that's what you're doing here at saft. on my tour, i stepped inside -- i took a look at a shipping container filled with cutting-edge lithium-ion batteries. it stores energy for times when the wind's not blowing or the sun's not shining. these batteries are the kinds of things folks don't always think about when it comes to renewable energy, but it couldn't be more important. so the good news is that over the final three months of last year, we deployed more advanced energy storage capacity than over the previous two years combined. [applause] pres. obama: and that's what we should be investing in. clean energy is about owning the kind of innovation where america has always been the leader. clean energy is about unleashing the potential of all these new technologies -- because we can figure some stuff out just about better than anybody else. and just think about what we can do with something like solar in a place like the sunshine state. clean energy is about cutting carbon emissions and fighting climate change, so that we

. >> president spoke at the saft battery plant which makes lithium ion bad ris, one of the. are and an investment that has paid off. >> because early on, my administration put in smart policies to rebuild our economy. those policies are paying off in big tangible ways and we're not talking about it tonight. >> president also thanked saft for its policies towards veterans. >>> there are reports of only sporadic fighting in syria. the syrian government and nearly 100 rebel groups say they will abide by the ceasefire but it doesn't include i.s.i.l. or the el nusra branch of al qaeda in syria. work to bring a permanent end to the war is just beginning. >> just over 40 minutes before the cessation of hostilities was due to come into effect, a vote 50 u.n. security council to endorse it. it was unanimous. ambassadors were addressed by video link by u.n. special envoy for syria and said this was a crucial element. >> no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine this process. we are ready for it fm we should not be overly concerned, we should address it and realize th

the president spoke at the saft american plant in jacksonville. they were one of the bail-outs. they have since created 300 jobs. president obama says the economy is much better off than it was when he took office. >> if anyone says we are not better off today than seven years ago, they are not leveling with you. they are not telling the truth. by almost every economic better off and florida is significantly better off. >> he credited saft america for hiring a large number of veterans. >>> consumer confidence is faltering in florida. consumers are concerned about personal finances. women are the most concerned followed by those making less than $50,000. >>> hulk hogan's trial versus gawker gets underway. hogan is suing gawker claiming the website violated his privacy by posting portions of a sex tape involving him. jury selection begins tuesday. opening statements are expected to begin march 7. >>> comedian bill cosby dropped his defamation lawsuit against beverly johnson. she accused him of drugging and rape her in the 1980s . they dropped the suit to focus on the lawyers plan

democratic primary. will be in florida passed just weeks as we told you earlier this week, he'll be at saft, a company in jacksonville that make lithium-ion batteries. they received millions of dollars from the recovery act. crews are still assessing the damage after an e-f one tornado hit punta gorda. governor rick scott also got a look at the damage. as we've reported the tornado struck wednesday with winds of up to 97 miles per hour. 36 homes were damages. many are now unlivable. a second e-f zero tornado also hit the area.. doing damage to mostly signs and trees. people in north carolina are waking up to several inches of snow this morning, which is good news for ski resorts there. even with temperatures dipping below freezing, resort employees and visitors say this makes up for such a butted to temperatures are expected to be warmer heading into the weekend. organizers of the 2016 olympics are trying to make sure the games will not be affected by the zika virus. organizers have devoted a lot of time to reassuring athletes and potential visitors that they are safe. but those reassuring

on friday, he'll head to jacksonville and get a tour of "saft", a company that makes high-tech batteries. the manufacturer won a 95 million dollar grant in the american recovery and reinvestment act. that legislation passed just weeks after the president took office. investigators are digging deeper into the uber driver, who admitted in court, that he shot and killed six people at random. as of right now, 45-year-old jason dalton has not given any insight into why he went on the shooting spree. he's been charged with six counts of murder. dozens of mourners in kalamazoo held a candlelight vigil monday night in honor of the victims. were also hurt in the shooting spree. before you head out the door this morning, you don't miss this story. your car could soon be recalled because of a defective airbag. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live along gandy boulevard in st. pete. emerald, millions of these airbags have already been recalled. yeah, it's part of the largest automotive recall ever. and up to 90 million more airbags could be recalled and that's pretty scary when you think about your

