. >> you have never seen a primary election quite like this in hernando county. what are you and your husband doing here today ? >> changing our affiliation >> from what to what ? >> from democrat to republican >> we are switching too >> from what? >> from democrat >> to change affiliation from democrat to republican. >> democrat to republican. >> more than 750 than 750 hernando county democrats, 15 lifelong that i spoke to today have switched their registration from democrat to republican. that is outpacing outpacing switches to democrat in hernando by more than double. and those numbers are just since the first of year. the reason most voters gave ... >> donald trump >> i really like trump >> i like what he says. we need some honesty. >> i found one independent switching his registration from >> republican to democrat >> all the negatives and bad words and the blaming i'm not there , they have gone too far for me. >> but the vast majority, even even if they will not supporting trump motivated to vote in the republican side on march 15. so it is a movement. hund

freeze warning goes until 9:00 citrus and hernando counties. bring the pets in, cover your plants and know that the freezing temperatures for a few hours will be likely in those counties. frost advisory is the one thing a little different. we do see it from time to time but it is pretty far south all the way into southern sarasota and southern highlands county. that is basically meaning that any visitation could get some frost on it and be killed overnight. sophie of money invested you will want to cover it or bring them inside. know that those areas where cars are parked outside of parking lots and not in grudges you could be scraping frost first thing in the morning. as contents temperatures continue to drop into the 40s 48 in tarpon springs, 51 safety harbor clearwater 51 and tampa. temperatures have not dropped much because the winds have covers. tonight will be in the 40s pretty quickly even in tampa and that is where you spend and then dropped even more for your wake up temperatures. here's how cold it looks to get , freezing possible even

citrus county, hernando county and pasco county for half an hour. then we'll see breaks west to east. western pasco county starting to bring up heavier rain around dade city. 5:36 and areas north of wesley chapel about 5:39 to 5:40. watching this come on shore here around areas south of the bay in manatee and sarasota county. likely remain fairly heavy and strong. haven't seen a lot of lightning or wind gusts 35 miles per hour. well below severe limits. over the next couple hours as we get into the evening commute trying to get evening plans made whether it is dinner or after school sports or get the day opening at the fair, which that forecast is coming up. long boat key 5:27 we have showers coming in. lakewood ranch 5:47. bigger view will show you it loses intensity after the first wave over the next hour to two hours. then it is just a steady rain. there could be pockets later this evening where the rain then starts to basically wind down mid to late evening. you can see cooler temperatures up north in the 50s. tonight wet roads will be around al

that's going to mean 30s around citrus and hernando counties. we will talk about that at 5:30 and we do warm to the 60s and 70s by the time we get to valentine's day. next decent chance of rain, right now looks to be monday next week. the day after valentine's day. one to keep up with the wind gusts and check on temperatures. we have a weather forecast and current conditions on that ten news app and get it on your phone at wtsp.com. in. >> digging deeper in the chipotle closure. i'm regional roundtree all new at 5:30. we are looking into what the fast-food chain is doing to make sure what you are eating is face. >>> a water crisis in flint, michigan and what the local men are doing to make a difference. >>> the carolina panthers are not the only ones looking back on what could have been. today on the road, you better not lose this fantasy league. >> those stories and more coming up next on 10 news at it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed

citrus, hernando county, you may be seeing a few showers. heavier downpours in citrus and hernando and seeing the lighter rain reaching the i-4 corridor. by 3, 4:00. downpours continue. by the time you're heading home most of the rain will be further to the south. the rain ends at midnight and boy, do we see cooler air. we drop all the way down to 48 degrees tonight. this friday will be cool and breezy at 62, i can say that other cold front comes through saturday night and that will keep us cool all next week. how about traffic on the 8's? j we're rolling along here through the lakeland area we have a nice drive on i-4. in fact, from u.s. 98, if you live in lakeland. you commute down in tampa for the morning drive. we have 23 minutes until you hit i-75 no delays. on 75 from wesley chapel out of pasco county. it looks good. finally got to check out the outlet mall. a 10 minute commute. let's go ahead and take a quick look at i-4. it looks fantastic. no delays there and also, 275 across the howard frankland bridge, it will only take you six mi

counties seeing light showers. that will get heavier. the heaviest rain is in hernando and citrus county. but manatee and citrus county is dry now given a half hour - 45 minutes will start to see rain get heavier. the planner for for today show's temperature still in the low to mid 70s that's when we see some sunshine as before the day ends. >>> tampa ranks number 4 in the country for the best piercy to make at the top. speemac usa today is holding a contest where you can vote for one of 20 cities. tampa is up against big ten cleveland, and philadelphia. >> we get to go on their vote >> yes. >> if you like your time you turn around there's a new brewery opening. hope you have a good day stay we are back with weather and apparently, people think i'm too perky. telling you that drivers tototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototo

