>> today on the new tampa bay, o.j. simpson bombshell. the cops are testing a knife right now as possible evidence in the murders of nicole. who the lapd is looking for right now. >>> spring break kickoff. the beach looks beautiful but not for one guy starting with an 11-story fall. >> this wasn't a case of drunken celebrating. what the guy was doing before he fell. >>> plus, remember cabella, the wait until you see her now. this vest may look ridiculous but it could be a life-saver. especially for a common problem it's 4:00. on. >>> we want to get a quick why? because wall street is looking good today. we finished 17,000 today. 62 points up. and that 17,000 number is important because this is the first time we have seen the dow go that high since january 6th. good news there for your retirement savings and your stocks and 401(k). >>> breaking news to tell you about right now. a jury has finally been seated for the hulk hogan versus gawker lawsuit. the trial will start on monday. complete are the hulkster in court probably with the bandan

but right now, still looks very good through the new tampa area. southbound 75, a collision by bruce b downs. apparently it's tying up the outside lane. that's the left lane. and then bruce b downs slow as you pass underneath 75. but that's not out of the ordinary there. and 75 at fowler avenue, you seeing more vehicles on the roadway. and that's going to continue to get busier southbound. northbound busy too. but still good speeds. here is 275 at 22nd avenue north. so pinellas county, up to speed. no delays on the howard franklin bridge. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much. >>> well, thrill seeker, you will want to stick around to hear about this. busch gardens is moving to the next phase of one of their newest rides. >> yeah, when the ride is set to open and what you can expect. >>> but fist, the exclusive event walt disney world is hosting for a limited number of guests. how much you can pay to take >>> on select dates, the park will stay open for three additional hours for those who purch

>> breaking news on the new tampa bay. super tuesday fallout. who is all but dropping out of the race and who is opening up new campaign offices in tampa. >>> how donald trump and hillary clinton big wins have you rethinking your living arrangements. >>> it's not money bringing people in droves to the irs office. why they are having to show up in the middle of night, waiting hours to be seen. you may have to as well. >>> dolphin versus octopus. what these two creatures when doing when they found themselves in a wrestling match. >>> a record warm february across the world. what it means for us in tampa. it's 4:00 and it's time now the >> and we start with breaking news off the top. this video you're about to see is from moments ago from action air 1. the action happened in the last hour. the person inside the car was trapped. just moments ago the person was put in the ambulance and taken to the hospital. this happening at mlk and the i- 4 on-ramp in tampa. there's a little bit of backup but they have cleared the scene of the accident. >>> also bre

oz right before the new tampa bay, he's going to reveal a lot more about these brand-new body types that you heard him talking about there. give us good advice on what to keep and what to cut from our diets to be as healthy as possible. look for that starting at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon right here on your abc action news station. >>> still ahead, who is saying florida isn't a great place to retire and why? the new tampa bay will be back >> well, we surely love florida because of shots like we bring you every day right here. beach cams. we love florida. great place to live and retire too. >> so we thought. a new study out today catching a lot by surprise. it gave florida a poor rating when it comes to a place to retire. we sent the now's adam weiner out to find out why. >> i've been everywhere else in the country pretty much. i never found a place better than a total package. >> reporter: take his daily walk along bayshore boulevard, alan reflects on why he chose to retire in tampa. >> in the wintertime, you can't find a better day than today. >> reporter: the annual report agreed, recentl

and new tampa, hopefully going to be wrapped up soon. and over here in clearwater, westbound 580. there's road work there. down to 19 miles per hour. >> thank you. >>> right now, cnn is reporting

president obama is set to arrive in cuba tomorrow and wfts action news tampa bay will be there to capture history in the making. laura will be covering the trip. also the tampa bay rays will be in cuba for a historic game. >>> a united states based hotel company is also heading to the island nation. star wood hotels is signing a contract to take each and every three hotels there. they will renovate havana's oldest hotel property. by the end of the year. >>> rain put a put a damper on air fest today. a crowd beat the rain this morning coming out to see the air shows. a lot of families got up close with the military jets. they said it's a good way to learn about the equipment and the planes. >> it takes a while to make these. a long time and it's complicated to buy one. >> they have been running around going, look at that plane, it's awesome. so they get to see up close and personal all of the planes. >> air fest has been going on for 75 years. the final day is sunday from to 5:00 p.m. >>> the hills hillsborough river is -- hillsborough river is showing off it's green. it's for saint patric

security, hiring a chief information security officer to oversee the work. >>> still ahead on the new tampa bay, we see exactly what it's like to take a 100-foot dive off an overpass and live to tell about it. >>> we're watching the breaking news out of phoenix, arizona. that's a live picture. the chopper even has a hard timekeeping up with the guy. they're not chasing him from behind rather from the air. there. motorcycle. chase right now. as soon as we get more information, of course we will bring it to you. >>> before we go, verizon getting hit by a fine for tracking customers more than they should have been. here is our partners over at newsy with that. >> reporter: verizon has agreed to cough up a small fortune to violated subscribers privacy using zombie cookies. the $3.5 million slap on the wrist is not much for a company that made more than $34 billion in revenue last quarter. what hurt the company more was cutting back on the super cookies. they're much like internet cookies. small text streams stored in whatever device is doing the web browsing. when it is sent to a phone or compu

