action air 1 is heading over to pinellas park now. it's flying there and you can see it flying over 275, looks like now, looking great there. as soon as the helicopter gets to the crash we'll bring you more information. conditions now in the 60s. a few 50s, feeling cool this morning. and then we'll warm up this afternoon. we're running anywhere from five to 11 degrees above where we were this time yesterday. courtesy of a southeast wind that is going to warm us up not only over the nights coming up but but daytime highs. hour by hour forecast here, we take to you the mid and upper 70s to near 80. details on that warm-up and >>> 6:31. completely hue millade. that is -- humiliated, that is how wrestling superstar hulk hogan felt when the sex tape of internet. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan live at the courthouse in st. petersburg. rodney, hogan is pretty emotional about this. reason. when he walks back through the 8:00, just a few hours and more of his personal life will be put on display for the entire world to see. he is e

in pinellas park, we've got a serious crash. 49th street at u.s. 19. and we've got areas of the intersection blocked. i will keep an eye on this one for you. and next, more accidents to get to but now back to candace and gayle. >> thank you. >>> right now, police are investigating a deadly shooting in south tampa. it happened at the gardens at south bay apartments along south lois avenue. we have been following the story since the 11:00 newscast. and that's where news channel 8's lindsey mastis joins us live. lindsey, more than one person was shot so how is the other victim? >> reporter: we are told by police that the other man is in the hospitalled and he is expected to survive. they are not releasing his name nor the name of the man that died. they are waiting to tell his family what happened. and now it all began here and then ended about two miles down the road. police tell me both of the victims were in the same car when another car pulled up and shots rang out. and i want you to take a look at this. you can see a man so upset, he tries to cross t

pinellas park police just forwarding this cell phone video to the state attorney's office for possible criminal charges. it sheets training technique officers are calling excessive. >> marisela burgos just talked to the owner. she's been getting threats. >> reporter: she says she is just as horrified as many people are watching that video. she says that she met this man out of state at a dog sporting town, and she allowed him to use her facility, but she just wanted to clear things up and say that she doesn't agree with that video. the video is less than a minute. someone next-door captured this moment of a man with his dog. >> the dog goes into some sort of roll. >> reporter: pinellas park police detectives started getting yesterday. >> even them looking at it, there was some belief that it might have been a little extreme or over the top. >> reporter: detectives talked to the man who was in town briefly. they told us he's doing training, an extremely physical and competitive dog sport. >> the part that was concerning to us was the jerking motion being made by the trainer, or hammer o

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this could impact to drive in pinellas park. sky 10 is over the crash and she is looking to gather more information and we will check in with her coming up in three minutes. >>> here is what is coming up tonight. ncis new orleans at 8:00. limitless and 10:00. stay after the late show with stephen cold air. >>> good morning. 642 a am. we're picking up a little bit in between hillsboro and if you are heading across the drivetime seven minutes into the skyway bridge is so quiet this morning, no accidents i am here to help you get out the door on time. the roads are picking up. there is an accident and pinellas park which is really big. >>> pollen forecast is on the high side. and with dry conditions between now and friday it will stay higher. 5 pm through 10 am is a prime time for that to fly around so avoid those times, it will help you out. >> scattered showers and thunderstorms on friday. 20% chance. i will have the weekend forecast coming up in 10 minutes. >>> here is the sports lineup for tuesday. back-to-back games for the li

the exercise was held at the pinellas park high school. 3 3 the st. pete city council is putting together an ordinance that would allow you to walk through parts of its downtown... with cups of alcohol. "sip and stroll" is what they're calling it. 3 the ordinance would be limited to the edge district... roughly along 16th street. drinkers would buy a cup with the district's logo... which they could carry outside and have refilled at bars and restaurants. this would only be allowed during pre-approved special events. but before council members can finish drafting the ordinance... they say more discussion is needed with police. 3 3 happening today... mote marine scientists are teaming up with other researchers for a shark expedition. the team will board an ocearch vessel in jacksonville later today. from there... they will travel up florida's northeastern coast. it's the first time an ocearch shark expedition will travel to waters off the southeastern coast fo georgia. for 2 weeks... the team will tag, sample, and release white sharks. they're hoping to

an eighth grader finally has a way to get back and forth to school, thanks to one pinellas park police officer. officer behar noticed a new student at morgan fitzgerald middle needed a bike.. so on the boy's birthday, he surprised bicycle... and the student was very appreciative of the gift. 3 and today in north port: a look at the *future of storm assessment. florida power and light will conduct the first flight demo for it's storm *drones. the robotic planes will be able to fly over large areas of damage to get a birds eye view. they say it will be crucial after hurricanes... when roads and bridges could be blocked. the drones could be launched from a mobile command center. the planes are also engineered to survive wind and rain. no word yet on when they could be used in *real 3 3 justice... for a famous journalist. up next: the multi-million dollar verdict, for tampa's erin andrews. 3 plus: call them cute... call them cuddly... and now, you can even call them by *name. a zoo up north... reveals the results, of its panda cub contest. 3 ((walter but first, here's 3 a look at last nigh

