religious organizations will be up for discussions this weekend tallahassee. if approved, the measurable keep those to refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies from being sued. the proposal has already passed through some house committees and will now be heard by the full house. a senate committee will also consider the bill. >>> after a decade of being ignored, and anti- dissemination bill for the lgbt community will be heard tomorrow in tallahassee as well. some would argue the senate judiciary committee's consideration shows that republicans are changing their attitude on gay rights after years of fighting same-sex marriage. gay-rights activists are hoping the vote will send a message about florida's direction concerning gay rights. >>> this is the last week to hunt pythons in florida, folks. it is during the statewide to a end. hunters caught 90 of those guys since the challenge began in january. florida wildlife officials say that is 30 more than last year during the entire season. saturday is the last day for that hunt. >>> within the last hour, th

it has offices in jacksonville, tallahassee and pompano beach. the florida primary is less than a month away. >>> spending by super packs and outside groups just topped $200 million. that's more than three types as much money spent at this time in the 2012 campaign. the list includes eight millionaires from florida. >> to many of these people it's a drop in the bucket. this is a small price to pay for the kind of access and clout this money can purchase. >> donors can spend unlimited amounts on super packs. however, contributions directly to campaigns have a limit of $2,700 per election. >>> it can be a financial perk of shopping online, avoiding sales tax. that could change. justin gray is live in washington where there's a retailers to collect sale s tax nationwide. >> reporter: a small business owner said it's one thing in an online retailer can offer a better price but it's another thing if they have an unfair advantage. >> at hill's kitchen leah daniels prides herself on keeping closes low. >> they are 100% the same as the internet. >> onlin

. >> well, florida winners with massive powerball jackpot, they came forward finally in tallahassee. kristin delgado joins us now live -- i don't know what they're waiting for. there in tallahassee. >> yeah, that's right. spoiler; it wasn't me that one. >> we do know the winners are a lovely couple -- couple from melbourne beach. expected, if you were $300 million richer, wouldn't you be so private. the check they claimed today was in the name of the nick uhm -- nickel 95 trust. we do know, however, that they are the trustees. there are $327 million richer. >>> i checked the ticket and everything matched up, so i said she's messing with me. >> reporter: 55-year-old david couch thought his wife was pulling a pran okay him when he woke up on january 15th to go to work. he couldn't believe they had won a lottery. >> his wife bought the ticket. >> do you have plans? >> of course, we're going to take care of family and we have >> reporter: david is a manufacturing engineer and he ran the numbers by his wife but even after check on line, they couldn't believe they had won. >> absolutely --

right now, a big group of people from the bay area are getting ready to leave for tallahassee. they're protesting several anti-immigration bills that are taking center stage in our state's capitol. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live in tampa where the group will leave from shortly. sarah, this group has big concerns about their future if these bills go through. yes, they're taking a stand against several anti- immigration bills proposed this session. they say those bills would deport hard working people and seperate parents from their children. this morning groups are on their way to tallahassee from across the state--including tampa, clearwater and auburndale--to make their opinions heard in the statehouse. this session, 9 anti- immigration bills have been proposed, including one that attempts to punish final order of deportation or came back to the u-s to reunite with their families. but coming up -- last week leaders in the florida senate declared that the anti-immigration bills are dead this session, i'll explain why despite that-- this group is still headed to tallah

is live where the group just left. >> reporter: they just left from this restaurant to head to tallahassee. they headed this way to turn from here and head to our state capitol. this has been a huge issue not only in florida but also on the campaign trail. that is what worries people i just talked to on the way to the florida state capitol. they just headed off on a bus to talk to leaders in florida. this is the group leaving on the bus less than an hour ago in tampa. several parents brought their children to protest a bill in them and send their children into foster care. on the presidential race the canidates seem to change their finds a lot on immigration. the group i talked to this morning says it is so important to get their stories and faces out there to make sure any legislation is heavily considered before it is put into low. here's what i'm working on 6:30 today. pope francis is in mexico and he is talking about immigration. i'll explain his message and how it applies to us in florida coming up in 30 minutes. sarah hollenbeck 10 news wtsp. >>> the hope will hold a mass along the u

