My dad is 87 years young. I like to say hes strong like bull. Reporter mario nunez is a tampa native and has a Facebook Page call tampa native and his father was born in ebor city. We are descendents that came from havana and through key west and now in ebor city and helped to develop the cigar industry. Marios father was in cuba when he was 17 and mario decided it was time for his father to return. It is going to be emotional trip. Reporter they will be there to witness history. The fact that we are going to be in the stadium partaking in the baseball game that will be historic in its own right, and then to have our president throwing out the first pitch, i dont know. What could be better than that. What could be better . If they could extend the trip a few days. The Rolling Stones will put on three more days. Three more days you could be there with the Rolling Stones. Dont think we didnt think about that. But one highlight of the this cemetery. I am hopeful when we go now we will take a pass to the cemetery here. One of the biggest cemeteries. And i know my great grandfather is there. And if there is somebody we a. Reporter i was there in that cemetery in havana. I am quite confident that they will find their great grandfathers grave. Mario father worked for the Hillsborough School system for year and a huge fan and you can imagine how much the trip means for them. Incredible. Cant wait to catch up with them. Thanks for the report. And we will be traveling to cuba for president obamas you can see keiths report on new channel 8 later this month. Hillsborough deputies fighted another cock fighting ring. Found more than 100 fighting roostter and a dead roostter and hiding behind the coop was a 43yearold heraldo rodriguez. He is facing several charges including cruelty to animals. One person is dead following a fiery death. An suv caught fire when it slammed into a bridge support pillar. The driver died at the scene. The crash diverted traffic for several hours. President obama is letting it be known who he would like to fill floridas open senate seat. Endorsing Patrick Murphy for the seat marco rubio is vacating. Murphy is running in the democratic primary against allen grayson. He is uninvestigation by the hedge fund that he manages. The trial for hulk hogan and gawker. 106 prospective jurors returned. He claims that the website violated his rights by posting a sex tape of him. Thousands of Sexual Assaults kids are sitting on shelves in state departments. But the state legislation is taking a state to try to end the backlog. We take a look at what is going on in tallahassee. Reporter a Florida Department of Law Enforcement study found that more than 13,000 rape kits sat untested around the state. Lawmakers scrambled to find a legislative fix for the backlog. The state is the governors signature away for setting new guidelines for testing sex assault evidence. House sponsor janet atkins says the bill could get felons off of the street. How did that happen that we have so many evidence kits that have not tested them and these victims have not received justice. Reporter part of the problem was funding, there is two Million Dollars earmarked to deal with the untested kids. We want to make sure that Sexual Assault kids arriving at fdle from current cases are timely tested. I think the plan that we have developed is fully funded and addresses the issue 100 . Lawmakers hope that the additional funding can help clear the backlog in three years or maybe even sooner. The original estimate was 9 years and that was unacceptable. Clearing the backlog may cost up to 8 million and that included money for pay raises and equipment. Securing proper funding to do it is one of the attorney generals top priorities. We fully support it but in the long run, we need to hire more analysts and we need to pay them competitive salaries with other states. And ultimately we need to build another lab so they will have the funding will help the fdle outsource the testing work to get it done quicker. In tallahassee, matt gelke. New channel 8. It requires Law Enforcement to submit kits for 30 days. The state senate is rejecting a proposal to require a unanimous vote in Death Penalty cases. They voted twice. The proposal was rejected both times. Manatee workers may not have to go far for basic health care needs. The county is building an on site clinic for employees. Ryan hughes shows it it could save taxpayers emergency rooms. Taxpayers mom millions. They believe this could say taxpayers millions over the years. Wood in a lot of space but Manatee County leaders want to transform this building for a Health Clinic for the exployees. Our philosophy is to help people get healthier and that will reduce the cost to the taxpayers. Reporter kim has worked for years to get the idea off of the ground. The clinic housed in an old building. They could come in and see a physician and get a script and get back to work. Reporter this is the Manatee County administration building. If workers had a health issue they could walk a few steps to get clear. The clinic would not replace an employees primary physician, it would be a quick care facility. Theirs too. What about the rest of the residents. It will cost 3 million and take three years to get a return on the investment. It will save more than 900,000 in Health Care