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a new round of warning this morning about hoverboards.the specific type officials say is creating new problems. happy st. patrick's day from all of us here at gmts.be safe welcome back to gmts.and the ncaa is welcoming teams and fans to cities across the country.this picture was sent into us by chris riva.he's in st. louis now with the musketeers.we'll have complete coverage of the tip-off to march madness coming up. new this morning...a major tuna recall.bumble bee foods is recalling more than 31 thousand cans of chunk light tuna due to problems during say the cans were not sterilized properly ..the cans affected have a code that starts with a "t" and have a "best by date of february 2019. now to a new warning this morning about hoverboards... specifically - fake ones.more than 95-thousand counterfeit hoverboards have been confiscated nationally. customs officials say they use knock-off batteries ... making them more prone to fire or explosion. the easiest way to tell if a hoverboard is counterfeit---their very low price. other warning signs include misspelled labels... instructions that are not properly translated into english...

of st. patrick's day for us. >> st. but in america, the significance is, st. patrick's day parades were the way to become american. they were the way to prove that we fought in the american revolution, we fought in the america' civil war. they were the way to parade the fact that although we were immigrants, we were americans. we were american irish. so they were a source of pride. in philadelphia, always, the parade has been about freedom and libe)ty and it's been going since before the american revolution in new york city. >> once again, the book is we carry in our bones: irish ry history for americans" julia osbourne mcknight, thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you for having me. fñ thank you, vai. thank you. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena pp)veen. >> and if you are celebrating this st. patrick's day, this afternoon, we'll be warmer in the 60s, but we have rain in the forecast. so some showers later today. can't rule out some thunderstorms, either. so we'll be tracki

of year where madness makes us happy. today, xavier will have its first practice in st. louis... ahead of the muskies first game on friday. and we will have coverage from every local team throughout the tournament. fox19 now is in des moines, saint louis and spokane with coverage from every first round game. i-u and u-k met media tonight talking about today's opening games. jamal murray: "i've played on many stages before, played in many must-win games. so, i've been here before and it's up to me to get these guys rallied up and ready to fight and mentally prepared because the other teams' giving us their best shot. so, we have to be ready." yogi ferrell: "i feel like in the tournament, the in the tournament, you're basically one of the top teams in the country." for the very latest march madness coverage.. log on to fox19 now dot com... anytime.. or check the fox19 now mobile app. not only is it march madness... today of course is st. patrick's day! right now, restaurants and bars are gearing up for big crowds. expect to see a lot of green-clad basketball fans if you're heading o

of that, we ended up at st. jude for a second opinion because that was unacceptable for us, of course, as parents. upon arrival at st. jude they gave you a new diagnosis which was much more promising than what we had in the past. like she said, they make it so comfortable. they cook like grandma does. they duplicate the recipes just for that reason if that's what the kid wants to eat just to make it as comfortable as possible. >> yep. >> it's pretty amazing. >> yep. >> and the best part, you're cancer free? >> i am. have i been for seven years. >> fantastic. >> and for the people at home, you're a sophomore at dixie heights. live around the corner from me which is fantastic. and life is good. you're learning thousand drive. you're moving forward. >> yeah. i'm planning on medical school, actually. the wang to go to school in memphis. i want to work at st. jude. that's what i want my future to be. i've built my life. my cancer has never limbed me to anything but it's a part of my story. >> for people at home that don't know your backstory because we know you from last year and the year before. >> the

of us will be how warm it feels around 70 degrees. more sunshine getting us up to 76 degrees at noon onon this st. patrick's day. and justst a 10% rain chance with a high today ofof about 8 1 degrees. again, most of us just seeing the low clouds. just that the sunshine skyway bridge, those clouds have lowered enough to completely obstruct visibility over that bridge. it. >> no. >> it may take an extra hour or so to get around. >> yeah, especially if you live at the northern end of the e manatee county and work at the southern end d of pinellas county. definitely a long detour. >>> and it tends to get busier into hillsborough county. you have to go through the junction. just a mess. here's what's going on. we have a fatal crash here, state road 674 at carlton lake, seeing delays in the area in the wimauma area. you are detoured around. but look at the westbound. allow for an extra 20 minutes to get around this particular crash. we have live wires in the roadway as well. again, the sunshine skyway bridge is completely closed. let's go to marek on the street. he is -- meliek on the street and you can see there is po

