jeff patterson joins us live in curtis hixson park. is the meeting still on? >> reporter: depends on who you talk to. the blogger says worldwide the meetings have been canceled but the mayor's office says it may still be on. curtis hixson park in downtown tampa is one of mayor bob buckhorn's favorite places so when an international website announced they were holding a meetup for people in favor of legalizing rape, he was outraged. it is vile. >> reporter: the website says the meetups are canceled but >> there has been some internet traffic and facebook traffic. we will be on top of it if it does occur. >> reporter: many people are not even sure if this is a real event. >> initially, i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: tampa tattoo artist john larson dig some digging and thought it looked legit enough to not go unnoticed. >> after the outrage went away, my immediate thoughts were that we had to do something to counter it. >> reporter: so he is organizing a counterprotest for diversity. should be held in the same park. at the same time. >> it is parent that w

. >> reporter: curtis hixon park downtown -- hixson is one of the mayor's favorite places. they were holding a meet for those in favor of legalizing rape. >> no need for this. it's a wild group. >> reporter: the website is posting that the meet ups are canceled, but the mayor is it does occur. >> reporter: on facebook and other social media sites, many people aren't even sure if this is a real event. >> initially i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: john larson did some digging thinking that it could be legit enough. >> to celebrate all walks of life in this case. >> reporter: the protest will be here 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. saturday night. jeff patterson news channel 8. >>> tens of thousands of current and former students at the university of central florida better keep an eye on their credit ratings. hackers have managed to access their personal information. the school says 63,000 students, staff, alumni are affected. the data that slipped out includes social security numbers. those affected should receive the notification next week. >>> holy hold up batman. side of the law. t

let's hear from james from hixson, tennessee who is an independent.aller: good morning, gentlemen. man,a retired military disabled after 22 years of active service. i would like to say that i favor donald trump. i want someone in their strong with leadership, not necessarily experience. we've had a lot of people in there with experience that have not done too well, particularly in congress. illegal immigration is one of the main things that concerns me because if we don't control who is coming into this country, nothing else is really going to matter. same thing with our military. our military has been downgraded and destroyed practically from where it was seven years ago. we need to build that military backup. too many threats in the world. also, isis, that is a big problem there. spreading all over europe, asia, and everywhere. our current president doesn't know what to do. host: games, think you for your comments. guest: james, thank you for your service. this is an unusual republican primary. nobody in this raises a military veteran. donald trump