Primary. Hell speak at the Tampa Convention center, but today another well known name in the bay area stumping for him. Would be former Alaska Governor and Vice President ial candidate sarah palin. She went to the strawberry festival to shake hands and pose for pictures and explain why she feels floridians should vote for trump. So thankful that we have a person in such a position to bust up the status quo because thats whats got to go. All these guys have been part of the problem all these years and finally we have an outsider who is so independent not bought and sold by anyone, owned by anybody, only beholden to the people. Finally we have the guy in the right position to take these guys on. Palin also attended the 88th annual arcadia rodeo in De Soto County today to promote trump there as well. Trumps stop in tampa tomorrow comes at a time hes being blasted for violence at rallies across the country. Trump is pointing his finger at supporters of Bernie Sanders while the republican opponents say the candidate himself is to blame. We continue our Team Coverage on the violence on the campaign trail. Reporter friday night in chicago a donald trump rally is canceled after violent protests. Saturday in dayton, ohio, a protester storms the stage as secret Service Agents protect trump. Saturday night in Kansas City Police used pepper spray after a trump rally. A violent weekend following a trump supporter sucker punching a protester wednesday. Trump said he may help the 78 yearold hitter pay his legal fees. Sunday amid tight security trumps rallies were quiet as he blamed Bernie Sanders for the trouble in chicago. They werent really protesters. They were disrupters. They were like professionals. They had Bernie Sanders signs all over the place. Reporter sanders denies any involvement. Im afraid that on this occasion hes lying again. Reporter trump says people are angry. His gop opponents say trump is fanning the flames. Responsibility starts at the top and it is not beneficial when you have a president ial candidate like donald trump telling his supporters punch that guy in the face. Reporter jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. Despite the controversy trump is ahead in primaries slated for tuesday including here in the sunshine state. Theres a new nbc news wall street journal poll that shows trump leading florida senator marco rubio 43 to 23 in florida and according to that poll rubio is only one point ahead of texas senator ted cruz for third place, yet senator rubio believes he is the only candidate that can beat donald trump here in florida. We have a look at how rubio supporters are dismissing the chance of a big loss tuesday. Marco rubio is said to be projected to do well in miami, so he is focusing on the i4 corridor and northern florida ahead of tuesdays primary. Always the florida senator parades through florida this weekend, the question remains will he be able to take his homestate . Hes doing the right things, but i think its too little too late. If the follows are accurate which i think they have been in the republican primaries he was down 20 points for the first 25 of the early mail in votes. He has to win by seven points election day that. Means he has to gain 20 plus seven. I dont think its possible. Reporter rubio supporters are holding out hope. All of the exit polls from previous states that have already voted have shown trump underperforming what he was polling at, sometimes even in double digits. So i think mark marco will come out ahead on tuesday because we have a really strong feeling on whats going to happen in miami. Reporter the florida senator will be making stops in north florida and back in brandon monday. Can he still make an impact is the question . The amount of time hes area and the i4 corridor i think will be big for him. On the democratic side of things tonight Hillary Clinton leading big here in florida. Clinton leads senator Bernie Sanders by 27 points, 61 to 34 . Floridas primary is tuesday. You have to be a registered democrat or republican to vote. It is a closed primary. We have posted everything you need to know on www. Wfla. Com. Now to the tragic death of a Hillsborough County deputy, it has been a very painful weekend for Law Enforcement here. Deputy john kotfila was the latest driver killed in a wrong way crash. The driver who caused the accident, erik mcbeth, also died. Now the question is what more can be done to prevent the epidemic of wrongway crashes and deaths in the bay area. It is a question we posed again and again in the past and these incidents keep happening, this very latest claiming the life of a beloved member of Law Enforcement. News channel 8s chip osowski joining us live from the Sheriffs Office. His friends and family is asking the same thing. Reporter they certainly are, mel. I spoke with the deputy today. She told me that is the talk around the Sheriffs Office. Obviously its only a matter of time. These deputies patrol 24 7 the very same roadways where were seeing these motorists drive the wrong way. Flashing lights and barricades c tying along town center boulevard in bran driving along town center boulevard in brandon, it would be very hard, if not impossible, to not notice the selmon expressway ramp is closed to westbound traffic just like early saturday morning. Despite these warnings Authorities Say mcbeth could have driven up this exit ramp. We reversed this video of our drive in to