sure that back in the bay into the gulf the fog will remain bad. clearwater but sarasota and south st. petersburg, very thick fog and we will talk about when we expect this tomorrow and what we can see that the weekend coming up. >>> voters in florida are headed to the polls today should decide who will be their party's presidential nominee. it caput hillary clinton and the polls of impact all day. sarah hollenbeck shows you the most important thing you need to keep in mind today. >> reporter: today is so important for these candidates not only in florida but all of the primaries held today. keeping them in the race or forcing them to drop out. this is a sample ballot today in florida. the candidates that are in are still in the race. these names will steal -- still be on the ballot even though they drop that. if you vote for them it will get counted but not for any particular candidate. today is crucial. marco rubio who must win florida today if he wants a shot at being the president. governor john kasich who needs to win ohio to stay in the race. bernie sanders who is batting hard on wins in il

. >> reporter: just last january, this man was shot in another south st. petersburg drive by. no arrests have been made in that case. who could be next. sarah rosario, abc action news. >>> officers want to reassure neighbors that this was not a random act of violence. the mayor says he's working with police and city council to address the gun violence in the southern part of the city. >>> an orlando man faces charges after he was caught on camera shooting video up a young girl's skirt. he was caught in the act on two separate occasions last month. the victims are a 5-year-old and 13-year-old. police use video footage to identify irwin, who was positively identified. police say this is a great example of if you see something, say something money >>> florida lawmakers are set to conclude the legislature's 60-day session. one of the last things they have to do is pass the state's $80 billion budget. yesterday, legislators helped college will cost them. this passes a notice before a vote to raise tuition and fees. it requires schools to post online a list of books required for any

working with the police chief and the city council to work on that still lingering here in south st. petersburg. live in pinellas county, sarah rosario. >>> a become shell breakup, or shake-up coming from the most well-known veteran charity in america. the wounded warriors project firing two of its top executives. the charity's ceo and coo let go after complaints from employees about how they spent donated money. the allegations include lavish spending on staff retreats and other costs all at the expense of programs for veterans. the organization has raised more than $1 billion since it was founded back in 2003. >>> turning now to democracy 2016 the big question surrounding violence at donald trump campaign rallies. a trump supporter charged with assault after a video captured him punching a protester in the face last night in north carolina. critics say trump has at times seemed to advocate violence against opponents but his campaign is saying in a discourage this kind of behavior. trump responding to the violence himself in miami, the gop debate just wrapping up. carson chambers was there for

now it happened at a house in south st. petersburg, and a group of people were sitting on the porch one minute and ducking for cover the next, and tonight on 8 we're hearing from the little girl's family. paul mueller is live, and how's that little girl doing? >> reporter: just three years old, jayla shot once inspect stomach -- in the stomach and taken to all children, and she's okay, that's the good news, and the family saying they want to see the person that did this off the street for good. bullet holes serve as a remindser of terror that -- red minder of the -- reminder of the terror that took place here. >> it sounded like fireworks, but never stopped. >> reporter: a neighbor that herd the gunshots -- heard the gunshots, called # 11, and saw -- 911, and saw the little girl. a white car drove by the house in broad daylight, and sprayed the porch with bullets. the 3-year-old and a 23-year- old are both hit and rushed to the hospital. >> really horrible, it's disgusting, it's not even horrible, it's unspeakable for you to shoot a c

the taylor craft plane lost power over south st. petersburg pilot was hoping to get to but instead he landed on the 12th fairway of the st. pete country club. >>> troubles the budget airline allegiant and scary moments for passengers flying to the bay area. pilots aborted takeoff in mechanical issues. emergency crews surrounded the plane. officials say the passengers were flown out on a different flight last night. they also received a $200 allegiant voucher. the i-team has been following incidents involving allegiant over the past year and you will buy the story -- find the stories posted. >>> a man who fell off a they cruiseship. the coast guard is racing to find a roku than passenger who fell off the ship around key largo. 46-year-old man is from texas and he plummeted 100 feet from his stateroom balcony late friday night. the ship continued its journey to port everglades and once the coast guard took over. >>> the race for the white house. donald trump was met with passionate protesters in orlando. is reality -- his rally was interrupted o

st. petersburg city leaders the new pier. tonight there's a public workshop at the university of south florida st. petersburg student center. 7:00 p.m. is when it gets underway. crews are demolishing the old pier. construction on the new pier is expected to begin next year and wrap up by 2018. >>> well today is a deadline in the data show down between apple and the department of justice. apple is expected to submit the response to the fbi trying to get the company to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino terrorists. the government believes the phone could provide more information about the attack. apple claims hacking into the phone would violate the privacy it proms users. >>> it's 6:08 on this tuesday morning. let's turn things over to leigh. fog in some parts. >> now a lot of places have a layer of clouds. just up off the surface of the ground. it's fine while you're driving around. you're just not going to see sunshine. this morning, i am more concerned with this area, the western manatee and sarasota county. that's the only place where we really see thick fog although it may get more