the winners came forward and went to tallahassee. justin warmoth has been at florida lottery headquarters in tallahassee all day. it's been a long workday for justin. this couple has to be freaking out about now, right? >> yeah, matt. they're very excited. there's no doubt about that. they say they're also very overwhelmed. you know, that is a whole lot of money. they didn't tell their friends and family about this until about last week. again, the drawing was last month. more than a month ago, in fact. they say coming forward today was just a weight off of their shoulders. >> we didn't believe it. we just kept watching tv, going online, checking and rechecking. >> and they announced the publix in melbourne beach. we said uh-oh. >> they bought just two powerball tickets, a $3 investment. but that's all they needed. you're going to do, but when it happened, it all went out of my head. >> meet david and his wife maureen. david is an engineer at northrop grumman grumman. marie, a homemaker. they have lived in melbourne beach since 1991

tallahassee. the all-star game. a farewell to a legend of the hardwood. >>> anybody want to talk football, let's go. anybody want to play football, suit up. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant,noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. check this out, bro. what's that, broheim? i switched to geico and got more. more savavgs on car insurance? yeah bro-fessor, and more. like renters insurance. more ways to save. nice, bro-tato chip. geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. oh, that's a lot more. oh yeah, i'm all about more, teddy brosevelt. >>> a rental car facility near the albuquerque interntional sun port shut down today after an explosive device was found under a rental car. the car w retururd overnight. the mechanic found it this morning. it was deemed safe

so it's actually warmer in tallahassee than it is in tampa. brookingville is 47, and then hid mid 50's to near 60's so our south. it is now 22 degrees warmer in tallahassee at 11:00 than it was last night, and 26 degrees warmer in panama city. most spots will above tonight's levels. around the country? things are quiet in the east except it's cold. dry air well entrenched keeping us rain free, and by sunday, some of the coldest weather in years with wind chill values heading for them, 35 to 45 below zero on valentine's day, that is a huge chill. tonight, 40's to near 50 and tomorrow hints of spring. warmer inland and much cooler at the coast. we see a lot of this type of temperature profile in mahmoud ahmadinejad and march andmaip. april. , your forecast, cheer clear and not as cold, and sunday, back up to the 60's, next chance of rain tuesday but thaf that goes by it's back to cool weather, monday and tuesday. >> and there is nothing like heading out on the open road. >> packing up the family for a road trip, but would you do that and turn th

this is a tornado watch of tallahassee. main threat here is along the big bend and along the coastline. this is area number 1. which is developing in advance of the squallline. sometimes when you see an area of thunderstorms blossom like this, it weakens the squallline behind it. so the squallline itself when it we will be watching that. nevertheless, the rain bands are moving southwest to north tv10 and one cell down here that's been showing signs of rotation, looked at the winds inside the storm a half hour ago, it was rotating pretty good t. could be a water spout. it's moving northeast. it should weaken with time, progressively colder. we will be watching this group of thunderstorms here, which are moving northeast, towards the tampa bay area. we will watch that. then, behind all of this is the squall line with the cold front that. has to come through as well. but this line may be weakening as it loses its energy from the first line that moves away and stabilizes the atmosphere. so you get the idea. it's a complicated s

i'm matt galka in the tallahassee capitol bureau. the florida households a floor session. bills alouing concealed carry on college campuses, open carry throughout the state and a bill cracking down on undocumented immigrants living in florida are all up for a vote in the house and are all expected to pass. a senate bill that would allow schools to offer computer coding as a foreign credit faces the last committee stop. and florida's space day will be celebrated as the florida capitol. truly out of this world stuff going on in tallahassee. >> thank you so much. >>> developing this morning, a denver bronco's player is out of sunday's super bowl 50. investigators in california questioned ryan murphy in a prostitution sting. he was not cited but the team decided to send him home. >>> happening today, it's national signing day. high school football players across the nation and in the bay area will announce their team of choice. one player is tampa catholic wide receiver nate craigmyers. he will announce his decision at 11:00 this morning live on espnu. and now he is cut down t

local 10 news reporter amie vateri traveling to tallahassee amy? >> reporter: well, calvin and laurie, they kept the win a secret from everyone. hush-hush. each their own children! you can imagine for a month this winning ticket was the talk of their town, but still they stayed quiet. instead taking time to process all of this until today. >> he wants to get a new car. >> how about you? >> i really don't know yet. i want to get a massage! [ laughing ] reporter: no big plans so far for their share of the historic wop.8 bibiion powerball jackpot. they're still coming to grips with winning. >> lost a lot of sleep. i lost over 10 pounds. it's a lot of pacing at night. >> you worry, you worry what's going to happen now that we're no longer in a quiet place. >> reporter: the couple has lived in melbourne beach since 1991. david has worked as a manufacturing engineer for more 55-year-old now plans to retire all because his wife visited their local publix and bought one powerball ticket. >> a $3 investment. >> that ticket one of only 3 in the country to ma

