this morning the city of st. pete looks to strike a deal with the rays. check your ticket! there's a powerball winner in florida! good morning and welcome to 10 news this morning. i'm allison kropff. and i'm ian reitz. lets get a look at 10 weather with meteorologist bobby we're on top of we're on top of breaking news right now out of indonesia. people are dead following a terrorist attack in the capital city of jakarta. police say suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a busy shopping area. we just learned that police say the attackers were coping the paris terrorist attacks. witnesses say three suicide bombers went inside a starbucks and set off explosives...while gunmen attacked a police post nearby. starbucks says at least one customer was injured. the company has closed all its stores in jakarta until further notice. the u.s. embassy in jakarta issued an emergency message urging u.s. citizens to avoid that area. as of right now, no one is claiming responsibility for the attacks but the country has received several warning in recent weeks that islamic militants were planni

. >>> st. pete ignored years of requests and requirements to fix their poorly marked school zones, what good is a warning to drivers to slow down for kids if they never see the signs and required pavement markings don't exist. millions of dollars the city cranked out in tickets because of them. fdot claimed making st. pete comply with the rules. st. said this. >> the department of transportation needs to get involved and provide additional guidance. >> he is moving forward to force cities to remove noncompliant signs much the bill would need several more approach hing signing the law, first committee hearing, in the adding pavement markings and picks signings, they don't offer refunds, they can't figure out how to properly alert drivers. check out this sign, think on an afternoon drive at 40 miles per hour you could figure out if you needed to slow done. we'll keep fighting to save the roads, we'll keep holding you're located officials. >> can you find all of the investigations on wtsp.com just clic

this afternoon, st. pete city council will vote on that agreement between the city and the tampa bay rays. we do expect it to be approved and if it is that would mean the rays get out of their contract here at the trop and they are allowed to search for a new home elsewhere. whether in hillsborough or pinellas counties. the big stipulations here, the rays must search for at least six months and it gives st. pete city leaders time to build their case and show the rays why the trop should be the permanent home. contract and choose to move before 2027, they're going to have to pay up as much as $24 million to the city of st. pete. and if they choose to leave, well, they can't before the 2018 season. if you've been to a rays' game you may have noticed attendance here disappointing here at the field. the rays in fact come in last place when it comes to major league baseball attendance in ten of the 18 seasons here in st. pete. so st. pete city council meets for a vote this afternoon at 3:00. live at tropicana fiel

six months to make their pitch to stay in st. pete as, i'm heading back into the meeting, listening to what councilmembers have to say whether they reach this agreement they have to a unanimous vote. kendra conlin. >>> developing right now in tampa, a strange theft that even has police shaking their head, three bodies and a skull were stolen from the italian club cemetery, the bodies were inside a family mausoleum, the died in 1913, 19914 and 1935, a skull belonged to a woman who died more recently, they can't either. we are working on that part of the story and we'll have it it for you on 10 news at 5:30. >>> well changes to your forecast are certainly on the jim van fleet. >>> tracking two waves of thunderstorms that could bring severe weather into your backyard. rain we are tracking it just out to the west in the gulf tonight, that is not the worse part, what we are tracking that is in the gulf does have a slight risk for severe weather in the next 24 hours, mainly friday morning, norman may upgrade that, you can see the beginnings

we will start in st. pete. beautiful st. pete. we have a crash right in the heart of downtown. heads up here. it's not going to slow you down but nonetheless out there, 4th avenue at martin luther king, again right in the downtown area. and let's move across the water. the bay area bridges holding on to a nice drive. tampa, one lane taken away eastbound martin luther king at falkenburg road. and a collision here, northbound 275 past hillsborough avenue. let's take a live look at that. look, it's off to the shoulder, not going to slow you down. we are seeing more vehicles southbound around hillsborough but overall, we still have a nice drive as we move in to downtown tampa. that's a look at eight. a back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> come -- that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >>> coming up, without an organ donor hope is hard to hold on to. >> but find out how the community kept one woman's life >>> a young woman who fights for her life every single day found a way to keep moving forward. >> and she did it from her hospital window. 27-

. >> reporter: laura, anyone who has been to downtown st. pete in the last couple of weeks, you have seen this. construction everywhere. you can't go anywhere and not see a boom in residential areas and also business. now, the local city administrators tell me this is a sign of growth and they also believe this is helping out the local job market as well. >> we came down here on a vacation in st. pete beach and we actually fell in love with it. >> reporter: it was on that vacation from new york stacie decided downtown st. pete had a lot of promise. name. >> reporter: 7 months ago she she hasn't looked back since. >> business as increased since i have been here. >> reporter: a recent wave of development in downtown st. pete. >> we have heard from a number of companies considering the area that are in diverse fields, everything from technology and software development to the insurance fields. >> reporter: sean kennedy economic development manager with the st. pete chamber says it all started with the rise in residential properties. more than a thou

