the funeral service is happening in lutz. deputy john kotfila was killed by a wrong-way driver last saturday. >>> eight people are getting help from the red cross this morning after a fire at an apartment building in tampa. someone living there was doing some sort of electrical wiring. overnight in the attic. thankfully though, everybody is okay. >>> and lots of eyes on this closing arguments in the hulk hogan sex tape trial. terry gene bollea is suing gawker for $10000 million. the website published a a sex tape shohowing him with the ex- wife of a tampa-based radio personalty. >>> we will have more local news in a few minutes but always important in the mornings, the weather leigh. >> that's right. and it's really not too bad this morning. we don't have the fog that we have had the past couple days but there are extra clouds and temperatures if anything are cooler than yesterday. i mean, still above average but it's cooler. 57 in zephyrhills. 64 plant city. 64 clearwater. 68 in bradenton. 70 in tampa. and notice the extra c

it's happening in lutz. crews will close the highway near crenshaw lake road to repair the railroad crossing. commute time. and residents are afraid that it will become a safety issue. let's go to leslee lacey for detours. >> what's going on here, folks. lots of issues today but let's talk about this u.s. 41 issue. look at this, already starting to see delays here. it's all due to the construction that gayle was talking about. is also known as nebraska. okay and then crenshaw lake road, that's where they have the closure, that's also known as witaker road. take dale mabry highway, north here in hillsborough county, dale mabry looks really good. 41 at crenshaw lake, already the area. campbell causeway. i hate to talk about the courtney campbell causeway because it's a mess right now, folks. all of the westbound lanes completely blocked. we've got an accident involving a semi-truck there. a pole is down in lanes. and guess what, not only can you not get by westbound, only one lane eastbound. take that howard f

in lutz. you will remember john kotfila was kill bid a wrong-way driver last saturday. >>> eight people are getting g help from the red cross after a fire at an apartment building in tampa. someone living there was working on electrical wiring

timothy catholic church in lutz later today. now the deputy, of course, died in the line of duty last weekend on the selmon expressway. and now according to a witness, deputy john kotfila drove his cruiser into the path of a wrong-way driver to prevent that car from hitting other cars that were going in the right direction. the deputy and the wrong-way driver both lost their lives in the crash. deputy john kotfila is remembered by his fellow law enforcement officers as a man who wanted to make a difference. >> john made us better. he made this program better. he makes this sheriff's office better. . and he's going to be missed. >> reporter: family, friends and law enforcement officers from hillsborough county and across the bay area will attend his funeral later today. now that funeral will begin at watch it live on wfla tv as well as on our website, wfla.com. >> an emotional day ahead, josh. thank you. >>> it's 5:35. happening today, closing arguments in the hulk hogan sex tape trial. terry gene bollea better known as hulk hoga

in lutz. you will remember john kotfila was kill bid a wrong-way driver last saturday. >>> eight people are getting g help from the red cross after a fire at an apartment building in tampa. someone living there was working on electrical wiring sparked overnight in the attic. thankfully everybody is okay. >>> and closing arguments in the hulk hogan sex tape trial are scheduled to begin today. terry gene bollea, he is suining gawker for $100 million. the website published a sex tape showing him with the ex- wife of a tampa-based radio personalty. >>> more on that story y and others in a few minunutes. but we want to check on ththe weather as we head into the weekend, leigh. >>> temperatures are maybe in some places a degree or two cooler. 60 in brooksville. down to 58 degrees in zephyrhills. still well above average but cooler than yesterday. 65 bartow. 61 currently in apollo beach. and patchy clouds across the area already. and i think we're going to see more cloud cover throughout the day than

timothy's church in lutz at 1... with an open visitation starting at 11. and if you're moved to make a contribution in the deputy's honor, i'll tell you how you can do that coming up at 5:30. live in ybor city, emerald morrow, 10news, wtsp. the funeral is private, but the family is allowing a camera inside. if you would like to watch, we will be streaming it on our app. right now, tampa police are searching for a 10-year-old who ran away from home. they say carmarion preyton has a medical condition and does not have his medication on him. he was last seen in the area of 11th street and juneau street wearing a red, black, grey colored shirt and black shorts. if you see him, call tampa police. the political showdown over the new supreme court nominee continues this morning on capitol hill. merrick garland is expected to continue making courtesy calls to senators today, a day after meeting with key democratic leaders. republicans opposed to granting him a confirmation hearing. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell labe

there's a railroad closed on highway 41 in lutz. it's going to impede people fromet going to the polls. we're going to be watching things all day, watching our polling sites, making sure everything is good, electricity, the normal things. >> reporter: anything else you want to make sure voters know before they head out today? >> the biggest thing they need to know, today on election day you must vote in the precinct that you live in. so if you're unsure of that go to our web site at votehills borough.org or call 813-744- 5900. bring a photo signature id, a driver's license is the easiest one. again go to the web site to find the other forms of identification. >> perfect. best of luck today and all the information he mentioned also link to their web site, ours is abcactionnews.com. polls open 7:00 a.m. so a little less than an hour away. back to you. >> if you would like to vote but need help getting to your polling place hart buses in hillsborough county and scat buses in sarasota county will let you ride free of charge, today only.

