His grandmother saw it happen and then died of a heart attack. The familys attorney is set to release more information about the case this morning. Disney is not commenting on the lawsuit. Pirates are ready to invade tampa bay. Gasparilla festivities kickoff tonight and the parade of pirates starts tomorrow. Thousands of people will crowd bay shore. The invasion begins at 11 30 tomorrow morning and the parade starts at 2 00. And lets get a head start on the weather. Going to be a beautiful weekend. Yeah, today is a nice day and tomorrow we will have a high of 68 degrees, a good deal of sunshine and maybe a little cool for the pirates but i think for the most part, were looking good. Right now, we are 54 in tampa and lakeland. 57 in st. Petersburg. Satellite and radar picture showing that all the rain has left us and now only a few clouds and even those are moving out as well. So today, lots of sunshine, a little breezy, a High Temperature around 64 degrees which is below average for this time of year. So a little cool today. And its the not a pirate ship, northwest winds of 10 to 15 knots and 3 to 5foot seas. So a little choppy on area waters today. Coming up at 4 38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, we will have the eightday temperature trend which if you like roller coasters, you will probably like the trend. I dont like roller coasters the. Old wooden one, i like those but anything that does this the last one i went on, some dude behind me said, hey tall guys, watch your head. The roads. Look at this, 275, bearss avenue, a very good drive here no. Delays. And downtown here, no delays. And downtown brooksville, we are up to speed. And traffic. Now back to gene. All right. Thank you so much. Happening today, cruise travelers will get back out to sea after their vacation plans because came to a screeching halt because of fog. The carnival ship that was supposed to leave on aday trip yesterday wont on a four day trip yesterday wont pull out until today. Ryan, the passengers seem to be okay with this. Reporter who could complain about spending an extra day at sea . The ship behind me had trouble pulling into port yesterday. Those onboard didnt seem to mind. We were fogged in. So we couldnt go anywhere. So we parked and just waited. And we thought it was going to break but it didnt. So they started feeding us again and selling us our drinks. So we had a good time. Take care now. Thank you. Reporter indeed, ellen and faye of lakeland were stuck on the ship an extra half day but they enjoyed themselves. The carnival paradise had to wait to pull into the port of tampa because of foggy conditions at sea. The paradise got back to land and some passengers disembarked then and others will get off this morning. And those who plan to head out yesterday wont leave until later today because of today. The plan to stop in mexico is cancel sod theyll spend three days at sea. If we could come back live, another look at the carnival paradise. As a good will gesture, carnival will give people leaving today an extra 50 off that cruise and 50 to use a cruise in the future. Not a bad deal. Thank you. After hours of searching, two missing children from st. Petersburg are home safe. The 5yearold and her 4year old brother were the subject of an amber alert. We followed the search as breaking news right here on news channel 8. The kids were taken from their grandparents home. She does not have custody and threatened to kill herself and the kids in the past. Its your vote. This morning, the first gop twitter right here in tampa. Really across the country. Eight candidates took part just days away from the Iowa Caucuses in des moines. But front runner donald trump was not there. Our keith cate is in iowa for the leadup to the important caucuses monday. Keith made the journey from tampa to iowa to bring us complete coverage of the big event. And he joins us now from des moines. Reporter good morning. Should be an exciting day here in iowa, another exciting day. What a debate last night. We had marco rubio, jeb bush kind of going tit for tat over amnesty and immigration. I supported him because i think when youre elected, you need to do things and he led the charge to finally fix this immigration problem thats existed now for as marco says for 30 years and then he cut and run because it wasnt popular. That is the book where echinged your position on immigration because you used to support a path to citizenship. You wrote a book. Reporter yet ted cruz throwing out insults towards the moderators and one thing we were missing last night of course was donald trump, the big star of the gop. But hes going to be making his way around des moines, just like all of the candidates. Not only des moines but all throughout iowa. And news channel 8 will be there to bring you all of the coverage through february 1st where the caucuses really get down to business. Im keith cate reporting. Thank you. We will keep watching. We did catch up with ben carson and rand paul as well. This is what they said. Surprising things happen in iowa. Theres a lot of shifting and movement thats going on. So i would not want to be in the business of trying to predict whats going to happen. Best of eight ever. Im actually advocating it. I think its great for the party. No doubt florida in the spotlight with much of the on social media, it was no different. This is mimi saying, marco is a consistent conservative. The man to defeat the democratic party. And james in clearwater say, great immigration answer if jeb. He likes the plan of paying a fine and then waiting your turn to build that path towards citizenship. And now of course, these guys did not