they also can't leave st. pete before 2018. but hillsborough county commissioner ken hagan hopes the rays head to tampa. at least five of the eight council members-- are expected to vote for the measure-- possibly as early as next thursday. for marijuana-- might not land you in jail for much longer. "tampa police and city leaders"-- are discussing the possibility of issuing tickets instead of taking people to jail for small amounts of marijuana. city council will discuss the issue at its "february 18th meeting. " time now for headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. the mother of the so-called affluenza teen has been booked into a north texas jail. tonya couch is scheduled to go before a judge. she faces a charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon. authorities believe she and her son, ethan, fled to mexico as prosecutors investigated whether ethan violated his probation. he's still being held in mexico city. tarmac delays and disability complaints have lead united airlines to be fined 2-point-75 million do

a major deal in st. pete. the rays can now look for a stadium site, outside of the city in pinellas and hillsborough counties. the debate's divided council and both sides of the bay for years. 10 news reporter kendra conlon explains what it means for the team and taxpayers. rays owner 23-28 brian auld, rays president 111-118 kendra conlon, president 111-118 132 that's been nearly a making... the st. pete city council giving the rays the chance to look at different stadium locations... owner stu sternberg hammered out between the rays and the mayor is a home run for the team, city and fans. this deal is different from the first two strike outs. if the rays stay through their 2027 contract.. they'll get half of the proceeds from any trop redevelopment. otherwise the team will pay up to 24 million dollars in penalties. some council members didn't want to play ball... saying the deal doesn't benefit the city enough. the rays won't say if they're looking at a particular site.. or how much taxpayers may have to brin

in st. pete many people there are angry that the person selected as the keynote speaker at a major event has made anti- gay comments. abc action news reporter adam winer is live at the coliseum to explain. adam? >> that's right. i'm actually with right now the executive committee of the st. pete naacp group here in st. pete. they are going to be attending this event and very excited to do so. in fact the president, maria scruggs with me to talk about why this event, despite the controversy and we'll get to that but why this event is so important to you, especially i would imagine in light of -- the black rights movement that has been happening, black rights matter and just why you is an especially important event for a you guys. >> as you know the events that have taken front and center this year has been the amount of killings of african-american males and locally we've had the incidents of violence among each other. and i think 30 years, when we have an opportunity to reflect on dr. king's drea

. >>> still ahead -- on a day when the st. pete community celebrates the legacy and dream of martin luther king jr., a divide in the city. >> the lgbt community is angry that the person chosing an reporter adam winer is live at the coliseum where the breakfast will be held. >> the mayor even weighed in on the growing controversy. >> reporter: that's right. the mayor says he's not going to be giving honorary keys to the city, to the speaker which is sometimes custom here at the prayer breakfast in st. pete every year. the person at the center of this controversy is a man, reverend jamal bryant, of the empowerment temple ame church. he's a powerful voice in the community and is going to bring that voice to the breakfast in st. pete. speaking to a sold-out 1,200- person crowd. but many in the lgbt community locally say they wish a different speaker had been chosen because reverend bryant has made several anti-gay comments on line, can be seen in several videos on-line. that is a reason that they asked the organizers here to pick a dif

that means the rays most likely will get permission to move outside of st. pete. and to move before their contract is up in 2027, but they have would have to pay and pay big, $22 million relocate, and st. pete would keep the >> hillborough county commissioner kay is chomping at the bit. >> reality is we don't have the luxury to let another six, seven years go by or else we are going to lose the team. >> any deal would require 200- $250 million from the rays. and about $300 million from private investments. he says no new taxes for you but would you have to pony up for the roads, sewer line and the like, the problem is when there are no specifics on how to pay for it, oftentimes you the taxpayer gets stuck with the bill. we are going to stay on top of this for you. >>> continuing coverage of the ray stadium saga head to our website at wtsp.com. >>> a lakeland couple is charged with child abuse for the way deputies say they tried to discipline their 10-year-old daughter this week. investigators say steven sanchez use add student gun to threaten the girl and her sibl

st. pete police have arrested this man for a stabbing that sent a person to the hospital. 55-year-old terry turnbull has been charged with aggravated battery. after an argument they say he stabbed 36-year-old david butler. he was taken to the hospital. his injuries are serious but not life-threatening. >> we have an investigation on a triple murder in polk county. investigators say they know a identity of the third suspect in the case and they've issued a warrant for his arrest. this is 24-year-old jamal john smith. deputies believe he is in the miami area. two others have been arrested in this case. those suspects were taken into custody last week in miami and both >> deputies believe those men's are responsible for a shooting in east lakeland earlier on this month. investigators say it happened at a place they consider a one-stop shop for drugs. four people were gunned down execution style. three of them died. the fourth survived. anyone with information on jamal smith's whereabouts is asked

pthe view from all children's phospital cam in st. pete looking peast over the bay shows the big pclouds are a little more pnumerous, a little more opaque pat times. psome breaks, though. pwe'll see at least a few today. pdespite them it's a warmer day. pwarmer. p60 degrees in st. pete and look phow smooth the bay is. pit was picturesque and perfect pfor the invasion today. p60 in st. pete now. poverlooking downtown tampa, not pmany cars on the road on pkennedy. pwe're at 57 degrees and winds plight out of the east and peventually southeast. pif you head to the beach today, pit's a great beach day because pit's a warmer day and those pwinds are light. pmrefrn enough to enjoy it out pit's 50 in brooksville and 60 is pthe warm spot in pinellas county pand st. pete. p24-hour changes. pwe're in the orange. p5 degrees milder in st. pete, 9 pin frostproof and even warmer pfor us tomorrow. pthe thing about our wind is not ponly do they bring in the warmth pbut the humidity values. pnot as crisp this morning. pdew points in the low 50s. pby tomorr

