reaves center. university officials say someone displayed a gun, but say there were no reports of shots actually fired on campus. the university says the lockdown was a precaution while a sweep was done across campus. 3 concealed weapons permits are on the rise in south carolina. according to the fbi nearly 50-thousand people in the state either wanted to buy or carry concealed weapaps during the month of december.that's a new high for the state. firearms trainer elaine henderson says her classes have been full in recent months. 3 "being prepared starts first of all by having the firearm. if you don't have it on you it serves no purpose. the second is being able to use it. have you drilled yourself, prepared yourself, used it enough in the range and practice to if you needed to utilized it you could."3 nearly 327-thousand firearms background checks were conducted last year in the state of south carolina. 3 3 a new bill at the state house ... aims to keep your children safer in school.... by letting

zachery reaves managed to get broke through a window and broke into the school. if you see zachery reaves call 911 and do not approach him. >>> you may have seen smoke riding through newberry today. don't worry firefighters had it under control. it was a live simulation. two mock rooms were set up and set on fire to show the importance of sprink slurs and working -- sprinklers and working fire larms. . >> a visual -- alarms. >> a visual on how long it took. second prop same thing, waste basket propt. the sprinklers will activate pretty quit. [ indiscernible ] >> the fire department received a grant in order to do this simulation. hoping for no rain this >>> grab your coffee, and your smart phone and turn on your tv for news 19 this morning. monday, protecting your family, a wireless home security system that protects your home or business while looking out for the bad guys and over night join us on air at 4:30 a.m. 3 5th grade students in orangerbug county with outstanding character [ cheers and applause ] >>> students in orangeburg county with outstanding charac

the department of corrections is looking for zachery lee reaves. they say he walked away from the catawba pre- release center just before 9:00 last night. he'd been serving time for burglary. if you see him-- call police. plus -- gun sales in south carolina see a record spike in just the last month. what retailers attibute to the rush of customers in gun stores. and tim miller's keeping an eye on ---- in your first alert forecast. columbia mayor steve benjamin is expected to lay out his vision for the capital city tonight his annual state of the city address. of course many columbia neighborhoods and businesses are facing major repair following the devastating october flooding. that includes damage to the historic columbia canal. earlier this month mayor benjamin made a trip to washington, d.c. to lobby for more federal funding for flood recovery. the mayor's address is tonight at 6pm in city hall. we'll be there and will have more for you tonight senators are taking another crack at trying to pass a bill to get more money for south carolina roads.

reaves was serving an 8-year burglary sentence. tonight columbia mayor steve benjamin will lay out his vision for the capital city during his annual state of the city address. a big focus for benjamin will likely be october's devastating flooding....and what in the recovery process. the mayor's address is tonight at 6 in city hall. we'll be there and will have more for you tonight on wis. former columbia city councilman brian dequincey newman has resigned as chairman of the central midlands regional transit authority. newman's attorney bakari sellars confirmed newman resigned from cmrta monday. no reason was given for his resignation. earlier this month, newman and richland county councilman kelvin washington were hit with tax charges. newman pleaded guilty on charges of failing to file state returns for 2012 and 2013. newman's law license was suspended by the south carolina supreme court on january 8th. inside the state house- state representative mike pitts is doubling down on his proposed bill which would require all south carol

reaves was serving an 8-year burglary sentence. if you've seen him...or have any information on where he could be, call l lice. investigators are using surveillance video from inside a columbia barbershop in hopes of finding a 2nd armed robbery suspect. a warning-- the video is graphic. on friday night, police say two armed men wearing masks stormed into the "next up barber and beauty shop" on fort jackson boulevard and demanded money. then officers say two of the victims pulled out guns of their own and started shooting. one robber was killed. the other got away. if you have any information on who he could be, call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. order allowing more independent testing in the walter scott case. at the request of the defense....the taser and uniform used by former north charleston officer michael slager the day he shot and killed scott after a traffic stop will now be tested for evidence. they believe the tests will show scott got control of the taser before the shooting. both sides have agreed to a february 12th