st. petersburg police responded to several cases of st. petersburg police tell us they people who were having medical problems most likely related to this dangerous drug. all 12 cases happened near the vincent de paul shelter. six people were taken to the hospital. authorities said they have seen a surge of spice overdoses here recently in bay area. they're blaming super spice. >> in this case we're very lucky no one has died from this case so far in st. petersburg. however, it could happen. we try to put the word out, let people know that spice is very dangerous, it's not pot. >> police arrested four people. those with medical problems from spice experienced vomiting, seizures or became unconscious. >>> today the coast guard rescued five boaters. you can see them on top of their capsized boat. luckily no one was hurt. >>> today dozens of protesters a donald trump campaign rally. these protesters here blocked the highway in phoenix not far from the site of the actual rally. many of them unfolding banners and chanting anti-trump slogans. this comes before the arizon

of us are on edge. stephanie stark tweeted, just as the priest began someone got on a megaphone in the middle of easter mass at st. patrick's. we tried to contact collectively free. no response today. but theeorganization explained the protest on facebook and saying on easter we gather with ouuer family and friends to celebrate the resurrection of jesus while holding onto the violent tradition of feasting on the bodies of animals. outside st. patrick's the opinions didn't waiver. >> as a vegetarian myself, i empathize fully with where they're coming from, but this is not an appropriate place. >> i don't think that's a place for any type of protest. >> reporter: bill donahue, president of the catholic league for religious and civil rights was outraged. >> to bust into the cathedral like he might have had a bomb strapped to his chest -- it was actually a camera -- scaring the people, that's what nazis do. >> reporter: jacob martin took an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal. he was let out of jail without having to post any bond. as long as he stays out of trouble for six months, all of this will just go away

sliman'ssting cleveland's biggest corned beef sandwiches one of the waitresses told us she was going to vote right after she finished peeling potatoes ahead of the st. >> vote for kasich. >> reporter: she told us she wasn't thrilled with the choice. she says her whole family sees it as the lesser of evils. >> whatabout -- >> picking a presidential candidate this year is like picking what sexually transmitted disease i'd be most comfortable with.rump has plenty of supporters in florida where the choice appears to have >> i think i've seen enough of professional politicians, so i voted for donaldter: he's come out on top of every poll in florida since july. even after rubio tried to match trump insult for insult. [ cheers ] >> reporter: trump then took special relish in mocking him. l-i-d-d-l-e. little. little marco. >> reporter: the contest in florida ended up looking a little bit like trump's wwe. remember the battle of the billionaires on wrestlemania? >> how are you maybe this is what vladimir putin has to look forward to, eh? >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: for now kasich and ted cruz appear to be the only two candidates who still have

us 19 from 49th st. is blocked but the main lanes of 49th and us 19 are not blocked you can still get by. i do want to take you to the scene looking here and we can see the tow truck is there. it looks like this could be cleared in the next couple of minutes. which is perfect if were about to get into the rush hour. you can see the damage to the car. we are waiting to get an update on the driver. let's look at sky 10 here. to 75 in hillsboro county. an accident in the southbound lanes in the left shoulder. there is a crash and you need to slow down passing that. at the delay on to 75 and when we look at drive times this morning in hillsboro county you can see to 75 is the heaviest especially going south. minutes. i 75 from state road 56 to the expressway pretty slow with a drivetime of 22 minutes. polk county, be required. polk parkway and i-4 not looking too bad. sarasota and manatee county looking good. a crash and braiding tent on 8th avenue in the westbound lanes of 8th avenue. it is blocking a lane so make sure you are taking it slow. if you have problems on the roads, send me an ema

