psunshine to the north. peverybody is breezy and cooler. pif you have a trip to the pnortheast, call ahead today. pthey are not done with the snow pyet. pthis a spring snow. pfirst day of spring, full day of pspring and under a winter storm pwarning in boston and rovidence. phartford, snow is about to send. psnow just ended in new york pcity. pit is a fast moving system. pclosing all the schools, phopefully that will be their plast round of winter. pfor us, 30 hours of cooler air. pmore sunshine to the north. p66 for a high temperature. psun rise getting earlier, 7:32. pclear and cold tonight. ptampa, east and north, lower 40s pand citrus county, leavey pcounty, 30s overnight. pnot kidding, it is a one-night pdeal and warms back up for ptomorrow afternoon. pchilly start. pmild finish. ptomorrow's high, 73 . pboaters, north wind 20-25 knots, pseas, runner 6-9 feet. pi think it is going to cool pbefore it warms back up. peaster weekend, lower 80s for phighs, lows back to 70 . punsettled weather pattern. p>> we'll take it, dave, thank pyou. p6

pwe'll have filtered sunshine ptoday but even still, that psunshine, i do expect high ptemperatures to make their way pback into the mid 70s. pfilling in for vanessa, she's pback on traffic. p>>jennifer: i've got some good pnews for drivers this morning. pthis accident looks bad and it pwas at the time. pthe crash at florida avenue had pyour northbound lanes shut down psince 4:00 this morning. pwe're just getting reports it is pback open. pall northbound lanes are back popen. pwhat happened here earlier this pmorning, there was a white pmercedes travelling along the pflorida avenue northbound, ran a pthe white mercedes benz. pthe driver was taken to tampa pmedical hospital and we'll let pyou know when we get more pdetails about it but as far as pthe morning commute goes, it's pgood right now in this area, all pnorthbound lanes are back open. pit's the first day of the pflorida strawberry volume so pthere may be more volume added paround i-4. pkeep in mind, that construction pwork that was supposed to wrap pup in this area extended until pthe end of the month. pwe'll see even more added

pand right now just a reminder, psunshine skyway remains closed. pwith that said, we want to check pin on other incidents happening pon the roadways. pnew crash is reported along pfletcher avenue in the area of pi-275. pwe're hearing there's some ossible lane blockages here. pif so, they're going to be in pthe eastbound direction. pthis time of morning with the pvolumes the way they are, you pshouldn't experience any big pdelays. ponce this say full closure, pwhich we haven't heard of yet, pso you'll just really treat this pmore as a situation where you'll pexercise the move over law, keep pthe eye out for emergency crews. phere's a live look at the pupdated travel times. pwe have a little slowdown going. pit's kind of unusual for this pwe'll make sure nothing is phappening. pback in the green. pso, so far so good. p>>russell: that group of people pjoining the rays during their pcuba trip, it just keeps pexpanding. p>>laura: a look at the group pthat includes a very famous pex-major leaguer and who says pyou can't become a puppy again? pold dog giv

pthen early shower tomorrow, psunshine returns in the pafternoon. pboaters we do have light chop pfor you today water temperature psteadily rising now. p7 day outlook look how nice and pmild this gets. p75, saturday, 76. psunday with potential for highs pin lower 80s much of next week. p>> thanks dave. p8:41. pno secret, we've got lot of panimal lovers around here. pand it's pretty safe to say that pjen and i could turn into this pguy in the next few years. pespecially when we when we win plottery. pthere's this man from denver, pcolorado he's using his land to pgive elderly animals a forever phome. pwe're talking a lot of them from pall walks of life. psteve gray. phe currently has, listen to pthis, ten dogs, a pig, who pthinks she's a dog. ptwo chickens two ducks, two igeons, some cats, a rabbit. pand a pond full of coy. pthat is us. pwhile he may sound like he's a phoarder he really not he's palways had animals growing up phis parents let him have pcan take care of him this has pcontinued into his adulthood. pwhat started of this love aat pleast

psunshine. pbeautiful. pkind of warm. pkind of muggy. psome sun in the polk county. pgoing to be a brooedz day. pa warm day. pand while we don't have a lot prain on radarwarmth, this pmugginess is not going away. pit's going to hang around for pnext few days. pin fact i don't see a change at pall until we push ourselves into pthe upcoming weekend. pnotice a future cast gives you pfew spritzes, a few sprinkle as pdominant wind flow continues to pbe out south and southwest. pthat's just going to continue to pkeep us very warm, very muggy. pyou get behind, fog at night pthen you feel humidity in pafternoon. pso kind of a late spring or pearly summer pattern. p80 degrees for high temperature ptoday. pagain showers and southern pnlts pmoving over bay. peverybody is rain chances are pmuch lower than individual pspots. pmild and muggy tonight. plow temperature of 67. pand then mostly sunny and warm ptomorrow with high temperature pof 80 degrees. pboaters a light chop is pexpected. pwater temperature only 10 pdegrees away from me jumping in pthe gulf. pwe're getting there. p

phour phowever, when you go over the psunshine skyway bridge, that's pwhere the fog is. pso that's where the visibilities phave been reduced to about 100 pfeet or so. pso as you're stepping out the pdoor in brandon or tampa, pclearwater, not too bad outside. pwhy did they close the bridge? pkeep in mind as you go up, pthat's when you're dealing with pthe fog. pyou know, big hill several phundred feet and you get in the pfog. psame kind of thing when you're pdealing with the bridge. pthese temps, this whole week phave been just awesome. pthey've been so far above normal pand we've got about two or three pmore mornings for that before it pchanges. pand then it's going to turn much pcooler. pi don't get ahead of myself. pwe'll do that in the seven-day pin a couple of minutes. pfog has not been a huge issue so pfar polk county this morning but pi don't rule it out. pa steady stream of mid to upper plevel clouds. pthat's what we're looking at the pnext day, day and a half. pthere's a frontal system and pthis is not your typical where a pcold front just comes, you know, prakin