live in tallahassee. news six. >> thank you. >> well fire officials are working to figure out what caused home that go up in flames. we right there as crews worked put out this fire we just got this cell phone footage in our news room from neighbor on check it out. home on rhythm boulevard in pine hills. the officials tell us flames were shooting from the garage when -- [no audio] >> or at the time the fire that's good news. state fire marshal is investigating. and of course we let you know as soon as we learn more. >> man locked up in charged with murdering his girlfriend's father expected to go before a judge today. this is video of david bucken as he was taken to jail last night investigators say he killed 81 year old julian grisham his body was found over weekend in taft. he was previously found not guilty by reason of insanity in murder of his own mother. he now facing first degree murder charges. >> search on right now to find man who held up busy fast food restaurant near full sale. take a look. de

the news conference is set for 1:30 this floorn in tallahassee. and we'll be there, and we'll >> amy: the president taking trump. >> i have a lot of faith in the american people, and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. >> amy: how donald trump is responding to the president's comments is coming up. checking in with mr. king. >> jayme: peaches at the beaches this morning. looking good out there. the interior. and even better this afternoon. the next seven days, >> amy: a $343 million make over. $43 million. and ticket countser baggage areas. and the construction should be done by 2020. >> amy: a new report says that ucf takes on more transfer students than anyone else. in 2014, ucf accepted 60% of transfer students who applied for a total of 6200 students coming to ucf from other schools. the big hotel for the planned entertainment destination will be called the daytona hotel. >>> pf changes has signed up for a new location. one daytona is expected to open next year. >> john: president obama has his sights set on donald tr

. >>> rallies across florida and orlando urged lawmakers in tallahassee to vote against the bill that would allow fracking. it is a form of drilling that uses a highway water mix the forces natural gas out of the rock. they say that could put our water supply at risk. tallahassee that could keep local governments from banning or regulating fracking >> we elect people, in tallahassee, to represent us and they are not. they are representing the coil, they are representing big business. >> a committee will discuss the bill this week before goes to the state senate for a vote. >>> people who live in the villages can now watch the new video about golf cart safety. most people know that golf carts rule the roads in many neighborhoods in the villages. and don'ts for golf cart drivers. it also informs residents about the roads with cars. >> will you find a lot of people that are not following cart. which is very important. >> listen to this, we are told there are 77,000 golf carts in the villages. somebody counted them. last year, more than 600 golf cart crashes were reported. import video th

captioning company >> your right to know is under attack in tallahassee. lawmaker are trying to shut down an important part of florida's sunshine law that requires government to operate in thepen. right now when a citizen wants a government record, the sunshine law says he or@ she gets it, and when they don't, the government has to pay the legal fees. but longer are trying to change that law. legislators. legislation under considering allows a judge to decide if those fees should be paid instead of the mandatory payment under current law. why would supporters of the bill want to do anything that makes it harder for you and me to get our hands on public records? local10 urges lawmakers to leave the sunshine law alone, and we urge you to call or email your reprprentatives in tallahassee to give them the same message. our government works beswhen it operates in the open, and those in governmentre held accountable. hands off the sunshine law. of course, thih is just the beginning of the conversation. local10.com. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anyth

the flight was preparing to depart to tallahassee. it's unknown what caused the fire to begin. nearly 50 people are dead and many are hurt after russian missiles attack at least five medical facilities and two schools in syria. the u-n secretary general says some of the victims were children. the attacks come just days after several world powers agreed to start a cease-fire in syria later this week. despite the temporary agreement, russia strikes, which give cover to the forces of syrian president bashar al-assad. a controversial topic will take center stage today in sarasota county. school district leaders will consider changing their bathroom policy today to allow transgender students to use the bathroom they identify with. the idea is getting a lot of support and backlash this morning. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at pine view school in osprey where this change got started. sarah, you learned a lot of schools and public places could soon make this change. yes, the reason this their bathroom policy-- the civil rights act. the u.s. department of education wrote in

what is happening today in tallahassee with that record- >>> and then cuba's increasing role in world events. our jeff patterson is in havana this morning. you're watching news channel 8 (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, >>> in an 8 on your side exclusive, news channel 8 is once again reporting from the front lines of history in cuba. our jeff patterson is in havana right now. >> you might remember i covered the the opening of the u.s. embassy in havana and also the papal visit last year. and now jeff is looking at how all this impacts the bay area with the recent events. >> reporter: it's been a remarkable trip to cuba. the pope met with the head of the russian orthodox church, the first time since 1054 those leaders have sat down together. and also while here, the u.s. secretary of transportation signed a historic agreement allowing u.s. commercial airlines to travel to cuba for the first time on a daily basis in 50 years. and today we plan to talk to a tampa business man who has been taking tour groups to hava