show you the possible path mcbeth took before colliding with deputy kotfilas patrol car head on. It could have been his car. It could have been anyone elses car. Reporter at this time of night its possible the deputy didnt spot the wrongway drive until it was too late. This is the second wrongway incident this week alone. Earlier this week motorists spot 20yearold derek wayne 301. Road. Hes on the other side of the road. Collision. Theres a few cars, im a few cars away from him, but i can see he almost hit somebody head on. Reporter deputies were able to stop the driver with stop sticks and a pit maneuver before anyone was injured. In the last eight years alone 57 wrongway crashes have happened in the area with all of the warning signs and signals up and running at the time of this crash, what else can be done to stop this problem . We dont know if this crash was alcohol related, but sheriff david gee believes drivers on the whole need to be more responsible. If we dont have responsible things are going to happen. Reporter as you can see back live, there are even more flowers at the Law Enforcement memorial. The Sheriffs Office released a Statement Today saying its not releasing any other information regarding the crash at this time and deputies are currently working with the kotfila family to finalize funeral arrangements. Tomorrow were expecting some of kotfilas colleagues to meet with the media to discuss their loss. Mel. Chip osowski reporting live for ors tonight on a very difficult story for us tonight on a very difficult story from the Sheriffs Office, thank you. There are so many of you sharing your condolences to the family of this deputy. Post your comment on our wfla Facebook Page and well it along. Police arrested Joseph Ragsdale in connection with a fatal crash at 30th avenue and 50th street north. Ragsdale was driving a pickup truck when he hit a bicyclist. Detectives have not identified the man who died yet. An suv hit and killed a seffner woman who ran into the road. Cynthia mcmillan ran across parsons avenue right in front of that suv. Deputies believe mcmillan had been drinking. The driver stopped and is cooperating with their investigation. Theres a major road project getting underway tomorrow. Its expected to cause huge problems for drivers in Hillsborough County. Mel has a lot more on that story for us. This project is going to be a nightmare for drivers in the morning. U. S. 41 is one of the busiest roads in Hillsborough County and part of it is officially closing. U. S. 41 will close near crenshaw lake road in lutz so repairs can be made to the Railroad Crossing which means delays and detours along this sixlane road could double your commute time. Residents also fear traffic delays will become a big safety hazard. That impact with that traffic on those roads, theres all those, the delay in time is going to hurt someone. Drivers will be detoured around the work zone using florida avenue, beers avenue and dale mabry highway, u. S. 41 expected to be closed now about two weeks. We will keep you up to date. It could be closed longer depending on the weather. Hulk hogans 100 million sex tape trial resumes tomorrow morning for a second week. The website gawker will begin presenting its witnesses then. The first thing that happens tomorrow is the judge will hold a hearing with attorneys to decide whether radio personality bubba the love sponge must appear in sport. He has said that he plans to plead the fifth. The big weekend of racing in the tampa bay area concluded today with the firestone grand prix of st. Petersburg. [ racing cars ] a familiar and very exciting sound, pretty loud around the track today. The people packed along barriers along the 1. 8mile waterfront track to get a look up close and personal at the race. It was just fantastic. So many people had fun. Tonight dan lucas and paul ryan will have all your highlights from the race on super sports sunday. That is some of the best sounds in downtown st. Pete because everybody is having a good time. It really is. They may be some of our favorite foods, but theyre also some of the worst foods we can eat. Coming up why dieticians are becoming increasingly worried about ultra processed foods. Plus. What is love if youre not really sure shes amazing, only 15 years old and a rising star on the season of the voice and shes from right here in tampa bay. Ill introduce you to her and show off some of her talents coming up next, bryan. Sounds good, mel. We have a couple showers across the tampa bay area still. Ill take a look at your radar picture and have your workweek weather coming up in just a bit. Plus heres what youll see tomorrow at 6 a. M. Reporter a new coffee shop has recently opened up in ybor city that offers a lot more than just coffee. Plus weather and traffic on the 8s on news channel 8 nbcs hit show the voice is back and it is on fire. Here at news channel 8 weve already picked her favorite. She is amazing, the youngest singer this season and shes from tampa bay. My life. I never experienced anything like that. Ive never experienced nerves like that. All heart. I may only be 15 years old, but im going to go out there. Im going to get a button pushed and im going to be the happiest person alive. And her dreams came true. Listen to this voice. [ what is love if youre not really sure. All you need is one chair. Theres no doubt shalyay fearing is special. When i did my song, i kicked my leg in the