Mast key county to try pasco county to try to determine what caused the fire there. Sadly two dogs died in the homes. Its leap day. Its a day we need to keep our clocks and calendars in sync with the earth and the seasons, and you can get free goodies, too. 4Million People have a birthday today, and we will share the deals for you in a few minutes. The oscar goes to Leonardo Dicaprio. Yeah after 5 nomination, dicaprio finally has an award. Spotlight won best picture, and oscars is trending on its 5 31. Amazing weekend. I will keep it going since awards. Brooksville, 11 degrees warmer than you were at 5 30 on your sunday morning. Lakeland, 9 degrees warmer it will be 74 degrees, femaling very warm with partly sunny skies. An 8day temperature trend will let you know how it feels this nice. The Pinellas Park area, folks, and affecting your drive f youre used to taking bryan dairy road. Its early, and we are not used to seeing the vehicles on the roadway. Right under u. S. 19, and thats where it is blocked, under 19. 80th street is your alternate. Malik is on the street, and you can see a lot of activity. This is bryan dairy, the overpass to 19, and we have a fatal accident there, and you can see some vehicling going by on left. They are become diverted east. Both directions blocked under 19 on bryan dairy. Thank you, leslee. Happening today, another emotional day of testify in the erin andrews civil trial. Her mother will take the stand, linked to a stalking case in 2008. Ryan hughes is live at Bloomingdale High School in valrico where erin went to school. We all know her so well because hes the daughter of our own reporter its expected to be another tough week in the courtroom, and of course, erin andrews was in the courtroom all last week, and she could take the stand later this week. It was tough to listen to her dad as he recounted what happened years ago. Listen here. The first time in my life that as her sorry as her father, i didnt know if she was safe or not is i feared for her life. Reporter tough to hear. Her mom is expected to testify today, and we could hear from convicted stalker, michael barrett. He spent years in prison after he video taped erin through an altered peephole. Shes suing barrett and the Marriott Hotel for 75 million, claiming the hotel was book a hotel room next to hers. Back to you. Yeah, i remember erin coming into the news room to shadow her dad. An emotional case for the family. Thank you so much, ryan. Coming up on 5 35 on this monday morning, and a man is in the hospital fighting for his life. He was hit by a car crossing the street in st. Pete. Investigators said it was between 14th and 15th avenue south, but he was not in a crosswalk when he was hit, and his injuries are life threatening. The driver stopped, and hes cooperating with the investigation. This morning we are learning more about the boater who drown in plant city over the weekend, and investigators say two men were in a small boat that capsized near turkey creek road. The other boater, Antonio Lopez was able to swim to shore safely. Truck drivers took to the streets to remember their friend. The 43yearold was helping a stranded driver when had was hit and killed this minnesota. We followed the story as breaking news. Friends and coworks drove the tow truck procession across the Howard Franklin bridge. Allison huffman is facing charges for hitting perez. The oscars are trending on social media here in tampa. After five nominations, Leonardo Dicaprio finally has an oscar of his very own. This years oscars are extremely controversial. There were no actors of color nominated, and because of that, there were call boycott the show. Lindsey, good morning. Addressed . Are people satisfied now . Chris rock refused to explained why on the stage. Im here at the academy awards, otherwise known as the white peoples choice awards. You realize that if they nominated hosts, i wouldnt even get this job . The Academy President also got out to encourage the community to be more diverse with their nominations. Chris rock is getting negative attention for diversity as well because African Americans are not the only group poorly represented. Latinos did not get any nominations, and the Washington Post is pointing out that asian people are poorly represented in movies and the oscars, and yet the only mention was rocks stereotypical joke about intelligence and child labor, and the big question now, what will happen at next years oscars . Thoughts are about the oscars. Reach out to us own social media with 8 alert. Lindsey, thank you. You can follow our morning alerts each and every day on facebook and twitter. What are we in for today . Another great day, and it will not be the picture blue sky we saw through the weekend, but very comfortable. Calling for many of the clouds to be this morning. Plenty of sunshine, and we start at 56 degrees at 8 00. 70 at noon, and 74 by 3 00 p. M. , and 74 is the average for today. Very comfortable through the evening. 