pright now his body is being psaint timothy's catholic church pin lutz. pa public visitation is planned pfor 11:00 this morning until p1:00 with a funeral following pimmediately after that. pfox 13 is carrying that service pand deputy kotfila will be pburied at his home town in pmassachusetts. p>>laura: we understand that his pbody is just a few moments away pfrom being at the church in lutz pwhere many, many members of law penforcement will be there, not pjust from the hillsborough pcounty sheriff's office but all pthe surrounding agencies, many ptravelling a long way to come pand pay their respects which is ptradition and a very, very good pone. p>>russell: we're seeing the pselmon. phe placed his car, pushed his pcar in between another wrong-way pdriver and another and saved the plives of two other people. p>>laura: the crash scene, they pwaited to find out who the pdeputy was. pwe found out he came from a long pline of law enforcement officers pand his father, his uncle and pmany members of his family. pit's tradition for them. pit's so sad, especiall

and emoji man says this will be great weather >> we'll start out in lutz. we have a collision but it should be wrapping up. this is dale mabry. keep that in mind. a lot of pop up trouble spots out here. u.s. 41 at leland avenue we have . >>> good morning. welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. in our top stories this morning after two weeks in court, the erin andrews lawsuit is starting to wrap up. today, both sides will give their closing arguments. the sports broadcaster is suing a man who secretly took nude videos of her at a hotel in nate and the marriott allowing them to book the rooms right next to hers. >> a high school brawl has parents pointing fingers. miss handling her son when a fight broke out at east bay high school. the father is giving his side of the story. >> she said i slammed him and i tripped him. you can clearly see me tripping over the kids sneak sgler the father is saying the school resource officer didn't do enough to protect the teens. >>> florida loose largest -- florida

. >>> a traffic alert for drivers that use u.s. 41 in lutz. avoid the area near cen vaw lake road for the -- crenshaw lake road for the next two weeks. there's going to be a lane crossing. you will be detoured using florida avenue, bearss avenue or dale mabry highway. he -- fdot says access to area businesses will remain open. we have more on our abc action news mobile app. >>> there's a desperate search for a 13-year-old girl who may have been kidnapped. texas authorities issuing an amber alert telling reporters that the teen is in grave danger. all this after deputies found the body of adrianna coronado's father burned in a rural area. detectives believe he was shot and set on fire. been with him when he was killed. authorities aren't releasing details about any potential suspects or motive in this case. coronado was last seen two days before her father's death. >>> funeral plans are now set for the hillsborough county deputy killed in a wrong way crash in the selmon expressway saturday. the funeral service for deputy john kotfila will be fr

organizers say about 4,000 people came to saint timothy's in lutz to pay their respects to the officer. there were tears, laughs, stories about his favorite buddy dexter who is on the program here. they say it was a celebration of his life. [music] the lord is my shepherd >> reporter: deputies from near and far and state looking for comfort. like this. >> reporter: priests giving words of hope. >> by his life, many great things came about. >> reporter: friends and family sharing sorrow owe and stories about his life. >> to him, every day was a new opportunity to right a wrong, catch the bad guy, or save a life. >> i need and want everyone to know just how hardworking, honest, loyal, brave, strong, compassionate, intelligent, proud, independent and all brother was. >> he was a friend to those he served with. >> reporter: people in hillsborough county can rest easier knowing there are deputies like him on the street. >> i'm proud and honored to call john a hero today. he deserved it and earned it. like many of the men and women in this room, he was not defined by one moment in time. who

let's look at the lutz area. just a quick reminder here, we have about another week left of this u.s. 41 closure at crenshshaw lake which is also whitaker and that's going to be closed through next friday. i still some call, what's going on here? it's railroad crossing repair work. that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to adrienne and gene. >>> we have an 8 on your side safety alert you need to know the about. trend that's now skyrocketing in several bay area counties. news channel 8's paul mueller has the video you will only see here on news channel 8. >> reporter: well, good morning. clearwater police say they have never seen anything quite like this, even a handful of new cases yesterday and this morning, a warning this could be just the beginning. >> how long ago did you smoke spice? what's your name? >> reporter: clearwater cops called here to the parkrk. it's the place where a whole lot t of people are overdosing on spice. >> what's your name? >> my name? >> yes, your name. >> reporter: they ca

. >> reporter: on its website, alliance claims to manage five charter schools including lutz prep. ballutes prep and another school say that is dead wrong. and a third school on the list is not even open yet. >> it is sad. just feels like we are getting lied to constantly. >> reporter: getting three out of five schools wrong on your own website brag list sounds like a failing grade to us. >> well, i can't. you know. comment on that. >> reporter: i understand. but as a principal, if a student hands in a paper ... >> absolutely. >> reporter: we are still waiting to hear back from the new management team and for some reason, they won't respond to any of our e-mails or our phone calls. we hope to see them at windsor school board meeting next week. meanwhile, here is my grade. and i hope they are watching. i will give them a chance to improve it. around with a simple call. >> we have seen parents do something about this. we have seen people call you, what about the school board? >> reporter: the district is involved in an inquiry. they have given the schools until april 5 to submit what