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if you see reaves, call 9- 1-1. scientists in the u-k are working on a new weapon to fight the zika virus. they're purposely introducing more mosquitos into the air in a bid to stop the virus from spreading. n-b-c's kelly cobiella explains. :42-:58 1:32-1:37 we're here in the egg breeding lab of oxitec, a company in the united kingdom which is using mosquitos to fight mosquitos. this is the aedes aegypti - there are about 12- cages. this is the specific species of mosquito which spreads zika and also dengue fever. these mosquitos are not the same as what you would find in the wild. they're all genetically modified. they can't survive very long outside of this lab setting. so what scientists have been doing is they take the male of this genetically modified mosquito, they release them into a problematic wild population where there's some sort of an outbreak and they breed with the females. s/ derric nimmo / oxitec product development manager :42-:58 "there's actually three- million mosquito eggs in this pot, believe

and one couple even had to be rescued. 3 (jen that's where we find fox-13's shayla reaves right now.. live along baywinds lane.. shayla: the trail of damage is almost unbelievable to look at. how's everyone doing this morning? 3 (remote) 3 shayla. 3 (jen) the damage in duette, in manatee county... really broke a lot of hearts... since a couple was killed... and their son and grandchildren were in the home, when it went flying. 3 (jen/ fox-13's vanessa ruffes was out in the field sunday morning... reporting on these storms... vanessa, it had to be hard to cover this... so much damage, so 3 3 (vanessa ad lib about your coverage yesterday 3 morning... i have the video you used at 8am ad lib 3 lindsay/weather at ad lib toss to at 8amthe video you used at 8am 3 ad lib toss to lindsay/weather at the end 3 3 3 no closed captioning is 3 (walter/wipe vo) 3 governor rick scott made two stops in the lower bay duette, and one in siesta storm survivors there. the tornado that touched down in siesta key was rated an e-f-2. 3 (walter/ happening today: the red cross will open a resource center in res

p>>russell: and shayla reaves is pgetting reaction from the record pjackpot. p>>laura: and then it happens to pall of us. pa financial emergency and it pmight surprise you how many eople can relate to your method pof payment. p>>dave: as soon as these winds pdie down, which they did this pmorning, we have a lot of low pcloud cover to deal with. pthat probably looks worse than pit is because the visibility at pthe surface is okay but half a pvenice. ptake it easy, slow it down on pwe'll avert some cloud cover and phave a little sunshine this pafternoon. penough to bring us back in the plow to mid 70s for highs today. p>>russell: it's ask a lawyer day pat fox 13. anel will be here until 9:30 to panswer your questions. pthe number to call will be at ptime right now is 7:14. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. 3 3 3 (take vo) p>>laura: it is 7:16 now. pwe have a news alert out of pair pthinks morning where police have pshot and killed a man arme

pshayla reaves will show us one pof the areas hardest hit. p>>russell: first tornados and pnow cold. pthe weather our big story. pwelcome. pi'm russell rhodes. p>>laura: and i'm laura moody. pgood morning. plet's get straight to lindsay pout this. pwild weather weekend. p>>lindsay: a lot going on in the pweather department. pthe next couple of mornings pfeature the coolest temps we've pseen this season. pif it's cool this morning, by pwednesday, i think you may need pa warmer jacket. plet's get your day started. pskies are mainly clear. pvery dry air mass in place and a pcool one. pit's 45 degrees as of 6:30. pwe may drop another two degrees por so as of the 7:00 a.m. hour. pright now waking up to a chilly p37 in crystal river. p46 in tampa. pby the way, our coolest morning pso far in tampa this season is p44. pit's 49 in bradenton and 45 in pwauchula. pit's anywhere from 18 degrees pbrooksville and frost proof. pa little breezy by the bay ptoday. pwe have high pressure to the pnorth and that will nudge in and pjust continue to usher in the p

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fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now, with reaction from the victims families. 3 ((shayla))we heard from mothers who have not only been living through the loss of their daughters but almost 30-years of legal twists and turns. even after ray bolin...for some, there is still a piece of closure they're not able to get. bolin never accepted responsibility for the crimes. 3 right now, you are looking at the faces of women never forgotten by those whose lives they touched. natalie blanche holley...stephanie collins...teri lynn matthews, described last night by her mother as a "ray of sunshine" ..whose grave friends still regularly visit in sign of remembrance. she went on to say witnessing last night's execution was something she "never wants to repeat," saying it was "not a celebratory event" but "relief" --- there will be no more trials and no more appeals. take a listen to the mother of stephanie collins...who shared these words, her family at her side. 3 and one mother did not live execution of the man convicted of killing her daughter natalie blanche holley. natalie holley died almost thr

