Hillsborough county sheriffs deputies in hot pursuit after wrongway driver. I thought we need to get out of this situation. Reporter the situation . 20yearold derek wayne hyde, he was driving the wrong way on 301. Listen to the 911 calls from drivers who saw this all unfold. This guy is all over the road. He is on the other side of the road. Oncollision. There is a car. Im a few cars way from him but somebody head on. Reporter and when deputies used stop sticks to put it into his running and corner him, he started ramming their cars. Carolina saw it all. We saw they had boxed him in from three sides. You could see the residue of the flares on the road. This is where that pursuit came to an end last night. It is certainly the beginning of the trouble for this guy. He has had many brushes with the law. Look at this montage of mugshots with charges range interesting suspended license, domestic battery with a deadly weapon, felony battery, possession of drug paraphernalia, and yes, another instance of fleeing and eluding at high speeds. I think he has had multiple prior arrests. So the investigation is still on going. Thankfully, no citizens got hurt by the quick action of our deputies. Reporter anthony and carolyn are happy about that. Derek high School Charges are aggravated battery on a Law Enforcement officer, fleeing to elude, and reckless driving. We did stop by the suspects riverview home today. The person who answered the door did not want to talk. Deputies need your help identifying a man who tried to lure an 11yearold girl to his car. We will show you a composite sketch of the man investigators are looking for tonight. They tell us the incident happened as the girl was walking home from her bus stop in davenport. The girl told deputies the man in the passengers seat of a white car said her mother was in the hospital and she says to get you. The child took off running and we have got to find this guy. Weve got to find him before he does successfully pick up some young person someplace. We are exceptionally concerned. I have a team out on the ground investigating this right now. Detectives say the man is in his late 40s, maybe early 50s with short hair and a salt and pepper goatee. The car he was in is described as a white for door with tinted windows, black rims and a black bumper. Also from polk county tonight, five men behind bars accused of beating a man to death and then burning his body. Polk investigators tell us three brothers and an accomplice attacked man who may have raped a friend of theirs. After beating 31yearold robert banks with their fist and metal pipe, the father of the brothers drove the body to a rural area in Sumner County where they burned his bodies. Those five men have previous criminal records. Now to breaking news out of the bucs have reached an agreement to resign doug martin. That was a major priority during the offseason for the bucs. The team just made that announcement. Paul, this is a huge deal for the bucs, right . Reporter yeah, rod. Absolutely huge for this team because it keeps the young core of the buccaneers intact. Tampa bay hasnt confirmed salary numbers but its five years, 35 million with 15 million guaranteed. That pays him 7 million per season, making him the second highest paid running back in the nfl next year. I guess its fitting for a guy second in rushing in the nfl last season. Martin is coming off a bounce back year making the second pro bowl after being beleaguered by injuries the two previous seasons. If you ask both sides, martin and the buccaneers, this deal was a lock from the beginning. First day i was introduced, heres the general manager, i took a picture with my family on stage and he is now sevenyearold had a doug martin jersey on. I thought that was a prelude of he text me back and said, smart boy. Reporter smart boy indeed. Martin wasnt able to make it out to one buc to celebrate today. You will hear his reaction to the new deal a little later in sports. Back to you. Paul ryan. Thanks very much. Appreciate that. All right. Lets turn now to the race for the white house. In just a few hours Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders will square off in debate in florida. The last debate before florida voters cast their ballots in the states president ial primary next week. Keith cate is live at miami hey, keith. Reporter hey, rod and jen. A beautiful Candace Mccowan here in the area of miami n that arena right there is where the two will battle it out. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton. I think this sets the stage for what is to come in the president ial race coming forward. Ted cruz be able to derail donald trump in will marco rubio still income the race . What about john kasich . Is he going to be there . Will Hillary Clinton be able to extinguish the flame for those who are feeling the bern, if you will . Really i think on march 16 we will have a lot of answers because this is a winner take all state. 99 delegates right here. And we are in the political storm, if you will, and we are in the eye of it in florida, but i tell you this. The cone of urner uncertainty is starting the cone of uncertainty is starting to narrow. In many ways in president ial race begins anew right here right now in florida. Both parties and all six candidates are looking to draw a political line in the sand. The democrats at miamidade Community College where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will debate in a couple of hours. Sanders with a wave of momentum after a surprise primary win last night in michigan. We have now won, i guess, nine states and a lot more are yet to come. Reporter clinton with a seal the deal as she begins to turn and the gop. We have our differences which you can see when we debate, but i tell you what. Those differences pale in comparison to whats happening [cheers and applause]. Reporter frontrunner donald primaries last night. He is calling on the gop campaign. What i say to the is embrace it. We will win the election easily. Reporter john kasich is trying to hold on through next tuesdays primary in his home state of