >>> a local veterans advocate himself. >> just compromising my health for money . >> now he says the healthcare he is getting from the va is not cutting it >>> daytona beach police chief says his hands were tied for more than one month while the homeless camped out at a county office building and it got bigger and bigger. next, the serious crimes he now for 44 days the homeless camped out at these volusia county tried to get answers from county and city leaders and even police. >> have you heard of any kind of specific plans at all? >> it came to an end last friday. new this hour, we are finally learning about all of the crime

. >> the latest round of standardized testing begins for florida students. the department of education is hoping for a smoother run. may remember last year test was plagued with problems from issues logging on to a cyber attack that caused widespread disruption. the state says it worked over the past year to add safeguards and other improvements with only some students taking the the majority will use a pen and paper for that part. online testing is said to begin in april >> within the city has the official start of the season >> the team is expected to mark a major milestone for construction the brand-new stadium. buddy dyer will join the team to help celebrate into the lions home. phil rollins says everything is on track for the 2017 season. when it's completed the house more than 25,000 screaming fans. >> hard to believe it season to already >> space x will have to try a fourth time. >> we still don't have a launch date for it. presidential candidates gear up for tuesday. how candidates hope to sway voters. people in la are still asleep after the oscar parties went on all night. we

of that tonight o >>> report cards are in but not for students. they are for south florida schools. spent the department department of education released its school grades for the 2014/2015 school year. cbs4's, gary nelson is live in downtown miami with how our schools did. >> reporter: they didn't do all that well. and school administrators in state remain angry that florida implemented a much tougher, new standardized test on such short notice for students and teachers . and one that was fraught, the computer's portion with computer glitches. months overdue comedy greats are in for florida schools standards assessment tests and the marks from last spring to exams are not good. >> after a tumultuous year marked by increased standards and computer glitches. >> kids last year were slammed with an all-new test, dramatically higher standards and weeks of computer software meltdowns that doubled down the stress it all adds up to this, in miami-dade, the number of a and b schools plunged from 86% in the year ending 2014 to 74% last year. percentage plummeting from 91% to just 76% last year. school administrators call it apples to o

florida's public schools. >> david: the department of education is releasing its 2015 school and district grades today. the marks are mostly based on student performance on the new florida standards assessments, known as the fsa. this year there were some individual schools that got failing grades, but all districts scored b grades or higher. seminole, brevard and summer the districts got an overall a grade. orage, volusia, flagler and marion all received b grades. to check out if your school made the grade, head to our website clickorlando.com where we listed the full list for you. >>> orange county deputies are offering to get guns off the street. >> they're offering money to gun owners in exchange for weapons. with the guns out of their possession. better pizza." which is why i'm introducing papa's quality guarantee: love your pizza, or get another pget any large pizza up to 5-toppings pfor just $9.99. online only. at papajohns.com >> welcome back. deputies are helping get guns off the owners. >> more on why some people thought it was safe to give their guns up. >> reporter: deputies have been busy o

university of georgia was hit in 2007 and we saw winston at florida state. u.s. department of educationlished documents they district to title ix schools saying we are going to make sure you follow the rules. if you get federal money, you have to delineate an internal process that you have to treat claims fairly, you have to adjudicate them timely, has to be a fair process, you cannot discriminate on the basis of sex, and that includes sexual assault. >> thanks so much, appreciate it. >>> the whole flint water disaster could have been avoided. we have an e-mail from the city's water supervisor sent 8 days before the city switched its supply, warning the water was not ready for drinking yet. that's next. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am his sunshine. i am his advocate. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to his current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. vo: namenda xr