for most of us, st. patrick's day will be dry and for today, we will get more sunshine into the mix warning me us -- warming us up. we will keep the humidity in see some patchy fog tomorrow. and look at some of our high temperatures. low 80s along the nature coast. we get east of i-75 and that is where we see more of mid-80s. 85 near tampa. 86 toward the city. only 78 in palm harbor come 4:00 so the big difference is whether your coastal or your east of i-75, this is your dividing line. 79 in sarasota and inland, 88 in sebring. there will be some communities that 88, 89, certainly in the heartland today. futurecast keeps things drive. there may be a little bit more cloud cover. especially, north of i-4 but the rain chances are really going to hold off for that day and even as we head into tomorrow. it's really not looking like issue. so, your sake that he stay, heads up. start. we will start out in the upper temperatures are still skyhigh but at the time he had into the evening, more sunshine in the mix

. >>> it's hard for many of us to imagine st. patrick's day without irish potatoes.es into the philadelphia tradition? our bob kelly is rolling up his sleeves to find it. >>> ready or not, you're about to lose an hour of sleep but gain more daylight on your way home. the states saying they've had enough of it and they want to do away with date live saving time for good. dave? irish, little green here we'll easy on the radar. one thing we don't see especially tomorrow getting closer and will impact part of your sunday and monday. i'll have your timing and what to expect with the seven day coming up. ♪ >>> well spring is near and that means it's time again to move your clocks, watches and coffee makers one hour for. >> some people like it some don't. but some states want to put an end to daylight saving time. fox's bryan llenas in new york tells us why. >> reporter: as most americans brace themselves for losing an hour of sleep this weekend, some corners of the country are considering bold new moves to he will lip 98 daylight saving time or dsg. all in all 13 states ar

st. louis. he knew about the journey of the st. louis, so he called us and asked if we were interested in the trunk. he very generously purchased it from the consignor and donated it to the museum. it is one of our special artifacts here. by 1944, it was widely known that the holocaust was happening in europe. we were immersed in world war ii and the treasury secretary asked several of his aides to write a report on what the government was doing to help aid european jews. his aides wrote a long report after studying the subject. ementmen ry explicit on what was happening. morgenthaler condensed this report and presented it to roosevelt, in several days later instituted board was to try to get people out of europe and give them refuge in america. more people went to england and other places. sawof the phenomena that we was a lot of americans, jewish and not, started organizing and trying to figure out ways to get threatened people out of hostile territory to america. one of the compelling stories is weiss and 29 other children saved by a fraternald the je

of people on st. pete beach. most of us in the 40s and 50s. we see leaps in the temperatures once the sun comes up. 59 at 9:00. afternoon high of 79. that's above average. but plenty of sunshine and nice breeze. 70 by 7:00 p.m. couldn't ask for better spring training weather. bradenton, phillys and pirates, tampa, astros and yankees, looking at nothing but sunshine, mid-70s. put that sunscreen on. in fact, you will the sunscreen for the next eight days. temperatures will trend warmer actually into the low to mid- 80s by thursday. and we check with traffic on the 8s because i know people are heading out on the roads this morning. >> that's right. if you actually work by the stadiums, you might want to bring your lunch because it's congested about an hour before and about 45 minutes after the games for spring training. on the roads, what you need to know, we have a collision folks. just heads up here, state road 52 east of 75 at the flying j, a slow down. maybe people checking out what's going on. and a crash before gandy, 275, that's on the sid

st. patrick used the image of a shamrock, the three-leafed clover, to teach the doctrine of the holy trinity, the fath, the son, and the holy ghost. then he got everyone totally smashed, really super drunk, and they told holy ghost stories the whole rest -- did you know after st. patrick trove the snakes out of ireland he went to mexico and drove theorms into the tequila bottles? >> guillermo: that's right, you're right. >> jimmy: how much have you had to drink today? >> guillermo: two shots. >> jimmy: t shots of what? >> guillermo: of tequila, of courur. >> jimmy: yes, the traditional st. patrick's day drink.

