st. pete. the ray cans now look for a stadium site outside of the city. the debate divided the st. pete council and both sides of the bay street. and we explain what it means for the team and also the taxpayers. >> five to three. >> reporter: the deal is done that has been nearly a decade in the making. 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

st. pete. so st. pete city council meets for a vote this afternoon at 3:00. live at tropicana field, lindsey logue, abc action news. >> 26 minutes until 6:00. >>> some florida teemers taking matters into their own hands this morning. in their fight for better pay and also for fewer startized tests. abc action news reporter adam winer is get egg ready to go along -- getting ready to go along for the ride as they prepare to head out to tallahassee to make sure their voices are heard. adam joins us now with on of the teachers joining -- one of the teachers joining the cause today. good morning adam. >> reporter: good morning, we have three buses full of headed up to tallahassee for the enough is enough rally. this specific group behind me, was organized by the polk county -- [ applause ] teachers' association, the president of that local teachers' association marion with me this morning here on the bus as you guys about to kick off -- you guys so many people fired up. what are you guys exactly making -- looking to make a change about? >> listen, we need reform o

st. pete, as well as looking here on twitter. mark topkin for the tampa bay times just tweeting out that the st. pete city council has approved 5-to-3 for the tampa bay rays to start looking for stadium sites in hillsboro as well as pinellas counties. obviously the rays have been going back and forth as to whether or not they can leave their site at the trop. now just a few minutes ago, 5- to-3, we have a vote to let the rays start looking for stadium sites in hillsboro and pinellas counties. sounds like we are taking a live look inside that meeting right now, where they just made that vote. this certainly is big news. this fight has been going on for the last several years. do we want to take a listen in? >> -- developing-- >> we're not going to listen in. 5-to-3, the rays can start looking for other stadium sites in hillsboro county and pinellas county. laura? >> thanks, jamison. >>> turning to pasco county, where actor david keith is getting ready for a new role. he's best known for working alongside with richard gere in "an officer and a gentleman," but now he is saving children from exploitation and sex crim

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 was born in canada. all candidates are feeling the pressure with the iowa caucus set for february

st. pete's city council is expected to approve a deal between the city and the rays. mayor rick kriseman says the deal is vital to keep the team in tampa the agreement lets the rays look at new stadium sites anywhere in hillsborough or pinellas counties. they'd be allowed to move there before their contract to play at tropicana field ends in 2027. in return, if the rays move out of st. petersburg, they have to pay the city a penalty of up to 24 million dollars. they would also give up any claim to the millions of dollars the city says it will make by selling the land where the trop sits right now. 10 news reporter grayson kamm is live at tropicana field. grayson, the rays say they truly want to stay in tampa bay. and to do that, they need a new ballpark and they need to look on both sides of the bay for a location. this new deal requires that search take at least six months -- to give communities time to make their cases to the team. it'll kick off an episode of everybody's favorite 1980s game show the dating game! bachelor number one is the hillsborough working group

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 bring to the plate. mayor kriseman says he'll now put together a campaign committee, rallying to keep the rays in st. pete. tampa mayor buckhorn says quote "it is time we broke the stalemate".. and he looks forward to the team exploring options and staying in tampa bay. head to wtsp dot com... to read the deal for yourself. the parents of children aboard a bus that crashed into a pond last september plan to sue the school district. hillsborough county schools conf

st. pete council members women vote for tropicana field if the rays decide to move. it aims to keep of keep the team in the city he says the agreement offers. team incentives to stay. rays management called the plan a path in the right direction. both sides are continuously talking about how to move forward. >> this is a partnership. between us and them. and we're going forward obviously with the hope that and make that their permanent site. but in order to do that there has to be a certain amount of trust. >> the rays contract doesn't expire until 2027 if you want to read more about the proposed deal that will be talked about, we have that on our website right now at abcactionnews.com. >>> so we've heard about therapy dogs but how about therapy dolphins. that's who veterans and active soldiers are getting in water with. here you can see. they swam, they played they even got some dolphin kisses at the dolphin research center in marathon friday. it wrapped up a motorcycle ride over the 7 mile bridge. now, those who take part say the marine mammals are sensitive to the