pwe're going to go clouds and psunshine, cool start, warm pfinish, high of 78 degrees. ptonight clear. pit won't be quite as chilly but pi think you'll need the jackets. p58 for the overnight low. pinland and north you'll be pcloser to upper 40s, near 50 pdegrees and then partly cloudy pand warm tomorrow with a high ptemperature of 79 degrees. peast winds today for boaters pgives us a moderate chop, seas ptwo to three feet. pwe're going to fine tune the pwe may be able to push the rain pback a little bit. pwe'll look at 80s for highs pwednesday, thursday and friday. pcourtney? p>> all right, dave. pminor accident in pinellas pcounty but it's really not pcausing a slowdown. pthis is 275 near southbound planes in the area of gandy, all poff to the right shoulder here. pjust expect to see the flashing plights on scene. pyou can see no big issues. pthe sky fox is out there pchecking on the rest of 275 phillsborough county. pnorthbound lanes here, downtown ptampa there on the right, very pnice out as you can see and pheavy traffic building just a pbit in the area of howard a

psunshine skyway. pbut you know, yesterday morning pyou couldn't even see that so plooks like the fog was better. pit's still foggy. pdon't get me wrong, especially palong the coastline i need to pyou slow it down. pvanessa will talk about that in pa couple of minutes. pi want to show you two different pcamera shots because you look at pthe all children's hospital pcamera, you can see the low pclouds. pdo you see how it's just above pthe ground? pit's like hovering there. pthe visibility might be good pfrom the ground but just above, pnot so much. pyou go to lakeland, there's the pfog overlooking lake mirror so pyou've got fog at the coast. pwe've got fog inland. pthe visibilities are all over pthe place from a quarter mile, p10 miles, chances are you're pwalking out the door now, you're pgoing to be dealing with the pfog. pinland fog will burn off quickly pthis morning. pcoastal fog may hang around puntil noon time. phighs back in the lower 80s. psee if the fog is impacting our pmorning commute. phere

p>>vanessa: good morning. psunshine skyway bridge is being pclosed to all traffic. pwe've got a live look over the pbridge and it's probably because pvisibilities are a concern this pmorning. pwe have some heavy fog in the parea. ptroopers say some parts of the pbridge are experiencing pvisibilities under 100 feet. eriodically we've been seeing pflashlights, patrol cars driving pover the bridge testing the pvisibilities and i'm sure pthey're not going to open it puntil it's completely safe for pfolks to travel. pin the meantime, stick with 75 pand we'll keep i posted when the pbridge does reopen. pwe have another serious crash to plet you know about, serious road pincident out of the trinity parea. pnorthbound lanes of east lake pare blocked due to a serious pinjury crash where we're hearing pone person is being extricated pfrom the vehicle and they're pgoing to be transported as a ptrauma alert as soon as we're pseeing that person delayed. pfor folks in the area, you know preally the only straight shot plittle road. pso either take that road or if pyou do have to h

psunshine's back and we'll drag pin cooler air. p81 degrees for the rest of the pafternoon. ut mostly cloudy but just keep pin mind to the north you could phave an isolated shower. pcloudy mild tonight. plow 68. pcheck your skytower radar app. ptomorrow okay, see what showers pare developing and moving on pshore. pbecause we're going to deal a pgood 50 percent solid chance of psome rain later in the day. pthen the next seven days you're pgoing to see a nice cool down pfor monday. p51 for low with high of 67. phowever warmth right back by the pmiddle of next week. pa protection that stays on neutrogena cool dry sport. helioplex play on with protection that stays on. cool dry sport. the sun'll come out tomorrow... for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine r that helps make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, tomorrow... i love ya, tomorrow p in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who ar

psunshine skyway is closed again. pdave's back in just a few pminutes with at latest on our psoupy forecast and vanessa, pshe's busy. pshe's got detours for us. p>> and a fan's dream come true pwhy adele plucked her from the paudience to help her sing on pstage. phey charley. pgood day russell. pthe world of avatar james pcameron's world of avatar is pweekend thanks to cirque du psoleil a fantastic show we will ptalk about a behind show and in pfact let's be very quiet. pthere's a vipir wolf right over pthere. pthey are kind of dangerous. pvipir wolves. pso stick around. pthat's kind of creepy. pstick around and we will talk to pthe vipir wolf and i'm out of pwolf. pstick a the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. america run

psunshine tomorrow though, plow 80s on thursday and turning pmore humid. pa couple of showers developing pby late in the day. pwe'll fine tune the rain robabilities. pit looks to be 40-50 percent. peaster sunday could be so-so. p>>> coming up, the dual for pdelegates out west. priding his know you can save today another big night in p>>> you know we had to have olitical news tonight, right? pthere's another big night in the prace for the white house. pthe polls are closed in arizona pand the caucuses in iowa and putah winding down. pthe caucus results aren't out pyet but we are getting results pfrom arizona. p>> the republican race has been pmargin. pby donald trump and that means pwinner takes all state all pdelegates go to him. p>> for the democrats, arizona is pgoing to hillary clinton. p75 delegates go to her. pas we wait for the caucuses in putah and iowa, you can head to pour website, of course we'll phave updates on good day. p>>> meanwhile, each of the pcandidates speaking up about pwhat happened in brussels. p>> this became a political issue ptoda

psunshine, it's warm, humid, and pthe coastline is just socked in pwith that sea fog. pjust very strange. p81 degrees for a high ptemperature for today. pnotice after today, we start to pa bring in rain chances. ponly 30 percent rain chance ptomorrow and high of 81. pwe'll go upper 70s on saturday. pthat's your best rain chance. pand the rain chance on sunday pshould be early enough that we pcan enjoy really the rest of the pday okay. pand we've got temperatures pcooling back a bit. phow about lower 50s for highs pearly next week with highs in pupper 60s for monday. plooks nice. pdoesn't it? pyeah. pthat will do it for us it has ab pgood morning. pquick, fun. pthis has been particularly good. pall right. pthursday, march 17th. pst. patrick's day live and kelly pmichael coming up next wednesday pwilliams and fox 13 news at noon pas all you can get latest on our pwebsite, www.fox13news.com. pfoul on twitter instagram. phave fun today, see you. p"realtime closed captioning rovided by u.s. captioning pcompany." pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then you

