news channel 8's matt galka is in tallahassee to show us what else is on the agenda. >> reporter: good morning everyone. for day 50 of legislative session, here's what's going on today. state surgeon general john armstrong faces confirmation is expected to be grilled by a senate committee. the pastor protection act is on the house floor. marriages. and the appropriations committee is considering a bill that would make sweeping state. and volunteer florida will be accepting donate suits they'll give to non-profits and job seekers that don't have the clothing. reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> thank you, matt. store. >> i like being able to bring you forecasts like this. sunnier morning, we did have none of that today. right around 60 degrees at 8:00. so we warm up quickly to 72 at noon. and 77 degrees at 3:00 p.m. under partly cloudy skies. for me, that's the perfect the temperature. i polled that to you on my facebook page. i gave you four choices, 65, 70, 75 or 80. and right now, 65 is in the lead at 43%. next closer is 75 at 31%. keep chiming in. inverness, you're at 4 3 .

in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >>> well, check this out. a sea of sharks swimming off the coast of palm beach county. these spinner sharks migrate each winter to singer island from as far away as north carolina. warnings posted on the shore to lookout for sharks in the water. yeah. i would say so. a natural thing. everybody comes to florida this time of year. spring breakers, sharks. why not? it's great weather for it. as we look at the weekend fantastic 75 degrees. a lot of sunshine. maybe a few clouds here and there. certainly a cooler start to the day for both days with temps below normal. certainly with all the warm sup shine in the afternoon, it will add up to a beautiful day. the rays down in sarasota playing the orioles in that red sox, yankees in tampa. temperatures falling off under clear skies. light wind conditions. raid rational cooling. the jet stream is showing a dip. a ridge of high pressure building for midweek next week. a warming trend. bright colors moving in as the ridge builds. temperatures as the jet stream moves furth

in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >> part of the bill requires physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges. a similar requirement in texas shut down. by the supreme court. >>> well, a tennis star is feeling the fall-out. >> we will tell you who is dropping maria after she failed a drug test. >> plus, an inside look at a very special classroom. where in the bay area people can learn inside a boeing 727. >> 81 degrees today. a nice day around the bay area. other spots reaching a little warmer than that. we will have a great forecast, coming up. >> legendary acdc front man brian johnson has to stop touring or he could go deaf. doctors told him to stop touring right away or he may completely lose his hearing. they are postponing some upcoming tour dates. they may make up some of those shows with a guest vocalist. johnson has been with the band since 1980. >>> more fallout from tennis star maria sharapova. nike suspending its deal with her. she failed a drug test during the australian open. her eight year deal is worth $70 million. >>> nbc previews a new series tonight

matt galka has more. of work started in the senate chambers this week. lawmakers finished legislative session on the 11th. now the senate chamber is getting an overhaul. >> given the early finish to our legislatative session was to remodel the chamber to upgrade some of the fixtures. the electrical, the air- conditioning unit. the carpet. and also, make sure that we are up to the current building codes. >> reporter: it is the first major renovation since it opened in the late 70s . nearly $6 million project was actually supposed to happen more than a decade ago. >> back in 2003, under president jim king, there was an initial plan to upgrade the chamber at that time as well as ththe senate office building, but ultimately, those plans were put on hold. >> reporter: if a special session is called before construction is complete, lawmakers will have to take a step back in time and hold meetings at the old capital. >> when i talk to members they cool. because you could sit down ththere with us on the floor. >> reporter: the money for the past budgets. the fin

in tallahassee, matt galka, news channel 8. >> nearly 30 departments around the state have some type of body camera program in place. >>> now, let's check in on an 8 on your side investigation. shannon behnken joining us now with a story she's working on for eleven, and i understand there's a big development in a story you have been covering for a little while. tampa couple save their home. you may remember rebecca and chris craft. they turned to 8 on your side, they were terrified when they found their house listed for sale on the internet. they had never missed a payment or done business with the bank trying to take their home, and we discovered all of this resulted from something very big that their title company missed. the good news is this couple can stay in their home. title agents tell me this kind of thing happens all the time. coming up at eleven, i have advice for anyone looking to buy a home, and what you can do to make sure it doesn't happen to you. >> it can happen to anyone. it's been a big discussion in thank you shannon. watch tonight at eleven for shannon's full sto

capital bureau reporter matt galka joins us live from tallahassee. opponents are worried women's health would suffer because of this. >> reporter: yeah jenn, absolutely right. the defunneledding of planned parenthood or other abortion clinics, that has people worried and it has some thinking the clinics will have the florida house argued about abortion for more than an hour- and-a-half thursday. >> should an innocent child in the womb be killed because of a heinous act of the father? >> the reality is if we continue to move in this direction, women will die. women will die. >> reporter: representative colleen burton's bill would make sweeping changes to the clinics in the state. >> i ask you to support this good bill. the work of many people who care about women in florida, who care about the health of floridians. who believe in life. >> reporter: changes include how clinics are licensed and inspected. the bill defunds clinics that perform abortions. >> opponents of the legislation don't see it as just a regulations bill. they see it as an attack on