the local storm-tracking radar still picking up moderate to heavy rain falling any where from tallahassee moving into gagaesville. there are several advisories in effect. luckily here at home, mostly dry in broward, miami-dade, including the florida keys. so grab the umbrellas with you just in case as theront is on the move. we have the potential of seeing strong to severe-type thunderstorms. now, there are advisoriessn effect from jacksonville all the way through tampa. all of these areas highlighted in red under a tornado watch until 10 o'clock thi morning. parts of georgia under tornado watch until 6 o'clock this morning. # 5 inort lauderdale, 75 in miami, 75 currently in key west with the breeze picking up off the ocean keeping temperatures warm ahead of theront and flirting with records a little later. take a look at this big mess unfolding from the eastern half of the country. we have a spin producing snow, freezing rain and lots of rain moving into the mid-atlantic region. there is@ potential of seeing moderate severe weather around parts of the carolinas, washington and virginia.

lawmakers in tallahassee are innovative service to their employees. one doctor says the new idea could save time and money. >> if you catch them when they are sick and treat them quickly, they are not spending all day in a walk-in clinic. >> reporter: the cost for concierge doctor varies from 1500-several thousand dollars per year. >>> some taking a new approach to treating migraines. how some are treating headaches without drugs and how much the world health organization says he needs donations to help stop the zika virus from spreading to the organization says it needs $56 million to deal with what they have declared global health emergency. they say they need the money to monitor the virus and diseases that could be linked to it, awful medical care to people affected and develop vaccines but some say $56 million is not enough and too late anyway. obama administration asked for $1.8 billion to fight zika. >>> if you've ever had a migraine, and you know they can really take their toll but they are ways to treat them without medication that there's no

mike has more from tallahassee. >> reporter: rick scott put tax cuts up in february, and the governor's let's get to work committee spent just over a million dollars since the first of the year on tv with this message. >> attract businesses to move to florida. >> reporter: the lawmakers are saying no, scott is getting none of the 250 million businesses to the state, and less than half the tax cuts he's been seeking. >> we stand on the house position of vie row dollar -- zero dollars for the fund. >> reporter: enterprise florida is already saying 55,000 jobs won't be created because of the decision. lawmakers are also pushing back by refusing the governor's request to use local property taxes to increase school funding. >> there are over 11 million property taxpayers i'm told in the state of florida, so when we can give tax relief to 11 million people, it's better than giving it to big corporations. >> reporter: right now the local effort costs property $400 of taxable value. >> there's a decrease in the about 4.6 mills. >> reporter: at the capitol monday morning, the governor's office d

roy ramos went to tallahassee to see who won. the winning couple says they took time before they realized they had this money coming to them. >> reporter: they said they checked the ticket and checked online and listened to the news and saw new screws in their neighborhood outside of several different homes but it wasn't until the announcement was made that the sold -- ticket was sold the melbourne beach but they knew they won. >> florida winners are here and winning ticket has been validated. >> reporter: the largest powerball jackpot in history. nearly 14 $6 billion but one of the three lucky to this was sold to this melbourne beach couple married for 36 years earlier this year. 70-year-old maureen smith. >> i picked the numbers that i played for year. >> her -- a self-described home maker says she rarely played. >> i played went to bed and the next morning. >> and checked the ticket and everything matched up so i said she is messing with me. >> david a manufacturing engineer for the past 34 years that his wife bought a single

pwe have to go to tallahassee. p>> the lucky iest pomeranian in pthe country. p>> how does it feel your owners pare 52 $528 million richer? p>> they are very good friends, pgood neighbors. p>> and david is very me -- pmechanically inclined. p>> i asked her point blank pbecause i know she takes ptickets. p>> i said, did you win the power pball? p>> no. pvery calmly, no. p>> the couple are getting drive pbyes by neighbors and the pcurious. p>> we are going to miss them if pthey move. pi hope they don't. punderstand if they do.. p>>the nickel 95 trust, they pwould not explain to the media pwhy they named their trust that. pand wouldn't say if they have pany children, but say they will ptake care of their family with ptheir winnings. pand maybe they will take care of ptheir neighbors, too. pthere were two other tickets psold from that jackpot. pa couple from mumford, tennessee pcame forward. pand whoever bought the ticket in pcalifornia has yet to come pforward. p>> i know chris last week looked pat the interest those people are plosing by not claiming that pticket