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now...from tampa with a preview 3 natasha sherwood / tampa bay christian academy 3 3 and now, to a story we prices... just keep on going down. 3 in the bay area in the past week.. and if you shop around among the cheapest we found was just a buck sixty-nine per gallon at the sunoco station on park boulevard and belcher road in pinellas park. that's a full *twenty cents less than most local stations were charging last week. drivers we spoke to... are definitely enjoying the savings: falling oil prices are fueling the price cut.. oil prices have hit twenty nine dollars per barrel. and the slide is expected to last through the winter. some experts think our prices could even fall to one *dollar a gallon. 3 in miami-- an m-l-k day celebration ended, with a scary situation. hundreds of riders on motorcycles, a-t- v's and dirt bikes took over the streets as a way to show solidarity and to call for an end to gun violence. it was the second annual "bikes up, guns down" ride. the only problem... many of the bikers ignored traffic laws... and put other drivers at ri

fox 13s shayla reaves is live near dale mabry and i-275... what do we need to know shayla? 3 3 did you catch the ringling brothers circus over the weekend in tampa? they you likely witnessed the *end of an era. that's because it's probably the *last time you'll see those famous 3 the circus announced it's coming *may. that's two *years earlier than expected. 3 a spokesperson for ringing brothers' says the company determined it has enough space at its polk city facility to accomodate all of its elephants. so the retirement date was moved up. asian elephants already retired at the 200-acre center. eleven elephants are will soon join them. the initial retirement decision came in 2015...after animal- rights activists accused the circus of abuse. the company denies it. but a spokesperson says cities and counties across the country passed laws..making the continued use of elephants impractical. one of the animals' caregivers says they will be well taken-care-of at 3 a ringling spokesperson says the elephants could help save *lives during their retirement. they have proven resista

and fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live... on the *hunt for that florida winner. we're guessing its not *you shayla? 3 3 3 3 3 in highlands county: a 71 year old man just risked his life.. to save his neighbor from a violent thief! 3 deputies say donald lastrina attacked the 75- year-old woman .. in her garage .. on erie drive in sebring. they say he threw her down .. choked her.. and demanded she hand over her checkbook. when she screamed for help.. he reportedly covered her mouth and nose with his gloves. she was about to pass out..when her 71-year old neighbor heard her cries .. took off. lastrina was arrested a few minutes later .. and is now charged with attempted murder. 3 3 a heated debate between students at u-s-f last night. the topic: whether to allow concealed-carry firearms on campus.. 3 two gun bills are already in the works in tallahassee. one of the bills.. would would allow permit holders to openly carry their handguns statewide. the other... would allow permit holders to carry their gun on college campuses. organizers of last night's debate say th

fox's shayla reaves has the latest of the damage in sarasota. >> reporter: many folks here in sarasota, and manatee county working to pick up the pieces left behind after this weekend's tornado. you are looking at a home here off bay winds lane in sarasota. this is what's left after the weekend tornado. you can see the roof collapsed, a vehicle still there in the garage and piece after piece of this house strewn about in the front yard. the sarasota eoc said that they have a long road ahead getting things back on track. at last check, they were looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 million of damage. extensive damage as well out of the tornado. that information is coming to us from the sarasota eoc. reporting here in sarasota, shayla reaves. >> amy: orlando police that suspects targeted the wrong house. this happened after midnight at a house on harwood, south of colonial drive, near the orange county sheriff's office. the suspects got into the home through the front door and confronted the homeowner and her children. they took off without anything. officers believe they tagge

officials say reaves escaped last night around nine o'clock. reaves is facing burglary charges. he was last seen wearing the s-c- uniform. if you have any information... call (877) 349- 2130 we have an update this morning... on the citadel cadets... caught on camera... wearing pillowcases on their heads... similar to ku- klux-klan garb. the citadel military college s suspending 14-cadets following that incident. after the photo surfaced on social media last month... the cadets claimed they were trying to dress as ghosts of christmas past. but citadel president lieutenant general john rosa says they should have known better. 33 seven juniors and seven freshmen are facing on-campus penalties or suspensions. one cadet has been dismissed from campus for one year. the school says it is also expanding its racial sensitivity and ethical decision making training. a fourth death in south carolina has been attributed officials say on saturday, a 61-year-old jimmy thomas... ran off highway nine... just outside jonesville. authorities say the vehicle hit a ditch, then a tree. officials say

fox's shayla reaves has the latest on damage in sarasota this morning. >> reporter: you don't have to look far to behind debris like this off bay winds lane. a number of folks will wake up assessing the damage left behind after the tornado over the weekend. i will step aside and give you a closer look. this is a home at the end of a cul-de-sac. you are, looking at the area that was once them a roof and a second floor. can not call home until it is repaired. again, this is just an example of one place where you could see the impact of that devastation, just one tornado could do, in the front yard here. and you can see debris covering another vehicle. we're not far away from siesta quay. literally, a 3 minute drive. it was there, a number of kobdos, folks described being asleep and the sound of the wind and the rain, and it woke them up. a woman added that her husband literally told her to just hit the floor. a gentleman moved in, in 1976, and he watched the neighborhood develop, and he never expected to see it destroyed. florida, shayla reaves. >> john: investigators are trying to figu

