. >>> hulk hogan is finally getting his day in court. opening statements set to begin this morning in the civil trial between hulk hogan and gawker. >> he's suing the site for millions after the sex tape released of him. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan joins us from the courthouse in st. pete. good morning, rodney. >> reporter: good morning. the jury in this case will be deciding if hulk hogan's right the release of the sex tape. his attorneys contend seven million people viewed the grainy sex tape since its release in 2012. they contend he made his sex life public with several media interviews the last few years. they posted a short clip from the full video. the six-member jury selected last week will determine if hogan's rights were violated. hogan, whose real name is terry bollea is suing gawker for $100 million for posting the tape of him and the ex-wife of a tampa radio host having sex, recorded in 2006 and released by this web site in 2012. hogan is possibly the biggest star in the wwe's history and was inducted into the ha

you're married to bubba the love sponge and you think hulk hogan is cheesy? >> larry: you think they're in this together? >> they have to be. is is the new paradigm for thousand release a sex tape. instead of going straight to vivid and getting $1 million or $2 million, sell it to an irreputable news outlet and get millions. >> hey, i'll have sex with your wife! >> it might be part of the fetish. they might enjoy the fact of it not only being filmed but broadcast publicly. >> hulk hogan had the biggest boner during the trial. everyone's watching me, brother! (laughter) >> larry: what's amazing is erin andrews secretly filmed in her hotel room was awarded 55 million and half of that from a guy who had no money. >> hulk hogan, i don't get these guys, $140 million! >> even in privacy invasion women are getting (bleep). >> we're still earning less in bed when it comes to tremendous lease of sex tapes (applause) >> a totally different issue. the reasons for the lawsuit are totally different. >> larry: seems related to me, though. >> both are invasions of privacy.

with hogan's testimony they have to consider if hogan is a victim and suffered $100 million worth of damages. with two witnesses taking the stand wednesday. >> the true likely value they got from posting sex tapes is just over $15.4 million. >> reporter: hogan's team rested in a case that brought national attention involving a former wrestler, his sex tape and first amendment rights. >> the jury has been indated with all these first amendment speeches. they heard from hulk hogan and multiple witnesses that talked the journalists mind at the time. >> reporter: attorney kearnes says what the jury hasn't heard is how the posting of this tape ultimately hurt hogan. >> did the jury see him as a vulnerable man who suffered internally? >> reporter: a few weeks ago sports caster erin andrews sobbed on the stand showing a jury how emotionally distraught she was after seeing her pictures naked online. >> she was a woman who was violated and the jury seemed to sympathize with that. will the same jury feel the same way with hulk hogan? it is a local jury and he is from the area so he may have mo

show called "hogan knows best." drifted apart but he had a friend he says always had his back. >> he was holding my father as my father passed away. so there was never any question of, you know, who he was or what he meant to me. >> reporter: his name, bubba klem. the shock jock in florida. hogan says his best friend proposed an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. >> heather wants to have sex with you, heather wants to see the size of your [ bleep ]. it started out like that. >> reporter: heather was klem's wife. >> klem asked you, and do you recall your answer? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan said he laughed it off. marriage because he talked about it on the radio. but i thought with me it was so many times they talked about it, it kind of turned into a joke. >> reporter: but at his lowest point he says he called his friend. >> she basically said, i'm filing for divorce. all i did was called bubba, crying like a baby on the phone, i broke down. the house, let's talk, you know. i was just so desper

hogan blames gawker and doctor denies releasing audio clips. within hours of the race went, hogan saw his career unravel. he was pushed away. >> the trial to begin with jury selection continuing tomorrow. hogan is claiming his privacy we will be on every aspect of the trial and throughout the weeks to come. sleep, jennifer titus. >>> will be streaming the sex tape tile -- trial from beginning to end. >>> the future of getting from one side of the bay to the other is on the water. ferry project is one step closer to reality. downtown tampa partnership what you can expect. the pilot program will run from november of this year to april of next year on fridays, saturdays and sundays. if it is a hit and i but it will be the service will expand. >>> look at this. pretty good right now but not so great earlier. just south of 275. a crash that happened slow going. >>> let's take a look outside. gorgeous beautiful day in downtown st. pete. keep in mind looks can be deceiving. a cold front is on the way. what is it me for the forecast. get traffic and we

