And the suspect bailed out of that car and escaped. Were told the officer was taken to a local hospital and was treated for those minor injuries. Hes expected to be okay but those multiple suspects are on the loose tonight. So if you have any information on this case, tampa police could surely use it. So give them a call if you know anything. Back to you, rod. John rogers reporting live for us. Thank you, john. Gasparilla drew some huge crowds to downtown tampa and bay shore boulevard. It started with the invasion as a massive fleet of boats made its way to awards in downtown tampa. Eagle hd had the best view in the house, best of the bay area, flying over the excitement. And as it has for decades, a Massive Party ensued. Its the largest Third Largest parade in the united states. Pirates shared their booty with the crowds. All seemed to enjoy being a pirate or a wench all day. We heard there were pirates and you could dress up. We were sold its a tampa tradition. And i think we should be promoting the fact that tampa does this. We should be just as famous as mardi mardi gras. The event came off without a hitch. However, tampa police did create 32 arrests. A final count will be released on monday. And if you have not had enough of gasparilla fun for the year, the Party Continues online. Our web staff has been hard at work all day gathering photos from the event. You can find that on wfla. Com on the home page and our breaking news app. Now, your vote coverage. The Iowa Caucuses with keith indeed another big day of campaigning in iowa as the state prepares for the caucuses. Another big day for my man keith cate at tiffin hows it going tonight . Reporter rod, we pulled over on the side of the road to talk to you. Were about an hour and a half east of des moines on our way home from cleaton, iowa, where donald trump is trying one last time to rally the troops. Donald j. Trump [applause] reporter donald trump entered the Clinton Middle School gymnasium like a prize fighter and the people loved it. Reporter after opening with his catchfrays, lets make america great, he talked about catchphrase, lets make america great, he talked about isis and immigration. We will knock their asses off. [cheers and applause] build up the military, build a wall, and negotiating better deals and relationships than anyone else in washington. Donald trump knows how to draw a crowd. The country, including in the tampa bay area. But were in clinton, iowa. This is a population of 27,000 tops. You look around the gymnasium, 10 of the population is here. The big question for donald trump is, can he get all these people and others in iowa to go night. Reporter and all the iowa of the world means little if people dont caucus. Get out of bed and caucus reporter Larry Schmidt wont let trump down. Reporter whats so appealing . His attitude. Hell make it right. Reporter shes almost certain shes vote for trump on caucus tonight. Reporter do you believe hell do all the things he says hell do . Oh, my goodness. I dont know. Reporter her husband disagrees. Trump dealing with world leaders. It may be the other way, yeah. Reporter youre going to cancel out each others vote. Probably true. Reporter but youre willing to caucus for your favorite . Yeah, well be there. Reporter trumps star power lured him to the lobby. He had trump sign her hat and her baby. Reporter the trump stamp of approval. Reporter but that does not necessarily mean shell vote for trump. Reporter if not donald trump, who . I really like marco rubio. Reporter which shows high poll numbers and gymfilled rallies mean little in the first of the nation caucus state. The only thing that really matters is what happens monday night. Reporter it is interesting to note there was a new poll today by the des moines register. This is the final poll before caucus night. Its a very important one. Donald trump is leading. Hes up 28 over ted cruz. 25 . On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton now has Bernie Sanders but only slightly. Still a statistical number. It all takes place monday night back to you, robert. Into a couple of important accident . [ laughter ] reporter well, sort of by accident. I kind of knew look at this video. Itself here. [ laughter ] reporter im chasing all these people out. And walking out of the elevator is former president of the united states, bill clinton. He campaigns for Hillary Clinton. Then all of a sudden, Hillary Clinton walks out of an elevator. Im thinking, im chasing you all over iowa and youre in my hotel i didnt pester them with questions. But it was neat they were staying there. Its strange. I mean, once again, were talking about a state with a population less than the area yeah. Reporter this is a big state, a lot of ground to cover. But a lot of celebrities, even former president s. Reporter just just walking out of the elevator. Always a pleasure, thank you. Marco rubio had his eyes on ted cruz. Hes in iowa as well. He accused cruz of being deceitful in a new campaign ad. He promised to undo president obamas executive orders if hes president. Ted cruz asked his