in fact below freezing in tallahassee. that's how cold and how powerful the front that rolled through. the thankfully the radar is quiet and dry and wind flow from 3 to 10 miles per hour. and throughout the day today we are talking about cool sunshine with upper 60s as we hod throughout the day, we need jacket, sweater, coats, scarf, turn on the heater. how long this sticks around in the complete forecast straight ahead: let's check your traffic now with vanessa. >> reporter: i-9 at 103rd, busy, busy, everybody is getting out the door. if you are grabbing the key, that's i-95 at 103rd. there's a lot of computers out there with you. -- commuters out there with. >> so miami garden drive. one eastbound lane is affected by the injury accident. it happened around 5:00 a.m. it is taking some time for this one to clear up. palmetto at 25th street. right in the city odor al you will see the roadway and then also ton palmetto northbound before you get too the dolphin expressway. this at flagler. it should be clearing. the slowest s

they flew in today from tallahassee to melbourne beach. kirstin delgado, fox 35 news. >>> a south florida teen accused of posing as a doctor is now out of jail. sonni abatta taking us everywhere tonight at 11:00. >> we first told you about the 18-year-old last night at 11:00. well, today the palm beach teenager bonded out of jail for impercenting as a doctor. the florida man opened an office in west palm beach. the teen's grandfather asked people to pray for his son who he says, has cancer. >> he's sick right now at the moment. he has -- he has cancer in one of his kidneys. >> he's also accused of stealing thousands of dollars from one of his elderly patients. hospital while wondering the stethoscope. >>> officials say all of the zika cases are travel related. none involve pregnant women. last week state officials set up a see ca hotline -- zika hotline with information. >>> firefighters had to rescue a cat inside. crews managed to save a pet with a special breathing apparatus. no one inside the home was injured and still no word on what c

mike vasilinda, newschannel8. >>> a legal battle today in tallahassee over an abortion mandated a 24 hour waiting period for a woman before she getting an abortion. jennifer sullivan says she didn't wry an unconstitutional law, but the civil liberties union disagrees. >> this empowers them to have the face to face consultation with a doctor with currently the doctors are not showing them that same care that they would to their other patients for other procedure. >> they should not be forced to delay the procedure. they soul not be forced to undertake the additional costs and burdens of having to take >> the appeals court will decide whether or not to keep the injunction against the law in effect and could ultimately court. >>> well, it has been a traffic nightmare on i-275. >> coming up, why motorists celebrate tonight. >>> also ahead, we will show you what you should keep and medicine cabinet. >> it has all been about the wind today. front has slipped to the south now, chilly temperatures, clearing skies, eventual lighter winds. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by igno

in tallahassee, mike vasalinda, newschannel8. >>> a bill would effectively put an end to the permanent alimony payments cleared the final house today. it provides a framework for judges for how much and how long alimony should be awarded. >> we have seven family law judges in tampa. i can get seven different outcomes. is that fair to the citizens of florida? >> it could clear the florida house. but it has not yet been heard by the senate. governor rick scott vetoed a 2013 bill that would have ended permanent alimony because it >>> a terrifying sight for a melbourne woman. she walked into her yard and found a nearly 10-foot long anaconda hang out basking in the sun. petrified as she should be, she ran to the neighbor for help. he came over and held it down with a shovel until animal services arrived. florida wildlife commission is scanning the snake for a micro chip to see if it is someone's escaped pet. that is a good neighbor. coming over to do that. >>> well, the nfl's biggest game just three days away. >> that's right. it has taken a whole lot of money to get everything ready for ki

they have a tallahassee address that doesn't exist and they are california company.>> reporter: casey cumley, wtsp.>>> we made it easy to report fraud. look under this seen on tv section on wtsp.com. >>> protecting your family in time for 10 weather.>> i would take this great day over new england any time.>> especially with all the snow and sleet. >> negative temperatures.>> -8? >> that's not even windchill. -12 and western massachusetts.>> how do you survive in that?>> you moved to florida. on that note, let's track the gorgeous saturday and sunday. the cloudy skies that you see on the 10 network are sign of changes coming your way. you can see how messy it is from atlanta approaching mobile and collins and moving towards skies. it's the same system that is producing heavy snows in the nicene make sure around the nation's capital. a pretty heavy snow coming down in new york city right now. lights from there to tampa very likely delayed and baby getting up there as well. a heads up their. here is the cold front. this low is in a better spot than if we have this in the middle of the gu