pit could help reaves in the pstand your ground offense. pnicole's attorneys filed a plawsuit claims negligence. presponsibility to de-escalate pthe situation. pin the suit, nicole olson was pthe aggressor in the case. p>> it then says the staff was presponsible essentially for polson's death because they pdidn't stop her husband from pfighting. pwhen you file a lawsuit, you're padmitting to the fact and they pare fair game on pcross-examination in a criminal pcase. p>> t.j. grimaldo refutes the pclaims. p>> it was purportedly reported phe was the aggressor. pmovie theater's manager and pnicola asking for monetary pdamage and wants to see training pin theaters so this doesn't phappen to anybody else. p>> still to come at 10:00, we popen up without warning. p>> hundreds of sink holes open pup every year. phow a new bill can protect your phome and everything inside it. p>> when you're on stage, you're pin a completely different world. pyou have an audience to feed pback on. p>> her idol dreams were dashed pbut her singing career lives on. pwe

. >>> two years ago kurtis reaves shot and killed a man in a theater, now the victim's wife and a manager there. but gloria gomez says that it could have unintended results of boosting the defense of the defendant. what is going on. >> some say the lawsuit actually helps the defense but olson's attorney said it does not. >> the timing is odd. >> the time something odd. >> the admissions are surprising. >> it concedes that chad ole olson engaged him. >> and months before the stand your ground defense they may be getting a boost from a source, the defense can use the admissions for cross-examination purposes. >> the widow and her attorneys filed a civil lawsuit generals the theater and the manager claiming negligence, the complaint says they had a situation but they did nothing. and the attorney for the victim's wife. >> it does not matter what he told the person. based on what the person was told he needs to make the determination, i believe any person would, they need to get up to investigate to determine what is going on in the movie theater. >> and anthony rickman reviewed the complaint

fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from tampa... 3 3 frankland bridge to dale mabrytraffic detoured 3 3 3 3 3 now, to a deadly mystery overseas. a woman from florida was found *dead... in italy. and the circumstances of her death are *very suspicious: 3 the body of 35-year-old ashley olsen of summer haven was found saturday in her florence apartment. italian police say she was naked with bruises and scratches on her neck. olsen had been living in the city for some time. her boyfriend reportedly found her body. he went looking for her, saying he was worried for her safety, after not hearing from her for several days. olsen is originally from summer haven, florida... just south of st. augustine. news of olsen's death hit her tight-knit community hard: 3 3 early reports indicate olsen was strangled, but police won't comment until the autopsy results come back. 3 3 still waiting to sign up for health insurance in 2016? you better hurry. the deadline... is now less than three weeks away. 3 the next deadline for open enrollment is january 31st. after that, you may have to pay a minimum of

fox 13's shayla reaves is live now in bradenton, with the latest on the investigation. 3 3 3 in other headlines today: it's now been a month a half... since that deadly shooting in san bernardino, california. 14 people died, and another 22 were wounded. the couple accused of the terror attack, later *killed themselves. the attack happened during an office party. it also raised a disturbing question... how easily could 3 3 and one local company is trying to turn that tragedy... into a learning tool. the security experts at "critical intervention services" are holding a free seminar today... to prepare area *businesses from active shooters. the two hour seminar is open to all local companies. the goal is to share effective strategies to protect employees when mass violence erupts. it also addresses post-incident issues like the psychological impact. registration starts at eight a-m at their office in largo. 3 later this week... we're marking the anniversary of a on january 22nd, 1973... the supreme court ruled in the "roe versus wade" case... giving a woman the right to have an abortion