. >> straightahead, what you >>> as many schools cut their arts program, one school in south st. petersburg has a thriving jazz band. they are set to compete next week. but haven't quite raised the money to get there. >> the trip is about a whole trophy.>> [ music ] >> there is a term in jazz where you say, are they swinging. actually playing the music the way it was written. >> the way this group plays, you would never know they are still students. the lakewood high school jazz band in south st pete has gotten superior marks in the school district. two of its members are up for valedictorian this year.>> here's something positive in the community. work mock and now, these all- stars plan to compete in new orleans next week but they are $5000 shy of their funding goal.>> we experienced jazz. i can't wait to experience that. >> chase goggins started his freshman year. now, he has gotten into usf. in part, because of the sacks. >> it teaches you to work on >> reporter: in this room, the entire band learns perseverance. >> if you just stick with it and if you have a passion for, there is nothi

while you were sleeping, a market on 15th avenue south of st. petersburg caught fire crews responded around 1:20 to dave's market. no one was injured. we're working to find the extent of the damage and if firefighters know what caused the flames. >>> mexico is directly responding to donald trump's vow to build a wall along the u.s. mexico border. mexico's treasury secretary for the wall under any circumstances claiming mexican taxpayers can't afford to pay for that kind of project. >> getting to the bottom of the water crisis in flint michigan. a congressional delegation is headed to the city. lawmakers plan to visit families affected by the lead contaminated water. >>> people in the community of flint not waiting on lawmakers to fix the problems there. some activists are using their own money to begin the process of removing lead pipes out of the ground. they started digging in one neighborhood. the activists explain why they aren't waiting on the city. >> this is the people. the people coming together. it is a human right issue. we have to take it upon o

st. petersburg, florida, on the campus of the university of south florida, st. petersburg. voters here in the sunshine state have already cast more than a million ballots by mail or early voting. the big night will be tuesday, when florida and four other states vote. it's been a campaign of firsts. we've had record setting participation, unheard of rhetoric, and an unprecedented level of contempt between candidates. and through all the muck, donald trump has emerged as the people's candidate, both an advocate for and representation of angry voters. but according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, the populist isn't so popular. just 25% of all voters have a positive opinion of donald trump versus 64% who have a negative opinion. as usual in this race, that's also a first, the most polarized opinions for a major presidential candidate we've ever seen in polling. at the other end of the spectrum, john kasich, far more people have positive opinions of him than negative. and yet in kasich's home state, two of the three most recent polls in ohio show trump in the lead

we're live from the university of south florida st. petersburg campus, picking up from thomas roberts here, just a little bit sunnyer than where i was this morning in michigan. here we go. last night's results pretty much set in stone. get out your calendar, get out your cell phone, a pen and paper, back of your hand. write down this date, march 15. that's this coming tuesday. that's when they vote, not only here in florida but in four other key states. for both parties it's a huge day. compared to yesterday, twice as many delegates up for grabs for republicans, four times as many for democrats. while yesterday didn't do much to change the math of the race, it did have a big impact. we're talking about momentum. marco rubio and john kasich are counting on march 15 as a rac race-defining day for them. their home states of florida and iowa, winner take all. they're limping in. trump's strong wins in mississippi, michigan and ohio last night. if trump takes either state, florida or ohio, that could be a campaign ender. so the candidates are doing wh

st. petersburg. a crash is lowing traffic -- slowing traffic near 54th south. you can see that traffic is stopped at least two cars are involved in this crash. a big mess. one person was transported with injuries, st. petersburg fire tells us there's construction in the area which is contributing to the slowdown. we'll post new information on the crash and the backup on our website, wfla.com. >>> detectives need your help finding a voyeurism suspect. up a woman's skirt when her back was turned. >> sheriff's deputies are confident that someone will recognize the man in the video and turn him in. chip, apparently, this guy didn't realize that the store surveillance cameras were rolling. >> reporter: it's no secret. this is the front of the store. there's a surveillance camera there. you walk over this way there's a surveillance camera there. and right down here is a sign. it says warning to customers, you will be recorded. in this era of high-tech surveillance technology, it's a rarity to go in any store and not be on camera. cameras capture him patrolling the sto