. >>> rallies across florida and in orlando urge lawmakers in tallahassee to vote against a bill that would allow fracking. fracking is a form of drilling to use as high-pressure water mixed to force oil, or natural gas out of the rock. about 100 protesters in orlando say that kaput our water supply they do not like a bell in tallahassee that could keep local governments from banning or regulating fracking. tallahassee, to represent us, they are not. they are representing the oil, they are representing big >> a committee will discuss the bill this week before goes to the state senate for a vote. >>> people who live in the villages can now watch a new video about golf cart safety. most people know that golf neighborhoods in the villages. the new video shows the do's and don'ts for golf cart it also informs residents about insurance, seatbelts ensuring the roads with cars. >> when you find a lot of people that are not following the rules of the road, and a golf cart, which is very important. >> it is. listen to this, we are told there are 77 thousand -- 77,000 golf carts in the villages

rivers told an investigation on a trip to tallahassee, the two were having drinks. ms. leroy was drinking, started touching me. she was trying to get me to stay in her room and i said no. when we got in the elevator, she was still trying to talk me into coming to her room. then she attempted to kiss me. i pushed her away and she was trying to get me to come to her room. former school board member frank o reilly new about it and let the relationship fester. >> the only decision they can make is to relieve the superintendent of her duties. >> reporter: according to rivers, his environment grew hostile. when i was not social with the superintendent, the superintendent would be as i put it, irritated with me or i would be in the dog house. leroy denies any inappropriate behavior. another complaint against the superintendent, she does not value input from employees or appreciate their efforts. >> this report is just a crystallation of the way she met. people have been hearing this for years and haven't done anything about it. >> reporter: rivers also accused leroy of manipul

no way i could spend all of that. >> the news conference will happen wednesday afternoon up in tallahassee. the third winning lottery ticket in california, as of right now, nobody stepped forward to claim it just yet. fox 35 news. >> can't wait to see who it is, thanks. >>> tonight the republican presidential candidates are trump, campaigned in buford, where he criticized his gop hopefuls, and ted cruz, spent his evening in a rally in anderson. and rick perry, and the florida presidential candidates, bush, and rubio are under fire for campaign missteps. the website, jebbush.com. redirects to donald trump's website. an anonymous person, boughted that domain name, months ago. and to be fair, the campaign says they don't use that anyway, they use jeb 2016.com. and then there's this, from the rubio campaign. >> it's morning again in america. today, more men and women -- >> yeah, that's not america. the campaign's latest commercial, tries to evoke ronald regan's ad. anyone who's looked closely, that city is not an american city. that's vancouver in canada. let's talk with the political editor,

you wouldn't know that right now in tallahassee. lows dipped into the 20s there and jacksonville. even 66 in pensacola. warmer than we've got here in south florida. locally we're at 58 in opa-locka. 57 west kendall. 59 pembroke pines and 59 also in marathon. a subtle shift to the northeast.t. a few extra clouds this afternoon but alsoelp to boost the temperatures. the atlantic water temperatures are still in the ler 70s. high pressure oriented here right across the heart of the gulf of mexico. on the back side of that system, winds turn to the west and southwest and we're warming up across the gulf coast states before we get one more area of low pressure to sweep down dallas at 65. jackson at 64. you jump the boundary there and you head up toward nashville. you got some freezing temperatures in place. pretty complex pattern up to our north. we're only going to warm up from this point forward for the nexex few days. moving things in the right direction, lots of south florida sunshine. because the air is so dry, we'll jump into the lower 60s h%re as we approach midday. still going t

now it will go from jacksonville to west of tallahassee. >>> days of the iowa caucuses the presidential candidates from repairing for a primary election in new hampshire. with it just five days away all campaigns are taking off in full force. ted cruz beat donald trump in iowa but so far trump is leading in new hampshire by 20 points. >> i think i would use trump. the reason is that trump has proven already that have he's completely valuable. i don't think he has any fixed opinions that he would really go to the white house and find for. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders are the only two democratic candidates still left they will debate tonight in new hampshire. abc news hosts the next republican debate this saturday. christopher heath will be live on facebook for live analysis during the debate that starts at 8:00 on channel 9 and followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> someone has nominated republican presidential candidate donald trump for this year's nobel peace prize. many expect that to fall by the wayside. other include the greek island group welcoming syrian refugees. >>>

