south tampa. where police are investigating after they say a man shot at officers, forcing them to shoot back, it happened on cherokee avenue..that's not far from himes, just south of gandy. 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live there. sarah, a police spokesperson says the officers had a close call and were forced to pull the trigger. yes, this man shot at them twice as soon as they pulled up to a house on this street. the first time the gun didn't go off, the man went back inside to reload or grab another gun then fired at the officers again -- this time barely missing one of the officers and hitting a protective shield he was holding. holding. it all started at 3am when officers came to this house at 3312 cherokee for a domestic dispute between the man and a woman who lives inside. after the man shot an officer's shield, the officers shot back-- killing him in the front yard. the woman who was inside wasn't injured in the shooting and is expected to be ok. but officers tell us it's scary how close working to find this out now- how many officers on paid leave after this shooti

good morning and welcome to 10 news i'm allison kropff. will be in tampa, hoping to get your vote. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live outside the tampa convention center. florida primary and the stakes are high here. 99 delegates is a juicy prize and for candidates like them are crucial. right here today you to cast a ballot in his favor. rubio took home his second primary win over the weekend in puerto rico. but the 3rd place candidate faces a do-or-die situation here in florida. if he can't win here, there are major questions about his ability to win in other places. ted cruz and donald trump are working just as hard to edge out rubio in his own state. rubio faces the steepest climb, needing 68 percent of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, while cruz needs 59 percent and trump needs 54 percent. looking into right best bet in winning hispanic voters both here in florida and from this point both cruz and rubio have cuban roots. i'll explain why that race at 5:30. wtsp seeing the republican candidates take some jabs at each other. but things are getting heated in t

good day tampa bay... at 4:00. i'm walter allen. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look 3 3 3 3 ((walter)) 3 we begin with a news alert.. the tampa police investigating a police shooting.. it happened in the 33-hundred block of cherokee.. the tampa ready to give us some details.. that's expected around four-fifteen.. we will bring you much more then.. 3 3 developing this morning ... crews are searching for a man who disappeared after jumping into lake thonotosassa. it happened around seven last night .. the man was on a pontoon boat with a group of people. he jumped in the water, started panicking, and went under... witnesses say he didn't know how to swim very well ... we will keep you updated as the search continues. 3 3 new this morning... tampa police are investigating after a stolen car plowed into a house. it happened off mulberry street early this morning. police say they tried to pull over a 2009 ford edge... but the driver took off.. they only made it one block before crashing through a fence and into a home. police arrested the 2 teenagers inside the stolen car. no o

the courtney campbell causeway that shutdown all westbound lanes. if you are coming from tampa towards pinellas avoid the bridge. take the howard frankland bridge instead. lets go live sky 10. broken down car in polk county on i-4 westbound on polk parkway. it is blocking the right lane. coming up, i'll get you drive times to help you get out the door in time. >>> good monday morning. i'm allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. >>> we are on top of breaking news in st. pete. where a stolen car crash sent eight people to the hospital. that includes two police officers. >> 10 news reporter emerald morrow is live where the crash happened on central avenue and 54th street. ironically police were on a stolen car assignment when this all happened. >> reporter: we spoke with chief holloway. he told us five out of the six suspects in this car, this stolen car in the middle of the road over there have all been arrested before for burglary and stealing cars. the pick-up truck next to it is what the other two officers were riding in when these suspects hit this car. as you can see from the cond

tuesday. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >>> tampa mayor bob buckhorn cast his ballot for hillary clinton. all voters can participate in early voting. florida's primary is on march 15 march 15th. we posted everything you need to know on wfla.com. >>> other news of the day, a pilot and his passenger were able to walk away unharmed after an emergency landing on a golf course in st. petersburg. police tell us the two teenage pilot was flying a 1939 taylorcraft from lakeland to man tee county and start -- manatee county and started having mechanical issues. he couldn't make it to the airport. residents at the golf course came out to see what the commotion was about. >> i like to do a little selfie with the plane and tease my friends up north who are it's a chamber of commerce day for planes to land on our private golf course. >> and it's happened there before. on christmas eve of 2009, a two seater plane made an emergency landing on the same golf course. the ntsb, and faa currently investigating the cause of the current accident. >>> another problem for allegiant airlines. a flight se

stories happening right now. a tampa woman's lawsuit over the investigation that led to gerald david petraeus' resignation is collapsing. jill kelly's lawyers want to withdraw from the qaibs citinger irreconcilable differences. kelly and her husband sued the government, saying their no word on whether the kellies will continue with the case. >>> a judge just revoked the bail for a new england principal convicted of sexually assaulting a student. he missed his court-ordered curfew a few times, meaning he'll begin his sentence immediately. >>> cereal maker general mills will start labeling gmos nationwide bpt labeling will start in the next week. >>> 2 people are dead after a plane crashed in tampa. smoke could be seen billowing from peter o'knight, the small airport in downtown tampa. isob lerks is there live. iz zirks e, when will the airport reopen? >> it will take time to clear it will be up to the faa to decide when to reopen this air important in the meantime, you can see a tampa police officer is securing the site. the faa and ntsb career k can cleared the site late this afterno