matt galka shows us where things stand. >> reporter: lawmakers scrambled to make something happen in terms of ride sharing legislation in the state. a standoff between traditional cab companies and pay as you use ride sharing companies led capital. cab agencies waned tighter regulations for ride sharing. uber wanted a statewide law that would preempt any local rules. uber. could have its own insurance requirement and background check requirement. that doesn't work for a company. it doesn't work for a cab company or anybody in the transportation business. >> the whole issue of ride sharing and how the future looks for the transportation industry, that's fair to the taxicab industry and the concern players but also provides an open market for companies that want to do things differently. >> reporter: a pro uber bill that passed the florida house had stalled in the senate partly thanks to the chamber's president. in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >> now, rumors swirled most of the day around the capital a compromise had been reached but the senate has yet to take up any legislat

. >> matt galka shows us it appears they won right now. >>reporter: a majajor practicaling proposal environmentalist say the fight isn't over. the bill died in committee and he says it was the only one t that would have actually stopped fracking. >> companies can come into florida as they could last year and the year before and the year before when the dna hughes came and they can frack and do whatever they want. all my bill was trying to do w was put a regegular la tori bill in place. >> environmentalist it was the biggest issues. >> the bill trumped the power of local -- by making it so fracking could be authorized by the state, and nobody could say anything about it. >> around 60 resolutions has been passed around to ban fracking. i'm matt galka. >> the expectations is the lawmakers will revise that bill next year. >>> let's check on your weather with meteorologist julie >> i want to outside. this is st. pete beach yesterday. we had thick sea fog and dealt with that this morning, butut it's burned off at this point and a beautiful beach

. >>> matt galka has the story now from our capitol bureau. >> reporter: police departments that choose to use body cameras will have to adhere to uniformed policies across the state under a bill that's on its way to the governor. the bill doesn't mandate that police police departments use the body cameras. it just sets rules for how they recorded. supporters cited cases across the country involving police shootings, concerning why the bill was needed. >> we have seen an unfortunate trend of young minority men, both hispanic, african- americans and others be killed in scenarios where we didn't know what happened. and it could have been that our law enforcement officers were in the right or it could have been civil rights violated. >> reporter: some lawmakers that voted yes on the bill said it's not just necessary for potential victims but could also end up clearing some law enforcement in the future. reporting at the capitol, i'm matt galka. >> that bill cleared both the house and the senate unanimously. >>> now, your first at four forecast. here's storm team 8 meteorologist julie phill

capital bureau reporter matt galka joins us live from tallahassee. opponents are worried women's health would suffer because of this. >> reporter: yeah jenn, absolutely right. the defunneledding of planned parenthood or other abortion clinics, that has people worried and it has some thinking the clinics will have

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> the pastor protection act comes before the florida house on wednesday. >> and it is expected to pass. >>> now your first at 4:00 forecast. here's meteorologist julie phillips. >> we love having a forecast on a gorgeous day if you're lucky here's the view from lakeland ranch -- lakewood ranch, 76 degrees, beautiful blue skies with thin clouds filtering out a little of that sunshine from this location, winds fairly light coming in out of the southwest between five to 10 miles per hour and for this evening we have the spacex rocket launch, actually this is about the fourth time he have tried to launch this -- they have tried to launch this. happen at 6:15 this evening. deliver an 11,000-pound satellite up to the iss. so, yes, we are looking at that for this evening and weather should not be an issue in that department. temperatures will be warm, in the upper 60s, just a few clouds around, winds fairly light as you wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures will be in the low 60s, some clouds to start the day out ahead of our front that will move i

in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >> the chamber is most likely to vote on the bill next week. if it passes it will be on its way to the governor's desk. >>> a florida diver is telling a story that could make a movie plot. but the scary part is he says it is true. >> this is unbelievable. how he ended up getting sucked into a pipe for a nuclear power plant and lived to tell about it. >> plus, a restaurant staple in tampa closing its doors. >> a pleasant 76 degrees despite a cold front that came through earlier. got a great weekend forecast for you. a lot going on. we will have our forecast coming up. >> we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching newschannel8. the station that is always on >> a florida scuba diver was sucked into an intake pipe at a florida power plant and lived to tell about it. now he is suing florida power and light. >> reporter: christopher was diving with his family and friends on the east coast when it turned into a script out of the movie. they spotted a three buoy smackerring three structures so large they could be seen from high above. out. >>

in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> the cost was the reason why the kits weren't tested. >> we'll let you know what happens. >>> your first at 4 forecast. here's meteorologist julie phillips. >> we're tracking a cold front. it's a gorgeous view from sun toyota and newport richie. you this location. we have seen some more clouds at times, but still a descent amount of sunshine today. temperatures have fallen back a by. down into the upper 60s. the winds coming from the northwest. along with this awesome weather we've been dealing with, we're starting to see high pollen count. over the next couple of days expect our pollen counts to remain in the high range, juniper and oak and metal is the main issues for us here in the temperatures, ale little cooler o- owe 81 in seabring. 68 in clearwater and 69 in -- in weeki wachee. breezy at times and not too bad for this afternoon. as we head through this evening, partly the mid-60s. tomorrow, cooler in the mid-50s, but temperatures overall holding steady in the 70s and 80s next week. we'll have details on that coming up in your full forecast. >>