st. pete council made a decision on the plan involving the rays. and aaron mesmer is live where the meeting wrapped up. i guess they got the vote here, right? >> the rays can start looking as far as this evening and tomorrow and looking for a new stadium site. the third time is a charm. and how they have gone in the past and the mayor and the rays come to an agreement twice. and went before the council and previously the deals were rejected. there are two council members on the board. tonight that passed with the 5-3 vote. it is up to the. they have not been ahowed. they are keeping half the proceeds. if the team stays in the city they could build a stadium. and these are the reasons why the mayor believes the rays with the opportunity to leave will decide to stay put. the owner addressed the council. here is part of what he had to say about the deal. >> i would like to thank that -- think it works for the rays organization and for you as representatives of the city and st. pete. i believe that most of all it works for the citizens. and our fans in

st. pete city council is expected to approve a deal between the city and the rays. mayor kriseman says the deal is vital to keep the team in tampa bay. they would be allowed to move anywhere before the contract to play at tropicanna field ends in 2027. we'll have the outcome of the vote at 5:00. >>> tonight will be the sixth gop presidential debate. this is important with the iowa caucuses weeks away february 1st. >>> italian authorities say a 25-year-old man who arrived in italy illegally is accused of murdering this florida woman, ashley olson. apartment linked the suspect to her murderer. prosecutors say people saw them leaving a nightclub friday morning and entering her apartment. olson is from st. augustine. she lived in florence three years. >>> we need to make a claire if case on a story we ran during 10 news this morning. we told of after an arrest in st. pete of antonio ford. this is a picture of his mugshot. this is the picture we should have showed you. we aired the picture of the wrong antonio ford. >>> a new option in the bay area offers people without

council will meet again on the topic next month. pinellas county is debating a similar ordinance. 3 3 the tampa bay rays are one step closer, to finding a new home. the st. pete city council has agreed in *terms, to a new deal proposed by mayor rick kriseman. 3 it requires the team to pay up to 24-million dollars annually if they leave before their contract is up. any redevelopment revenue for the 85-acres of tropicana field land would go into an interest- bearing escrow account. if the rays stay in the city to the end of their contract in 20-27 -- the team gets half of that money. it the team leaves *before their lease is up.. the city keeps *all the money. the rays also can't announce a new home for six months. the city council could formally *vote on the plan, as soon as next thursday.. just one more reason to play the "powerball" this weekend. the record- setting jackpot, just keeps getting bigger. it's now hit the 700 *million dollar mark. thats up about 25 million from yesterday morning... and we still have two more *days of ticket sales ahead. this is already going to be the *biggest lottery jackpot in u-s history. the drawing is saturday night at 11.

st. pete's city council is considering a contract that front, contract valued at more than $300,000. the pier contractors would start designing and engineering the structure. the contractor will hold meetings to get your take on what you want to see. it's all part of of a $66 million project to create a pier district -- to create a pier district. >>> good news for the university of south florida students, going to be the first time publix is built on a campus, student housing village much the grocer is taking care of construction costs and leasing the space from usf, the store will take about two years to build. >>> this morning university of south florida researchers presented their final report on the dose injury school for boys to governor rick scott, dug of 55 graves in an effort to locate childrens remains and find out how they died, the former reform school opened in 1900 and closed in 20111, abuse, researchers used dna testing to positively identify seven of those remains, 14 were identified through pictures and records. >>> hillborough county is changing the way it enforces i

st. pete city council took 90 minutes to he said a deal with the raise, ending a deal that has raged on for nearly a deindicate. now it's up to the -- they have come to an agreement twice previously but both times the deals were rejected by city council, but now with two new members this deal was approved whether they want to stay here or go somewhere else. the team can begin exploring sites. they have wanted to for years but haven't been allowed so because of discrepe discrepancies in the contracts and agreements. pf these these are all major reasons that the mayor believes that the rays even when the opportunity to leave will decide to stay. >> we are pretty excited obviously, and it's a wonderful thing for our fans, season ticket holders, the organization, and we are going to do everything can he with to ensure that baseball is here for a long time. >> councilmember kennedy, one of the three who voted against the deal says he believes that the door is now hope for the reason for the rays to move out of tampa bay altogether. tampa leaders are, of course, going to make a strong push, and t