i'm allison kropff. and i'm ian reitz. right now-- tampa police have several blocks taped off in south tampa outside a house where officers shot and killed a man. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live on cherokee avenue, near himes and gandy. sarah, this was a close call for officers. yes. it was a protective shield that saved a tampa police officer's life. the officer was holding that shield when the man fired at him, the bullet was less than an officers tell me after the man tried to shoot them twice-- the first time the gun didn't go off-- they had no choice but to fire back, killing him in the front yard of the home at 3312 cherokee. officers were here because someone called 9-1-1 for help in a domestic dispute officers killed and a woman who lives inside. the woman was not hurt. but a tampa police spokesperson tell close that bullet came to the officers. more than one officer will be on paid administrative leave while the police department investigates. police aren't releasing the man's name. officers are out here now working to find out why that the officers. live in s t

overturned in downtown tampa. i do know that florida avenue is back opened in the northbound lanes at kennedy boulevard. watch out for police on scene. coming up in ten minutes i'll give you drive times and we'll get a look at the bridges. >>> good thursday morning to you. welcome to 10 news this morning. i'm allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. thank you very much for joining us. >>> tampa police are looking home. they tell us the people tied up the two inside. they stole jewelry, electronics and officers have been on the scene since 2:00 a.m. >> this is an area near yukon street. >> this is near busch boulevard. they got inside and tied up the people. then they stole the items and took off. the people inside were able to untie themselves and that's when they were able to call police. we don't have a very good description of these suspects at this point. that's what police are investigating. we are working to get a better description. as soon as we get that we'll bring it to you on 10 news. >>> the top republican contenders for the white house will face off in a debate tonight in detroit. there

>>> a deputy shoots a man at a tampa apartment complex. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >>> right now, hillsborough deputies are at the windwood oaks apartments in north tampa investigating. >> that's where we find news channel 8's josh thomas this morning. what are deputies telling you? >> reporter: right now, they are continuing to investigate this deputy-involved shooting that happened off of florida avenue. sheriff's office received a call about a man shouting and waiving a gun at the windwood oaks apartments. when deputies arrived, they tried to talk to the man through the speakers in the cruisers but he would not put the gun down. and when they approached them, he was shot several times. >> we had a subject with a gun. and they were in fear of their safety and the safety of others. and in fact, they were concerned that he may go into another apartment and take hostages. but his direction of threats was at our personnel. and he pointed the gun at them and advanced at their direction at which t

hitting a tampa police officer head on says the police have the wrong driver. glass. >> and i'm sere ree na fizon. >> reporter: this is where she was pulled over and arrested but tonight tampa police and this woman have two different >> i was not on that interstate at all. >> reporter: this dash cam video released by tampa police shows a wrong way driver heading south bound sunday morning. you can see an off duty officer collision. that same officer made this radio call identifying the driver as being female. tampa police say 34-year old aja is behind the wheel. >> that was not me. it was. >> reporter: she was driving her gray honda insight westbound on bush boulevard when she made an entrance. she says she knows she shouldn't have crossed the grass median. >> it's a mistake of mine. cars. i know it was wrong. >> reporter: tampa police have a . tampa police released this 911 call. >> the witness is heard telling the wrong way driver is a man who is driving a gray nissan. >> i have three different kinds of lights. i have my regular light and hd light and a have a dark light there whic

through tampa road through oldsmar. that might be quicker for you. the gandy bridge moving great as well. we'll keep you posted as to when that bridge opens back up. elsewhere in the bay area we're in great shape on the interstates, in the green, i-4 and i-75 into tampa. 275 over in pinellas county from bridge to bridge. >>> ivan, we just made it this weekend, weather was pretty good. a little sticky now. >> yes, and a lot of clouds. i'm glad it's mostly cloudy though because what happened is folks heading from pinellas to tampa would bump into a sunrise that they are not used to this time of morning. we're talking about sunrise at 7:40. it's going to change things up here. so the overcast skies will help but keep in mind we have a different situation this morning. but the sunrise at 7:40. there is the stream of moisture coming in. we had showers and storms late yesterday. this is what is left over, not much as far as any heavy downpours but we'll continue to track this as theyen to head from southwest to northeast. st. pete beach getting in on that as well. that will continue as we

reitz. breaking news this morning out of tampa. tampa police are investigating a home invasion. it happened around 2 this morning on west yukon street, that's just south of busch boulevard. here's what we know right now. two people were home at the time when two men forced their way demanded money. police say they stole some small electronics and jewelry, before taking off. thankfully no one was hurt, but police are still searching for those two men. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we will bring you a live update as soon as they get there. tonight the top republican contenders for the white house will face off in a debate in detroit. they'll be missing a familiar face: ben carson. carson hasn't officially dropped out of the race, but he made it pretty clear that'll be his next step, telling supporters he does not see a political path forward after super tuesday. right now, after 15 republican contests, carson has just 8 delegates. trump has 319. here's where analysts say carson faltered. in wake of the san bernadino and paris terror attacks, the race turned its focus sha

