news channel 8's jen holloway is live in our tampa news center with the very latest. >> i'm going to take you now live to the city looking high above as a chopper flies high, a much different scene this we do know there are numerous officers patrolling throughout that downtown area. earlier tonight the thousands gathered inside the building were a mix of do or die trump supporters as well as those who came with an agenda to create chaos, so much so trump pulled the plug on the program through a campaign spokesman. >> mr. trump just arrived in chicago and after meeting with law enforcement has determined that for the safety of all the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena tonight's rally will be postponed until another date. thank you very much for your attendance and please go in peace. >> reporter: shortly after this announcement fists began flying between trump supporters and protesters. dozens of fights broke out both inside and outside the arena. immediately a large contingent of chicago police officers moved in to restore order among the scuffles

jen holloway in our tampa news we'll get to democrats in a second, but first let's start with gop and the new poll numbers. >> reporter: hi, kite. according to a new quinnipiac university poll donald trump -- keith. according to a new quinnipiac university poll donald trump trumps cruz in the primary. earlier today trump pretty much said game on to rubio. trump had quite the band of supporters with him today from sarah palin to chris christie and florida's attorney general pam bondy who endorsed the businessman. >> we need someone who is unafraid to lead and restore america to its greatness. >> reporter: all signs are pointing to a big win in florida for trump, but today marco rubio expressed confidence he will win his homestate. >> it's up to voters. voters are already voting. probably half the votes have already been cast and we feel really good about that. >> reporter: trump is not letting up his attacks on rubio >> i refuse to say it, right? i refuse to say little marco. >> reporter: and the protesters didn't let up on their attacks on trump. something sarah palin just couldn't ig

jen holloway is in the tampa news center. >> sportscaster erin andrews won a judgment against the owner of a nashville hotel and a stalker who secretly recorded peephole. on paper she is supposed to get 55 million, but in reality one expert thinks andrews will take home drastically less than the awarded amount. >> i do believe what more than likely is going to happen as the defense council is going to appeal and in the meantime they will probably meet with her plaintiffs lawyers and come up with an undisclosed confidential agreement in which amount. >> reporter: this attorney subjects the only money andrews will see -- suspects the only the hotel chain. >> the reality of it is she's not going to get any money from the defendant. he wouldn't have any. >> reporter: arline also suggests the defense counsel made a huge mistake trying to portray andrews as a victim. >> they attempted to somehow make the argument she benefited from this tape and i think that was a huge mistake from the defense standpoint because you can't measure the amount of embarrassment she feels on a daily basis. this is

that was jen holloway reporting there. right now the deputy's casket is on its way to massachchusetts. >>> closure for families of the victims killed in the terror in paris. the only surviving paris attacker, europe's most wanted is finally in custody. here's what we know: police captured him and for others he was on the run since the massacre in paris. the terror attack killed 130 people. investigators believe he is one of 10 isis members involved in those attacks. >>> in other news the baltimore ravens are mourning the loss of their defensive back killed in a bike crash in south florida. trey walker died at a miami hospitital. he crashed his dirt bike into an suv. you're looking at seen video. we're told he did not have a helmet or even the lights turned on. he was selected in the fourth round of the nfl draft by baltimore, and he was just 23 years old. >>> it's your vote. former gop nominee mitt romney is backing texas senator ted cruz. he's voting for cruz when he heads to the polls in utah. romney didn't use the word

. >>> i'm jen holloway. thank you so much for joining us on this saturday evening. tonight a pasco county man accused of breaking into his neighbor's home in the middle of the night is dead. the man started banging on the bedroom door of the woman who lives there. tonight she tells us how terrified she was. chip osowski is live at the sheriff's office. this had to be scary for that woman but somewhat strange, don't you think? >> reporter: crazy, jen. pasco sheriff naco held a conference earlier today saying his deputies did everything they could to save torrey robinson's life but he wanted no part of it. >> i was just about to turn my i was like, oh, crap, that's not the dogs. i woke up at 2:30, had one eye open, turned the light on and he was at my door. >> one can only imagine the fear that karen moore experienced, a man beating on her bedroom door trying to get in. at first she couldn't scream. >> i was yelling and nothing would come out. it was like a bad dream. nothing would come out. it took like four times. >> karen's son thomas rush ed to aid his mother. >>

i'm jen holloway. >> trump is the lead tonight. spending the day before the primary in tampa. he wrapped up a rally downtown. hanna is joining us at the tampa center. a lot of people -- some didn't get in. he draws a big crowd and he drew security today. on high alert candace. >>reporter: absolutely, keith. security was tight here after several events over the weekend where there were violence at his rally and on the stage behind me where trump was speaking, secret service had a tight perimeter while he was speaking. trump sparked out this convention center hall withstanding room only at the edges of the room. at the beginning, another endorsement. this time from bondi saying that she and trump had been friends for a long time, but trump had to stop his program several times. >> get him out of here. >> protestors yelling from the crowd as law enforcement quickly rushed to escort them out. trump spoke many times and -- home state tuesday. >> i don't know how he got elected. how did he get elected. can someone tell me? >> trump is coming off a week of controversy after one campa