. >>> the florida defendant education has taken -- department of education has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the computer testing problems there were last year. the testing company says they've upgraded their defenses against cyber attacks. last year's test was plague with technical problems. bottom boater killed. 21-year-old jose perez bravo tried to swim ashore but didn't make it. the other man in the boat wasn't injured. >>> early voting begins ahead of the florida primary in two weeks. find your closest voting site on the free abc action news mobile app. by the way super tuesday happens tomorrow. >>> fans of the philadelphia phillies will be welcome to tampa international airport ahead of the team's spring training home opener. they will be greeted by the phillies team mascot along with the clearwater mayor. they set to host the toronto blue jays at brighthouse field tomorrow. >>> the big winner last night, "spotlight." the film about uncovering child sex abuse by catholic priests won best picture. "the revenant" took home best actor and best director awards. brie larson won be

department of education continues investigating claims. >> more than 1,000 of the claims were already paid out but just five of those were related to florida schools and what is difficult here, gayle, is for the students to prove that they were lied to because you need to prove that, for example, they made a promise like you'll get a job making this much money and you didn't so it is those numbers and details that are hard for the students to prove to the government. back $80,000 in debt without the high paying job that could have been promised. >> absolutely. we'll see how this all plays out. >>> another 8 on your side alert this morning, customers of a bay area gas station need to be monitoring their bank accounts. authorities found yet another skimming device. this time at a marathon gas station in sarasota. investigators don't know how long it had been there. the last time the pump was checked was nearly a year ago. >>> cracking down on drones there is a no drone zone for a boat racing event in bradenton. organizers warn it could pose to speed boat drivers and the unmanned air craft could get in the way of spotting manatees. if a drone

department of education continues investigating claims. as of late last year, more than a thousand claims were paid out. five of those for students from florida. i'm gene ramirez, newschannel8. the latest u.s. unemployment report. the unemployment rate dropped to 2008 levels but hiring is also slowing down. the u.s. economy added 151,000 jobs in january. that is lower than economists projected. and it is way down from jobs added in december. the unemployment rate fell to 4.9%. the lowest since february of 2008. >>> president obama is calling for a new $10 per barrel tax paid by oil companies used for clean transportation. it would only apply to imported oil. it is unlikely to get through a republican controlled congress, however. >>> americans are spending more on their loved ones this valentine's day. according to the national retail federation, we will spend an average of $146 and 84 cents on candy, stuffed animals, jewelry, other gifts. that is $4 more than last year. total valentines day spending >>> and love is in the air here at newschannel8. we have stories for you all next week leading up to valentine's day that will have you feeling

department of education continues investigating claims more than 1,000 of the claims were already paid out just five of those were related to florida schools but the difficult thing here is proving it so you have all of these claims. if you don't have the proof. you're on the hook for what you owe. >> $80,000 is a big nugget to cover. >>> another 8 on your side consumer alert this morning, customers of a bay area gas station need to be monitoring their bank accounts. this time at a marathon gas station on north washington boulevard in sarasota. a department of agricu inspect discovered the device. the last time the pump was checked was nearly a year ago. >>> eight is on your side looking out for your health. people are starting to line up for free dental work in pasco county. a clinic is offering care for the first 5 hundred patients. ryan hughes is live at the clinic. this is a big deal for people here in the sunshine state. >> exactly and some of them have been lined up here for a couple of hours. you can see them over my left shoulder. a chilly morning here so people bundled up in jackets. some had blankets. you'll actually see

department now at the center of the investigation. >> starting today, students florida standard assessment test. education leaders are hoping to avoid problems that plagued the test last year. we'll look at the changes that should make testing a little overpass, struck one of the support pillars, burst in

florida. officials hope to avoid the problems they face last year. department of education has said they fixed bugs, tessa system and had students take practice exams. leaders are trying to stay optimistic but say they noticed issues during the practice session. >>> state troopers are continuing to search for a semi truck driver who hit a 68-year- old woman in orange county and took off. sky witness 9 flew over the scene yesterday at the corner property. troopers say the truck driver ran over teresa vasquez and she was waiting across the street. the driver stopped but then drove off when paramedics arrived. desk is listed in serious but stable condition. >>> florida senate may give final approval to a bill that would guarantee rapid dna testing and sexual assault cases as soon as this afternoon. a second reading approved yesterday. in november, fdle reported it had more than 13,000 untested kits and a major backlog. the bill will make sure rape kits and any other dna evidence collected or central labs are within 30 days. the house version will be waiting to be heard by the