st. pete city council, we did tell you at the top of our newscast that the council approved the team to take that other step forward searching for a new site for the rays, the rays are at the drop, that is their home right now, but the team looking for other locations, let's take a listen in. >> it is going to take a lot of a jaility and some smart thinking. a a jaility. it's a wonderful thing for our fans,. >> i think this is great, more than anything i'm appreciable testify, all the poem who worked on this agreement, all the elected officials, city councilmembers, the mayor, his staff, all the work that they pit into reaching this agreement. it was a wonderful thing to be part of, i believe everybody was working in the best interest of those that they represent and we were able to come up with an agreement that allows all of us to take a positive path forward and allows the rays to keep working on our mission, energy gees our community through the magic of baseball -- energize our community through the magic of bible. >> this question is for stern berg. jim candy in the meeting today made

st. pete city council will vote on a deal allowing the wave to explore options to move out of tropicana field. the rays could look for another stadium in pinellas or hillsborough county. the team will be required to help pay for a master plan to redevelop the 86-acre site that and it would require the rays to make an yum payments to -- annual payments to st. pete if they leave before 2027. >>> on the now tampa bay. investigators are now blaming hillsborough county school bus driver for a crash wednesday that injured students. troopers say the bus made a left turn and hit on suv in river view. 31 students were on board and two students went to the hospital with minor injuries. >> they both went really fast into each other. so everyone started to like -- go forward. and then my head hit the seat. >> troopers issued the bus driver a woman is take for failing to yield -- a ticket for failing to yield. >>> photos of the critics have been circulating. >> investigators found no reason not to let him keep them. with the dog's owner who said neighbors need to mind their own business. >> i love you. >>

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 trying to track those two suspects down. take a good look. sheriff grady judd says this man is wante

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 native forces in iraq and syria to fight isis there. now, it's hard to believe it has been four years sin

pshould the council approve this pdeal today, st. pete mayor rick pkriseman says he's announcing pthe formation of what he calls pbaseball forever campaign that pwould include city and pgovernment officials as well as pfans and the goal it to keep the pteam here in st. pete. p>> i met with council members pand tried to gauge their level pof support. pbut i did not ask, will you vote pyes. pcan't do that. pbut i'm optimistic. p>>laura: all right. pwe're having some problems with paudio but we'll hear from him pagain soon. pall right. phow about this? p7:36 now. pthe more children a woman has, pthe slower she may age. pit's a claim that may seem pcounter intuitive but scientists pdiscovered a biological link pbetween the number of children pand the rate at which children pget older. plooking at a woman's pchromosomes, researchers found pthose who have more kids have plonger caps on the tips of each pchromosome. pthe longer those are, the slower pthe aging process. phaving sufficiently long ones of pthese is essential for cells to pmultiply.

st. pete? the city council is expected to vote on a memorandum of understanding with the team leader today. the new plan from the st. pete mayor will allow the rays to look at a possible new location for the stadium. now the agreement requires the rays to pay 50% towards master site. >>> and today we could also buc place. news channel 8 sports anchor dan lucas is keeping a close eye on this. head coach. cutter is assembling his own coaching staff. team. >>> more women are deciding to become moms later in life. the findings of a new study alert. >>> plus, the dramatic end to a police chase in montana. the driver frantically banging affiliate there. ahead. >>> and hear how a florida man protected his mom during last weekend's tornado in cape coral. what he did to save her life. you're watching news channel 8 today. more than 3 million people already know the feeling of feet so silky smooth that you can't help but touch them. discover the latest innovation in the amope foot care line. and extra coarse roller head. it softens callouses effortlessly and efficiently for beautiful, soft feet in an

>> reporter: well, dan, november is election in 2015 added two new council members to st. pete city council. both of them not only back the rays but they support development and redevelopment here at tropicana field. that vote coming from city council this afternoon. we do expect them to pass this proposed amendment between the city and the team. that allows the rays to explore other stadium options in pinellas or hillsborough counties but also ahows the city same -- allows the city time to entice the rays to stay put. several stipulations. search for at least six months, time to show the rays why the trop could have main the permanent home. if the rays break the 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 do choose to leave, they can't before the 2018 season. that vote is this afternoon downtown st. pete. at 3:00. live at tropicana field, lindsey logue, abc action news. >>> in an abc action news exclusive, the widow tells me what the last two careers have been like since losing her husband