. >>> live from the station taking action for you, this is wfts action news tampa bay. >>> now at 11:00, tallying up the results of super saturday. the big shift this could mean for the campaigns. >>> first a young pilots quick action after something goes wrong during the flight. >>> good evening, a small plane makes an emergency landing on a saint pete golf course. >> thankfully the teen age pilot and his dad are okay. >> reporter: this is not an airport one way but the fair airplane made an emergency landing saturday. >> i realized it was a plane and i was like, my gosh. >> reporter: the 18 year old pilot and his dad who was the passenger survived without a scratch. no golfers were hurt either. >> from the damage you would think that someone got injured but nobody did. >> reporter: investigators said the plane took off from lakeland when it lost power. they were hoping to get to the airport in saint pete: . the pane's flight path was coming this way when it spun around. pilots are taught that golf course are good places to make all of the empty space. golfers hitting the course this

new marijuana ordinance heads to city council for a vote. how offenders would have to pay up bars. 3 ((walter)) 3 welcome to good day tampa bay... at 4:00. i'm walter allen. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look 3 3 3 3 ((walter)) 3 we begin with a news alert.. the tampa police investigating a police shooting.. it happened in the 33-hundred block of cherokee.. the tampa ready to give us some details.. that's expected around four-fifteen.. we will bring you much more then.. 3 3 developing this morning ... crews are searching for a man who disappeared after jumping into lake thonotosassa. it happened around seven last night .. the man was on a pontoon boat with a group of people. he jumped in the water, started panicking, and went under... witnesses say he didn't know how to swim very well ... we will keep you updated as the search continues. 3 3 new this morning... tampa police are investigating after a stolen car plowed into a house. it happened off mulberry street early this morning. police say they tried to pull over a 2009 ford edge... but the driver took off.. they only made it one block before crashing through a fence and

news channel 8 today starting at 4 a.m. with live updates on air and online. i'm melanie michael live in south tampa, news channel 8. >> thank you, mel. >>> final check on the weather, steve? >> temps pretty much what we expect them to be this year, 58 degrees, plenty of sunshine, maybe a few clouds especially inland. those on the east coast, partly cloudy skies, generally a nice day, low 80s and progressive warmer each day. >> a winner. >> a winter or winner? >> no a winner. >> jimmy fallon is coming up next. >> winning. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart

the day, tie your shoes. >>> we are just a few minutes away from action news at 6:00. >> including a deadly confrontation between tampa police and a man who shot at them. where our abc action news crew is set up. reporting corey dierdorff joins us live at 6:00 to tell us about the call that brought the suspect face-to-face with the officers and what he did that shoot. >> plus, a big mess left to clean up after a car goes crashing into a home. where the car came from and the >>> breaking news that happened while you were sleeping. a man who shot at tampa police is dead/. >> i'm deiah riley. >> officers are still at that home on cherokee avenue and say a man fired a gun at them. what can you tell us. >>> no officers were injured in the exchange. this is the 3300 block of west cherokee avenue, and it's shut down for this investigation. forensic investigators are gathering evidence as well as interviews. we just got new information and here's what we know so far from police. a woman inside of the home called 911 saying there was a domestic disturbance at the home. officers rushed to the scene and were met by an armed man

we are following breaking news. tampa police officer almost jake peterson is live on bush boulevard. where the driver was arrested. this has to be on top of mind for law enforcement. >> reporter: it sure is. eight days ago john coptic junior was killed by wrong way driver. the next close call for cops. let's go to 5 am, a tpd officer driving north on to 75. a woman was driving towards him going south on to 75 near fowler. he got out of the way and radioed in the wrong way driver. her name is a chicken sale a, and was pulled over after and she exited onto bush boulevard. this is becoming a big problem in the tampa bay area. this year there have been several. in february 2 people died on 75 and the ashley drive exit. arrested for going the wrong way . in tampa, january 30 a motorcyclist was killed on cr 1 . the driver of a pickup was going to wrong way when arrested for a dui, and we did digging into the archives and all of 2014, 17 people were killed in wrong way crashes across the bay area. in may of last year fdot put up

