Apart her pool cage and uprooted her trees. Oh. Look at the tree reporter for her this is all too familiar. This is the second time. Reporter this area was ravaged by hurricane charlie in 2004. Residents were forced to rebuild back then. Now this is deja vu. This is what it is. This is what it is. Reporter Charlotte County emergency Officials Say the two tornadoes destroyed 11 homes and damaged 25 others. Across the area, garage doors have caved in and roofs were left torn apart. Since yesterday, power crews have been out in force working to bring everybody back online. And contractors were quickly trying to make these homes livable again. A few blocks away, al santoro is surveying his own damage. He came back home to discover his backyard transformed into a colossal mess. It will be cleaned up but it will take time for things to return to normal. I dont know what to do anymore. Im at my wits end. Reporter when Mother Nature strikes it is never convenient. But these folks are going to make the most of it and rebuild. All throughout the area, we are finding images like this. Like large palm trees just tore down. We see a lot of people working hard late into the day. But thankfully, there were no reported injuries. I know the governor is coming this evening. Tell us a little bit about that. Reporter we are waiting to find out when he will be here. Sometime in the next hour, governor rick scott will be here to meet with some of the residents impacted by the storm and talk to the media. As soon as we get that, we will bring it to you. John rogers, thank you. Blamed for seven deaths across virginia. In this video in waverly, you can see many areas reduced to piles of rubble. At least six tornadoes have touched down in virginia. And North Carolina saw some tornadoes as well. One ripped apart buildings and silos on a farm in oxford. Now, breaking news, an rv fire has snarled traffic on u. S. 19 today. This is a live look from eagle 8, hd. This is the northbound side of u. S. 19 south of enterprise. Investigators tell us this motor home caught fire. Two people inside made it out safely. But a cat was reportedly killed. A car being towed by the rv was also damaged. The cause is reportedly accidental. Well, less than an hour of erin andrews recorded by her stalker. She left the courtroom while the video played. It is day 4 of andrews trial against the nashville marriott. What else happened . Reporter there was word that erin andrews would be take ton the stand today, but that has not happened yet. We heard from a marriott manager and therapist who helped her after her stalker was released from prison. Jurors listened to a may 2015 deposition from lauren tomstock, a therapist who did over the phone sessions with andrews upon Michael Barretts release from prison in 2012. Andrews was shocked, and humiliated by the videos. She has to live with this. [ unintelligible ] reporter earlier in the day, a Hotel Manager took the stand to explain how reservations are handled and how rooms are booked at the hotel. Other potential witnesses that could be called to testify include jesse palmer and announcer chris fowler. Andrews was with palmer and fowler covering a Football Game when the incidents at the hotel occurred. Erin andrews is the daughter of 8 on your side investigator steve andrews. He testified yesterday. What is marriotts stance on this . The work of Michael Barrett and they shouldnt be held responsible. All eyes will be on the five remaining republican candidates as they take part in one last debate supertuesday. Lets head out to our washington dc news room and mark meridith. All right mark. We had 17 on the stage for a while, we are down to five. So what do you think . Reporter we have five people on stage. You can imagine, there will be a lot of attention focused on marco rubio. You also see john kasich and ben carson on the stage but the rhetoric between the two, we are talking between cruz and trump, has gotten so nasty just within this past week, trump on the stump calling cruz crazy to loud it is interesting. When you are talking about a race like this, this is for your own party. This is not going against democrats in the fall. Now. Will be like with all of this on the line. There are 12 states voting next tuesday. So for these candidates they realize this is a make or break moment for them. Also i see donald trump firing off the campaign trail. You have the mexican president fox using strong words when asked if they will pay the bill for the wall trump is talking about. You have mitt romney tweeting about a bomb shell in trumps taxes. How is hayraking to all of is he reacting to all of this . Reporter donald trump took to twitter. Lets talk about what happened with the former president of mexico. The wall donald trump says he wants mexico to build if he were elected president. The former president of mexico says there is no chance that is going to happen. He did it on television and he did curse, so trump who has been known to use profanity himself and as gotten in trouble in the past said he was offended by the former president s remarks and he should get an apology. Talking about with mitt romney. This is the 2012 republican nominee. Just four years ago. This time