That pain is compounded by the fact no one has been arrested in this case. They cold me that they were actually on vacation in hawaii when they got the call about what happened. And it was a very, very long painful 24 hours to get back home. My heart is broken. Reporter nina and Marvin Lancaster are barely keeping it together. How could this happen . The tragedy of how he died, you know. My baby has been taken away from me so brutally. It was carelessness. This didnt have to happen. Reporter their only son marvin iii who friends called little marvin died in the shooting nearly two weeks ago. Was showing a live feed of his own death. His parents had talked to him just an hour before he died. I dropped to my knees. I was paralyzed. There was nothing i could do. We were so far away. We couldnt get home for over 24 hours. Reporter through their grief, nina and marvin have to deal with another sad reality. No one has been arrested in their sons death. Someone knows something. Even someone is feeding him. Whoever done it. He is being sheltered. I mean, this is putting the shoe on the other foot. Now, i have a reason to be out here. Reporter the lancasters have turned this back corner of their yard into a garden. All the plants here just a portion of the flowers given to them at their sons funeral this saturday. We didnt want them to die. Reporter as they deal with the untimely death knowing their son wont just come lay anymore as he usually did, they beg who did it to come forward. How could you live with yourself . Reporter tpd have no new updates in this case. We understand that the other person who dieds funeral is this weekend. Rod carter, thank you. A pasco county deputy and his family are on edge after a man tries to set their home on fire Deputy Ryan Lennox woke up to a fire on his porch and a man standing at the door. 30yearold Daniel Thomas hall is accused of setting the fire apparently in hopes of getting arrested. It worked. Hall is now charge with arson. Deputies believe he targeted the home after seeing a take home sheriffs vehicle in the driveway. You know what . I dont think they should have their cruisers parked in front of their homes because that targeted them. The sheriff sent a strong warning that all of his deputies are prepared to use deadly force if they or their families are threatened. A dangerous destructive joyride ends in a crash and the driver is 13 years old. Investigators tell us jade miller stole a van in pasco county and drove it to Pinellas Park where she crashed into a brick wall. Here are pictures of the damage. She got out and ran, but she was caught nearby. She is charged with grand theft and leaving the scene. And now, more exclusive coverage from cuba. 8 on your side reporter Jeff Patterson has spent the past seven days in cuba. He was the only bay area reporter covering an important trip to cuba by members of congress. Well, look here. Jeff is back with us tonight. Just got off the plane. And you came home to big news from the white house. I saw a lot. Experienced history in the making while i was in cuba. But todays announcement that a sitting u. S. President will be traveling to cuba would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. While i was in cuba, i found more americans than i had seen on my last trip just one year ago. It is a country of contrast. We saw great beauty and yet, we saw buildings that are falling apart. Democratic congresswoman kathy castor also returned from cuba and supports the president for going there. Im thrilled that president obama and the first lady are going to travel to cuba next month. Reporter for some, the news that president obama will travel to cuba is ground breaking. No question. Such a big development. Reporter tampa attorney al 100 times and is an outspoken opponent. They are not turning this back. Reporter on the other side of the argument is ralph fernandez. This is a say day for me. He is a long time anticastro force. But he is also a lifelong democrat who campaigned for president obama. He is worried about the impact the president s visit to cuba will have on the next election. I think this fuels the fire of those cuban americans who do have money and do vote. Reporter but congresswoman castor disagrees with fernandez and says the president will be able to press for the cause of human rights and other issues while he is there. I think president obamas visit will be a very important sign to the cuban people there. Reporter castor said she is more committed than ever to lifting the embargo and she year because of all of the momentum going on. Strong feelings on both sides with this. You see on marco rubio and others saying this is not the time. No sitting president should go to cuba. Then you see what you saw. You saw a lot of change. The road construction, the building renovation and the hope on the part of the people. Why do you think now is the time for president . Certainly the president is the driving force on this. He wants to make sure that he can do what he can while in office to have the embargo lifted. Part of that, he is at the end of his term. Doesnt have to face reelection. Polls now show that an overwhelming majority of americans support lifting this embargo. They are tired of