the number one issue involving st. pete is gun violence, city hopes an $800,000 investment towards youth involvement will help. he plans to launch a baseball forever campaign, his goal is to pete even if they build a new ballpark. >> the current site reimagined and redeveloped is the best place for a new stared yum. the bottom line is this is a win win and i can assure you, st. petersburg will come out on top. >> if the team decides to move, they will make use of the land. they plan to raise money for youth programs. >> a journey under the sea, shipwreck treasures of the deep at the st. petersburg museum of history comes use sw in time for gasparilla. you'll travel thousands of feet below the surface, and the iconic bell willing be on display, never seen by the public before, spending 12 years in conservation. the exhibit runs for the rest of >> coming up can a new presidential candidate really >> former we've seen candidates walk away from the presidential race... but it's been months since we've seen someone join it... no

the st. pete city council giving the rays a chance to look at different stadium locations around the bay area. >> we're pretty excited. >> reporter: the owner says the agreement hammered out between the rays and the mayor is a home run for the team, city and fans. >> if we can try to eliminate the things that have kept people potentially away from our park, that is a big start. >> good result. we're trying to move forward. >> reporter: this deal is if the rays stay through their 2027 contract, they'll get half of the proceeds from the redevelopment. otherwise, the team will pay up to $24 million in penalties. >> this is just the starting point for a potential larger relocation. >> reporter: some councilmembers didn't want to play ball, saying the deal doesn't benefit the city enough. >> we allow the rays to use negotiating leverage. >> reporter: the rays won't say if they're looking a at particular site or how much taxpayers may have to bring to the plate. how do you expect the financing to play o

just moments ago, the st. pete city council voting in favor of allowing the rays to start looking for a new stadium in hillsboro county. the latest on that 5-to-3 vote. plus, the secretary of defense in tampa. the steps he's pushing to end the global threat of terrorism from isis. and going way too far. the innocent accident police say that triggered a florida man to use his wife's head as a mop. plus this. >> reporter: next at 6:00, fighting youth violence in south st. pete. >> unfortunately, we see too many of these memorials in our community. >> reporter: the plan to bridge the gap between police and local teens, while keeping >>> now at 6:00, grave robbers, a coffin and bones stolen from a tampa cemetery. the major questions leaving police without any answers. >> and on the attack, the u.s. secretary of defense just meeting with military leaders

st. pete mayor resignation kriseman has laid out his vision city address. he describes st. pete as strong and sunny. but he did not hesitate to point out its flaws. kriseman says the number one issue facing st. pete is gun violence involving young people. seven, teenage boys on the city's south side were shot last year. the city hopes an investment toward the youth employment program will help that. he also addressed the future of tropicana field. it's to convince the rays in st. pete even if they decide to build a new ballpark. >> i of course still believe the team's current site reimagined and redeveloped is the best place for the stadium. bottom line is that this is a win-win, and i can assure you that top. >> if the team chooses to leave, the mayor says they will make use of the land where the trop currently sits. st. pete would also receive $24 million in compensation from 5million of that will help fund those youth programs. >> another successful pirate invasion hit the bay areas. the co

st. pete city council members have just approved a plan that will let the tampa bay rays look for a new home. you may have received a push alert. we've been streaming it live online. the 5-to-3 vote does not mean the rays will leave tropicana field. it just gives them the option. the deal includes monetary incentives if the team stays and financial penalties if they go. the rays are going to talk about this approval coming up in a few minutes. we'll have much more coming up tonight on abc action news at 11:00. we also have complete details of the vote on our website, abcactionnews.com. >>> now to the fight against isis. the terrorist organization just claiming responsibility for yet another deadly assault. >> abc action news reporter clifton french joins us live with the latest on the global fight that's being led from our own backyard. clifton? >> reporter: secretary carter today continued to stay the course that the military has been doing, which has been airstrikes and then relying on nativ

that's the amount of time that st. pete wants to come up with their own plan and their own, i guess, idea for what to do to present it and show that st. pete is the place to be. >> sure. aaron mesmer in st. pete. >> they bought 73,000 powerball tickets hoping to hit it big. they didn't. we >>> by people and the clerk who sold the ticket was an instant star. the owner said the million dollars it gets for selling the ticket will be split between himself and employees and the 7-eleven company another was the owners of the store got their $25,000 check for selling the winning ticket. congrats to them. the third ticket was sold here at a publix in melbourne beach. the store will get $100,000 for selling the winning ticket. none of the winners have come forward, they have to get their finances in order. >>> we told you about the guys that purchased $145,000 they charged 500 to get into the pool. how did we miss out on it. they did not win the jackpot. they said all is not lost. what did they win? >> the big question in our meetin