st. petersburg, florida, on the campus of the university of south florida, st. petersburg.te have already cast more than a million ballots by mail or early voting. the big night will be tuesday, when florida and four other states vote. it's been a campaign of firsts. we've had record setting participation, unheard of rhetoric, and an unprecedented level of contempt between candidates. and through all the muck, donald trump has emerged as the people's candidate, both an advocate for and representation of angry voters. but according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, the populist isn't so popular. just 25% of all voters have a positive opinion of donald trump versus 64% who have a negative opinion. as usual in this race, that's also a first, the most polarized opinions for a major presidential candidate we've ever seen in polling. at the other end of the spectrum, john kasich, far more people have positive opinions of him than negative. and yet in

st. petersburg, florida here on the campus of university of south florida st. pete campus.of a fifth of the largest city in the state. a 20-minute drive from tampa and part of the i-5 corridor. with 6,000 students and graduate students combined, it's a beautiful college campus. it was a big contest on the left and the right. and super tuesday in florida is a scramble to win here because the delegate count is winner take all, 99 for the gop and 210 for the democrats. with early voting tallies, election officials say over 1.2 million votes already in. it's a closed primary in this state, so independents aren't actually included in that tally. but first the republican lead to the nomination got a little bit wider for donald trump last night after he thumpd the competition in mississippi, michigan and hawaii. he was surrounded by his own trump business products of statethe state's water and wine. >> we make the finest wine in the world. i know the press is extremely honest, but if they want, they can take a bottle of it home. >> this morning trump told the morning show that he'

while you were sleeping, a market on 15th avenue south in st. petersburg caught fire. crews responded to a call at around 1:20 at dave's market. no one was hurt. we are working now to find the extend extent of the damage and if firefighters know what caused it. >>> in highlands county, a teacher scandal is brewing. three teachers are accused of exchanging inappropriate photos with students. a sebring high school teacher is accused of sending nude photos she has since resigned. another teacher at avon park high and middle school teacher are accused of having nude photos young male students. a sheriff is disappointed in the alleged misconduct of all three male teacher s. it is unfortunate -- of all three teachers. >> it is unfortunate that they're making poor choices. it is all self serving and else. >> middle school teacher stacy hooks is facing child porn charges. the high school teachers are under investigation. >>> more fall out in the ranks at polk county schools. another administrator is leaving. associate superintendent of operations greg rivers is the latest to s

st. petersburg. this happened on 10 avenue south a fewhours ago. tropicanna field. one victim is a 3-year-old girl. the other is a 20-year-old than. they are both expected survive. the car involved in the shooting is a white dodge challenger. >>> for the first time in 20 canada is on an official trip to the white house. >> americans and canadians will always be there for each other. welcome to the united states. >> president obama and newly elected canadian prime minister justin trudeau talked about ways to work together. they agreed on fighting isis and focusing on renewable energy, providing healthcare and immigration along the u.s. canada border. president obama took a couple friendly jabs about the prime minister at hockey. >>> now to a crime alert. protecting yourself is as simple as pressing a button. look at this video from the pasco county sheriff's office. it shows a man with his face covered going from car to car checking to see if the doors unlocked. if you look close you can see a rag in his hands so he doesn't leave fingerprints behind. he just steals from the ones left opened. the sam

st. petersburg with 72 degrees and 71 in clearwater but the thing you will notice is the winds. coming out of the northwest and the front pushes down to south florida and we clear out nicely. as we clear out, we cool off as well. got up to 77 in st. petersburg and into the 80s inland and don't get used to that. we are starting off at 50 in tampa and 40s in the northern neighborhoods and talking about wind chills in the 40s tomorrow. >>> a close call for a tampa nearly hit by yet another wrong- way driver. police arrested this woman, aja cancela driving the wrong way on i-275 and showed signs of impairment. officers say she was speeding in the same lane as the officer was in, officer van reese heading home from his shift and swerved out of the way narrowly missing a crash. other officers later tracked her down at bush boulevard as she was exiting the wrong direction. last week a wrong-way driver claimed the life of a deputy near branden f dot has a series of signs and lights in the hopes of preventing these types of crashes on i-75. >>> two, 13-year-olds led deputies on a car crash showed up. the girls lost control at the intersection of dar