air and i was like yes, yes. Shes now on Team Christina with her parents and seven siblings cheering her on. Were like a perfect match. Its going to be great. She said she know s what it feels like to be knows what it feels like to be 15 years old and going in the music industry. She wants to help me get better at it. Its going to be great. One, two, ready, go. [ piano playing ] [ applause ] oh, man. You can play that. All her, not me. Please support me and all that i do. Map. I love you guys so much and im going to make you proud. Youve already made us proud, shalyah. You are definitely one to watch. Were so excited. Well follow you through the whole process. Youll go to l. A. In a month. You can watch the voice tomorrow night at 8 00 here on news channel 8. An 8 on your side consumer alert, nissan is recalling more than 47,000 electric leafs in the United States and canada over potential brake problems. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cold weather can cause a relay within the brake booster to fail. Dealers will reprogram the software for free. The recall includes leafs from 2013 through 2015. There is startling new research on the amount of foods that americans eat with ingredients that many of us cant even pronounce. The ultra processed foods make up more than half the calories in our diets. That has dieticians extremely worried of amp thompson shows us exactly why. Exactly ann thompson shows us exactly why. Reporter frozen pizzas, soft drinks, clips and packaged cookies, a new Study Reports those foods provide nearly 60 of all the calories in the american diet, way too much says registered dietician alyssa rumsey. I tell my clients try to do three or four times a week max. Reporter they have salts, fats and a shrew of additives and preservative slew of additives and preservatives, but most troubling is the added sugars. Ultra processed foods contribute to 90 of all excess sugar in the diet leading to weight gain, diabetes and increased risk of heart disease. When i was younger, its more about the calories and now i focus on more whats actually in the foods. Reporter but sometimes these foods masquerade as healthy alternatives. This breakfast bar only has 90 calories, but it has a laundry list of ingredients. In reality youre getting so much added sugars and added ingredients your body doesnt need, plus this 90 calories wont keep you as full as eating Something Like 90 calories of fruit and nuts or of the real food. Reporter real food is what anna sheer chooses to give her 22monthold son alec a healthy foundation. I try to identify things that i can see the ingredients and know exactly what it is like bananas right here. If i cant pronounce the ingredient, i shouldnt be buying that product. Reporter what you want says the dietician is balance. Really try to make sure youre getting more whole foods and less processed foods in your diet. Reporter making these temptations a treat rather than a staple of the american pantry. York. Fruits and veggies so important, but, man, cookies are good, too. To celebrate its upcoming fifth anniversary Legoland Florida is planning the largest expansion in history. Five announcement about the expansion plans will be made in winter haven on tuesday. The fifth anniversary of legoland is in october. Heres a look at your workweek weather. Well have a 20 chance for a few showers, mainly the first half of the day tomorrow moving into tuesday. Well be dry, thursday a 10 chance for a shower and friday a 20 chance of a shower with temperatures all week long about 80 degrees. We did move the clocks forward one hour last night. If you didnt, you should because this is what your clock should read right now. It is exactly 11 20 p. M. The sun will rise a bit later tomorrow at 7 39 a. M. , but later in the day setting at 7 38 p. M. Satellite and radar picture, a few showers, still drifting through the area. The bigger view shows a huge High Pressure out in the atlantic ocean. This high has been there all week long, in fact, for about two weeks stretching all the way over 3,000 miles away to africa. In fact, with that High Pressure in place over the last 17 days we didnt have a single raindrop until this afternoon. No rain for 17 days. In fact, that makes it the dryest stretch of weather that weve had in two years. Tampa international did pick up a little bit of rain this afternoon. So why are we allowed to see some rain now since its been so dry . That High Pressure is finally starting to back out a little bit allowing a few showers to move into our area, but notice as it drifts southeast a bit, its starting to move into more stable air closer to that high. Thats why the southern areas today, whereas Northern Areas picked up about. 