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here's sarina fazan with the tough three choices. >> reporter: a huge night. full of glitz and glamour. everyone dressed to the nines at the dolby theatre in hollywood. the competition not just fierce for the statue but also to be considered the red carpet queen. >> this dress here is timeless. >> reporter: we turned to sarah john pereca, the woman behind lending luxury. her south tampa dress shop rents designer gowns for a fraction of the retail cost. >> we have 4,000 dresses in >> reporter: my dress will be worn to the watch party and then donated to a deserving teen for prom. we narrowed it down to three gowns for oscar night. we start with this halter gown, in a store it would cost $435. >> jennifer lawrence, charlize theron could wear this. >> reporter: next timeless glamour. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: italian-inspired $385. >> i would say someone like jennifer garner. >> reporter: vintage designs from the 1940s like this turkish gown with unique embellishments. >> the bell on this dress is -- makes the dress. >> reporter: this one worth over $1,000.

the way you can help anchor sarina fazan pick her oscars dress and what happens to that ground after oscars night. >>> good morning. a handful of crashes but nothing to cause real delays. this is one roadblock in port richey at regency park boulevard and fox hollow drive. this is east of 19 so leave extra time if your morning drive takes you through that area. checking things out in pinellas county, i-275 at 22nd avenue south still wide open, up to speed in both directions. and the veterans expressway starting to slow just a little bit, 21 minutes from 54 to 275. >>> let's check with captain al, how is it where you are? >> reporter: good morning. we're up at the pasco on the screen left to right. the very top there, i-75 as it hits 56, right at the very top is up to 54. see headlights from 54 flew 56, splitting outs the bottom to i- 75 and 275 at the apex. it's all moving smoothly. i heard about an accident southbound 75 at fowler. i'm heading that way. if this is in your route you may want to pay attention to this. i may have news for you there. otherwise here's ivan with the foreca

vote now on sarina fazan's facebook page. we both pick number one. >> and live streaming now on our facebook page. so you can away in and let us know -- weigh in and let us know your favorite too. >> if you leave us a comment >>> an alert for anybody trying to get to work now. a fast approaching deadline you need to know about. first, amazon's latest move could make its prime membership more appealing. here's our business news. >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes" -- cost of free shipping on amazon just went up. >> the minimum purchase to qualify now $49, a $14 increase. seen as a move to promote amazon prime. $99 a year service which also includes free shipping with no minimum. plus video and audio streaming. >>> sony unveiled new innovations. >> it's new x series of smartphones, including a battery that can go two days on a single charge. >>> a wireless ear piece can respond to a series of verbal commands. >>> facebook wants to help you wish your friends a happy birthday. cam, allowing users to record 15-second messages. th

i am sarina fazan. >>i am john sabol. homicide. officers found a body this morning while investigating complaints about a vacant home on 12th st. to drive west. they are asking anyone with information to come forward. you might be eligible for a reward. >>> there is growing opposition to have a project that could impact thousands.>>a tampa bay express is going to be created aimed at cutting commute times. connect we are live in tampa to explain why many of these historic neighborhood think the project will create more problems. >>reporter: a lot of neighborhoods in tampa heights have seen a rebirth and if this expressway project is built coming through many areas, many fear it will stop that growth and it is not doing enough to address traffic troubles. revitalization, also the area struggled during the construction of 275 back in the 60s. many are worried a new highway construction project, the tampa bay express, will break neighborhoods like this to their knees. snake you want to put this on top of that. frankly, i am not sure it

i'm sarina fazan. >> and i'm john sabol. a gunman fires into a crowd. others are in the hospital. jake peterson joins us live from the hookah bar to tell us about what led to the violence. jay. >> reporter: good evening to you. this lounge would be opening right now for a busy saturday night. the open sign is off. managers telling us they may open later tonight. right now they are closed. investigators spending most o. day here collecting -- of the day here collecting evidence. as the lounge was closing, a confrontation broke out. the suspect started shooting at the crowd. four people hit by bullets, a hispanic male dialed. two males in their 20s, and a woman in her 30s were hit and taken to the hospital. investigators telling us they are looking for a male shooter and that's all they're willing to say at this point. >> we're currently in the process of processing the crime scene as you can see behind us. we have conducted interviews interviewing the victims as their medical condition allows us. >> reporter: and as you can imagine, it was basically chaos out here last night, one e