mccowan in for gene ramirez. our top stories this morning, tampa is moving closer to decriminalizing marijuana. the city council gave preliminary approval to a plan that would openly impose a small fine for those caught with 20 grams or less of pot. right now you can lose your driver's license. spend up to a year behind bars and be fined up to $1,000. a final vote is scheduled for march 17th. >>> a showdown in mo town. candidates wept after each other nasty fast. >> this little guy has lied so much. >> about my record. >> here we go. the personal attacks. >> he has lied so much about my record. >> mr. rubio, senator rubio, why don't you let him finish. >> while trump's rivals slammed the businessman. they vowed to support trump if nomination. >>> the excitement is building for the news channel 8's outdoors expo and boat show. it kicks off in seven hours at the florida state fair grounds. there you'll find all sorts of fun things for the family from boats to fishing gear and other stuff that is all new. >>> time now is 6:01. let's check in with meteorologist leigh spann. hi, leigh! >>

hearing. they want to speak to the judge... they also plan to protest outside the tampa courthouse. investigators say: huffman hit and killed "roger perez borrotto" on the howard frankland bridge last month... she was already out on bond when the accident took place. she was awaiting trial on an un-related *theft that bond... and could decide today whether she can bond out again. the tow truck drivers are against that... saying her checkered driving record before this accident, makes her a danger to the public. 3 3 (jen a highlands county teacher, accused of having a *sexual *relationship with a *student... is facing new charges this morning. 38-year-old "stacy lynn hooks" was arrested last month. she's a math teacher at "hill gustat" middle school in sebring. investigators texts to a 14-year-old student. now, they've added a charge involving some sort of "obsene material." hooks is on administrative leave right now. 3 ((walter)) taking the *huff out of the *puff. tampa city council-members will start discussing a new marijuana policy today... that could mean lighter punishment for

>>> a deputy shoots a man at a tampa apartment complex. that man is now dead. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. lots of breaking news this morning. let's get right to it. >>> hillsborough deputies are at the windwood oaks apartment in north tampa investigating. in the last 45 minutes, we learned that the man shot died at the hospital. >> news channel 8's josh thomas is live at the apartment complex this morning. josh, what are deputies telling you about the case and the victim involved? short while ago as you mentioned. and hillsborough deputies are still here on the scene investigating the deputy- involved shooting that happened off of florida avenue. last night, the sheriff's office received a call about a man shouting and waiving a gun around at the windwood oaks apartments. when deputies arrived, they tried to talk to the man through the cruiser speakers but when he still would not put the gun down and approached them, he ended up being shot several times. >> we had a subject with a gun and t

president's historic visit to cuba this week. a tampa police officer narrowly avoids getting hit by a wrong way driver. and an inside look at what will be pinellas county's tallest building. good morning and welcome to "10 news early morning." i'm mark rivera.. lets get a look at #10weather with meteorologist bobby deskins. president obama havana on sunday. now reporter chris martinez shows you what the president hopes to accomplish in this "historic three day visit" to the communist nation. president obama brought his family to cuba. a big step toward normalizing cold war adversary. he's the first cuba in nearly 90 sot: obama this is an historic visit and an opportunuty to with the cuban people. the president greeted u.s. embassy staff and then toured old havana. for weeks - work crews have been preparing for the president's arrival. .restoring some roads - and repaving others. fresh coats of paint have also been applied to homes and businesses in areas the president will and this welcome sign was put up outside a restaurant in old havana. many cubans are hopeful the visit will pav

delegates heats up tonight when marco rubio will be in tampa seeking for your vote. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the tampa convention center where rubio will meet with supporters later today. sarah, we know hispanic voters could be key in this election but will they make a difference for rubio in the florida primary? ian, this could be the first time americans have a latino in the white house, but both rubio and cruz may not have the voters they need to win. rubio's parents are from cuba ted cruz's father was born in cuba we know they are both fighting to get the growing hispanic vote but in several key swing states including florida most latinos are not cuban and most lean democratic. most also oppose both rubio's and cruz's positions on immigration reform. all of that could dash the gop's hopes that cruz or rubio could do what few republicans have ever been able to do in a presidential election: attract significant hispanic support. coming up-- rubio and john kasich are up against the clock. as the 3rd and 4th place candidates, time is running out for them to woo vo

at best buy. >> i have been here since 2:00 a.m. >> reporter: it is the line winding around tampa's irs office. more than 100 people, many victims of i.d. theft or fraud told they would need new personal identification numbers to file returns. they tried to website and phone and got nowhere. >> where it is a lack of staff or quality customer service the problem needs to be addressed. >> reporter: since it is first- come, first-serve at tampa's irs office several of these folks waited for hours only to be told at 4:30 sharp come back tomorrow. >> they just locked the door. >> reporter: that's not right said adrian who has been here. >> three times. >> reporter: the internal revenue service blames a spike in i.d. theft as budget cuts force them to cut back. >> the irs is aware of the lines at the taxpayer assistance center. we regret the frustration the tax payers are facing. >> reporter: in the meantime people in wheelchairs with kids in strollers wait outside with the frustration costing them money to get their money. >> second day to miss work to come out here. >> reporter: to help

an elevated portion of the express way and our deputy was eastbound who had just left tampa bay general hospital after working a traffic crash down in district 4 and was in route back to his district when the vehicle struck. >> do you know about how fast they were going? >> that's too early at this point, but it was a high speed crash. trying to stop this wrong way driver? >> it's too early in this point. it appears the deputy was trying to get out of the way. >> can you say how the deputy was doing? >> the deputy is decease. >> this has been a theme here in tampa. i've reported on so many wrong way crashes, what do we need to do to stop this? >> pay attention to the driving, and i think it's highlighting a bigger issue between distracted driver and dui. at this time of night, there's a lot of people consuming alcohol beverages out on the road, but we need to pay attention to what we're doing on the road and not spending our time on our cell phones and talking and texting. >> what's happening at the scene right now? >> the scene is being processed as any traffic homicide would b

candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >>> a duplex fire in tampa. while you were sleeping, flames broke out at a home on north lantana avenue. the red cross is stepping in to help. investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire. >>> in our other top stories this morning, presidential candidates are putting super saturday behind them and turning their attention to florida. this week, hillary rodham will hold rallies in tampa. senator rubio will be in the bay area today after winning puerto rico's delegates and now he is looking to win the sunshine state. >> we're going to win florida. and you will find out on march 15th how confident we are. >> in just a few minute, we will tell you what one republican party spokesman said senator marco rubio needs to win florida's primary. >>> the fight over a sex tape that gained international attention takes center stage in a st. pete court today. opening statements begin today in the hulk hogan verses gawker try. hogan is suing gawker, claiming it violated his privacy by posting portions of a sex tape he was in. >>> remembering nancy re

) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. >>> a deputy shoots a man at a tampa apartment complex. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm candace mccowan in for gene ramirez. >>> let's get into it right now. hillsborough deputies are at the windwood oaks apartments in north tampa investigating. >> that's where we find news channel 8's josh thomas live this morning. josh, what are deputies telling you about the case and the victim involved? >> reporter: well, hillsborough county deputies are continuing to investigate the shooting that happened at this apartment complex off of florida avenue. and now late last night, the sheriff's office received a waiving a gun around and shouting at the windwood oaks apartments. when they arrived, they did try talking to the man through the cruiser speakers but he still wouldn't put the gun down. and when he approached them, he was shot several times. >> we had a subject with a gun and they were in fear of their safety and the safety of others. in fact, they were concerned that he may go into another apartm

now tampa bay, i'm sarah rosario. >> sarah, thank you. >>> while we don't have a description on the person who might have done the shooting, we have a description of the car from police. they are looking for a white dodge challenger. similar to the one that you see on your screen. of course as sarah said, we will stay on top of this all afternoon long. as soon as we have new developments, we will bring them to you. >>> i want you to look closely at your screen. a couple women get off of the school bus, right? well then look who pops up in the back of that school bus. a child was left behind, locked in the bus. has happened. making matters worse, that student has special needs. abc action news reporter ryan raiche joins us live from the county. and then again? video that you have to see a couple times to really see it. this is the surveillance video from inside the school bus. it first shows the bus attendant and the bus driver getting off the bus after dropping all the kids off at school in the morning. notice they don't do a thorough check to see if anyone is left on board. about 1

as we get closer to a pflorida primary tampa becomes pground zero for hillary clinton pand bernie sanders today. p>> plus, fresh off at boat, pcaptain keith from at discovery pchannel's deadliest catch is plive here in studio this pmorning. pfrom tampa bay's number one news pstation, this is good day tampa pbay. phey effecting it's an 8 o'clock pi am laura moody. pgood morning we thank you for pwaking up with us on this pthursday more than march 10th we pwill get over to dave with a plook at the forecast. phow about 70 degrees an p8 o'clock in the morning. pwe're there. pan also noticing as well that pit's up to 63, which, ptechnically it's kind of been pmuggy outside. pobviously not summertime pmugginess but it does feel a plittle bit muggier than pyesterday. peast southeast winds we're we're p70 brandon 70s other areas pbordering on 70. panother warm one. pbreezy as well. pand high temperatures today pright back to the lower 80s. pand enjoy it, vanessa. pall right certainly will. pand a pretty much enjoying the proad conditions. pwe don't have whole lot of crash pthat is we're s

. >>> inverness just dropped to 48 degrees. temperatures drop. tampa now down to 54. we were at 57 a 60 in bradenton. the cold air is come ing ing from the north down the peninsula. 22 mile per hour winds in clearwater right now, 14 in brandon. gusting up in most cases to 25 miles per hour. that's going to keep us cool all day. obviously below average. average is 77. i'm expect ing 66 even colder tonight. more of us will be in the 40s. coming up in weather and traffic know about rain chances in this forecast. gayle. >> thank you so much , leigh. >>> developing right now, another wrong way driving incident in the bay area. this time a police officer was almost struck head on by the out of control driver. it's a story we first told you about sunday morning. the woman arrested is out of jail this morning and we are told -- and we were there to talk to when she walked out. this is a mug shot of a ja cancela. he was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of 275 in the fowler area. that officer had to swerve to avoid her. shortly after that another tpd officer stopped her and arrested her

tampa police officer inside were working together as part of a stolen car task force to help prevent the very thing that happened. - even worse...the officers weren't even pursuing this car. - they were looking for a different car and were heading to a place in st. pete where thieves are known to drop off stolen cars - that's when the car t-boned the undercover pickup truck police say there were six suspects police say there inside...ranging in age from 15 to 25. i'm also working on information on these suspects' background. i'll have that for you coming up at 6. em 10news, wtsp donald trump will at the convention up any additional supporters before tomorrow's primary here in florida. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the tampa convention center. sarah, there are concerns about violent protests and you've also learned one street closure will impact folks headed to work this morning. yes, franklin street will be closed in just a few hours-- starting at 8:00 a.m. from channelside water street. expected to cause too much trouble for morning rush hour. as you mentioned-