pwe have beautiful blue skies, psunshine coming at us, 44 pdegrees. pif you're jogging down bayshore pgetting ready to this morning, peast winds at seven miles an phour. pand that is the key to the pforecast. peast wind because that really pchilly as it is now, tampa pinternational at 49, you're pgoing to lakeland, it's 43. pwe've got three bids in our pfavor today. pthat's the sunshine, dry air and peast wind. ut those three together and pyou're looking at a very fast pwarmup. pit needs to, right? p37 in brooksville. ptemperatures inland, citrus pcounty, are in the mid 30s. pyou look bartow, they're in the pupper 30s so it was very cold pstart, especially when you think pabout the time of year we're at. pstill have until 9:00 this pmorning. pfrost advisory inland, citrus, pinland hernando, levy county as pwell. ponce that kicks out, then we pstart with what i think is going pto be a lovely warmup today. pclouds this morning, as they pwork their way down through psouth florida, we're good, pright? pas far as that goes. pall the clouds to our south and

psunshine tomorrow though, pheading to 80 for high and then plow 80s on thursday and turning pmore humid. pa couple of showers developing pby late in the day. pit looks to be 40-50 percent. peaster sunday could be so-so. p>>> coming up, the dual for pdelegates out west. priding his d don' t let dust and allergies get between you and life' s beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. when we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase outperforms the #1p non-drowsy allergy pill. so you can seize those moments,rwherever you find them. flonase. changes everything. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast anothe

pthey are a 70 clouds and psunshine for afternoon hours i pthink we're back to lower 80s. pand the same thing for tomorrow pas well. p>>> all right thank you, dave. p9:01. pwe're here along 275 checking pout a live picture near mlk pdoesn't look like much a delay pconcern a situation for move pover law. pwe have a what appears to be pcrash site with a road ranger on psite. pblocking looks like just at pright emergency shoulder. pso no travel lanes blocked. pbut remember to move over slow p>> meantime we have a new crash pwith lane blockage. pno delays here. pbut watch out as you're heading pwestbound along the selman pexpressway. pjust before you get to pconnector, apparently left lane pis blocked. p>>> to win the states that we pwon and by the margins second phome florida. pto win by that kind of a number pas is great. p>> well, republican front runner pdonald trump's delegate lead is phuge, gets a boost this morning pwith winds in north carolina, pillinois, and also right here in pflorida. p>> and it was another big night pfor hillary clinton too. pbeating out senator be

pa cautious commute against the psunshine skyway bridge. pso far, it is still open but we pare waiting to see and welcome pto the 7:00 hour of "good day." pi'm laura moody. p>>russell: and i'm russell prhodes. pthat's where we're going to pstart, with the morning commute. phere is vanessa. p>>vanessa: start with the latest pcrash we're seeing with lane pblockage out of lakeland, south pone lane is blocked as you head pthat way. palso we want to talk about the pfog. preally a big problem yesterday pand we are seeing it again this pmorning. phowever, it does look a bit pbetter not only today but also pfrom -- actually when we're pchecking in a couple of hours pago and dave can confirm that pfor us. pthe bridge is open as you can psee. pwe want to send it out to ken pwho is live near the bridge to pget an idea of what you're pseeing. pdoes it look improved from when pyou first got there? p>>reporter: really improved. phow many times have you come to pme and i turned around and said pi can't see the bridge? pi can't see the bridge? psee the bri

pwrestle mania returning to the psunshine state in 2017. pwwe, the orlando citrus bowl pwrestle mania 33 next april. pit marks their second time in pthe citrus bowl since 2008. pchairman and c.e.o. promising pfans to leave the citrus bowl pemotionally exhausted but with a p>>laura: big promise for that. p>>dave: i remember the first pwrestle mania so -- p>>russell: yeah? pall right. pchristie's auction house is pkeeming up with the estate of pthe late joan rivers for a big pauction. p>>laura: we'll tell you what pthey're auctioning off and who pthe money will benefit. pwhy a band has postponed the prest of their world tour. pincluding a stop here in the psunshine state. p>>dave: 7:47. pfantastic picture to throw at pyou. pit's just that pretty outside pright now. p64 degrees. pbeautiful sunshine along the pcoast. psoutheast winds, the race is who pwe'll talk about that and the (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection

p>>vanessa: welcome back. pthat's shutting down the psunshine skyway bridge. pit is completely closed to ptraffic driving over with the pexception of what we're seeing pare patrol cars which are really pjust driving across the bridge ptesting visibilities. plast check f.h.p. tells us pcertain parts of the bridge have pvisibilities under 100 feet. pthis is a live look, looking up ptowards the top. pyou can really hardly even see pthe top. pthis is really the main reason pwhy they're keeping folks off pthis bridge. lease take 75 in the meantime. pwe'll keep you posted with the platest on this one. alm harbor, you have some pdelays here on u.s. 19. pthere's a new crash here at pcounty road 39. pit's blocking an inside psouthbound lane. pyou want to plan extra time out pthe door. pmeantime, speaking of extra ptime, i mentioned this pthroughout the morning but two pdays ago when we saw the psunshine skyway bridge closed, pwe saw elevated travel times i-4 pwestbound likely related to pfolks trying to access 275 via pother routes going through pso we're up into the 1

