Now former students are in limbo. Hackers stole 50,000 Social Security numbers from the university of central florida. The school is planning to send out letters to alert victims and will offer a year of free credit monitoring. Were waking up to a cool day. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s but the wind is making it feel cooler. Lets go to meteorologist leigh spann for a look at the cool down. You can feel it blowing. It is howling out there for sure. What it means is the air is moving. The cold air rushing in from the north. It is colder in places to the north. Inver yes at inverness at 46. Polk degrees at 50 degrees and Highlands County at 54 degrees. Look at a difference from yesterday and today. Anywhere from 15 to 25 degrees cooler. One of the biggest things will be the wind. These are sustained winds, an average overtime. But now ill put in the individual, strongest gusts in the average. That is where were looking at 33 miles an hour in tampa. That will take your breath away. 23 miles an hour at bartow at this point. Were still cloudy. As we speak, the clouds are clearing from north to south and even with sunshine well stay with a high of 61 today. On weather and traffic on the 8s, ill take you hour by hour and here is leslee to get the commute started. It was good until a minute ago. I want to look at the sky way bridge. It is windy so use caution as you move across it here is a look, too, at the Howard Frankland bridge. You can see the water moving there with all of the wind below the bridge. We have a new collision. 275 around roosevelt and southbound dale mabry highway. A disabled vehicle tying up all of the lanes. Spots in my next report. Back to gene and gayle. While you were sleeping, a United Nations panel ruled wiki leaks founder is being detained by britain and sweden. The panel believes the detention should end and he should be entitled to compensation. He has been holed up in london since 2012 when he claimed asylum. Swedish prosecutors want to question him over accusations of rape. He denies the ab observations. A doctor accused of raping a patient. Police arrested a well known neurosurgeon at his home. Melanie michael looks at the shocking accusations. Good morning from clear. Dr. John dragis is in big trouble right now. I want to show you where all of this happened. Behind the closed doors this of clear water. It is the most sacred of places, where youre vulnerable. Sharing your most private information with a person you trust completely, at least, that is what you think. Dr. John dragis had a stellar reputation for being trust worthy. I had high reguards for him. I would recommend him to everybody. One by one, compliment after compliment, patients saying the praises of the doctor and his work at the florida spine institute. The promise is made in bold print to trust dr. Dragis to help you enjoy life again. He will put your mind at ease. When he is done with you, youll have your life back like i do. But that is not how all patients feel about this physician. He is accused of the most disgusting devious deed, taking in the very office he vowed to help people. The place he promised to do no harm. She claims he violated her in the worst way possible. 8 on your side wanted to see what the doctor had to say about the criminal charges. How would he answer to these allegations so we went straight to the source, right to his building here in clear water. But dr. Dragis never answered. Now he faces Sexual Battery charges that could change the course of his career. So this morning, what is next for this neurosurgeon . He spent less than 12 hours on jail on wednesday and were trying to track down his attorney to get answers. Im Melanie Michael in clear water. News channel 8. Thank you. It is 4 05. This morning, an 8 on your side alert. Of for profit colleges like Art Institute and itt filed claims for student loan forgiveness. It totals 160 million. Many, like a graduate from tampa claim they were lied to by recruiters. If what was actually promised to be the education and what was promised to be my curriculum actually panned out. I would gladly pay for that are. Via skype from austin, texas, sid explains he graduated from the Art Institute of tampa owing more than 80,000. He wants a pay back pardon accusing the school of lying about qualified instructors and Industry Standard learning tools. He claims he taught himself through youtube videos and explains the school didnt deliver on an in field job placement promise. What the Art Institute the field for game, art and design includes game stop. That is where they placed him. Making copies for eight bucks an hour. He has recruiting catalogs to prove their promises. He joins thousands of former students nationwide claiming fraud at for profit colleges but current students arent so sure. Much. You as a student need to pretty much have to do the rest. When you sign up to pay for, that i think youre obligated to pay it back. The Parent Company agreed with the government on more transparent recruiting and disclosure statements but this is not an admission of wrong doing. The u. S. Department of education continues investigating claims. More than 1,000 of the claims were already paid out but just five of those were related to florida schools and what is difficult here, gayle, is for the students to prove that they were