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Great news not only today but almost all week long. You see the big area of high pressure, its going to keep us high and dry. It creates the dome over the southeast so all the storms over the west stay out west and we bask under the dome of high pressure. 52 in lakeland. 41 in brooksville. Still a chill in the air. Look at this, 79, spring is in the air this afternoon with a high of 79. At 4 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i take you hourby hour so you can plan out your monday and leslee is going to help plan your commute. We have a great drive here in New Port Richey from state road 54 to the sun coast parkway. Roughly 12 minutes. And state road 54 to tampa road, roughly 15 minutes on the drive. Lets take a live look at traffic. Heres whats going on, 275, up the left len, that has been cleared. And a great drive here at 54th avenue south. Looks like a remaining cone to the left but overall, a nice drive. Back to candace and gayle. Thank you. In your vote, the race for the white house comes to florida. This week, two candidates will hold rallies in the bay area, republican senator marco rubio and democrat Hillary Rodham clinton. Today senator rubio will stop in tampa after the senator picked up his second win, this one in puerto rico. A spokesman for countys Republican Party believes marco rubio needs a strong showing to stay in the race. I think the game changer would be florida going to the senator rubio. That hits the reset button for all three candidates. But if trump or cruz were to come out ahead in florida, then i think at that point, maybe a twoman race. Reporter well, senator news channel 8 will be there live. Tune in for complete coverage beginning on first at 4 00. Democrat Hillary Rodham clinton will campaign in tampa on thursday. Right now, the Campaign Staff is not releasing details but we will share them as soon as we have them. And this morning, the online world is buzzing about the latest debate between clinton and senator bernie sanders. Both spent a lot of time focusing on the water contamination in flint, michigan. Last night debates was important for many reasons. Reporter good morning. This is one of the most lively debates so far between clinton and senator sanders and right now, demdebate is trending here in tampa. And one of the most tweeted moments became during the discussion about bailouts. Wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this economy through you know excuse me, im talking. [ applause ] the youre going to talk, tell the whole story, senator sanders. Ill tell my story, you tell yours. I will. Reporter the debate however centered on the contamination in flint, michigan and both candidates are calling for the republican governor to resign or for a recall election because of the water crisis. This went on as maine held a Democratic Caucus and senator sanders won the caucus. And he also picked up more online followers than clinton. And as you can see here, republicans also got some attention during the debate as well. Donald trump picked up more followers than Hillary Rodham clinton. And although its close, he also got, sander, he got a bigger share of twitter and despite all this, analysts insist that clinton came out ahead. We want to know who you think won the democratic debate. I have a poll on twitter. Candace thank you very much. And you can follow the morning alerts each day on facebook and twitter. Just search the hashalal 8 alert. A renewed search for answers 8alert. A renewed search for answers. Someone shot and killed a man on i75 and the identity of the person is still a mystery. Reporter good morning to you. 11 years, 11 long years detectives here at the hillsborough down Sheriffs Office have been working this case. They know someone knows something but that someone has yet to come forward. David neal was on the way to the strawberry festival where his family shows livestock every year. Reporter thats where we caught up with his wife deborah who still wants to know why this happened. Why . Thats all i could say, why did you decide to do this to him . Did he do something wrong . What was your intention when you did this . Thats what i want to know. Because thats one of the questions you have is why. Minutes after deborah talked to david, something went terribly wrong. The truck ran off the road and hit a tree. On the exit ramp or 75 . On the exit ramp. Reporter but it was no accident. Someone shot and killed david neal, the video created by Crime Stoppers and the Sheriffs Office details the last moments of his life. David neal was going south on i75 and would be exiting at i4. Evidence from the case says whoever shot david shot from the left side of davids just before or as he took the i 4 exit. Reporter deborah neal immediately knew something was wrong when her husband didnt pick up his phone. I kept calling him and calling him. And nobody would answer the phone. And he was one that always answered that phone. And finally they say, were sending a detective there. You dont send a detective out. Reporter you can watch that entire video compiled by Crime Stoppers and the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office by logging on to wfla. Com where we have created a link. News channel 8. Happening today, the lightning owner is expected to make a big announcement involving the boys and girls club. It takes place at the Recreation Center this afternoon at 2 00. And he recently started Community Initiatives including one called build the thunder, a Program Designed to teach fire investigators are working to figure out what started a stubborn fire at a tampa complex. Firefighters thought they put out the flames but later the fire reignited. No one was hurt. The fire did force three families from their apartments. The red cross is helping them right now. A law office in palm river has quite a mess to clean up. A wall of the law office is smashed up after a driver on 301 crashed into it. The damage is so bad, engineers dont think the building is safe. No one was in the building at the time. The driver is expected to be okay. Investigators are trying to determine why the driver crashed. Its 4 08 on this monday morning. It feels nice out there. Yeah, just a little bit of a chill in the air to remind us that its not quite summer yet but its going to warm up quickly. Let me take you hourbyhour. We start in the mid50s. Long sleeve shirt but it warms quickly. We hit 70 before lunchtime at 11 00 a. M. And low 70s through the lunch break. 