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cws started using the pet mask that we keep on the truck and they were using oxygen and trying to saft the pup feez. the blaze broke out on northeast 24th street in miami monday afternoon. firefighters believe it may have snartd swing. i have a puppy and a feel bad. that's why i was asking to see if the mom is crying. i feel bad. i'm a puppy lover you know. firefighters say they were able to save three other puppies but four remain missing the dog's owner rushed to noel's animal clinic where the puppy and mother was wr take ep. >> most important thing is they stay warm and stay with their mom and eat regularly. in femplet smoke as long as none of those things are impaired she won't have any issues since she didn't present any respiratory distress. >> to night the unit has been board up and the red cross is assisting the the woman who lived here in this unit. we'reive in miami. i'm alex diprato. 7 news. >> i'm alex, thank you. policer sching for the thief behind a ritzy rip o. police say they noticed the man come and go several time before getting his hand on a 14 car you rat gold chain

the neighbor pulled the if fire alarm and firefefhters rushed to saft 6-year-old inside. couldn't get the ladr there quick enough soy justold my partner to get on one knee, used him as a prove. he helped me up and a climbed in through the window. had we taken another 3, four, minutes, the out come would have been different. >> todd: ro sell o is charged with child neglect resulting in great body harm and expected to peer from a judge later today. the child is now in the care of cps. >>> >> neki: and the candidates are out in full force campaigning last night. >> todd: the volunteers pulling out all the stops neki as the evangelical vote is up for grabs. local 10 news reporter, political reporter glenna lberg is in columbia south carolina with more. >> i'm begging you to vote for >> reporter: hour before polls open and depend whog answers the other end, it's either a reminder to vote or a mission to change a m nd. >> just want to you vote for him and do your best to per sway them. >> reporter: with many backing ted cruz. donald trump in the most recent south carolina gop p

businesses like saft. we're creating jobs and making our planet more safe and secure at the same time. you don't hear a lot about this from folks on the campaign trail. they're spending all their time talking down america. i don't know when it became fashionable to do that. but i'm sure proud of what i've seen americans do over the course of the last seven year since the crisis hit. and if anyone says we're not better off today than we were seven years ago, they're not leveling with you. they're not telling the truth. by almost economic measure, we're significantly better off and florida is significantly better off. jacksonville is a whole lot better off. and the reason i make this point is nunn of this was an accident. it happened because of your hard work. it happened because of your resill yent yens. it happened because of americans looked out for one another and families scrimped and saved and workers retrained and businesses hired and expanded and students hit the books. and it happened because early

you got to stop and i never know god took him from me to saft rest of these ril boys. >> reporter: surrounund by faly and friends deandre wradly spoke exclusively with us about her soj tavarus roads. funny, happy, helpful and energetic and out going. that's how she describes the some year-old she was forced to say goodbye to. i just ask them. pleas you all say you want to stop the violence. ain't nothing stop oog. >> reporter: here on northwest 172 ter answer. ta var rest who loved ones called junior was shot in said a home on saturday afternoon. according to the miami gardens polili chief, teen boys were playing with a gun when it went f. tavarus' classmates shaken monday morningng as they walked it north dadede middle school ee didn't deserve. that he is hurt oog young boys trying to o me to terms with the loss of a friend. >> i was sad. we have them hymn. >> and as this devastated family waits on justice.

that man reportedly jumping in to saft win women but conditions were just too mar shall for him to handle n. end they were all hoisted to safety and said to be doing just fine. >>> >> lynn: well, a powerful cyclone tearing a deadly path of destruction in fiji. the record breaking storm turning deadly. >> danielle: as 7's robbin simmons reports the prime minister declaring atate of emergency. >>> >> reporter: tropical cyclone winston make landfall in fiji on 180 uprooting trees and knocking down power lines. official say it might take several days until electricity can be fully rtored. the prime minister declaring a state of emergency for the the next 30 days. crews scrambling to assess the wide spread damage. australia's for in minister offering support. >> we have supplies, in sererr that are avail iblg and i've also offered the 80th to send a petry a o ryan so we can carry out areal surueillance and do a needs assist meant. and the storm dump p offing several inches of rain and dadaing roadways and homes. officials now concerned about possible land slides. more than 400 people have h- t

obama will tour saft america, a lithium ion battery plant in jacksonville. the company built that plant after getting a $59 million grant through the economic signed into law during his first weeks in office. >>> in democracy 2016, all eyes on nevada today where republican voters will caucus. donald trump is the favorite to win the state but don't count out florida senator marco rubio who garnered two big endorsements yesterday from indiana senator inddan coates and minnesota governor tim pawlenty. >> he's electable. i think he has the total package. >> last night trump told supporters he plans to visit multiple caucus sites today and will get so angry if he doesn't see them there. >>> on the democratic side bernie sanders and hillary clinton are now looking towards saturday's democratic primary in south carolina. with superdelegates included delegates 503-70. has some questioning if the vermont senator can still win the democratic nomination. is yes. presidential race and believes he can win massachusetts on march 1st. >>> updating a story we first told you

stop in florida to promote the benefits of the economic stimulus bill that he signed he visited the saft america battery plant in jacksonville. the manufacturer was awarded $95 million from the $760 billion stimulus package back into thousand nine. obama said the united states has benefited because his administration put, smoke policies in place. >> i sure am proud of what i've seen americans do over the course of these last seven years since the crisis hit. in anyone who says we are not absolutely better off today than we were seven years ago, they are not leveling with you. they are not telling the truth. >> the plant has seen some growth. 300 jobs have been created in the past seven years. >>> credit joining us now. gorgeous outside. so pretty out there. go out and enjoy. >>> first, a live picture from our windjammer resort camera. their toes in the ocean. most of the rest of us are enjoying the south florida winter afternoon where temperatures are in the upper 60s to low 70s. 69 in miami. 68 in key west. humidity very low. light breezes earlier, gusts up to 18 and no rainfall. elsewh