st. pete city council came allowing them to serve for another home, including, yes, hillsborough county. >> that's right, mark, this is actually the third time that the mayor and rays have come to agreement. the first two times were rejected by the city council but there are now two new members of the council and the deal went through and now the ball is in the ray's court and they have to city if the trop and st. pete is a place they want to continue to call home. >> 90 minutes, that is how long it took councilmembers to end a debate that lasted a decade. >> this has been a long time coming for us, obviously. it's a start. >> the team can start the search immediately and it has to be either in hillsborough county or polk hillsborough county. >> polk pinellas county. if they stay there are incentives including half of the proceeds from developing the tropicana site. >> i believe that your support today will give the city of st. peteringberg to r its best chance to be the home of the tampa bay rays. >> within three years we'll know if this team will be staying on that site or if that site

st. pete city council to set aside $350,000 for this. a six-month trial run, ferry service connecting camp and st. 150 passenger vessel similar to this one. the trial run would not start until october but in the new check needs to be written in a matter of weeks. >> a deposit would be needed by april 1 so that's the main timeline we have to focus on. >> mayor christman enticed nellis county commissioners become one of four ferry partners last week . mayor bob buckhorn said sure, if the numbers make sense.so did hillsborough county commission. there were questions. >> do you have any idea what the ticket price is going to be? >> i think it's going to be more novelty than public transportation. >> in the endb&. >> all in favor, i . the boat passes six b one. >> it just makes sense to use our waterways. >> to make a vessel deposit by start negotiating with the operator by february 1. to do that, three other governments have to figure out where to get $350,000 . >> for that amount i think we are. >> st. pete plans to spend some of its bp oil

st. pete city council voted to allow them three years to explore possibilities of moving across the bay to tampa. that vote brings up oolts of questions of -- a lot of questions of course like who would pay for a new stadium and where would it be belt? mayor bob buckhorn has suggestions. >> the rays, if they do their due diligence, will look at all of the options, the fair grounds, the raymond james site. they will look downtown. but i think from my perspective as the mayor of tampa and from the rays perspective. a stadium in the urban core is the best location and we'll >> so in a few weeks, the mayor is hoping to set-up a meeting between rays management and the hillsborough committee forum to bring the team across the bay. stay tuned for that. python challenge. more than 600 people signed up to hunt the bermese python from the ever glades. i am not one of those people. it is a month long competition designed to remove as many of possible. i can barely watch this video. the cash prize comes to the huner who captured dead or alive the most pythons. >>> it is 7:06. business owners in venice

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st. pete city council approved the deal to look. if the rays stay through their contract they'll get half of the proceeds of anything raised at the trop. otherwise they have to pay the city. >> how do you expect the financing to play out? fall on taxpayers? this point. >> the rays must lay out for the city what they'll be looking for in a new site in 60 days. mayor kriseman will put together a campaign committee to make a pitch as to why the team should stay put in st. petersburg. >>> the sixth republican presidential debate is in the books. the gloves are off between donald trump and ted cruz. trump called into question the eligibility of cruz being able to run for president as a citizen of the united states because he was born in canada. >> if you become the nominee who the hell knows if you can even serve in office. you should go out and get a declaratory judgement and let the courts decide. >> listen, i have spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court. i'll tell you, i'm not going to be taking l

st. pete city council members are hoping to approve a contract with one of the architects designing the peer pier approach. after it moves forward, the public can get in on the debate about what they like. ground breaking will be later this year. >>> looking for love online. the person on the other side might not have the same intentions. county man lured by an and a robbery. >> reporter: laura, this is a scary reminder of the dangers of the dating sites and apps. in this case the 21-year-old fish. the woman reached out to him and they agreed to meet at a but it went south quickly. the girl asked if they could give her brother a ride. he did. when they did, the brother started attacking the victim, robbed him and they drove off with his car. >> you make that choice to go on a dating site, you take whatever comes your way. and in this case, what came his way was the beat-down and the loss of his car. >> reporter: the victim suffered cuts to his face and spent time in the hospital. it did not take long for investigators to track down the attackers. it turns out the girl in this case used her r

