Three others were injured. Fire investigators are trying to determine what started a fire at a house on 17th avenue in tampa. The home had no electricity. Investigators believe the fire was started by squatters. All right, its 4 30. Lets turn things over to brian ben it. And good morning, gayle. Right now, temperatures are in the middle to upper 60s so a comfortable start to your day in most locations. Probably wont even need a jacket. Satellite and radar picture, we have a few clouds and dry weather. So no rain to worry about this morning or this afternoon. It will be a dry day, just a few clouds. And warm, a High Temperature near 83 degrees. So warm day all across the bay area. A little bit cooler near the coast because of course the gulf is still in the middle 60s, right around 65. So cool waters which means a tad cooler along the coast, but hey, 9, thats still looking great. Coming up but hey, 79, coming up, your eightday temperature trend coming up. Road construction roundup this morning at 4 31. Southbound 275 making your way to the Sunshine Skyway bridge, clearing up on the righthand side. Manatee county, university is closed at i75 right now for your overnight road work. So just a reminder about that. Hillsborough county, look for closures on i75 between fouler and 56th. Currently not seeing any delays. And dale mabry, the ramp to 2 northbound 275 is closed. 5 00, 5 30ish. We will let you know. Gayle, back to you. In your vote, florida takes center stage. Candidates rallying across the state. Florida has been a decisive state in every election. And in this primary, it could be a turning point for the candidates. Hillary Rodham Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders debated wednesday night in miami. Focusing on immigration and the allimportant latino vote. Later today, clinton and the bay area as they continue their president ial campaigns. News channel 8s josh thomas joins us now live to fill us in on where theyll be today. Good morning, josh. Reporter good morning, gayle. Well, fresh off their debate last night, the two Democratic Candidates will bring their campaigns and messages to the bay area. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in tampa this morning speaking to supporters in ybor city. And later today, her opponent Bernie Sanders who is gaining ground in the campaign will make a Campaign Stop at the Florida State fairgrounds. Last night, they both squared off in miami on the issue of immigration. The undocumented People Living in our country, i do not want to see them deported. I want to see them on a path to citizenship. [ applause ] i will not deport children from the United States of america. Can you promise not the to deport immigrants who dont have a criminal record . I can make that promise. Reporter now in the meantime, the candidates on the republican side are not marco rubio was in sarasota yesterday and trying to woo voters here in his home state. All four remaining contenders have been campaigning here in the Sunshine State with the winnertakeall being the biggest prize in next weeks primaries. All the candidates are trying to make the lastminute push to sway voters and you can count on news channel 8 to bring you the latest on the developing campaigns. Gayle a lot building up to tuesday. All right. Thank you so much, josh. Well, today it is the in the debate. Our own keith cate and Candace Mccowan will bring us reports from miami during all of the at 4 00. This morning, new details in the Murder Investigation of a man brutally beaten to death. Polk county deputies arrested three brothers, brian, anthony friend michael gunn for the killing. The sheriff does not believe the murder was justified. Somehow they justified this. And in our mind, its not justified. In the law, the reading of the law, its not justified. Investigators also arrested brian johnson, sr. Charging him with helping his boys dispose of the victims body. Time now is 4 35. This morning, polk deputies need our help identifying a man who tried to lure an 11year old girl to his car. This is the man investigators are now looking for. They say it happened as the girl was walking home from her bus stop. She told deputies that he said hospital and wanted her to get in the car. A symbol that could make your child a target for pedophiles. A mother is outraged after fining the symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter at monster jam. The toy was made right here in the tampa bay area. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis joins us now live in the studio. And lindsey, this is eye opening. I had no idea that there were symbols for these pedophiles. Reporter thats right. And at first glance, it looks like a cute heart design. So you have to know what to look for because this symbol is a signal to pedophiles that your child can be traded for sex. Take a close look at this heart design. This is one for little girls and there are other symbols that are for boys. And the fact that it ended up on a pink plush toy sold to unsuspecting families at monster jam, it has everyone concerned. I bought this for my 2yearold little girl. Very covert. It wouldnt catch your attention in any way. It looks like a design that you wouldnt think twice about. Right. And then you know. Reporter there were two shows here in tampa bay in january and february. And we reached out to the jam. They are pulling the toys from the shows now. And the Company Admits it is shocked as well. They had no idea what the symbol meant. The employee that designed the toy hasnt work there had in a year and they are now reviewing all of the toys to make sure the symbols arent anywhere else. And you might be wondering how the mother knew. How . So her older daughter recognized hit from an episode of law and order svu. These are symbols that tell the pedophile, what, that the child is damaged goods . A child they can take advantage of . Basically a child they can take advantage of. Theres different symbols that can be used by the pedophiles themselves to let others know, i have a child. Oh, my goodness. That you can yes, its horrible. Horrible. Okay, we will see what happens. And that toy company is looking into this and they said they had no idea, right . And if you look and saw Something Like that, would you know . No. Unless you knew what it meant, you might think its just a cute symbol. The person designing it, we dont know if that person knew either. It looks like clip art. Eyeopening. Thank you. Lets get a check on the weather. Brian bennett is in for leigh spann this morning. Right now temperature,s in the middle to upper 60s so you probably dont need a jacket this morning. Take a look at the eightday temperature trend. Today we will be 83. 