news channel 8's lindsey mastis join us live from the tampa news center. lindsey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the same jury that awarded hulk hogan 115 million now they're awarding an additional $25 million for that comes directly out of the editor. today. protected a lot of people from through. we're very excited. >> reporter: the jury not only wanted to punish gawker but to serve a warning to other media companies from posting similar videos in future. gawker plans to appeal. they indicated that the amount awarded is beyond their means. we will let you know what happens next. >> all right. thank you. >>> well this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire at disney's animal kingdom park. the flames broke out during the festival of lion king show. this is video people took as crews ushered them out of the venue. workers put out the fire with extinguishers. >>> the count down is on at an atlas 5 rocket is set to blast off tonight at 11:05, headed to the international space station. and now it's carrying a carg

we're on top of breaking news right now in south tampa. where police are investigating after they say a man shot at officers, forcing them to shoot back, it happened on cherokee avenue..that's not far from himes, just south of gandy. 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live there. sarah, a police spokesperson says the officers had a close call and were forced to pull the trigger. yes, this man shot at them twice as soon as they pulled up to a house on this street. the first time the gun didn't go off, the man went back inside to reload or grab another gun then fired at the officers again -- this time barely missing one of the officers and hitting a protective shield he was holding. holding. it all started at 3am when officers came to this house at 3312 cherokee for a domestic dispute between the man and a woman who lives inside. after the man shot an officer's shield, the officers shot back-- killing him in the front yard. the woman who was inside wasn't injured in the shooting and is expected to be ok. but officers tell us it's scary how

news. so tampa police fired at overnight. and now the man with the gun, gene s dead. >> yeah, let's go straight to news channel 8's rye -- gene, , he's dead. >> yeaeah, let's go straight to news channel 8's ryan hughes. it began with a domestic disturbance call. >> reporter: gene, good morning to you. that is how this all started around 1:10 a.m. when a man or woman called 911 alter case. and police arrived that the home on cherokee avenue here in south tampa. that was roughly 15 minutes later. and that's when the man began walking around and he appeared to be armed with a hand gun. he went back into thehe home and police officers tried to coax him out for around 45 minutes. e eventually walked baback into the carport and that's when police told us he fire -- minutes. he eventually walked back into the carport and that's when when police told us he fired. officers returned fire hitting and killing the man here onscene. here's what a police spoke man said. >> the officers are very lucky. they knew it was a dangerous situation.

and eight minutes through new tampa, that's bruce b downs over to i-4. we do have a collision, trouble creek at rowan road so be on the lookout >>> 4:30 on this wednesday morning. good morning. welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. >>> police have identified the two brothers suspected in the terror attacks at brussels international airport. this morning, the death toll from the brussels attack has raise on the 34 -- has risen to 34. how the world is reacting to the attacks. >>> president barack obama is in argentina this morning. while you were sleep, air force touched down. and you see the first family coming off the plane here in the video. there it is.

news. >>> tampa police have caught a man they say hit a pipeline and drove away. officers say joseph struck the victim early saturday at 30th street east and 50th street north. that victim is fighting for his life tonight in the hospital. police say a tip led them to ragsdale and damaged pickup truck. he is charged with leaving the crash of a scene. >>> we are just two days away primary. >> and republican front runner donald trump getting help on the campaign trail right here in tampa bay from sarah palin. kara is joining us live from the port of strawberry fest where they met with hundreds of supporters. kara. >> reporter: you can smell funnel cakes in the air. there is a huge line for strawberry short cake. right where we are standing. just not that long ago. huge crowd tons of people packing in to get a glimpse of sarah palin. she did not of aeroformal speech but talked about donald trump at every chance she got. several supporters taking the ability to have a picture with her and asking a few questions about her support for the gop front runner. palin thinks t

next week for the word of the day, then enter to win through our facebook page. breaking news right now in tampa where police are searching for two men after they broke into a home. it happened around 2 this morning on yukon street, that's just south of busch boulevard near rome avenue. 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the scene. breaking news breaking news right now in tampa where police are searching for two men after they broke into a home. it happened around 2 this morning on yukon street, that's just south of busch boulevard near rome avenue. 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the scene. sarah this is really scary, we're learning the victims were tied up during check this out! before they move to check this out! before they move to their permanent home right here in florida, the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey hosted a brunch with their asian closing in may for the remaining 11 elephants. that's when they'll retire to the ringling brothers for elephant conservations in polk city. a familiar face is joining studio 10 live. 10 news w-t-s-p is happy to announce fo