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st. pete, city council pit might come up for discussion. pit's the first meeting with new pcouncil members. pthe previous city council could pnot agree on a deal. phillsborough commissioners are pready to talk if they're given pthe opportunity. p>>laura: the buck nears are plooking for a new head coach. pthey fired lovie smith last pnight. pkevin is here to tell us about a pcouple other big names the pcoaches are looking at with the pnew job. p>>reporter: timing of the move pby the glazers comes as a pcomplete shock. plovie smith met with his pcoaching staff yesterday pafternoon and they met unaware pthat smith was about to be pfired. pwhere do they go from here? pthey only need a replacement pvery quickly. pi think it's going to happen pvery quickliment smith leaves pafter going 8-24 and really, pthat's the foundation for the preason behind this move. pafter guiding the bucs into the layoffs contention, i should pyear with a four-game losing pstreak. pthat's not the progress the pglazers were comfortable with. pfor the third time in five p

st. pete city council will @vote on amending the ray's @lease on the next trop meeting @next thursday. @>>> and at 7:30, some of us @seeing fog. @others seeing clouds. @it is muggy, mild and we have @some rain on the way. @let's start out our morning @where we are kind of fouinged @in overlooking lake mirror @this morning. @we are 59 degrees with a light @north wind. @these low clouds should lift @by 10 a.m., and we could @squeeze out a little sun @before we brick in some -- @bring in some rain from the @gulf. @in the gulf looking toward it. @if you have beach plans i @encourage to you get out @before 3:00. @63 degrees here with an east @wind at 5 and also at 63 in @tampa. @we talked about it all morning @we talked about it all @morning. @we will talk about it at least @another hour and a half as it @the further south you live. @a little more widespread. @half a mile visibility in @venice. @bar tow. @this may extend into eastern @portions of hillsborough @county. @so you know the drill. @the low beams, not the brights @the low beams, not the @brights. @please slow it down out there. @we h

st. pete.. the city council is expected to give approval to the tampa bay rays.. to consider new stadium sites, outside of the trop.. including in *hillsborough and pinellas counties.. 3 fox-13's alcides segui joins us live this morning latest.. alcides -- this 3 isn't a done deal right?.. they still need to vote.. 3 3 3 3 3 3 thanks, alcides. 3 ((jen)) from scary sight... to medical marvel. ((walter)) ahead: how mice... could keep us healthy... and even live longer! 3 ((walter and... no pouting here. how rams fans in st. louis... are using their old team spirit... to help the homeless. 3 remember "cocoon"... when the seniors go swimming in a florida pool... and suddenly start getting more youthful. it's a delicious thought... staying forever young... or at least, living *better, *longer. well now, we might be closer to that. 3 (jen) scientists have discovered a way to extend the lifespan of lab mice... by 40- percent! and the research could one day be applied to humans.(walter) russell joins us in the studio to tell us about this medical breakthrough. 3 (russell)

st. pete city @council will vote on amending @the lease for the trop next @thursday. @>>> the bucs continue their @quest to find a new head @coach, and the lightning takes @on the oilers in he had @mondayton. @here is fox 13's kevin @o'donnell with a look at where @you are morning sports @headline. @>> reporter: the search to @replace lovie smith took place @in arizona. @interviewing his old colleague @to satisfy the rooney rule by @interviewing a minority coach. @he is well-liked, @well-respected by the @cardinals and an offensive @line coach that doesn't call @the plays out there. @he doesn't really get all the @credit for it. @he may a good head coach down @the road but the pwx can't @take a chance on a guy who may @not be ready now goodwin @worked withlight out west. @the first time he is @interviewing for a head @coaching vacancy and a long @shot to get the job. @the cardinals are off so gives @the cardinals are off so @giveslight a small window to @interview coaches still in the @playoffs. @this will get goodwin on the @nfl radar for later down on @the road. @light will talk to at lea

st. pete city council has a pfew days to look over a new deal pthat would allow the tampa rays pto look outside the city for a pnew home. pthe mayor just addressed the otential deal and fox 13 pchris chmura joins us with what pthe mayor had to say. p>> good afternoon, linda. punder the agreement the rays pmust stay in st. petersburg puntil 2018. pbut after 2018 the rays could pmove ending their contract 9 pyears early. pcity $24 million for each of pthey leave prematurely. pthere's also a shared escrow paccount in this deal that would pbe funded by the development of pthe dome site. pthat provision is called a big pdeal. p>> it's a real character to the prays real incentive to them to pstay because now you got a 34069 pmoney that you can see that otentially can be utilized for pthem to offset the cost in pbuilding a new stadium. pthat's a big deal. p>> so what about the -- p[inaudible] p>> well, keeping the rays is a pbig deal while we know what they pdo on the field it's the off the pfield contributions that also pmean a lot. pfox 13 shayla reaves shows us phow the team is stepping up to pthe