equestrian show is in st. pete. two performances. the show features big beautiful horses and fantastic acrobatic tricks. bound to be breathtaking moments there. the tab home show at tropicana field. talk to all sorts of home improvement experts. there are seminars and giveaways, too. and in sarasota, the st. are monday art festival runs from 10 to 5 at the st. are monday circle. a wide arrange of art including painting, sculpture and jewelry. prices to suit all budgets. have a great day, everyone. >>> still ahead, on the road to the straz center as the lion king hits the stage. this time with a second love story that comes from behind the scenes. >> good morning, tampa bay. >>> the lion king on stage at the straz center through valentine's day. the love story between two lions but a similar story played out within the cast. two performers found love on the stage. >> one line and the show hooks you. the opening when you hear evening and you sit there and you realize how powerful this show is. >> most people know the story of simba and

in a 5-to-3 vote, the st. pete city council approved a deal that will allow the team to look at other locations in pinellas and hillsborough counties. if the rays stay through their 2027 contract, they'll get half of the proceeds from any trop redevelopment. otherwise the team will pay the city up to 24 million dollars in penalties. the rays won't say if they're looking at a particular site, or how much taxpayers may have to bring to the plate. under the agreement, the rays must lay out for the city what they'll be looking for in a new site in 60 days. mayor kriseman will start putting together a campaign committee to make its pitch why the team should stay in st. pete. the leading gop candidates are back on the trail this morning -- after the sixth republican presidential debate. the gloves came off between donald trump and ted cruz. cruz has gained some ground in the race for the white trump called into question the eligibility of cruz being able to run for president as a citizen of the united states, because he

st. pete mayor rick kriseman pushed for the deal, after getting approval from the rays. 3 it's not *guaranteed that the rays would move to tampa. but both the city of tampa and the hillsborough county commission are *very eager to put together some offers. 3 also happening today: the tampa bay black heritage festival kicks off. there's a financial seminar from six to nine, at the entrepreneur collaborative events kick off friday, including the music fest at curtis hixon park. *that starts tomorrow at ten a-m. the festival runs about a week..ending a week from saturday. and fox 13 *is one of the sponsors. 3 whose ready to take on trump? that's the big question tonight... in south carolina. 3 after the break: a preview of the next g-o-p debate... including the two names who could pose the biggest *challenge to the center spot. 3 3 3 3 3 break 1: 2:00break 2: 1:45 break 3: 1:40endbrk: 1:30 3 3 the stage is set... and so is the lineup... for tonight's republican setup. including one man who *didn'

abc action news reporter kera mashek is live in st. pete beach. >> reporter: they had been really busy here. it is quieting down now and it is endemic of what they've been talking about today. it is hard to get those good workers to take the jobs they they're hoping to be the selling feature is more money to the workers. mixes her neck is applying to work at the trade winds resort. the 25-year-old recently moved to the area to help take care of his dad with parkinson's. >> there are plenty of opportunities here and that is what i doing. abc action news fight a new opportunity to get more hours and more money. >> reporter: he was excited to hear about the perks offered including the new minimum wage of $10 an hour. the signing bonus is up to $2000. >> in employment is relatively low. we believe most people who are not working are not capable of working. it is what how do we attract people from other hotels and businesses who are already employed to get them here. >> reporter: he says most this is allowing him to spend extra on wages. hoping

pit's 49 at st. pete. pall children's hospital cam, pit's cool and it is breezy so lan on a light, northerly wind. pthat 45 in tampa is cool but pit's colder in brooksville. pyou're at 40. pi see a few photos floating paround facebook of light, patchy pfrost in hernando county. pbetter chance for a frost on pwednesday morning. pwe're waking up at 38 degrees in ptampa. pbrrr. pmany people in sarasota county, pend on sunday. p>>laura: they have a lot of pcleaning up to do. pshayla reaves has been out at pone of the hardest hit areas all pthe cleanup will be likely for a pvery long while. p>>reporter: good morning to you. plast week a family called this pthey can't even stay here. pthis is the reason why. pyou're looking at homes here off pbay winds lane in sarasota. pright now the roof is collapsed, pthe second floor destroyed and pif you look right over here to pthe side of the home, you can psee not only a yard littered pwith debris but a vehicle pcovered with debris as well. pthis is just one example of w

the controversial decision causing tension between st. pete city leaders and its religious community. >>> sects left to live. a serious killer finally being executed. tonight the final moments that three bay area families have been waiting for three decades in the making. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm jamison mueller. the convicted killer being put to death by a lethal injection as we speak. >> michael paluska is live tonight monitoring the scene outside of the florida state prison. michael. >> reporter: wendy, jamison, a short time ago a couple protesters showed up at the florida state prison. some holding signs. one guy with a guitar started playing it. hoping for a stay of execution for oscar ray bolin. we have not heard anything from the governor's office. as we're being told, this is starting right now at 6:00. bolin was found guilty ten times by ten juries, bolin has never apologized or admitted guilt. the three women were all found stabbed and beaten to death. the evidence against bolin overwhelming