pfrom tampa bay's no. 1 news pstation this is "good day tampa pbay." p>> first family on a historic ptrip to cuba, controversial pissue. p>> police calling them zombies, pspice, an update on the growing roblem. p>> spring break -- new rules pcould be hurting beach pcommunities. p>> upper 40s, brooksville barely p53 westerly chapel, 59 pbradenton. pdefinitely a cooler start. pnorth wind is a thanks, we have p22 miles per hour winds in pclearwater. p10-15. pgusts 30 in the past few pminutes. pgoing to be a windy day. psunshine to the north. p>> good morning. pdave. pbiggest incident out of psarasota. pif you are just waking up with pus, university parkway near pdesoto. pthree people have passed away. pfourth person injured and pexpected to survive. pthis is the picture along puniversity parkway, eastbound pand westbound road closed pbradenton to desoto road. p>>> 6:01, president obama and pwhole family in cuba. resident is expected to break pthe ice with the president they will play the cuban national team *tomorrow, and the president will be there ... pc

temperatures topping 83 in brooksville and new port richey. 87 in new tampa. 83 sarasota. for the heartland, 85 in lakeland. tomorrow and thursday and that system i was showing you outside of mexico comes across the gulf and will bring rain chances and could clear out for 50% coverage of storms tomorrow. i will take you through the forecast. >>> protecting children put at risk in the flint water crisis. deadlines the center for disease control it is making to make no -- make sure no sick >> meet ovi one, the puppy this puppy raiser takes us >>> this is not your typical students are getting a lesson inside a real boeing 727. next on ted news. 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 for you. >>> coming over to your screen, check this out, a beautiful look at the dali museum. the tracks are lined up for this weekend's groundbreaking.'s new orleans followed by ncis a 10:00. joined reggie and me for 10 news at 11:00. stay for the late show with stephen colbert. >>> scary

p43 in new tampa. p39 in sun city center. pand where we have the frost padvisories inland citrus, inland phernando, wow. p37. pin fact from brooksville to pinverness to crystal river ptemperatures south of tampa are pmid to upper 40s. pbartow 39. pgrab your jackets. phowever we're looking a nice pmild afternoon. ptemperatures should easily get pback up into the lower 70s. peast winds, sunshine, tons of pso only a matter of a couple of phours. pyou will see a big jump in our ptemperatures. pso enjoy that. pi know it's chilly outside this pmorning hey we're just about pthrough. pthat will be the coldest morning pfor the next seven, eight pmonths. pof gorgeous sunshine, 73 for phigh temperature today. p>> chilly tonight. pbut not quite as cold overall. pthose in mid 50s, look at ptomorrow, and thursday. pbeautiful days highs in lower p80s. pso a bit unsettled way it looks pfor easter weekend. pnot wash out. phighs will stay in lower 80s. p>> all right. pdave, very busy along southbound p275 this morning. pan accident nearby along

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tampa apartment complex. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >>> right now, hillsborough deputies are at the windwood oaks apartments in north tampa investigating. >> that's where we find news channel 8's josh thomas this morning. what are deputies telling you? >> reporter: right now, they are continuing to investigate this deputy-involved shooting that happened off of florida avenue. sheriff's office received a call about a man shouting and waiving a gun at the windwood oaks apartments. when deputies arrived, they tried to talk to the man through the speakers in the cruisers but he would not put the gun down. and when they approached them, he was shot several times. >> we had a subject with a gun. and they were in fear of their safety and the safety of others. and in fact, they were concerned that he may go into another apartment and take hostages. but his direction of threats was at our personnel. and he pointed the gun at them and advanced at their direction at which time they

. >> reporter: this is kennon street in new tampa. right now there's a patch of grass in the middle. if this moves forward, that could all change. for almost a decade this barrier has been a sore spot for many in wesley chapel. there have been talks for years about connecting the two roads, making a new pathway between >> i have a lot of customers who take 25 minutes to get here. >> reporter: this barricade has stood firm and become a dump side. commissioner mike moore says talks didn't stall out. >> the discussions never actually stopped. but they really aren't in the public eye. >> reporter: wednesday the conversation took a step forward as tampa and pasco leaders came face-to-face for a closed-door meeting in dade city. >> we want to be good neighbors on both sides. >> reporter: both sides have now allowed engineers to take a look at the old studies done on the roads. because of all the new development, it's possible that a new study may be needed. >> we could use those comments and come up with a scope of a new study going forward