a mess on disney park boulevard in pinellas park. down to one lane. and flooded the street as you see here. big thanks to kirk moody for getting us these pictures. they are working to get the leak capped and the area safe avoid the area. >>> right now, the search for the person who keeps starting fires in a st. petersburg neighborhood. >> yeah. police got this video of the suspects. it's tough to make out. they're not really able to use this. it has gotten worse. we have a map that shows you where it has been happening since january, just west of crescent lake park. >> clifton french joins us live from crescent lake park. clifton, how many fires have there been. >> reporter: there's been five fires in the past two months in a six-black area. lately they have been targeting these alley dumpsters. these large plastic bins right here. this is one of the last ones. this is what it looked like after the fire. the concern is that the fires spread. it went up to this fence. while it only burned a fence this time, the next time it could be a

pinellas park are confirming speed played a role in a fiery and deadly crash that shut down bryan dairy road for hours. the driver is identified as 60- year-old michael hester. slamming into one of the support pillars on the u.s. 19 overpass causing the truck to burst into flames. >>> 6:04. we've monitored the enormousout hernando county teacher's sudden and tragic death. sadly lara delise died a day before her 28th birthday from injuries she suffered during a rodeo accident. her horse fell throwing her to the ground. she was also a cancer survivor, mother of a 2-year-old and had just gotten engaged less than two weeks ago. she was a middle and high school social studies teacher. you can see here more than $13,000 has already raced on a -- raised on her gofundme page to help pay for her medical bills. i posted more on my facebook page. and more on the free mobile app. >>> we're watching for more protests like these in north carolina today after a deadly police shooting leaves a drug suspect dead. hundreds of people taking to "no justice no peace" asking why akil denkins had to die. rale

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. >> a pinellas park travel agent is accused of selling thousands worth of bogus cruise tickets. investigators say janet bender documents to fool her victims. >> shari phillips thought she was buying a vacation for herself and her grandchildren on the famous disney cruise line. >> out $5700. we're not rich people. you know, we saved for this. it was a bucket list item. >> the company bender worked for says she doesn't work there anymore. >>> still ahead on abc action news friday edition, a wedding dress slip swept away across the mississippi river. now the search to find its owner. >> the sign of the times changing, and the one thing president obama did that we haven't seen happen in 50 years opinion first, kendis gibson and reena ninan have the day's business headlines from new york. >> good morning. >> the dow opens this morning in positive territory. nasdaq is still down 5% year to date. >>> americans really love their four-legged friends, shelling out a record $60 billion a year to keep them well fed, well groomed, and well trained. >> milllenniums cough up the biggest chunk.

in pinellas park, abc action news. >>> and now to an incredible story out of iowa. a wedding dress in a box debris. police believe the tornado that hit rapid city illinois blew the dress in a box across the mississippi river into iowa. now officers are trying to find the woman who owns it. >> we would like to make sure it gets back to the owner and the if it made that kind of travel across the river and state in the box, then it's probably meant to get back to who it belongs to. >> a newspaper delivery driver route. do you think that's a sign of a [ laughter ] >> if the wedding dress survives that. >> and it doesn't look like it wrong with it. >> and tornadoes up there are winds 150 to 200 miles per be. absolutely. let's check out the skies across the area, partly cloudy sky, you know, we did see a few showers, citrus county. talked about this at 6:00, and most of the rain staying just off to the north, and right now there's still a pretty decent area of showers and stronger thunderstorm, there's a little box of the warning just west of panama city, and we have one

80s inland, and our coastal areas for the spring breakers trekking in, 80 in clear water through pinellas park and the manatee county beaches as well. looking pretty good. over to meredith. >> reporter: thank you, brian, looking at the downtown junction and i-4, and this is going to be southbound traffic through the interchange, and give it a couple of hours like 2 hours, and it will be all crammed up this is near the hard rock casino. it is moving fine right now. green. the veterans expressway is up to speed from pasco in through the airport. gayle? gene? >>> bay area first responders are alerting us to an alarming trend. the overdose calls for spice is getting alarming for everyone involved. josh, these first responders are concerned for those using spice, but they are also concerned for themselves? should b. now the synthetic drug spice, quite frankly has been around for awhile, but there's been an increase in the number of calls tampa police are getting. it puts them on edge because people are irate. >> calm down! calm down! calm down, what's going on tonight? >> reporter: scary stuff in d

alex, the guy in pinellas park, i talked to him today and i said would you do it again? do you think about that? he said, i would do it all over again. >> even after her history? >> and what she did to him? >> this is real life. >> yes, she has a lot of charm. join us at 11:00 for this story. >>> harrison ford is grabbing his whip again. indiana jones is coming back to the big green. the archeologist will return to the big screen for a 5th movie. ford has played jones since 1981. 2019. >>>>> las vegas police found drugs and guns when they searched the home -- they were called to ausustin's home because of an assault charge. they seizes bedding -- >>> a teen singer from hudson florida is making a name for her self on the "voice." she went head to head with -- the pair sang a duet of lady march valet. fearing lost, but within seconds she was stolen by team pharrell. we're looking forward to watching her journey. >> what a talented young lady. we're seeing talented people in tampa showing up on america's got talent. >> people are trying to we're introduced -- >>reporter: i'