outside, 56 and partly cloudy at the airport. 55 in clearwater and st. pete. the dew points are ally low, in the low 20s. even though the models are hinting a little bit of green, which means light rain, i think it's too dry for that to be a consideration. you can see the clouds rolling in. temperatures stay up a little bit in the morning. there you see it. this is futurecast. look at this. on any given day, you say it's going to rain tomorrow morning. it seems unlikely. in an el nino year, i'll never say never. this model has been doing okay lately. while i think if you looked up, there would be rain. but the air is so dry where we are, this would fall down and evaporate before making it down to the ground. it shows us clouds early on. i think we see that most of the day. now, in terms of rain, it seems around not just tomorrow but again on thursday. and each day we go a little warmer. so we will go partly cloudy to mostly cloudy on thursday, we stay dry. the next front, that rolls in on friday. now, on wednesday morning, these are my forecast lows. upper 30s

. >> what is the biggest issue facing st. pete? the table what's in store for the city of st. pete this year? that's the question mayor rick kriseman >>> what's in store for the city of st. pete. that's the question mayor rick priceman hoped to answer as he laid out his plan at today's state of the city address. it was held this morning at the palladium theatre. he said the city is strong and sunny but didn't sugar coat its flaws. >> fox 13's crystal clark explains. >> the mayor wasting no time addressing his fault the fatal shooting shined a light on st. pete's problem >> we're a sick address you with the statistics and progress provide no comfort to the mother who finds her son face down on the ground. >> reporter: much of his 33 minute speech focused on youth in the troubled south side. >> he encouraged more community involvement in public schools, two high schools now offer training for students aspiring to be policemen and firefighters. more than 800,000 is being invested in the youth employment program. in the coming years more and more people will be living within walkin

live in st. pete, adam winer, abc action news. >>> if you've been out at all i hope you have felt a little more comfortable than you did yesterday at this time. temperatures are now in the low 50s, quite an improvement from morning. in fact remember in citrus county yesterday we were looking at temperatures in the low to mid-30s as we started the day? and right now we're almost hitting the 50s. so 48 degrees now in lecanto and crystal river and beverly hills. we have had another dry start to the day, a bit more cloud cover in spots this morning, than we had yesterday, but headed out the door. and, this afternoon we're still looking at a nice commute weatherwise, looking good, it's going to be cooler than average again with highs in the mid- 60s. and we have warmer temperatures ahead. more on that in a moment. janelle, how's the roads? 275 has been a little tricky. >>> it has, it's still slow but we're going to switch gears and head to pinellas county where it's looking great at 275 and 22nd avenue nor

for now live in st. pete, adam winer, abc action news. >>> 5:05. wants america to rekindle their belief in the promise of change. he gave his final state of the union address last night, the speech focused on the future and big changes in our country. some highlights, education, a cure for cancer, his commitment to fighting isis calling america more powerful than ever. >> if you doubt america's commitment or mine to see that justice is done just ask bin laden. [ applause ] -- ask -- ask the leader of al-qaeda in yemen who was taken out last year. or the perpetrator of the benghazi attacks who sits in a prison cell. when you come after americans we go after you. >> in his final year the president made some promises in his final address aiming to fix our politics. in a situation we know all too well in florida he mentions ending the drawing of congressional districts to >> i think we've got to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians that can pick their voters and not the othe

. >>> a compromise in st. pete, the council approving a deal that would allow the rays three years to look for a stadium outside of the city. the approval comes after 13 months of discussion and two failed votes. rays owner telling reporters it's been a long time coming. >> it's going to take a lot of work here. it's going to take a lot of agility and some smart thinking, and we're pretty excited, obviously. >> hillsborough county commissioner tim hagan saying rays as soon as possible. he has led the charge to bring the rays across the bay to hillsborough county. >>> tonight polk county deputies arresting two men charging them with a triple murder. two more suspects are still on the run. abc action news reporter michael joins us live from polk county sheriff's office with the latest. michael. >> reporter: wendy, good evening. a major break came when they saw surveillance pictures of the van they said was used in this crime last wednesday. then they got surveillance photos of the men driving that van. now they're tr

and 45 in st. pete. tomorrow night, 38 in tampa and 29 degrees in brooksville, under clear skies and light winds. 35 in lakeland 41 in sebring. so i expect tomorrow night, there will be a freedz freeze warning. a lot of the area will have frost. we start warming up on thursday. another cold front on friday. a lot going on. we will have the forecast in detail in 10 minutes. back to you. >> a 13-year-old boy from land o' lakes has been arrested for making a false bomb threat. pasco deputies say he posted it on his instagram. he is an eighth grader. after the investigation, deputies determined it was fake. they say the boy did iting it would be funny. it's not funny now bah he has been charged with a second-degree felony. e >> in bradenton, a six yearly boy is recovering after being hit by a car. he was riding a scooter and his injuries are not life-threatening. a double murder suspect who could face the death penalty is scheduled to be in court. scott swiekert was charged in the scpearns disappearance of t