we are in tallahassee with a agenda. everyone. bureau. controversial bills will rule households a floor session. bills alouing concealed carry, open carry throughout the state and a bill cracking down on undocumented immigrants living in florida are all up for a vote in the house and are all expected to pass. a senate bill that would allow schools to offer computer coding as a foreign language credit faces the last committee stop. and florida's space day will be capitol. and out of this world stuff going on in tallahassee. >> all right. thanks. >>> developing this morning a denver broncos player is out of sunday's super bowl 50. investigators in california questioned ryan murphy in a prostitution sting. he was not cited but the team decided to send him home. >>> happening today, it's national signing day, high school football players across the nation and in the bay area will announce their team of choice. one player is the tampa catholic wide receiver. at 11:00 this morning live on espnu. he has cut it down to auburn, war eagle by the wa

through tallahassee, getting into jacksonville, orange parking middle burg. and dropping down the spine of the peninsula. the rain chance goes up. 90% coverage for the day today. clouds, rising rain chance. and of 67 by 8:00 p.m. and a ongoing chance of rainfall for the evening and good during of the early overnight hours. we should wrap things up by 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. and then partly to mostly cloudy, and then 8:00 a.m.. gusty day tomorrow. and 60s for highs. and rain chances continuing to rise for today. and there for a portion of the night. you into friday. changes. winds veering more northeasterly off the atlantic. brings the rain chances back up to saturday for 30%. and isolated passing showers. point. if i think it'll be a big deal, we'll refine the forecast. if we're not on the air, we're all on line for you at and on join the conversation. lows dropping down to 43 by sunday morning. >> gina: happy thursday everyone. sky fox over sand lake and demand arin. we have a -- mandarin. we have a crash that is blocking the westbound lanes. we have the fire engi

>>> and the family of a south florida musician killed by's palm beach gardens police officer in tallahassee lobbying for a law requiring all police officers to wear body cameras. cory jones broke down on i-95 in jones was shot and killed by ex-officer raja, telling jones who had a concealed weapons permit filed shots at him and later proven to be false. >> he was a law abiding citizen in every way, and his family can ever tell you about cory jones better than i can arctic late. it is cory jones' birthday today, and instead, they are fighting for his legacy. >> jones would have been 32 today. his family has already worked with community leader to raise money for body cams in palm beach gardens. >>> to flew developments in tallahassee on a on a refugee, the prevention of acts of war bill, authorizes the governor to use military force to prevent restricted people from entering >> updating you now on a story we first told you about. jake, with the use of a wheelchair, thanks to three bay area car dealerships who saw our story, jake and their family reached their $10,000 goal. many donating to t

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tallahassee 28, gainesville 30. 62 at 9:00. breezy at noon, still cool at 3:00. the rest of the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> i-95 drivers we are talking about a traffic alert this morning. unfortunately a car fire on i- 95, we are taking a live look at that scene northbound around the dolphin expressway. two people did die as a result of this crash, one out on the scene and one while they were being transported to the hospital. what you could see on the shoulder is all the foam and water they had to place on the car to put out the fire. this is a double fatality this morning unfortunately, so those will be for some time on the northbound drive of i-95 at 836. you may want to take side streets as traffic starts to build. left lanes are open but no cars getting through this morning. we have a couple of construction issues as well on this wednesday morning. 826 northbound at kendall drive two lanes blocked off. 826 northbound at southwest 8th street multiple lanes blocked off. for construction. >>> more now on the breaking news out of miami. two people are de

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> matt, thank you. >>> at 5:00 4 , social media is helping a -- 5:45, social media is helping a homeless man in miami reunite with his family after nearly 4540 years. he lost his job 10 years ago. and he has been roaming the streets ever since. and recently an organization that records and shares stories of homeless people searching for their loved ones up loaded this video of him on youtube and facebook. and nearly a thousand views and several likes later, he found his family. and now he is forever grateful. they are -- they are my heroes now. they are my heroes. they are my people now. my saints. >> well he plans to meet up with his family this weekend. the organization that helped him is called miracle message. it was started in 2014. >>> congresswoman kathy castor is leading a delegation to havana this week. 8 on your side is the only television station covering the trip from cuba. congresswoman castor will meet with port officials about business opportunities and discuss how improving relations are changing the lives of cubans. >> it's v

trip to tallahassee. and the govenor. congrats. and theheeat heat back in action tonight and the team will have to figure out how to replace chris bosh. and then katie holmes like you've never seen here. she to the award of deco and one of the challenging roles in her career. coming up at 7:30. >>> >> >> time now for 7 sports with mike dipasquale. >> hi every one. day one of spring flaing jupiter. stted with marlin pitch eanders catcher on the field. full squad reports next tuesday. and let's get it started. there are new face with the 2016 marlins. there's new manager done mattingly and all time home run king barry bond. the team's new hitting coach. it's early but the case of staft jose fernandez feels good coming in. >> i'm a fan. i'm a fan of our team honestly from the bot p p of our heart. think we have what it takes. think we can go out against anything any day. >> really just looking for ward pretty proud of our guys. honestly and we'll see if we can. if there's eye reason for. thatat more with the marlins at 6:30 no update