saying that donald trump should have to release his taxes because he believes there is a bomb shell that would have to come out. That donald trump would be accused of hiding something with his taxes. Trump saying mitt romney, he is just a has been. He has no real stamina in the republican party. When it comes to a nomination contest. Covering this, you really want to get the party behind you. When you are going after the previous nominee and anyone else standing up to you, it is hard to see many friends left open the table. A quick word about the democrats. We have the South Carolina primary for the democrats. How is Bernie Sanders doing there . Reporter it is not looking too good. They are voting saturday. Hillary clinton still looking strong after her win in nevada. Bernie sanders still looking ahead to super tuesday. He has a lot of get out the vote rallies. His numbers may have stabilized certainly having the momentum on her side. But as we have seen, all it take is one news cycle for every plan to go out of the window. We will see how it goes. Mark meridith, thank you mark. Well, still ahead, another county. We are live from the affected neighborhood with what you need to know to stay safe. Also ahead, apple stands its ground against the fbi in a new court filing. This is far from finished. Big change from yesterday. No thunderstorms. Just a bright blue sky. Wind from the northwest. Temperatures will stay cooler for a while including through the weekend. We will have the numbers coming up. Floridas last oneroom schoolhouse is in danger of closing. Coming up, a Community Meeting apple filed a motion to vacate a District Court order saying it breaks protections. The fbi is seeking a dangerous power in their words that would inpact privacy interests of thousands of people around the globe. But the fbi director told congress today, the agency is not backing down. Now to an 8 on your side consumer alert. Check your pantry. Several brands of raw macadamia nuts are being recalled for salmonella. Consumers can return the nuts for a full refund or replacement. Target is not requiring the customer to provide proof of purchase. Alert for Hillsborough County. Reporter a Cat Came Back positive for rabies. They believe this cat may have wondered somewhere around this whole neighborhood. They are warning residents tonight to be cautious. Residents living in the town and county community are on alert after a cat tested positive for rabies in the area. Health Department Staff went door to door thursday morning. They just came by with flyers and said to, you know, read it. There has been an incident with a cat getting rabies. Captured around the corner. It was in an around some people. They were petting the cat and it bit them. Reporter those living in tampa bay trail, hillsborough avenue, west water avenue, and Southern Brook bend are asked to be cautious of any strays. This is the second alert that has gone out in the county. Another cat tested positive for rabies in citrus park last week. This is a really Good Opportunity for folks to check their animals. You know, their domestic animals. Rabies vaccinations. Keep an eye on them. When they are outside. When they are walking them. When they are in the yards. Reporter but it is the animals living behind our house that make us worry. We have bob cats and coyotes in our neighborhood. Not to mention raccoons, possums, all the things that catch rabies. Reporter well, there is a Health Officials are warning if you see any animals acting strange, do not touch it. And please, do not feed any of these animals that are hanging around. Keith . Well, Hillsborough County is a big county. What about the other cats in the area . Are there others out there . Reporter well, at this moment, officials believe that this may be an isolated incident. Unlike the incident that happened, the case that happened in citrus park where officials observed that cat interacting with other cats. That is why they captured those animals and took them in. But over here, witnesses have keith . Jamel lanee, thank you. Now, a preview of an 8 on your side investigation we are working on for you. Shannon behnken joins us with a look at what she is working on for the 11 00 newscast. Reporter we went out with a blind man in pasco county as he his name is mike keech. Desperation. It didnt take us long to find out what he meant. We wanted to show you a little bit of what he goes through. He has a service dog named go anywhere. The sidewalk ends so mike doesnt know where to go. And he called us for help. He has been trying to get a sidewalk for eight years now. We have taken information. Talked to the county about it. Coming up, i will tell you what they have to say. Pretty frustrating for him and looking at the video. Your heart skips a beat imagining. We were worried. We didnt know how long to let this go. We wanted to see what he goes through, but didnt want him to fall on the street. It was really scary. Unimaginable. Thank you shannon. Be sure to tune in for the full stepping into danger. We have the breezes going. You can see the palm tree going around. Some strong gusts. Not a cloud in the sky. Just a beautiful afternoon overall. And in New Port Richey as well. Western part of pasco. Strong northwesterly winds though. The folks are not too far from the gulf of mexico. And the winds continue strong off the gulf there too. Lows down caesar looking good. Saint pete. 60 degrees. Northwest winds at 22. Gives you a good idea of the wind direction and speed. A launch of the space x rocket. An 80 chance of a favorable weather for a launch. Weather is one of the considerations for a launch. Satellite. Again. We will see how that goes. Tonight. 