. >> yeah, the toy was made right here in the tampa bay area. news channel 8's lindsey mastis joins us now live instudio. and i for one had no idea that there were symbols for pedophiles and the kids they try to target? >> reporter: that's right. and at first glance, it looks like a cute symbol for a heart but you have to know what to to pedophiles that your child can be traded for sex. design. this one is for little girls. there are also symbols for boys. and the fact that it ended up unsuspecting families at monster jam, it's got everyone concerned. >> i am absolutely sick. i bought this for my 2-year-old little girl. >> very covert. you wouldn't catch your attention in any way. it just looks like a design thaw wouldn't really think twice about -- design that you wouldn't really think twice about. >> unless you're a pedophile? >> right. and then you know. >> reporter: there were two monster jam shows here in tampa, one in january and one in february. we reached out to the company and they are pulling the toys from the shows now. the company admits

new tampa also looks good, eight minutes bruce b downs over to i-4. we don't have slow downs but nonetheless, a collision southbound i-75 at university parkway. traffic is moving by just fine. and that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to gayle and gene. >> all right. >>> we have more on breaking news that we have been talking about all morning long here at news channel 8. explosions in brussels and now we're hearing that the metro system is being >> the original explosions at the airport and now possible explosions at the metro system. news channel 8's lindsey mastis has been following this all morning for us. >> reporter: there are videos and pictures on social media showing the aftermath. i want to start right now with the report of the explosion at the metro station. this is a video. you can see smoke coming out of the tunnel there. and here's another picture, again, where you can see the smoke. and now right now, we don't have any confirmation about the number of people injured or whether there's any casualties but i am seeing a lot o

he'll have prime seats for an exhibition baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. chris martinez, cbs news, havana cuba tampa bay rays fans are pumped about that baseball tuesday in cuba. the rays will become the first major league team to play there in 17 years! the players took off from tampa international airport sunday night. you can see them here about to board the plane. 10 news anchor ian reitz is along for the ride! he'll be bringing us reports from cuba over the next couple of days...as the rays get ready for tuesday's historic game. be sure to follow us along... for our cuba coverage... just download the free 10 news wtsp app. another weekend, another suspected wrong way d-u-i driver on i-275. as 10 news reporter jonathan petramala shows you... fortunately this time, no lives lost...but it was close. if you connect these dots, you usually get the same picture. mangled cars and lives lost because of wrong way drivers. according to this map compiled by f- dot, no where in the bay area does it happen more than on i-275 in tampa. early this morning aja cancela is southbound on northb

. >> reporter: ali would start the new tampa bay and the new black panther party bringing their message to the street, hoping to stop the shooting, stabbing, and other problems plaguing the area. >> the gun don't have no name, the bullet, but the person behind that trigger does, and hurting someone's family. >> reporter: like the recent rash of violence in south st. pete involving teen victims. and just this week, a 3-year-old and young adult were injured in a drive by shooting. >> it really hurt me so bad, this is an innocent child sitting, doing nothing. >> reporter: the black panther party of the civil rights was known to combat actions by police officers. the new party here has a different message. >> the police is not the problem, it is us in the community. >> reporter: robert sherman manages club rain, where eight people were shot last month. his 20-year-old nephew died in that shooting. >> i go home every thiet, looking for my nef -- night, looking for my nephew to be sitting on my damn porch. i can't see him no more. >> reporter: ali believes ending the month -- no snitching bet

tampa apartment complex. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >>> let's get into it right now. hillsborough deputies are at the windwood oaks apartments in north tampa investigating. >> that's where we find news channel 8's josh thomas live this morning. josh, what are deputies telling you about the case and the victim involved? >> reporter: well, hillsborough county deputies are continuing to investigate the shooting that happened at this apartment complex off of florida avenue. and now late last night, the sheriff's office received a waiving a gun around and shouting at the windwood oaks apartments. when they arrived, they did try talking to the man through the cruiser speakers but he still wouldn't put the gun down. and when he approached them, he was shot several times. >> we had a subject with a gun and they were in fear of their safety and the safety of others. in fact, they were concerned that he may go into another apartment and take hostages. but his direction of threats

live in tampa sarah hollenbeck 10 news wtsp. >>> people in east tampa finally have a traffic lights along hillsborough avenue after years of complaints. the light went up after several cross the busy street. 10 news reporter emerald morrow is live along hillsborough avenue. many people said this light how been in place a long time ago. >> reporter: that's right. look at this street you can see all kinds of cars going back and fort. it is very, very busy. imagine having your child try to cross this street without the light there. the children have to duck and dodge and try to get through traffic which is very, very dangerous. according to the tampa tribune, fdot spent $350,000 to get the light in place so that students can cross safely without fearing for their life. if it had been in place any sooner perhaps we would not have had so many young people hurt or even killed. the tribune is also reporting that the new light will also come with push button crossing signals, parked sidewalks and a safe spot in the middle of the road. fdot told us last year it hoped to have the light up by the en