morning.. and welcome to good day tampa bay... at 4:00. i'm walter allen ((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes... in for stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your friday forecast - with dave. 3 3 3 developing this morning search for a stolen car... across *two counties. here's a look at where deputies found it... at tyrone north. deputies arrested the driver after a pursuit. they say the vehicle was stolen from tampa. passenger -- who at one point 3 another police chase... this time in *polk county. and it was all caught on camera. the guy in that white pick-up truck took deputies on more than a 14- mile chase before he was finally caught.((more)) 3 it all started thursday morning when someone called to report a suspicious vehicle in their front yard. when deputies got there... the suspect told them he didn't want to go back to jail... and took off. during the chase... the suspect drove through a pasture... crashed thru a fence... and went through a ditch full of water. he also crashed into a car that pulled over to let police get by. four people were inside that damaged car. f

tampa professor decked out in a tuxedo now wearing a county jail uniform instead. accused of sex trafficking a 14- year-old girl. how did this happen and were there red flags in his background. tammie fields is digging deeper. >> reporter: the plug has been pulled for now on assistant professor nathan maxton, teaching career in music now on hold. according to his arrest affidavit per fetzer mattson went online thursday to a website known by law enforcement advertised under a prostitute. mattson communicated with a man about having a 30 minute sexual encounter with the man's 14- year-old stepdaughter named for $140. i tried to track down someone who knows mattson and no one answered the door. but his neighbors had plenty to say. >> people have keys around here and a think we should be aware of what is going on. >> when mattson went to hook up with josie in an rv park he brought three condoms. that is when he learned he had been communicating with an undercover federal agent. >> what kind of background check did you do. >> i call the university of tampa to see why mattson was entru

pyour skytower p>>> from tampa bay's number one pnews station, this is the fox 13 pnews at noon. p>> anchor: good afternoon peveryone i'm linda hurtado. pwith thanks so much for joining pus. pa domestic disturbance called pled to a deadly officer involved pshooting in tampa. pthe suspect killed has been pidentified sony chin. pfox 13's alcides segui shows us pwhat led up to this shooting. p>> this this was a close call pfor several tampa police pofficers a domestic disturbance pcall that came in roughly about olice officers tell us a soon pas they got here a man walked poutside, armed with a gun, the pimmediately called for back up. pthat's when officers are telling pus they try speaking with him pthrough a pa system. pthey tried talking to him for pgood 45 minutes. pbut according to a police, he pwouldn't giver up without a pfight. phe came out of house again armed pwith a gun. paccording to a police, he even ulled the trigger and a bullet phit a protective shield. pthe officers were holding at pthat point police say they had pno other choice but to return pfire. pshooting and kil

peterson has been following this story all morning. he joins us from tampa general hospital where we're learning more about the deputy. >> reporter: good morning. this is where the morning begins. we saw about 10 police cruisers . they were parked outside of tampa general hospital. they just left. there were about 10 of them. in the middle was the medical examiner van. obviously they were taking the body from the hospital about he died early this morning. he was hit by a wrong-way driver on the selmon expressway in the brandon area..driver was going west in the eastbound lane. we also have photos of the patrol car. you can see the impact. they were going at a high rate of speed when the crash occurred. deputies responded to the crash to find out one of their own was involved. >> it's not something -- it's not something any police executive wants to go through. when you lose somebody that works with you. it's probably the worst part of the job. we go through a lot but when it's one of your own, it's very hard. >> reporter: the deputy was with the department for about six years. he comes

details of the clinton and sanders event here today in tampa. >>> and now at 5:30, police near pittsburgh are searching for at least two gunmen who a backyard party wednesday night. three others were injured. >>> fire investigators are trying to determine what started a fire at a house on 17th avenue in tampa. the home had no electricity. investigators believe the fire was started by squatters. >>> all right, it is 5:30 on this pre-friday. let's turn things over to brian bennett. >> i like that. temperatures in the 60s across much of the tampa bay area. st. petersburg 67. tampa, 68. sarasota right now is 6 6 degrees. satellite and radar picture. we are dry. just a few high, thin clouds drifting through the area. so it's going to be a nice day. partly cloudy skies and warm with a high of 83 degrees this afternoon. warm all across the tampa bay area in the middle 80s. the immediate coastal locations will be a tad cooler. clearwater right around 79 degrees but for the most part, remaining on the warm side no matter where you live. and coming up at 5:38, i'll trend to see if we hav

the situation under control. >>> an investigation underway after a fire and -- at a tampa gas station this morning. hazmat was called out but now no one around that area is in any danger. >>> president obama is continuing his visiting cuba. the will be at the rays game this afternoon. president obama met with key ben -- cuban president raul castro. they talked about human rights and the trade embargo. later in the evening the present was honored at the state dinner. >>> the president will enjoy of cuba's national sport when their baseball team takes on tampa bay rays. >> reporter: it is finally came day. the tampa bay rays are excited about this. between the rays and the cuban national team. i talk to players who joke they weren't sure they could get this overnight because they were so excited about the big game. it is here and have batting practice before noon today and the first which is scheduled for 1:50 pm. the present will be in the stands watch this history making ballgame. we would bring you some of the biggest moments. ian creates -- ian reitz. >> this is getting worl