61, 64. 69 degrees. I was talking about a cool stretch. The early part of midweek next week. Long term perhaps, a temperature falloff here with slight rain chance in between of all that. 55 degrees at 8 00 p. M. Mostly clear skies. But it will stay breezy and temperatures will fall after sunset. A jacket, a sweater, probably not a bad idea. Especially if you will be out late. 51 degrees at 2 00 a. M. That is pretty cool. And sunshine, a few clouds, overall, a very nice day. But a chilly start to the day at 49 degrees. 62 at the airport in tampa. 61 saint petersburg. Palm harbor, 62 in sun city center. 63 lake land. 63 north port. But the winds will continue to stay strong in the forecast this evening. As you can see the current numbers are pretty strong for the northwest. Gusting at 23 in clear water. 25 plant city. Out in winter haven, down in lake placid, 22. Windy all over the bay area. Low pressure partially responsible for that. That is way none the northeast. The cooler air dragging the snow showers across sections of west virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, the western parts of new york. Quite a few clouds back west of that. Further south, this cold front is obviously cleared the state of florida. That is why we are seeing all of the wind with the High Pressure to the west and low pressure to the north. The breezy conditions will continue with the temperatures falling off fast this evening. Kind of chilly with the stronger wind. Chilly start in the 40s with a jacket probably a pretty good idea. In the afternoon, breezy north winds. 10 to 15 degrees below normal in our average high temperature. Then saturday morning is chilly too. A little bit lighter winds. 43 degrees. Our coolest morning as High Pressure settles over us in the afternoon. It will be a beautiful day. But a cooler day with those below normal temperatures carrying all the way through the weekend. 69 degrees by sunday. No rain chances here. As we cruise throughout this period until wednesday. Good news is previously, this has changed in 24 hours. Less intense than it looked yesterday. Just going through a round of severe thunderstorms. It is not nice to look forward to another one. We will see how that develops. It was softer and cooler. But it will get warm again and we are definitely cool for now. It is a sweet weekend. Well take it. Thank you. Well, jet blue offered a planeful of passengers a free round trip. But there was one little catch. In a time in politics when it seems like no one can agree jet blue got a planeful of people to agree on something cool. They offered 150 passengers a free round trip ticket, but there was a catch. They had to Work Together to agree unanimously on a destination by the end of their current flight. They used red and blue paddles to vote. In the end. 150 strangers agreed to go to costa rica. Congrats to them. Southwest airlines is partnering with amazon payments to let passengers buy access to inflight wifi. Users will simply log in with their amazon credentials. They are hoping it will make payments more seamless. New york city is no longer the city with the most billionaires. Now, it is beijing. The Chinese Capital city gaining 32 billionaires last year for a total of 100 according to a global rich list. New york is now at second place with 95 billionaires. Followed by hong kong with 64. Here is another most list. This one you dont want to be on. It is a list of the most hated retailers in america. Number one, abercombi and fich. Walmart is on the list. This is based on recent shopping experiences. As far as the best retailers. Nordstrom, costco, and amazon scoring very high. What do you think of that . I remember a long time ago, abercrombie played music really loud. I have always been too old to go there so i would have no idea what kind of music they play. Josh was going in without a shirt. [ laughter ] modeling. Good grief. What is coming up at 5 30. A skate park scandal reports teens behaving badly. That is coming up next. Plus, a bay area tech company striving for a more inclusive workplace. Right now on newschannel8 at 5 30. Trouble in a lakeland skate park after dark. Complaints of sex and drugs. Now, after several arrests, dozens of complaints. A change is coming. Good evening everybody. Im josh benson. Im jennifer leigh. Thank you very much for joining us this evening. Lakeland city leaders want to close the skate park two hours earlier. That is not going over well with skateboarders but city leaders claim they have no choice. Newschannel8s josh thomas joins us live to explain all of this. Josh . Reporter good evening. Well the lakeland skate park is one of the most famous in florida, but the city is forced
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