. >> a crime alert out of hernando county. a man posing as a contractor is targeting seniors. get this. there could be as many as 50 reported yet. pasco county newsroom reporter casey shows you the shoddy work that landed the contractor behind bars. >> he is a thief. >> he ought to be in jails for at least ten years. >> they can keep hem there long enough. >> people victimized by dennis prairie. his picture is not shown because there's an ongoing investigation. there's 13 victims but could be more coming forward. >> within 24 hours after he put it down, it rained and everything washed down. >> this 77-year-old says prairie took off with one thousand dollars for repairs that was never completed. >> every time he did something he found something else. >> dasher said he never completed the work. half of the driveway got sealed. >> i made the mistake of giving him $200 up front and he never came back. >> legitimate business very seldom if ever is going to knock our door and ask to do work for you. >> the hernando sheriff's office recommends that you ask for references and search on

for citrus, pasco, hernando and sumpter counties. a wider mick picture. this area of low pressure, that's where you see the most rotation or threat for tornadoes and that's going to head to the north and east. you can see the threat for tornadoes exist basically from border back down into our area with the strongest storms in florida right now along i-10 east of tallahassee. and let me show you the forecast. this is already moving forward until 6:00 a.m. so notice, it's dry at 6:00 this morning. and doesn't stay that way for much longer. by 7:00, 7:30, starting to see the first storms coming onshore, mostly north of i-4, citrus, hernando and pasco and even portions of pinellas county this morning. and then the storms make their way south slowly. by 9:00 this morning, strong storms in pasco, hillsborough and pinellas. and look at citrus, you're already drying out by 9:00 this morning. by 10:30, the rain makes it into polk county and the manatee down communities. and -- manatee communities. and then afternoon, the rain exits quickly to the south and east an

county to the pnorth. pright up 75 going up through arts of georgia as well so pyou've got pasco, hernando, pcitrus, sumter county until p10:00. pthis is one of those watches, pthough, it's not going to last puntil 10:00 because once that pline moves through, it will pstart to drop some of the pcounties from the watch. pit doesn't mean you can't have a ptornado outside this box. pit doesn't work like that. pit just means that the best pdynamics are set up that in this articular spot is where we're pgoing to likely see one. p but the slight risk of severe pweather really goes from psarasota all the way up into the pcarolinas and where the pstrongest, largest storms are plikely to be today are going to pbe up in the northeastern parts pof north carolina so yesterday, pi'm sure you've heard there are preports of big storms in pdeadly storms, i think that pfocus will be in the carolinas pthis afternoon. pwe still have that slight chance pfor severe weather early on ptoday. pi think our threat will be over pquick enough this morning, pmid-morning to late morning that peverything will then shift to pthe east coa

and north here, still in pasco county, this is hernando county line, the pasco county line, but here on the edge, bay head road, all lanes blocked due to a collision. in the next report, traffic around the sun dome today as trump is coming into town. more on that coming up. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> the summer olympics are the biggest stage for athletes but some athletes may not go to the games. >> ahead, why they're thinking twice about competing. >>> plus, caught on camera. how low this woman stooped when she stole a package from someone's front porch. >>> and the pope makes a its kind meeting in more than 900 years. next, the significance of ba da ba ba ba >>> today the pope will hold a pope francis will meet with the russian orthodox church patriarch. it's the first time a roman catholic pope and a russian orthodox patriarch have met since the church split nine centuries ago. in about three hour, the pontiff is then headed to mexico. >>> and 8 is on your side in cuba once again as the u.s. considers lifting the cuban embargo. you will remember i was there thre

thinking, if there was a watch issued, and that's an if, if it was, it would be maybe citrus, hernando county northward. there's a decent chance of rough weather later tomorrow across the extreme northern sections of florida and even tonight for the panhandle. they will have a high probability of tornadoes. the line comes through by lunchtime. there will be gusty winds. maybe 40 to 50 miles per hour winds with the embedded thunderstorms and there is the possibility of a quick tornado. nothing close to what is happening in the deep south tonight. by tomorrow evening, it's over. northwest winds pick up and our temperatures will be almost 20 degrees cooler for high temperatures on thursday than they were today. so winter not done with us yet. from the storm prediction center. the yellow color indicates a slight risk of severe weather. even less than that for southern florida. we will watch this and we will be updating all night long. and ivan and shay and myself will also be here tomorrow morning just in case things get rough. at this point in time it appears that most of the damage and the real

that includes citrus, hernando, pasco counties. this is the cluster of thunderstorm activity that is about to move. in i must tell you it doesn't look that impressive to me so i think we're going to be in pretty good shape if this holds. but, we are having the potential of damaging wind gusts and gusty winds as we head through the morning. i don't see a lot of rotation here and i don't think it's going to be a huge deal as it heads into our northern neck counties. heavy rain, lightning and gone yes. a break in the middle and then i'm going to take you a little further south. there's the heavy rain that janelle has been tracking. that is going to be an issue. reduced visibility along 19, brookville as well. and this cluster of heavy thunderstorms, also has to work through. it may weaken as it does so but nevertheless here's the timing. 6:00 to 10:00 a.m., northern and then into central counties after 10:00 a.m., between 9:00 continues to shift to the south. the main threat as i see it now, damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes esp