67degrees at 7 00 p. M. , and it feels like spring, right . Spring training is just getting underway in bradenton, and the pirates are playing a is scrimmage game against themselves. The tigers will be taking on southern college. The big thumbs up. The warmest day is tomorrow at 78. At 5 38, we will check on traffic and weather with an update. We are in Pinellas Park, and i just want to mention this is off the gandy bridge here, and theres a lot of construction going on. Slowdown in the area, and the Biggest Issue happens to be the fatal crash. Bryan dairy blocked both directions under u. S. 19, and also the frontage roads are blocked. You can go to the east, but thats it. Remember to take 80s street instead of bryan dairy. Brian dairy also known as 118th avenue. Malik is on the street there, and you can see the Police Vehicles blocking the lanes in the distance there. Thats bryan dairy, and thats the vehicles turning towards the camera, coming off the northbound side of frontage road, and they are allowing them to turn east, but bryan dairy is blocked both directions, and so is southbound on frontage road. Again, 80s street is your alternate. Thats weather and traffic, and back to gene and gayle. The race for the white house comes to florida. The three candidates that will hear supertuesday results from the home state. Starbucks bold move to capture customers in italy. First, free donuts, yum pizza and more. Youre watching news channel 8 phone ringing you cant deal with something, but thats how some seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, happening today, its february 29th, leap day. More than 4 Million People have this special birthday. Happy birthday to you. Theres deals today you can take advantage of, and all of us can take advantage as well. For example, participating krispy kreme shops will have by an original dozen donuts, and you can get a second for 2. 29. You can also get a free cookie at mccallisters, yum, and hotels and travel companies also have special leap day deals. Some pizza hut locations will be giving you a free one topping personal pan pizza if youre celebrating your birthday. All you to do is show them your also happening today, you can buy selected items at jc penny for a penny. Its an effort to generate sales after they have been struggling. The promotion is in stores and online. They closed about 40 stores in 2015 and cut 300 jobs. Its one day until supertuesday. The biggest day of the primary season. Tomorrow voters in several states and one territory will head to the polls. Democrat Hillary Clinton is hoping to build on her win south carolina. On the republican side, front runner, donald trump has a new endorsement. Jeff sessions told supporters a the rally its time to make America Great again and that is trumps slogan. Night but not before taking heat from our senator, marco rubio. You cannot nominate someone like that. We will get crushed, and if we get crushed, what that means, the next president of the United States is going to be Hillary Clinton or bernie sanders. Senator rubio also called trump a con artist. New this morning, one of pope francis top advisers is capturing national attention. George pell received before an investigative possession, claiming the Catholic Church made enormous mistakes in failing to prevent the priests from abusing children this was a short walk away from at vatican. Time now, 5 45. Americans are gulping down the sugar, according to a new study from the cdc. Researchers claim one in three at least once a day. The younger adults are the most likely to have the beverages, which having at 8teaspoons of sugar per serving. Having problems with your senses is more common than you may think. Most older adults have issues with at least one of their senses, the study found at at least 90 of seniors have a problem with one of their senses. Declines in taste and touch were among the top complaints. Starbucks is making a move bolder than its coffee this they plan to interthe most intim dating market in the world, italy. Starbucks has a presence in europe, but its not been as successful there as in other vegetarians, those arbys for the first ever meatless menu. It the menu will not stick around, so head out there today. The First Official game in our area will be tomorrow in clear water, the phillies versus the blue jays, and then the pirates will play the tigers in lakeland, and wednesday, the yankees will play the tigers in tampa, and the spring training action and Team Information is on our page, wfla. Com. This brings in a lot of people into our area, and its good for the local businesses. Its fun. Spectacular. Always fun to see your athletes up close and personal. People are familiar with the we get to see all the teams up close and personal. Its great. You sit for hours with your friends. Put the sunscreen on. We have been wearing long sleeves for quite some time. Please remember to put the sunscreen on it will be more comfortable. A few degrees warm her morning. 