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pshayla reaves has details. p>>reporter: good morning to you. pif you travel i-275 northbound pto get where you need to go, ptoday might be the last day it plooks the way it does if you're pthat's because there's going to pbe new alignment taking place in pthe overnight hours and of pcourse, when you get on the proadway tomorrow, you will plikely see those changes. pnow, i want to take you to this pvideo. pthis is the area we're talking pabout. pit's going to impact a stretch, pabout two miles or so on i-275. pwe're not only talking about new palignment but fewer curves in pthe roadway and new merging pinformation. pthis is coming to us from the pflorida department of ptransportation but to get to pthese changes, you must first pget through this. pa seven hour closure starts at p10:30 tonight and expected to plast until 5:30 tomorrow pmorning. pit impacts i-275 northbound, peast of the howard frankland pbridge to east of dale mabry phighway. pdrivers are being urged to call pexit 39 a and take kennedy pboulevard to dale mabry, take a pleft on da

the department of corrections says that 26-year-old zachery reaves walked away from the catawba center -- he was serving eight year sentence o o a burglary charge. he has a tattoo of an angel on his shoulder. he was last seen wearing a part -- a department of corrections uniform. if you have seen him, call crime >>> the prosecution and defense of those arrested in the trials of jack parker and douglas taylor -- the stand. the jury is expected to begin deliberations later today. parker is the father of brett parker -- the man convicted of killing his wife and gambling partner. the two face to several gambling charges in 2013. but the court of appeals because of prosecutorial misconduct -- sending his case back to district court. >>> the south carolina unemployment rate ended 2015 at 5.5% -- to the same rate as in november. an appointment was highest in marion county at 9.3%. charleston county was lost at 4.2%. nationwide, the unemployment rate held at steady in december at 5%. to lancaster county. $3 million is being invested to renovate a building near i-77. the company makes cushions

pshayla reaves joins us with what pthey're doing. pgood morning. p>>reporter: good morning to you, prussell and laura. pwe are just one day away from pthe children's parade and one pmore week to go until the adult arade gets underway. pbut before you go, you'll want pto know that police are taking pyou're protected when you come pto either of these events. pso one of the steps they're ptaking is they're working with palmost two dozen agencies, tampa olice, to make sure that your pexperience down here on bayshore pboulevard is a safe one. pthey tell us they're not only pworking with local agencies but pstate and federal agencies, too. pchief ward says that the goal is pfor people to come out, have fun pand go home safely and pcommunication between law penforcement agencies is key. p>> my last meeting, there's no psignificant threats to the city pof tampa that would prevent this pevent from taking place. p>>reporter: and the chief is pasking anyone if you're along pthe route and you see something pstrange, unusual or suspicious, pdon't ab frayed to r

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pshayla reaves has a live update. p>>russell: curing cancer once pand for all. pmoffitt cancer center is already ptaking step for the president's pcall for action. p>>laura: the northeast is pbracing for a potentially phistoric snowstorm. pnew york, washington, d.c. are pin its path. pslick roads are a problem, pstranding hundreds of drivers pand ahead of the storm, many pairlines are already offering assengers the chance to cancel por change their plans free of pcharge. p>>russell: and icy conditions pheld up president obama. pafter spending his day in pdetroit, air force one flew to pmaryland. pusually he would take one to the pwhite house but he couldn't pbecause of the weather. pthe president's motorcade spent pmore than an hour to travel 13 pmiles to the white house. p>>laura: let's head to dave for pthe latest on the storm's path. pgood morning, dave. p>>dave: the snow they had last pnight is completely separate pfrom the big storm that they're pgoing to get so right now things pare quiet in d.c. and it's going pto be that way until tomorrow plate in the d

if you see reaves or if you have information on his whereabouts -- you're asked to call police. a record 50,000 south carolinians sought to either buy guns or carry concealed weapons during december. the post and courier of charleston reports the statistics come from the fbi criminal background check system. the spike came when president barack obama indicated he would tighten gun control measures this year. . a charleston judge has signed an order involving details of how evidence in the walter scott murder case will be independently tested. the defense wants michael slager's taser and uniform tested from the day he shot and done by february 12th -- and if "today show". and get breaking news first at good morning i'm mary king with >>> there are some people out there on the plaza on a chilly morning here in the northeast. it's actually not so bad. we'll go out in a couple minutes. it is tuesday morning, the 26th day of january, 2016. and let's take a look at some of the headlines. >> the aftermath of the blizzard, still the big story. hundreds of new flights cancelled today. sc

fox's shayla reaves has the latest on the damage in sarasota. new this morning -- gunmen burst into a home... and terrorize teenage children inside. orlando police believe the suspects targeted the wrong house. it happened just after midnight -- at a home on harwood street. that's just south of colornial drive, near the orange county sheriff's office. police say the suspects got inside the home through the front door. they confronted a woman and her kids. the gunmen searched the home... but left withouth taking anything. police believe the gunmen had the wrong house. fortunely, no one was injured. officers say the suspects left the scene in a grey chevy impala. news alert-- the search for 12 missing marines continues this morning off the coast of hawaii. crews have been searching for the arines since thursday when two military helicopters collided mid-air and went down. the coast guard has found debris consistent with the there is no sign of the marines. crews have been fighting rough surf the past few days... which is making it more difficult t