>> breaking news on the new tampa bay. super tuesday fallout. who is all but dropping out of the race and who is opening up new campaign offices in tampa. >>> how donald trump and hillary clinton big wins have you rethinking your living arrangements. >>> it's not money bringing people in droves to the irs office. why they are having to show up in the middle of night, waiting hours to be seen. you may have to as well. >>> dolphin versus octopus. what these two creatures when doing when they found themselves in a wrestling match. >>> a record warm february across the world. what it means for us in tampa. it's 4:00 and it's time now the >> and we start with breaking news off the top. this video you're about to see is from moments ago from action air 1. the action happened in the last hour. the person inside the car was trapped. just moments ago the person was put in the ambulance and taken to the hospital. this happening at mlk and the i- 4 on-ramp in tampa. there's a little bit of backup but they have cleared the scene of the accident. >>> also breaking right now, breaking developm

. it is 53 in tampa. pockets of 40s to north. mild in bradenton. 55 in venice is 54. as we plan your afternoon what we'll see 10:00 a.m., 74. yesterday we were at 72. very close to where we were into the evening we'll see a nice pleasant night tonight with temperatures dipping back down to the 50s. a warmup in store. i'll tell you about that coming up. you can always track the weather any time. use our storm team 8 weather app. it is free. download it from the app store. >>> we are following breaking news right now. a car has crashed into a law office on 301 south near brandon. now the driver in the hospital. mary mcguire just pulled up to the scene. mary, what can you tell us? >> hey, good morning to you, candace. we're waiting on county enforcement to come to check out the law office to make sure it is still safe for people to go inside. we're waiting for the tow truck that is just pulling up. let us look at this video from this all happened after 4:00 a.m. when a driver was headed south on 301. he then veered off of 301 and hit a brick wall of the carport alambra. the driver was t

sweep. poperations at the airport are pnow back to normal. p>>laura: tampa international pairport is tightend as well. pit comes at a busy time, too. pmore than two million people pwill make their way through the pterminals in the coming weeks pfor spring break. pshayla reaves is live for us at pt.i.a. right now with some of pthe security changes, what pthey're doing differently at pthis particular time. pgood morning. p>>reporter: good morning to you. pthat airport officials are premaining in contact with t.s.a. pand federal agents. pthat's close contact, of course, pafter yesterday's explosions in pbrussels and those explosions rompted not only the airport phere in tampa to take a closer plook at security but airports paround the world. pso for folks that are travelling ptoday through tampa pinternational airport, there are psome security changes that you pwill see. pthey include more canine units pthroughout the airport, more puniformed police officers in ublic places. phere's what a spokesperson had pto say about safety. p>> the entire airport staff that pworks here at the airpor

." >>> we start "the now" tab with breaks. this flight -- tampa bay with breaking news. this flight 100 miles away from where they were supposed to end up. that's, again, baltimore to orlando. we're getting more information on that. as soon as we get it, we'll bring it to you. and now ashley is following the other today's top story, the primary here in florida. >> we have breaking developments to tell you about the presidential campaign today. sarah palin appearing for a rally for trump. that's despite after she said she was canceling because her snowmobiling accident in alaska. she put things in perspective, appreciating time, and the get trump elected. >> what we don't have time for is all that petty, punkass little thugary stuff that's been going on with these, quote, unquote, protestors who are doing nothing but wasting your time and trying to take away your first amendment rights, your rights to assemble peacefully, and the media being on the thug side. what the heck are you guys thinking, media? it doesn't make sense! [ booing ] >> it wasn't just palin. a lot of other people c

>>> new stories breaking right now on "the now tampa bay." less than an hour ago the usa no longer looking if are armed suspects. someone called in a man in a french coat was on campus. there was a text sent to students. no one was found and no other calls came in about the possible suspect. >> and we are learning a driver that hit and killed a hillsborough deputy was going the wrong way, almost three times the legal limit for blood another driver says the deputy raced to save her car from getting hit. >>> and new video from tampa, a tampa police dash cam video. [audio difficulties -- static, how long do you guys use a pipe, smoke? how about you? >> that is crest lake park in clearwater. a body cam showing three people barely able to speak after using. nearly 30 calls were suspected for overdoses. this is just really difficult. this area is near st. vincent de paul shelter. earlier today we were capturing people that seemed to be on something. we are not sure what. their eye were closed, swaying, unable to stand up on their own, hanging on a fence at some point. police are in downt