not only do we have this time of your typical to get a freeze warning for citrus and leavy and hernando county this goes from around 3:00 a.m. 29:00 a.m. but on top of the freeze warning that is in effect the one thing we don't see all that often is a frost advisory. that is issued for basically everywhere northeast or south of tampa. most of the eye 75 and east but also including all of pascoe county. and northwestern hillsboro county. so as to see it run that far money invested in plants or vegetation you may want to bring them inside or cover them. notice some frost is possible on the windshield in the morning first thing until about 9:00 a.m. that goes all the way into southern highlands county. the reason will be the clear skies and the winds actually backing down to almost calm conditions right around daybreak. perfect setup to allow for frost to develop and allow temperatures to plummet tonight. so when you step outside this evening you won't have the wind blowing around as much is the last couple of days. you will likely see your breath especially late tonight and first thing in the mo

a great drive from hernando county. down to brandon, that's cortez road to highway 60, that will and now leigh is talking about the fog. i want to show a picture, you can see some in the distance, 10 minutes ago, it was so much thicker in the area. so it's moving around out there on the bay area interstates. and 275 at bearss avenue, looks much better than 10 minutes ago. that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> in breaking news this morning, a shooting investigation in manatee county. this is happening right now at 114th avenue east. this is a live picture. we know one person was shot outside of the duplex and we know investigators are looking for the shooter. stay tuned for updates throughout the morning. >>> this has everybody talking, the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver on the howard franklin bridge, allison huffman will stay there unless she can post a $750,000 bond. her record shows several past dui arrests and when we posted her arrest on soci

and we are seeing a light rain along the coast of the counties, citrus, hernando and pasco. heavier downpours in the yellow farther out in the gulf of mexico and that extends off of pinellas and sarasota counties as well. and this is part of a huge storm system on the backside, plenty of snow. this is the same system we have shown you video that's brought deadly tornadoes. and the area of low pressure where i expect most of the widespread severe weather to go and east which is why the storm prediction center has put a bullseye on the threat for severe weather today in north carolina, virginia and south carolina. but notice how this threat extends all the way down here, south of i-4. this is light green area placing us in the slight risk which is still a risk but not a stronger risk. so we have this strong winds that we could see with the individual storms. wind gusts that could bring down some limbs and even small trees and. then the isolated risk of tornadoes between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. i urge you, if you don't have the weather max app, it's free for your iphones and dro

that's good news in hernando county. and now polk county, an accident with injuries tying up lanes at moore road and dean still road at the intersection north of lakeland and also north of i-4 . andi-4 looks great into lakeland. and then pushing into ybor city. not seeing any delays as of yet. and we still have a little bit of overnight construction that should be in the process of still blocked underneath the veterans expressway. so if you happen to be heading out the door, take gunn highway and that will get you under the veterans expressway. and in sarasota, southbound i- 75, should be wrapping up this construction soon right at state road 70. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. >>> winds so strong, even walking was difficult here. >> yeah, a look at one truck's losing fight with the wind and what the driver had to do when he was forced into a tight spot. you're watching news channel 8 today. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) between making noise, (tapping sound)

if you see her, call the hernando county sheriff's office. weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. those winds are howling. we're still looking at 25 to 35 miles per hour winds. and when you throw in temperatures right now in the upper 50s to low 60s, officially you don't get windchills, the chart doesn't below. trust me when you throw in winds anywhere of this level gusting 30 to 35 miles per 15 degrees cooler. it's in the 40s. if you live along the coast, the winds have been even stronger. this evening the one difference tonight compared to last night is it won't be raining. by tomorrow night, we're talking freeze. at least for part of the area. we will talk about that coming up. >> thank you, denis. >>> a scam alert for you and your loved ones. callers are target elderly in clearwater. clifton french tells us how it is being done. that number on their medicare card is just their social security number. a new law has passed to change that. but it could be years before your social security number is removed. it start with a phone c

between 8, 9, 10, we'll see pockets of rain in hernando county. obviously this system is sinking to the south. by the lunch time hour, we're starting to see more rain making it further south into pinellas, hillsborough county and it takes it to the afternoon and evening for the heaviest downpours to make it into polk county and sarasota. tuesday was 82. yesterday tied a record of 84. this cold front arrives today and then we start to cool down. in weather and traffic on the 8's at 5:08. we'll let you know how much rain we're expecting today and leslee is here to let you know about the morning commute which is dry. i was liking the warm we. >> all right, all right. but we have traffic, actually traffic is not heating up. we have a couple of issues but it is a great drive if you're travelling through from lakeland heading out the door, no delays. howard frankland bridge,minutes to cross it. on u.s. 19 through palm harbor, state road 54 to tampa road. roughly a 15-minute commute. most their traffic heads south. same thing for u.s. 41. either direction

and this is right at the pasco county line not quite into hernando county. brooksville, up to speed. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. >>> the summer olympics are the biggest stage for athletes but some may not even go to the games. >> why they are thinking twice about competing. >>> plus, caught on camera. how low this woman stoop when had she stole a package from someone's front porch. >>> and the pope makes a historic visit for a first of its kind meeting in more than 900 years. next, the significance of >>> in your vote, republican front-runner donald trump will be in the bay area today. he is holding a rally at the university of south florida. that's where thousands are expected to turnout as we fast but not everyone will be pleased to see him. trump broke a lot of dreams when he planned to build a high- rise in downtown tampa and then fulled out at the last minute. and news channel 8's ryan hughes is live at usf. ryan, people are still feeling burned by that. >> reporter: 8 on your side talked