petersburg south st. pete pdown through bayway fort de soto praining. pthis activity moving over tampa pbay. pso heads up ruskin. psun city center as we do have psome showers headed your way. pnot going to be all day thing. pnot by any stretch the pimagination. ponce this clears through the parea. pthere also been a few sprinkles pin polk county. arts hillsborough just not pmuch. pnot a lot of coverage as well. pif you're sitting there in psouthern pinellas county you're phit jackpot with half way decent prainfall. pour temperatures have been in pthe 70s. pand look at everybody else poutside of this tiny path of prain. 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 continu

st. petersburg. winds from the southwest at 10. south, southwest winds at 13 in clearwater where it's 73 degrees. and we look into tampa. 75 right now. the the clouds around. winds out of the south at 11. conditions and continue to see the warmth. most everyone in the upper 70s to low 80s across the state of florida and very warm into the rest of the united states as well. including all the way up into st. louis where it's 64. huge sloth of warm air up to the canadian border. and right through here is where we see a severe weather threat. as another area of low pressure moves through the mississippi and tennessee valley. most of the energy associated with this has moved north. we are getting the tail end of it moving through the region right now. we'll show you where those rain drops are falling. moving through 7:00 here comes a very thin line. and then we will start to see by morning another ramping up of rain chances as we continue to get that southwest flow bringing the moisture across. by 5:00 into the evening commute, another chance of scattered showers. so all and all we will put it at 30%

st. petersburg. >> it happened on 10th avenue south near tropicana field. sarah rosario is on the scene with the latest on that search. >> reporter: we're told that toddler and the 23-year-old porch when shots raping out, bullets hitting both of them. thankfully police tell us they are expected to be okay. officers are working to find answers to several questions, who was responsible and why. is this targeted? taking a look at video as investigators look for anything that may lead them to a suspect. they're looking for a white four-door car, possibly a dodge challenger. neighbors heard several gunshots but police are not saying how many. one of those bullets leaving its mark here in the glass that you see of the front porch window. police tell us that 23-year-old victim is a neighbor who we're told was just hanging out at the house. the child's grandmother inside the house at the time was not hurt. we spoke to a neighbor who didn't want to show her face. she heard the gunshots, ran outside, watched in terror moments after the shooting. the grandmother with

st. petersburg and clearwater with 79 degrees. winds out of the south and southwest along the coast with the sea breeze kicking in a little bit and you can see the skies are cloudy to partly cloudy. we will be optimistic and say partly cloudy. >> it is 76 for tallahassee and 76 in west palm and key west and miami with 77 degrees. >> it is warm. all across the country right now. >> it is 66. 59 in st. louis and 56 in new york. and 65 degrees in denver. looks like spring has sprung in time for the clocks to go forward and we are seeing showers and those are moving up the tennessee valley. that is the last place they needed and those storms are going to begin to dissipate. we take a look at the current sin none particular map, it will go up and over it. and it will swing through cloud cover into the overnight hours. we could see a few showers along the east coast as we wake up tomorrow morning. this is about 2:30. 3:00. we will start to see the showers making it on shore. >> here is where we are running the road races out to the st. petersburg grand prix a

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st. petersburg, florida. >> now first a art weather with meteorologist ryan phillips, south florida's most accurate forecast. >> we're at 5:15 now.w. hope your morning is off to a good start. quiet conditions in place for the last several days, certainly is the casevernight and will be for the next few days to me. how much cloud cover will we see and how warm will the temperatures be. first and foremost, no rain out there this mmning. don't forget by downloading the free m mile app, you can get live first alert doppler at any time. towards the aaa, great visibility, only a few clouds up above. skies mostly clear all night long. sunrise coming at 6:43. temperatures settling back at the bus stop to the lower and mid 60s. there's a hint of coolness, if you will,in the air, baugh rapid warmup getting ready to take shape for your wednesday afternoon. clouds moving in, avail of cloud cover that will still allow the sunshine through, but it won't be a completely bright blue sky. calm conditions, that has led to a nice and cool morning. 60 in west kendall, 62 in homestead, 61 in northwestern lauderhill, coconut cre

st. petersburg. 55 for seminole. and mid 50s as you work your way down south. so not as crisp as this morning but still a cooler start for your sunday. and then we're going to warm back up. baseball tonight in sarasota, looking good for the rays and them o's. this is going to be at ed smith stadium. first pitch at 7:05. should be about 62 or 63 degrees and stay mostly in the 60s until that final out. as they get ready for the 2016 season. 66 degrees right now is your gulf water temperature. winds out of the north at 15. uv index in the high category. high tide, low tide at 6:33 in the morning. florida's most accurate seven- day forecast, into the 80s by midweek. breezes by the end of the workweek. and maybe a spit of rain by next saturday. we'll update the forecast and keep it posted as >>> in 35 minutes from now the puck will drop at amly arena with the lightning's quest for history the bolts are riding an eight-game win streak. a win tonight over carolina would set a few franchise with nine. but a lightning victory would keep its place in the playoff currentl