it's 12:21 now so we're a little behind fromm tampa police as they're trying to come out and tell t the news media exactly what has happened here. so we're getting information that you see from the air, and a little this teterms of what was involvedd in we do know that there were two aircrafaft involved. one aircraft remains on the runway there in a grassy area. it's charred from the fire that occurred following this plane. as we wait for a briefing, i'm not sure if we can did back to paul or try peter again. >> hello, things are prettyy much the same up here. the fire crews aren't actively attacking this plane anymore. it look like it's pretty much out. they're investigators to come out. they got it out pretty quickly. >> again we don't know if anyone died in this, it anyone was hurt or injured. i don't know if you were able to see an ambulance or anything leaving the airport grounds. >> no, i didn't see anything leaving. i saw -- i had to pull over about three times for emergency crews to get b back me, firefighters and police. but i didn't see anything leaving. and i never saw an active a

news channel 8's lindsey mastis is following this story from our tampa news center. tampa is this historic visit. obama and raul castro meeting and cuban relations. tomorrow we are will see it in action as the rays take on the cuban the two countries have a shared love for baseball and president obama is expected to attend the rays game first he's got a busy day. he's already spent time with his family touring old havana and some people stood in the rain just to catch a glimpse. >> it's been 50 years without american government. it looks like within the last year more changes will change than in the last 50 years. >> reporter: today after meeting with president castro president obama will attend a state dinner. he's expected to meet with u.s. and cuban entrepreneurs and also address the cuban people. news channel 8's keith cate is in havana covering this historic visit. of course we're going to have coverage starting on first at 4:00. >>> happening today, a vote that could ease the headache of hundreds of drivers looking for a space at one of sarasota's most popular t

. >>> in more breaking news, tampa fire-rescue is investigating a house fire. flames broke out in the 2500 the two-story house did not have electricity. while the investigation is ongoing, fire-rescue thinks squatters may be to blame. >>> download our breaking news app so you can stay on top of breaking news any time of the day. >>> it's 4:00. let's check in with meteorologist brian ben it. >> sorry, i was like, wait a minute, that doesn't look like leigh. >> where did leigh go? >> thank you, bob and jen. it is 68 degrees. yeah, you don't need the jacket this morning. pretty warm temperatures. fog not really an issue except for north of citrus county, low visibility. satellite and radar picture showing no rain. just a few clouds drifting through the area. this morning, right around 65 degrees this afternoon. going to be another warm one, partly cloudy skies and a high temperature around 83 degrees. just road construction to the talk about. this is pinellas southbound 275, near 38th avenue north, construction on the right-hand lane there so be on the lookout for

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new guys in the rays' lineup. and i sit down with another tampa guy who is being inducted if you're going to say "better ingredients. better pizza." you better deliver. which is why i'm introducing our new papa's quality guarantee: love your pizza, or get another one, absolutely free. pget any large pizza up to 5-toppings one of the amazing facts about this age-game winning streak about the lightning, besides that it tie as franchise record, six of the wins have come on the road. like tonight's win in ottawa. 4-1 over the senators and that puts the lightning in the first place tie fending upon what the panthers do later on tonight. score unless the second. the goal there. and he is back handed in the rebound and then it is palat, he puts in his own rebound for a 2-0 lead, and that's all they needed. that's it. a 4-1 win over the bolts. they are home to carolina on saturday. after eight straight wins. wow. and the rays banged out 17 hits today, none bigger than this one from corey dickerson. second inning, and he just unloaded. it is better than deep the right. it landed ton boardwalk and bounced on top of the rays'

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what about tampa? 10 news reporter tammy fields is live downtown in tampa. what are we expecting today? >> reporter: can you hear me outside of the tampa convention wonderful. as you can see there is a huge line of people here. they are standing outside of the convention center in order to get in to hear trump speak. a few minutes ago things got really heated out here. i'm going to show you a little video of what we captured of the protesters walking up to the tampa convention center. there were about two dozen of them. they are certainly outnumbered by the people who support trump and appreciate his message. many protesters say trump is spreading hate speech and they are on a mission to get their points across. >> to continue the big squeeze. he doesn't show any direction at any point in his life in any of his speeches ever recorded where he has a different attitude than you're fired. >> reporter: they marched from the river walk area and came straight to the convention center to meet face to face with trump supporter. protesters say they have a mandate. th

and new this morning, clinton's local campaign office opened in tampa. political spectrum, if you're on the fence about who you want to vote for this election, 10news political reporter mark rivera explains how a new interactive tool can help you make your choice. it's called "voter guru" .... and it's the hot new site... ...that's kind of like match.com for picking the president. ok... it works by tracking the voting records and public statements that each of the candidates running for president have made like... it's simple... a series of policy questions with your opinion... very liberal to very conservative. pick the issues that are most important to you... and boom! it shows you the face of the candidate you most closely align with. is it who you thought? just head to voter dot guru to find out. and get this, on super tuesday, google searches for "how can i move to canada?" increased by 350-percent! the last time searches for that phrase were that high was in november 2004, around when george w. bush was re-elected. a familiar face is joining studio 10 live! 10 news is happy to a

