To come in. Only 1 of the polls reporting now so the results are inconsequential at this point. There are several people starting to fill this Celebration Party for marco rubio. He hopes he has something to celebrate. Many candidates like him are looking for a third place win or higher. That would be a win for them as they move onto South Carolina and nevada. If you want to know how big of a deal this is, look at the media. Coverage. People are watching what is states. Watching what is happening here in New Hampshire because they want to see what this is going to mean for them. Again, those polls are closing. Closing at 8 00. We are watching the results come in. They do paper ballots here. Now marco rubio is not the only candidate that is having a Celebration Party. As a matter of fact, all of them are having parties like this this evening hoping that they have something to celebrate. Jeb bush having a party. Many of them in manchester this evening. Awaiting the results an of make speeches as soon as they hear word coming in. Candace mccowan live for us in New Hampshire tonight. Thank you candace. Of course, our New Hampshire primary race coverage will continue throughout the evening as the polls close. The numbers really start to come in. We will hear from candace again in our 8 00 and 11 00 p. M. Newscast. A unique piece of art from Saint Petersburgs chihouli collection is back. Mary mcguire shows us how the glass sculpture reappeared today. You could only sell that to a private art collector. Reporter a guilty conscience may have gotten the best of a thief as this glass sculpture was mysteriously returned in a box outside of the art center unharmed and covered in bubble wrap. Right in front of the front door. We are lucky nobody picked up the box and took off with it. I was in tears, so happy to the home less than 48 hours but getting the piece back might have been the easy part for Saint Petersburg police. Detectives now tasked with reviewing more than 24 hours of Surveillance Video from the 28 security cameras rolling at all times in the gallery. To track down the art thief who faces felony grand testify charges. However small it is, it is a piece of this puzzle that we have here. Reporter the glass work remains priceless for those at the gallery who were happy to have it back. Im mary mcguire, newschannel8. The piece is not back on display. It was not damaged. Investigators claim a third victim came forward accusing a tai kuan do instructor of he is accused of touching two children. A parent realized her child had also been a victim. Kim worked at ohs tai kuan do studio in seminole. He remains locked up to night. Tampa police want to talk to a person who is in a photo at club rayne where a weekend shooting took two lives. They leave this person of interest may have been standing near the shooter. Tonight, both teenagers who escaped from a juvenile lockup in Hillsborough County january 31 are back behind bars. They tracked down anthony bays this morning and an notaries public tip led them to anthony cooke. A superintendent could still lose her job after an investigation. Her future will be on the agenda this week. Controversy has not faded. Im incredibly crowd. Reporter Katherine Leroy appeared before the board after she was cleared of several complaints launched against her. Allow me to apologize for any failure of my part. I take responsibility for that. School Board Members admit progress was made under the superintendent, but there is still a problem. Her style is not appropriate for the Polk County School system. I have lost confidence in her ability to lead. Reporter the superintendent has not lost the support of all Board Members. Newschannel8. If your commute took you over i275 northbound today. Chances are it was a lot better than it has been. Overnight, road crews opened a fourth lane on 275 northbound. They also restored the auxiliary break down lane. When the morning rush hit the area, everything flowed pretty nicely. Tonight, the count of zika cases in florida is Holding Steady at 16. Health officials in Pinellas County answered questions about the virus. While Hillsborough County has three cases of zika, none are reported in pinellas. But a mosquito expert says they are keeps a close eye on the bugs that spread the virus. There are two mosquitoes they are foes customersed on. Think have an amazing ability to breed in manmade containers. It is recommended you get mosquitoes can breed. None of the 16 zika cases have happened locally and none have involved pregnant women. A coldblooded prank has led to charges with serious teeth. Joshua james tossed an alligator through a drive through window. Nobody was hurt. It was a stupid prank but that didnt stop authorities from arresting him yesterday and charging him with assault with a deadly weapon. Not sure how i feel about having a threeandahalf foot gator come flying through the drive through window at me. Positive. Thats a solid guess. This one was real. Yeah. Its crazy right . Only in florida. All right, winds. The weather. There. The winds are so strong. No, im not going to do that. I cant pick up a gator an make that could never happen. Someone might try. It is chilly. Upper 50s at the moment. Treasure island upper 50s all the way around the rest of the region. We will see more cool air push our way thanks to the northwesterly winds. The highs tomorrow in the 50s combined with some sunshine. So more chilly weather on the way. These are the current winds sustained at 18 miles an hour in saint pete. The