followers to take their friends to the caucuses during an event at Iowa State University where he talked today. He asked for his supporters to pray for him and healing for the country. Hillary clinton with a special guest on the campaign trail, Gabby Giffords with her. They declared clinton as the only candidate tough enough to and Bernie Sanders admitted the caucus is a toss up. He says hell need a turnout from the working class and young voters. Keith cate will continue to bring us updates on the caucuses through monday. New testing reveals water in michigan is so dangerous led filters cant even put a dylon wint in it. Plus, they didnt put a dent in it. Well have that and more coming up. Youre watching newschannel 8, the station thats always on people in flint, michigan, wont be able to count on filters to remove led from their drinking water. Led levels are as high as 25 times higher than the filters can handle and 250 times higher than the limit set by regulators. Firefighters in lexington, kentucky, had a very busy day today. More than 100 of them battled a massive blaze as a stockyard. They heard explosions and then strong winds fanned the flames. At least 20 cows died in the but no human injuries were reported. Two lobstermen in maine owe their lives to a local fisherman and the coast guard. He sent out a distress call before the flames ripped through their boat. He arrived just in time, too. The men jumped from the tip of their boat into curbmans vessel without a moment to spare. Five snowmobilers died in a massive avalanche in canada. At least three groups of some snowmobilers were caught up in the avalanche. Officials believe the avalanche was triggered by humans but didnt really explain how. El nino continues to fuel some wild storms on the west coast. Take a look at this video. Crashing waves are battering the coast in pacifica, california. But that did not stop some people from coming out to stand in the oceanspray. Meteorologist steve will show Steve Andrews will show how well fare at home. Plus, heres what youll see monday morning on newschannel 8 today. Something to think about before your next mani pedi. Ill show you the safest products to use. And dont forget to wake up around lunchtime today was the perfect time to run on empty, especially if you were near this gas station near pinellas park. They rolled back the price of gasoline to 99 cents a gallon at this racin gas station. Members of the nearby Youth Ministry washed the windows of cars today, as well. The deal only lasted from 11 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. Bullies can make lives miserable. But today, one Bay Area School were marching to the beat of a enforcement, and anyone else who wanted to take a stand against bullying, spent the day playing drums at the beat the bullies event. The schools resource officer came up with the idea to send a powerful message about standing up for yourself. They beat the drums for 12 hours today from 7 00 this morning to 7 00 tonight. [ drums ] well, this is what gasparilla looked like from our view point here at the news center. A talented guy, rod carter [ laughter ] shot this this afternoon from his fancy iphone, i bet. What else did you see, rod . All kinds of stuff [ laughter ] cant put it on tv, though. All sorts of entertaining stuff today. The boats were going by as the entertainment took place. And thousands of thousands of people poured into the downtown area today. And it was packed, as we learned, trying to get into work today. All right, five planets in the this is if the clouds will allow you to see it. Mercury, venus, saturn, mars, jupiter. You probably have the chance through the first week of february to check this out looking south. Sunrise at 6 08. Thatll be going on the next several hours as well. Jackie doucette from indian rocks beach. A few clouds today. Mostly high clouds. A few showers in the gulf. Over the next couple of days because of the fast upper level flow. A disturbance or two may stir up some extra clouds. Mostly cloudy and the potential for light sprinkles here or there. For tomorrow, less than 10 . 50s primarily overnight. 57 degrees on the weather wheel. You can see temperatures warm. Into the low 70s for tomorrow. We can thank an easterly flow for that. High pressure to the east giving us more of an easterly flow. And a bit more moisture in the atmosphere. A warmer flow overall. 52 degrees. 53 in riverview. 54 in lakeland. The high clouds primarily that we have. Some midlevel clouds dont deflect heat in the atmosphere. They tend to put a cap on things. These are the same thick clouds that generally do that. High levels. You can see the clouds moving in from west to east. Thats the drier air loft to the north of us. Thats what youve been seeing in the sky for today. Did get a lot of sunshine early, too. Generally a pretty day. High pressure continues to dominate across the peninsula to the east. And the flow around that high is more east to southeasterly. These are the high clouds streaming from the west weve seen through the day. And likely well clear overnight. We will see some sunshine mixed in with the clouds tomorrow. Thats when the rpm forecast suggests with the area of High Pressure shifting to the east. More of a southeasterly flow. A warmer flow. We pick up a milder feel to the area with low 70s in the region. Into the early part of monday, clouds and sunshine into the afternoon. A slight rain chance here. I was talking about. Then tuesday, more the same. Partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Moisture coming back a bit. More humidity in the atmosphere. 