1inch to 1 4 inch. A few light showers in citrus, pasco and Hernando County and be parts of pinellas and Hillsborough County drifting east, northeast, a few sprinkles in polk county. Pretty quiet in our southern areas as it has been much of the day. Overnight tonight well see most of those showers gradually dissolve and end. A bit of a resurgence possible early tomorrow morning. So for the morning commute we could see a few more showers, maybe even an Early Morning thunderstorm, warm morning, temperatures around 70. By afternoon it dries out a bit, only a 10 chance for an afternoon shower with partly to mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures tomorrow, right around 80 degrees. Tuesday morning a bit of fog to start the day. By afternoon were looking at sunshine, beautiful day, high of 81 degrees. This is march 13th, the anniversary of a big storm, the we had 12foot storm surge back in 1993 on this date. We had wind. We had tornadoes. As the storm moved north, it produce the 10 inches of snow in atlanta. Produced 10 inches of snow in atlanta. As it moved farther north, it produced 43 inches of snow in syracuse, nothing like that anywhere in our horizon. Overnight tonight partly cloudy showers possible. Tomorrow partly cloudy skies, breezy and could see a rogue shower by the afternoon hours. Tuesday, wednesday morning fog and then sunshine. St. Pattys day looking good, 10 chance, friday 20 chance and a cold front moves in next weekend. All right, sir. Events, and upclose Animal Encounters at seaworld. The next, youre having fun at aquatica. For a limited time, you can buy a seaworld annual pass and get a year of aquatica for free. Kick your feet up at aquaticas sandy beaches, and plunge down ihus breakaway falls. Then experience the ultimate thrill with mako, orlandos tallest, longest, fastest coaster, surfacing at seaworld this summer. Get an annual pass, and play all year at both parks. Two great parks, one great deal. vo you can check on them. You can worry about them. You can even choose a car for them. mom honey, are you ok . child im ok. announcer vo love. mom were ok. A Maryland Police officer is shot dead in what his chief is calling an unprovoked attack at their station. The officer was shot outside the Police Station in landover. Two people are now in custody. Tonight millions of people remain in danger of flash floods. The death toll has risen to six from these record breaking storms. 4,900 homes are damaged in louisiana, more than 800 in mississippi where officials are watching and warnings that this floodwater could be toxic. If you can look at all the trash and all thats floating through the houses, you know, theres gasoline thats got into the water. Theres all kind of different toxins. Thats flowed through these peoples houses. That region is also on high alert for possible tornadoes after seven decades an american sailor killed at pearl bye. Coming up how a pearl harbor survivor helped that sailors family after seven years finally get some peace. Also ahead the bolts break their losing streak and we have highlights on super sports a final salute for an american sailor seven decades after he was killed at pearl harbor. His remains were among 388 sets of remains exhumed last year. The military funeral help put to rest one familys grief and gave others some hope the. Reporter here at Memorial National seminary several graves held the unidentified remains of sailors killed aboard the uss oklahoma. Vernon lukes remains were in one of those graves. Luke was a 43yearold navy machinist. The husband and father from green bay, wisconsin, was killed during the attack on pearl harbor. Our nation owes petty officer luke and his family our undying gratitude. Reporter for more than 70 years lukes physical didnt know what happened to his re family didnt know what happened to his remains. This ceremony helped silence their sadness. We finally are able to recognize him individually for his efforts. It took a long time, but its nice knowing we did the right thing. Reporter the right thing would not have happened without ray emery. This is 75 years later, 75 years. Folder on luke and other uss oklahoma sailors. It traced lukes remains to one of the graves marked unknown. Last year those graves were exhumed. Luke was one of the first to be identified. If it was my brother or father, id sure like it if he got killed somewhere, id sure like to know if his body was somewhere, at least get him buried in a decent respect. Reporter luke died in the line of duty and finally was buried with full military honors. Most importantly the family now knows where their sailor who served on the u. S. Oklahoma actually is. They have closure. Reporter his relatives didnt have to say a word to reporters. Their emotions spoke volumes. After seven decades vernon luke has a resting place that is all his own. That was jim mendoza reporting tonight. More than 2,400 sailors, marines and soldiers were killed in the attack on pearl harbor. Second only to the uss arizona. So lots of casualties in that war obviously. Yeah. Finally some closure for that family. We salute the members of our military. Always do yearround. Lets get a final look at our forecast. What can we expect tomorrow . A couple light showers in the morning. Those move out during the afternoon. Otherwise partly to mostly cloudy, 80 degrees tomorrow. A little fog tuesday and wednesday morning and then thursday st. Pattys day looks good, cold front moving in next weekend, drops temperatures down to 74. All the way down to that. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you, bryan. As we depart, dan lucas and paul ryan taking over. Once again it was a vote for go pablo at the firestone grand is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages the middle class unless we level the playing field. With your help, as president , we will. Tonight on super sports sunday order is restored, lightning get back on track on the road. Speaking of road, Juan Pablo Montoya rules the streets of st. Petersburg while Charles Schwartzel rules the fairway. The dance card is out
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