lied to because you need to prove that, for example, they made a promise like youll get a job making this much money and you didnt so it is those numbers and details that are hard for the students to prove to the government. Back 80,000 in debt without the high paying job that could have been promised. Absolutely. Well see how this all plays out. Another 8 on your side alert this morning, customers of a bay area gas station need to be monitoring their bank accounts. Authorities found yet another skimming device. This time at a marathon gas station in sarasota. Investigators dont know how long it had been there. The last time the pump was checked was nearly a year ago. Cracking down on drones there is a no drone zone for a boat racing event in bradenton. Organizers warn it could pose to speed boat drivers and the unmanned air craft could get in the way of spotting manatees. If a drone is spotted, the event will be stopped until it is removed. Cooler weekend. It is getting chillier as we speak. Temperatures will be dropping for the next four hours. Let me show you this hour by hour forecast. Well be all the way down into the mid40s by 8 00 a. M. The sun will have a tough time warming us up. 54 degrees at noon and breezy. 61 degrees at 3 00 p. M. A little sunshine but that is 10 degrees below average. If youre getting ready for the gasparilla it will be a little gusty out there this morning. Go for a noon roon. In the evening it will get chilly again. There is a chill in the air. Cool, sunny and breezy all day tomorrow. Tomorrow an area of low pressure forms which will add in extra clouds and a few showers but winter returns all of next week. Highs in the 50s and 60s. Lets check in on traffic on the 8s. You have to crank the heater. Be careful across the sky way. 275 and gandy looks great. We have an accident in the vicinitiy near roosevelt but it vicinity near roosevelt but it wont slow you down. University is always touch and go. 275 is where fhp has the accident. I dont see any slow downs but it could be in between our two cameras. Traffic looks great. Southbound dale mabry highway, we have a disabled vehicle at urlich road. That is a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. All right. Thank you so much it is a war of words in the race for the white house. Secretary clinton does represent the establishment. I represent, i hope, ordinary americans. Im fighting for people who cannot wait for those changes and im not making promises that i cannot keep. Coming up, how senator bernie New Hampshire. Valentines day spending. The way americans are planning this romantic holiday is 4 10. Less than a week before the New Hampshire primaries and theyre across the state campaigning. We look at the messages the Democratic Candidates hope theyre talking about. Good morning, there is a lot happening in New Hampshire by the moment. The latest news is a new poll out by cnn showing Bernie Sanders has a 21 advantage over hillary clinton. The poll showing that sanders has 61 support here in New Hampshire with just 30 and now theyre at each others throats. I dont think it was progressive to vote against the brady bill five times. I dont think it was progressive to give gun makers and se immunity. We can go back and forth like watching tonight want to know what we have done and what we will do. Instead of arguing about definitions you began it yesterday with your comments. One of the things we should do is not only talk the talk but walk the walk. And later today, republican and democratics hit the ground running democrats hit the ground running. They like the face to face time with the candidates. The republicans will be debating tomorrow night. It might be friday for us but for these candidates it might as well be monday. We have a lot of work to do they have a lot of work to do before the primary rolls around. Thanks so much, candace will be on the campaign trail through tuesday when the voting begins. She will join us live at a rally in support of marco rubio. The democratic debate is getting a lot of attention online as you can imagine. News channel 8 Lindsey Mastis joins us live. How are the candidates fairing online. The code of Public Opinion and twitter tracks how each candidate is doing. Lets take a look at the data here. The most tweeted, the three most tweeted topics are Foreign Affairs is and national security, healthcare, and the economy, and more people are actually talking about hillary clinton. Look at this. She has 56 share of the conversation, Bernie Sanders only 44 . But senator sanders won in social in another way. He dominated the top three moments by criticizing clinton over wall street. The business moderaty of wall street is fraud. It is fraud. I believe that corruption is is rammant. The candidates got on social media to spread messages further. There is only one person ready to be commanderinchief and experience is important but so is judgment and back in 20021 of us voted the right way on the iraq war, the other didnt. We want to know if this is impacting your opinion of the candidates. You can reach out to us on social media. Use the hash tag eight alert. Lindsey, thank you, you can follow the morning alerts each day on facebook and twitter. All you have to do is search the hash tag eight alert. Americans are planning to spoil their loved ones this valentines day. The National Retail federation estimates valentines day spending will reach 19. 