crews say the fire is out but they'll be on scene for awhile, investigating. 3 3 developing in pinellas park: a popular restaurant will probably *not be opening for breakfast. it suffered serious damage... from a fire. investigators are still trying to find out what sparked the fire at the "kozy korner" restaurant. that's on 110th avenue in clearwater. rescue crews arrived to find heavy smoke and say it started in the kitchen. the business was closed at the time. firefighters contained the fire... and kept center: again no one was inside the building at the time. firefighters say there is significant damage. the restaurant *normally opens at six a-m... but that likely *won't happen today. 3 3 developing in hillsborough county: three deputy cruisers are damaged... after they rushed to stop a wrong-way driver. thankfully, it appears everyone is okay. 3 it happened around 9-30 last night on u.s. 301, just south of gibsonton drive. deputies got a call that a black pickup truck was going *north in the southbound lanes of 301. they followed... and the truck then took off... crossing *both directio

tampa with a 60 and the same in pinellas park. there will be 40's across our northern counties to want but we'll rapidly warm up into the 60's and 70's tomorrow, sarasota 59. inland, a whole bunch of 50's, including 59 in sebring. outside now it's 60, dewpoint 51, a light north-northeast wind at 9. around the country watching a huge storm outside in the west. and watching some model data come in on this. you add it all up and there are areas from san francisco going all the way up into canada, into british columbia that could receive between 15 and 20? a. s of 20? a. inches inches of rain. last winter they couldn't buy a drop of rain. this el nino winter has been hit-or-miss, heavy rain up in washington state but not so much in california. the models are predicting several inches of rain but i think this is undercutting the potential for an even flooding event out in the west. we say in the 40's and 50's and tomorrow, lots of sunshine,80's inland and 70's near the coasts. and this is interesting for next week tf there . there is g

also, in pinellas park. 81 degrees s around brandon. 77, sarasota. weeki wachee, 75. cold front to the north of us. a stalled front. area of low pressure will develop. boundary. that. showers right now as you can see across the northern part of the gulf of mexico, spreading these clouds high and mid level clouds. some lower clouds too. and you can see the showers firing up. maybe a few thunderstorms mixed in here. it is generally this area we will watch for moving through the region for tomorrow. a lot of this will move to the north, but it keep it is chance of showers through the day. a few little sprinkles now back to our west at the moment. but not much rain reported at this hour. so the rpm forecast model, you can see around 8:10 in the morning. mamaybe a few showers for the rpm forecast model. then the possibility of seeing some showers with this approaching front inin the area. begin later in the day and the early part of sunday. lingering 7:30 a.m. sunday morning. then cooler air building in behind later on sunday. with breezier conditions. second half of sunda

pinellas park. 71 degrees in brandon. 71 temple terrace. sun city center. 65 crystal river. lakeland, 72. north port, 71. sarasota, 67. you can see the clouds i was talking about. quite a few back to the west. that has been the flow throughout the daytime probably a bit more sunshine through in places like hernando. citrus county. northern part of the state as well. you can see the thunderstorms that are erupting with an area of low pressure cold front. severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of mississippi. eventually, the air gets so low as it slips to the north. there could be frozen precipitation as well. you can see the snow goes all the way south of chicago. northern indiana. west virginia. northern virginia. further south, most of this is rain and thunderstorms. just some rain possibilities. the bulk of the energy will be well to the north. it is a natural area for clouds and showers to develop. here it goes friday morning. this. this is well south of the bay. some showers possible. then by noon at the latest all south and we start to clear out so you might want to bri

governor rick scott on hand at the armed forces reserve center in pinellas park. the governor saying today, quote, we are incredibly grateful for their service and must take every possible opportunity to thank our american heroes. really looked like. tornado. >>> tornado survivor. the new look at an incredibly destructive tornado and what damage while being trapped outdoors. >>> trouble getting a job in be your own boss. the fastest growing group going into business for themselves and the freeway to take control of your financial future of the >> welcome back. we get them and use them all the time. emoji s in texts. now it has landed some students in legal trouble. the middle schooler is accused of making threats against the school sent in the form of emojis on her instagram account. >> kids are getting death threats. >>> you get emojis. it's like a skull and a bomb and a gun. >> parents say they only found out about the incident after a newsletter was sent home. >>> well, women, especially mine or the women are becoming their own boss more than any other group in