as 10 community kathryn bursch explains people have been attending the parade in st. pete for decades. >> reporter: joining me is shelly brown from st. petersburg. you have busy days coming up ahead for martin luther king holiday. the big event on monday, the parade. what can people expect. >> people can expect bands coming afar away as tulsa, oklahoma. booker t. washington high school band and other places like miami. we'll have 15 floats and non- profits and businesses through the parade. they can look for very spectacular event on monday january 18th at 11:00 a.m. >> these bands from very entertaining. >> yes, indeed. these are performing bands that people love to come see that have the art form of the high stepping sound. these bands wait all year to do a special salute for dr. king. they'll do a tribute marching that parade route of 1.5-miles down central avenue and bay shore drive on the gulf of mexico. they'll put on a fabulous performance. >> reporter: this has been a tradition in st. pete for decades. people really turn out for this. >> oh yes. 31 years ago, janua

we are looking live at downtown st. pete. >>> it is a cold start to the day. there is potential of severe weather on friday. kate is tracking that for you. she'll have your full forecast coming up. >>> out to oakland, california where we have video of a massive rescue effort underway. a man has been trapped ten feet underground since yesterday. he is a 50-year-old contractor working on a sewer line. he is all right and communicating with rescuers. story as we get new information. >>> major highway in indiana snow and icy conditions caused several cars to crash. luckily only three people were hurt. the crash began with a semi and a car on tuesday morning. that started a chain reaction of collisions and slideoffs. >> if there would have been some place to pull off, i would have. but you could not see. >> i got hit five different times and got bumped around good in there. >> it is that scary situation. what do you do? another semi accident caused a 30 car pileup on i-65 near the ohio border. no one was seriously hurt in that incident, either. >> it makes it compl

p>>> new at 11:00, a st. pete man psay they found nearly a dozen pimages of child porn graef on phis computer. ptheir investigation started in poctober and found at least ten pimages in his possession. pthey arrested him this morning pbut they're still investigating. p>>> a tampa bay doctor convicted plast year of running pill mills pwill spend the next 30 years in rison. pshe was found guilty of passing poutline hundreds of thousands of ain killers to patients who did pnot need the drugs. pshe made more than $1 million pselling those pain killers at ptwo clinics. pboth were raided in 2011. pfollowing her prison sentence, pshe'll spend another 30 years on robation. p>>> they arrested a man accused pof grabbing a student over the pweekend. phe approached her in the parking plot and while she was giving pstudent and kissed her. pwhen she tried to run away, he pgrabbed her again before letting pher go. phe's a former usf student and pnow charged with misdemeanor pbattery. p>>> officers in district three phanded out l

we have sad update from this crash in st. pete at 38th avenue north. this is a fatal crash, st. pete police confirming someone was killed in this crash, a car ran right into the back of a semi, 38th avenue blocked completely now in both directions at 41st street north. your alternates, 22nd avenue north or 54th avenue north to get around this. since this is a fatal crash you can expect that road to be closed for some time. i will let you know as soon as it opens. elsewhere across the bridges as i mentioned this is a live look at the howard frankland, cars flowing pretty nicely now, again just a six-minute drive across the bridge. coming and going or pretty steady? >>> we're going to have quite a bit of rain throughout the day. i am starting to see a little bit of improvement and i'll show you where in a moment. the rivergate tower tampa camera nice and wet out there. you can see all those sipey roads because we've had -- shiny roads because we've had heavy downpours that moved across downtown tampa this morning. you can see on radar where we're drying out. southern county, anywhe

. >>> right now a st. pete man sitting in jail charged with stealing nearly $2 million in an ebt scheme involving six bay area convenient stores. man paid 50 cents on the dollar for the food stamp cards and stocked his business. the police issued arrest warrants for 50 people that sold their cars to maury. >>> tonight 390 florida inmates may find themselves getting off death row. the u.s. supreme court today declaring florida system for sentencing suspects to death unconstitutional. the high court ruling that puts too much power in the hands of judges. the state attorney's office says they are reviewing it. >>> tonight president obama giving his final state of the union address focusing his speech on the future and big changes in our country. some highlights and education. a cure for cancer and his commitment to fighting isis calling america more powerful commitment, or mine to see that justice is done, just ask osama bin laden. ask the leader of al qaeda and yemin. when you come after americans, we go after yo

and tampa today. >> the st. pete mayor allowing the race to look elsewhere is about opportunity cost and what the city could be missing out on by not redeveloping tropicana field. >> that property is fairly unique. i suspect there is going to be that site. >> with a few minor tweaks, and new council members they. >> st. pete to make a regional stadium search official next thursday. >> we want to make sure that counsel felt very comfortable that we were not trying to push this down their throats. that there was time for good consideration and evaluation. reporter: afterwards he spoke with his counter bay -- counterpart across the bay and he's taking a closer look at an uphill battle of funding a stadium and that will take time. >> i won't be the mayor when this is bill's. i probably will be the mayor when it is negotiated. this is a 5-year process at a minimum. >> the focus has been about location but elected officials tell me there is great concern over just how many tax dollars to raise may be looking for. 10 invest