83 tomorrow. And then over the next eight days, we remain above average. So hopefully you like temperatures on the warm side because we are looking at 80 plus over the next eight days. Satellite and radar picture, pretty quiet. No rain now. Just a few little clouds drifting through the sky. This morning, a few clouds and temperatures in the middle 60s. This afternoon, warming up to 83, partly cloudy and remaining dry throughout the day. How about traffic on the 8s . Well, were going to get you started with a live view here, i4 out in the plant city area. Very quiet right now but perhaps you commute from polk county into hillsborough county. Looking good here. Absolutely no problems to report. And it also continues clear between 75 and downtown. Thats under a 10 minute trip. 275 through downtown also looks great. About seven to eight minutes from bearss through the i4 junction. So we are all good there. Veterans expressway, very quiet despite ongoing construction. About 15 minutes right now from the sun coast parkway all the way in through hillsborough avenue and then continuing down towards the airport. Youre all fine in that area. Pinellas county, checking in accidentfree. Construction southbound 275 as you approach the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Specifically today theyre set up around 38th avenue south. So be on the lookout for that activity on your righthand side. Maybe you want to get an early start at the beach, nice time to go catch your place on the sand. Guys, back to you. Meredith, thank you. We hear about this problem a lot during the holidays but its not exclusive the holidays. In fact, packages are stolen from our porches yearround. And now one man has the answer. The ingenius solution and how much you have to pay to get your hands on. First, mandatory evacuations are in place and louisiana is going under. Why al rocker is calling this rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are big rooms, tiny rooms, rooms that are whoa. With eight times more fragrance control, the new air Wick Scented Oil warmer lets you dial up or down to fill massive minimalist rooms. Small secret rooms. And tall rooms you climb to. A treehouse is totally a room. You get the perfect amount of fragrance. No matter the size of the home. No matter the size of the room. Air wick. Home is in the air more than a foot of rain is turning streets into rivers in louisiana and now parts of the state are under a mandatory evacuation order. About 100 homes are already under water in northwest louisiana and heavy rains swallowed up cars. Look at that truck there. Officials are conducting rescue flood waters could flow over a levy. Another foot of rain is expected by the end of the weekend. And major flooding is causing chaos in east texas. Right now, emergency officials are asking residentses to stay off the roads. All roads in rusk county are under water. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for much of the region this afternoon. 8 to 10 inches of rain could fall in some areas over the next couple of days. This morning, the jacksonville mother you see in these pictures is in stable condition after being shot by her 4yearold son. Take a closer look at these pictures. In most of them, she has a gun. She is a gun rights advocate and managed a Facebook Page titled jamie for gun sense. Family members say she was driving to pick up a horse with her son in the backseat of the car. Somehow the child got ahold of a. 45 caliber hand gun and accidentally shot his mom. Wow. Happening today, the administration is taking steps to make your roads safer. According to new data, the number of vehicle fatalities is increasing at a rapid rate. Theyll explore ways to tackle human issues that contribute to 94 of crashes. This comes in response to a dramatic increase in vehicle fatalities in 2015. And theyll announce their vision for improving Traffic Safety over the next 25 years. This morning, we are hearing 911 calls from a wrong way driving incident tuesday night. Deputies used stop sticks and a pit maneuver to stop this guys, derrick hyde, on u. S. 301. Listen to the 911 calls from people driving near him. This guy is all over the road. Hes on the other side of the road. Hes going to cause a headon collision. Theres a car, im a few cars away from him. But i can see that he almost hit somebody headon. Scary stuff there. Hyde faces battery as well as brazil is gearing up for the summer olympics and that means security is going to be tight. The brazilian government plans to have 85,000 security personnel onduty including 38,000 members of the armed forces. The defense minister assures those numbers will be enough to guarantee safety during the games in rio. Alarming numbers on how many calories in americans diets come from processed foods. Foods like soft drinks and baked goods made up about 60 of our total intake. Ultra processed foods contributed to almost 90 of added sugar consumption. I believe it. Im not surprised. This morning, a woman in louisiana is on a mission to bring love and comfort to kids with cancer and other diseases around the world. She is doing so from her sewing room. Check out allison green. She spends countless hours each week sewing warm blankets for sick kids. Isnt that nice . Hospitals all over the world. Its a cause personally for green. Her son, there he is, justin, he is a cancer survivor. She believes a homemade blanket can make a big difference during their hospital stay. Your life changes overnight. What you knew the