eagle 8hd is over a fire in a restaurant in pinellas park. businesses around the cozy corner have been evacuated. >> reporter: let's push in real close. this is the cozy corner restaurant and earlier, a fire broke out. a lot of smoke. you can see it is still an active scene. plenty of firefighters on scene. they did like you said evacuate the buildings. the good news is a lot of the smoke has dispated and most of the fire is out. however, crews are still on scene as i pull back wide. it's still an active scene. the businesses are still evacuated so avoid the area >> we will update that story on wfla.com and here on newschannel8. >> we will be back at 11:00. have a great night. me tv pilot she hosted after her own hotel nightmare. plus, the breakdown on erin's courtroom win. >> how much of the $55 million she'll actually see. >> and reaction to the verdict from the new "dancing" cast just revealed today. >> i'm glad that justice is coming her way. >>> padma lakshmi's recipe for scandal. >> i'm human. i have made some mistakes. >> inside her sa

pinellas park, mcdill, 70. 70 out around apollo beach. upper 70s in bartow. 81 in sebring. the sun is doing its thing there. the cooler weather is to the north with the front down to the south. we are seeing the cooler air push further south, so eventually, hopefully temperatures will be a little more cool in those spots this evening in places like bartow and lake placid and sebring. area of low pressure off the east coast trailing cold front across south florida. you can see high pressure is building in behind that giving us a nice northwesterly flow. cooler. we are seeing few of the high and mid level clouds. that will be the case for the evening too. more clear skies. so it is just giving us more sunshine today which is certainly very pleasant. saturday morning might want a jacket to start. that is true probably for sunday morning too. ins the 50s . in the afternoon, beautiful. a lot of sunshine. light breeze, easterly flow. another reenforcing slightly cooler push of air. keeps it the same sunday. this weekend, really fantastic weather saturday and sunday. it begins wit

. >>> happening today, the pinellas county traffic division will be at pinellas park middle school at 3:00 p.m. to give bike lights to students and help them install them. . it's part of a safety effort with the florida department of transportation. so far, 800 lights have been given out to 17 is schools. the state purchased the l.e.d. lights with a federal grant. state law requires bikes to have front and rear bike lights at night. >>> a hikeker in israel made quite the find, a rare 2,000-0- year-old gold coin. let's take a look here. the coin was found in eaeastern city. and there's only one other coin like it in the world and that's in a british museum. and for this coin, the hiker turned it over to authorities. i wonder if he got money for that. . >> yeah, i bet that's worth a lot of coin right there. >> nice. nice. >> all right. can't t follow that one. >>> i'm in a fog today. well, a lot of us are in the fog. especially along the coast. there's a dense e fog advisory for the near shore waters. and inland fog starting to develop. only three-quarters of a mile visibility in lakela

: we firsrst encountered melissa frederick 11 years ago, after she spiked the ice cream of her pinellas park boyfriend and stole his money. now she has earned every bit of her nickname, the internet black widow. she didn't look dangerous, as she e was whwheelchaired to a nova scotia parole hearing this week. but don't let that fool you. >> we believe she's a significant risk to the public. >> she contacted d me on the internet. >> reporter: melissa met alex on an internet datingng site 1111 years ago, and moved in with him after theieir first date. >> she was caring for you? >> reporter: amp eight trips to -- after eight trips to the hospital. discovered melissa was spiking alex's ice cream with tranquilizers. >> is he lucky to be alive? >> yeah, he is, very much so. >> reporter: she used the same drug on stragos that she used to killll her husband in canada. >> she had something that attracting individuals to her. personality, her look. then she turns on them. and in the end, they're either a victim of either a theft, or ultimately could end up dead. >> reporter: frederick spent four years

officer pepper sprayed the 18-year-old special needs student here at richard l sanders school in pinellas park. >> they didn't give me any treatment for it. >> he means school. by there, he means jail. where officers took him in cuffs thursday following a lunchroom brawl. he and his friend are charged with disorderly conduct. he says they didn't start the brawl. they only jumped in to protect a female classmate who was being attacked by another male

officer pepper sprayed the 18-year-old special needs student here at richard l sanders school in pinellas park. >> they didn't give me any treatment for it. >> he means school. by there, he means jail. where officers took him in cuffs thursday following a lunchroom brawl. he and his friend are charged with disorderly conduct. he says they didn't start the brawl. they only jumped in to protect a female classmate who was being attacked by another male >> he was beating on her. i didn't think it was right. so i started beating on him. it's wrong but i was upset. i wasn't thinking straight. she was a good friend of mine. >> reporter: he says an officer used pepper spray not once but twice to stop the brawl. >> i don't think it's right to mace somebody. maybe multiple people pulled me off but not mace. >> reporter: another 15-year- old student was arrested but tonight it's still not clear how the female student is doing. school district officials confirm all of this did happen but they won't comment. they also won't give us any of the footage picked up by four lunchroom. they're saying that they're

corey dierdorff is heading to a very serious crash in pinellas county, pinellas park. u.s. 19 in the kenneth city area. traffic moving pretty good on u.s. 19 where he is but he's going to the crash where we're hearing there are multiple

she spent four years in a florida prison for drugging a pinellas park man. turns out, she used the same drug on him that he used to kill her second husband up in canada. popolice say men find her irresistible. >> you can almost equate her to a venus fly trap. she has something that attracts individuals to her, her personalty, her look and then she turns on them. and d in the end, they are either a victim of either a theft or ultimately could end up dead. personalty, look, whole package. yep. her third husband died under suspicious circucumstances as well in manatee county in 2002. in florida, she would be considered a career criminal. will she return? right now, she's being heheld in canada and could be released as soon as tomorrow. >> yeah, you don't hear something like that every day. >>> we're getting more details about why a fellow inmate attacked former subway pitchman and convicted pedophile jared fogle. the attacker gave him a swollen face, scratched neck and bloody nose even. according to new document, it happened in january. the other inmate explain