st. pete, which tell us some of that sea fog is overtaking areas downtown and the skyway too. this is in the mix for a warm, muggy evening. patchy fog on and off again tonight. be mindful that it will be a touch and go call. that patchy fog is burning off in the mid-morning. mostly cloudy for your evening plans, and some isolated showers will be possible tomorrow. a couple of pop-up showers are possible. not overly concerned about big storms, just want give you the heads up that some showers are possible. 85 in land of lakes, around 78 in st. pete. where we done see fog, the water will be great. as you saw with it rolling in and out, it's mare more of a safety issue. the winds and chop are fantastic for boating, but you need to figure out whether is the sea fog and how is it moving? low tide is around 5 in the morning. same for the afternoon. our models are hinting at a round of possible morning ill keep checking back on the friday forecast. it's 2 to 3 rounds of rain for friday friday and the weekend. i'll have an update on those >>> one team came out twoip a hockey game, one

high and mid-level clouds spreading in and temperatures west of us 60 st. louis and 62 des moines, iowa and there you go hitting 42 for the high. with mostly cloudy sky and wind goes light. we will not deal with a wind chill out there. 36 out there in the akron-canton area and then tomorrow i went with 60 degrees south to southwest wind gusting over 30. and we could see just a little bit of late daylight rain and better opportunity of that would be east of cleveland. watch the warm up now. 60 tomorrow, 1 wednesday and that's where the cloudy sky and light rain. the biggest risk will be here on thursday. this is the next cold front and wind driven rain. that will be the best opportunity to get some rain on thursday and then friday, we have a temperature change there. but the next alert day wednesday. this is the light rain with less than .1? >> a: and thursday is when the cold front comes through. enjoy 60 tomorrow and mixed sky 51 wednesday. 63 thursday, rain likely and windy and there you go. 41 only on friday. we get pretty chilly for one day and then sat

st. louis on it and he knew about the journey of the st. louis, so he called us and asked us if we were interested in the trunk. and he very generously purchased it from the consigner and donated it to the museum and it's now one of our really special artifacts here. by 1944, it was widely known that the holocaust was happening in europe. we were immersed in world war ii and the secretary general asked several of his aides to write a report on this subject, what the government was doing to help aid european jews. these aides, including josiah dubois wrote a long report to him after studying the subject. he titled it on the acquiesce sense of this government on the murder of the jews. very explicit statement of what was happening. morganthal condensed this report, presented it to roosevelt and several days later, the war refugee board was instituted to try to help get people out of europe and give them refuge in america. despite that, very few people were able to come here. more went to england or other places. but one of the phenomena that we saw was that a lot o

st. patrick's day outfit. pin your photos. you can see at the top of the screen, search wkmg in the app store and look for storm pins, news 6 storm pins and show us your pet, your kid. some kind of theme for st. patrick's day. i can't wear green because the wall behind me, it is green so the tie would disappear. it is all about the fog. we'll be watching for that. so far, visibilities are good. we are seeing some reduced visibilities in orange county. a little bit of patchy fog moving in and out and back in again. the map is green at 68 degrees in orlando. 69 in cocoa beach. here's a look at the pinpoint accurate forecast. >> there is a pot of gold at the a 20% chance for rain. rain will not hamper your plans. most of the rain we see will be in our northern zones. not a lot of that today. we'll see rain increasing tomorrow. we get up to 87 degrees by 4:00, making evening plans, mid 70's through 9:00, 10:00 with a 20% chance for rain. there's the fog we'll see through 8:00 this morning. then it burns off. we see a mix of sun and clouds. clouds build in through the day. northern zones seeing the greatest chance for rain. the coverage only at 20% th

st. patrick's day. and we a are just finding out about more fog in the area, leigh. >> that's right. a lot of us just dealing with low clouds meaning asas you drive around, you can see just fine. that's most places. see this layer of clouds? zoom in over the sunshine skskyway bridge e between st. pete manatee cocounty and that fog and those clouds are justst low enough to really impede your visibility and that's why the sunshine skyway bridge has been closed. but for the majority of us, we will see the clouds this morning dissipate quickly and that's going to allow us to warm up to 76 at noon. and an afternoon high of 81 on this st. patrick's day. much wawarmer than average. slim 10% rain chancece. good news for you, the pollen count will slowly go down into the moderate category as rain chances go up. the best rain chance friday into saturday. and then a cool down. highs only at 68 on monday afternoon. we will check in now with traffic on the 8s because with commute. >> it. is it can be an hour depending on where you live and have work and you have toto loop all the way around. it's never good