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> clinton had rallies planned in winter park at 7:45. we're on your side with complete team cover anl of the florida primary. you can watch a special one-hour edition of news will be -- we'll have all the results. tomorrow night at 11:00. >>> he tap danced around the subject in an awkward interview on msnbc. rick scott answered the tough question about muslims hating america. visit be kobe -- more than a million jobs since december of 2010. scott tackled that issue head on. the governor is on a five-city victory tour celebrating a billion dollars in tax cuts over the past two years. he didn't want to answer the muslim question last week, but today he did. >> islam does not like america. we have some people who love us and some people who don't love us. i don't think it's a surprise that radical islam doesn't love us. >> the governor and other politicians praised kobe marketing for planning to hire 255 more people. that number >>> a bay area business is getting national attention and generating a lot of new customers. the blind tiger is a

in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> the budget turkeys was lowest since 2010. >>> let's gets a check on this abnormally cool weather. here's julie phillips. >> here's the view from the lake club. you can see beautiful blue skies. just a few high thin clouds around, but temperatures well below average for this time of the year. after the front moves through this weekend and the rain cleared out, the breezy north winds kicked off not too bad at this location, at 5 miles-per-hour. the winds are light over night, but temperatures will drop quickly. right now, we're still at 64 in apollo beach, 64 in brea do not ton. and-- the winds winds blowing around 5 to 10 miles-per-hour, but the gusts have been stronger at times, over 20 miles-per-hour which definitely puts the chill in the area. dew points, also very low. much dryer air has moved in with this system. for the rest of this evening, near 60 degrees. bundle up, waking up tomorrow morning, a lot of us in the mid-40s, even 30s on the map. we'll talk about how quickly we'll warmup coming up in your full forecast in a few minutes. >>> still a

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> the supreme court hasn't decided if they're going to take on that appeal. >>> a man high on drugs took police on a wild chase. deputies chased christopher. deputies say the highway patrol spotted him driving recklessly on newport richie. deputies joined the choice to pull him over. he ran several deputies vehicles. he finally stopped after running over stop sticks. sheriff chris says civilian safety was at stake. >> there could have been a family coming home from kids after daycare and this individual would have crashed into that vehicle and destroyed them. >> he told deputies quote, i'm out of my mind on drugs. he remain in the pasco county drugs. >>> those who want to buy alcohol in polk county before noon may have that chance. they're considering to change the law to mirror a law in the books in lakeland. it allows the sell of alcohol from 7:00 inn the morning until 2:00 in the morning 7-days per week. poke business owners addressed concern that they can't compete with lakeland businesses that have more hours to sell alcohol. >> all the i

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> there's 20 inquiries to purchase desk removes from the -- with julie phillips. >> good afternoon, josh. a bay area. temperatures still warm. we're up to 80 degrees at lakeland ranch and winds out of the southwest at 5 miles-per-hour. quiet at the moment. temperatures varying quite a bit of the cooler along the cove. mid-730s around clearwater, st. pete. as you h head inland, things have heated up. 88 in bartow. it's 82 in plant sit city, and 86 currently in seabring. so here's the current set up. we're going to get extra clouds around, but the bulk of rain to our north and west south of this stalled boundary. we're going to watch low pressure as we head into this weekend and that's going to enhance our rain chances in the bay area. at this point, it has been a quiet afternoon. we have seen rain so far in citrus county, but at the moment, everything is ququiet, although we can't rule out an isolated shower as we head through the rest of the evening. it will be cloudy and warm with showers possible, and we're looking at scattered stormed thro

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> part of the bill requires physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at local hospitals. >> a similar requirement in texas required half of the clinic to be shut down and is being reviewed by the u.s. supreme court. >>> let's check in with the weather and julie phillips. >> we have a great forecast this afternoon. gorgeous blue skies. temperatures in the 80s . you can see upper 70s , low 80s . that is generally what we are 81 in weeki wachee. 71 in venice. 81 in bartow. so it is warm across the board this afternoon. there is that area of high pressure, we will be talking about this for a while. it will sit offer the coast of florida right in the western atlantic leaving us with that warm southeasterly flow. blocks any rain moving in. this is why we with have the dry weather pattern. we will have a few clouds around. if they are not obscuring your view, jupiter will be shining bright in the sky tonight visible after sunset and all the way through most of the overnight hours. just look to the eastern sky and if you are intereste