47 degrees in plant city. 52 in palm harbor. 43, inverness. 53 in sarasota. Then highs for tomorrow, bit warmer. Mid to upper 70s for the area. Part of that warmer trend weve been talking about. 73 for tomorrow. Inland areas in the mid70s. By 80 on tuesday. There it is. 79 degrees. The rain chances are slight each day. Getting milder overnight, too, with the extra humidity in the atmosphere. Just makes the overnight lows warmer. The rain chances increase, once again. The same routine. Work another cold front system into the area. Could be some storms. We think more on thursday than on wednesday. The timing of these was sometimes difficult to nail down. But thats our current thinking on that. That could change. Maybe possibly carrying into friday as well. In any event, once that front is through, itll pull out. Nice day today, though. Yeah, really was. Thank you, steve very much local star shining in the senior bowl. And we go to the nhl skills competition. Well show you if he has the hardest shot in the lead. Mom baby i love that were spending the weekend together. Oh, i know hey, why dont you turn off your phone and all your stuff . Good idea. Its off. Mom . Oh, my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. Did you like want to dot something . I am doing something. Need more bandwidth for all your devices . Its good to be back. Switch to fios for 100 meg speed internet, tv and phone, now only 69. 99 per month online for 1 year. Switch to better. Switch to fios. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at the nhl allstar break is designed to give players a much needed rest from the grind of the regular season. But because the world is a cruel and unforgiving place, those who do their jobs best dont get time off Steven Stamkos and ben bishop, sorry about your luck. Theyre representing the lightning in nashville this weekend. Both in the skills competition. They were having trouble with the bad angle onetimer in the team relay event. Bishop was not as accurate from 200 feet away. Check this out the big fellow in the goalie goals portion sticking a couple on the opposite net on the other end of the ice. Thats been dylan larky got involved. If they meet in the playoffs, this conversation will go differently. Stanley came back. First attempt, 98. 5 miles per hour. Thats impressive next try. 103. 9 thats really, really good but his top mark only stands for a matter of seconds. Thats because the next shooter is shay weber. His crack is 105. 3. The sequel, 108. 1 weber wins the hardest shot for the second straight year. Stamkos technically finished second, but not if you ask him. The guys said i won because shay is just hes going to win every year regardless. Especially things down here. And you see his mechanics. You see the size of him. Doesnt surprise us anymore how hard he shoots that thing. How about some hoops . Florida visiting ninth ranked West Virginia in the big 12sec challenge. First meeting since 2003. That doesnt mean they like each other. Perhaps the pregame she unanimous gangs inspired dorian finneysmith. Thats deep like an adele song. Early 2nd. Chris chioza to ben. The gators never trail in an upset victory over West Virginia. 8871. Florida state and clemson locking a close one until the noles blow it open. Malik beasley. Nothing accidental about the oops as any breakfast food afishya in that doe will tell you aficionado will tell you, nothing is better than bacon dewayne bacon 7665. The senior bowl. Last chance to shine for College Footballs top prospects before next months combine. Aaron green is throwing shade at the north defense. The running back goes 23 yards untouched for a touchdown run. Later the souths defense virginia techs daddy nick louse from bell ray beach whos your nickelous from delray beach the next time well see some the combine is the next time well see some of these guys i know well be at the combine sounds like a plan. Tonights winning lottery numbers. All right. Final look at our forecast itll be chilly to start the day tomorrow. About 55 degrees. So thats close to our averages, actually. Well probably see a few high clouds. Probably a bit of sunshine as well. Should be warmer tomorrow. Low 70s. We top out at 68 degrees today. Our forecast has been good in that regard temperaturewise here. Light winds. Winds out of the east. A bit milder for us. So slowly gets warmer. In fact, tuesday near 80. Nice to have both of you gentlemen at work today, too it only took you five hours to get here, right . Should have heard the
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