blue numbers indicate the gusts and we have seen them over 30 miles an hour. 25 miles an hour wind gusts in winter haven. This time of night, you will see the winds come down a little bit. But it is strong. Basically Tropical Storm force strength. It will be a breezy evening and probably throughout the day tomorrow. Winds will be a little lighter but by 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow, you can see the forecast wins call for northwesterly winds with a bit more sunshine. Still a very chilly day in the we will have more on your weekend forecast coming up. Still ahead on 8 at 7 00. Gusty winds force the cancellation of afternoon racing along clear water beach. The coast guard is looking for people in the water. Road workers wont finish ulmerton Road Construction until summertime. That is because the contractor has abandoned this job. Im mark douglas and thats our story tonight. We will have that and more coming up. Youre watching newschannel8. The station always on your gusty northwest winds proved to be too much in races that could qualify them for the summer olympics. As Peter Bernard shows us, gale capsize. Reporter off the coast of Clearwater Beach, an International Mix of olympic hopefuls musters everything to be the fastest. But Race Organizers called off the competition after three boats capsized near pier 60. For a time, coast guard crews searched the water fearing sailors were tossed overboard. Everybody got out okay. The sailors actually like this kind ofwet. Of weather. Reporter white caps new york city big deal, spray in your face, childs play. 25 miles an hour winds . Thats a challenge. So are the rough seas. But these guys scoff at the idea of staying on shore. Their motto is to bring it on. It is fun. A lot of horsepower. It is like riding on a bull. You are trying to hang on. And harnessing the power of the wind. Reporter Race Organizers called off competition for the rest of the day. Winds were just too strong for these little boats with small masts. Be heard in all kinds of languages here at the sailing center. Peter bernard, newschannel8. And providing the weather cooperates your best viewing spot for this event is along Clearwater Beach and pier 60. Racing begins tomorrow at noon again. You can use apps to avoid a speeding ticket. But officers say it is not just speeders who are benefiting. That story is coming up. Plus, its a robot that cannot be killed. Find out why its builders were inspired by cockroaches. On wall street today, the dow jones dropped 12 points. Nasdaq, nearly 15 points. If you have a light fixture on your ceiling from io kia, it might come crashing down. Ikea is recalling more than a million ceiling high buy and lock ceiling clamps because of the plastic retaining clip thats hold the glass shades in place. They can break causing the glass to fall and shatter. It has happened a lot. 224 times so far causing 11 injuries. And take it back to ikea for a refund. If you want to build a robot that can survive anything, you want to take your inspiration from the humble cockroaches. That is what they did at uc berkeley and harvard. They created a palmized robot called cram. Cram can flatten itself to squeeze through narrow passageways. Scientists hope to equip their robot roach with a microphone and video camera and use it to explore collapsed buildings. Can almost not look at this video. They use that during search and rescue so the implications are pretty cool though that is pretty gross. Traffic apps can warn you of when Police Officers are on the road. As john rogers shows us, it can also be a big help to criminals. Reporter apps like ways can help drivers by notifies them of crashes, obstacles or Police Officers. Says Speed Enforcement zones are more important than you may realize. You have to remember by blasting out all this information, you may be helping someone who really need to be behind bars. Reporter dangerous violent criminals are arrested daily thanks to simple traffic stops. Oklahoma city bomber Timothy Mcvey and ted bundy were found by traffic stops. We are pulling bad guys off of the street. Reporter instead, watson suggests obey the speed limit. John rogers, newschannel8. It looks like gas prices are going to stay low. At least for the rest of 2016. The feds just released their shortterm energy outlook. Gas prices will average 1. 98 a gallon nationwide through the if this forecastholds true, it will be the First Time Since 2004 they have averaged less than 2 a gallon for an entire year. The Construction Contractor who has been widening ulmerton road in largo the past four years has abandoned the job. Frustrated motorists already call it orange barrel boulevard and as mark douglas reveals tonight, the barrels are not going anywhere until summer. Reporter back in november, dina asked us to find out what the heck was going on with ulmerton road. Look at this. Are you kidding me . Reporter a road she calls orange barrel boulevard. It is like watching paint dry. Reporter the dot promised completion by january. But that didnt happen. The contractor has voluntary default and walked away from the job. Reporter thats right. 