fox's shayla reaves is live in tampa with saving you money regular gas is 1-79 at the wawa on east altamonte drive and anchor road in altamonte springs... you can also check any time. just go to "fox 35 orlando dot com" and click on traffic. *e 20-16... john mccain is now questioning ted cruz's eligibility for president. phoenix yesterday. he said he faced similar skepticism when he was running for president in 2008... because he was born outside the military base. come-- following donald trump's recent attacks on cruz. trump says he is not certain the constitution would allow cruz to in canada. when questions about mccain's eligibility came up in 2008... the u-s senate unanimously passed a resolution stating citizen. biden says he regrets not running day." made the right and his family. biden announced his decision not to run-- in october. the vice president says he still plans to stay involved in the presidential campaign. bud hedinger of "good morning orlando" on "w-f-l-a" joins us live to talk about it. bud-- joe biden says he regrets not running-- do you think the democrats will eventua

it's happening today from eight a-m until two- thirty this afternoon in virginia tech's litton-reaves hall. registration is eight dollars. medical students hit the court morgan basketball challenge. virginia tech carilion school of medicine students battle jefferson college of health sciences on the court. the two teams will be practicing today in hopes of taking home the trophy next week. the big game is february fourth. in addition to the game, there will be a ten-thousand dollar half court shot as well as a silent auction. all proceeds will go towards the morgan dana harrington memorial scholarship fund. storm team ten meteorologist jonathan kegges has more -- jonathan. savor the warmth as we close out january because it won't last long. temperatures under mostly sunny skies for our saturday climb back into the middle 50s. saturday: mostly sunny and mild. highs in the low to mid 50s. saturday night: mostly clear and cool with lows in the mid 30s. sunday: partly cloudy and warm. sunday will feature a few more clouds, but temperatures will make a run for the lower 60s. the wedge retu

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extra challenge: keeping everyone safe, after the recent san bernardino. 3 ((walter fox-13's shayla reaves is out on bayshore boulevard this morning. it's calm now, shayla, but it won't stay that way. 3 3 3 thanks, shayla. 3 ((jen)) it's gonna get frustrating, friends. ((walter)) big snow in the mid-atlantic could cancel and delay thousands of flights all over the country. we'll check-in with fox reporter doug luzader... to see how they're getting ready in washington. 3 our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey. will you be ready when growth presents itself? 3 are bracing for a blizzard. more than two feet of snow might fall in the mid-atlantic region. snow shovels are scarce for people who need to buy one. most grocery

fox-13's shayla reaves is on the story... good morning. 3 3 3 3 sarasota deputies are searching for two armed robbers this morning. 3 hoselton'.... the sheriff's he and another man robbed the race trac off pointe loop drive early yesterday morning. officials say the 2 walked in with shirts around their heads and pulled out guns... then forced the clerk to give them money. deputies later found their car... but say 'hoselton' and his accomplice ran into the woods. right now... officials are still searching for both of them. if you know anything call the sheriff's office. 3 3 (walter) clearwater police are looking for a man who was either heartless enough, or desperate enough, to rob a *church. 3 (walter surveillance video shows the man walk into "st. cecelia's catholic church" on jasmine way, last wednesday. police say: he broke-open the donation box and took 50-dollars. church leaders say: that money is supposed to be used to help the poor. 3 "it's not a lot of money but still its the principle of the having the guts to break

but the big jackpot now rolls- over and is in record territory. 3 ((jen fox-13's shayla reaves is on the story. 3 that's a lot to dream about! 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((jen the time now is 5:__. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: notorious florida serial killer, oscar ray bolin, has about 12 hours to live. he's scheduled for execution tonight at six, for stabbing three young women to death, 29-years ago. bolin is still proclaiming his innocence... even after *decades on death row. fox-13's lloyd sowers will witness the execution. we'll bring you his reports later today on fox13news.com, on air and on twitter. 3 ((jen a sarasota couple has been arrested... accused of abusing their 12-year-old daughter, who has special needs. the father, eugenio erquiaga , is a radiologist... the mother, victoria, a lawyer. a neighbor called authorities, saying: the girl showed-up on his doorstep, with her hands and ankles *zip-tied. she told him, parents had *restrained her, inside the home... and left her there for a long time. the parents confirmed that, but say: she has severe behavioral