we're on top of breaking news out of tampa this morning where a deputy shot a man late last night. it happened around 10:45 at the windwood oaks apartment complex. that's on north north of fletcher. 10 news reporter emerald morrow is live at the scene. emerald, fill us in on what happened. - allison, pretty bizarre story out of this apartment complex this morning. - we just spoke with deputies on the scene not too long ago, and they say everything started when someone living here called 911 abouta man outside frantically waving around a semi- automatic handgun. - here's a better look at the scene. - deputies say when they got here.things didn't get any better - they say they tried to get the man to put the gun down, but he kept waving it around - that's when he got really aggressive. sheriff's officials say he was yelling and even pointed the gun at the four deputies on the scene...and that's when they say they had no choice but to shoot. - we just found out who this guy is...his name is jeffrey casale and he's 27 years old. - he's still alive...in the hospital trying to recover - a

tampa bay. this week, they've set their sights a little younger. 10 news reporter bobby lewis is on the road in tampa where metro teens are learning what it takes to get hired. "i would hire you" in this tampa classroom. mock interviews could lead to real jobs for these teens. sot "it's important because of your without no job you won't have a future." nats "personality goes a long way with these people" metropolitan ministries hosted an employment boot camp this week. aimed at teaching these homeless children the skills sot jenna zwald "how to build a how to act in a job how to communicate their employers or their bosses or their managers. we want to make sure that we're giving these individuals all the tools necessary so that when they're ready to actually enter the workforce they can do it with ease and be successful."a professionals from the staffing service k-force coached the kids on how to present themselves. how to answer questions. and how to ask the right ones, too. su james + bobby sot amil "you've got to be focused and it's okay to be nervous but just try the bet you can and try to b

they are taking part in a clinic in tampa hosted by the former new york derek jeter. today they got a lesson from tino martinez. i talks about team work and >> it is great to come here and see the kids and give them words of encouragement and staying off hack all and drugs. working hard in school and listening to your coaches. >> the staff from the foundation they share life lessons taken out of jeter's auto buy gravy, cool day for the kids. >> would you cuddle up with this guy. this woman said the gator is her pet. she may be in a fight to keep it. and jared someone's hacked all our technology. say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. wow... yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. geico. this is one of those >>> okay this is one of the stories that comes out of the only in florida file. you know that file. we do a lot of the stories. this woman from lakeland is fighting florida fish to keep her six foot fatter t is rambo. mary thorn rescued hi

we're staying on top of breaking news out of tampa where a man is dead after being shot and killed by police. it happened on cherokee, east of himes and south of ballast point. this is a live look. several officers responded to a domestic dispute. the man fired his gun and officers shot back. a woman inside the house was hurt, but not seriously. we have a crew on scene and will bring you updates as we learn more. a texas police the fatal shooting of a teenager, while off duty. farmers branch police officer ken johnson allegedly chased jose cruz down sunday...and then shot and killed him ...after he suspected the 16- year-old broke into a car. another teen was also wounded in the incident...but is expected to survive. there's a new law when it comes to tow companies hauling away your car. if you're getting ready to head out for st. patrick's day celebrations.. you'll want to pay attention. it's a story we've been staying on top of for you.. if you park at a bar or a restaurant.. your car should not be towed away. city council say the ordinance was past to discourage drinking and drivin

10 investigates the new concerns in tampa bay. plus, a warning before you get on your ipad or computer this morning. how a simple typo could trash your let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast-max. it's the same difference. this one is max strength and fights mucus. mucinex fast-max. the only branded cold and flu liquid gel that is max-strength and fights mucus. let's end this. your heart loves omega-3s. but the omega-3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. megared. bobby weather the safety of your water-- is top of happened in flint michigan. and while things aren't nearly as bad-- there are some people in st. petersburg-- raising a concern. 10 investigates mike deeson digs deeper-- into a water line-- buried under what could be dangerous dirt. we've heard the warnings in other states.. but under this pile of dirt at the skyway skeet and trap club is the pipeline that supplies water for many of your homes in st. petersbu

lindsey mastis is following this story for us from our tampa news center. tampa is playing an important role in this historic visit. >> reporter: that's right. today is all about president obama and raul castro meeting and focusing on improving u.s. and cuban relations. tomorrow tampa bay rays take on the cuban national team. the two country haves a shared love for baseball. president obama is expected to attend the rays game there. first he's got a busy day. he already spent time with his family touring old havana, some people stood in the rain just to catch a glimpse. >> it's been 50 years without relation with the north american government and it looks like within the past year more things will change than within the last 50 years. >> reporter: today president obama attend a state dinner. during his trip he's also cuban entrepreneurs and he'll news channel 8's keith cate is in visit. more coverage beginning on first at 4:00. >> definitely a lot of people watching. thank you. >>> the top suspect in the november terror attacks in paris claims he planned new