79 degrees at 3 00 p. M. So a very fast warmup to above average. And a less president evening, still 70 at 7 00 p. M. In our headline, we will stay sunny basically through friday and a warming trend, were going to be 80 degrees or warmer starting tomorrow for the rest of the week. Yeah, the humidity slowly creeps higher but its not uncomfortable by any means. 79 today. 80 tomorrow. 82 wednesday. And 83 thursday. We will check in on traffic on the 8s because its monday morning and people got to get the engines revved up. Thats right. No delays on the bay area interstates. Lets look at the travel times, folks. Throughout lakeland, its a wonderful drive in downtown. If you live in lakeland, work in tampa, right now from u. S. To i75, only a 23 minute no delays on i4. And i75 through Wesley Chapel out of pasco county, looks good. State road 52 to 75, thats roughly 11 minutes. Howard franklin bridge, up to speed as well. Back to gayle and candace. All right, thank you. Tomorrow marks two years since Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 disappeared. The new discovery. And then a group of thieves go to extremes to the try to steal guns. The video you will want to see of this wild burglary. And an army of women making a difference right here in the bay area. I thought, well, im never going to be a person that will live out of their car. How this group got one woman and her daughter off the street phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise hey candidates, 8 on your side has an inside look at the womens group. I think he used to get inside this. Used to crawl you remember crawling in there . Reporter memories of air safe place. She and her 6yearold daughter call the Salvation Army home after a breakup left her and her daughter with no place to live. She had a job and a small amount of savings until a turn of events left them homeless. I resolved myself to time to stay in the car. I went to a couple places. I ended up driving down to florida and praying and say, is this really where im supposed to be. And i remember seeing a Salvation Army sign on top of the building which was this building actually. Reporter for nine months, they lived here rebilling their lives. And a year later, they look back at this place as their rock. Over the last two to three years i have started to flourish more than i have in 20 years. Generations of women who have helped our women in our community and now she is part of the army. I am happy to give back to the organization that really helped my younger daughter and i in a tough season of our life regroup. We were able to have food and a place to the stay. I could work. But i could still save money and look and find a place, find an apartment. And i transitioned out. And not only just living but starting to move forward. Reporter she plans to continue to be part of the army. She is also moving forward with an associates degree, a great job and plans to continue her education at usf. I hope you might want to get involved with a group as well. They are putting on a fashion show this friday to raise money and awareness. I will be there as the emcee. Its at the Double Tree Hotel on cyprus. And i have more information on how you can take part in the event posted on wfla. Com. Possible part from the doomed malaysian Airlines Flight m h 370 is found. A man who found a wing fragment of the flight last year claims he has found Something Else on the same French Island and the indian ocean. It comes just days after the american claims he found a piece of the plane. That piece has not yet been linked to the jetliner that disappeared two years ago tomorrow. Well the coast guard is no longer searching for a passenger who fell from a cruiseship near key largo. The tex the tex man was on the 10th deck when he fell overboard. Crews searched more than 2,000 squared newt cal miles without finding the man before calling off the search. A florida man is filing a lawsuit against Florida Power and light claiming a pipe at a Nuclear Power plant sucked him in while he was scuba diving. He says he was diving with a friend when the pipe pulled him he claims he tumbled through for about five minutes. He thought he was going to die. Chop me up and kill me. And i just considered, do i pull the regulator out of my mouth and just die . Start thinking about my family. How are they going to survive without me . He explains the pipe eventually spit him into a pond at the plant. He is suing fpl claiming that the pipe was not properly marked. A group of thieves took extreme measures to burglarize a gun store and the theft was caught on camera. Take a look at the moment the car smashes into the front doors of the california store. Police report four crooks broke in and stole a number of weapons. Status to draw attention to a good cause. She took off her crazy costumes to