hulk hogan takes on "gawker" over a leaked sex tape. the plaintiff rests its case in the $100 million courtroom drama. the star witness having a tough week. >> it started off like that. >> where does hulk mania end and privacy begin? >>> first the "nightline 5." >> for the best deals get to lumber liquidators spring flooring sale. all laminate is 10% to 20% off. popular styles from 39 cents. three-quarter inch solid prefinished hardwood and engineered hardwood. 20% off wood look tile. all in-stock vinyl plank is on sale. deals for bamboo and 18 months special financing. the best prices of the season won't last. lumber liquidators today, it' >>> good evening. thank you for join us. tonight a chaotic scene and the latest flash pint of the donald trump campaign to win the white house. a concern for safety trumped trump's campaigning in chicago forcing the gop front run tore call off his campaign rally. what the tough-talking billionaire is saying wabout it. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: tonight in chicago a college campus suddenl

in court he said he thought it was all a joke, and hogan is suing for invasion of privacy, and gawker claims since hogan is a public figure, the sex tape is newsworthy. >>> and topping the social scene today, many latinos are seeking want to vote against donald trump. it says donald trump's remarks about mexicans have motivated many legal immigrants to apply for citizenship. an estimated 1 mlieoe could file paperwork in 2016. >>> mac users are being targeted with the first malware aimed specifically at apple's software system and steals your files, encrypts them, then asks you to get your files back. apple is taking steps to protect against the ransom ware. >>> and check out this video from a chick-fil-a in fayetteville, on raeford road using sign language to post an order. the customer's mother posted this on facebook, expressing her prergiation. appreciation. that's what's happening on today's social scene. >> that's a good one. that's pretty amazing. >> that inspires me. >> it's about inclusion. >>> and the harder you exercise, the less accurate your fitness tracker. >> that's what

hogan is suing gawker for posting a clipon line involving hogan and the former wife of sponge. have we heard anything, we did, they wanted help playing a clip of that sex tape so we know they have viewed it. and hogan's team went to work, accusing guamer of violating hogan's right to privacy after they say it is gawker's reckless disregard and they want the jury to award him 100 million dollars in damages. gawker said hulk hogan talked in graphic detail about his sex life. and he was in character as hulk hogan when he talked talked about his sex life and on howard stern, tmz, performance on the tape. they challenged hogan's attorney saiding if that was so damage and hurtful why didn't they show it to the jury during the trial? >> why did they not show you that video? the video that is the reason we are all here. because that video does not show all that much. the video gawker posted is not like a real sex tape. it's not like kim kardashian, -see close ups, body pardons, you don't see graphic sex acts. it is nine seconds, gawker encouraged the jury could watch it in the jury roo

hogan's ex-wife tamera mcclaren told police she suspected hogan was responsible for gaffney's death after he asked to drop off the children with her. police arrested hogan the next day. he faces up to 50 years in prison. his sentencing is set for may 20th. a fire this morning at an apartment building in cedar rapids sent two people to the hospital. cedar rapids firefighters responded to 702 ninth street southwest just before 2 this morning. crews extinguished the fire on the main floor of the building, and stayed on ene until 4 a-m to m mitor hot spots. everyone inside got out before firefighters arrived. emergency responders took two me to university for smoke inhalation. remember, whenever you see news happening, give us a call on our newsline nine. can also send in pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. the iowa regents say they never heard about an incident involving the university of iowa's interim public safety director and his driving crash. the associated press obtained records showing public safety director david visin refused to pull over for police while driving his s

. >>> hulk hogan is expected back on the stand today in the civil trial between him and the hogan testified monday that he was, quote, humiliated when gawker published a video of him having sex. he is suing the website for $100 million. gawker's attorneys will get to cross-examine him later today. >>> and a live look at the university of tampa this morning. you can see sort of. it's a little dark on campus right now but it's going to be a beautiful day with temperatures reaching about 80 degrees. meteorologist leigh spann is here to tell us more about what's in store. >> we will see a few patchy clouds but it will really feel like spring. and just like yesterday, there's a bit of a chill this morning. but it's not even as cold as yesterday. 49 right now in brooksville. 50 in inverness. yeah, it's cool. it just won't stay this way for long. 55 in lakeland. 53 in apollo beach. and look at what a 24 hour difference we're already seeing. brooksville, inverness, already seven degrees warmer. and brandon, about seven should be fantastic today at the strawberry festival. at 7:30, trace atkins hitt