jen holloway with details on this is a crazy story. >> reporter: never thought i'd cover one like this. here in florida, it's certainly not t unusual to see a gater in a retension pond, or even a lake at a golf course. but not in gator, rambo. he has his own room and even has a personal pool where he swims daily.y. he's by no means your average flororida gator. >> he sits on the couch. he knows how to work the remote, so he's just a house gator. >> reporter: his name? rambo. he belongs to mary thorn who considers this 125-pound reptile her friend. he has his own wading pool for when he wants to take a dip. >> he likes to dress. and see this, he's got my hair. that's because he doesn't want me to take him off my shoulder, >> reporter: she got a license e for rambo 11 years ago, when she rescued him. now rambo is more than 6 feet long. that is where the problem comes into play. to keep a gator this size, florida wildlife cold requires 2.5 acres of property, something mary don't have. recently, an inspector realized the problem during a routine visit. >> how tall is he? i don't know, he's

i am jen holloway. hundreds packed into the tampa convention center for a donald trump town ham. we are hours away from the presidential primary here in florida. a closer look at the batle between trump and florida senator marco rubio. >> reporter: trump this quite the band of supporters today from sarah palin to chris christie and florida attorney general palm bond by endorsing the businessman. all signs are pointing to paying win in florida for trump tuesday. a new poll shows trump's lead is expanding over florida senator marco rubio. trump with more than a 20 point lead on rubio. another poll showing rubio in third. >> and we'll find out. you'll see tomorrow. but i am not worried about any of that. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: despite the numbers, trump isn't letting up >> i refuse to say little marco. >> reporter: both trump and rubio have events planned in south florida tomorrow as the results come go. candace mccowan, news channel 8. >> trump supporters were greeted with protesters before the rally. things got pretty heated. spell bigotry. >> reporter: a war of words bet

jen holloway in our tampa newsroom tonight with the update. erin andrews knew this day was it was not easy for her or anyone watching. >> reporter: there was a very extremely emotional erin andrews today the daughter of investigative reporter steve andrews. on the stand she spoke about the pain those photos and video had on her life and her career. >> did you have any idea that you were being videotaped in your room? >> no. >> erin andrews broke down this afternoon as she told the courtroom the fear she experienced after the video was released. >> i was just screaming that i was naked all over the internet and i didn't know what it was and my dad was like -- he thought i had been in a car accident. he said why are you screaming and i'm just like dad, i'm naked all over the internet. >> andrews was distraught as she knew the video was of her, but she had no idea where it came from. >> they said we need to send it to you so we can get the fbi involved and get going. we need to find out who did >> erin's mother paula taking the stand talking abou

. >> that was jen holloway reporting. right now the deputy's casket is on its way to -- massachusetts for final interment. >>> the onlyly surviving paris attacker, europe's most wanted, is finally in custody. police captured him and four other people during a raid in belgium. all lips home was on the run -- the attacker was on the run. investigators believe he's one of 10 isolated -- isis members involved in the attacks. >>> trey walker died at a miami hospital. he crashed his dirt bike into an suv. we're told he did not have a helmet on or the lights even on. walker was selected in the draft by baltimore. he was just 23 years old. >>> moving onto your vote. former gop nominee mitt romney is back in texas. senator ted cruz is voting -- romney did not use the word endorsement, but he is encouraging republicans to strategically vote to stop donald trump. he said a vote for governor john kasich makes it extremely likely that trump would win. now both cruz and kasich arare responding. >> in my book when someone says i am voti

i'm jen holloway. >> trump is the lead tonight. spending the day before the primary in tampa. he wrapped up a rally downtown. hanna is joining us at the tampa center. a lot of people -- some didn't get in. he draws a big crowd and he drew security today. on high alert candace. >>reporter: absolutely, keith. security was tight here after several events over the weekend where there were violence at his rally and on the stage behind me where trump was speaking, secret service had a tight perimeter while he was speaking. trump sparked out this convention center hall withstanding room only at the edges of the room. at the beginning, another endorsement. this time from

. >> all right, a lead, jen rr holloway, thanks. noticing heightened security at airports and tourist degzination. mary mcguire is on vacation in london and we talked to her on skype about how the mood has shifted. >> this morning i went on a run through hyde park, the equivalent to central park in london, to new york city and there were guards, both at the front gates, getting into the park, and also walking in through the park and i had gone on a run when i first got here and that security was not there. my brother's girlfriend is visiting from milan, italy, and she flew and said she was asked just a multitude of questions she had never been asked before. >> mary tells us she is not changing travel plans and won't return early to the u.s. but she will give herself more time than usual to get through airport security on the way back. on the wake of the new isis threat specifically targeting uk >>> passengers at tampa international noticed more police while arriving, additional officers as a precaution after the attacksism more tsa agents were also on hand and several k-9 units. it is