that front has passed to the south and has dropped the temperatures just a little bit. 52 in tampa. st. petersburg at 58 degrees. 57 in clearwater. winds out of the north end northeast. anywhere between five and 10 miles per hour. across the northern parts of the state, lower 40s, upper 30s. definitely a little bit cooler their tactical error has not invested into the tampa area yet. i don't really expected to be a high pressure to the north. no real rain chances as we take a look at the futurecast. a few showers off the coast. nothing showing up on the peninsula. not much in the way of cloud cover. highs today are going to be right around 70 degrees for st. petersburg. a little bit cooler along the coast as the gulf water to -- temperatures right around 62, 63 degrees. 64 will be the hyper palm harbor. 69 in seminole. maybe upper 60s into some of our northern neighborhoods like hernando and crystal river it as you get into the southland and further interior, we will get into the mid-70s. about 57 degrees by 8:00. 74 as we courage -- as we encourage one and all to get outside and enjoy this beauti

south to old water street.. that's right in front of the convention center. two police officers and six others are recovering after a crash in st. petersburg. it happened just after midnight in downtown. this is a live look at the scene on central and 54th street. police say the teenagers were speeding in a stolen car when they hit an undercover truck with tampa police officers and a st. petersburg police officer. we're working to find out their conditions right now. hulk hogan will be back in a pinellas county courtoom this morning for his trial against gawker over a leaked sex tape. he's suing the website for 100 million dollars. the defense will be calling its first witnesses to the stand today. one of them is aj daulerio, the man who posted the video. 10 news will be in the courtroom at 9 a-m. to watch the trial live, head to our website, w-t-s-p dot com. the ncaa is investigating how the tournament bracket got leaked online before it was unveiled during cbs' selection sunday show. the bracket started showing up on social media about halfway through the 2 hour special, with 34 teams to announce. out with "spoiler alert: full bracket." t

south. mainly the rain is north of i-4 where it will pretty much remain for the north part, bradenton and st. petersburg and areas north of lakeland have the better chance of seeing rain throughout the evening. these showers gradually dissolve throughout the evening and the overnight hours. tomorrow morning we could see a few little light showers right along i-4 from bradenton and tampa. tomorrow afternoon partly to mostly cloudy, a 10% chance for an afternoon sprinkle or little shower, high around 80 degrees. heading into tuesday we start off with a little sea fog. by afternoon tuesday will be dry. it's going to look good, lot of sunshine and warm, high 81. overnight tonight partly to mostly cloudy, showers north of i-4 continuing to dissolve. so i know a lot of us are perhaps wanting a little rain for the grass. you might get a couple little showers passing through but not a lot and the better chance being i-4 and north which perhaps is good news for the gasparilla music festival and strawberry festival as well. tomorrow afternoon partly cloudy skies, 20% chance for a shower, kind of breezy, warm, hig

south carolina. >>> taking a look at your radar, temperatures right now in the upper 60s to low 70s. where we are -- that's where we're at right now. st. petersburg is 70. partly cloudy conditions. we hit the lower 80s today. 81 in tampa. and drop down to 60 and that is 5 degrees above normal. that is only the beginner -- that is the only beginning, upper 80s and skies will be clear just like they were today. there will be some patches of clouds and time. otherwise, we have a very nice forecast up until the weekend. the forecast is a little tricky for saturday and sunday and we will touch on that in just a bit. partly cloudy, waking up to sunny skies tomorrow morning, it will be pleasant in the 60s. we have a few clouds in the afternoon, we are back into the 80s. and wednesday and thursday, we are the same can't mid to upper areas closer to the beach not as warm but still in the lower 80s. now, let's talk about the weekend we are sunday through friday. no rainfall through friday. into saturday, we looked pretty good and then by sunday, that is right now the best chance of rain rolling in. that is for five days out but if you need -- that is four