hulk hogan was embarrassed. >> reporter: hogan claims he was physically upset when he found out the tape was public. >> i just started violently shaking. i couldn't stop. >> reporter: the defense is trying to show that terry balea, hulk hogan knew that there was security cameras in the house, and perhaps knew was going on. he will be back on the stand tomorrow as the trial continues. >> it's expected to go on for a while now, jeff patterson reporting live in st. petersburg, thank you. >>> a health alert, a haines city man accused of passing himself off as a legitimate doctor. license. somebody contacted the florida department of health when they heard that man well cordova offering medical advice on a >> we have done a couple of days worth of surveillance, and then did an undercover operation to, you know, find the probable cause that he was doing that. >> cordova is now charged with practicing without a license, and scheming to defraud. >>> right now, republican presidential candidate marco rubio is in tampa campaigning for your vote. it is an up hill battle based on polling. if rubio h

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hogan is suing gawker for $100 million in damages. >>> tragedy tonight in texas. a fire sweeping through a humane society building, killing 67 dogs inside. investigators believe the fire was caused by a bad dryer. the organization is now asking for foster families for the animals that survived as well as donations of blankets, dog and cat food and cat litter. repairs also. >>> tampa voters may have one more decision to make in its way. the nc -- the naacp is pushing >> people have been stopped every day. >> reporter: so-called biking while black tickets have dropped according to the chair frank redrick but only because the chief is using discretion to cut down on ticket statistics. >> tampa is one of the largest cities of its size that has no ameaningful community oversight of policing. >> reporter: tampa for justice and naacp are calling for an initiative to bring a investigative panel one that citizens could appeal to directly. a panel that would have its own budget and staff. results. and what we are seeing is that they need to be the beginning into local naacp

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he testified while he is at home he is not hulk hogan. hulk hogan: in the privacy of my home i am terry boehlert. italy invades the privacy of my jim: the trial is expected to last three weeks. gawker says the footage was provided to them but they do not know its exact origin. it is one of those rare scenarios. if you found a bag full of cash would you keep it. we would be telling you about if someone cap. bob tracy is a transit worker in philadelphia and he found $15,000 in a bag inside a purse along the street. he says he didn' t think twice about turning it in. that is what he did. he called police and return the cash. police are still try to figure out who lost the money. why no one has come forward to claim it. i give the guy credit. a lot of people might not do tony: here are some of the photos that been sent in by viewers. temperatures in the upper 70' s. but show of the spring breakers have found that yet. but very comfortable 65 degrees downtown right now. a very large dome of high pressure. not going anywhere for the next couple

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he wrote a letter to hulk hogan wanting to sell his sex tape. hogan said he claims he never knew one existed and didn't want to make money off it. mike foley was on the stand struggling when talking about the first amendment and freedom of press. court adjourned today and will start back up tomorrowing at 9:00 a.m. we'll be there live as hogan's team has two more witnesses to take the stand before they rest. jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> new information in polk county an abduction near a school bus stop turned out to be a fake. the story because she didn't want to walk a mile home. he'll be charged with reporting a false alarm. >>> partners at the times report the legislators plan to set aside a million dollars to move the church building from palm avenue. tampa heights junior civic association is inside this church. the building owned by fdot is slated to be demolished so the department is expand i-275. this all needs approval from governor rick scott. >>> in sarasota a new home for books that used to be in a moving library. hamilton office

cole saying she slept with hogan at the request of clem. >> you had sexual relations with -- >> yes. >> do you recall the number of these encounters you had -- >> weeks later clem revealing he recorded one of their encounters. but cole who said she and her husband had an open relationship admitting he had done it before. >> did he record other encounters during your marriage? >> yes. >> and yesterday gawker refusing to allow clem to be called as a witness instead allowing the lawyers to read out the questions for clem to be in the court record. >> leading to confirm that he told the fbi that he and miss cole knew that the sexual encounter was being recorded. >> reference to a fbi investigation related to the tape sealed by the judge. >> it's white noise, the whole purpose is to distract why we are here work are here to recover damages for what they did to hulk hogan. >> and an expert for gawker claimed that the website only made $11,000 off the hogan tape and that is a stark contrast to the number they put at $15 million. >>> now a florida woman fighting to keep her pet alligator, ra