even to the north in hernando county the temperatures are warming up nicely, mid to upper 60s, we are going to move quickly into the 70s today, and all the way up to 80 degrees as the high. if you're taking a -- think arele dipping in the -- thinking of dipping in the pool it may be warm enough today. even warmer today than yesterday and there's a slight chance for a shower late today or into the evening. but the rain chances are still on the low side now. they are going way up ahead of our next front. i'll have more on that coming >>> 9:32. we're trying to get our hands on video of a man accused of attacking a passenger and two flight attendants while on a flight to florida. 36-year-old joseph sharkey could face 20 years in prison for what lawyers say happened on the jetblue flight from washington, dc to jacksonville. documents show sharkey put another passenger in a headlock and fought with two flight attendants before the plane landed. >>> a shootout in the streets of temple terrace has authorities on the hunt for two armed robbery suspects. the victim told 911 operators that he ha

this is pasco county, hernando county here. fortunately traffic is light so not seeing significant delays. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> we've been following this story all week. >> that's right. today is the day for one local superintendent to find out if she will keep her job. >> yeah, what the polk county school board could do later today in light of an investigation ignited by sexual harassment accusations. >>> see the dash coop footage of a crash that should have taken the life of a highway patrol -- dash cam footage of a crash that should have taken the life of a highway patrol officer. ambassador is presses on the u.n. to impose tough sanctions on north korea. rite now the u.s. and china are negotiations a new resolution. they want sanctions that go beyond north korea's nuclear programs. however, china worries the measures will cause the country's economy to fail. >>> and more than 50 inmates are dead after a brutal fight at a mexican prison. rival groups starte

a freeze possible for the morn counties, citrus and hernando. -- for the northern county, citrus and hernando. by the afternoon hour, winds will be lighter and it will be a comfortable afternoon. 60s. and into friday, high pressure continues to build in so it upper 40s. and by friday afternoon, get outside and enjoy it. it's going to be a comfortable afternoon but you will be all 60s. now notice we're tracking the next cold front. so as we head into saturday, the front moves in, not rain. what the front does, it doesn't allow us to continue to warm up. so we see temperatures hold weekend. so temperatures stay below average through the weekend. and into next week, not quite as chilly as it was today with temperatures in the 50s. so warmer in comparison but just below average for this time of the year. for this even, near 50 degrees, if you have outdoor plan, you will need the jackets this evening. and tomorrow morning, sunny sky, bundle up because remember the northern counties and inland areas will be in the 30s with possibly even some frost around for us as we head into tomorrow morn

the hernando county sheriff says he thinks con artists already victimized several people but still awaiting victims to come forward now. our eric waxler is heading there to talk to deputies. follow him on twitter to get >>> also now, pasco deputies on the hunt for this guy after a rash of car break-ins at one trinity community. they think this is the suspect that has been taking stuff from unlocked cars in the foxwood community. we're trying to confirm with deputies whether he's the only suspect or if more people might be involved. >>> 5:37. democracy 2016 -- donald trump may have the most republican delegates following his saturday win in south carolina's gop primary. >> but marco rubio certainly is not letting that stop his campaign. the florida senator crisscrossed the country yesterday holding events in tennessee, arkansas and nevada. rubio believes he will benefit most after former florida governor june better suspended his campaign. jeb bush suspended his campaign. >>> rubio getting a major hollywood endorsement from one of the wahlberg brothers two days before that state holds its ca

louis and hernando counties right -- warning for citrus and hernando counties right at the freezing mark. the upper 60s friday and saturday. and lovely for valentine's day, cooler, mostly clear, guys. >> lovely. >> yeah. >>> the count down is on to valentine's day. and we're exploring our feelings. >> ahead, the science of love and why we feel different at the beginning and then later on in a relationship. know what i'm talking about? >> no, but i can't wait to find out more. >> yeah. >>> and the way a bay area's pooch's case is changing the laws that govern our pets today. >>> it's 6:10. today. >>> happening today, the bill noun as padi's law heads to the governor's desk you will remember the dog that was supposed to be put down for biting a 4-year-old boy in bradenton. >> yeah, news channel 8's lindsey mastis joins us live from the tampa news center. >> reporter: gayle and gene, good morning. this bill would essentially change the way dogs are punished when they bite someone. right now, dogs in florida are suppose ised to be put down when they bite a human but the law would allow flexi

i think within the next hour, hernando county and continuing to press into pinellas county around noon. by the way, i have this posted on my facebook page so you can check it there if you want to check for your specific neighborhood. keep in mind this is a guide, it is not the rule. it is showing a little bit of rain here around ana maria island. >> the moisture is starting to build. by noon, we'll see afew scattered showers and it gets heavier and more widespread throughout the afternoon. that's where we start to get that fair, the state fairgrounds is getting a lot wetter. >> you probably want to bring an umbrella or a poncho or something like that or just have a backup plan and head in doors at the fair for a little bit until the rain passes. >> and then, it starts drying out after that. >> and cooling down by the way, our temperatures started off on the warm side near 70s. we top out 75. in, temperatures will start to lefl off or even fall. >> over night, we are in the 40s. 64 degrees is the hightomorrow. we remain in the 60s way into next week. we gotanother front over the weekend