. >>> small business owners in lutz are cleaning up after a fire last night. why it may take months for those businesses to get things back to normal. >> the smell of smoke is still heavy in the air here in hutz after a devastating fire destroyed businesses here late last night. >> a lot of expensive cabinetry. a lot of hard work ruined. a vision that we had for this place that was complete for a little bit. now it's just been destroyed. casanova had put the finishing touches on a new showroom until late last night when flames, smoke, and water destroyed her vision. >> you can see it came through the ceiling. all of our displays are real wood. now they have been compromised by the water. >> reporter: the two-alarm fire seen from eagle 8hd as crews tried to stop the blaze and save those businesses. we are told the fire was sparked by a drier at a rug cleaning business that had a propane tank attached to it. once the fire sparked, the tank exploded and the tanks spread quickly next door. >> i don't know what to do. it's so fresh and we're just trying to gather e

. >> a funeral service for the deputy is scheduled for today in lutz. excuse me for friday in lutz at st. timothy's catholic church on lake shore road at 1:00. public visitation starts at 11:00. he will then be laid to rest in massachusetts. >>> largo police still need your help to figure out how a woman found dead in some bushes died. officers are calling 34-year- old tonya's death suspicious but won't say exactly yet how she died. we told you yesterday someone found her near 145th street >>> we turn to the latest on the investigation into the kalamazoo, michigan shooting suspect. we're just now learning the alleged shooter and uber driver jason dalton told police that the uber app controlled his life. dalton said the app "has the ability to take you over" and controlled him like an artificial presence. he told police all the problems started when he pressed a button on the screen and a devil head would appear. the revelations of last month's shooting spree were disclosed yesterday in at least 100 pages of documents. dalton is accused of shooting and k

here is lutz. we have a collision here but it won't slow you down. it is on dale mabry highway and it is off to the side of the roadway. it is not in lanes. let's talk about the entrance ramle. this should be reopening within the next half hour. if you're driving through rat soon, 54th avenue south. the entrance ramp to southbound 275 is blocked until about 6:00 a.m.. last couple of days it has been the exit ramp. today it is the entrance ramle. we have another collision. this has injuries involved. northbound 275, right at the gandy boulevard exit but it is off to the side of the roadway. your commute. that is a look at weather and traffic on the 8's and now back to candace and gayle. >> right now, tampa is moving closer to reducing the punishment for having small amounts of marijuana to just a fine. the city council voted 6-1 in favor of the change and 8 on your side's ryan hughes is live at city hall and ryan, how much of a change is this? >>reporter: candace, good morning, as it stands right now. somebody here in the city is caught with marijuana

they'll gather in lutz today, to say goodbye to one of their own. a funeral will be held for hillsborough deputy john kotfila. he was killed early saturday morning, by a wrong-way driver on the selmon expressway. witnesses on the road that morning say: he put his car between them, and the wrong-way driver... sacrificing his own life for theirs. deputy kotfila came from a long line of law enforcement officers. he'll be buried in massachusetts, where his family lives. 3 ((russell tampa city council has voted to *ease punishments for people caught with small amounts of marijuana. people caught carrying 20-grams or less, will be *fined, instead of going to jail. the first offense is 75-dollars... and it goes up to as much as 450-dollars, for a fourth bob buckhorn signs the bill into law, there will be an "education" period for tampa police... so it will be a few *weeks before the law is in full effect. 3 3 "oh my god, people are running." --vanessa a horrifying scene inside a high school gymnasium in delray beach. paramedics rushed eight people to the h

she's plugging the residence inn in lutz... which stays more than 90-percent full... year-round! ...which is why there's a new hilton garden inn going up next to it. but the county isn't just relying on the business class to fill up rooms. it's now aiming at 3 (vanessa) this year, pasco county is on pace to break the one-million dollar mark in hotel tax collections... for the first time in county history. (walter) tourism manager ed caum says that's a big win, for *all taxpayers in pasco. 3 ((vanessa)) we're following a developing story police officers...((walter)) a man opened fire on them... and a piece of police equipment, likely saved the officers' lives. what happened next... when we come back... we'll have a live report from fox-13's alcides segui. 3 ((walter plus... he carried on his dad's name, and his music... frank sinatra junior was *supposed to perform in st. petersburg tonight.. but there's been a tragedy. the sudden death, that's rocked the music world... 3 with havertys furniture, the spring home event is happening now. 3 3 ((walter)) 3 it's 5:--, on thursday, marc