Cost in the first year. Commissioners must approve a budget for the Health Clinic before it gets the green luck. Im ryan hughes, new channel 8. Now, were told there is some opposition to the clinic by doctors that feel it will take business from their practices. A piece of wreckage from a boeing 777 washed ashore in the indian ocean. Investigators believe that maybe from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. These are pictures of the debris found in the same area where the only other piece of debris was found. The flight disappeared nearly 2 years ago. The criminal sex abuse case still while an Appeals Court considers throwing it out. An agreement with the former District Attorney promised that cosby would not be charged in exchange for his deposition several years ago. Accused of drugging and molesting a Temple University employee in 2004. Cosby denies those claims. And imagine coming home to find an alligator in your Swimming Pool. Thats what happened to a polk county couple. Coming out and what it took to haul the alligator out. Plus. Is there somewhere better for you . A bay area teen is quickly making a name for herself on the national stage. Still ahead, the feedback she got after her audition on the voice. You probably didnt notice but a cold front slipped through the bay area. A few clouds in the sky. Probably noticed we had anticipated a slight chance of rain but not much. Slightly cooler tonight and another front up the road and the weekend forecast coming up. Youre watching new channel 8, the station that is always on eagle 8hd coverage brought to you by your hyundai dealers. Welcome back. A lake land couple found an uninvited guest in their Swimming Pool when they got home. Check out the size of this gatorade. Linda lair did not see the gatorade because they have a dark bottomed Swimming Pool but when they saw the bubbles, they saw the surprise and called the trapper that roped the 9foot, 300pound gator and hauled him out. So i kind of came home and when i saw him, i was like thats no gator, a big gator. Hey, maybe wondering how did they say it broke through the screened in porch. Tonight 8 on your side is Digging Deeper into a controversy in Pinellas County that involves a school with a Million Dollars deficit. Mark douglas joins us and there is a lot of questions about how the school and the management couple handles taxpayer dollars. Parents are asking questions and the School District is and we are asking questions. This centers on a Charter School called wins or preps under a march 11th deadline to come up with a corrective action plan for finances. We spent time knocking on doors in search of answers about the management couple that oversees windsor. That couple is called new point Education Partners and it is at the center of controversy before in schools ranging from broward to pens nicola. We know new point has been fired for four different we will have a lot more and still trying to reach the managers. You will see it. Looking forward it. What are they saying about windsor. They are saying there is nothing wrong there and that it is simply a bunch of disgruntled parents. That doesnt explain the way the School District is, but deficits and consulting fees that they cant explain. They are in more trouble than they want us to believe. You can catch marks story, schools and chaos at 11 right here on new channel 8. Governor rick scott is voicing his opinion on the ride sharing battle involving uber and lyft. A bill outlawing insurance requirements and ground checks running into problems at the state capital. Uber is blaming the Senate President for holding up legislation because of ties to taxi interests. Governor scott weighed in on the battle. I dont believe that the government should be picking winners and losers. Sure that anybody that wants to provide a great product to our state, that keeps the citizens safe, they ought to be able to provide that product. Scott did not say if he is pressuring one side or the other. Nine days remain in the legislative session and a deal is possible. A teenager from the bay area on this season of the voice that is impressing the judges. It only took seconds for Christina Aguilar to give her approval and you can see why yourself. I cant live without. This is shala fearing from hudson. Only 15 years old. Christina aguilar asked the judges what took them so long to turn the chairs around. Down on my chairs. What were you guys doing, sleeping . A very impressive performance from shayla. You can be sure we will follow her journey. Watch it next monday and tuesday right here on new channel 8. 71 degrees at the lake club. We do in this a few of the high clouds and midlevel clouds moving from west to east. Not much in the way of precip associated with the cold front that i was talking about. Passing through the area. The temperatures tonight and overnight will be cooler but maybe hardly noticeable. You can see in clearwater beach. 65degree with a wind at 4 Miles Per Hour and the clouds left and clear patches. Jupiter in the eastern sky after about 9 00 p. M. Tonight. It has been visible and hopefully there will be fewer of the clouds that you can observe and spring training under way. In fact the rays playing. Phillies and in tampa. The phillies and yankees. 