psunshine tomorrow daytime highs pand 70s. plow 80s inland on wednesday we pgetting cold front produce a pcouple of showers. pin the mid-70s after that the pnext front on the road down the proad is going to happen on pfriday. pafter that right now the pweekend looks good temperatures pin the mid-70s. pback to you. palready. pamerican college student being hi, guys! we all know about bogos from other stores, right? pbut did you know they're not always the best deal? pwalmart has every day low prices on everything they sell, not just on select items. tampa the total amount saved at walmart vs winn-dixie was $20.64 on this week's basket- that's 16% including bogos. why shop anywhere else? pstart maximizing your savings on your entire pbasket of groceries by shopping at walmart. every day low prices today and see what you could save. know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting awa

pwe'll explain here at 10:30 p>>> looking good today, a lot of psunshine. pback in the 80s. pa lot of weather action not far paway. pwe have sky tower views and a pwe the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. put more fun in your day at dunkin' donuts. like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. america runs on dunkin'. new at ten.. p>>> new at 10:00, they're not pexpect to see on a golf course. psomeone on a four wheeler is ptearing up the grain. ptwice this month someone is pdoing donuts on the grain. pit looks awful. p>>reporter: well, mark, it's bad penough that it's going to take pmonths to repair all this. pmany golfers know the rules. pkeep vehicles off the grass. pbut signs like this one didn't pstop those vandals. p>>man: i'm a beast. p>>reporter: it may look like pharmless fun but this prank seen pon countless youtube videos pfix. p>>man: i

psunshine tomorrow, great day, phighs up near 80. pon thursday it's partly cloudy, pmuch more humid. pshowers will develop late in the pday warm front near 80. pweather continues off and on. pwe'll talk about the arrival and pahead. pit looks wet over the weekend pwith highs in the low 80s. pback to you. p>> thank you, paul. p>>> a thief is in work in psarasota county. pvictims don't realize they've pbeen taken. p>>woman: he probably thinks pnothing is wrong because he pdidn't touch me or hurt me. p>> we're going to tell you how p to thrive in an ever-changing environment, companies must adapt. but one thing should remain constant - a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. pnc corporate and institutional banking offers strategies tailored to your company's needs. local experts offer insight to help you achieve your business objectives. see how working with pnc can help your company grow at ((chris/ new at ten: p>>> new at 10:00, an atm camera pcaught this man in the middle of pa crime. pas

pmeantime across sorry to report psunshine skyway still closed. pwe do have minor improvements to pthe slow downs we're seeing papproaching there. psouth bond 2 survivor. p38 avenue south you will start pto hit slow spots. p>> thanks vanessa. p9:17 right now. olls are open. puntil 7:00 tonight. por at least if you're in lean pthey will open after that. phuge day for republican across pthe state of florida. pit could make or break some pcampaigns. pone person who has lot riding on pthis day is florida senator pmarco rubio. pand ajoins us this morning from pmiami. pmorning senator how you doing? p>> good morning. pi'm doing good. pgood. pgood. pdoesn't get much bigger for you pthan this day, right? p>> well it's an important day. pcertainly florida is important pday for every candidate. p99 delegates a single in an punusual election where pdelegates. pths huge a big day and why it is pso important that we wean pflorida. pif you're broef polls arrest pdown in florida. pin many of them way down. phow are you going to footh back pfrom that? pthey are j

pwe're going to have tons of psunshine. pwe will warm up to 70s, which is pa bit below normal. plower 70s. pbut by tomorrow afternoon, we're pgoing to right back into the plower 80s. pwe do have one more stop with pchilly weather overnight ptonight. pbut just in general, a fast warm pup over the next couple of days. pthere's your 73 for a high ptoday. ptonight, 55. pwe will have 40s east and north. pand the next 7 days go right pback to 80s. pwe do have an unsettled weather attern coming in for the pweekend i do want to point that pout for you a few showers around pon saturday and on sunday. pbut not a wash out. ptime to give away another mug p#welivehere. pgo to my facebook page to quick pon link to submit this photo. ptroy sent this one in. pfirst i thought maybe in a zoo. pno, this just a tired old gator phanging out on hillsborough priver. pi thought yet #welivehere. pi'm not sure fwu want to share pmug with gator congratulation pyou're our mug warner this pmorning we're still seeing slow ptraffic along northbound i-75 on pright side of your screen. pyou see taillights movi

pyou have the clouds and the psunshine, it should be a pretty pday. pthe focus is really over here in plouisiana and up in the pnorthwestern part of the state phere. pnext to shreveport, they've had psome serious flooding, major pflooding and look at what is pgoing to come their way in a pcouple of hours. pmore heavy rain and storms and pthis area of louisiana may see pseveral more inches of rain not pto mention southwest louisiana, peast texas, arkansas, parts of pmississippi, it's a mess. puntil we break this weather attern down, which won't be puntil the weekend, that rain pwill continue. p83 for us and a high temperature ptoday running several degrees pclear, mild, a bit muggy tonight pwith a low temperature of 65 and pthen mostly sunny, warm again ptomorrow with that high ptemperature of 83 degrees. pboaters, moderate chop in our pcoastal waters. pwe're trying to stay close to pthe coast because the more you pgo offshore, the choppier it's pgoing to be. prain chances are there on sunday pbut in the afternoon about 40% pof the rain chance. pthat m

pthen that goes away. psunshine with temperatures in pthe 70s. pyou can see the severe weather pnear the state capitol. pit goes back to pensacola and pmobile. pand then the line continues pnortheast and raining near paugusta and along south pcarolina. pmoderate to heavy rain and then pit turns into light snow up in pd.c. pin fact, snowing outside of pnorfolk and light snow in hilly. pand will move northeast and roduce snow on cape cod ptomorrow. pright now, it's 60s under a most pmostly cloudy skies. pthe winds will shift to pnorthwest tomorrow. ponce the sun comes out, we'll psee a good weekend. p65, dew point, 61. pthere's the active frontal pboundary that will slide our way pand weaken. pdeveloping sunshine tomorrow and pthe mercury getting into the p70s. plow 80s inland. plet's track the front. phere it is now. pit moves southeast. pall the action comes up here. pthe front doesn't do much as far pas rain goes. pthen high pressure behind it. pthis is friday. pthat's saturday. pthis will be sunday. pmaybe a few clouds coming from pthe gulf. pb