south as the cold front has dropped. we do have clear skies. 55 now in tampa. 57 clearwater. 59 st. petersburg. winds out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour. 50 in gainesville, 67 key west 65 west palm. temperatures in the 30s in the east. we have a chillier air coming down but stopping about at the florida georgia line. high pressure in control over the southeast so nice clear whether once the rain moves and. we are going to be looking for clear whether through the work we. here is the radar composite future cast. while we make it if you clouds pooling in from the east coast i'm not expecting them to bring any rain. not for several days. you may want to set this up close on to water the lawn. 72 for seminal today. st. pete and loots at 74. tampa tops out at 77. mid-70s through the south interior. apollo beach where we saw that bright house field spring training, the phillies host the yankees, should be about 71 degrees as the first pitch is thrown. winds coming in out of the northeast and 105 the first pitch. in lakeland as the tigers was the marlins. former there. plenty of sunshine and the

south. it' . >>> a plane crash lands in the middle of a golf course. amazingly, everyone walks away unharmed, at the st. petersburg country club. >> we have details. >> we heard [ makes motor noise ] then the motor stopped, and whoa! >> reporter: he was at home in a nearby apartment complex when he looked up and saw a small, single-engine plane struggling in the sky above. >> it was sputtering, then completely stopped. we saw it come down like that. >> reporter: the 18-year-old pilot and his father were heading from lakeland to manatee county saturday afternoon. near st. pete, the plane suddenly experienced an engine problem. the teen safely landed the plane on the golf course. the wing clipped a tree, but be severely damaged. >> golf is a dangerous sport. you can get a ball in your head. but now look at this. >> reporter: pilot and his dad inspected the plane, then took of wings off to get it ready for a tow. carlos says it's amazing the teen pilot was able to avoid harming himself, his dad, or anybody on the ground. >> he did a good job of putting it down. i was like whoa! >> the faa is investigating the cause o

st. petersburg after a crash that caused this back up here. on i-275 near 54th avenue south. so far we know that at least two cars were involved, one person was rushed to pay for it with injuries. they tell us there's also construction going on in the area which definitely see there. >>> right now sarasota county detectives need your help finding a man accused of taking pictures of a woman -- up a woman's skirt. this man went out to -- up to a 46-year-old man at an antique store, started a conversation and then started following her around the store. the video -- the victim discovered him taking video or pictures up her skirt when her back was turned. when she confronted him he ran away. >>> police have confirmed they are examining a knife that was turned into a retired officer years ago. a construction worker claims he found the knife buried in the ground when simpson's former estate was torn down. special prosecutor todd foster police there are many problems with this find. >> first thing is they have to blood is on the knife or on goldman's. if they find that -- then you a

st. petersburg. i checked in with my weather watcher bob in venice, cooler than yesterday too at 5 9 degrees. that's because of a cold front to the south. but this is actually average for early madge. through the day today, -- early for march. through the day today, low humidity. look at tomorrow, between now and 10:00 tomorrow, slight rain chance, about 20%. and that's going to lead to a clearing, gorgeous weekend. i mean, you can't buy better weather. mid-70s and low humidity. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, traffic is looking good for the most part. good drives on the bay area -- on the bay area interstates. southern pinellas county, this is 18th avenue south right at 22nd avenue south. possible injuries involved in that crash. this is at 54th avenue south off-ramp. it is blocked due to overnight construction. won't wrap up until about an hour and a half from now. so exit at 22nd avenue south, make your way to 19 and then pick up 54th and get back on your way. here's hillsborough county at the kennedy exit. seeing a slow down as people go, hey, wait, i want to exit, i can't. this is off the howard franklin bridge. that's not

st. petersburg your clothes of sunshine down along the grand prix track as they get a lot of races in. winds out of the south, southeast at nine miles per hour. let's take a look at the golf forecast for you. third round for the valspar championship. it should be nice. we will have to keep an eye on things and let you know how that will go. as far as the weather, it should be nice. up to about 80 degrees. mostly sunny skies. here's a look at your most accurate forecast. still cooling off tomorrow with -- i was pulling through. for many people, though second graders that know the fabulous rhyme, they are off next week. >>> we continue breaking news out of the brandon area. a hillsboro deputy was killed by a wrong way driver on the expressway. that driver also died. we're learning more about the deputy this morning. on the job i've years. he wanted to be a traffic homicide detective. just let the crash and was heading back to his jurisdiction . when he was killed. >>> if you think you don't make enough money, your dna a be to blame. >> get this. short man and overweight women. that is according to a new study