73 degrees. This evening 66 degrees. Partly cloudy sky and cool. The temperature tomorrow morning 55 degrees and light jackets needed to start the day. Temperatures slightly below the average. 75 in the afternoon, maybe a few clouds returning. Average temperatures overall. Pick from tierra verde. We had beautiful pictures over siesta key and look at the gorgeous blue water. A few of the high clouds in the sky. For the evening, temperatures will be fairly nice, out and the cool start of the day. Looking for a few of the clouds you want sky for tomorrow. We will see the sunshine too. 77 degrees in barto and winter haven and 71 bradenton and wicky washy 65 degrees. The winds have shifted out of the northwest and lighter. We have seen some gusts over 20 Miles Per Hour that is not unusual. Will be lighter this evening. Temperature as well. Got dry air. We show this as the water vapor imagery. High mid and upper level clouds streaking across the area. Thats what you are seeing. Dryer air and clearer skies georgia. Here is a cold front to the south and we will say goodbye to that. The front will continue to push to the south and maybe a few of the west. We have a front up the road and thursday looks good. We will see a few of the high clouds like in the sky for today. Mid70s. Very comfortable. So with these cold fronts passing through. Friday the front will arrive. And it pushes southward. Late morning, midday and afternoon hours down to the south, the skies quickly clearing with mile temperatures saturday, week. Winds will shift back east for the weekend and look at milder conditions. Pollen is high. Big surprise, right . Thursday, friday and saturday. Juniper and oak. Leaves coming down and the pollen. Land of lake and plant city, clearwater and the lows in the mid40s in some of the Northern Areas under clear skies. Three day forecast. Temperatures in the 70s, 73 for a high on friday and temperatures dropping back for monday, tuesday and wednesday in the 80s through the period. Overnight low temperatures will get warmer as the winds come more southeasterly and south. That will add more moisture back into the atmosphere as we get into the midweek. Could be mid80s in the inland areas as we get into midweek. Guys, back to you. Warms up, quick. A huge decision in a controversial proposal. Coming up, the bill rejected by south dakotas governor where transgender students use transgender bathrooms. If you are looking for a fine family event check out the outdoors expo and boat show starting at the Florida State fairgrounds and going through now to what is making headlines. The governor of south dakota has vetoed a bill that spark the National Attention requiring transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their sex at birth. There is no pressing area in the School Districts and believe that School Leaders better positioned to address any problem if it arises in the future. Opponents of the bill are thrilled. Unbelievably excited and so happy and thankful that he listened to the members of the community and really put a human face on this issue and vetoed it. Supporters argue that bill protection for all south dakota students. Really tragic story out of oregon where a pregnant woman is dead after a tree fell on her suv. The woman was driving to work when the freak accident happened. The entire drivers side of the suv is crushed. A witness saw the tree fall and called 911 but it was just too late. Nothing anyone could do. She was expecting her second child. New channel 8 at 6 00 is coming in next. Keith and stacy is here with what we are working on. The most terrifying ride of a Pinellas County mom. She had a gun pointed at her. And now the victim is talking about the ordeal only to 8 on your side. Flames shooting out after boat at a bay area marina. What the owner of the boat was doing right before that fire broke out. Dozens of people waiting hours and hours to see the tax man. I will show you what the irs being a slow poke behind the wheel is not just really annoying for everyone else. It could cost you. I will tell you how much coming up. Those stories plus your storm 8 forecast and sports with paul ryan. Coming up on new channel 8. Your side. Right now on new channel 8 at six. A gun pointed at her head by another driver. A road rage victim opens up about the most frightening drive of her life. Standing in line for hours. What is the hold up at the irs office in tampa surprisingly it is speeders that get bused. Slowpoke drivers as well. We will begin with an 8 on your side exclusive terrifying drive. A gun pointed at this womans head over a case of road rage. Deputies say the guy with the gun, an armored truck employee. The incident happened early sunday night but the woman is still shaken by it. She feared for her life. She feels like it could have been right there as she talked to her husband on her cell phone. Peter bernard joins us live from the Pinellas County jail and where is that suspect now, peter . Good evening. The accused road rager was arrested and taken to the Pinellas County deal and bonded out on the same day. I notice that there was a car that cut me off. On her way home sunday evening, rochelle did not like being cut off so she let the other driver know. I was surprised and i honked at the guy and he slammed on his brakes and so i flashed my
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