ohio while ted cruz is looking for traction after a win overnight in idaho and an endorsement today from carly fiorina. You know, the polls have been all over the map. What i can tell you is we are seeing our support surging. It comes down to florida, doesnt is . Reporter and most agree marco rubio must win her. Florida sun from setting on his campaign. One more word about that. When you think about marco rubio, the most recent poll from cnn has donald trump ahead 40 to 24 for marco rubio. Ted cruz further on down the line. It really is something when you think about where marco rubio has been with his minimum, where he is today. Jeb bush, sources are saying he will talk to ted cruz and marco rubio and john kasich tomorrow and perhaps give endorsement before the republicans take the debate stage . Miami tomorrow. If its not rubio, i think thats a knockout blow for marco rubio. Its been interesting to watch. A quick word. Another thought i had about Hillary Clinton. The demographics in the state support a win for Hillary Clinton. The polls show that as well. I think whats key is not only does she have the super delegates on her side, this is a closed primary meaning if you are an independent, you cannot vote for Hillary Clinton or donald trump or anyone else on the republican or democratic side. I think thats what kept him in the race as long as it has. All cylinders tonight. It should be interesting to see how he does go after hillary they work their way together towards what may be the coronation of Hillary Clinton going forward. A live from miami, jen, back to thanks, keith. We know you will be right there appreciate it. We will have more live coverage seven. Also, full reaction and analysis after the debate on news channel 8 at 11. Well, floridas primary is march 15. You can always cast youreport vote now by voting early. We posted everything you need know on wfla. Com. Well, those racecars, boy, are they ready to hit the track in st. Pete for the big grand prix this weekend. Always a good time there. Coming up, the security changes this year that will actually restrict what you can bring in. Today was supposed to be the spaghetti warehouse. Still ahead, the late night deal new life. You know, jen and rod, i weeks. Pattern. I will let you know if we have any showers in the forecast a scare at the Pinellas Justice center today. Three suspicious items were found just outside that building. The bomb squad was called in and detonated the devices. A 911 call saying two people were on their way to the Justice Center to, quote, shoot up the courthouse. Deputies are investigating but they believe it was a hoax. The grand prix refs up this weekend. You can expect a higher level of security. They will use two bomb detecting k9s. They will join two others who are trained to sniff out explosives. Also metal detectors at entrance gates and bag searches for anyone entering the race course area. Many people have said they have a lifetime memories at the spaghetti warehouse. I have a couple, three, four of those myself. But it was that outpouring of support thats keeping those doors open. At least for now. Coming up next, what could the sunll come out tomorrow. For people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine r that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow p in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant p it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. P tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow r ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away. Welcome back. Well, today was supposed to be closing day for an ybor city stable, spaghetti warehouse. A lastminute decision, Restaurant Owners changed their minds, telling us they are working on a plan to stay in tampa bay. Hey, shannon. Reporter everything was set to close today. A steady stream of customers stopped by for a last italian meal and it was that Community Support that persuade the company to keep the doors open for now. Spaghetti warehouse has been right here in the heart of ybor city for 25 years. Today was supposed to be the end. But not now. We decided that we are going to fight. We are going to try to stay here. Reporter he is with bld brands. The californiabased company that owns the spaghetti warehouse chain of restaurants. He cites financial troubles and pressure from the landlord as the reason the restaurant announced its closing. The conversations now at high levels are basically where can we be . How do we maintain a presence here to continue to serve these great people . Reporter so many wanted a last dinner known for the unique decor. Customers have wait inside twohour lines since the Closing Announcement last week. As far as saying open here, you dont know how long you will be open . Its a very fluid situation. We will be working with the that. Reporter this is great news for customers like emily. And this place is right up there with the best new york restaurants. Reporter the restaurant is searching for other possible locations, and the owners tell me that they will make another announcement if they do decide to close that ybor city location. A lot of people want it to stay open. Originally, you know, gift cards and what people can do with those had it closed today. Whats the news with that . Reporter if you have those of luck. They said they will honor it. Of the gift card. Call that number if they close money back. Leave. Thats a generous offer. It is. I hope they dont close. Me either. Thanks so much. Thank you. Craving dinner . River. The sun will be setting in about 15 minutes from right now. Current temperatures still warm. 80 degrees is the current temperature. This evening going to be a good looking one. Emoji man is happy. Bright eyes. Bright teeth. Comfortable temperatures this evening by 9 p. M. 72. Mostly clear skies, and the winds are dying down a little bit. A blustery day today. Current temperatures 80 in tampa and brooksville. Everybody else pretty much in the 70s right now. 74 in sarasota. Again its been kind of breezy. Today we had wind gusts on the order of, say, 20 to 25 miles