also directing the department of health and human services and border protection to develop educational materials to inform travelers regarding the risk of zika virus exposure. florida is declaring a health emergency. the state's warm climate, year-round mosquitoes and revolving door of international travelers make it vulnerable. governor rick scott compares the state's response to the zika virus to preparing for a hurricane. (gov. rick scott (r) florida) "we're going to get ahead of this. just for the worst and hope for the best." more than a dozen states now have confirmed cases --- including virginia. brazil says it is sending a set of samples related to the zika outbreak to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention. the decision is in response to criticism over the country's hoarding of disease data and biological material. brazil's health ministry says it just wrapped up zika field work with an american team. the country will ship two-thirds of the material gathered to the united states. brazil is the epicenter of a zika outbreak. organizers of the rio de have no intention of canceling the games because of the virus. we're working to help you avoid tr

of a central florida. state officials say they hope to avoid the problems they saw last year. the education department says it is fixed bugs, tested the system, have students take practice exams. leaders is a morrow county are trying to stay optimistic but they say they are ready -- seminole county have already noticed issues. let us know what you think. it is on the home page. >>> controlled burn out-of- control in volusia county sending flames. burn a couple of yards away from homes. checking for hotspots last night. attracted used to contain the fire got stuck and no one was hurt. >>> waiting to hear what caused the fire spreading of the deltona. officials say the fires started close to the tom hoffman park. no one was hurt in that either. >>> this is usually the time of the year you start to see more burns but we have been getting rain. >> so wet with el nio pattern every four or five days with the front and we had one today and this will be on the strong side with the threat of severe weather. tornado watch again up. crawling at the top of the screen. for marion and sumter. basically for all inte

department of education continues investigating claims. more than 1,000 of these claims were already paid out. now, just five of those were related to schools here in florida but what is tricky here is having that proof because you sign up for these things. you go through the years of schooling. you didn't keep the catalog where the promises were made, you can't prove it, you're on the hook for the loan sgland you probably sign -- and you probably sign up thinking you'll have the money and career to pay for the $80,000 nugget. >> not with an $8 office job from office depot. >>> an 8 on your side consumer alert. customers a bay area gas station need to monitor their bank accounts. authorities found another skimming device. this time at a marathon gas station in sarasota. a department of agriculture inspector discovered the device. investigators don't know how long it had been there. the last time the pump was checked was nearly a year ago. weekend there is a no drone zone for a boat racing event. organizers of the river regatta are worried it could pose a danger to speed boat drivers and concerned that they could get under way of helicopters looking for man

writing section of the test monday later today, education department has fixed bugs and had students take practice exams. we will stay in touch with the district across central florida let you know if there are issues. >>> the city of orlando expected to's cell a complex for firefighters where they were exposed to asbestos. the city selling the property a jacksonville development plans to replace it with low income housing and agencies to help with health care, child care and career services. >>> the eighth annual food and wine festival wrapped up in a beautiful day to be in lake eola sampling 50 domestic and international wines and food for more than 30 restaurants. hundreds enjoying food, shopping and live entertainment. >> food looks good. >> tomorrow's a big day for the brand orlando city soccer stadium. let's take a look at the construction site from sky witness 9. some of the walls taking shape. tomorrow a ceremony to commemorate the walls. or the start of the installation of the steel infrastructure. anything for a party. the stadium should be finished in time for the 2017 season. tv 27, sister station, the home of the orlando city soccer matches. it open the