56degree at 8 00. Look how quickly we hit 70, but the lunch hour, and 74 at 8 00 p. M. Very close to average for this time of the year. Tampa st. Pete, in the 60s, and theres other spots, 45. Cooler at crystal river. 56 in sew to and the weather watcher, betty in plant city. Add in a few more clouds today, but again, not as chilly. You get clockwise winds. We will start to see the southerly wind over the next few days, and it will be sunny ahead of wednesdays cold front, and notice wednesdays front, not much rain and not much cooler. A stretch of rain into the weekend. We will check on traffic on the 8s. Look at traffic right now the good news, the bay area bridge is looking good, but big issue right now in Pinellas Park. I will continue to follow this breaking traffic, and bryan dairy is blocked under u. S. 19. Its fatal crash here, folks. You can fake ulmerton to the north instead of bryan dairy. It was also known as 119th street. You can see what is happening. Over there, traffic is being diverted off here, and again, bryan dairy in both directions, blocked. The vehicle on the left coming towards us, the person is exiting from northbound the southbound road is blocked as well. 80s or ulmerton and back to gene and gayle. A special carnival for our fourlegged friends. What you can expect to see in tonights episode of the voice. Youre watching news channel 8 today. We dont decorate in one color. We dont stick to one fabric. Or one shape. So why use traditional aerosols that are onedimensional . New air wick room mist with life scents is a multilayered fragrance, just like scents in real life. Our homes are rich, varied, and pleasantly surprising. And air wick room mist is, too. Finally, a truetolife fragrance, for your lively home. Air wick. S. A hot new tv show is back, and it is the voice. The coaches will be listening, and they describe what it takes to get them to turn around. I feel like the people have something different. Christiey aguilera is back in the coaching seat for season 10, and you can watch it here on channel 8 at 9 00. Who let the dogs out . This is the dog carnal costume competition in peru. The pups are not shy. They are raising awareness for responsible dog ownership, and mine freezes when you put anything on her. In the next half an hour, the candidates last push to get voters to the polls tomorrow. We are enjoying the one day we only get once every 4 years. We will tell you why. Its leap year, thats what im claiming. My tongue is all over the place. Leigh will tell us why we have this special day. Will get you a cup of coffee. Thank you. But first, weather and we all know about bogos from pbut did you know theyre not always the best deal . Pwalmart has every day low prices on everything they sell, not just on select items. Tampa the total amount saved at walmart vs winndixie was 20. 64 on this weeks basket thats 16 including bogos. Why shop anywhere else . Pstart maximizing your savings on your entire pbasket of groceries by shopping at walmart. Start shopping with walmarts every day low prices today and see what you could save. Hi, youve reached emma. Im out of the office right now but will get back to you just as soon as i possibly can. Your call is important to me. Join Princess Cruises for exclusive discovery at sea experiences. 6day caribbean cruises from just 549. Call your travel consultant Princess Cruises. Theres a wide range of temperatures, and where the patchy clouds are, youre warmer overnight. St. Pete at 61, over to inverness cooler, and i think more of the clouds will be around this morning, and we will see more sunshine by the afternoon, and feeling warm in that sunshine at 74, and 57 degrees overnight, and a couple of clouds are staying mild. I will let you know about the two cold front comes through the area, and what impact they will have us on. Now traffic and weather on the 8s. Big issue on bryan dairy road. We are seeing more issues on the roadway, and a slowdown here. Bryan dairy is pleadly closed here, running east and west at u. S. 19. We have a fatal crash on scene, and you need to take ulmerton or 80s on the street. Malik has a live view, and you the ones on the left are off of frontage road. Bryan dairy blocked both directions, u. S. And 19 remains open, and thats good news. You will not be able to get by here again on bryan dairy. More vehicles out here. I want you to remember ulmerton road or 80th street, and those are your alternates. Ba da ba ba ba good morning and thank you for watching news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. We have breaking traffic news on this monday morning. A deadly crash, and investigators said a speeding vehicle hit a support pillar and burst into flames this is the vehicle after the crash. Nothing but a mangled, charred mess of metal right now. Crash scene. You can see its active right now. All of bryan dairy is road is
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