timothy's catholic church in lutz.. 3 3 3 3 opponents of an abortion bill sitting on governor rick him to veto it. they brought more than 12- thousand petitions to the governor's office yesterday.. the bill, passed during the legislative session, would tighten regulations on florida's 65 abortion clinics and cut off state funding to those affiliated with planned will restrict access to safe others hope the governor will sign it. 3 3 lawmakers passed the bill last week, and governor scott received it on friday.. but he has not yet signed it. 3 3 deputies in manatee county have arrested two people.. they say were *taking advantage of people. 3 rosalita de santos and alejandra solis claimed they could bless and cleanse money. they advertised other services on a local hispanic radio station. manatee detectives say in addition to blessing the customers' money... they sometimes took the cash. in one case - they even replaced it with *counterfeit bills! authorities believe there may be more victims across the state.. and they're warning people to watch out. de santos and solis have bonded out

or more specifically, for 7- year-old chance lutz. the second grade her no idea about the surprise visit he was about to get. young chance leaped up to greet a marine who had been deployed for many months. his classmates quickly added their excited approval. >> i'm surprised. >> so surprised, young chance could barely speak. the youngster worries his older brother tim, a lance corporal in the marines. but the admiration runs both ways. >> he is always my first person i want to see every single time i come home. >> the surprise visit was orchestrated by chance's mom. >> last night, we were on our way home, and he was talking about timmy and how upset he was because he misses him so much. so that was real sweet. >> amazingly the two share a common bond when it comes to chance's second grade teacher, barbara thompson taught older brother tim 10 years ago and did a double take when he met chance. >> i called him timmy by mistake, a couple of times, absolutely. >> now they are reunited, they have big plans for their time together. >> you w

heads up for anyone in lutz. u.s. 41 is closed at lake side road at the next two weeks. it is where the railroad crossings go over u.s. 41. you'll have to take dale mabry to bearss to florida avenue to get around that. that's a really long detour. give yourself some time. polk parkway a little slow for morning rush hour. polk parkway to i-75 is 15 minutes. plant city you are looking great. sarasota and manatee county all the construction at i-75 and university parkway is wrapped up. lanes are back opened. you'll see delays for rush hour. back to you. >> thank you very much. we are tracking light rain. it will be picking up in intensity and coverage as we head through the next couple hours. we have some heavier batches just offshore with light rain just now working its way on to the pinellas coastline. just a few sprinkles. we are seeing a little bit heavier rain just south of indian rocks beach around indian shores. reddington beach is picking up. in addition to the rain we are tracking we'll also be tracking rain as we look ahead to the weekend. we have the southerly wi

hillsborough county i'm on top of an accident on lutz. you'll see it on dale mabry highway. we are in the 6:00 hour. we are getting heavier traffic out there.

to pay your respects to deputy kotfila, there's an open visitation starting at 11 this morning at lutz. the service will follow at 1:00 p-m. the deputy will be buried in his home state of massachusetts. president obama's choice to replace the late justice antonin scalia continues making courtesy calls on capitol hill today. on thursday merrick garland met with key senate democrats, including senate minority leader harry reid...but steered clear of meeting republicans. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell maintains he won't consider garland's nomination. but some in the gop have signaled they're open to meeting with him. after one year off..the tampa bay airfest is back this weekend! thousands will head to macdill air force base in south tampa for the big event. you'll be able to watch tons of performances including some by the air force thunderbirds and the geico skytypers. one the ground, you can check out some aircrafts as well. gates open at 8:00 a-m tomorrow. remember the mtv reality show the "the situation, jwoww, and snooki." --the producers are scouting for another location, t

an investigating is underway this morning to find out what caused a large fire at a business in lutz. it happened around 10:30 tuesday night at kitchen ality on u-s 41. when crews arrived they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the nearly 10 thousand square foot building. thankfully, no one was hurt. today county commissioner victor crist will talk to the public transportation commission about allowing ridesharing. this will open the door to change rules about allowing slow moving vehicles like rickshaws and electric cars in take a look at this video from louisiana. overnight storms forced about 30 families from their homes. more rain on the way. haughton.. first responders spent the night going door to door in this neighborhood their homes as the some people there had already put sandbags in front of their doors and garages before storms rolled in. updating you on a you about tuesday on 10 news this morning. investigators say a mudslide likely caused a train in california to derail. the san francisco area had been hit by heavy rains on monday which may have triggered the slide.

timothy's catholic church in lutz.. visitation begins at 11 a-m. the funeral will start at one o'clock . he will be buried in massachusetts, where his family lives. his father is veteran member of the massachusetts state police. 3 3 sarasota deputies found 200-pounds of marijuana in a couple's apartment.. the same apartment where their two 3-year old children lived. "eleuterio galloza" and his girlfriend 25-year-old "ashley plott" are facing several charges. deputies say they went to the apartment to arrest galloza for a separate assault case... that's when they found bags of marijuana believed to be worth 400-thousand-dollars... as well as some other drugs... thousands in cash... and a handgun. the couple has *and child neglect... 3 a polk county woman... already behind bars for the death of her boyfriend... is now charged with his murder. 3 star tribble is from winter haven. deputies say she shot and killed 33- year-old "tomorreio clark" in february. they say tribble asked her brother to help bury the body... but he refused. it was her 19-year-ol