st. pete 56 now. degrees but all our temperatures in citrus county this morning have been in the upper 30s to the low 40s so an improvement from yesterday's freezing temperatures. tomorrow temperatures look good but that chance of rain from morning through night with a short period of time where we'll have some heavier rain and thunderstorms. then on saturday like i said, can't rule out a stray shower but i think what you'll notice most are the gusty winds and the cooler air that moves in behind this front. that is florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. good morning, janelle. >>> good morning. corey dierdorff is driving around behind our live drive cam, he's on causeway boulevard heading towards the brandon area. going to check that out. so far where he is now no traffic problems, traffic up to speed. the big traffic story of the morning is the crash in hillsborough that happened last night but still causing a mess. south 50th street closed at 17th avenue south, this is just south of the selm

live in st. pete emerald morrow 10 news. >>> a manatee county man is expected to go before a judge today accused of beating and killing his girlfriend's 31- year-old son. he had been watching the boy while his mother worked. the child was violently shaken. he died in the hospital with brain and spinal cord injuries. weeks before his death records show child protective services said the mother's kids were taken care of. >>> italian media is reporting a man was taken into custody wednesday. 35-year-old ashley olson was strangled to death in her apartment. dna and surveillance cameras show the two were together a day before olson was found dead. >>> three skiers are safe this morning after an avalanche in ohio. >>> a frozen car has become a tourist attraction in new york. what it took to remove that thick layer of's. >> r in this line of work only the freshest ingredients it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch made bre

tampa 49. 53 st. pete. 51 in ruskin. bradenton 53. lots of variation in the temperatures this morning. we're going to have another cold start to the day tomorrow. so again brace yourselves again for another cool one. plenty of sunshine ahead but it will be cool. now you can see here as this radar and satellite loops that we've had a little moisture, quite a bit in south florida but a little tiny bit, very early this morning that was rolling through our southern counties. generally a dry and sunny trend over the next couple of days due to high pressure being in control to the north, nice dry cool air flow from the northeast. we'll have a gradual warm-up over the next couple of days but tomorrow morning like i said it may be just about as cold as what it was this to see closer to average temperatures by thursday and on target if not above by friday. friday's also going to be our wet day. could have a soaking commute for friday morning. we'll watch the timing of the rain as we get closer. our next front rolls through over the weekend giv

@st. pete pier. @the seven-day forecast, a busy @week and you expect that with @el nino. @we get the storms tonight. @the cool weather and 40s for a @few mornings and perhaps @another round of storms coming @in late thursday or early @still some time to fine tune a @that. @>>> a north dakota man drove @to the nation's capitol only @to be arrested only on what @police say was a plot to @kidnap one of the first @family's dogs. @the secret service says @49-year-old scott stockard was @taken into custody at a @downtown washington hotel @yesterday afternoon. @he was facing a weapons charge @after being found with guns @and aim anything that included @a .12-gauge shotgun, @.22-caliber rifle and 22 @rounds of ammo. @>> kidnap a? @how stupid is that. @a little concerning and at @least he didn't get into the @white house. @>> anjuli: stockard was @released into a intensive @supervision programs. @and he was ordered to stay @away from the white house and @ordered not to possess any @weapon. @>>> today ma

clearwater and st. pete, your picking up rain in some spots and certainly more on the way right on through the overnight hours. tomorrow morning first thing, while the rains will have moved in, i think the majority will also have moved out. scattered showers, and shea will be around bright and early to show you where there are trouble spots. i really don't think there will be many. through midnight or three or 4 am, absolute lee -- absolutely, but by six or seven, the majority of the rain is out of here. by 11, almost all the rain is gone. we see sunshine in the afternoon, that will allow temperatures to climb up to the mid to upper 70s. by 4:00, partly sunny skies. overnight friday into saturday morning, looks good. if you're watching a few days through, heavier weather hinted at saturday and sunday. that front is visiting out. there will be rain out of it, but i think by sunday morning the rain might be completely gone and nothing more than a few scattered showers saturday night. the high temperatures, mid

a st. pete couple says that a police officer is their hero tonight. he saved them after a man took their credit card and ran. courtney robinson shows you what this officer did to help the couple in need. >> it's not many people like this. >> reporter: officer douglas gaddis made all the difference. they met the veteran st. pete cop under the worst of circumstances. >> he went above and beyond. he really did. >> reporter: james had just been released from the hospital. because of a stroke, he spent several months in rehab. on the way home, debbie noticed that they were running low in gas. they stopped. >> the card would not work. questions. >> is it a debit card? a credit card? what's the pin number? and i no sooner said what's the pin number that he took off and run. >> reporter: debbie immediately thought -- >> we are screwed. >> when i got there, both were very upset. >> reporter: it hit this officer. he had to do more because james had difficulty speaking. officer gaddis called capital one and canceled the card and he pulled out his own credit card