about his exploits which means the tape is news worthy. but hogan says that was not the hogan the entertainer doing damage control.interviewer: that was the coarct. we can talk about the tripall, about what i said, i body slammed elephants. you know, i've surf on tiger sharks. those are all lies but that's a character. >> hogan added that he would never lie under oath. attorneys still trying to figure out who sent that the tape to gawker. and finally, we have good year. the company just unveiled tires for those self driving cars. they're pretty cool. take a look. they're called the eagle 360 and they look like just large balls. the company says they're good for going over pot holes and making tight turns. they would also help with parallel parking because they would allow the car to just go sideways, right into that spot. they would also make axles obsolete, connecting to the cars with mag next levitation. but the company says they still have some technical issues to but aren't they kind of neat? >> i think it's cool. >> it is cool. >> wouldn't that be awesome? a little space craft. >> easier

hulk hogan was embarrassing. >> hogan is seeking $100 million from the website. >>> havana, cuba s suld be busy with president obama's visittnd a concert by the rolling stones. crews aretarted to move equipment around havana's sports complex. their trip follows another major concert that happened in havana this weekend when mayor laser rocked out for a crowd there. >>> our pleasant temperatures may be coming to an end soon. i'll have warmer forecasts coming up. >>> exotic pet owners, listen up. >> if you have an exotic pet and you can no longer take care of it, there's an event this ekend that you might be interested in. one, , two, three, four. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan n keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> welcome back. if you own an exotic pet and you can no longer take care of it, you're in luck here. exotic pet amnesty die isay is this com

and hogan is suing the website gawker after they released a sex tape of hogan in 2012. he claims it was an invasion of his privacy but the website claimed he is a public figure and the tape should be considered news worthy. the general council addressed that issue for gawker. >> it went well. we will take them through our facts and the evidence in this case. and i think they'll understand protected by the first amendment when a celebrity is out there and talking in detail about a story, the media is allowed to join in the conversation. and that's what we did here. >> reporter: now a jury of six as well as three alternates have been chosen to hear this case. opening statements in the civil trial are slated to begin at 9:00 this morning. you can count on news channel 8 to follow the trial throughout the day and have the very latest updates on our newscast first at 4:00. >> going to be an interesting one with the hulk hogan here from the bay area and all the attention. all right, thanks, josh. >>> speaking of hogan, his shop in clearwater beach opened today. the building w

hogan trial speak out. why they awarded him more than $100 million in a leaked sex tape. >>> and teams are arriving in philadelphia for two key games in the naacp tournament. "action news" reporter john rawlins live at the wells fargo center with more now. >> reporter: hi sara, well fans of the badgers and the tar heels and fighting irish and hoosiers are coming into philadelphia over the next day or so, they are in day for the tourist and hospitality folks here they hope they will spend spend spend somewhere between $12 million and $18 million. early arriving naacp fans for open practices, noon until 4:00 wisconsin. notre dame, carolina and indiana will get a feel for the arena. they are expected to pull thousands of people into philadelphia and generate great room rates for the hotels and dine in the eateries and otherwise spend money in the local economy. >> i will spend a lot of money, 20 irish fans. don't drink coca cola, we drifrk the cold stuff. >> we are going to the liberty bell area and hope to fi

it's not even a hulk hogan situation that got hacked. it's been on the internet. donald trump himself seemed very proufd it. he has a beautiful wife and she has a right to pose wherever she wants. you have donald trump, instead of coming o out and saying, listen, i'm proud of my wife. this is what she did in her career. i'm proud she made the cover of gq and goes to attack heidi cruz reminds me of when osama bin laden and 9/11. one had nothing to do with the other. poor heidi cruz ends up a victim in all of this. and the media has been covering it as a tit for tat and donald trump was clearly in the wrong and ted cruz had nothing to do with this. >> cruz has seized on this. >> and he should. of course he should. >> ad as well he should. >> megyn kelly tweeted, seriously? donald trump has taken plenty of shots at her. but the reporter story now, there is one in your paper, democratic strategy is to portray trump as an unabbased sexist. trump's critics see the latest a ain a troubling pattern. and then trump in his twitter response said the press is going out of its