respects to deputy kotfila there will be an open visitation at saint timothy's catholic church in lutz, friday at 11:00 a-m. the service will follow at 1:00. the deputy will be laid to rest in his home state of massachusetts. new this morning, a cross-county chase ends with the suspect crashing into two deputies. the pasco county sheriff's office says 46-year-old christopher conti was intoxicated and swerving on the road. deputies followed him into pinellas county where they say he rammed his truck into two patrol cars. they found drugs and paraphernalia inside his truck. he faces a number of charges including aggravated assault with a vehicle. it's your choice in 2016 and today is a very important day for the presidential candidates. there are 5- primaries-- including florida. more than one- thousand delegates are up for grabs. trump was in tampa on monday where he got support from attorney general pam bondi and former alaska governor sarah palin. protesters who made their way in the room -- managed to disrupt the event 5 minutes. trump's rivals are targeting the g-o-p front runner --

pete. 81 clearwater. 79 lutz. a few more 80s inland. 82 temple terrace. we are starting to stream in more of the cloud cover. good amount of that sunshine is coming through. as you are on the beach don't we will warm up into the low to mid 80s this afternoon. inland will be warm, 82 degrees in tampa. deceiving the temperatures will come down and so will the wind but it will be breezy this afternoon. for the southeast wind we will continue to see the humidity coming up. 83 today in port around 82 palm harbor. we will see 83 at midland ranch. you'll start to come back down after 4:00 and more cloud cover rolling in. again, holding off on the rain chances for today. warming up nicely into the 80s this afternoon. tomorrow was an -- is when we get the warmer temperatures. we keep the southeast winds and play and we are waiting for the next system to work its way through. we have a while before that will we trust. we see the system developing into texas but really not moving in fact that will have a lift to the north end of the seven and we will develop another

you into your neighborhood. 83 wesley chapel and zephyrhills for your thursday high temperatures. 82 lutz. 79 clearwater. 77 seminole and st. pete. 77 by the water in sarasota. 77 bradenton. low to mid 80s again for lakeland, sebring, winter haven. bartow 85 degrees. under what should be mostly sun know to partly sunny skies. high clouds on and off for thursday. it won't be the rain-making kind. sun will cut through. instead of clear, blue skies we'll have a white sky out there. southwest winds anywhere from two to 12 knots during the day. light chop. in our seven-day forecast the one thing that i think -- we were looking at an isolated shower chance. i'm seeing dew points come up a little bit as the front comes through. 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the only change i would make is i think we'll call for scattered showers between 3:00 and 7:00 friday morning. could help wash that out of the air briefly for friday. like the other front there is no cold with it. we were warmer saturday at 77 degrees. 78 on sunday. 80s for tampa. which will mean mid to upper 80s east of i-75 tuesday and wednesday.

48 at mcdill, 43 loose -- lutz. 38 tonight in inverness. sarasota, 47 overnight tonight. temperatures into the low 40s as we get you into the inland spots. not a great day on the water. a heavy chop on the bay. that will ease over the next 24 to 48 hours. the winds will relax a little bit. isolated chances on thursday with a big rain chance moving in for the weekend. later and if you haven't already downloaded our 10 news app it is free. you will get access to storm tracker 10. >>> not everyone is excited about the president's trip to cuba. although at 5:30 pm, why cuban- nothing will change as long as the same regime is in charge. >>> apple and playing -- unveiling new gadgets. how to cash in when you trade in. >>> white, camera, action means more to a seminal high school teenager after his dream came true after meeting his hollywood hero. >> the stories and more coming up at 5:30 pm. >>> it is march madness. >> these games have been killing me. >> we do want to see your photos on superstitious we will share those later. you could wear a pair of lucky socks or maybe a lu

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timothy's catholic church in lutz on friday at 11:00 a.m. the service will then follow at 1:00 p.m. deputy will be laid to rest in massachusetts. >>> investigators are looking into whether mcbeth was unfortunately of alcohol when he hit the officer. that's been the case in several recent wrong-way crashes. >>> we are taking a closer look at how to protect yourself from a wrong-way driver headed towards you. remember, to stay right at night. most of the time a wrong-way driver will be in the right lane, which will be your left lane. if you stay right at night then you have a better chance of avoiding a head-on collision. viral showing a man urinating on a conveyor belt at the kelloggs production plant in memphis. f.d.a. is investigating this. we are not showing the video due to its nature. kellogg officials say the video was recorded in 2014. they just became aware of it. they say products that could have been affected include rice treats and cereal. the items would be past expiration if they were still on store shelves. >>> tomorrow is the day you need to get out and vote. several s

and now back here in the bay area, family and friends said good-bye in lutz. and now you will remember, kotfila died in a head-on crash with a wrong-way driver. the woman who called police to report the accident believes the deputy sacrificed himself to save her life. we know that some hillsborough county deputies are in massachusetts right now for that service. there's also a lot of touching tributes on social media right now, including from the local police. so i am retweeting some of those this morning. of course, we will have coverage of the funeral starting tonight on first at >> sad day. all right, thank you, adrienne. >>> right now, president barack obama is in argentina. air force one landed in buenos aires overnight following his trip to cuba. >>> and things are getting back to normal in cuba after historic visit. on his last day, he met with cuban dissidents in havana. the president praised their spoke to the cuban people from havana's grand theater. news channel 8's keith cate is in cuba and shows us how the president called for the lift of you the