st. pete where the city council just approve add dole to allow the team to look at alternate stadium sites in hillsborough. kendra collin this has been a hard and long fought deal. >> it absolutely has been and the rays needed a 5-3 vote for this deal to go their way and that is what they got, the council approving 5-3 majority saying that this deal is the best way to keep the rays here in the bay and potentially develop the drop site. i can tell you exactly what this means now. the rays in the next two months have to tell the city how they will evaluate the new stadium site and give st. pete six

st. pete. the city council committee moved forward this week on a possible citation program. the committee is asking the they will look at that again in march before going in front of the council. if passed, it would give police the option of giving someone a ticket instead of arresting them. >>> bill, a lot of people may have outdoor plans today. >> this is pretty much the most important weather weekend of the year. >> of the year. >> and you're doing well. >> so far so good. last weekend we had the bitter cold come through. the weekend before, we had all the storms. looks like we got that out of the way and we are looking live pictures showing everything that's going to be headed down that major artery through there. that's your channel and that will be chock full of boats following this one, the jose the convention center. today it's moved and pirates yacht club. of folks joining it on what will be a very invasion-worthy weather weekend. sunshine and waves staying down, seas almost calm as we work through what's going to be a nice day. outside right now, 52 degrees. we hav

st. pete, steve nichols, fox 13 news. >> if the council approves the deal st. pete and the rays would split the cost of planning how to redevelop the property. two versions with and without a new stadium. >> numbers show that donald trump's support may be stronger than the pollsters thought. he is dominating the race among the republicans but he is winning over a lot of democrats and independents. we show you why. >> reporter: we may have democratsic polling firm by many tide to the campaign. what it has found is that you have trump crawing -- drawing 30% of the votes. that's consistent with the showing and he is winning among the republicans. but he is doing better among the registered independents, 36%, 43% of registered democrats, which is telling you a couple of things, he could be much stronger. and in a general election matchup than many rivals would claim and a lot of the primary states allow some independents or democrats to cross over and vote which could be trouble for trump's rivals if, in fact, they are correct numbers. >> let's talk about what has b

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 they broke their pcontract early. pif the council moves to approve pthis deal, the rays

. >> 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 investigates has been years now and will continue to be -- lead the way. noah pransky, 10 investigator. >>> check out all of our stories including a timeline of events on wtsp.com and click 10 investigates. >>> new investigation on a triple murder in lakeland. and deputy released this video of a whi

st. pete and the team. the city council vote was 5-3. under the agreement, the rays fee if they leave for hillsborough county. $2.5 million if the rays stay in pinellas county but outside of st. pete city limits. the ray's president seems optimistic. >> we intend to take a fresh look at the entire stadium building process and all those criteria. and there may be ideas that we haven't even thought of yet that will present themselves over time. we want to build the first and the next generation of major league baseball stadiums. >> the rays could decide to stay within the city. if they do that, they won't have to deal with any fees at all. >>> it's 4:38. let's get a check of weather and traffic on the 8s today. not the best day to baseball. >> we do have light rain coming onshore right now, spreading mainly across the sarasota area, along the sebring and highlands county and you might could get light drizzles at lakeland at this point. this morning, the early rain isn't what i'm concerned about. yeah, maybe wet the roadways that changes aft

st. pete and the team. the city council vote was 5-3. under the new agreement, the rays must pay the city a $5 million fee if they leave for hillsborough county. they'll have to pay $2.5 million if the rays stay in pinellas county but outside of st. pete city limits. and the ray's president seems optimistic. >> we intend to take a completely fresh look at the entire stadium building process. and all those criteria. and there may be ideas that we haven't even thought of yet that will present themselves overtime. we want to build the first and next generation of major league baseball stadiums. >> another option, they could stay in the city of st. pete and if they do, they won't have to deal with the fees. >>> pay attention here because we have rain coming. some storms. >> yeah, a lot going on in the next 24 hours. let me start with what's happening right now. many may be just stepping out the door to start your morning commute. there's light rain and in some place, it's heavier than others. basically from polk county southward into highlan

council pmembers will make a decision at pabout 3 o'clock this afternoon. pand you can bet, laura a lot of eople will be watching this pmeeting. pvery, very closely. pincluding st. pete mayor rick pkriseman who is optimistic that pthe council will move forward pwith this deal. pit would allow the tampa bay prays to look for a home outside pof the city of st. pete. pthis is, this is a story that we phave been working for a number pof years. ptampa bay rays not happy with pthe attendance here in st. pete. pnot happy with the trop in pgeneral. pwanting to move to hillsborough ossibly outside of the city. pbut they are still under pcontract through 20 between. pif this is approved they would pbe able to look at hillsborough pand other parts of this area. pbut keep in mind, it gives the prays two options. pa they can stay here through p2027 and get half proceeds from pthe developing the tropicana psite. premember the city owns that roperty as it stands right now. pit has a lot of potential. pths near downtown and water pfront in general. pcity could build a stadium there pon eastern part of that roperty. pso if they stay they could get psome of the proceeds from that. pif