day before is totally different the next day. Such a nice thing to do. In two years, she has sewn more than 250 blankets. She uses her Facebook Page to connect with families who could need this special gift. So sweet. The skies might seem crowded this spring, thats because a Record Number of people are expected to fly. Airlines predict a 3 increase in business. That translates to about 140 million passengers taking to the skies this month and next. Its 4 47. A seattle man is working on an invention to scare off those front porch package thieves. The ones who troll neighborhoods looking for delivered packages to steal. I was like, theres got to the porch. Cant be that hard. I cant stop them. I know i cant stop them but can i scare them . Thats why mike invented guard. Its where drivers are supposed to place the package. It then uses wifi to send you a text message telling you that theres a package. If it is removed from the off. He believes that will scare the thief into dropping the box and running away. Right now, he has a Kick Starter Campaign for the device. He is hoping to sell the package guard for 50 to 70 a piece. Neat. A little pricy but neat. I like the way his name is grabham. The perfect name for a guy who creates a product that keeps you from grabbing packages that are not yours. Right . All right, lets get a check on the weather. Brian bennett is in for leigh this morning. Gayle, always keeping it fresh in the morning. Changing gears from their conversation. Were looking at beautiful weather today. Toastly, lots of sunshine. So keeping it hot today. 83 degrees. Just a few clouds and kind of breezy as well. Heres a view taken off from Tampa International airport sent in by a viewer. Theres honeymoon island. I was like showing the ground probably when the picture was taken. Taking a picture of this eagle, so a cool picture from the ground of the island. Current temperatures right now, we are in the upper 60s. So a comfortable start to your day. No rain, we are dry, just a few little clouds drifting through the sky. High pressure keeping all the heavy rainout to the west in louisiana and texas. So this morning, a few clouds, middle 60s. This afternoon, sunshine and a warm High Temperature of 83 degrees. So a good looking day today and remaining pretty warm. Keep in mind, the clocks spring forward this weekend. Best chance of rain being this week with sunday with a 40 chance for a shower. How about traffic on the 8s . Good morning. Were going to do a Little Bridge check to get you started. Maybe out the door early. Howard franklin bridge here, looks great. Nice time to hit the roadway here. Youre talking about six, seven minutes to cross the bridge inbound to tampa. Bay side bridge, youre looking great. Ongoing Road Construction here on 60 as you approach the bay side bridge. And then continuing on 60 to the courtney campbell. Look out for the ongoing construction no. Big surprises with that. Sunshine construction. No big surprises with that. Sunshine skyway, 10 minutes between toll plazas. Again, very, very quiet. And then Sarasota County and manatee county, fruitville road, lookout for construction in the northbound direction. For the next 30 minutes or so for ongoing road work there. And now back to gayle and gene. Thank you. Well star wars fans shooting for the next fill system already in place as we speak. Really . When we get back, find out which overseas town is shutting down entire streets for the shoot and seeing an economic boost worth millions. Its 4 51. Youre watching news channel 8 today. Today its florida flatbread and bell peppers. Lets start by spreading olive oil and garlic on our flatbread. Then we add cheese; but what really makes this dish special are the florida bell peppers, and juicy tomatoes. When the cheese is melted and bubbly its done. Just cut and serve. And thats how easily florida flatbread with tomato and sweet bell peppers can become a meal time favorite. Look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always a historic city. The film set up shop in the city. The citys main pedestrian street and the fortified walls and the palace will be locations for the shooting of the eighth star wars movie. I dont see any characters or spaceships. Just a bunch of lookie loos for now. Kudos out to gene ramirez this morning. His special on cuba and the popes coverage were nominated in the state ap awards. Yeah, but i dont deserve all the credit. I had great help from bob hanson, our photographer and other people part of the team, our assistant news director Melissa Stacey and everybody who made it possible but also news channel 8 as a team earned several nominations. Nominated but also in categories for breaking news, best 6 00 a. M. Newscast right here, gayle. Woohoo and a whole lot more. So we are honor and thankful. And a lot of good work from a lot of good people. Props to all those folks that we work with. Part of our family. Weather and traffic on the 8s, thats three minutes away. And. In a couple months away. And in a couple months, a race that benefits all childrens hospital. I will introduce you to one good morning. It is 4 58. Warm day today, High Temperatures in the lower to middle 80s across tampa bay. Satellite and radar picture showing a few clouds but no rain today. A dry day. How about traffic on the 8s . Checking your hot spots. Veterans expressway not so hot right now so that is great. Its very quiet. This is 75 near fowler, smooth sailing. Just one lonely soul on the roadway. No problems 275 through downtown. Now at 5 00 on this thursday morning, the search is on for two gunmen who ambushed a party, they shot and killed several people inside. Police in pittsburgh, pennsylvania report five people are dead. At least three others are in the hospital. Well good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. We start this hour with that backyard cookout that turned deadly in the state of pennsylvania. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis is following the story from our Tampa News Center this morning. Lindsey, good morning to you. This sounds like such a chaotic scene at a party