dense fog advisories along the coastline from central pinellas to pasco and in through citrus and hernando county. across the interior counties. you could argue the visibility is zero near the coast. then visibilities drop across hillsborough and pasco county. then with the wind, you get the air coming in, more moisture, more fog. you have visibilityings across much of the area only about a mile, maybe less. by tomorrow morning, most areas reporting limited visibility. by mid- to late morning we're back to mostly sunny skies. plenty of moisture for the fog. a decent day. our next best rain chance is thursday into friday. fog is again and issue wednesday morning. the long-range models here, thursday morning we'll have seen rain coming through. the best chance of rain is thursday. then on sunday into monday, another shot of some rain. best chances, next wednesday into thursday. over the next ten days, you have three legitimate chances of some decent rainfall. even after the fog early in the morning, look at the afternoon highs, right back in the low to mid-80s. a look at the seven-day forecast, we

pasco, hernando county and citrus county. we'll take a look at your ten minutes. >>> hot spots at 6:00 on your thursday morning. good morning. i'm road warrior hilary zalla. there is an accident reported in san antonio on i-75 going northbound north of state road 52. i'm on top of that. good news veterans expressway is back opened south of gunn highway. coming up in less than ten minutes we'll look at drive times and have an update on your bridges. >>> good thursday morning. welcome to 10 news. i'm allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. thank you for joining us. >>> it is official. president obama will be the first president to visit cuba in 90 years. >> 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at tampa international airport. the president's trip could happen in march but soon all of cuba. >> reporter: that's right.

it is shortly after that, lunchtime for the nature coast pasco, hernando county and citrus county 12:00 to 1:00 the showers start. tampa south of sarasota it is 2:00 to 3:00. here it comes. some of the yellows and oranges will be embedded thunderstorms. severe weather risk is minimal today. the front comes through in the afternoon early evening hour. we start to cool things down. most of the rain is out of here by midnight. we'll start to slowly clear things out and cool things down. if you like it warm, enjoy this morning. 69 now. 76 midday before the rain gets here. cooling with the rain and the wind shift to the north and northwest. and picking up. it will be on the breezy side. if you are heading to the fair that rain times it out about 4:00 to 8:00. temperatures at that time will be fall back down to the upper 60s. boating forecast. small craft advisories are going up. two to three footers. when the wind shifts tonight it will push the seas up. here we go through the overnight hours. look at this. tomorrow morning 48 degrees. tomorrow a beautiful day. only 63 degrees. next rain c

however, northern hillsborough, most of pasco, especially east of us-19, hernando and citrus counties, small areas will drop down to about 32 degrees. finally we have a change arriving for valentine's day weekend and we will talk about that in a couple of minutes. >> a teacher in citrus county is on unpaid leave while the district investigates claims that she hosted a party for students that included drugs, alcohol and sex tips. josephine has been with the district for ten years and has since being hired. all of the schools are detailed behind me. her latest transfer landed her at citrus high school where she is accused of hosting a party for the student at her home. eric waxler is live for us tonight with the latest on that. eric. >> reporter: jamison, here at the citrus county school district offices, they interviewed 15 of the 40 or so student that's were at this teacher's home for an ugly sweater party on december 12th. you can see right here the written statements from those students. some of them say that she knew exactly what was going on. back in december, joes fee hosted a ho

let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: hernando county sheriff's office is looking to identify this woman. she was found cortez boulevard back in *1972! investigators have reconstructed her face using clay, in hopes of finding some leads. they believe she traveled to alabama or north florida before her death and was between the ages of 30 and 40. she was found wrapped in a bedspread with this distinct pattern. anyone with information is asked to contact hernando county sheriff's cold case detective. 3 ((walter one of the teenagers who broke-out of a juvenile detention facility in tampa more than a week ago... is back in custody. "anthony bays" is from georgia... and authorities *thought he was headed back there. but no, they found him in a vacant house in st. petersburg... after getting an anonymous call about "suspicious activity." the teen surrendered and asked if they'd caught "the other guy" yet. he was referring to anthony cook... and no they haven't. cook is from st. pete, and they think he might still be in the area. both teens were being held on 3 military's mo

the freezing warningis in effect until 9 a.m.. >> citrus and hernando county. ies. >> by lunch team at 59 with less sunshine sdp winds today. and winds today >> we should warm things up where we should be this time of the year which is low 70s. see you in a fewminutes. >> still ahead this morning, caught with a gun on the school bus. the other disturbing items a teenager had with him just before this shocking arrest that's now making national news. good morning everybody, we have some work going on on golf boulevard, south of the st. pete beach of a water main break and low pressure to resident in the area. s in the area, that has been restored. they are workingto fix the >>> 6:30, upper 30s. the story is much the same across the entire bay area. >> if you got some thick sweaters or jackets or whatever you got for cold weather. >> pull it out and make sure you put it on today. >> we are talking about a freeze warn ing warning temperatures this morning in we arenow dropping in the low 30s. >> that's what we have been across hit tourist and citrus and hernando th

