>> lopez: yes, i did. >> whitaker: you didn't stop? >> lopez: i didn't stop. >> whitaker: why not? >> lopez: why would i? >> whitaker: you hit somebody. >> lopez: okay, and i'm running from the police, right? i'm trying to get away, right? >> whitaker: but you're compounding it. you're making a bad situation worse. >> lopez: i was trying to escape for this little incident. and now that it got bigger, i was even more inclined to escape. >> whitaker: after police finally caught him, he was charged with intentionally driving into lieutenant alexander, a highly respected 20-year police veteran. >> whitaker: you say this was an accident? >> lopez: yes. >> whitaker: jury didn't think so. convict you. >> lopez: does that make them right? because the jury didn't think so, does that make that right? >> whitaker: you think that was an accident. >> lopez: no, no. i know it's an accident, there's no "thinking." i didn't mean to kill him. he didn't mean to kill himself. and so this was beyond our powers, right. and that's why i believe there's a greater power out there. >> whitaker: do you blam

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it's a futile gesture. >> whitaker: it's going to happen. >> o'reilly: it's going to happen. >> whitaker: i read one description that it's like a horizontal crucifixion, the way he's laid out on the on the gurney. >> o'reilly: that's a good way to describe it. it's-- he lays on the gurney on his back with his arms out in either way. we put an i.v. in the left arm and the right arm. >> whitaker: sounds almost business-like. >> o'reilly: it is. it is. after he's tied down and everybody else is cleared the execution chamber, then i'll open the curtains. to where the witnesses can see him. >> michael graczyk: we watch through a glass. >> whitaker: associated press reporter michael graczyk has probably witnessed more executions than anyone in the country, more than 350. >> graczyk: you hear the description of it as being routine. i hope it never becomes routine when the state decides to take someone's life. i think it's significant. >> whitaker: unlike other states, texas says all and it has no shortage of lethal drugs. also, in texas condemned inmates can no longer choose their last meal. wh

thank you all. >> whitaker: ...in schools. >> $5,000... >> whitaker: their goal? >> thank you so much. >> whitaker: to get enough money on this one day to grant every wish for the area's sickest children. volunteers christie matthews and danna johnson have run this fundraiser every year since 1999. >> christie matthews: i mean, it literally just exploded. every year, we would add another town. >> whitaker: but this is small town america. >> matthews: they're very small towns-- 600, 700 people. a handful of change at a time. >> whitaker: as this day's donation deadline approaches, groups of volunteers race to the local radio station to announce their town's total down to the penny. >> give me a number. >> $8,468.62! ( cheers and applause ) >> $25,301! ( cheers and applause ) >> $12,054.55! ( cheers and applause ) >> golly! >> the big finish is just moments away. stand by! >> whitaker: the total tally from northeast arkansas is the big story on the 7:00 news. >> what do we have here? $323,000! >> whitaker: that's $323,000-- enough to grant more than 30 wishes donate

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railroad work continues here, u.s. 41 at crenshaw lake. whitaker. and you have a little bit of a slow and go situation because mabry highway. friday. meanwhile, looking at travel time, great drives across the bay area bridges. no delays across the water. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. busch gardens reaches a new milestone. >>> and how we like to pay for little things. how age matters and whether we reach for cash or our cards. you're watching news channel 8 >>> according to c reditcards.com, 41% of people transactions and 40% preferred using debit. and 74% of people 50 and older preferred cash. millennials are the most likely to use plastic. >> i have been noun to charge a 9-cent bottle of water. >>> -- a 99-cent bottle of water. >>> irs and the tax industry are teaming up to create new safeguards. there's now a taxpayer guide to identity theft and identity theft insurance is now available. it's aimed at helping you get reimbursing for those expenses you incur to restore your identity. >>> the f