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bay area. clinton promised to defend planned parenthood while she was in tampa and also talked about jobs. in less than two hours, sanders will address a crowd at the fairgrounds. air action 1 captured the long lines in the parking lot. >>> deputies say they took down ten marijuana grow houses. good evening. i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm laura harris. jake peterson is live at one of the grow houses right now. how are the dealers blending in? >> reporter: investigators say the dealers set up shop in normal neighborhoods like this one in citrus park. if you look closely, you may see signs of a grow house operation like the installation of this privacy fence, security dress -- and this no trespassing sign. deputies shedding light on these operations earlier this week. >> tuesday morning there were about eight deputies sitting in the front yard. >> reporter: he had no idea that his neighbors are using this home as a front for a marijuana grow operation. >> we never had any contact with them. they kept to themselves. >> reporter: but deputies say they were supplying marijuana to users in

years old. >>> a beautiful site this morning as we are looking out from our tampa location. it's already a brightening sky. the sun came up just a few moments ago. but last night, it was a beautiful start for the weekend at the florida strawberry festival. nbc action news on the social media platform, tweeting us out . a beautiful shot from the midway and it is of course, strawberry festival time. take a look at the radar and satellite composite your it's going to be a great day. a few clouds streaming in from the west. we have had a cold front so it's going to be very pleasant out on the midway today. temperatures are starting off in the crisp. it will feel cooler than this time yesterday. 48 in spring hill. and auburndale. 51 and ruskin. 52 in ellington. 53 in tampa and sarasota. the warm spot, siesta key at 55. platte city, free kids day today. 10:00, the midway activities start. cheap trick is going to round out the evening with a performance at 7:30. here's the way your day is going to look. a nice one. temperatures pushing up into the mid-70s. even warmer tomorrow. we will

here in tampa. brooksville. that came through yesterday has left us chillier this morning. 50 degrees in clearwater, 43 in inverness, but even though getting off to this cool start -- actually turning out very comfortable. by 10 am, 65, 75 for the high later this afternoon so that's right where we should be this time of year and then as we head in -- through the evening temperatures should not be quite as cool as what we're dealing with. in fact, tomorrow dealing with more mid-70 degree readings. enjoy it while it is here because we will be warming up this week. big warmup in-store in the extended forecast but for this -- attakora activities -- outdoor activities, sure looks good. >>> a cop caught on camera . evicted violently out of the cruiser and kicking him while on the ground. officer williams was suspended for a day but now the victim, kevin mccue, watson off the streets. police arrived after mccue got into a heated argument with his date. an investigation but the -- attorneys say this isn't the whole video. mccue and his attorneys say the paramedics simply stood by and watched.

officers brought in no break up those fights. news channel 8's jen holloway is live in our tampa news center with the very latest. >> i'm going to take you now live to the city looking high above as a chopper flies high, a much different scene this we do know there are numerous officers patrolling throughout that downtown area. earlier tonight the thousands gathered inside the building were a mix of do or die trump supporters as well as those who came with an agenda to create chaos, so much so trump pulled the plug on the program through a campaign spokesman. >> mr. trump just arrived in chicago and after meeting with law enforcement has determined that for the safety of all the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena tonight's rally will be postponed until another date. thank you very much for your attendance and please go in peace. >> reporter: shortly after this announcement fists began flying between trump supporters and protesters. dozens of fights broke out both inside and outside the arena. immediately a large contingent of chicago police officers

large number of tampa bay rays family like the reverend miguel salas tuesday. day years ago. he showed me a picture from a visit in 1999 when he shook the hand of fidel castro. what were you thinking? >> i was thinking more than anything of what's actually happening right now, the reconciliation of both of our countries reaching out to the leader because when you reach out to government leaders, you reach out to the whole nation. >> reporter: along with the president, of course, a congressional delegation and business leaders hoping for change. we see small businesses. that's relatively new within the past five or six years, but there's more that needs to be done and it all begins right here in havana. i'm keith cate reporting. >> thank you very much, keith. as he mentioned, the tampa bay rays headed to cuba to face the cuban national team on tuesday. >> rays players tweeted out these pictures just before departing for havana tonight saying they are very excited to be a part of this historic game. >>> preparations also underway for the rolling stones who will hold a free concert in hav

rubio will be in tampa. >> sarah hollenbeck is outside stakes are high here. >> reporter: running out of time and running out of money. marco rubio will be here at the convention center tonight trying to convince you that he is still the best option not only for florida from all across the country. marco rubio did pick up another win. he won in puerto rico while senator ted cruz and donald trump are working just as hard to add john rubio in his own state. governor john kasich continues to struggle to pick up delegates. the second ranked candidates could bond together to keep trump out of the white house. if trump can get the 1237 delegates necessary the party could select a different candidate in july at the national convention in cleveland. >> if you look at the delegate maps it is clear that it will be hard for anyone including donald to get to 1000 237,000 delegates. ideally you would have someone he can do that. >> campaign money is drying up and that is the other concern. hillary clinton and senator ted cruz and bernie sanders have the most money left in their campaign bank a

hilary zalla. palm harbor at u.s. 19 and tampa road watch out for emergency vehicles on the scene. coming up in ten minutes we'll look at drive times and our bridges. >>> good wednesday morning. welcome to 10 news this morning. i'm allison kropff. >>> i'm ian reitz. >>> this morning donald trump big wins from super tuesday. they both are walking away winners. >> 10 news reporter sarah hollenbeck is here to break it down for us. >> it is looking very good for clinton. delegates. look at this number. 1237 needed to win. he still has a way to go. here's how he stacks up against his opponents. he is doing pretty darn well. this is the democratic side. you can see clinton has 1001. she needs 2383. trump was telling a crowd in palm beach last night he is congress. ted cruz has wins in oklahoma and texas. marco rubio won minnesota. trump's super tuesday wins question whether his nomination will keep them out of the white house. to lose to the most dishonest politician in america, hillary clinton. how can you do that? nominate someone who is crazy. >> if donald trump wins it will split th