thanks lauren- hogan's sentencing is set for may 20th in linn county. lisbon police tell us they are following up on leads today after vandals marked up multiple buildings. it happened february 21st, city officials say a large portion of the lisbon community was at the state wrestling tournament that day. as you can see here rude messages with very large letters were put on the school. police say the vandalism could be seen from highway thirty. kwwl's kristin rogers--spending time in lisbon today talking with the school principal as well as other victims, kristin? the principal tells me it was a long clean up process the next morning but a group of volunteers helped to remove the paint as quickly as possible. rude language plastered on the side of lisbon school, so big it could easily be seen from it's not something any principal would want to see on their buildings. (cg: ian dye/ somebody that in frusteration would damage public property like that." d and d body shop had the intials d-b-z tagged on to their nearly new garage door, which has since been

then the hogan team is expected to rest. for now we are live in the news room jennifer titus 10 news wtsp. >>> lightning are striking down hunger in tampa bay. 700,000 people including children in our area are not sure where their next meal will come from. the bolts announced a continuing partnership called goals for food. >> when you think about each and everybody year how many people are without meals it is only a small piece. we need to do even more. we need to push and prod to drive in more dollars to make sure people are getting fed. >> every time the lightning score a goal at home $500 will be donated to feeding tampa bay. since the program began the lightning combined to score over 2.5 million meals for tampa bay. >> well done. >>> looking live outside. it is gorgeous in clearwater. the wind definitely strong. you can see the palms blowing in the breeze. we'll tell you if the wind will die down this weekend. neighborhoods under water as more rain slams the southeast. >> they are getting calls coming in from every dire

hogan's legal team argues gawker violated hogan's privacy by publishing the footage and initially refusing to take it down. the clip was taken down under a court order. tough-guy actor george kennedy, who won an oscar for his role in the 1960s classic "cool hand luke," has died. his grandson says kennedy died yesterday of old age in boise, idaho where he moved with his late wife in 2002. after the success of "cool hand luke," kennedy became one of hollywood's most recognizable supporting actors. among other memorable films he was in were the "naked gun" spoofs and "airport." coming up .. the vatican addresses the priest sex scandal the day after hollywood honors the film about the journalists who exposed it. and it's a fight to the end on the campaign trail.. what the candidates are hurling at each other with just at a high school near cleveland- ohio left four students injured. witnesses say someone opened fire inside madison high school's cafeteria. a local sheriff's official says two male students, 14 and 15 years old, were hit by gunfire. another two were injured by shrapnel or trying

hogan prior to the time you published it. right? >> t >> reporter: on the stand, former gawker editor a.j. daulerio. >> a.j. delario is the guy who wrote the article. he's the guy who got the tape and the guy who came across as incredibly callus in the deposition that the plaintiff's presented. that is so important in this case. if these jurors hate him and hate gawker, they're in trouble. >> he was at times sarcastic and consistently unapologetic. >> not out loud laugher, but it is a smirk, yeah. >> because you don't think the first amendment is that serious, do you? >> it's very serious. >> reporter: and he may have handed the $100 million case to hogan on the stand admitting there was no news value in some of what he published. >> it didn't really matter whether or not it was a morbid and sensational prying into people's lives for its own sake. that didn't matter to you, did it? >> no. >> reporter: he didn't back down from his decision to publish the tape that hogan says was filmed without his consent. >> they played it for mo mo

. >> neki: hulk hogan's attorneys rested their case again against the 1 milliodollar lawsuit against gairk. gairk enjoyed chiewj hiewj web traffic and use thanks to the sex tape. but his attorney tried to to push the expert if he was talking about the video itself or a post about the video. >> the post about your opinion is that gawker users in creeds right? yes. >> and your calculation was based on the fact that the hogan post had 5.3 or 5.4 mililon unique views right? correct. >> neki: hogan is suing gairk posted without permission. >> todd: and tomorrow is the dred dreaded day for us well. lose an hour of sleep. daylight saving time is tough nup enough open our bodies but we'll get to enjoy the sun for an extra hour tomb at night it starts at 2:00 a.m. don't forget to set your clocks when you go fo bed tonight. and officials recommend doing a change your smoke alarms. smoke alarms older than ten years old should be r rlaced and younger you want to chaingt battery. and carbon month noosm nosm i'd as well f. they are five years or olderer they should be replaced. if they don't 23450