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 doing an operation povernight when a stolen car with psix young people and one as pyoung as 15 years old slams into pa pickup with two undercover pcops in it. p>> we all got together to paddress this problem and thank pgod we are doing something to ptry to curb this but until we pget people to remember to take ptheir keys out of vehicles and plock their cars, we're sti

south florida. >>> it's been 14 months since the tragic death of phoebe johnchuk. her memory continues to live on. a group of bikers holding a remembrance ride yesterday. they rode to the bridge in st. petersburg where phoebe died. placing flowers in the water close to where her body was found. for many phoebe's sad story hits too close to home. >> i have two daughters of my own. >> for the second year bikers raised money to go towards a $4,000 scholarship towards social work students. they hope their donations will help prevent more deaths phoebe's. phoebe like phoebe's. >>> nearly two months ago fire lieutenant eric valdez was hit by a driver as he rode his motorcycle home from work. valdez suffered severe injuries to his right arm and hand and is in constant pain. family and friends held a fundraiser for him yesterday to help cover medical expenses. valdez says he's grateful for the help and opportunity oget back out in the community. >> good to see everybody again. i was at home and couldn't see faces, nice to see people coming out to support this. >> valdez face as long road to recovery. he's undergoing physical therapy to prevent nerve damage a number of families forced out of their home

st. petersburg, all in all, good weather. spots for your morning commute. 275 at fletcher, and it really slows down from south in through hillsborough avenue. another live view, i-4, westbound, and no surprises, ebor city in through downtown, you will find the delays, and also the veterans expressway starts to slow, and look out for an accident. the bridges, knock on whatever that is, plastic? looking good. >> not sure that works meredith, thanks. >>> one little pooch is with animal control after getting into the a tight spot with with the police. the patrol officer found himself hitting the brakes when a pack of dogs runs across the street in pheonix. the dogs ran off, but the little chiwawa decided to hitch a ride in the suv. the officer had to call animal out. >> i gotta get out of here! [ laughter ] what you need to know before you walk out the floor is -- the door is next. >> it's 6:51. >>> right now police are investigating a bar shooting in spring hill, and it killed one and injured two others. >> one of those two people in the hospital right now is the shooter. lindsey mast circumstances is live at ba

st. petersburg olice department. pthis accident involved a edestrian along 18th avenue psouth and 21st street south. pcrews are still on scene so part pof that intersection may be pblocked off. lease use caution as you travel pthrough the roadway and we're pstill trying to get more pinformation about this edestrian crash. p18th avenue south at 21st street psouth. pas you can see from the road psensors, the rest of southern inellas county checking in roblem-free. pup past canfield all the way to pthe howard frankland bridge. pin pasco county, earlier crash pnow clear along the suncoast arkway near the exit to state proad 52. pno other problems to report in asco county. pflorida strawberry festival. pmy earring just fell off. pwe've got tlas this morning pwestbound i-4 chlt . p>>dave: you dropped your pearring. p>>jennifer: thank you. p30 miles an hour is your average pspeed. pstop and go traffic. pfrom state road 39 all the way pto the downtown interchange, preally, so expect those pockets pof heavy traffic. pif you're planning on going to pthe strawberry festival, gates popen at 10:00 a.m. pi'll lea

st. petersburg. right now, the search is on to find the driver who left a man dead on a brevard county road. the 54-year-old was killed in merritt island just south of a1a while crossing courtenay parkway near spruce avenue. troopers say the victim fell off his bike and as he was trying to get back up, the vehicle slammed into him. the driver never stopped. witnesses told troopers it was possibly a pickup truck. investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward. you can call 1-800-423-tips. we' re following breaking news out of alachua county. deputies and gainesville police have shot and killed a man at a complex, not far from the university of florida. the sheriff' s office says robert dentmond was carrying a rifle around and threatened to kill himself. deputies and officers warned him that he would be shocked if they opened fire when they say he refused and walked towards an occupied apartment. dentmond died at the hospital. the officers and deputies involved are on administrative leave, as fdle investigates. in orange county, investigation is underway into a deadly house fire. flames ripped through the home on pine way drive ne

st. petersburg pjust about everybody above pnormal again. pfive to 14 mile-per-hour wind. pthat southeast wind is steady. pit will shift to the south this pafternoon and partly cloudy pskies go right back up to the plower 80s for high temps. pgood morning, vanessa. p>>vanessa: good morning, dave. pso far, so good on the roadways. pno instances right now. pwith that we're giving you a plive look. pwe do have volumes picking up phere but so far, so good. ptravel times are concerned as pwell, westbound drivers through pthis stretch, branch forbes to p75 is an eight minute ride. p>>laura: a new cnn poll gives phillary clinton a 27 point lead pover bernie sanders in florida. pseven out of 10 voters say pthey've already decided who to psupport. pclinton won the democratic rimary in 2008 beating then psenator barack obama by nearly pstill went on to lose the pnomination. p>>russell: and we know that the olls can be wrong. psanders proved that earlier this pweek with a shocking upset in pmichigan. p>>laura: today both candidates pare here in tampa, hoping to get plast minute support. p>>russell: we're hoping to get pshayla reaves in a few