pnorth and south across the psunshine skyway and over 75 the prest of bay area bridges pwe can pretty much say rush hour pcommute is over. pwe're on green in rest bay area proads. pnine minutes southbound a quick pride from bearss avenue to i-4. pall right, this is the last time pwe're going to say this. pthe top 10 "american idol" pcontestants just lost two. pa sad night. pbut necessary. pwe're talking with them live pnext. ptheir thoughts on why they have pto go home and what they see for pthe future. plet's see how friday's starting 3 there will be pit's a classic with fresh face. pnew color and flavors. peven new packaging designed for pthe on the go eating. pthe m & m is set to incorporate pmore natural coloring rather pthan artificial. peven campaign in the works prights now for fans to vote on pthe next permanent flavor peanut pthey can decide between three poptions chilly nut, coffee nut pand honey nut. phere's some his mystery m & ms pwere created a necessity when a pmars make chocolate for troops a pstart world war ii. pthe candies hard exterior the pchocolate didn't met as

ptomorrow not day lots of psunshine cooler at the coast pmany spots in land will be up pnear 80 75 again the over coast pwednesday partly cloudy small pmid-70s could be another chance pof rain on body but look only p20 percent. pdon't forget the strawberry pfestival kicks off on thursday pthat's good with sunshine and pabout 73 degrees. p>> coming up a 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'. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin'

pand it's called petals plucked pfrom sunny climbs from sylvia psunshine. pchapter seven, as we approach pthe upper shores of the st. pjohn's river, extensive pswamplands overgrown with timber pare seen. pthey eek out a sparse portion of pthe air. phas been bitations are not frequently pfound. pnow we have lots of habitations. pyou have a copy of a map there. pthis is from 1591. pthere's florida. pthey did a pretty good job not pbeing able to see it from the pair. p>> remarkable. p>>charley: we had american pvillages all over listed. p>> exactly. p>>charley: it's not a reprint. pthis is the way it was printed pthen. punbelievable. pi don't want to rip it. pi don't want to put my soiled pfingers on it. pwhat does it cost to get in? p>> $10 tonight. pit's $6 each day or if you're a pstudent with annism -- an i.d., p>>charley: get o (vo) you can check on them. you can worry about them. you can even choose a car for them. (mom) honey, are you ok? (child) i'm ok. (announcer vo) love. (mom) we're ok. (announcer vo) it's what makes a low-key...but high-stakes. plo

pyou are seeing a lot of psunshine. pbut that may not be a good thing pbecause temperatures will drop pinitially this evening and then pwe will go up later on tonight. phere is a look at the weekend. pan alert tomorrow. pone, perhaps as much as two pinches of snow. pan update on this coming up pduring the 5:00 news. ptomorrow night down to 23 and pthen sunday sunshine and 44. pso out of the two weekend days, pobviously sunday will be the pbetter of the two there with sun pand milder temps. pand then it really starts to go pup. p58 on monday. pa mixed sky. ptuesday looking dry. artly cloudy, windy. pstrong south wind. plook at that. p69 to near 70 degrees. pbut then this could give us pquite a bit of rain wednesday pand thursday. palerts here. pwe're going to have to watch out pfor maybe some flooding. pwinds going to turn off of the plake. pso temperatures will be falling p43 only on thursday. p48 on friday. pit all depends what that wind pdoes. pit's not an air mass change pbecause the wind will be coming pin off of th

p9:36 is time we're checking out psunshine skyway bridge fhp just pissued a travel advisory for pfolks crossing the was here. phigh winds are reported in the pareas. pyou can see the bridge is open pdon't forget we do have road pclosures happening in st. pete parea for grand prix. pyou can check those out on my pfacebook page and check out ptomorrow's closures in ybor city ptore st. patrick's parade there pas well. pgreat at first convenience safe, pdidn't break then came that prealization they don't just pdisappear when you're done with pthem. lastic takes years to decompose pif it decomposes at all. psome estimates say only one out pof every six bottles is precycled. prest in land fill are polluting pthe oceans. paccording to science magazine pmore than 50 million tons of lastic is produced every year. pbut some japanese scientist phaves discovered a bacteria that pactually eats a certain type of lastic. pone water bottle are made out of pit took six weeks for a pcommunity of this bacteria which pwe oent try to pronounce to eat lastic. phowever, it only worked with pwhen bacteria was

psunshine, temperatures back up pin the mid 70s for this pafternoon. pand enjoy it. panother beautiful day. phow are things on the road, pvanessa? p>>vanessa: overall not too bad. pwe have a serious crash out of priver view and we'll update that pin a second. pabout some other lane closures pwe're seeing in pinellas county, pstill waiting for this to pcompletely clear up. pthis is construction related palong 275 southbound and what pwe're looking at is the offramp pheading to the pinellas bayway. pmaybe it's not completely shut pdown but it is still causing psome lane blockage in the area pso plan a few extra minutes out pthe door if you have to head pthat way. pwe want to get to river view and pwe have sky fox checking out the psouthbound lanes. pthis is near gibsonton and i pjust want to follow this shot pand make sure i'm seeing this pcorrectly. pthis looks like this might be popen at this point. pso it looks like to me this is popen. pwe did have some full lane pblockages following a deadly pcrash. pas far as the delays, those are robably going to linger and pwe'