checking in at 80 in lutz and 81 in temple terrace. those temperatures are starting to warm up. we are heading for highs around 80 for tampa this afternoon. a few 80s in the forecast. the temperatures back off into the overnight hours into the 60s. highs in your neighborhood. 80 thonotosassa springs. 80 new port richey. 80 tampa. 81 macdill air force base. upper 70s for sarasota and bradenton. you stay a little more cloudy today. inland areas you have more opportunity to warm up during the morning. you are getting your rain just now. these numbers will be higher than for folks closer to the coast. future cast, once we get these few batches out of here we'll be good. we'll get a few sprinkles time to time. this last thunderstorm we are tracking in polk county is it in terms of the heavy rain we'll be dealing with for today. notice we keep the patchy, overnight. i know the skies look creepy but to catch up own your st. patrick's day forecast. temperatures around 82. it will be warm and humid and cloudy. we are not going to be tracking rain just yet. that arrives on friday. looking

it's at saint timothy's catholic church in lutz. the service will follow at 1:00 p-m. laid to rest in his home state of massachusetts. this is a private funeral service, but the family has invited a camera in. if you would like to see the service, we will be streaming it on our app. around the state, cheers turn to screams at a high school school pep rally in delray beach... a performer who calls himself ricky "inferno" goes up in flames inside a packed gym when one of his stunts go terribly wrong. he was rushed to the hospital with severe burns -- but he's expected to be okay. district says this should have never happened because they don't allow pyrotechnics on school property. seaworld is ending its killer whale breeding program and carrying out other major reforms. it's an effort to redefine its business and image. the decision is widely applauded by animal rights groups, but others say it will hinder science and conservation. the company's announcement follows backlash from the 20-13 documentary "blackfish" over its treatment o

looking at 50 in tampa. 49 for lutz. closer to the water, it's not going to get as cool. 46 in hernando and crystal river. about 48 in spring hill. inland areas further off to the south, not quite as cold. 54 in lake placid. on monday morning, it's going to get even chillier on tuesday morning as the cold air settles in. here's the way things look as we warm up tomorrow. if the 50s up to about the mid- 60s that's as warm as we can get. 74 is your gulf water temperature with those north winds tomorrow. we're going to see the seas kick up 10-14 feet. small craft advisories will be in effect. the sun will be up at 7:43. you can see a lot of sun over the next couple of days. the warm flow coming into the middle of the week. after an overnight low of 48 monday night to tuesday. that's florida's most accurate forecast. you can check it out anytime. >>> coming up, the rays offense providing a big spark in its final tuneup before cuba. ben bishop sets a record r. do >>> the lightning needed a win badly last night after losing fi

temperatures into the 40s in the bay area. 46 in tampa. 43 in lutz. away from the water, the coldest temperatures. 38 tonight in inverness. have jackets handy. sarasota 47. we will stay dry and noticed the winds will be lighting up. we have the perfect breeding ground for chilly temperatures. light winds and clear skies. making sure the morning runners, where the long sleeves will be bound. the big temperature swing with the dry air in place will warm up into the mid-70s tomorrow. by wednesday we continue to see the high pressure taking control to the east and pumping and a lot of warm air and a lot more humidity and the extra moisture with rain chances as the frontal boundary works in. we stray drive-through thursday but we get isolated rain chances coming back of that will be with us through the weekend. let's talk about saturday first. scattered showers and it won't be a complete washout. over the weekend we had storms and we would get a break. that is what we will see by looking ahead to easter sunday, likely earlier in the morning, as you are hea

pdale mabry highway and lutz fern proad, that crash is in the pclearing stages. pthis one is along northbound 275 pin the area of roosevelt pboulevard and sky fox now on ptheir way to check out a preported crash in apollo beach. ptampa majors checking in paccident-free. pthat includes 11 minute ride pwestbound i-4 from paul buchman phighway to i-75. p>>laura: thank you. ptake a look at some top stories pthis morning. pcongressman david joly has roposed a bill that would ban pbuying apple products. pthis is in response to the pcompany's refusal to unlock the psan bernardino shooter's iphone. pthey fear that the information pcould go into the wrong hands psome day and compromise all of piphone users' privacy. p>>russell: lou was beaten and probbed. phe was putting up campaign signs pat the time. pone of the friends managed to ptake a picture of the car as it pdrove away. pthey say one of the men was pwearing a purple orlando city psoccer shirt. p>>laura: and there are three new pzika cases in florida, all three pin miami dade county. pthat brings the statewide tota