19million into a 23 million contract, they just quit. From two other projects and left all of their orange barrels behind. Gee, theres a shocker. Never saw anybody working anyway. Reporter the contractor served initial notice it was defaulting on the contract and abandoning the job, but prince has already been hired in its place. Thank goodness. They brought more cones. No one at prince construction could tell us how long it will take to pick up the pieces of the project and the dot can only guess. They are doing some night work. One or two crews right now. We have been told by next week, they will bring in more crews to get this job done by the summer. Reporter after years of dodging barrels, commuters like dina are running out of hope. Orange barrel boulevard need to go away. Reporter and way past losing patience. Who is getting fired . Somebody could get fired for this. Reporter the dot says it will be summertime before we see the end of all of these orange barrels on ulmerton road. Newschannel8. Look at these guys. Manatees are trying their best to stay warm. Within the past hour, we have visit citrus. Hundreds of manatees have been gathers in the warm weather of three sister springs as the temperatures drop. Check this out on their fantastic. Visitcitrus. Com and you can see these pictures of manatees crowding in to stay warm while the temperatures are cool. We can relate to that. We go where it is warm. They have been doing the same thing. At 11 00 a. M. For the fair tomorrow, 53 degrees. More sunshine if you are headed out to the fair. Highs in the 50s. It will be a cool day. Just bring a jacket. Youll be fine. It will still be breezy, but certainly with the sunshine should make a nice balance to the day. Lit be cool this evening. Temps falling into the low 50s. It will be a cool start to the day. 50 degrees 9 00 a. M. 58 degrees Tampa International airport. The dew point running at 42 with a west wind at 17 miles an hour. 13 miles an hour with stronger gusts into Saint Petersburg. So it will be a breezy evening as we showed you. Just a couple of minutes ago with wind gusts over 20 miles an hour. Cold front further down to the south of us. Freeze advisories, warnings, watches to the north of us. Generally out of the newschannel8 viewing area. But the clouds are starting to erode from north to south. Thats the most important thing to see on this map. You can see the clearing taking place with the clouds further to the south as we work drier cooler air into the region. Almost a second front pushing through the area. Lingering clouds dropping temperatures this evening. Still with a northwesterly wind, wind gusts can generate more clouds. Wont take them completely out of the forecast. Tomorrow morning it will be cool. Temps in the 40s in some areas. Tomorrow afternoon, still breezy for us. More sunshine with the highs in the upper 50s. As we move on into thursday morning this is a cold morning because high peninsula while radiational cooling makes it feel pretty cool. Nice in the afternoon with plenty of sunshine around warming temps. Still throughout the seven day forecast, temps remain below normal. 63 degrees for thursday for a high. 69 degrees for friday. All the way through this weekend, saturday and sunday, and then into monday, near 70 degrees. Rain chances essentially nonexistent. They are less than 10 through this period. They pick up again monday and tuesday with another round of low pressure sliding our way. Chilly temps. Windy too. Boy, it has been windy. Happy 18th to you. Thank you very much. Not your birthday, your anniversary at newschannel8. 18 years. Incredible. February 9. I dont remember your first day. Really . I was much shorter. Is that the difference . I was about 5 8 at the time. I will try to retrace my steps. Youll remember that. Well be right back. The short guy with the dark hair. That was you. I do remember now. Plus, love is in the air. Tomorrow morning at 6 00 a. M. Valentines day seems like it has everything to do with cards and flowers. But there may be more science involved. Im Adrienne Pedersen and aisle explain. Love is in the air on since it is your 18th anniversary, we will let you send it home. You are the clever bring it friend. Bring it. Well, okay. Im sorry, but you are stuck with me here. What do you got . Ly show the seven day forecast so people can plan their weekend. Can you sing while you do it or something . Like a falseetto or something . There was your music, you missed your chance. 63 thursday. It will be dry through this period. It will be breezy thursday. You have a good singing voice. I dont know why you are acting all embarrassed. Thanks for joining us. We are back at 11 00. New video, teresa giudice, giving her first interview about life in lockup. Now on extra. Teresa giudice opens her prison diaries. Trust me. Nothing at all. From strip searches to reports shes losing her house. Did her husband joe develop a drinking problem while she was behind bars . Trumps veiled new attack on ted cruz, using a vulgar word we cant say on television. He said hes a [ bleep ]. The new cat fight in New Hampshire and why the donald is tom brady is a great friend of mine. Plus, the hidden message in beyonces halftime show. Was it a hit or a miss . I think it was outrageous. Then, lady gaga oneonone with mario hours after nailing the national anthem. Did you get nervous at all . Why she says she owes it all to david bowie. I would never be here without him. And from gaga to brie larson, the oscar class of 2016 dares to make our mystery dish. This is unnerving. Kendall, kylie, and kris jenner. What did Adam Glassman spring on kris . Apparently i wasnt thinking. Now on extra, from the entertainment capital of l. A. Hey, everyone. Welcome to extra. Im mario lopez. Coming up, new details on michael weatherlys surprise decision to leave ncis. Also coming up, khloe
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