rally ptrumps only stop here in the psunshine state. pbefore tomorrow's primaries. pnow trump last visited the bay parea one month ago where a rally pat usf drew more than 10,000 to pthe sun dome. pthis weekend violence marked pfights broke out friday night at prallies in chicago forcing trump pto a cancel the event. pmarco rubio meanwhile says he's pnot surprised by the scene pthere. p>> some of these people are rofession will disrupter they pget sxhierd a paid to be ruded pand nasty i'm not ex excusing pthat i'm also not ex excusing pfact you have lead contender ptelling people go ahead and unch someone in face i'll pay pyour legal bills. pthat's not an excuse excusable palt attitude that wrong if our pkids did it that disastrous if a resident does it. p>> now trump originally was pschedule to have second stop in pflorida today in miami area. pthat has since be cancelled in pfavor of a trip to ohio. pa last minute speaking in youngs ptown. plot of people are reiding into pthis he might not be so pconcerned about florida where he pdoes have koovrgd to latest data p

p>>> we're starting to see more psunshine out there downtown. pit's definitely getting pbrighter. pand this is the best that it's plooked all afternoon. pinteractive radar severe weather palerts. pyou can track the rain coming pin. pit's going to be seasonable pnight. pnot the warmest of nights. pyou can see in downtown pcleveland, we dropped through pthe 30s. p11:00, 35. p1:00 a.m., 35. pand it looks like we're going to pclear out. pit's only 37 ashtabula. pbut look at dover-new philly pwhere they have seen quite a bit pof sunshine throughout the day. p57. pso we got about a 20 degree shed pfrom lakeshore to dover-new hilly here. pin fact, 37 lakewood and in pthere you see the sunshine, pthough, downtown. pit's going to be sunny and pwarmer tomorrow, although a lake pbreeze is going to kick in. pthat will keep things cooler palong the lakeshore. pwet day on sunday with the rain. pand then very warm on monday. lace. p59. psunny to partly cloudy. pduring the afternoon. pcloudy. pthe planner tomorrow 34 at p54 at noon. pa nice warmup. pand 5:00 we'll be at 57. pthere's the alert for

before pflorida's hoes a winner-take-all rimary, donald trump spent much pof his day saturday in the psunshine state at his rally in porlando trump said in general pelection he would beat hillary pclinton. pwhile trump was talking about pthe high voter turnout, someone pbegan heckling him. plisten in. p>> it's voter turnout during the rimaries, 50% up, 60% up, in psome cases 100% turnout. plook up there, camera. plook up there at the protester, pcamera. p>> alcides: after all of that, ptrump asked everyone in the room pto raise their right hands and pswear to vote in the state's up pcoming primary. p>> anjuli: in word news reports pshow that a title of 135 people pwere killed in the first week of pa fragile ceasefire in syria as panti-government protesters are pcrying for freedom and prevolution. pwhile pro-government fighters phave agreed to a ceasefire. p>> alcides: the once secretive pmexican drug lord has launched a ublic relations blitz calling pon his lawyers and even his wife pto keep his name in the news. panalysts say the publicity is pall part of a careful planned pmedia strategy. pg

and florida, new olls show donald trump pexpanding his lead over senator pmarco rubio there in the psunshine state. pleading political analysts redict tomorrow could be the pday that makes the republican p>> when you look at the pelectorate, i think this is a pstraight on cruz versus trump pfight. p>> senator marco rubio pcampaigning across the home pstate today, seemingly ignoring pthe polls. p>> tomorrow let's take all 99 pdelegates to one person. pi want it to be me. p>> this following a wild weekend pon the campaign trail starting pwith the trump rally in chicago pfriday cancelled after punexpected violence erupted pbetween protestors and trump psupporters. pthe frontrunner continuing to pdefend his supporters today. p>> yes, the millions of people pthat are supporting trump and pi'm supporting them. pwe're all angry. p>> in ohio, a university poll ptoday shows the buckeye state pgovernor, john kasich, with a pslim five point lead over donald ptrump. pthis as kasich picks up a last prepublican presidential nominee pmitt romney. p>> unlike the other people prunning, he has a real track pr

pwe may even squeeze out another psunshine to make 80 on sunday pbefore a chance of showers moves pin. pwe'll talk more about that in pthe next half hour. p>>vanessa: see you then. pright now we have sky fox poverhead hillsborough county, palamo drive, westbound just pbefore you get to 75. pwe do have a crash that you can psee right there, right hand pshoulder not blocking any travel planes, not really a delay pyou for any crews you see on the pside of the roadway. pwe showed you the interstate ptravel times before. pi want to check in on the pveteran expressway since that ptends to jam up just a bit. psouthbound travel times, looks plike we're dealing with the pusual congestion. p31 minutes top to bottom and pthen you see most of your delays pbetween ehrlich and waters. p>>russell: confusion. pi love these stories. pthe whole world, with everything pwe have to worry about, this is pthe one. pconfusion over bernie sanders' psuit last night. pcoming up, you try to make a pguess. p>>laura: it may well be the most pentertaining pentertaining, delightful story pout of this primary. pcute

prain chances are less than 20% pand notice we'll get some psunshine back this afternoon. pthe big difference with the pfront coming in is it will start pto feel drier late today and ptonight and especially tomorrow. pi'll talk more about that. pi'll take some clouds if it's p>>vanessa: does not look like a pbad forecast at all. pright now on the roadways, we pdon't have too much to complain pabout other than just some maybe punusually heavy congestion, pespecially 275. pwe're taking a live look. pthese are the southbound lanes pnear busch boulevard and we're palready up to a 30 minute ride, pvery much in the red here coming pfrom 75 in pasco county and pheading down towards the i-4 pswer pinterchange. pa new crash we're hearing is out pof the pasco county area. pseven springs boulevard, just pwatch out the northbound pdirection. pyou might want to avoid it pheading in that direction. pthat's where the lane blocks are preported. p>>russell: thanks. pback at it. pdonald trump and hillary clinton phit the campaign trail today but pwith more confidence. p>>laura: they won bot