call the 3 also in hernando county: deputies say *dozens of targeted by scam artists. come forward... to help keep these guys locked up. deputies say dennis prairie and marion brown were probably tell from this video... they did some shoddy work. but they still made off with several hundred know of at least 13 people scammed by these guys , but they think there may be as county alone. plus in pasco and hillsborough county. 3 hernando deputies say the pair got away with 8-thousand- dollars. they've been charged with grand theft. prairie is also facing charges in missouri. 3 topping national news today: next stop... nevada another big day for the republican presidential candidates. that state holds it's g-o-p caucuses, in just a few hours. and just like last weekend, this could be another battle... for runner-up. and that's between ted cruz and marco rubio 3 just like south carolina... donald trump is holding a big *lead in nevada, according to recent polls. he's been getting almost *twice the votes as his closest competitor... ted cruz. marco rubio is a close third. it's still not clea

hernando county deputies just showed off a *huge drug bust on monday. during a two-day operation... deputies seized meth, marijuana, cocaine, mushrooms and hydrocodone pills. more than 40 people were arrested... and 56 tickets were given. 3 in pinellas county: deputies are searching for five thieves ... who *really wanted their gray goose vodka. they shoved the bottles down their pants! this surveillance video is from the publix on walsingham road in largo. deputies released three video clips that show four men and one woman .. stealing ten bottles of gray goose... worth about 27-bucks apiece. the men used their pants as a hiding place... while the woman used her purse. they're still on the run. if you recognize them... call the pinellas county sheriffs office. 3 jury selection is now underway in tennessee... over a case of celebrity stalking. and the victim is a tampa native. 3 fox sports reporter "erin andrews" filed a 75-million dollar civil lawsuit against marriott hotels. she says "david barrett" filmed her through a peephole in her hotel room door. it happened at the marriott

the hernando county sheriff's office is investigating but cannot release details as to how many victims all the cases still open. mario antonio -- mario told them they still needed a new ac. they called another company and found out it was just a wire that needed to be replaced. now, the ac works fine. >> reporter: on getting ready to speak to the owner and we will let you know what he has to say coming up tonight on abc action news at 5 o'clock. reporting now from the now tampa bay . >>> news of the appeals court is ordering enforcement of the states 24 hour waiting period for abortions. victims of rape, incest, domestic abuse or human trafficking. restraining order or similar documentation. that law was passed last year >>> a look at white our already expensive health insurance could cost more. and of course, it sounds like it is because of fraud>> fraudulent dealing, the biggest issue here. this is according to the government accountability office. it finds that more than 40% of fraud cases, people got help actually get. another 25% in five cases of getting billed for services they d

in hernando county. a court. a car overturned on northbound i 75 just after cortez boulevard. lanes blocked in both directions north and south. let's go live to sky tend network camera in polk county. there's a fatal accident happened here on i4 still blocking inside lanes both directions east and west. were starting to see some delays so coming up we will have drive times and we will check out bridges into tampa. >>> a tampa woman is behind bars or is being held in jail without bond after detectives say she hit and killed a man on

ptornado watch, pasco, hernando, pcitrus county and areas north. pthe lion share of the severe pdon't want to see it anywhere pbut it's going to be up here in pthe carolinas where there's a pmoderate risk for severe weather pvery close to the raleigh area. psarasota, this yellow color here pnorth, that's your slight risk pfor severe weather. pso while these storms move ponshore, one or two could roduce wind gust in excess of p50, 55 miles an hour and an pisolated tornado. pclose watch on the radar, don't plet our guard down until that pline is through. pit should be through the whole pviewing area of before lunchtime ptoday so we're getting it out of pthe way early but you're also in pthe heart of the morning commute pso that's a huge concern for eople on the roads. psome of those gusty winds are pcoming through. pit's mild, there's no doubt pabout that. pfeels like a summer morning out pthere. pit's 72 degrees. pthe winds, look at the winds pthat are kicking up 21 to 24 pmile-per-hour winds straight out pof the due south this morning. pas the fron

hernando county. in pinellas county, hillsborough county, still light to moderate rain. further south, you can see the showers in the western part of venice. southern sections of minnesota county. folks in polk county, you will see some rain, but not as strong as the folks on the coast have seen. at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, slow warmup. much cooler. this cold front causing all this rain will drop temperatures as much as 20 yesterday with that record high of 84. 45 degrees under clear skies at 7:00 a.m. 60 in the afternoon. nice day, sunny day. also a breezy day. temperatures are changing from northwest to the south as you can see. as the cold air makes progress. 80 still in segring. you folks will cool down. but the temps are quite cool. gusting in sarasota. saint petersburg. lit be windy tomorrow. the windchill over the next 24 hours will continue to fall here into the overnight hours. feels like temperatures upper 30s in the northern spots. there is our cold front. the natural instability. the temperature range causes the showers and the thunderstorms. not anticipateing th