he is charge of murder in the shooting death of a 19-year-old tisha: hulk hogan is suing gawker over the sex tape made with a friend's wife. audio of the tape was played in court for the jury. elizabeth has the story. >> hulk hogan is back on the stand for his legal fight against g>> i hoped it was just a part of the end not the whole video. >> they played it for months and months and it made so much damage. we had to live with it. >> he is claiming gawker >> the defense told the jury the tape was already newsworthy for gawker. >> it is something to click, there is a simple reason for this. advertisers don't like ads to be next to stories like this. reporter: hogan is the one who went on howard stern laughing and joking about the tape. >> i was trying to make the best of a bad situation. reporter: he gave interviews to prove it wasn't a publicity stunt and now he becomes the first celebrity to take a fight over a sex tape to trial. steve: personal items belonging to joan rivers are going on the jewelry, designer gowns, paintings and other things. melissa rivers announcing christie's

that is in addition to the $115 million the jury awarded hulk hogan last friday for economic harm and emotional distress. hulk hogan sued gawker for posting a video of him having sex with his then best friends wife. >> gawker might be going out of business. >>> twitter is marking its tenth birthday. the microblogging site turned into such an influential means of communication. at the end of last year, they hosted 320 million active users. >>> the water is back on at howard university hospital but things are not quite back to fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios

>>> hulk hogan separates his hulk hogan trial.a gets a he is suing for $100d video showing him having sex with his friend's wife. he says the incident was separate from the character he play in the ring and invaded his personal life. >> well, the person is sitting here today under oath and i don't lie under oath. it's terry baloa. >> reporter: gawker says the posting was justified because hogan talked publicly about his sex life. >>> "the washington post" reports that president obama is in excellent health. his latest physical shows he is building muscle in the gym and controlling his cholesterol. the 54-year-old president lost five pounds since 2014 and weighing in at 175 pounds. "variere codirector of the matrix movies that c an announcement but was plottedo go public by her journalist sister. her sister came out as a transgender woman years ago. >>> "the new york times" reports that a former football -- college football player whose life went awry had a degenerative brain disease. boston university researchers confirmed that ryan hoffman's brain showed evidence of cte. i

hulk hogan was embarrassed. >> so fast forward here. hogan is seeking $100 million from that website. >> several people lucky to be alive after a workplace shooting. one man left during his lunch hour in orange park just outside of jacksonville and came back with a pistol. employees who were there at the time say they were told to run and he opened fire. after his gun jammed twice, the man shot one person and turned the gun on himself. that injured person expected to make a full recovery. police haven't figured out the motive for that. >> your time is 5:57. your top >>> good morning. i'm sheli muniz. >> i'm eric harryman. your time 16:00. ryan is off today. meteorologist ericaka delgado is running across the green screen like jackie joiner. she made it. good morning, erica. >> i didn't mean to call you out for doing the 50-yard dash. >> i'm here south florida. happy to be with you. 72 in miami, 71 in ft. lauderdale. waking up to breezy east-southeast swinds between ten and 20 miles per hour. breezy in the morning, that means breezy in t

. >>> former wrestler hulk hogan has been awarded a sunning $140 million in a suit against gawker over a sex tape. >> and now some of the jurors are explaining why they voted in favor of such a big award. here's abc's dan harris. >> the jurors explained why they awarded such a huge settlement to hulk hogan in his invasion of privacy case against the website gawker. $140 circumstances, how would we feel about it? and emotionally, we would have all been pretty deb stated. >> jurors sided with the former pro wrestler who testified about the effect gawker's posting of the tape had on him. >> i was completely humiliated. >> they have no heart no, soul. it's all about the almighty dollar to them. >> and the founder of gawker nick denton reacted. >> if you're asking me whether i still believe that the story was news worthy, yes, i do. >> denton says he's confident he will win on appeal. it all comes on the heels of a jury in tennessee awarding $55 million to the tv personality erin andrews in her case over a secretly recorded nude video taken of her at a hotel in nashville. >> $55 million. co

> reporter: hulk hogan getting ready in his own worlds to slam another giant. the most famous wrestler in the world taking on gawker suing the website for filming him have sex with his best friend's wife. he is seeking $100 million for the alleged invasion of privacy claiming he did not know he was being filmed. >>> we did not object to gawker telling the story, we obled to using the -- objected to using a video taken withoutny -- without my clients knowledge or consent to increase their profit. >> reporter: gawker said by the time it posted the tape there was widespread knowledge of its existence. >>> when you walk into another man's house and have sex with his wife at it is man has cameras in the house and you've been talking about your sex life, the news media is allowed to report on it. >> reporter: clem, a florida shock jobbing bubba the love sponge is refusing to testify in the trial. on friday the judge ruling hogan's team could not draw parallel also between erin andrew's case calling the two cases different. legal experts say this case could have conse