psunshine returns for tomorrow pafternoon. psmooth sailing straight through pthe weekend. pweather wise. p74 degrees for high temperature ptoday. pto want overnight lows kickback pto 61 degrees. pand then for tomorrow 72 with pthat quick little shower in the pmorning as sunshine returns pduring the afternoon, we'll also pget somewhat cooler breezier pconditions late in the day. pit's going to be great. pi mean just kind of nitpicking p72 versus 74. poverall. plight chop 66 degrees water ptemperature high tide coming up pand we take you through next pseven days 20 percent early rain pchance tomorrow. pbut then, mid to upper 70s into pbeginning of next week. pthen it's who hit 80 first. pbecause yeah, the majority of us pare going to make it to lower p80s by middle of next week. pcouple first birthdays on this pthursday to pass along to you. pchase turning one today. pmickey mouse, paw patrol dancing pand laughing at his two cats and ptwo dogs. pbuddy. pclara is also one today. pshe loves giving big kisses and laying with her big sister. phappy first birthday to you. pand ch

peven though it technically is pmore than a week away, folks are psunshine. pand we want to know, jeff, is pthat going to last? p>> jeff: well, for the pforeseeable future anyway until pwe have to deal with the rain passociated with this warmup. puntil thursday. phow about today? phuh? pwe busted loose. p72 right now at cleveland phopkins. pclearly the warmest day of the pyear so far. pwe are at 74 currently at burke plake airport. punseasonably warm pattern. poverall we'll continue. pjust some spotty showers ptomorrow. pand then the alert on thursday pfor rain that could be heavy. pthat will be on thursday with pthe next front dropping through. pakron-canton 70. psouth wind 21. plook at that, 74 downtown pcleveland. pa lot of times we'll develop a plake breeze, but that south wind pis strong enough so that we are pnot developing that much cooler pstill in the 60s at 7:00. pand we only drop mid to upper p50s. pjust very, very warm for this ptime of year. pand tomorrow we could be pbecoming close to records. pwe didn't do it today. pthe record high was 79. pbu

pyou can just look to see how retty it is with the gorgeous psunshine. pbrookdale, bayshore camera, love pthis picture out at the beach, ptoo. plook how calm it is. pboating great for today and you phave that stunning sunshine. pdon't get me wrong. pmorning. pwe do have temperatures in the p40s to the north, like crystal priver and brooksville. p54 brandon, 54 in bartow but pwatch by the 9:00 hour, you're pgoing to see these temperatures pdegrees. pagain this afternoon. pcooler to the north. ptemperatures in the mid 40s or pso along i-10. pi think the thing is, next few pdays, even though we have a pfront coming through tomorrow, pthat front is back up to the pnorthwest, it's not going to do pmuch to us. pit's going to shift our wind a pthat's about it. pi think we're going to stay in pthe 70s for highs today, at pweek. pmaybe by the middle of next pweekend, we may get back in the p80s so our temperatures cool pdown. p76 for today. ptonight 61. peven though a front comes pthrough tomorrow, look at this. ptemperatures drop one degree. pvariable clouds and

talking pabout at gustiness out there pjust reminder for drivers who pare going to be traveling over psunshine skyway bridge. pyou can see it out there in the pdistance. pwe do have a travel advisory due pto high winds for those folks pcrossing the water there. ptake extra care especially if pyour vehicle is high profile. pwe have look at your travel plike weaver got minor congestion paround the area. p275 northbound, maybe you're pcoming over the skyway bridge pheading from area. p37 minutes is your ride. p17 minutes westbound between pi-75 and interchange. lan for about 14 minutes. psouthbound direction 75 bruce b. pdown to i-4. p>> well the presidential pcampaign is as nasty as ever. pbut behind the bickering back pstabbing a few nuggets of wisdom pthey could well help you on your pnext job interview coming up pahead in 9 o'clock hour. pcharley is becoming one with pnature floyd hill education pcenter we will check back in pspen@"h"h p>>> good day tampa bay. pi'm charley belcher coming to pyou from a st. petersburg. pbroi hill nature preserve is pwhere we are. pand eric is a recreation pspe

pyou're just going to notice that pit's wall to wall with that psunshine. pcold start, mild finish. pbest way to describe it. pall those jackets that you need pnow, you're not going to need pthem at 2:00, 3:00 this pafternoon. pback in the lower 70s. pclear and cool tonight. pnow, we're not going to just pjump and bring the lows back in pthe 60s in one night. pwe're going to stop in the pmiddle somewhere. pi think we'll keep 30s out of pthe forecast so you probably pneed a light jacket for tomorrow pmorning but then we bump it up peven further for your wednesday pafternoon with sunshine, ptemperatures up to around 80 pdegrees. pyesterday. pseas running two to three feet. pi have a moderate chop for you. pour next tide is a low tide at p8:32. pnow, don't look at the seven-day pwith all the easter egg hunts pand stuff this weekend. pwe're just looking at a couple pof rounds of rain coming through pand we'll be fine tuning that as pwe get closer to the easter pweekend. p>> good morning. pwe're seeing slow traffic pbuilding along the interstates. pwestbound i-4 expect the usual pdelays

pfor today, first day, ptemperatures mid 70s, filtered psunshine and the only rain i phave in the forecast is really ptomorrow morning so we'll pdiscuss that coming up in a few pminutes. pjen, how are roads? p>>jennifer: charley is on the pground. pwe are in the air. pthere it is. pgates open at 10:00 a.m. this pmorning. pgoing to check out the traffic ptypical rush hour commute along pi-4. pkeep in mind construction work pis still happening at pthonotosassa road. pyou may run into some heavier pvolumes there for that exit ramp pwork that's going on. pdrivers, trying to get to the pfestival this morning, you might pwant to think about using branch pforbes road instead of pthonotosassa road. asco county, may slow down pdrivers southbound suncoast arkway near the ramp to state proad 52. pstill waiting to find out if any planes are blocked. ptravel sensors haven't picked up pslow moving traffic. pall lanes are open. pi'll let you know if that pchanges on twitter. pthe rest of the bay area pchecking in problem-free. pearlier crash off to the side of pthe roadway along kelly road pwest of the v