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 dollars. the government says the airline failed to properly assist disabled passengers. also, there were 5 instanc

st. pete pier is another step closer to reality. the city council just approved the contract for one of the design teams. 3 the council approved the contract with "w architecture." the group will design the "pier approach"... which will connect the downtown core with the new pier in the next phase of the "pier district." the firm was selected in october... to provide design and construction services.. and integrate the pier approach and the new pier into a single project. the entire budget for the pier approach is 20 million dollars.. which is financed from st. petersburg's downtown tax district. 3 3 be warned... the city of tampa is about to be *invaded this weekend. but don't worry... it's just a bunch of annual gasparilla childrens parade... is now just one *day away. and even if you're not *going... you still need to be prepared. especially if you're thinking of driving *anywhere in south tampa. 3 several roads are *already closed... and many more will start closing as early as *two a-m tomorrow morning. parking will also be a big problem. many

st. pete. >> stand up. fight back. fight for 15. join the fight. >> council members joined protesters on the steps of city hall calling for change. they may more than 40 #4 million would benefit from a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour to support their families. >> no one deserves to have to struggle to keep a a roof over their head or put food on their table. >> we're not asking for a whole lot. because it's going to go back into the neighborhoods, you at, buy groceries, it's going to be back into the community. >> protesters also planning to rally on monday. >>> parents listen up, your child's cough syrup could be part of a recall. the recall includes four ounce bottles of grape and cherry flavored medicine it's sold nationwide under a variety of brand names including cvv and dollar generally. there's a potential risk of overdose. the cup have incorrect markings. >>> signs have been placed across major highways across the state to help you follow the rules. now, the move over law requires that you move over to a lane when you see an emergency vehicle sto

st. pete. pmaybe even hillsborough county. pif the city, if the council papproves the deal, again they pwill have two options race can pdecide to stay through their pcontract through 2027, the team pwill keep half of the proceeds pfrom developing the tropicana psite, remember the city actually powns that plot of land. pand it has lot of potential. pi mean it's near downtown. ponly an um could have minutes pfrom the water front. pand if they stay in st. pete, pthey could build a new stadium. pmayor kriseman says it could be pbuilt on the eastern part of pthat plot of land which closer pto downtown. pif they go there. pi mean they get nothing. pinstead they actually pay the pcity $24 million in penalties. pbecause they broke their pcontract early. pif council moves to approve this pdeal the rays will begin pexploring sites as we mentioned pin hillsborough pinellas pcounties where the team has pwanted to look for years. pbut hasn't been able to because pof their contract. pabout it. p>>, end rul we now have an popportunity for constructive pconversation reco

pshould the council approve this pdeal today, st. pete mayor rick pkriseman says he's announcing pformation of what he calls pbaseball forever campaign. pit will include city and pgovernment officials as well a pfans, and the goal is to keep pthe city excuse me keep the team pin the city. p>> i've met with council pmembers. pand tried to gauge their level pbut i did not ask will you vote pyes. pcan't do that. pbut, you know i'm optimistic. pas you hear mayor optimistic the pcity will move forward with this pdeal. pagain, it comes at 3 o'clock for pall of your complete coverage pkeep it here to fox 13. pin st. pete, alcides segui, fox p13 news. p>> anchor: thank you, alcides. pback street boys singer bay area pnative nick carter is facing a pmisdemeanor battery charge. olice in key west say he got pinto a scuffle hogs saloon. pthis isn't his first brush with pthe law. phe went to jail in tampa back in p2002 after an incident at night pclub. rosecutors chose to drop the pcharges after a plea deal pinvolving community service and pa fine. p>