of pot here.hem medical marijuana dispensaries. st. patrick's day in america is the best day to be irish and the worst day to be an uber driver. i looked this up, st. patrick used the image of a shamrock, the three-leafed clover, to teach the doctrine of the holy trinity, the son, and the holy ghost. then he got everyone totally smashed, really super drunk, and whole rest -- did you know after st. patrick trove thereland he went to mexico and drove the worms into the tequila bottles? >> guillermo: that's right, you're right. >> jimmy: how much have you had to drink today?ots. >> jimmy: two shots of what? course. >> jimmy: yes, the traditional st. patrick's day drink. show. st. patrick's day tradition. this is my number one favorite of all the traditions we have. ten years ago this week, in story hit the air in mobile, alabama. a leprechaun sighting that caused quite a stir and resulted in what might very well be thereport of all-time. >> curiosity leads to large >> looks like a leprechaun to lse saw the leprechaun, say yes! >> jimmy: if that doesn't make you believe in leprechauns, nothing will. but re. >> eyewitnesses say the leprechaun only comes out at night

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of the boaters were hurt. >>> a dangerous trend continues. st. petersburg police responded to several cases of suspected st. petersburg police tell us they received 12 calls saturday for people having medical problems most likely related to the drug. all 12 cases happened near the downtown area. six people were taken to authorities are seen a surge of spice overdoses recently in the bay area. they are blaming a spiked version some are calling super spice. >> we're lucky nobody that has died so far in st. petersburg. it could happen. we try to put the word out and let people know that it's dangerous and not spot. >> police arrested four people. those with medical problems from spice suffered vomiting, seizures or became unconscious. of tampa, a police officer heading home from work was nearly hit by a driver going the wrong way on interstate 275. this is video we have here. the officer managed to get out of the way and radioed for help. interstate at busch boulevard where she was pulled over. she failed a field sobriety test and taken into custody. >>> now to a developing story at this hour, police in belgium are still guarding the b

of sun and clouds. st. patrick's day itself, luck of the irish with us. temperatures are close to 70 degrees.at is a quick look at the forecast, everyone. we'll send it back to both of you at the anchor desk. >>> all right, dave, want to go back to the breaks news. police wrapping up in chicago about the violence at the donald trump rally there. nbc's ali vitale covers the rally. >> police made five arrests. what other information did police reveal tonight? >> reporter: hi there. we finished up the press conference and we heard not only five arrests made but additional law enforcement was added right after the event was called off. though the police department did tell us that they felt that they could have gotten mr. trump in to and out of the event without concerns, the trump campaign canceled the event. when's interesting and when i asked the superintendent there was whether or not they'd had contact with the trump campaign in the days leading up to the event. they said, no, not with the campaign itself but the secret service and when i followed up asking about the secret service felt conf

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st. pete chamber of commerce yesterday... plans for a st. pete project were also laid out. sources tell us the clearwater pilot project would cost about 75-million-dollars. we should learn more at a upcoming clearwater city council workshop. 3 3 after days of dilpomatic talks and meetings... it was shared a love of baseball that helped bridge the gap between the u-s and cuba. the tampa bay rays took on the cuban national team in a landmark game. but right now.. it appears the rays team is stuck on an airplane.. on the runway.. in cuba. according to a tweet from pitcher chris archer - they've been stuck on the runway for "six hours"! 3 trying to figure out why the team is stuck.. and when they'll return.. but now let's focus on the reason the rays were there.. the game. president obama was in attendance with his family... along with cuban president raul castro. they shook fans' hands... and even joined in on the wave. this was m-l-b's first trip to havana since 1999.. fox 13's sports director scott from both tampa and cuba before the game. 3 3 the rays beat the cuban national team... 4 to 1

st. patrick used the image of a shamrock, the three-leafed clover, to teach the doctrine of the holy trinity, the father, the son, and the holy ghost. then he got everyone totally smashed, really super drunk, and they told holy ghost stories the whole rest -- did you know after st. patrick trove the snakes out of ireland he went to mexico and drove the worms into the tequila bottles? >> guillermo: that's right, you're right. >> jimmy: how much have you had to drink today? >> guillermo: two shots. >> jimmy: two shots of what? >> guillermo: of tequila, of course. >> jimmy: yes, the traditional st. patrick's day drink.