. >>> a fire at pinellas park restaurant is under investigation, it started at the kitchen in the kozy korner after the restaurant was closed. this is hd video of the scene, nearby businesses had to be evacuated because of smoke but no one was hurt. driving drunk right into the back of a police car. st. petersburg police tell us it was parked central avenue with lights on when cathy maloney ran into it, maloney is charged with dui. >>> the sheriff of highlands county has a strong message for everyone in her county, report child abuse or you could face the criminal consequences. 8 on your side's paul ryan tells us why she is-- paul mular tells us why. >> 3 teachers are on porn accusations. one student's gone viral. >> barba walker is retired but before that worked for the district for 45 years and call the sex scandals an embarrassment. >> you know, that is down hill now. that is bad. >> but these positions are >> today sheriff susan benton laid down the law, she says if teach ers and parents think something is wrong, they need to report it. >> everyone of us is responsible for reportin

. >>> governor rick scott was in pinellas park today to honor dozens of veterans who served our country. he handed out the governor's veterans' service awards to 171 floridians who served in all branches of the military. veterans we spoke with told us it means a lot to hear those words thank you. >> proud to be here, i'm going to frame this and hang it on the wall at the house with -- >> i always hear veterans say this was the first time he was thanked so to be a part of that and be here with the governor on these ceremonies -- >> handing out more medals in winter haven later on this month. >>> here's something you can talk about with friends and family. using a high tech method to go after irresponsible dog owners? >> it's pretty clever. a community with a common complaint, people aren't and we are going to show you the lengths they are going to >>> extreme measure pet owners pick up after their dog. a community is creating a dog edna database. they want to use dna testing who nab people who don't clean up what their dog leaves behind. >> somebody might say this is of people believe it

>>> fire investigators will be back at a pinellas park restaurant this morning to try to determine what started a fire there. the fire sparked after the restaurant was closed. this is eagle 8 hd video of the scene. nearby businesses were evacuated because of smoke. no one was hurt. >>> well, a woman is accused of drunk driving and going right into the back of a police car. st. petersburg police tell us central avenue with the lights on when kathy maloney ran into it. the officer was not seriously hurt. she is charged with dui. >>> the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing this morning on the oversight of the u.s. department of justice. attorney general loretta at that lynch will be the only witness. the committee currently maintains oversight over the department of justice. >>> a u.s. senator wants the obama administration to ease up restrictions on invest. in cuba to american hotels can -- investments in cuba so american hotels can build there. she claims hotel operations in spain and the uk already have negotiations in place to build hotels in cuba. well our keith cate is hea

but no word yet on how this fire started. 3 (walter in pinellas park: investigators are trying to figure-out what sparked another fire... at the "kozy korner" restaurant. crews say: it looks like it started in the kitchen... but the business was closed when the fire began last night. firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to other adjoining businesses... but it was a shocking site to neighbors. a pastor says: he was cleaning up his church... left for just a few minutes... and when he came back, he saw flashing lights everywhere. 3 "when i came around the thought someone might have gotten hurt, killed, shot or something, but thank god it was just a small fire and nobody got hurt." --walter 3 again, no one was inside the building at the time.... firefighters say: there's *significant damage. 3 3 deputies in polk county are looking for a suspicious man this morning.. who attempted to lure a young girl into his car.. by using a story about her mom being in the hospital.. 3 the incident took place around 4 p-m, tuesday afternoon.. near the intersection of thousand oaks boulevard a

a few spits through pinellas park around south tampa where they are getting ready for air fest. they open up the gates right about now. we are seeing showers from zephyrhills and rich manner getting sprinkles and polk city. all of this streaming in ahead of a cold front that will be driving through and dropping temperatures. we are at 67 now in tampa. st. petersburg 69. winds are mild out of the north and northwest but we will see the winds pick up today as we watch the temperatures tumble. florida's most accurate data center, starting off in the 60s , 75 by later on as the skies clear and then we chillout. what do you see how cool it gets coming up. >>> breaking news. tampa police officer was nearly hit head-on by a wrong way driver. jake peterson his life off busch boulevard. >> reporter: she was arrested here right we you exit from to 75. the officer was going north onto 75 when he spotted the driver coming towards him and she was going south in the northbound lane and weekly got out of her way and another officer followed her and pulled her over. the driver's name is asia pe