plus, a jury hits someone with a $115 million verdict for posting a hulk hogan sex tape. this will transform the boundaries of online gossip? this is "media buzz." >> donald trump had more huge victories this week winning florida, knocking marco rubio out of the race. during his victory speech, he challenged a pundit and then he said this. >> lies, deceit, viciousness, disgusting reporters, horrible people. some are nice. some are night. some really disgusting people back there laughing. >> and during a round of morning show interviews, trump used the word that sent the press to their battle stations. >> it's where 100 and we're at 1100 and somebody else is at 400 or 500. we're way ahead of everybody. i don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. i think you'd have riots. i think you'd have riots. >> and that one word is all it took, riots. >> it must be really good knowing these people are there and willing to fight for you and stick by you even if you shoot someone on fifth avenue. suggesting lawlessness, even off hand in response to a lawful but unpopul

hogan is suing the website gawker after it released the sex tape of hogan in 2012. hogan claims it was an invasion of his privacy but the website countered that he is a public figure and that the tape should be considered news worthy. gawker's general counsel addressed that issue. >> we will take them through our facts and the evidence in this case and i think they'll understand that what we published is protected by the first amendment when a celebrity is talking in dethe tail about a story, the media is -- detail about the story, the media is allowed to join in the conversation and that's what we did here. >> reporter: now a jury of six as well as three alternates have been chose on the hear this case. civil trial are slated to begin at 9:00 this morning and news channel 8 will have the very latest at first at 4:00. >> you know, being that hulk is from here, we are getting a lot of attention in pinellas county. thanks, josh. >>> child abuse reporting laws will be the subject of a special meeting between the highlands county sheriff and the county school board tomo

jury was sent only early in the hulk hogan trial. he is suing gawker for posting a clip of a sex tape with him and the wife of his best friend, they saw him in lift video. what very more on the short testimony. >> let me explain why they went home. attorneys were arguing over new evidence and whether the jury will hear that evidence. before they left, you're right, they get to see him on video. take a look. >> reporter: it is an explanation that they have heard before. >> it is a character. >> in a taped deposition he said that he was in character when he openly talked about his sex life on tmz and howard stern. he bragged about his performance , he is suing gawker for $100 million for posting a clip of a sex tape involving him and heather clem. he didn't know he was being recorded. she said she didn't know either. she claims that bubba the love sponge broke the news to her. >> but that contradict was bubba claimed that he, heather and hogan were all in on it but he later changed his tune after settling a lawsuit with hogan. we will

'gawker' published 41-seconds from one of hogan's sex tapes in 2012.hogan is suing for invasion of privacy... saying the company ignored a cease and desist order.but gawker claims since hogan is a public figure... the sex tape is newsworthy.coming up later this morning on g-m-a... a-b-c news legal expert dan abrams will give us his insights on the case. a new round of potentially deadly storms are on the way to the west coast this morning. the storms... fueled by el nino... triggered deadly flooding across the state.near sacramento... one woman died after her car got stuck trying to drive through through los angeles rescued homeless victims... trapped in rushing waters. here at home and new at 6...perfect north is suspending operations this week.here's a live look from their snow cams...with no snow in our forecast...business is not booming. wmax full "i was hoping for a smoothie." more than he bargained for... and it's going viral this morning.the hands-on lesson this is a letter from someone who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that tim

another big jury award for hulk hogan. >>> pro wrestler, hulk hogan, has won the biggest match of his life against the online gossip site gawker. 48 hours correspondent erin moriarty has details. >> reporter: $25 million in punitive damages on top of the $115 million awarded on friday. terry bollea better known as hulk hogan accused gawker of violating his privacy four years ago when it posted a portion of a sex tape. >> given the key evidence. >> nick denton who also testified at trial is the british born oxford educated company valued at $83 million. in the days before the trial he defended the hulk hogan story as news worthy. >> gossip is the version of news that the authorities, or celebrities or the officials don't want people to know. it's the unauthorized version. i think people have all the rights to know the unauthorized version as well as the authorized version. >> reporter: nick denton vowed damages if upheld could put him out of business. >> erin moriarty. thank you, erin. >>> we end tonight with the story behind one of the most beloved children's stories of all time. "win