cool weather will settle in and it's going to settle in and stay with us all weeks. 65 in miami. tallahassee. satellite pictures show some of the low level clouds moving ashore near the coastline. right down here an area of low pressure is taking shape near the florida keys. that low will eventually throw that chance for rain showers right over us, as we go through the afternoon. here's the computer model showing a few little light showers popping up in the afternoon. the morning will be fine but then through the afternoon and evening, a few little showers, especially from orlando back over to the coastline. brevard county for the most part, you will be picking up the bulk of any showers that will be developing. and there will be some. though, is around 30 to 40%. only 20% out west. on sunday afternoon, breeze will be out of the northwest. and bob will be cheering. maybe. we'll see. 49 degrees expected for tonight. high temperature for tomorrow up to 70. a few little showers later on in the day. and my seven-day forecast, what is it going to call for? more cool weather. here it comes. 70 for

florida lottery leaders tell us those two winners are coming forward today in tallahassee. we will have complete coverage at 4:00. some people are calling this the most new york style note in mashable. michelle: a local man lost his wallet and cash card while at a concert. he got there are gone forever until a letter came in the mail. inside were his ids and credit cards, but not his wallet or cash. a note from the sender red in part, i cap the cash because i needed we' d and the wallet because it' s kind of cool. it was basically, i' m a good guy but i' m also kind of giving you the middle finger and keeping anything that would have any currency behind it. my friends i left about this quite a bit. michelle: the concert hall where he lost the while at the parent caught wind of the story has offered them free tickets to an upcoming show. at least he got the important stuff back. jason: his id and credit card. michelle: that is horrible to replace. >> i guess everybody wins. we are living in the world of weather. [laughter] eric: did 70 staying great. >> announcer: the follow

move, and the tornado watch now encompasses portions of lower alabama and also from pensacola to tallahassee, until 4:00 a.m., these area homicide will have to be concerned about the potential of tornadoes developing. already for parts of the panhandling, i have seen at least one or two reports of a tornado. the pictures by tomorrow morn thing light of day will reveal a lot of damage, in some of these areas. this is a look at what happened around saint james parish, you can see the utter destruction there. as it looks as though a trailer be i the way, there have been reports of cars blown off interstate 10. and the storms coming through this same system, the tail end of it heads for us tomorrow. it looks like by 6:00 o'clock, we will have some of those storms crossing into south florida, we will talk about the potential for those being severe, comingp in a little while, but before you go to sleep tonight, just know that around 6:00 tomorrow evenings it looks like we could have some rough weather. >> anchor: all right, thank you. >> anchor: also tonight, police arresting a suspected hit and r

news channel 8's matt gull which a is in tallahassee with more on today's legislative session. matt -- >> reporter: the florida house is in session, looking to pass portions of their budget and tax package. a florida senate panel will consider legislation that looks to stop another rape kit backlog before it happens. and a bill that looks to cut down on public school testing throughout the state will be in an appropriations education subcommittee. and also in the capitol today, the eighth annual muslim day will be celebrated. reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. >> matt, thank you. >>> social media is helping a homeless man in miami reunit with his family after nearly 40 years. an incredible story. these are the details here. the 65-year-old lost his job 10 years ago. well recently an organization that records and shares stories of homeless people searching for loved ones up loaded a video on youtube and facebook. nearly a thousand views and 18 likes later, maybe more likes than that, he found his family. and now he is forever grateful. >> they're a god-send. they are. the

justin warmoth went to tallahassee today where they talked about what's next for them. >> this couple is just about as as you can imagine, they wanted to tell so many people that they won all of that money but they didn't tell a single person, not even family members that they won until last week. again the drawing was more than a month ago. they say coming forward today was a weight off of their shoulders. >> say hello to central florida's newest millionaires. >> we couldn't believe it. it's really real. it's so overwhelming. >> david and his wife maureen came forward claiming their share of the biggest powerball jackpot in history. >> i will be retiring. >> maureen is 70 and is a homemaker. she was the one who bought the ticket from this publix in melbourne beach, playing the same numbers she plays every time. >> we couldn't believe it. we just kept watching tv and going online. we checked and rechecked it. >> then they announced the publix in melbourne beach. >> the couple who claimed their winnings under nickel 95 trust decided to go with the lump sum payment, more than $327 milli