another gorgeous day. 83 in pinellas park. 82 in palm harbor. 83 in bartow. pretty afternoon. a little cloud cover earlier. we're expecting mostly clear skies for the rest of this evening and into tonight. definitely not gonna be seeing any rain because we've still got that same weather pattern going on. pressure sitting off in the western athletic, leaving us with that southwesterly flow. so the warm temperatures keep on coming. storms are bringing flooding rains west of us in places like louisiana and texas. a lot of that rain would have made it here. so for the rest of this evening, it's still pretty warm, and it's gonna stay warm into the late evening hours and overnight tonight. mostly clear skies, quiet, and very mild as well. waking up tomorrow morning, temperatures in the mid-60s. you definitely do not need a jacket. we're in store for another very warm day. our rain chances will be going up as we head into this coming weekend. >>> could something you eat give you lung cancer? >> a new study says more and into the downtown areas of >>> your favorite italian dressing is

sunshine skyway bridge taking 17 minutes from pinellas park drive to i-75 in manatee county. looking live at our other bridges. this is the howard frankland bridge. coming into tampa live from sky 10. these are the northbound lanes before you are getting off the bridge. so quiet so far. six minutes to cross. gandy bridge also looking great this morning live from sky 10 on the pinellas side. your drive time is just five minutes. bobby? >> most roads are dry as a front comes through and the wind is not up. it is picking up north northwest 10 to 15. that will be it for your bridges. it should be good. there is the rain falling apart we are drying out for you. it is a good looking forecast. the clouds from the front this here. mostly sunny skies this afternoon mid 70s. clouds. days. in ten minutes. >>> this is a look at your day's top stories at 6:00. >> i think i'm talking. >> people say everywhere i go you seem to be the adult on the stage. >>> bad blood among the republican canidates during lasting night's presidential debate. in the end all of the canidates said they would su

dew point of 65, winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. 70 in pinellas park, 74 up in plant city, to the north 70 in brooksville, 73 in new port richey, 72 in 73 in frostproof. high pressure is in control right now. trough is pushing this line of showers, and you don't see a whole lot of rain on radar here, there are some showers and storms lined up along this trail here and that's slowly working its way towards us as we head to the rest of the overnight period. into the day tomorrow, we're talking about showers developing towards the morning hour on the coast and pushing inland, on into the evening, could be aperiod of time of light to moderate raint. few lingering showers out there, get beyond that and it still looks like a pretty dry middle @of the week. still warm and humid though so we don't see a whole lot of relief from that. your forecast heads up for paix fog scattered showers, even a few rumbles of thunder developing and pushing inland. i don't expect a whole lot of sun during the day tomorrow. seven-day forecast, temperatures near 80s, tuesday and wednesday hang around

now, the one batch of showers over land, from clearwater down hrough largo, and pinellas park, moving to the east but falling apart as it does so. they may get a few light sprinkles heading into tampa and areas to the east but the light to moderate rain this evening through the next few hours would be right up against the coast. you look at the batch of rain and notice the trend over the last hours is for this to fall apart and i expect that continue heading into the next couple of hours but more may start back up again heading into tomorrow morning and so we are not done with the showers pom showers comb showers completely. high in tampa, and inland, a little bit more sunshine and daytime heating and so we have 88 in he is braing he is sebring and frost proof. but up the coast, going for 80 for a high in tampa, and east again, 87 in haines city and 87 down in arcadia, and the humid once again a lot higher and it's going to feel a whole lot warmer out there. a few thingerring showers around thing lingers showers but die and warm heading into tuesday and wednesday, maybe even thursday,

pete, 50 in pinellas park, inverness, 57 out at myakka city. 59 in arcadia. so any late night plans tonight, early morning plans, probably a satellite and radar, we had cloud cover, pushing off to the south and east. water vapor loop, you see these shades of red out there, that's a lot of dry air. good news for sunday more in the way of sun. most of that will be sticking around until monday too. we call this zonal flow, west to east flow out there. we tend to be pretty close to our average highs during the day and pretty close to the average lows at night. in the middle of the week we get a dip in the jetstream on the west, this cut off flow, and that causes the big ridge to develop, across the middle part of the country. mid atlantic, d.c, new york, 60s and 70s by the end of the week. mostly clear skies, low 80s for the middle of the week and again rain chances at this point, maybe on saturday 20 to point looks to be wednesdayer days of the weekend. guys. >> thanks mike. scientists play have discovered a new species of octopus. some of its unique features, a

. >>> crashing into the back of a school bus in pinellas park yesterday afternoon. one student on board but she and the driver were not hurt. the weapon who hit the bus wasn't hurt, either. >>> the hulk hogan case started about a half hour ago. shock jock bubba the love sponge is refusing to testify. jurors saw a video deposition from bubba's ex-wife. heather cole testified she didn't know she was being taped with having sex with hogan. hogueson suing gawker for posting the video online. on a deadly rampage n. is suing uber. adultton is claiming that working for uber caused psychological damage. he says he went on a shooting free killing several and injures others while working for uber. >>> a lakeland woman who was fighting to keep her beloved pet alligator, i posted that on my facebook page yesterday. it was shared almost 200,000 times. we're checking in with mary today. we're checking to see if she's going to be allowed to keep rambo. mary thorne rescued rambo 11 years ago. now the trained docile reptile has outgrown its current home according to an ordinance. th