st. pete to tampa pvariable live or die very pquickly. p>> man: we welcome the mayor p>> laster, the mayor convinced pthe city council to set aside p$230 for this, a six-month ptrial run of a ferry service pconnecting avenue house tampa pand st. pete. pa 150 passenger vessel, very psimilar to this one. pthe trial run without start puntil october, but did the pcheck needs to be written in a pmatter of weeks. p>> man: a deposit would be pneeded by april 1. that is preally the main timeline that pwe have to focus on. p>> today, mayor christman pasked the commissioners to pbecome one of four fairy artners. pbob accords said sure, if the pnumbers make sense.so did the phillsboro county commission. pagain today, there were pquestions. p>> woman: do you have any idea pwhat the ticket price to be? p>> man: how much is it to you pfor the arcing? p>> you think it will be more pnovelty than public ptransportation? p>> all in favor i, all in p>> woman: it just makes sense pto get our waterways. p>> to make a vessel does posit pby april 1, christman has to pstart negotiating with the pferry operator by february 1. pand to do that, three other pgovernme

st. pete police said they responded to it 1400 times in 2014. >> we'll continue to work with city councils and the police department to report our issues and concerns and hope they'll turn and. better yet, we would love to see them go. >> more than 100 young children and their parents live at the motel. they are worried where they'll go if the place is demolished. st. pete city leaders are meeting with the juvenile welfare board to help move the families somewhere else. >>> it is up to you to decide whether to legalize medical marijuana in florida. big names advocates are joined by patients hoping to get your vote. supporters say medical marijuana eases the pain for sick patients with debilitating conditions. people like this 5-year-old who and dealing with chemo and seizures. her mom turned to medical marijuana and said it helped her daughter right away. attorney john morgan has forked out $7 million confident there this issue. >> people are fighting for their lives and wasting away. this is not let's go have fun. >> opponents for drug-free america are saying this will make it easier for

st. pete: more talk about the future of the tampa bay rays. mayor rick kriseman is expected to release a written version of his new deal with the rays, and it could come up, during today's city council meeting. the council... with it's *new councilmembers. kriseman has presented the plan before... but he didn't have enough votes. the new councilmembers are expected to be in *favor of the deal. the plan would let the rays explore stadium locations in pinellas *and hillsborough county... for a fee.(( 3 if the plan is presented today, it could be up for an initial *vote by the council, as soon as next thursday. and if that plan gets approved... hillsborough county commissioners say they'll be *ready to talk with the rays. 3 still ahead: in the line of sight. president obama takes his new gun bill straight to the people today... for whats expected to be a very *emotional town hall meeting. 3 and later this hour... the force in first. why director james cameron and his "avatar" aliens.. might be feeling a little more *blue than normal today. 3 3 3 3 3 break 1: 2:00break 2: 1:45 break 3: 1:40endbrk: 1:30 3 3 making headlines across america: president obama takes his gun debate... to the p

council's input. the rays have been working on this for years, this deal would allow the team to explore sites but under the agreement they cannot leave st. pete before 2018, the rays would pay the city $249 million in penalties depending on when they break their contract and if they move outside of st. pete. one incentive to stay through 2027, the team would behalf of the proceeds from developing the 85-acre site which is city owned land, if they bill out before they wouldn't any of that money, now with low a ten dance, staying at the drop through 2027 would be financially unstable. >> in a home that will be pitch have said and we've taken up, ensure that we will be here for generations. >> we know there is no better way to do that by building a winning team and attracting fans to tropicana field. >> now if this deal passes in the next few. whos the rays will have to lay out to the city of st. pete how they plan to evaluate other sites and have to give the city of st. pete 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 the

. >>> pete security council is expected to approve a deal between the city and the race. mayor kriseman said the deal is vital to keep the rays. if the rays move out of st. petersburg they have to pay the city a penalty up to $24 million. the millions of dollars the city will make by selling the land from the trop sits now. 10 news reporter grayson kamm is live at tropicanna field. the rays say they want to stay in tampa bay. to do that they need a new ballpark and need to look on both sides of the bay for a location. >> reporter: this new deal requires that search to take six months to get the communities involved time to make their cases to the team. that kicks off a new episode of everyone's favorite 1980's show the dating game. bachelor number one is the hillsborough working group. a team of five elected officials and business leaders. they'll argue to the rays that cheaper park. number two is the baseball campaign. the rays building a new ballpark in the same location as tropicanna field. st. pete has more tax money than hillsborough to help with the up front costs of the ballpark. they may face some of the attendance challenges they have for years