lutz at 77. plant city also 77. we hit the low 80s from lakeland and tampa. 82 the hot spot in sarasota. outside right now, tampa checking in with mostly sunny conditions and 78 degrees. clearwater 77. st. pete a little cooler. gulf temperature in the mid 60s. any time that you get the influences from the cooler water, it will cool off the temperature quite a bit along still if you're visiting us for spring break, springs training, you picked a good week as we will stay in the 80s all week long. we should be about 75 right now. southwest wind is bringing in a little more moisture and a few clouds over on the east coast. yeah some clouds are making it across the state. they won't bring us any rain. at least none in the short term. maybe saturday and into sunday things start to change. first thing wednesday morning, skies will be mostly clear. sunny all through the afternoon. thursday will be the warmest day of the week. sunny skies. in i had to maybe some upper -- mid to maybe upper 80s across the anterior county. br

lutz deals with some light rain as well. we'll continue to see the light showers over the next couple of hours. 67 apollo beach, 68 in clearwater and crystal river. temperatures not going to drop much farther than this into the over night hours. you can see the front still off to our west as we head into the rain develop tomorrow morning. our forecast model picking up some light rain. it's not until the front moves south that we'll completely clear out. it will be breezy tomorrow that will make it feel cooler. monday morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s, breezy. sunny think the day but definitely going to be cooler. we're looking at highs only in the mid 60s monday afternoon. a big change from what we've been seeing. high pressure builds in on tuesday. this will allow winds to ease up and all of us in the 40s, maybe a couple of 30s on the map tuesday morning. nothing through sunshine through the day. it's going to be nice by tuesday afternoon reaching into the low 70s. yes, we are looking at a cool down but just doesn't l

also we have an extended detour in lutz. it is closed at crystal lake road for railroad crossing repairs. this will be happening for the next two weeks. detour signs posted as well. but they will take you to mavery to get around that. van dyke is closed starting at 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. detour signs will be posted. leave extra time there. and an overnight closure here at hutchinson and waters right at the veterans expressway. thursday. for more on these and other closures, make sure that you action traffic. >>> a manatee county man is behind bars tonight for murder. he was arrested this morning for the 2015 murder of kevin mccats. he was shot outside of a home back in december. deputies say a group of men pulled up for a car and called for him. then he was shot and killed. brewer was one of several men inside the car. >>> a sebring man is in jail charged with neglecting his 90- year-old grandmother. james lewis collier left her emace ated wearing soiled clothing. she only weighed 86 pounds and completely dehydrated. out

at this point, dale mabry highway is the alternate in lutz. u.s. 19 to the sun coast parkway, an 11 minute commute. and 14 minutes on u.s. 19 through palm harbor from state road 54 over to tampa road. how long will it take to cross the howard franklin bridge? six minute, great drive across that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> a bay area college with a plan to get and keep minority students in school. >> what the college is doing to make dreams happen. >>> and he is the youngest in the history of the venice theater. meet the team who is beginning his path to broadway from right -- his path to broadway from right here in florida. >>> and the rocket launch with gear almost as complex as the ship they're in. >>> new this morning, an atlas 5 rock set headed to the international space station after blasting off from florida. >> three, two, one, ignition and lift-off. >> the capsule is carrying nearly 8,000-pounds of food, equipment and scientific research for nasa. some of the gear includes a

timothy's catholic church in lutz to say their final good-bye to the deputy friday. you will remember he died in the head-on crash with a wrong- way driver. the woman who called police to report the accident believes the deputy sacrificed himself to save her life. now our sheriff's office has such a tight bond. and this morning i have been reading some of the coverage in the local newspapers in massachusetts and they wrote about how several hillsborough deputies made that trip to massachusetts to be there forker the wake yesterday as well as the funeral today. bring you all that coverage later today starting on first at 4:00. >> okay, by all account, his life and death has -- accounts, his life and death has touched many people, not just here in the bay area. >>> in your vote, four presidential candidates are celebrating victories this morning. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders won in utah and front-runner hillary rodham clinton took arizona. the win there getting her closer to the needed 2,383 delegates for the party nomination. clinton has just over 17

timothy's catholic church pin lutz where this funeral will pbe getting under way in an hour pdepartment is expect thousands pto attend p>> reporter: an amazing turn out palready. pbottom line any law enforcement pfuneral is well turned out. pthis one in particularly well pturned out. plet me step out of way so you pcan see what's going on here. pover there is actually sanctuary pitself. pwhere john lies in rest. ptake a look at the number of eople waiting to go in from psanctuary all way across patio pto second building you probably pcan't see it from your erspective. pwhat i see that is line going pall the way around the building. p>> lots and lots of folks, they pare expecting 4 to 5,000 people pto attend service here. pfriends, family and law penforcement agencies from around pthe state and beyond are being prepresented. pthere's an especially big pcontingent from massachusetts. pkotfila's home state. pboth grandfathers his dad uncle pand brother are all law penforcement. pjust a short time ago members of plaw enforcement from mass who pknow the kotfila family premembered john. p>> a

dale mabry at lutz lake. keep an eye out for. that is not going to slow you down. we have a fantastic drive in polk county. no delays coming in and out of gmg and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm candace mccowan in for gene. >> i'm gayle guyardo. after two weeks in court, the erin andrews lawsuit is starting to wrap up. arguments. the sports broadcaster is suing a man who secretly took nude videos of her in 2008. and the marriott for allowing him to book the room next door to hers. >> in hillsborough county high school brawl has some parents pointing fingers.