in pinellas park. >> how about that. >> yeah! >> fantastic. >> great to everyone who played a hand. other than your family anything more sacred than your home. >> they did that for him. he deserved it. that's a win-win for everyone. >> glad he is better. >>> and carry us into the weekend. will the wind continue. >> we're going to drop this down as we head into the day. and saturday much less breezy and then sunday we have to watch out. it is a big, big weekend. you have valspar and the grand prix and strawberry festival. the look outside. before we get to the forecast, look out there, tampa. a nice beautiful ending to a warm day. almanac is 85 degrees the high. 68 was the low this morning. here is a look at by the way the high being 85 or average high. this is the fourth day in a row that we had 80 or better. tough go back to the end of december. the 28th to the 31st before you find the stretch. we'll continue it six days in a row of hitting that 80. and maya express leading to flooding across mississippi. arkansas and east texas. we'll talk about what that means and what it means f

they received the award at the armed forces preserve center in pinellas and pinellas park. the medal is a way of showing gratitude for courage and sacrifice. , they severed to make sure we have the freedoms what very today. >> it is great when they say thank you. >> the governor personally recognize the the veterans in the speech. >>> good news for duke and light customers. the bills are going down. the companies say they are passing savings from the low cost of natural gas. duke customers who use 1000-kilo savings of about $5. fpl will see a 1.65 savings. >>> check your pockets if you played the rotly. shake the kids, don't shake them. >>> it could be a winning ticket. it could be in the house. it expires at midnight. six months ago in lakeland. circle k. and we asked some of you what you may do if it was your money. >> oh my god. 73,000. i will make sure i tithe the church. >> contribute it to a good cause. to my family. >> when i give back. grandmother, the money goes to florida public schools if not claimed, i hope they check it quickly. >> makes are no big deal in flor

the truck was found in pinellas park two days aegg. >>> search and rescue divers found a body in lake thonotosassa as they were searching for a missing man. a group of people were on the pontoon boat and say their friend jumped into the water to grab a noodle float but never resurfaced. >> most people loved him. he was a lovely guy. you know, i don't know what you think happened, but everybody misses him. >> we're waiting for the deputies to release the man's name and exact cause of death. >> and breaking news that we brought you all morning long. has a long history of domestic violence. we'll show you the picture right now. this picture holds this dent that you are seeing in the bulletproof shield from the gun that sonny chen fired at police. officers with are at his home responding to a domestic violence call responding to his long time girlfriend. chen's girlfriend said he called police after he threatened her and at one point grabbed her neck. >> he grabbed my neck. >> i'm going to hurt you! i'm going to hurt you! >> criminal records date back to the '90s that includes charges of

. >>> possible dog abuse and pinellas park and it's caught on video. we want to warn you, the footage is hard to watch. a tip led officers to question doing what is called, monte o- ring training. it is a protection sport obedience, agility and work. detectives believe what they saw on this video is extreme. although they add the dog is fit, healthy and does not appear to be hurt. a state attorney will decide on possible animal cruelty charges. >> we are airing on the side of caution to make sure that we're looking at it from all aspects. >> detectives say the man in the video is visiting from out of state. he was at the dog health llc office 67 avenue. the owner said she allowed him to use her yard. she did not witness what happened or the owner said it would have been stopped. >>> a pitiless park special needs student who claims he was trying to break up a fight ends up getting pepper sprayed and this happened thursday at richard l. sanders school. two teens were arrested. eric keller bail was one of getting assaulted during lunch. he and a friend ju

pwalter allen from pinellas park pwhere the home behind me is part pof the military makeover. pit's actually a television show pthat's going to air on lifetime pbut it's a show that they're pgoing to go in to a military pfamily who needs it and they're pgoing to make over the home. pthe guy himself. pthanks for joining us. p>> you know, it's a pleasure to pbe here. pthank you for showing some pattention to us bringing a roject. pi think this is number seven pwe've done. pand it's like we're -- the show phas caught on so well because of pthe subject matter, of course. peverybody loves our veterans. pthe producers, photographers are ptaking it to another level. pso it's always a fun thing for pme to do or me to help. pveterans. pi want to put out thanks to the pwounded warriors southern pnot to be mistaken with the pnational wounded warriors, okay? pthese guys are special people. pthey're fantastic. pand they're the ones that are phelping us. pit's a very deserving family and pwe gave the house away. pa lady called us. pshe had been watching the show. pher name is peggy. pa litt

p66 in pinellas park. p69 down in sun city center. p67 brooksville. p71 in wesley chapel 72 in venice p74 in myakka city. pinland, temperatures in the low p70s as well. plook satellite and radar cold pfront off to north. pthat will continue to drop south pas we head throughout day today. pdry air kind of filtering in all pday long. pthat humid air mass we've had in plast couple of days go by way pside and drier air over the pweekend as well. pjet stream forecast i want to pshow you this, because the attern we're in right now has pgradual warm up. pwatch what happens by wednesday pand thursday. pwe build this big, big ridge pcountry. pyou get an upper level cut off plow down towards texas. pand that is just going to slowly pmeander eastward. pso i don't see rain chances pthursday, i don't even see them pfriday. pand it may hold off until next pweekend. pmaybe even after that. pso it's going to be a while pchances. p74 for today. pmostly sunny. pbit breezy at times. pmid fwnts. pclear ask cooler. phere's your 7 day forecast. ptomorrow. pupper 70s sunday