(take dbx) 3 (jen let's go out to fox-13's shayla reaves... good morning... there's been a detour overnight... because of construction. we just learned that the detour is over... and several brand new 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 3 ((walter the time now is 5:__. 3 let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: deputies are looking for the man who robbed another man in a starbucks parking lot.. it happened at the starbucks on u.s. highway 301.. deputies say the man knocked on the car window with a gun and demanded cash.. the person in the car said he didn't have any.. so the gunman ordered him to a nearby crimestoppers is offering a three thousand dollar reward for an arrest. 3 ((walter tampa police are investigating a string of home burglaries... in some of south tampa's priciest neighborhoods. most of the break-ins happened saturday morning... in palma ceia and parkland estates. detectives think: the criminal is casing homes, and going in when no one is around. surveillance cameras caught this image of a small white

zachery reaves should be considered armed and dangerous. an hour and a half after he got away he got past a fence, broke through a window and stole a gun, ammunition and cash from the academy christian school. authorities say he was last seen wearing a department of corrections universe. he had -- uniform. he had two years left a on his sentence. >>> an apartment fire displaced two families at 4:30 a.m. this morning. crews were able to get the fire under control by 5:00 a.m. in the morning. firefighters tell news 19 there are no reports of injuries. the fire marshal is investigating. >>> fort jackson opened this afternoon with a ribbon cutting. it is named after a general who earned the medal of honor in world war ii. officials say the facility will scattered throughout the post. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> this morning clear skies and the afternoon. drier air is coming in. with the sunshine today we were able to warm up into the low 60s. 63 greenville. georgia, savannah 63. columbia w

. >> a detective played by keanu reaves and the case behind his partner's death. unlikely young woman. >> he's dead. >> i don't care what you say any more, this is my life. [music] >> the piano man is at amalie arena. that's billy joel. there are a few tickets left on stub hub but they're not cheap. if you get a ticket it is quite a show. >> amazing. >> bundle up. and it is going to be chilly but fun. and linda hurtado is the grand marshall, that should be fun. >> i'm excited, events arting at 11. the main parade at 3:30. if it is too cold tune in live at fox 13 at 4:00. laura moody and myself will cohost. that will be two hours then the it with the music, that's at in the mood. >> should be fun. don't let the cold for the little, little ones a little cold but we cannot handle. >> put on a hat and gloves. come out. >> the news keeps on going. follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram.

if you've see reaves -- call call 911. columbia fire is still on the scene of an early morning fire at the hunters ridge apartments on springhouse drive. the fire reportedly ststted around 430 this morning. no injuries are being reported however 2 families have been displaced. the fire is now under control. the richland county fire marshal is investigating. a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high year is in the upper 50s, so enjoy the unseasonably weather. with news 10 sunrise.

also i was up the by it and i can just tell you i did reave that desk and i immediately made a contact with florida law enforcement. that's how strong i felt they were way outside the line. reporter: just yesterday former deputy jesse tur rel was detailed. four of the others pled guilty in federal court and are awaiting their sentence. >> four pled guilty and knowledge in their plea agreement that air actions are marion county sheriff's office. reporter: he has added two humanity courses for deputies and four additional weeks of training for new hires. >> there's no problem here at the marion county sheriff's office, this is an isolated incident. >> it's disturbing. it's not the way, you know, law enforcement operates. reporter: now, derek price's lawyer tells us tonight that they are happy to hear about these federal charges. he had they didn't want to comment further, at least not right now. live in marion county kelly joyce,. >> you probably have the amber alert on your phone, the two missing cuds from st. petersburg, they have been found. they were supposed to be with their grandpa

pshayla reaves has been out at pone of the hardest hit areas all pthe cleanup will be likely for a pvery long while. p>>reporter: good morning to you. plast week a family called this pthey can't even stay here. pthis is the reason why. pyou're looking at homes here off pbay winds lane in sarasota. pright now the roof is collapsed, pthe second floor destroyed and pif you look right over here to pthe side of the home, you can psee not only a yard littered pwith debris but a vehicle pcovered with debris as well. pthis is just one example of what pwe're seeing here in sarasota, pflorida after the tornado came pthrough over the weekend. pbut this particular area, this pseeing. pin fact, we take you right over phere, take a look at this cul de psac. pyou can see the extensiveness of pthe damage there. phouse after house after house on pthis street, you can just see a pline of those blue tarps pcovering rooves. phe lived here since 1976. phe watched this neighborhood pdevelop. phe said he never expected to see pthis neighborhood destroyed. pthe force of that tornado over pthe weekend is evident