his funeral will be this friday in lutz at 1:00. in in tampa, news channel 8. >> thank you. >>> well a suspected dui driver is now facing serious charges after investigators claim he rammed into two deputy cruisers. look at the video, you can see the rear passenger side door of one of the cruisers and you can see the damage to the door. investigators claim he rammed his truck into the patrol cars while trying to get away. deputies claim they found drugs and paraphernalia in his truck. >>> it's 4:08 on this tuesday morning. on the 8s. >> at this point, watching fog starting to develop but not there at the moment. you can see what i'm looking at. the fog for the most part is of mexico. clearer skies east of i-75. and i am going to keep the fog in the forecast between about 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. temperatures this morning in the low 70s. very warm. and then we are partly cloudy for the rest of the day, 76 at noon. 81 at 4:00 p.m. and still 80 at 5:00. down to 76 degrees at 7:00 p.m. and in fact, expecting morning fog the next couple

maybe patchy fog still. 71 treasure island. 85 in brandon. 84 in lutz. . 76 in sarasota, the beaches are cooler than the inland areas. bartow, sebring, upper 80s to 90 degrees. a stationary front to the north. an area of low pressure to the west developing and moving along the boundary. we h have quite a few showers to the north of us. thunderstorms but the rain is there around cedar key. so know that the rain chances are a little better for you in northern spots than southern areas. this is just for totonight. now the rain chance is better in the northern areas. a few clouds around to the south as you can see on the visible satellite imagery. but the rain just north of the ingles area. you u may see a few showers this evening but right now it is just to the north. this would clip the north and central part of citrus county. but there is that chance. otherwise, relatively dry. rpm forecast computer model mostly dry overnight. but the cloud cover will inincrease as this front sags a little further south. the rain you see on the map right now, so the morning commute less fog. still som

the lutz do whatever it takes justice. belgium officials say 34 people wounded at two explosions at the belgium airport and a city metro station. a power plant was just evacuated under order from belgium authorities. just about two hours ago, attacks. this is what he had to say. >> yet another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together regardless nationality, race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorists. bridgewater and we are just learning that isis claims to be responsible for these attacks. this comes days after the prime suspect in the deadly terrorist attack in paris was arrested in brussels. tina krause has the latest. >> reporter: survivors ran for safety as smoke and chaos filled the airport terminal in brussels. dozens were injured after two powerful explosions, one blast caved in a ceiling on some terminal's windows. cbs news has learned police found an unexploded device, possibly a suicide event and a russian assault rifle in woman was with her daughter is now missing. >> [inaudible].

timothy's catholic church in lutz to say their final good-byes to the deputy last friday. you will remember that kotfila died in a head-on crash with a wrong-way driver. the woman who called police to report the accident believes the deputy sacrificed his life to save hers. like so many law enforcement agencies have such a tight bond. i am reading the local coverage online. all of the papers talking about how several hillsborough deputies showed up to massachusetts just to show respects. of course, we will have much more on this service coming up later today starting at first at 4. gene -- >> and by -- first at 4:00. gene -- >> and by all accounts, his life and death touched so many people. >>> in your vote, four presidential candidates are morning. on the democratic side, senator front-runner hillary rodham clinton took arizona. the win there getting her closer to the needed delegates for the party nomination. clinton has just over 1700 in the republican party, front- runner donald trump won the arizona. trump now has 741 delegates of the 1237 he needs for the it was not

and let's move over and take a look at lutz. here's what's going on. u.s. 41, i hate to break it to you folks, but it's still blocked, crenshaw lake and whitaker. this project has been going on for a week but it will end at the end of this week. and u.s. 41 should reopen then. in the meantime, you're detoured on to dale mabry highway. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> breaking news, a new port richey neighborhood is waking up to a boil water alert. the water main broke in the brown acres neighborhood overnight. crews repaired the line but homeowners are being told to boil their water before using it. crews will test the water sometime today to figure out if the tap water is safe to use. >>> and now an 8 on your side dangerous drugs are on the rise in pinellas county, spice or fake spot now the mix -- fake pot and now the mix called the super pill. adrienne, pretty scary stuff. why the sudden spike? >> reporter: good morning, gene. that's the issue deputies and officers are working togethe

funeral services for john lutz. he died saturday in a wrong way crash on the selma express way. intentionally hit the wrong way driver head onto save her life. the funeral starts at 1:00 and we will bring the service to you live on newschannel8 and stream it live on our website. >>> waiting hours just to get help. we showed you the long lines at the irs office in tampa. 8 on your side pushed the irs to do something about it. and now, we are seeing results. the agency promimised 8 on your side it would send more employees to fix the problem. 8 on your side's melissa mereno is live. >> reporter: take a look here. today, they started accepting people by appointment only. when we checked in, there was virtually no line, but we did come across some frustrated people. what a difference a couple of weeks can make. at the beginning of the month, the irs office in tampa looked like this. >> this is the last time i came, the line was all the way back to about that sign. been telling you about identity theft victims trying to