of louisiana and mississippi. it's no surprise there they are still dealing with flooding conditions. currently outside for us plant city of, city, 76 in st. pete. tomorrow we'll wake up in the upper 60s. the afternoon hours topping out in the low 80s. notice our forecast model painting a few late showers, most of those probably east of i-4. as we head into sunday morning, showers begin mainly in our northern spots. then we shift inland heading into the afternoon. not everyone will see the rain, but there is a chance of rain sunday. also we're likely dealing with some sea fog near the coast. keep that in mind if you plan to head to the beaches. by monday a small rain chance and it could be fairly foggy the first half of monday. remember that. unfortunately i know a lot of you hoping this rain will lower the pollen counts, but i'm not sure we'll see enough to make a dent in the pollen, but it can't hurt. next week some folks have been asking if we're going to see cooler air, low 80s through next friday. >> it's kind of the time of year where these are the regular temperatures. >> more than normal. >> thank you. >>> the buccaneers wrapped u

of that ground. we also have some technology in place will help us with visibility. >> reporter: and the crowd here at slyman's is growing. doors opened at 6 and the owner says st. patrick's day is pretty much their version of march madness. >> exciting time of the year for us. you know, we anticipate it and we get geared up for it, it's pretty awesome. >> reporter: they say they plan there is some corned beef sandwiches left. if it's still left they'll stay open. so good to know, right? >> is that even a possibility. >> i don't think. >> i'll put an order with you, right? >> yes. >> okay. good. >> thank you. >>> and if you're going to be stuck inside during today's parade you can still watch it online. we'll live stream the entire thing. >>> thanks for being with us this morning. coming up for you on this thursday morning a family's dog assumed to be gone for good found alive five weeks later, how the german shepherd managed to survive after going overboard. >>> plus the former uber driver accused in a michigan shooting spree is now suing the company, why he says they've ruined his >>> breaking right now from the live desk sea world just announcing the end of

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st. patrick's day parade. thousands line the street to see the 200 groups march past and perform from singing to traditional irish dancers. many of us right here at fox 29 got in on the action and jennifer joyce got all the fun. >> reporter: a sea of green lined the ben franklin parkway for the city's annual st. patrick's day parade. signature irish music and dance entertained a crowd of all ages. for many, it's the unclear and tradition that has people coming back year after year with their youngest knewist family. >> all my family and aunts and uncles and cousins. >> reporter: it's his son's first time at the parade. nine month old cal hasn't is celebrating his milestone in style. many people and pups were decked out in their green gear except the mummers. their colors were shining brightly on this gray day. >> the weather was a little bit dreary. but that doesn't stop thousands of people from lining the parade route. they had their umbrellas. >> can't change the parade for us. come every year. >> reporter: mayor kenney says the weather sets the scene as the second oldest st. patrick's day parade in the country. kenny hopes people

i think it's because of her as well as, of course, his good instincts that it became a successful presidency. >> andrea, if i ask you st us5 past the hour of 11:00 in new york. the passing of former first lady nancy reagan at the age of 94. we're told she died in her bel-air home in california. we do not know more circumstances than that. she was in frail health in later years and had not been seen in public for some time. but andrea, as we continue with you, i think the phrase just say no became synonymous her. she coined that phrase to talk about her battle against drug and alcohol addiction. not her specifically but that she supported that for people. that was her legacy within the white house. i mean, she took it on with great passion. >> that was also part of, let's be clear, it was part of a recalculation, she had to do something important and substantive because of the publicity in the first few years. michael defenr, one of the top n the white house. they came up with that strategy to tackle what was becoming a major drug problem in the country. she did it very effectively. she did it by reaching out to her hollyw