plower 70s, we had the full psunshine and then there's today pwhich is going to be several pdegrees warmer with mostly sunny pskies. pi mean, every day seems to be pgetting nicer and nicer around phere. pwhat a great start. pheading out to the beach today, pwaters look nice and calm so pfar. plakeland, we're beautiful. pit's not clouds really from the peast coast to the west coast for pnow but with more of a psoutheasterly wind coming at us pthroughout the day today, we mix pwith a few clouds this afternoon pbut not enough to keep us from pgetting back to at least the pupper 70s. pbut grab jackets, wesley chapel, pbrandon, bartow, down to 45 we phave in brooksville. pall these temples -- ptemperatures in the 40s, places pwill be 50 and eventually pwarmer than yesterday. pit wouldn't surprise me some of pthese locations touching 80 pdegrees this afternoon. plook to the southeast. pour wind direction will be out pof the southeast over the next pcouple of days. pdo you see how mild it is for psouth florida? pthat's the kind of air that pwe're going to be getting. pright now we're running eigh

pdogs spectacular australia psunshine coast is only event in pthe world where dogs surf with ptheir masters. retty cool. articipants say they are proud pof their furry companions for utting in all the hard work. pin addition to having fun part pevent brings attention for pcaring for stray animals and roviding resources to animal prescue centers. pcheck that out. phow cute is that? pwow. pi mean i've got dog. pdo you have dog? pi have two bull dogs. p>> i don't see my dog doing pthat. pthey would sink if they fell off pthe board. p>> they are big boys. pthat is so cute. poh. plearn some skills out there. pspring breakers are at least pdigging weather. pgreat week. pyou know, this time of year pusually is pretty good too. pwhich why so many people head to pour area. phumidity that low, temperatures pstarting to warm. pspeak of that warm up, it is punder way today. peasily upper 70s to near 80 pdegrees by the time all is said pand done. pa few locations already flirting pwith 80. p78 degrees here in sebring. p75 in tampa. phigh. pwith southeast wind across the pcooler bay 73. pstill feels good

of pclearwater, we have a couple of ptiny little showers, a couple of psprinkles moving oef the psunshine skyway. pthat's it. pit's all we've got. pwe're not expecting much more pthan that. pone thing you're going to pnotice, it's over. ptwo things here. pit's warm and muggy. p71 degrees outside here in the p7:00 hour. pback up to 80 we go today. pbreezy, south-southwest winds. pclouds today as well. p>> thank you. pwe start with a developing story pout of st. petersburg. pa stolen car with teens inside phits an undercover police truck. p>>russell: several of those pteens are hurt. pken is at the scene at central pavenue and 54th street. pgood morning. p>>reporter: good morning. pyou hate to hear about an pincident but that's the psituation here. pthe driver of the stolen vehicle pin critical condition. pthis is just a glaring example pof a problem we have here in ptampa bay. punfortunately, the number of pstolen cars is going up and this pjust proves that things, when pquickly get out of control. pnow, area agencies have formed a ptask force to crack down on pstolen vehicles. pthey were

pthat's going to be pushing in as pthat's going to be creating that psunshine today into the day ptomorrow and on into sunday as pwell. phere's how the future cast plays pout. pcold front pushes through. pthis area of low pressure up to pthe north strengthens and pushes pout to sea. phigh pressure noses in. pwe see the effects of high ressure the next couple of pdays. pthis cold front here, we don't phave to worry about that. pthat's going to continue to drop psouth and really kind of die out pover the next couple of days. pyour forecast recap for today, p74 degrees in early morning pshowers and then increasing sun pfor the day tomorrow -- or ptonight, rather. p55 degrees, clear and cooler. pseven-day forecast, this shows ptomorrow. p74 degrees for tomorrow. p77 on sunday. pinland areas, you'll be in the p80s the next few days and then pupper 70s on monday and tuesday pand low to mid 80s as we head ptoward the middle of next week. pjen? p>>jennifer: easing our way into pthe friday morning rush hour pdrive, no major delays to talk pabout this morning. pbay area bridges and this is pstate ro

pwell here's a live look at the psunshine skyway bridge which is pclosed right now due to fog. plindsay will have an update on pthe conditions when we come pback. p by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, p>>> hey everybody i'm charley pbelcher coming to you from at pmcdonald training center in ptampa. pit's a great organization, pmaking a huge difference in eople's lives. pjim is the president and co eo. pwe've serving the tampa bay pcommunity now for 62 years. pand we have empower people with pdisabilities to lead the lives pthey choose. pand for people with intellectual pdisabilities that includes presidential services in the pcommunity as well as job ptraining and job placement. pin fact we do job placement for eople with all disabilities. pwe've extremely successful in pdoing that over the decades. porganization is kind of evolved pover the years. pwhere where it used to

pi see drier weather, more psunshine as we head into the day pon tuesday. phere's how the future cast plays pout. pwatch out for patchy fog ptonight, especially areas to the pnorth. pmaybe a little too much wind the pfarther south and east you go. pwarm and muggy again on tuesday. pwe watch this next front papproach. pwednesday we're okay. pmorning fog, afternoon sun. pthursday it's going to be close penough where folks across the pnature coast, you may pick up a pfew showers but most of us stay pdry at least through thursday. psame can't quite be said for pfriday, saturday and sunday. p69 for tonight. pareas of low clouds and fog, pmild and muggy day out there. pthe day on tuesday, 81 degrees. pmostly sunny, warm and humid. phere is the seven-day forecast. ptemperatures into the low 80s pthe next few days. pmid to upper 80s inland. pst. patrick's day, showers to pthe north but overall, dry plooking. punsettled weekend. plook at monday's high, 69. pso return to winter just in time pfor spring. p>> i had a feeling old man pwinter wasn't done with us yet. pto