@ @>>> from tampa bay's number one @news station, this is "good @day tampa bay." @>> lloyd: trump fever just @down the i-4 corridor. @orlando. @what you need to know about @today's rally. @>>> and the president, the rays @>>> and the president, the @rays, even st. pete mayor rick @kriseman is making trips to @cuba. @now tampa international airport @want to fly more tourist there @is too. @>> lloyd: good saturday @morning, i am lloyd sauers in @this morning for alcides segui. @>> anjuli: i am anguli davis. @those stories in just a minute, @but first lindsay is here with @a check of the start of the @day. @warmed 3 degrees since last @hour in tampa. @i take you looking over can can @en dee toward the beaches and @the causeway. @milky high clouds. @that warming trend is under way @and under way as well at the @strawberry festival. @what a day to head out there. @leave a jacket at home because @by the time the gates only at @10 a.m., mid-60s making an @appearance. @last stop will be lakeland at @54 degrees this morning @54 degrees this morning. @temperatures are warming. @we are now a

highs in the low across tampa are in the low 60s. the winds relaxing but still breezy, between 10-15 miles per hour and gusts in the low 20 miles per hour range. the wind speeds continue to come down throughout the evening and give us more kofrment comfort. we're down to 50 degrees. low temperatures could be as low citrus and hernando counties. so as long as you protect your pets and plants we should make it through the last blast of cool air through the season. i'll show how we are going to warm up with sunshine ahead. >>> new video tonight showing a close call between a tampa driver. you can see from the dash cam swerve out of the way to avoid crashing. the officer was heading home from his shift early sunday along i-275. the wrong way driver was arrested for dui on bush boulevard. we'll hear from her and why she says she's innocent. >>> a hillsborough county deputy that was killed by a wrong way driver is being laid to rest this week. investigators saying tonight the 30-year old intentionally drove into the wrong way car to save another driver. services were held for him last w

most of the game. a crowd of 55,000. excitement in the stands. tampa bay and all around the world. the rays won that game, four-1. it became more about this call -- baseball. we saw the first family arrive at the president and the secretary of state. the present greeted members of the tampa bay rays and check their hands. we talked about an atmosphere and you have to see what it looked like in the hours leading up. then started lining up this morning and were allowed into the stadium at 11:00. they were excited to interact with the tampa bay rays players. st. pete mayor rick kriseman is on the trip. he is traveling with the team. we talked about how this game sets the region apart as the relationship continues to change with the us and cuba. >> we are so proud of our team ambassador not only of our city but of our country. the players and the administration and ownership. and that is the message we are trying to send to the rest of the world is that we are a welcoming community and our team represents that. i can't think of anybody better to represent major league baseball than the ray

investigation is underway after a fire at a tampa gas station. it started around firefighters were able to put it out pretty quickly. hazmat was called out, but right now, no one around the area is in any danger. president obama is continuing his visit in cuba today. as we've been he'll be at the rays game this afternoon. president obama met with cuban president raul castro in havana on monday. the two leaders talked about issues from agriculture to human rights and of course, the half- century old u.s. trade embargo against the communist nation. later in the evening.. the president was honored with a state dinner. this afternoon the president will enjoy cuba's national sport-- when the country's baseball team take on our very own tampa bay rays! 10 news morning anchor ian reitz -- is in havana. getting worldwide attention.. and we're proud to call the rays our allison.. there's going to be a watch party for locals today. while millions are watching, in st pete, you can catch today's game with hundreds of other rays fans. hung outside of ferg's bar and grill in downtown st pete, right n

mulberry street house. no one inside of the home or the car was hurt. tampa fire rescue crews say the home is structurally sound. >>> an updated search will start again at sunrise for a man who jumped into lake seen since. the dive team searched the water for the man who a friend says is 21 years old. boat with a group of people when he dove into the water to grab a noodle float. rescuers tell us he doesn't know how to swim. >>> fans of frank sinatra, jr. are remembering him this passing yesterday. he was. he was set to perform but went into cardiac arrest while on tour in daytona beach and died. while m. so many of you are remembering your favorite songs many covers of his father's famous tunes. [music] >> frank sinatra, jr. followed his father into the music industry. he worked for his dad before becoming a singer in his own right. at 19 years old, he was kidnapped and held for ransom for two days. media wall, you can see the staff has posted a message on its web site sending condolences to the sinatra family. huck also find ticket refund information on that site. >>> a warning

our crews on the ground, in the air, tampa fire and rescue and tampas me. we have been told that tamampa police will be briefing us at 12:20. it's 12:21 now so we're a little behind fromm tampa police as they're trying to come out and tell t the news media exactly what has happened here. so we're getting information that you see from the air, and a little this teterms of what was involvedd in we do know that there were two aircrafaft involved. one aircraft remains on the runway there in a grassy area. it's charred from the fire that occurred following this plane. as we wait for a briefing, i'm not sure if we can did back to paul or try peter again. >> hello, things are prettyy much the same up here. the fire crews aren't actively attacking this plane anymore. it look like it's pretty much out. they're investigators to come out. they got it out pretty quickly. >> again we don't know if anyone died in this, it anyone was hurt or injured. i don't know if you were able to see an ambulance or anything leaving the airport grounds. >> no, i didn't see anything leaving. i saw -- i had to