escape criticism. We have diane in pasco county saying, if america is so great and charitable, why does marco rubio always speak with such anger . And this is another tweet, kemp says bush is doing okay since trump isnt there to be beat up on him. Yep, noticeably absent donald trump. Thats why some like mark over in tampa, he said, i wont be watching. Im supporting the next potus, the real donald trump. And gene, just a few miles show and republican front runner donald trump took center stage at drake university. Hundreds attended what is being dubbed a grand party. He did raise 6 million for 22 veteran organizations. And even former president ial candidates Mike Huckabee and bernie san Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum showed up to show their support. We have a web poll up on wfla. Com that includes trump. Cast your vote on the website this morning. And 8 on your side has you covered from iowa through the caucuses. Keith cate is there and will bring us live reports on how the tight reports on how the tight races are playing out in both the republican and democratic fields. He will break down what it means for florida and the overall race for the white house. All right, time right now 4 38 on this friday morning. The rain is gone and the cool air is out there. Thats right, gayle. The rain weve had the last two days is history. And we picked up over 2 inches today a dry day and a dry weekend. Right now we are 54 in weekend. 57 in st. Pete. This afternoon, the middle to upper 60s so below average today and a breeze as well. Satellite and radar picture showing that we are rainfree. The clouds are exiting as well so a good looking day. Those clouds will continue to move out. Temperatures this morning will be in the lower 50s. This afternoon, we will top off aright around 64 degrees at 4 00 p. M. So all in all, looking like a decent day the. How about traffic . Looking decent . Decent drive. The its nice out there. Fingers crossed its going to continue but a a couple hours from now, not going to be this way. Enjoy it while you can. Brooksville, no delays, just some slowing here because theres some red lights to go the through but u. S. 41, cortez road which is highway 50, u. S. 98, all look good. And lets hop down now. And from plant city into downtown, either direction on i 4, wonderful drive here, 22 minutes from plant city into the junction. Heres a look at 275 at 38th avenue south, we have the right lane take anway due to overnight construction, maybe the two right lanes there. Beginning by 30th avenue south but that should be clearing up soon and no delays. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Thank you. The zika virus becoming a serious threat now. What some Major Airlines are doing as a precaution for plus reporter it is time for gasparilla and i woke up some pirates and crews they recall morning and coming up, you will all right, its 4 43 and the parade of pirates is one day away. Thousands of people will crowd bay shore during the parade. Its a great tradition. But the fun starts tonight. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis joins us live from bay shore this morning. How are you able to get the reporter im not exactly sure how i was able to get them up early. They all have to work today but theres also some private parties going on that theyll be attending as well. And now we are here not only with the rough riders crew. Tell me, lisa turner, youre up early, there are things that you guys do all year round for the community. Well, our charity is kicking it for kids. We take shoes for children in need and we sponsor also the Humane Society for our cutest dog pirate. And we have events throughout the year. We do our latin nights and different pub crawls in ybor. Reporter so you guys are super busy throughout the year and this is like the big culmination of like now we get to have fun, right . Tonight. The preinvasion celebration gets underway tonight at 6 00 at curtis Water Front Park. There will be music and food. You will need tickets for that. And on saturday, the street and theres also a lot of food including my favorite, the hand dip thed corn dogs. The big invasion begins at 11 30 saturday morning and the parade starts at 2 00. And by the way, the parade goes on for hours. When it wraps up around 5 30, you can head over to curtis Water Front Park and enjoy live music until 10 00 at night. And i know a lot of you will probably going some place else after that to enjoy gasparilla for all of saturday night. And you know what, its going to be super crowded down here. What i suggest is using a parking app. You will want to download it today and get familiar. That way you can remember where you parked. You dont want to do extra walking. And of course, weve got all the details on our website, w fla. Com. Back to you guys. All right. Thanks. And maybe get a ride down there. Yes. Ease it up for everybody else and be safe on the roads. No doubt. And you can watch the parade of pirates from your home. Benson will be the host and jenn holloway will be our pirate on the street. Time now 4 45, classes are canceled after more than 145 students became sick from a gas leak at a texas school. The Carbon Monoxide leak happened in beaumon thet. Plaintiffs a leak in the gas boiler. A bill to allow gun owners to openingly carry their weapons in florida is headed to the house. The house is expected to pass the measure but the Florida Senate may be a road block. If the bill pass, concealed gun permit holders would be allowed to wear a gun on the hip as long as its holstered. A Georgia High School is under fire for the raffle give away. The wrestle teams booster team is raffling off a pistol. The winner must be at least 21 years old and pass a federal and state background check. Some Community Members dont think its an appropriate prize however, the district says it raiser. Well the socalled soil this morning. Today he will face a judge. 