per hour. Today southeast blowing 10 to 15 miles per hour. You take two weeks of no rain, combine it with windy conditions this time of year and what do you get . High pollen. High pollen today and we are going to continue to see high pollen for the next couple of days. So no surprises there. If you are used to the allergies kicking in this time of year, oak, juniper and netle are the culprits. Mostly clear skies across much of tampa bay. Really looking quite nice. Offshore we have a big area of High Pressure that has been there for about a week. That is insulating us from showers and storms that are occurring out west. In fact, check this out. If we zoom around eastern texas and louisiana, theyve picked up locations. So a lot of rain all because that High Pressure is blocking any of that rain from moving farther east. It continues just to track over the same location while, meantime, we are just enjoying sunny weather and warm temperatures. So this evening looks good. Mostly clear skies remaining warm. Overnight tonight no weather problems. Tomorrow morning lots of sunshine. Well be a bit breezy once again tomorrow. A bit of that pollen again. Lots of sunshine tomorrow and warm and a temperature of 83 degrees. And then moving into friday, still dry in the morning and High Temperature of 83 degrees once again. And then moving into saturday that High Pressure starts to give way a little bit. So we see perhaps one, maybe two little showers. A little bit better chance on sunday once train finally starts to make that rain finally makes its way eastward. Overnight tonight mostly clear skies. Low temperature of 65 degrees. Tomorrow afternoon partly cloudy skies. If you like today. Youre going to like tomorrow. A very similar day. High temperature 83 degrees. Great weather for all the spring breakers in town with warm temperatures. The immediate beach locations will be a tad cooler right around 80 degrees at clearwater tomorrow. Of course, we know why the spring training is here in tampa bay. Because we have such awesome weather. Tomorrow near 80 degrees and dry weather. So spring breakers and spring trainingers alike are loving this weather, im sure. So nice weather the next two days. Maybe a shower on saturday. Better rain chance on sunday when we have the grand prix in so hopefully that wont be too much rain. Looking better next week. Remaining around 80 degrees or the next seven days. Its beautiful. Wash away some of that pollen, please. Thank you. Coming up next in sports, bucs running back doug martin is the man of the hour for bucs fans. We are live in one buc place where we will hear from martin himself on why he chose to resign with the team. He is a special, special guy. He is now in an elite category of running backs that make it to the second contract. We are very excited for doug and being able to reward one of our own. Man tonight. Running back doug martin is back with a brand new fiveyear contract on the first day of nfl free agency. Talk about lift ago weight off the shoulders of general manager. Bucs fans woke up today wondering what was going to happen. His deal reportedly worth 35 million. As we head back out to one buc place for paul ryan standing by live, apparently this whole deal was not quite as dramatic as we thought, right, paul . Reporter no. They kept it kind of quiet behind the scenes. Kind of like the Steven Stamkos thing. Martin never had a chance to dip into dock, rather, into the free agent pool. Jason light told us his market value is 7 million a year. When both sides have the same ends, the negotiation process is pretty painless. One thing that helped was just his desire to be here and then our desire to want him. Know, bickering back and forth with any negotiation. At the end of the day, 99. 9 of this was easy. He has earned his money. We wanted to reward him. He has earned every penny. I always wanted to be a buc. I always wanted to come back, you know, and be successful being a buccaneer. I cant wait to come back and play for the team. Its going to be a great team. Reporter jason light said the reason he liked him so much is not because he racked up so many yards. Its the way he racked them up being aggressive. A toughnosed downhill runner. He will be doing that another five years if everything goes well, dan. You said it right there. If everything goes well. Hope he stays healthy. He sounds motivated like he is going to top last year. Nice work, paul. Bucs also took care of Business Today on day one of the nfl league here extending exclusive free agent [ inaudible andrew paul. There were two qualifying offers to restricted free agent safety Bradley Mcdougall and wide receiver russell shepard. All you have to do is snap that thing. See that . Between your legs. Ten guys rushing you. Uhhuh. How hard can it be . Laces out. [ laughter ] there you go. Congratulations to him. All right. Thank you. Bucs fans are definitely happy. And finally tonight, two newborn baby boyce in tampa are going to have a story to tell. The mothers are sisters. They gave birth on the same day. Thats awesome. And almost at the same time. Only 13 minutes apart. Now, the sisters, crystal and sarah, say it was kind of like a race for them. And they actually texted each other through the whole delivery. They actually planned to go to the strawberry festival this week. But they will have to take them next year. Hang on a second hang on a second. You are not going to win this fight. Us tonight. Nightly news is coming your way next. We will see you back here at 11. Breaking news tonight, a deadly flood emergency. Tens of millions in the path. Evacuations under way right now. Tonight high water rescues and the National Guard has been deployed. Going for a knockout. Donald trump says hes looking to take out his rivals once and for all as pressure mounts on marco rubio. What he telling us exclusively. Plus, the Bernie Sanders shocker. High anxiety. How was a man wanted for attempted murder able to fly across the country, taken down by secret service at the white house. Tax scam alert, thousands being fooled by callers claiming to be the irs and