i think it's an exxon station. >> but the only help whitaker wants is a getaway car.ately gets in the first car he finds, a green dodge durango, belonging to kreisel, who is still on the phone with 911 as he tries to make his getaway. >> oh, my god. please. he just stole my truck and hit somebody. >> that's right. in whitaker's desperate attempt to escape, the moment he pulls out of the parking lot, he crashes head-on into an oncoming bread truck. a few minutes later, the store owner's son is shocked by the scene he finds when he arrives to work. >> i never think i'm going to see the truck in my store, you know. it was like, oh, my god. when i came into the store, i've seen all the mess and i've seen my dad sitting on the chair like in front of the coin machine. i asked him, are you all right? he was not saying anything because he had like three broken ribs and some bruises on the face and all that. he was bleeding from the face. >> he recovers from his injuries but returns to work full time within a couple of months. >> translator: i am thankful to god that i am aliv

and this again, this is al known as whitaker. crenshaw lake and whitaker are the same road. take dale mabry, i know you might not want to but do you want to be in that? no, leave the house early. it will ease your commute. and all right, let's take a look now at the eastbound side of the courtney campbell causeway. look at that, 45 minutes to cross. what does that mean to you? wouldn't you rather have eight minutes at the howard franklin bridge? take the howard franklin bridge, folks. north and southbound, about an eight minute commute at this point. and what's going on on the courtney campbell causeway? we have a crash, folk, and this is located, look at, that it's a mess, westbound lanes completely blocked. eastbound significant delays. and keep that in mind. again, the howard franklin bridge or even hillsborough avenue over through oldsmar should ease your commute. how about the weather, leigh? >>> we have rain on the roadways too so people need to be extra careful. heavier rain in the gulf of mexico but i will show you that portions of pinellas and light rain coming down

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. >> plant scientists vance whitaker has sprouts that grow strawberry plants with tags and numbers. this place is literally a breeding ground. they are not gmo or gentlemen genetically modernry if modifies. this is traditional breeding that they hope will produce a better berry. >> the last couple of years has been an explosion of fruit coming in from mexico. >> they are experimenting with thousands of plants. >> this plant right here is a variety called sweet sensation. performers. >> it has to perform well when it's hot and cold and raining -- >> now in a field of many varieties, whitaker believes he yet. sweet flavor, would you like to try one? >> sure. >> but taste alone won't win. it needs to riper sooner meaning plant earlier. and it has to be able to survive hot and rainy weather in late september to hit the sweet spot on the calendar. >> they need earlier fruit. by the time thanksgiving rolls around they really want to have volume. >> for years festival, radiant and sweet sensation has carried the crop but whitaker says they are narrowing in on a new berry, and says that the

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u.s. 41, i hate to break it to you folks, but it's still blocked, crenshaw lake and whitaker. this project has been going on for a week but it will end at the end of this week. and u.s. 41 should reopen then. in the meantime, you're detoured on to dale mabry highway. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> breaking news, a new port richey neighborhood is waking up to a boil water alert. the water main broke in the brown acres neighborhood overnight. crews repaired the line but homeowners are being told to boil their water before using it. crews will test the water sometime today to figure out if the tap water is safe to use. >>> and now an 8 on your side dangerous drugs are on the rise in pinellas county, spice or fake spot now the mix -- fake pot and now the mix called the super pill. adrienne, pretty scary stuff. why the sudden spike? >> reporter: good morning, gene. that's the issue deputies and officers are working together and trying to figure out who is making this and where exactly it started. so originally we r

u.s. 41 at crenshaw lake which is also known as whitaker, still closed down through friday and then wrapped up. meantime, dale mabry highway is still the alternate but friday >>> well, good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm gene ramirez. >>> our top stories this wednesday morning. the search for a suspected terrorist in the belgium attacks. investigators are posting wanted posters of the man they want to find. they believe the man is one of the bombers seen at the brussels airport. killing 34 people. >>> this morning, we have the results from another round of primaries and caucuses. democratic senator bernie idaho. the wins don't give him enough delegates to make up for his loss to hillary rodham clinton in arizona.