florida senator is now in second place former students at the marinello school of beauty are searching for answers after the locations across the country, including here in reno. the u-s department of education says it will no longer provide student loans to marinello beacause the school was providing federal aid to students without valid high school diplomas. other complaints include marinellos under-awarded title- four-aid, and charged students for excessive overtime. the closure leaves more than 100-students scrambling for a place to finish their training. beauty school paul mitchell says it has talked to 25 marinello students and are willing to take even more. doug christensen/paul mitchell the school reno owner: "so i could feel their pain. i know they are going through a lot of questions, some hardship. i hope they stick with it because the cosmetology industry is the best industry in my opinion. i've done it for 15 years and i love it." nevada's cosmetology board will receive student hours from marinello and distrubute them to students. that will help with placement at local beauty schools taking through much of next week. this will keep dry conditions over the eastern sierra and west

and educate themselves about the danger and the consequences and to say just because something looks like candy doesn't mean it is safe. >>> detectives sent the package to the florida department of law enforcement for testing and wants to know where it was and >> i don't want for it to happen here. >> reporter: this case is under investigation. nobody has been charged at this time. reporting live. marisela burgos, abc action >>> now to breaking news in tampa. police investigating a shoot on sly avenue. officers found a man with a grazed wound to the face. detectives saying he is not cooperating with the investigation. >>> new developments on the zika virus. authorities confirmed two new cases in florida. two u.s. women miscarried after being infected with the zika virus. the women were being monitored by their doctors. the virus is being found in the placenta. something that is concerning to health officials. >>> tonight poke superintendent kathryn leroy looking for a new the school board accepting her resignation called to discuss her future. under fire since superintendent greg rivers accused her of harassment from which she was cleared. >>> people in the community supporting

florida department of health was created from an epidemic of yellow fever in 1889. our outbreaks have been local and of short duration. consistently the approach is three-fold. first, mosquito control, next public information, and third, professional education. we've seen success with containment of west nile, chikungunya -- to date, we have had no transmission of the zika virus in the state of florida. our department has reported 29 travel-related zika cases to the cdc, most recently from seminole county. a travel related case is one that was contracted outside the state prior to arrival. none of our confirmed cases of active zika virus involve pregnant women. we have, however, identified three pregnant women, who traveled to countries affected by zika and who likely had zika virus in those countries, and who have returned without any symptoms. they have evidence of remote infection with zika, and we are applying cdc guidelines to ensure that these women receive care through their health professionals consistent with those guidelines. we currently have the laboratory capacity to conduct over 4,800 viral tests for active zika and over 1200 antibody tests to it detect past zika infections. we've been conducting 300 tests per week and reporti

. >> health department says flu cases are on the rise local educators and ers tell us they have seen a huge spike in patients in the last couple of weeks. doctors and florida hospital said they cannot explain why it is late this year but over the last week they had seen a record 940 cases of flu. snow and cold imagery but we had several weeks to months of flu activity ahead of us but if you have not gotten your flu shot there's time. >> if you have flu systems, doctors say had -- you 48 hours to get treatment to fight the virus. if you have not gotten that flu shot there is tight. we posted a link for information on the vaccine on wftv.com click on web links on the home page. >>> we will keep an eye out for the afternoon update of the spread of the zika virus is such a florida. the florida department of health announced yesterday the case popped up is a morrow county so that brings the total case in the state to 29. brevard, osceola have one case and there are two in orange county. so far, all cases are travel related. officials say local mosquitoes have not tested positive for it yet. do your part to help by getting better standing water around spring for

from the department of education, human services, and the state's attorney's office will go before the look at exactly what happened. sabrina: that brought tornadoes to louisiana -- and florida on tuesday -- along the east wednesday... the storm mangled buildings and took even more lives. at least seven people are dead and hundreds of others are without power. mary moloney has more.. (nats) destruction marks the path of the storm. a laundromat leveled. and wires. (witness): "from all the power lines falling down, it was like a big ball of fire and all the debris kicking up coming directly towards me and my uncle." some --trapped in their cars -- helpless as the storm struck. (witness): "it was scary, my truck went up in the air. the glass started caving in on me. i saw everything coming in off the roof (witness): "all i could do was pray and pray and pray and the wind actually picked the car up and dropped us down and all i could do was tell my uncle i loved him and pray." a mobile home used to sit here. all that's left is the concrete base holding the steps. witnesses say the storm threw it across the street. at the time -- police say two men and a two- year-old boy were in