st. petersburg, ptemperature near 61 degrees. plook at the 40s along i-10. pcontrast that to the upper 60s pand around 70 down over south pflorida. pand the temperature change is pweird. pbrocksville is warmer. pgainesville is cooler so it's up pand down. poverall in central florida, pwe're seeing more cooler than pyesterday. pdoesn't matter. pwe're going to get a little pstream of mid to upper level psunshine, east winds, beautiful pday. pi even put two, two exclamation pmarks. ptemperature up close to 80 pdegrees. pit wouldn't surprise me if a pcouple of inland locations got pto the 80s for today and it -- pwe advertised this well last pweek. pa steady warmup throughout the pweek. pi don't think temperatures get plow to mid 80s by the middle of pthe week and maybe even inland plocations close to 90 as the pweek finishes out. pit will be that warm overall pthis week. pin the meantime, as high ressure just settled in, soaked pin and enjoying our beautiful pwarmth, off to the west a pdangerous situation is going to pset up. pyou'll see a front ever so pslowly work its way into plouisiana and arkansas with a pbig wave of

st. petersburg. the search continues for the shooting. i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan. several shots were fired while people were outside on the porch. it happened on 10th avenue south near tropicana field. a 3-year-old and 23-year-old man were hit by bullets and said to have non-life- threatening injuries. sarah rosario joins us live from the scene with the latest on the search for the shooter. sarah. >> reporter: wendy and jamison, a very active investigation. police looking for the people who could be responsible. we're told that toddler and the 23-year-old were standarding here on the porch when the shots rang out just before 2:00 them. now they're recovering from the hospital. be okay. police are trying to find answers to several questions, who is responsible and why. this is video we shot from action air 1. you see the cop cars there surrounding the house. it's roped off with yellow policece tape as investigators look for anything that may lead them to the suspects. >> all right. it looks like we lost sarah's audio. we will get back to her in a little bit with more on the shooting. >>> let's move on to polk county. surveillance video that will leave you shakin

south florida will @take over with beads, floats @and plenty of fun. @everything starts at 7:00 @tonight. @the best part, you don't have @to pay dime. @>>> the roar of the engines in @st. petersburg will also @continue today. @thousands of people are expect @thousands of people are @expected to turn out this @weekend for all of the events @of the grand prix. @officials say you should budget @more time this year for new @security screenings write @similar to the ones at major @sporting stadium. @the engines fired up in about @half an hour for qualifying @races for the pro mazda series @and tomorrow racing starts at 9 @a.m. leading up to the @afternoon indy car grand prix. @if you are headed down there. @want to avoid everything all @together, vanessa rufus has you @events and road closures that @come with them. @the firestone grand prix that @is happening in the st. pete @area. @we not only have roads closed @but roads with limited act is @he is. @we will get to that in just a @second. @the roads that will be closed @completely. @most of them will be northbound @most of them will be @northbound, southbound thorough @fares, all of them except for @the first avenue south @eastbound

south for the next several days. flash flood watches from lake charles up to shreveport. this will end not until thursday >>> 7:56 on this monday morning. opening statements set to begin at 9:00 in st. petersburg for hulk hogan's $100 million lawsuit against the web site gawker. his real name terry bollea, claims the web site invaded his providey, pub blished -- privacy, pub blished a sex video with him. gawker claims freedom of the press. watch today's opening statements live via our abc action news mobile app. >>> let's update traffic with janelle. >> good morning. we're seeing backups in clearwater. a crash southbound u.s. 19 at kerloo road. delays left over from a crash in largo eastbound, 102nd avenue north at seminole boulevard. roadblock or delays there in the northbound lanes. if you are heading southbound on i-75 maybe to sarasota we are seeing significant backups here, 11 miles an hour and viewer just tweeted me and said he's at a standstill southbound on 75 in ellenton so might be a good idea to use 301, even 41 to make your way around this traffic jam. could be due to lingering construction at university parkway. on i-75. and checking out the bridges, starting to back up a little o

>> straightahead, what you >>> as many schools cut their arts program, one school in south st. petersburg has a thriving jazz band. they are set to compete next week. but haven't quite raised the money to get there. >> the trip is about a whole