just want to remind you, u.u.s. 41 at crenshaw lake and d whitaker. we see a slow down as vehicles it is completely closed. they are doing railroad repair work. and of course you are detoureded around it, either direction, you can't get by. take dale mabry highway and that will be closed for one more week and expected to wrap up friday or saturday of next week. and let's take a look at the sunshine skyway bridge. no fog. it is open. a great drive across i it. and great drive on the howard franklin bridge. that's only going to take six minutes to cross. and courtney campbell causeway as well. >>> after hosting the special olympics for hillsborouough county, usf is handing over the honors to another venue. >> and the new venue couldn't be happier about it. where the special olympics will be hosted. >>> and then more changege coming to cuba. the changes being made to cuban change. we're talking about currency here. you're watching news channel 8 >>> we're back. there'e's a big chchange coming in dealing with dollars in cuba. exchange of u.s. currency is

the bike patrol officer was on the 3900 block of whitaker avenue again in juniata.e was taken to the hospital by police. officials there say he should be okay. but a philadelphia cop getting hit by a car on whitaker avenue. >>> authorities in berks county say the death of an infant is now a homicide investigation. three and a half month old anthony denozo snyder died in december inside home in reading. the coroner just ruled that the boy was poisoned and starved. no charges have been filed. this is an ongoing investigation. >>> a forest fire has burned 350 ache can kearse in burlington county. the fire erupted in the area of baptist road and old tuckerton road in woodland township yesterday evening. firefighters were on the scene all day today working to contain the flames and put out hot spots. crews say the rain overnight certainly helped their efforts. the fire did not threaten any homes. >>> it will be a a little cooler today. just a spectacular day in the tri-state area. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live in logan square in philadelphia. trish, the be

bill whitaker visits the capital of capital punishment in texas. men in texas, 250, are held in one place. death row in livingston. the prison let us inside to speak with several condemned killers just weeks before their executions. what they told us in their final days may surprise you. be thinking? >> if i'm going to go to hell or heaven. i'm going to go to hell or heaven. >> the full story is coming up on 60 sick. that's right after our news. >>> coming up, colorado girls are getting excited about science. we'll take you back to the girls and science event at the denver museum. >>> plus, the time this woman spent on a treadmill in her attempt to break a guinness ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >>> welcome back to cbs4 news at 5:00. we want to thank everyone who came out to our girls and >> thousands of girls and their families got the chance to play at the museum. the day was all about igniting a passion for science. >> cain ask you what your favorite part of today has been? >> my favorite part of today was getting to see the different science exhibits for all the girls. >> nearly 30 booths

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councilman mark whitaker said he believes quillin did a "disservice to the public" in talking to us. he cited a december interview where quillin talked about response times to a fatal fire. whitaker believes quillin "politicized" the fatality, and presented mis-information. 49:59 it's trying to get the information out, to try to prevent a possible tragedy from happening. clark says the number of vacancies on the department is approaching 40. a city spokeswoman says there are 4 vacancies that could be filled under the current budget. im dl 10 on your side. 10 on your side's deanna leblanc reporting. if you'd like to watch our previous interview with rusty quillin, we put links to them with this story on wavy dot com. a demonstration getting down and dirty. why police arrested several protesters in richmond a community has spent close to a year rebuilding from riots -- tonight thin clouds, with a low around 46. southwest wind 5 to 10. tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 73. west wind 5 to 10. tuesday night around 50. southwest wind 5-10. wind 5 to 10. tonight thin clouds, with a low