pin pinellas park. pcome on out and cheer on kyle pfamily when they geet keys to ptheir military make over house. prussell, dave. pthat's great. preally great. pinspiring neat. pneat. pthank you. pthank you. pyou bet. pwe've hat a lot of fun today. pyeah we have a busy day. pcolorful characters on the good pday p>> best way to put it. pwhen they out shine you and you. pand you. plet me tell you something man pwhoever here for whatever they pare here for they got great pweather. pi will say this and i'm thinking pabout the pta professionals pright now. pbecause they are they are having pa to play through this wind. pthis is difficult for them to lay. ptough course. pserious gusts. ptough, tough winds. pso, we're at 72 degrees so it's pbrookville ocala and lakeland. pi got sarasota at 73. pthe winds at times, they are pgusting over 20. phere comes one of those 20 pgusts. pand that's bringing in the phumidity. pso dew points are up a little pbeth. p64 to 67 degrees. pi'm honest i ink we're heading pright b

pinellas park police are now confirming speed did play a role in a fiery and deadly crash that shut down bryan dairy road for hours yesterday. authorities have also identified the driver who died, 60-year-old michael hester. officials say he slammed into one of the support pillars under the u.s. 19 overpass causing his truck to burst into flames. >>> in democracy 2016 -- super tuesday is officially here. as presidential race pushes on. democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump are both hoping to gain on their first respective leads in the polls. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is tracking the numbers this morning. predicting a bit of a landslide for both clinton and trump today. >> that's right. despite that, however, all the candidates vowed to stay in the race no matter what today's outcome is. with so many delegates at stake everybody is starting from ground zero until it's all said and done at least on our big wall. here's a look at the 12 states involved in today's super tuesday. there are a total of 595 delegates at stake for republicans and about 865 delegate

gandy bridge, courtney campbell causeway quiet and sunshine skyway looking great. 17 minutes from pinellas park drive to manatee county. bobby? >> high clouds out there today. still warm. we'll break up the clouds and see sunshine. we'll stay dry. mid to upper 70s. front comes through in the morning. it is another weak front with a small chance for a shower at 7:30. then we are in the mid 70s with sunshine in the afternoon. no severe weather expected. beautiful for the weekend. saturday and sunday i'm tracking warmer air back out west. i'll let you know how that affects coming up in our seven- day forecast in ten minutes. >>> it is thursday march 3rd. this is your eye opener. at 6:00. >> there is no guarantee. a tax from the establishment could make trump stronger. >> if we chose donald trump as november. >>> the republican presidential canidates are preparing for tonight's debate. the field is narrowing as dr. ben carson backs out of the debate saying he sees no path forward to the nomination. >>> a dangerous road in tampa is getting a new traffic light. after years of people getting hit by ca

pan eighth grader has a way to pthanks to a pinellas park police pofficer. phe noticed the boy needed a new pbike so the officer surprised phim with a brand new bicycle. ptoday is international women's pday. p>>laura: that's right and google phas found a neat way to pcelebrate. p>> one day we will play in the pmajor leagues. p>>laura: we have a look at this pamazing video and how they're pcelebrating the next generation. p>>dave: we're at 60 degrees here pat 7:10. pi know. pa little nicer than yesterday at pthis time. psome spots are coolish. pwe have temperatures in lakeland pin the 50s. pupper 50s in hernando and citrus pcounty but it is warmer than pyesterday at this time. pi think clouds and sunshine pbefore bring it right back up to paround 80 degrees for this pafternoon. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. america runs on dunkin'. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. tec

p80 in pinellas park. p81 in weeki wachee. p79 in inverness. p78 at sarasota, 75 in venice. p81 right now in myakka city. pinland, it's really warm. p86 in frost proof. p87 in sebring and 84 down in plake placid. pit's been a breezy day today pjust like it was yesterday. pmost areas have winds sustained p15 miles an how were, gusting at ptimes to above 20 miles an hour. pyou see 22 mile-per-hour wind pgusts for lakeland, 24 in winter phaven. pnow, notice the direction. pwinds coming out over the gulf pso that's going to increase the pthat's why we have a dew point pof 71 in tampa. pyou head to the east coast, pthough, it's only somewhat phumid. p60 dew point at vero beach. p60 in orlando. pso with that west wind, we're pgoing to remain humid at least puntil we start to shift the pwinds later on thursday. pmay see a brief dropoff in the pdew points. psatellite and radar view, post pshower activity and cloud cover psinking to the south and east. poverall tonight, partly cloudy pskies. pone exception may be quite a bit pin the way of low clouds psettling in over the area. phere