what has begun going on. Castor said it today. The embargo is only hurting the people of cuba right now and we saw that. Because some of the Living Conditions there are deplorable. The buildings are falling apart. It is because they dont have the materials and infrastructure. A change is coming. No matter how it happens, change is going to happen. It has been a long time since i have been to cuba. 2006 in guantanamo bay. I hear going back will be fun because the Rolling Stones will be there. Thank you very much for your report jeff. You can count on us to continue to bring you complete coverage of president obamas historic visit to cuba. I will be there with the president every step of the way. That visit is scheduled next month on the 21 and the 22. So much change. Happening so quickly. Changing the punishment when it comes to marijuana. We will show you tampas plan to focus on fines rather than jail time. Plus, we told you about an elderly couple victimized by a con artist. Their roof full of leaks. We will show you how a bay area roofer came to the rescue. 74 degrees. A beautiful day. Those superlatives coming out for the weather like this. You will need them again tomorrow as the weather continues nice. But rain chances ahead. We will talk about that coming up. Well have that and more coming up. Youre watching newschannel8. The station that is always on the city of tampa is moving forward with a plan to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. There are two votes early next month. It would establish fines for adults who get busted with pot. The fine would double for a second offense to 150. And double again to 300 for a third offense. A good is a mar than to helped bring a missing elderly man home safely was honored by Clear Water Police today. Dennis johnson received a Good Samaritan award from the police chief. He noticed some color in the woods. Turned out to be bob taylor who had been missing 18 hours on the coldest night of the year. Not only did you discover him. You have also comforted him. Gave him a blanket. Engaged him in conversation. And i think that compassion is one of the places that makes clearwater such a great city. Taylor is now back home with his family. Well they turned to 8 on your side for help after their roof was left a complete mess. The ceiling started falling in. But now they have a brand new roof. And we will tell you about now, leaking money. A couple scammed by a con roofers respond coming to their rescue in a big way. It was supposed to be a 700 repair job. But, it turns into a 9,000 calamity for a couple. Out of money, out of hope, they turned to 8 on your side and Steve Andrews told their story and joins us now with an update. Reporter some people in the tampa bay area took notice. Gulf eagle supply reached out to offer some help. After months of planning, this week, it finally all came together. The roof was a mess as workers scraped off old shingles, they discovered a lot of problems. Several soft spots caused by rotting woods. On the ceilings. But they committed to making right a terrible wrong. We saw your report. Reporter Marty Vasquez is reporting to our report of this guy saying he could fix the couples leaky roof. It was originally 750. Reporter mitchell took them for 9,000. There is one part of this story that has not been written. Locating and arresting Angelo Mitchell. Angelo mitchell is a scam artist. He is not licensed. Prosecutors issued 16 arrest warrants for him including three for graft theft from people over 65. Being in the roofing industry, we wanted to see if we could help out in some way. We are grateful. And, it does help us. Reporter this week, akoma roofing spent several days repairing this rotten roof. We are thankful we are in a position to help. Reporter thanks to some is like new. I was glad to be in a position to help really. I think this is a win win for everyone. It gives our industry a better name. Reporter and this mess no longer hangs over their heads. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Reporter this wasnt a cheap project. They estimated it would cost about 10 grand in labor and materials. Then add 45 sheets of plywood and 280 feet of material to replace the rotted wood. You talking over 12,000. Good for those folks coming to the rescue. So what about this Angelo Mitchell . Reporter Authorities Say he skipped town. Otherwise, he would be in custody. If he happens to show up at your door telling you he is working on the neighbors house, notice that your roof needs repair, dont hold on. Close the door and call the cops. [ laughter ] wow. I bowl like to see the happy ending to that story. Great people. And if you know where Angelo Mitchell is, Pinellas County detectives ask you contact them at this number. 727 5826200 or call crime stoppers. 18873 tips. Nice to be at freedom plaza. 69 degrees. Mostly clear skies at sunset. Here. Southeast winds at 4 miles an hour. Hula bay looks nice. Northwest wind at 4 miles an hour on the tampa side. Citrus county. Crystal river. A beautiful plantation on crystal river. 65 degrees now. For the weekend, headed out to one of these races . Thousands are. 75 degrees saturday. 76 degrees on sunday. A mix of sunshine and clouds. Again, our temperatures the next couple of days will stay our average. 