7 billion. That translated into about 146 per person. The most popular gift this year . Candy. Next on the list . Dinner and a show, and jewelry came in third. On your list it came in first though. I can only hope. Love is in the air here at news channel 8. We have stories for you all week and next week leading up to valentines day that will have so we also want to hear your love stories. Send them to us on social media using iheartwfla. You might see them on tv. Red is the color of the day. Not because of valentines day. Youll notice a number of people are wearing this color. A way to spark conversation and raise awareness about heart health in women. The American Heart Association declared today National Wear red day. Theyre more likely than men to let work get in the w themsies. Women need to put themselves first. The American Heart Association is encouraging women to schedule a doctors appointment to discuss individual Heart Disease risk. It is easy as being more active, cutting salt out of your diet. And putting yourself first is so hard for a woman. It is near impossible. You put everyone else in front of yourself. Get yourself checked out. And go red today. Go red for women and maybe a red coat. It is cold and windy out there. Here is a look at the break down of today. Starting at 8 00. 47 degrees and it is gusty. Then, even with full sunshine by lunch time, we struggle to hit 54 degrees at 3 00 p. M. A high of 61. That is 10 degrees below average and it will still be breezy. Now . We dropped to 49 the further south you are, the slightly warmer. 5in north port versus 45 in remember the strong winds. Not only will it make it feel colder it will be tough to take a boat out. A rip current risk because the wipd is howling out of the north helping to criteria the wind helping to clear out the skies. Below average, cool breeze and chilly all day. There will be high, thin clouds. It will develop off of the east coast which will add in a 30 rain chance saturday. This is one of the coldest weeks weve seen all winter. How about traffic on the 8s . Were moving out along there on the bay area interstate. They look good. No delays in hernando county. Looking good on cortez, u. S. 98 and 41. I75 looks good through pasco county. Lets talk about pinellas. 275 at roosevelt. Vehicle off to the shoulder due to a crash. No delays. Southbound near urlich road. It is turning orange there and basically we have a disabled vehicle that is tying up lanes on dale mabry highway southbound. Be aware of that as youre coming through that area. That is a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. A toy truck danger for kids. Ahead, 8 on your side behind the recall that parents need to hear. A new spin on super bowl fever. Coming up, the way some fans are making their passion permanent. I hope that is a winner fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. Add snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. For dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. From dinner to dessert, its just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. And look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always. We have an 8 on your side alert. Dollar general is recalling toy trucks that can burn your chirp. No injuries are reported. The store received five reports of the Remote Control shovel loader over heating. At Dollar General stores. If your child has one, take it away and contact the store for a full refund. It is 4 23. Sports fans can get pretty serious about their team lochlality. One tattoo shop loyalty. One tattoo shop is helping out. Theyre holding a competition with another tattoo shop to see who can raise the most money doing broncos tattoos. The money will go to under privileged kids. The shop who loses will post a picture with the other shops flag and eat Rocky Mountain oysters. If you dont know what those are, you probably dont want to know. Ive heard. I dont want any. Not even if we bread them up a little bit. Maybe if they were deep fried. Fair food. Weather and traffic on the 8s is just three minutes away. Plus, new in the next half hour, alimony reform. How lawmakers want to change how a clerk made a robber regret ever targeting his store. 4 28 on this friday. Time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Emoji man says hold on to your hat it is really windy so when the kids go out to the bus stop, theyll need the jacket today. 47 degrees when the bus picks them up this morning and even though well see lots of sunshine, a high of only 61 it stays breezy. A lot of kids will be headed out to the fair today. Theyll need long sleeves and a jacket. We stay below average this weekend and into next week. How about traffic on the 8s . We have a great drive here. 275 and gandy boulevard, no delays. We have an accident reported in the vicinity but it is not on the Biggest Issue is on dale mabry highway apparently southbound. We have a disabled big rig in lanes at urlich road. It is tying up lanes, keep that in mind as youre going through the area. Southbound dale mabry highway at urlich road. We have a good drive on 275 no delays into downtown. Bay area bridges look great. It will take you six minutes to cross the Howard Frankland bridge. 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