jump into freezing water. The annual event is a fund raiser for the special olympics. She explains she is simply happy to be the there for the athletes. Were so proud of all the kids that are here. So awesome and inspiring. This is no big deal. Just happy to be there for them. Organizers say she and other celebrities helped the events record turnout this year. Time now 4 18. Had to be cold to be getting in the water. Yes, it was. Kudos to everyone who did it and now come down here and get warm. Its going to be a fantastic week. A little cool this week, 56 degrees may require a long sleeve shirt, just not for long. Pleasant, 73 by the lunch break. And the kids come home feeling warm at 79 degrees. Weeki wachee, 43. Little warmer in polk county, 54 in winter haven. And 49 in apollo beach. And my weather watcher bob in venice, he is at 53. Like i said, a chill this morning. These are the temperatures we should see around 4 30 this morning. But im going to tick through the hours of the day and get a nice east to southeast wind throughout the day and that warms us up. By 6 30 this morning, 52 in frost proof. 52 in sarasota. And look how fast, temperatures just leap up to 71 by 10 30 this morning in lakeland. Even 70 in brooksville. And out and about for the lunch break and notice passing cloud, 76 in plant city for the strawberry festival. 74 in sebring. Upper 70s to near 80 at 3 00 p. M. And youre coming home from work. Upper 60s to low 70s. Well, it just continue, low 80s for the rest of the week. And the next rain chance is saturday. Well, moving along at good speeds. We have overnight construction. This is usually a hot spot. Right now, traveling southbound i75 right at university, the offramp and the onramps are blocked and that should wrap up within the next hour or two. Its usually finished by 5 30 or 6 00 a. M. And also Westbound University weve got a couple lanes blocked underneath 75. Its part of the new diverging diamond intersection there. In lakeland, looking good. And i4, no delays between each entrance to the polk parkway. And cons to be good from lakeland through plant city and into ybor. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. A push to protect our personal information isnt taking off like it should. Just after the break, how many bidses are not using chip card technology, even though they could face penalties. And you can connect with me with story ideas. I up loaded some video of our quarterback Jameis Winston getting baptized in colorado. A new survey finds that less than half of businesses are using the new Chip Technology. The survey looked at 92 Payment Service providers that service more than half of the u. S. Card accepting markets. Well businesses were supposed to adopt the Chip Technology by last october or face penalties. Well, an internet hallof famer has died. The man credited with the invention of email and the sign passed away at the age of 74. He invented emails in 1971 while working for a tech firm in boston. To computers then so it didnt take off until the late 80s and early 90s. With you might call it a naturally intoxicating experience. You can now kick back and relax at a beerthemed spa in oregon called hop, get it . Hop . Hop in the spa. Customers can immerse themselves in hopinfused spa treatments like body wraps and facials and microbrew soaks. It involves locally brewed beer, solidifying it, grinding it up and then using it as a bath brew to soak in. You know, i guess its a whole lot different. I dont want people trying this at home. Looks like they put it through a lot absolutely. Very interesting. You thought you heard it all. Do you come out smelling like a brewsky . Well, someone will have to do the research for us. Weather and traffic on the plus, its the end of the road for super bowlwinning quarterback peyton manning. When he plans to announce his retirement and the stats that make his career stand out. And a young boy parts with some of his prized possessions to support his friend with cancer. How much he raised by selling his baseball cards. It is now time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Early on this monday morn f the kids are going to bus stop, under a clear sky, temperatures in the low to mid50s. Is upny and warm by the afternoon at 79 degrees. And emoji man says, you noah, were staying sunny all week long as we progressively get a little bit warmer. 79 degrees this afternoon. 80 for tuesday. 82 for wednesday. And then 83 for thursday with gradually increasing humidity. Ill let you know about the rain chances coming up. Lets check in on weather and traffic on the 8s. Thank you, leigh. Good morning everyone. We have a great drive on the skyway bridge. Its light out there. Not a lot of vehicles on the roadway, just between the portion where you move across the water, six minutes there. And take a look at the other bay area bridges. Between clearwater and tampa, campbell causeway. And six minutes across the Howard Franklin bridge. Most of traffic heads into the south tampa area on the gandy bridge, only roughly four minutes on the commute. And a live look here, 275 at good monday morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im Candace Mccowan in for gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Our top story this morning, we are just eight days away primary. In the coming day, expect candidates to step up their campaigns here in the bay area. Today senator marco rubio will be in tampa for a Campaign Rally at the Tampa Convention center. Doors open at 4 00 p. M. Tensions continue to rise at 9 this hour as north Korea Threatens Nuclear strikes on korea. This is in reaction to u

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