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and also just over the brattleboro area, whitaker also seeing some of these thunderstorms. we have had reports of some hail, nickel to dime size hail in the latest reports that we had. we had from viewers but also a report of ping-pong sized hail earlier this evening in franklin county. rainfall total so far, more than zero point age -- 0.8, they have been pummeled with rain in the past hour. elsewhere we had fairly light totals but if you got under one of these really happy thunderstorms, you had a lot of rain in a short period of time. here's a live look from our durham sky cam, i have it pointed to the east with storms right now, look at that lightning show, just unreal. you definitely need to be inside during this type of storm. it's continuing to move to the east and we're thinking these are going to start to quiet down a little bit in the next couple hours. but we still have a couple hours to go and we're going to have to check the storms. 63 at the airport, reporting rain still. winds calm at the airport, two point in the upper 50s. that puts the humidity at 83%. tem

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the trooper says whitaker then pulled out a handgun and fired several shots at him. that's when k-s-p says the trooper shot and killed him. no other details are being released at this time. chaotic moments in a louisville neighborhood -- as four people are found dead after a police couldn't confirm how they died but did say the fire 'was' intentionally set... this all happened just before three in the sarasota springs neighborhood. units from three different fire and police departments... have been on scene all day.. now detectives and the forensic unit are taking over the investigation. neighbors said the couple had two young children and that they were always a very nice family. funeral arrangements have been made for a 4- year-old who died after being put in scalding water. the child's 25- year-old stepmother anna ritchie admitted to dipping austin cooper's legs in a bathtub of hot water as punishment tuesday, according to franklin police. the boy's father robert ritchie the third says he came home from work tuesday night and his son was already in bed. he said he

florida growers are looking to whitaker and scientists here at u-f's gulf coast research center. they're experimenting with thousands of plants, trying to breed the best performer."it has to perform well when it's hot, when it's cold , when it's rainy"now, in a field of many varieties, in on the best berry yet. "l have a really nice,sweet flavor would you like to try one?it's a new generation stawberry. "hmm, very good but taste alone won't win .. florida's new berry needs to ripen sooner. that means plant earlier. the new berry plant has to be able to survive hot and rainy weather in late september to hit the sweet spot on the calendar. "they need earlier fruit. by the time thanksgiving rolls around, they really want to have volume." for years, strawberriy varieties named festival, radiance and sweet sensation have carried the crop, but whitaaker says they're narrowing down the field in the search for the new berry. "they just have numbers now. no names." the research never stops , but the competition from mexico has made it even more critical. "there's no such thing as the perf

mark whitaker told us i believe localities should make the decision as for as land use and economic developer. >> i think it should be protected statewide. there are some issues that is why we had the different levels of government. they do not know the people who fought to defend their homeland. >> the sponsor said the judge said the existing virginia law protects only monument built after 1998, so that would not include this one, built much earlier. this would prevent local governments from moving those monuments no matter when they were built. >> now your super doppler 10 ashley: we have been tracking clouds today. temperatures stuck in the 40's. we have seen temperatures dropped into the 30's. here's a look at the super doppler radar where we are dry across north carolina and the south side, across the peninsula. even though it looks like we are tracking snow along the eastern shore, several viewers say they are not seeing anything. the area has become more saturated before rain or snow will make it to the ground. you can see we are tracking rain, but west of 95. is taking its time togeth

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bo whitaker. david rossi. i recognize you from the tv. derek morgan. bo whitaker. pleased to meet you. point of entry's around back. now, the neighbors didn't see or hear anything. and the dogs lost the scent almost immediately. not hard to target a family out here. even in broad daylight. walk 5 feet off the track, man could get lost for days. so, had plenty of privacy to watch what he was really after. i prefer cities. you can see them coming. nothing very sophisticated. knocked off the pane to unlock the door. do you think the girl's dead? depends on what he took her for. the hales' neighborhood is a series of rural roads and one-block streets. how far to a main oroughfare? a little over 3 miles. so he didn't come upon cate by accident. sheriff bates. yes. is cate's father here yet? he's on his way. let me know the second he gets here. i told you, we already checked out his alibi. he's not good for this. i know, but he might know who is. all right. listen, about the plane-- oh, that's ready forgotten. find anything in cate's room? that's what's weird. there's no