>> reporter: the hernando county sheriffs office is investigating. when we stopped by mario's he was not there but his lawyer said he has done nothing wrong and it's a family evened business. but guzman thinks he was tarted because of his age and he wants to help others. >> i hate that and i do not want it to happen to anybody else. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon sunny but it's chilly for people in florida at this time of year. it's going to be in the 30s tomorrow morning. into 30s across our northern counties. there may be some frost in the northern counties. but when the sun comes up the temperatures begin to climb. i will tell you all about it in the next few minutes. >>> we are taking a look at the roads. is it looks good. our traffic reporter gives us a look at what we can expect on the roads this weekend. >> we have two construction projects happening in pinellas county that could slow you down. the first is the second phase of a repair project. they finished the work on court you want t

petersburg and up into citrus and hernando counties. now the fog will last through 10:00 a.m. on land but there may be sea fog that lasts all day and that could conceal some of the coastal areas as well. on this groundhog day, it will feel like an early spring, muggy, 80 this afternoon, 68 degrees tonight with more fog. i will let you know when the rain chances increase coming up. >>> here's a look at the fog. fowler avenue. into downtown tampa. and a quick look at 275, not too far away from the skyway bridge. travel times for you on 75, despite it being foggy here, we have a good commute, six minutes between 301 and i-4 and from bearss avenue to i-4, roughly a 10 minute commute on 275. and a foggy drive across the bay area bridges but no delays as you move across the waterways. announcer: it's game night! the only question that needs answering is what meal to make that everyone will love? how about an easy to make pasta with a medley of delicious florida vegetables? pick up some fresh florida zucchini, beautiful golden squash, plump tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic. dice, saut

you're probably seeing it out there right now around citrus and hernando county. this will slide into the atlantic. that will moderate our temperatures today while we have that northerly flow. a more northwesterly flow during the afternoon, but sunny skies and looking good. less winds today. as the winds come around, we'll get into the easter flow and that will moderate our temperatures. here's the front still well to our north. that's not a player into our forecast until wednesday where we'll see scattered showers. today at 4:00, probably see a high of 64. going out early this evening, a sweater, jacket. temperatures in the mid-50s for the early evening hours, but going lower into sunday morning with a low of 45. today is an 8 for your beach forecast. tomorrow, will certainly be a 10. things holding back the 10 today. we'll see the cool temperatures. right around the shoreline, close to the water -- there's your warmup here taking you through the next couple of days. rain chances kind of look slim with the next frontal system. it won't be as vigorous as the last

heading north will actually be hernando county, so a chilly start to the day. tomorrow is a day of love and valentine's day, we are looking at a high of 68 degrees, sunshine and a nice day for all of the lovers out there. president's day monday, 75 degrees. rain moves in late monday night. check that out, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine for the rest of the week. >> we're okay with that. >> i think that's good. >> we have one day of rain, the grass is happy and everybody's happy. >>> coming up next in sports, the lightning capped an amazing comeback friday night, but where are they in today's nhl standings. we'll tell about you that. >>> it is time for the engines to hit full speed in daytona. tonight's nascar race kicks off speed week. >> plus, here's what you'll see monday morning on newschannel 8 today. >> watching every move you make. i'm gale, and i'll tell you why dash cams are becoming more and >> reporter: don't forget to wake up with weather and traffic on the eights on newschannel 8 today. by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem t

temperatures in the 30s right now so there are some chilly spots in polk county and citrus and hernando counties. here is your valentine's day forecast. we'll reach the high temperature of 70 around 2:00 p.m.. a lot of sunshine, a few more clouds around dinner time. 665 degrees. 10 p.m., 60 degrees, dry all day long. it looks like a good day right now. clear skies across tam ba bay, looks good -- tampa bay. looks good. hardly any rain. storm system back in parts of kansas will move east ward and carolina and virginia with sleet, freezing rain and snow as we head into monday morning. pretty quiet here at home. this front will drag through our area monday night and into tuesday morning bringing ace few showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two. it will be history by early tuesday afternoon. again, a closer view, this morning, sunshine, kind of chilly, this afternoon, partly cloudy skies, a high near 70 degrees, so a nice looking day. tomorrow we'll have a few more clouds, maybe inland shower or two. high temperatures in the middle 70s. that front moves in monday night and tuesday morning bringing us

. >>> hernando county deputies questioning a person in a stabbing. custody this afternoon. the victim was discovered after a car crash. police then started coming through a home nearby but no other information has been released. >>> tampa bay former top cop could soon be watching over miami. he would serve as an independent monitor as part of a civil rights settlement with the department of justice. he would be responsible for reporting on the progress every month until march of 2020. >>> soon getting busted with small amounts of marijuana in tampa may not be a big deal. in ordinates would only apply to adults who possess 20 grams of marijuana or less. the current system requires the board is for that office is right a ticket to a violator with no jail time. >> the concern is that children and young adults would get the run message. >> the goal is to give people an opportunity not to be incarcerated. >> councilmembers could vote as one as march 3rd. >>> a congressman calling for a birth control to be taken off of the market. we have been warning you about a sure for years n

we have freeze watches in effect for citrus and hernando counties. we are expecting some 30s around the bay area too. i'll talk i'll talk about how chile will get in your neighborhood tonight. >>> north korea recently executed its army chief of south korean media outlets are reporting the army gen. was executed last week. this latest controversy north korea's military ranks comes amid international condemnation of north korea's launch of a long-range rocket on sunday. >>> new video showing a drunk passenger being forced from an alaska airlines plane after had to make an unscheduled landing in denver. he apparently got upset when flight attendants up really try to keep them from drinking more. the. the man started making threats we don't know if he faces any charges. demolished part of a local hospital turned into a lifesaving training drill for first responders. nearly 100 local firefighters took over the palms of pasadena hospital in st. pete for this drill. the firefighters come from five local agencies. they conducted a search and rescue exercise