then head to st. pete. the tampa bay home show starts today... and takes place all weekend at tropicana field. it's the largest home show on florida's west coast. it will bring the area's top home improvement experts together, along with more than 500 exhibits on everything related to florida homes, home improvement, home entertaining and landscaping. doors open at ten a-m... and it's free! 3 the "dancing with the stars" live tour rolls into ruth eckered hall in clearwater on saturday. professional dancers from the show will be on hand -- including: "sharna burgess" and "emma slater". the 90-minute show includes some of the most memorable numbers from the show, and performances that are brand new for this tour. there are two shows saturday... one at 5 p-m and another at 8 p-m. tickets start at 38-dollars. 3 and this could make you feel old. 90' s hip hop band "naughty by nature" is this year. and the tour is in town tomorrow night, at jannus live in st. petersburg. they're calling it a "post-invasion" party , sponsored by bud light. and the show

the mandala is being created in st. pete. you can find more about this on our website and if you would like a tour of 10 news, you can call 727-571010 or e-mail community at wtsp, i'm kathryn bursch for ten community. >>> i hope you're having a wonderful friday afternoon. we had some rain showers this morning. this is what it looks like for florida southern college. they'll see sunshine over the next few hours as we all will. the morning showers will be gone and we'll be dry this afternoon. maybe you want to go for a walk or jog, you can leave the umbrella at home. we'll wind in the view for you and show you we have this area of low pressure and the trough, that will be moving eastward in the next 12 to 24 hours, and we have another system that will bring us rain late saturday. but, in the meantime, temperatures you can see are a little warmer where we've seen the sunshine, bradenton 74, rain, cool air in polk city right now, we'll go ahead and show what you we expect in the next 12 hours, temperatures warming in the mid-70s

. @65 in st. pete. @clouds are thickening in a few @spots, but i still think we @will see a few hours of at @least some sun. @here is the fog. @no big improvements yet, only @slow ones. @so between now and 10 a.m., we @are going to get rid of that @one in sarasota, lakeland and @bartow and raise it 5 or 6. @dense fog -- densest along i-4 @and into portions of polk @county so take it slow. @temperatures are warming a bit @only up 1 degrees in tampa at @64. @60 in brooksville. @65 in st. pete. @some scattered clouds, rain @will be watching not the ones @over land but the ones over @the gulf waters. @those are headed our way but @not until probably 3 to 8:00 @tonight. @there is a chance one or two @storms could pack a punch. @we will talk about more of @what that means and time it @out as you plan your evening @coming up. @ @7 money, money, money 7 @7 money 7. @>> anjuli: $800 million, @that's how much you can win in @the power ball drawing. @the largest u.s. jackpot ever. @lottery officials expect to @sel

. >> this weekend was really happy in st. pete. kind of breaking down barriers. made big news this week at the east west shrine bowl. k >> a football player. she place for the kansas city titans. this week she got to help coach the wide receivers for the east team. jeff caught up with the coach as she follows in the footsteps of a coaching pioneer. >> is the coaching assistant to west shrine game. the kansas native following the path of dr. jen who became the first nfl female coach as in10 for the arizona cardinals. they were teammates on the u.s. women's national football team. when i saw that opportunity open up for her i was completely thrilled about that for her. >> the coach is doing exactly what mike and dave are doing. transitioning from player to coach. >> i went to school played a number of different sports probably every sport except football. finding there was a women's team so i started playing football. have been playing for about eight years now. >> obviously love coaching so that's where my path has taken me right now. >> as a player she is a quart

dries saturday afternoon. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 time for traffic with chris. 3 we're watching:buncombe st@ pete hollis blvdpelham rd@ boland courtold furnace rd@ hwy 9groce rd@ hwy 292lymane. blackstock rd@ reidville rd rd 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 we're following breaking news out of new york where a rescue mission is underway to free several miners trapped in an elevator 900 feet underground. cnn is reporting four of the 17 miners have been rescued at the salt mine in lansing. lansing.the miners have been stuck since just before midnight but appear to be in good health.crews are providing the miners with heat packs and blankets to keep them warm.we'll stay on top of this and keep you updated. 3 breaking news out of paris where police say a man was shot and killed outside a police station. station.police say the man was holding a knife and had wires coming from his clothes in the northern part of the city. explosive squads are now on scene.this comes on the one year anniversary of the attacks inside the charlie hebdo magazine when 11 people and a police officer were inf

pa lot of people hoping the rays pdo stay in st. pete, including pthe mayor and council members pand a lot of city officials in pthe area. pas you mentioned, it is a big, pbig day for the rays, city of pst. pete and really the entire pregion. pwe really don't know where the prays will be looking if the plan pis approved today. pthat's a big if. pit's scheduled for 3:00 this pafternoon. pcouncil members are expected to pmake a decision. pthere's a lot at stake. ptalk about millions and millions pof dollars, a lot of players pwill be watching this very, very pclosely. pif the deal is approved, the prays have two decisions. pthey can either stay or go. pif the rays decide to stay in pst. pete through 2027, the team pdeveloping of tropicana site. premember, the cities owns that lot of land and it has a lot of otential. pit's near downtown, minutes away pfrom the waterfront. pif the team stays in the city, pthey could build a new stadium. pif they go, they get nothing. pinstead, they actually pay the pcity $24 million in penalties pbecause th