fox-13's shayla reaves joins us 3 now from tampa, with the details. 3 3 3 (wipe cg3) 3 3 3 3 3 3 (jen) two years ago this week ... retired tampa police captain "curtis reeves" shot and killed a man at a weseley chapel movie theater. investigators say it happened during an argument over a cell phone. reeves says it was self-defense. he was originally scheduled to stand trial today ... but now, *another delay. 3 (jen reeves' attorneys are planning to use the "stand your ground defense." they say "chad oulsen" threw a cell phone at their client ... so he pulled the trigger fearing for his own life. the judge still needs to decide whether the defense applies in this case... that was *supposed to happen this morning ... instead ... attorneys met with the judge on friday and asked for more time .. they got it. 3 (jen) a new date for a "stand your ground" hearing has *not been set .. the judge will ask attorneys for a status update in *march .. if the judge decides the "stand your ground defense" applies to this case ... the state will have to toss out his second-degree murder charge. ... an

hill.zachery reaves escaped from the catawba pre-release center last night.and at this hour - authorities do not know where he is or where he might be headed.if you see him you're asked to call law enforcement.there is a reward for information that leads to his capture.reaves was serving eight years for second-degree burglary. 3 a new jersey man has been identified as **the suspect** killed in a shootout during a botched robbery at a barbershop in columbia.a quick warning, this surveillance video is graphic- 3 adeyemi hannibal was shot several times during the robbery----a second person was also shot--this all happened saturday as two armed men, wearing mask tried to steal of who have their c-w-p's opened fired- hannibal died on scene-the second person got away--- no one else was hurt- 3 in a fox carolina follow up 3 the upstate representative who proposed a bill requiring south carolina journalists to register with the state says he knows his proposal won't pass - that in fact he only wrote it up to start a converstation. converstation.we told you last week about laurens representative m

pshayla reaves is at the crash pscene. pthis is near the skyway plaza in pst. petersburg. pgood morning. p>>reporter: hi. pgood morning to you. pthis is a crash that sent a plet me take you back to the pscene that's all unfolded around p8:00, just before 8:00 last pnight. pit was right here in this area poff of martin luther king, pjunior street north that pauthorities tell us that minor pstarted to pull out of a pbusiness parking lot and cross pthe road. pa motorcyclist, tried to avoid pimpact with the cruiser, but pcould not do enough. pthe brakes locked on the pmotorcycle. pthe motorcyclist lost control pand connected with the cruiser. pmedics transported him to the phospital for treatment of pserious injuries. pcorporal minor is said to be pokay. pinvestigators tell us they do pnot believe speed or impairment pwere factors in this particular pcrash. pthey also tell us that the pmotorcyclist was wearing a phelmet at the time of the crash. pof course, this is all still punder investigation and we'll pcontinue to keep you posted as pwe learn more. pback to you. p>>laura:

we're going to ptalk a little bit more about pthose changes in a bit with a plive report from shayla reaves pbut if you have to head out the pdoor right now, just be aware of pdifferent lanes, different ptraffic patterns in the pnorthbound direction. p>>laura: thank you. pit seemed like yesterday when resident obama made his first pstate of the union address. ptonight will be his last. p>>russell: we're told it's a non ptraditional type speech. pdoug is at the white house to ptell us what all of that means. p>>reporter: the white house says pthis state of the union address pwill deviate from tradition in psome ways. pit will be less about laying out pspecific policy ideas for the pyear ahead and more about psetting an optimistic tone for pthe country. pthis is the last time that resident obama would make this pwalk down the aisle for the pstate of the union address. pthe white house is trying to pmake the speech resonate even as pthe administration winds to a pclose. p>> i'm working on my state of pthe union address. pit's my last one. p>>russell: p>>reporter: the white house preleased this

pshayla reaves is at tampa bay pchristian where a few dozen pbuses left earlier today. pgood morning. p>>reporter: good morning to you. pfew hours ago and those buses pare making their way to ptallahassee. pthis is all in support of a rogram some say they depend on pto provide the education they pwant for their children. pnow, we were here this morning pas parents, staff, teachers and pstudents made their way into the psanctuary at tampa bay christian pacademy. pthey are all here in attendance pfor that rally that's going to pbe taking place in tallahassee. pthat rally is head by martin pluther king, ii, son of civil prights activist dr. martin pluther king, junior. pthe academy's head master says pthe florida tax credit pscholarships provide access to peducational opportunities for pqualified students whose pfamilies may not be able to pafford the opportunities. pthis may include a private pschool, for example. pthose here wore t-shirts that pread, hashtag drop the suit, pallude p>> we're headed to tallahassee pwith 10,000 other people around pthe state to rally for ou