students take florida standards assessment to test it was a straight to teachers and parents have been questioning the validity of the fsa since the test debuted last year. department of educations is all students were required to complete at least one online practice test and every district earlier this school year. they say the practice runs help them to identify technical issues and tests all testing devices. most testing starts next month but students will begin testing next monday. >>> lawmakers in tallahassee expected to meet again this week to discuss a bill that will get a break to drivers who get in trouble. the bill has already passed house and senate committees. it will make it harder to non-driving offenses like not paying a fee. state lawmakers are also expected to discuss the resolution that will urge congress to officially declare a state of war against terror groups like isis and al qaeda. they are set to go over and $80 billion budget plan for the state. >>> a judge will decide today is a lawsuit filed by the families of victims in the sandy hook shootings will move forward. nine families and teacher are suing the company that make ar 15 rifles, the model used i

certain programs of education for purposes of educational assistance provided by the department of veterans affairs. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. i would ask that he can that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and add any extraneous material they may have on h.r. 2360, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. the post-9/11 g.i. bill provides student veterans with a wonderful opportunity to educate themselves for a job in the new economy. thousands of training programs and schools have been approved for use of this program that has benefited millions of veterans. unfortunately, there are some schools that are not simply providing quality education or training that sufficiently prepares students for jobs in their field of study. the commi

now the florida health department said we have a robust response to mosquitos, if someone has it or reported to have it. they will go out, spray. educate, look at other family members. the rest of us can try to reduce the mosquito population, draining, covering do all the things we know how to do. if you have someone coming back from one of the areas. it would be prudent to have them protect themselves from the bites, we know what to do. relive in florida. use repellent. use long sleeves. use the air conditioning. avoid the bites. and if you think about it. it is super important if you have someone who is threat or trying to get pregnant. >> we'll be talking about zika for a while. let's change gears here for a moment. about the effects alcohol can have on unborn children. what is going on here. >> they are say 3.3 million women between 13 and 44 are at risk of exposing someone to alcohol. they are really asking women if you have the capacity to become pregnant if you're not preventing it add can become pregnant avoid alcohol or have the discussion about contraception and preventing the pregnancy. one in five may be affected by alcohol f you see what a child with fetal alcohol

of those arguments. he has been memorize. jeb bush will tell you about reforming education in florida and it is fascinating area ben carson will tell you about running the narrow logical departmentt johns hopkins. they get three-minute time. charlie: let me ask you this. how are things playing out in new hampshire? donald trump was with us. he said one time is interesting. to invoke thee, same statement is ok. the third time is becoming questionable. fourth and fifth say something about the person saying it. hugh: donald trump is right. he is also a little bit wrong. message discipline is the most important factor in a presidential candidate. until you cross a line. what christie did was make him reset. you can't give the second part of the punch line. president obama did not fail because he is young. he fail because he is a leftist. interrupted,etting chris christie worked it expertly. rubio got off the map. he dominated the second half of the debate. google searches on his pro-life , which matters a lot, it scored off the charts. we in the media have done tunnel vision on those three minutes. the left loves those three minutes. hillary's people are trying to not rubio out of t

department of health and phuman services to improve plaboratories, launch educational rograms and establish rapid presponse teams. pabout 200 million would go ptowards research for a vaccine. p>>laura: a florida senate panel phas unanimously approved a pmeasure that would overhaul the pstate's death penalty sentencing pstructure. pthe proposal would require a punanimous decision from a jury pin order to impose the death enalty. plast month the u.s. supreme pcourt ruled that judges have too pmuch power under the current psystem. puntil the law is changed, the pstate of florida's nearly 400 pdeath row inmates remains in pquestion and one of those pinmates and michael king. phe was arrest -- he was pconvicted, rather, of abducting p21 denise lee from her north ort home and killing her in p2008. pking's lawyer has appealed the psentence saying it should be pchanged to life without parole. phe hopes that does not happen. p>> i don't think he deserves all pof these rights but that's not pthe way the system works. pi think about what denise went pthrough and what he did to her pand, you know, it's really tough pbut i understand there's a psystem in place and we just have pto respect that and hopeful