those attending felt like celebrities including our very own sarina fazan. there she is in the gorgeous gown you chose for her to wear. this was donated by the dress store landing luxury and won by a landslide. the real winner however, is the charity that is getting this gown. this get year -- to get a wrap-up, including photos, full moments it's here on abcactionnews.com/oscars. you can also find it on our free mobile app. >>> good morning. we have some breaking news. a fatal crash at u.s. 19, the westbound lanes are blocked. avoid this area if you can. i'll tell you how to work around it, coming up. >> there's a arrive live look at the crash. take belcher or 66um to olmerton road, 66 up to old meren to road. a lot of activity out there. the car burst into flames. at least one person was killed in this. we don't know if anyone else was in the car, crews are out there now working on this. i'll let you know as soon as it >>> how's the weather out there? >> weather is not bad, in fact we had a beautiful weekend. a little cool for a lot of us through the mornin

i'm sarina fazan. >> and i'm john sabol. showing what happened leading up to that event. this is brand new video surfacing from inside club rain as a deadly shooting unfolds. those gunshots you just heard fired around 2:00 a.m. one person died. 7 others suffering from gunshot wounds. this video coming from little marvin on the social media tool per scope. police tell us they think hundreds were at the gentingmen's club -- gentle minnesota's club. we are learning the names of the 8 victims, the youngest 17 years old. the rest of the victims in 20s and 30s. the injuries range from minor to very serious. the 8th person who died has just been identified as 21-year- old marvin lancaster iii of brandon. police are still trying to shooting. as far as the suspects, several leads. if you know anything, you are urged to call tampa police. crime stoppers is offering a $300,000 reward for information that -- 300-dollar reward for arrest. >>> and we have of course will continue to stay on top of that story as it develops. >> and meanwhile meteorologist bill logan is keeping on top of

i'm sarina fazan. >> and i'm john sabol. but first, a developing story out of pasco county. >>> they're searching for a fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. >> reporter: now the details you need to know about the suspect and how this all unfold >> reporter: pasco county deputies say they were outside this parking lot of domino's pizza last night when they were trying to arrest a man with outstanding warrants. that man, j'rokton williams, was outside his car here at hudson when they attempted to arrest him. deputies say williams put his car in reverse and accelerated toward one of those deputies, then sped off. he was driving a car similar to the one you see here, a 2008 infinity g37 two-door, a purple camille job color, unusual, -- ca -- a purple color, unusual. they're offering up to a $3,000 cash reward for information leading to williams' arrest. and in addition to those outstanding warrants, he'll be facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. and this man does have

think kerry washington always looks great but i think she pulled this off better at >>> our own sarina fazan is wearing the dress you chose for her to wear. it was donated by the south tampa dress store lending luxury won by a landslide. for all of us here the real winner is the charity that is getting this gown this year. >>> 6:20 now. still ahead -- a nervewracking day for thousands of students preparing to sit for one of the most important tests of the year. the safe guards in place to prevent last year's problems from coming back. >> new charges a man accused of pretending to be a teen is facing years after beginning his elaborate lie. >> first apple is changing the date for its next big product launch. >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes" -- a change to apple's next big event >> reports indicate the company will unveil new products on march 21st, a week later than originally expected. >> a new mini i-phone, i-pad watch will be unveiled. >>> a new smartphone, you can get samsung's phone in real gold now. >> the s7 and s7 edge. the price tag though about $2,400. >>> and twitter history ma

station. time to weigh in on which of the three dresses you would like to see abc action newstion sarina fazan wear to the tampa theater's oscar watch party. the winning dress to be donated to a local teen for prom. vote on facebook. >>> good morning. studies estimate more than 15 million children in this country experience hunger. living in what is called a food insecure household where they may not receive the standard meals. where fresh fruits and vegetables are a rarity. the aetna foundation is helping kids in underserved communities grow their own. this past fall one of its community grants came here to the tampa bay area specifically to the tampa heights neighborhood where the community has been working together with the junior civic association and the sociology department, usf, to make this worked on for several years now but this boost is definitely going to help them in a big way. here with more usf professor doctor laurel graham and tampa heights president patrick snead. describe the community garden. it was established in 2007 to provide opportunities for the community. >> what are

everybody felt like celebrities including our own celebrity, sarina fazan, looking gorgeous in the dress you chose for her to wear. donated by the south tampa dress store lending luxury. won by a landslide. for all of us here the real winner is the charity that is getting this gown this year. >>> plunging necklines, hearing you say that was worth the entire morning. made my day. good stuff. >> absolutely. >>> i still -- i have the dvr. i have to check it out. as far as our weather, a few clouds, more than we had this weekend. and really chilly start. saturday and sunday as we talk about temperatures right now in the low 60s. here's titan doppler radar, with the -- looking good as we scan the bay area, satellite and radar looking at a few clouds rolling from the gulf. nothing doing as far as anything that would rain on us here, pretty good shape. as we look at the extended forecast, taking you into the next seven days, we're going to be seeing, well, temperatures in the 70s, got rid of the highs in the 60s so that is certainly excellent news for the remainder of today. looking pretty good