18yearold ethan couch is at a juvenile facility in dallas. He and his mother were arrested international manhunt. The hearing today will decide whether he will receive bond or be moved to an adult prison. Couch killed four people in a drunk driving accident that happened back in 2013. A quick thinking Kansas Police chief saves a man from a burning car. Fortunately that man is alive today. The unconscious man was lying just feet away from his burning car. You can see the video here. The chief dragged him away from the fire. Ammunition inside the car exploded as paramedics treated him for smoke inhalation. The driver is expected to be okay. Now to an 8 on your side alert. The three largest u. S. Airlines carriers are allowing pregnant women a chance to cancel or affected by the zika virus. United airlines policy includes traveling to all areas mentioned by the cdc. Delta has a similar policy but customers must request a refund by january 29th to avoid fees. And another 8 on your side alerting for for you this morning. You need to here alert for you this morning. You need to hear this before stepping in the shower. Aqua rugs are under recall this morning. The products received 60 reports of people falling in the shower while on those rugs. Now the rugs are bath mats and were sold at bed, bath and beyond and dollar general. Its 4 48. Time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Bryan bennett is in for leigh this morning. Yeah, good morning, gene. After the rainy two days weve had, today will be dry and dry you might need a light jacket. Right now in the middle 50s across the bay area. You wont need a big coat like folks up north. 19 degrees right now minneapolis. If you are traveling today, most of the country looking fairly decent. A few snow showers right now in ohio and pennsylvania. And we do have some rainfall in Northern California and oregon. But that is about it. Back here at home, the rain is history and the clouds are moving out. Were on the right side of the High Pressure bringing us cooler temperatures by the end of the weekend. The High Pressure will be in the atlantic bringing us warmer temperatures. This morning, a few cloud, 51 degrees. This afternoon, 64, sunshine. Gasparilla weekend looking good, partly cloudy, dry and 68 degrees. And all in all, the weekend is looking good from start to finish. Leslee well right now, traffic looks good. The its going to be a mess tomorrow for gasparilla. So stay tuned to wfla and check transportation tips. And we have a good drive except for construction. Traffic getting by okay but this is 275, folks. We are moving southbound in Pinellas County around 38th avenue south and we have one remaining construction vehicle there. A couple cones on the roadway but again, you can pass it just fine. And lets go ahead head over to 22nd avenue south. You can see just what i showed new the distance by 38. And taking a look at 75, big bend, great drive, four minutes there. Nine minutes state road 64 to fruitville, down in the sun coast area on to southbound i 75. Thats weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Look at this. Four manatees treated in tampa are now back in their natural habitat. Workers released the animals in apollo beach. They were at the zoo for a year undergoing treatment for cold stress. They do such a great job there. Yeah, nice to see them help out the animals. Its a long standing distract the opposing player. What one commute did to make the Team One Team did to well barbie dolls are no longer one size fits all, now they can be purchased online exclusively at mattel shop. They have been working on more realistic body types to reflect the diverse groups of kid who play with her. Its unknown when the new shapes will be available at retailers but a lot of folks say its long overdue. Its an age old tradition in basketball. Fan doss all they can to distract the shooter fans do all they can to distract the shooter. And so it went at one Arizona State basketball game. The curtains opened up and out popped three scantily clothed men. What . One of them michael phelps. The team missed both free throws. Whats going on . All right. Looking at ratings ill keep the clothes on. Weather and traffic on the 8s is three minutes away. Thats a visual all you ladies can have. Plus from vehicle to foot, a coming up, new in the next half hour, the popular restaurant that a car thief used to hide out. Youre watching news channel 8 good morning. It is 4 58. The current temperatures a little cool. 52 in tampa. 55 degrees in st. Petersburg. Satellite and radar picture showing the rain is history, a few clouds lingering but those will disappear this afternoon around 64 degrees. How about traffic on the 8s . Now. If youre hopping on the veterans expressway, ehrlich to 275, nine minutes on the drive time. Ybor city to 75, six minutes. County area and moving into plant city, thonotosassa into mcintosh, about five minutes. If you work in downtown tampa, no delays. And pasco county looks good on 75. And from bruce b downs down to i4, a nine minute commute. T set out on a mission to find you the best oranges. To do that, we first had to find the best orange growers. We logged the miles, put in the hours, tasted a lot of fruit, and shook a lot of hands. But we did it for a reason. So that here youll find the best oranges weve ever had. 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