florida department of health was created out of a napa -- an epidemic from 1885. in moderate times they have been local of short duration consistently the approach is threefold with public information and education see success with the containment i will provide an update with an overview how florida has successfully applied the cdc guidelines to date there is no transmission of the zika virus through florida our department has reported 29 zika cases most recently from seminole county. to see that was contracted al said of the state prior to arrival none of the confirmed cases involved pregnant women. we have however identified three pregnant women who travel to countries affected by zika and likely have zika in those countries with symptoms to apply the cdc guidelines that they've received care through those health care professionals. without laboratory capacitor with those by real test for active zika in 1200 into body test that passed the zika infection. in with the public and our partners to recognize that increase of travel related cases that the '80s mosquito common in florida between micro supplely -- micron cephalus and what was most clear from that briefing is about transmission. in the

of those arguments because he has them memorized. jeb bush will talk about reforming education in florida. it's fascinating, interesting. ben carson will tell you about running the neurological departmentat johns hopkins. it's interesting. >> rose: let me ask you this about marco and the debate. however it's playing out in new hampshire. donald trump is with us on cbs this morning program. he said look one time is interesting and understandable. the second time to evoke the same statement about obama changing the country is okay. the third time is becoming questionable. fourth and fifth says something about the person saying it. >> well okay. donald trump is right but he's also a little bit wrong. message discipline isdh the most important factor in a presidential campaign. >> rose: until you look stupid. >> until you cross the line. what christie did was make him reset. because you can't give the second part of that punch line. president obama did not fail because he's young, he's failed because he's a leftist that's the second part. if you keep getting interrupted in the 90 second bell and chris christie worked it expertly. rubio got off the matt. he dominated the second half of the

the education department has worked to fix bugs and they have had students take practice exams. we will let you know if there are any issues across the state of florida. here you can see some of the walls are starting to take shape. tomorrow the team will hold a ceremony to commemorate the starting of the steel infrastructure. the stadium is expected to open next year in time for the 2017 season. >>> don't get that our sister station, wrdq 27 is the home. you can download our free wftv news app and check out the special page under sports. >>> a rocket is expected to lift off from cape canaveral tonight at 6:46. it will carry a communications satellite into orbit. this is the third attempt after to scrub technicians -- -- to scrub technicians. you can see it tonight. >>> we have meteorologist marina jurica in the weather great for launch.>>> it will be good for the falcon 9 launch and we will hopefully get it in before the oscars as 6:46 is the launch time. there are a few clouds out there and it is 95% probable which is awesome. like daralene said, you can oscars tonight. >>> it will be 73 degrees at 4:00 today for the high. it will be a gorgeous day

department of education or environmental protection issues. you cannot balance our budget unless you deal with that 83%. which i've been repeatedly talking about since my time in the senate, in floridalot of people like my mother who need those programs, by reforming the program for future generations. wolf, you did not get an answer to your question. this debt issue -- the next president of the united states will not be able to serve four to eight years without dealing with the national debt. it is not a question of if. it is a question of when we have a debt crisis. we should not leave the stage here tonight without hearing a serious answer from every one of us about how we are going to deal with the national debt once and for all. >> i'm being fair to all of the candidates. senator cruz, tuesday is five days away. why haven't voters seen your 2012, 2013 and 2014 returns? >> so, i've released five years of tax returns already. we will have two more years available tomorrow. and i would note that this question really goes -- donald says he's being audited. well, i would think that would underscore the need to release those returns. if he has said something that is false and that an