76, 75. But long term, take a bit. You can see dropping back into the 60s and in between there. We have a rain chance, possible thunderstorms as well. Nice shot here. You can see a great shot of the clear skies, the blue skies. We have seen the downtown tampa area. Storm team 8wfla on facebook. 64 degrees at 7 00 a. M. 73 at 3 00 p. M. Plenty of sunshine. Again, our current temperature 73 degrees. Brandon, 63 degrees. Clear water beach 68. Sun city center 68. And 67 in brooksville. You can see north force at 71 degrees. These are the forecast winds. They are kind of breezy with gusts over 24 miles an hour. You can see the winds coming in at a northeasterly angle in the forecast for tomorrow. That is around 12 30 p. M. Same win direction from the moisture back into our atmosphere. High pressure extends across much of the country. The flow around the high is giving us more of a northeasterly breeze. You can see how the clouds are moving in the general direction from northeast to the southwest. And that is all controlled by the area of high pressure. The dense dry air in place. This gives us hardly a cloud in the sky. The forecast for the evening keeps it pretty quiet. We cant rule out a fair weather cloud popping up across the inland areas and wandering across the state. Mostly sunny skies with average temperatures here. Maybe a few clouds an. Nice breeze from the east. And the northeast will continue. For saturday morning starting the day, mid 50s. Great running weather. Nice to start off with cool weather and again for saturday evening we see the temperatures will be pleasant. Mid 70s , same for sunday really. Same routine with the southeasterly flow. Maybe a tad warmer. Maybe just a bit more humidity in the atmosphere. 76 degrees sunday. Average the next couple of days. Same for monday. 75 degrees for a high temp. 74 degrees as we get into tuesday. Note the rain chance there as we crawl into tuesday and wednesday. Best chance of showers probably a little later in the day on tuesday to the early part of wednesday. And behind that cold front turning just cooler back into the 60s. Great weekend guys. Looking forward to it. Coming up next in sports, the lightning play at home. Around several rays players are getting an early start at port charlotte. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Hockey players say no one game is a must win situation until you get to a game seven in the playoffs. But if there is a team that must win tonight, its a lightning. Even the win against the jets may not cut into their playoff deficit. That is because each team in the playoff race plays as well. The penguins, the hurricanes, the bruins, the redwings. Everybody. Then the bolts hit the road for two games against two of those teams. So, we have arrived here at this critical stage for gaining wins at home. We will go out there. Get off to a good start. Try to build on some positives. You know. Obviously, we are not happy with the last game. Not necessarily the outcome. Wins or losses, but playing the right way. Kind of, you know, get back to the good habits and doing the right things. You really want to take playing back to back. Which is tough. It was proven the last to last road trip the we came out. The rays signed relief pitcher ryan webb to a one year deal. He is expected to play a pretty big role in this rays bullpen this season. A clear water guy. All right, the crack of the bat. Thats a welcome sound in port charlotte. Rays players showing up before the official beginning of spring training. That is good news for manager kevin cash who feels more confident headed into his Second Season in charge. One thing cash feels better about this year is the pace at which is manager makes decisions during games. It happens fast. It gets faster once you get out there. Just to be more prepared for the situations that arrive. Off the field, in the doesnt stop. And, the field per sundays daytona 500 will be settled in just a bit here later tonight by the traditional twin qualifying races. Whats the biggest goal for each driver . Dont wreck your car. Ryan newman got his car put together overnight following a crash during wednesdays practice session. There he is. Just under 190 miles an hour in practice. Drivers who crash tonight risk beginning sundays race at the back of the pack. And, it was one of my favorite things about daytona. The majority of the cars are in sundays race. I dont think it is worth taking risks tonight. Tell these guys that though. There is nowhere safe on the track in daytona. And tony stewart. Brian vicaress already in a backup car. Have you ever driven one of those cars . No. I have ridden one. All right, dont go anywhere. Nbc nightly news is next. And in just 30 minutes, we will be back for 8 at 7 00. We will see you back here tonight at 11 00. Developing news tonight. The pope versus trump. Shock waves as pope francis weighs into the race for president. Why he said donald trump is not a christian. Donald firing back. Its getting ugly as rubio and cruz have accusations. Suddenimpact. A terrifying chopper crash caught on tape near pearl harbor. Breaking news from hawaii. A hospital hacked. Its computers frozen, forced to pay ransom