low 40s for us around citrus county and hernando county from inverness and crystal river to pasco county, hudson, zephyrhills and wesley chapel. bradenton and sarasota a nice chill in the air. day break 49 degrees. not as windy. same for venice and north port 49. couple degrees cooler lakeland to haines city and fort meade. forecast for saturday 47 to start. quite a bit of cloud cover. we will turn mostly cloudy in the middle of the night. isolated shower is possible. more on that in a moment. we are also expecting high temperatures a touch warmer than today. around 66 to 67. the winds not as strong tomorrow. still a decent breeze. moderate chop on the bay. northwest winds 2 to 12 knots. note is as that trough digs over the gulf and as that low starts to spin up from the keys over to west palm beach we are between the two. sunday morning a couple showers in the mix. we are clear and skies are done. beautiful and clear for your football celebrations on sunday evening. just know that a brief shower is possible. especially 6:00 a.m. to noon on sunday. nothing big. nothing like yesterday's r

this is east towards odessa over towards much of hernando county as well. there is plenty more continuing. so, bottom line, this evening we will have a lot of rain up there. it will continue until 8:00. in the northern counties. wait until tomorrow morning. we are talking wind chills, i will have the details coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> taking a live look at the roads -- taking a live look at the roads right now. fortunately there to -- unfortunately there is some traffic out there. because of the rain. here is janelle martinez. >> reporter: in brandon we have one more day of this real- world project that railroad project that is causing a lot through tomorrow. the ultimate continues to be 301 and interstate 75. also, san antonio we have a an overnight closure tonight. state road 52 will be closed right at interstate 75 until 6:00 tomorrow morning. you will still be able to get onto interstate 75 you just can't go straight through. it will take you onto the interstate and back around to get back off at state road 52. in case you have not heard the s

. >>> we're also following news in hernando county where a brush fire has broken out.>> crews shut down both legs of highway 19 to the citrus county line. it just reopened minutes ago. we are told that the fire stretched 40 acres in a heavily wooded area. it appears no buildings are at risk right now but they have evacuated. >>> tonight, remembering a bicyclist that was killed by a hit-and-run driver. >> it has been two weeks and police are still trying to find the driver involved in the accident and who fled the scene.>> terra -- kira joins us live. that cyclist was riding along the boulevard when the accident happened. 26th and eighth street when a car hit the backside -- between sixth and eighth street when a car hit the backside here the car is a late-model silver toyota corolla which would have been heavily damaged on the right fender and headlight. but the driver did take off from the scene of the accident and police have not been able to locate that driver ever since the crash first happened. his funeral was held earlier today individual will be underway right here at the crash s

danger coast, citrus hernando county underthe freeze warning at 9 a.m.. >> they have been at freezing. right along thecoast, we don't have a worry here with the water influence there. >> the moderating of temperatures, a little further to the east and then head to the eastern manatee, that's when we'll have temperatures in the mid-30s. >> that'll be continuing over >> you work your a way inland- -very chilly and no question about it. by this afternoon, we'll warm things up and by lunchtime without the wind, 59 is going to feel mighty nice comparing to what things are right now. >> temperatures will get into the lower 60s and we are not done there and we'll begin to warm things up over the next few days, first, we'll have to get through this morning and a lot of folks are using their seat warmers on high, no question about it. freezing stuff out there literally. >> yeah, mine has three levels it was on all three. the winds have really died down from yesterday or the day before when we have those dry winds. now,back to normal and up top speed, six minute to get across the howard frankli

men are please call the hillsborough county sheriffs >>> a large brush fire burned 30 acres in hernando county this afternoon, coming within yards of some homes. no homes were damaged but several people did evacuate voluntarily, they are back in their homes tonight. >>> the florida forest service will monitor the smoldering throughout the night. neighbors got quite a scare. >> they came clear out to the road here so we were pretty worried. we couldn't get through. we had to take a bag route through the woods. >> the forest service says they are investigating the cause of that fire. >> a big night at ybor city tonight, the gasparilla pirates and illuminated night parade. floats and marching bands made their way down 7th avenue costumes, tossed beads. >> we're just going to have fun with it and like i said, we're the grand marshals so we're the top dogs, we have to come with our a game. i'm excited what's going to happen. >> be careful kevin, you don't want to throw your arm out before spring training. the knights of santiago has sponsored the parade since the 1970s. >> coming up, do you know yo

of a quarter of visibility and citrus and hernando county. it maybe amorning where you try to get half hour earlier head start than the normal day. you may want to to get the alarm clock. >> we understand will be nice >> you got two more days and temperatures will top out 80 we'll be looking at scattered showers and storms. late sunday and of course, super bowl night, it will keep you up on the latest with that system. >> a great way to do that is >> download the 10 news app if you have not done so already. >> we know your life is 24/7 so you can get our app and get the latest radio outlook any time you take a look. >>> so you heard of the low carbs diet. >> how about the chick-fil-a diet? >> i love this. >> count me in. to celebrate a healthier new year, thefast food change is adding smaller meals like an eight county of their grilled chicken nuggets every three hours. the internet is weighing in on this suggestion. >> the grilled nuggets from 40 calories and three grams of fat for smoothie. promise to each other and we'll go from there. >>