know god took him from me to saft rest of these ril boys. >> reporter: surrounund by faly and friends deandre wradly spoke exclusively with us about her soj tavarus roads. funny, happy, helpful and energetic and out going. that's how she describes the some year-old she was forced to say goodbye to. i just ask them. pleas you all say you want to stop the violence. ain't nothing stop oog. >> reporter: here on northwest 172 ter answer. ta var rest who loved ones called junior was shot in said a home on saturday afternoon. according to the miami gardens polili chief, teen boys were playing with a gun when it went f. tavarus' classmates shaken monday morningng as they walked it north dadede middle school ee didn't deserve. that he is hurt oog young boys trying to o me to terms with the loss of a friend. >> i was sad. we have them hymn. >> and as this devastated family waits on justice. shooter is 14-year-old zion de san geez and because of what happened here, he has beeee charged with manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a minor. >> if you pay more attention to your child and will h

paying off in big tangible ways and we're not talking about it enough >>> the president also thanked saft for their effort to hire veterans. more than a third of the employees are veterans. the syrian government and nearly 100 government tro troops say they will abide by the truce. the united nations security council has endorsed the truce and called for peace talks to resume next month. james bays has more. >> reporter: this is the crucial moment in terms of actions rather than words. is there going to be a lull in the violence and when he addressed the u.n. security council, the u.n. special envoy, staffan de mistura, described this moment. >> saturday will be critical. tomorrow, in fact, from midnight. no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine this process. we are ready for it. we should not be overly concerned. we should address it and realise that this part of any ceasefire of hostilities. >> reporter: diplomats tell me that they know there will not be a complete quiet enning of guns across syria because two groups are not included in this. they will still be attack

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the future is built by the workers here at saft. >> the battery manufacturer hired 297 people with the 95 million in stimulus money and 20 million in state incentives. >> these batteries help stabilize our energy grid, which is allowing to us transition faster to renewable energy. >> reporter: the president mentioned the latest mass shooting in kansas. >> i wish i didn't have to keep on talking about it. lord knows i wish i didn't have to make these phone calls and comfort families. >> reporter: this is the first time that i've ever seen president obama speak where he didn't chide or directly take on republicans. live, fox 35 news. >> sonni: a bank robbery suspect alert woman. >> bob: find out hour her quick thinking led to the arrest of the suspect. >>> and new stories in and residential areas heading to i-drive. 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 bright house wifi hotspots. its free for 30 days. >> sonni: a woman helps police catch a bank robber. >> bob: her quick thinking led p

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people in this town resist any kind of regulation that makes people's lives better whether it's health, safts, safety and soundness of the banking of the financial system. allow can you be against regulatory reform and cost b benefit analysis? it's not counting the slow walk and how easy to delay things. you sent a letter out signed by many other agency heads. just explain why you sent that letter and kind of make your case for why that's so important. >> well we were very concerned that the bill under consideration, first of all, would have a severe impact on the independent agencies ability to put out rules that would involve executive branch presidential involvement. i agree with you. it would cause very significant delays in implementing regulations and probably result in a necessary and unwarntsed litigation in connection with our rules. you said congress were putting out rules very often where kng is decided there's a safety and soundness issue. they want us to address by imposing safeguards in a particular area and our job is to figure out how to do that where kang has judged the benef

cyber e vents and defined it as an attack and in many cases you can do reconnaissance, espionage, saft in this domain we call cyberspace. but, the reaction always is whether it is an adversary doing reconnaissance, and adversary trying to conduct human operations in this domain and we define it as an attack and i don't think that is terribly helpful, so if we can get much fuller definition of the range of things that occur in cyberspace and then start thinking about the threshold where under attack is catastrophic you have or destructive enough that we defined as an act of war, i think that would be extremely useful. >> have we done enough for a sufficient job in deterring cyber aggression? >> i think we have a pretty robust capability to understand that the series. i think most potential adversary understand we have a capability, whether or not we are ready to use that because that is the essence of deterrence that an adversary actually feels that we will use a capability that we have. i am not sure we are there yet and that goes beyond our ability to understand and to counter militar

here to help is brad saft of freeelectionvideo.com. brad, thank you, and welcome to the show. first of all, why is it important to teach our kids about the process of electing a president? >> choosing a president is perhaps the most fundamental part of our american democracy. and there's really no better time to turn our kids into active and engaged future adults. >> my kid has told me, i'm going to cry if you vote for a particular candidate. she already calls bernie sanders benny sanders. >> for one thing, ignore what