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>>>from tampa bay's number one news station. this is the fox 13 news at noon. >>>it's been a taxing wait for my at the irs office. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. tax season with the frustrating but many face long lines at the irs. fox 13 is live outside the tampa office. what's going on out there? at all these people. probably about a hundred people or so in line. many say this is day two or three for them here waiting to see someone inside about their taxes. the irs say long waits can be common during tax time but they say this is because of recent cuts to the agency. adding to the problem, the irs suffered a major cyber hack last year. official says hackers accessed personal tax information for more than 724 thousand taxpayers. so this year, many people are asked to verify their identities in person before they can file. that's why a lot of these people are in line. some began lining up at 2:00 this morning when the office opens at 8:30. many tell us they were turned away just when they got to the front of the line because the office was closing. this

i'll see you at 11:00 for an update. >>> 10 news and tampa bay lightning teamed up to give away a prize package for april new jersey devils game. one winner will receive gear signed by the team. enter to win through our facebook page. >>> coming up, an intense competition, but one with a twist. >>> all of the challengers are >>> welcome to 10 sports. franchise record with 8 straight wins. the lightning are white hot right now. you're looking for an indicator on where they stack up with the stanley cup run. on this day back in 2004, they were in first with 86 points. in 2011, 86 points. last year, stanley cup finals. 84 points, but second in the division. as it stands today, first-place position. lightning, going for a record tomorrow hosting the hurricanes at 7:00. >>> all right, guys, who do you think this little guy is? no. you're right. it's chris archer. he was right around the same age this team played in cuba. archer getting his debut this spring down in fort myers. running it up and in. collecting a big swing and miss. slider on the second. the rays go down 7-4. 22'. adam scott b

the great pumpkin is back with tampa bay, signing a minor league deal to learn to become a knuckle ball pitcher. the 36-year-old's new old team took on the orioles in sarasota. getting his first start, 2 innings, no hits, three strike outs and plenty of run support. brad miller ropes one into left. that plates a pair, giving tampa bay a 2-0 lead in the third. next inning, curt casali, bloops a single to center. that would score steven pierce. kiermeyer, with three hits. the rays wrap 17 hits in all and beat the o's 10-6. drew smiley is all smiles. >> i think every pitcher goes in the spring, first game or maybe a little anxious, nervous, you know, how is my arm going to feel. how is my stuff going to be. going out here reassures you you're good. fun. it was a great first game. i was excited about it. >> finally, to the hardwood the south florida women taking on southern methodist in the quarter finals of the american conference tournament. courtney williams in her final hour. the guy who put diesel in the tank, williams scored 18 points in the first quarter, finished with a game high 29 to go along with 8 rebounds. u

those states head to the polls next week. >>> a new tampa bay business journal hit news stands today. as always, alexis milner is here with some of the biggest stories. you come with interesting news here. a big week. >> huge week. they were bought by a private equity firm, and it's actually a brewery called oscar blues funded by fireman capital. they haven't said what the price is, but there have been reports that it's up to $60 million. this is a great local success story. with the idea of creating a craft beer scene. so it looks for ways to reach a point where they can't grow their business alone. they are not going anywhere and doesn't affect day-to-day operations. apparently, the equity firm loves craft beer and understands the essence of it all. it's an exciting week. >> $60 million. >> they haven't confirmed that, but that's what's being reported. >> you know, it's big this week. now we talk about legoland. >> my goodness. five new attractions, the water rental. they are doing the jog by, i think i said that right. they have the creative cove where they can build boats. they ar

tampa is competing against atlanta, new orleans, miami and los angeles. and the hometown effort has some heft behind it. after all, we've hosted the super bowl four times before... and, raymond james stadium is about to get a 100-million dollar facelift. the decision should come sometime in may. 3 3 ((vanessa/2-shot)) if you live in florida.. you're going to see alligators.. they're everywhere..((russell)) but where we draw the line.. is when they crawl up to the door of an elementary school! thursday afternoon.. the kids at "geneva classical academy" were met by this guy as they were getting out of school a nine foot.. eleven inch alligator! the school called in a trapper.. and it took him awhile to get the gator under control.. the school set up cones.. and kept the kids inside their classrooms while this went down.. on its facebook page - the school wrote "our students received a good polk county education today - how to trap a nine foot eleven inch gator"! 3 ((vanessa)) justin bieber... the kardashians... taylor swift... and the pope. ((russell)) the