Much of the northeast, and this morning, its being blaming for many of the deaths this is known to be one of new yorks busiest places. Look at the snow from richard virginia. Many businesses remain closed at this hour, and it will probably be days before residents can return. Cold weather shelters here at home are open across the bay area. The shelters are open for anyone who lives in a home without adequate heat. Cold weather gear donations are also needed. We are seeing a big switchup in the weather here. And right now, we are dealing with freezing temperatures. Notice crystal liver dropping sharply from last hour. You were around the 32 temperature mark. Cold out there, and in tampa, 39 degrees, compared to yesterday we have seen the temperatures drop by some 11 degrees here in the bay area, and at least it will be sunny. Unlike the clouds and the light rain we had yesterday, its dry today. For the midmorning hours, its going to be low 40s, and then we will be warming into the 50s, but when you compare 39 degrees to all the snow across the northeast, at least you can ride your bike today, and some folks up there will be shoveling all the snow away. Back to you candace. Mark, thank you very much. Many businesses remain closed in the northeast this morning, but as many residents continue for business in rhode island. People are actually walking miles to get there. Reporter the conditions here will continuing to worsen as the heavy winds and dense snow is making driving almost impossible. Thats not stopping patrons for eating at one of the restaurants still open. We walked. We actually live a couple of blocks away. Reporter d. J. s pub is not as busy as it usually is. Typically on a saturday night you have a full restaurant this is only a fifth of it. Reporter the owner says its worth being open. We try to feed our customers and regulars during a storm like this. We try to be here to accommodate them. Reporter the rest of the town is off the roads and out of the cold. Keep in mind, the roads are rail i will bad out here. Theres a slight layer of ice going on top of the snow. If you dont need to be out on we will follow this throughout the night, rosie woods, back to you. Now remember, you can track the weather any time, and the app is free. Just download it from the weather storm. After a maam mouth blizzard canceled thousands of mammoth blizzard canceled thousands of flights they expected to get back underway this morning. The flights look better here than they did yesterday. Im seeing canceled flights on the departures board from washington over to newark and some into the new york city area, and that certainly was on saturday, and we saw a lot more cancellations and delays in the past this is due to the weekend. It led to travel bans in new york and baltimore. Limited airline and mass roll again. Here at Tampa International, in flights to and from the northeast were delayed or canceled. Passengers doing what they can to pass the time and stay calm. I did the yoga poses and the breathing exercises, and the cat stretch kept me calm. Reporter airport officials advise checking your flight status before traveling to the airport to avoid any additional haakes. On the storm. Everything from hypothermia to car crashes. I just checked on the philadelphia turnpike. They expect to resume limited air travel today, but the Washington National airport will remain closed throughout the day today, through sunday. The haakes are not over for travelers. I like her advice, try yoga when you are stressed out. A magnitude 7. 1 earthquake was recorded 2 hours ago in central alaska. Anchorage. Quake. No reports of injuries or significant damage reported at this hour. A tsunami is not expected. Homicide detectives need your help to morning to find shooting in bradenton. We are told 31yearold Charles Linhart got into a fight and then he was shot and killed youre asked if you recognize the man in the red shirt and baseball cap to call Crime Stoppers 866634tips. The florida highway control in Hernando County is trying to figure out what caused a driver to lose control of his vehicle. The gruesome crash left a man decapitated. A man continues to recover from a stab wound after an argument at the angels apartments at 34th street north. The 35yearold got into a fight and is now behind bars. Its your vote this morning race for the white house. The former billionaire mayor of new york city is considering a Third Party Bid for the presidency. A source tells abc news bloomberg will run if cruz or trump is nominated and the democrats choose bernie sanders. One week away from the iowa caucus, and the Des Moines Register said they will endorse Hillary Clinton on the democratic side, and calling hope. Conservative commentator, glen beck officially endorsed ted cruz on sunday at an iowa ram i will an iowa rally. One person is dead and many others are hospitalized after a we are sad this morning to report on the death of James Stewart bryant iii. He was the chairman of media general, the company that owns wfla news channel 8 and 70 other stations around the country. He was the fourth generation of his family to be in the news business. His grandfather bought the richmond dispatch in 1887 and said he believes the press played an Important Role on the u. S. Since 1990 he has been the boards chairman. He was media generals ceo from 1990 to 2005. He is survived by his wife lizzy, two daughters, and five grandchildren. He will be missed. 7 09. You like being picture perfect. You should want your banking to be too. Stop into td bank and well help set you up with picture perfect banking. New customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube an 8 on your side health alert. This morning a listeria outbreak that has been linked to one death and has many others in the hospital has been linked to dole. More on how the company is responding. Packaged salads found on store shelves across the country, some now linked to the deadly bacteria listeria. You could die of course thats scary the voluntary recall of packaged salads in 23 states, and it comes after 12 people in 6 states were hospitalize after getting sick. One person in michigan died. In a statement from dole, they said they are working to warn consumers saying the suspension and withdrawn is being performanced voluntarily by dole out of an abundance of precaution listeria can cause haakes, confusion, and convulsions. The contamination started that the Production Facility in springfield. The likely source of the outbreak in the dole plant were broughten in the lettuce plants that were harvested. The codes have an a in the upper right hand corner. Some were made for specific supermarkets including salad par at ald i, and fresh selection for kroger. If you have the lettuce, you should throw it away. Representatives say its was just the one plant in springfield, ohio, and no other products are at risk. Mark collins with your full forecast, and Time Magazines new cover about the flint, michigan, water crisis. We will introduce you to the 2 yearold suffering from the water. Wow. The internet is crazy fast here. I know, right . Its so nice to have everyone over. Hi hey. Mmm. I just laid an egg. Does anybody want it . Yes, please. Mom, guess what . I married a clown and were having tiny little clown babies. Mhm. I just bought a hammer. With internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. Get out of the past. Get fios. church bell bear growls r burke smash and grub. R seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. Welcome back. Time magazine released their newest cover on thursday, and it highlights the water crisis in flint, michigan. Sincere smith is the 2yearold child on the magazines cover. Reporter hes not shy about introducing himself. Sincere smith. Reporter sincere smith is excited about celebrating his 3rd birthday in a few days. Im excited for my birthday. Reporter and hes not shy over his body. Its itchy. Reporter its all over and keeps him up at night. Its on his arms, legs, and face. Time magazine put sincere on its cover with the words poisoning an american city. His mom realizes her sons photo has been seen worldwide and wants people to think of the flint families when they look at his face. We it want them to think of flint and imagine what we are going through and if this was your kids going through this right now. You will see how we feel. Reporter arianna says a doctor finally discovered the rash is from the chemicals that officials are dumping into the flint water. Its not the baby photo parents ever want, but because of this photo taken of her son by regina boone, flint is getting needs. Sincere. Now and our our kids are feeling. This is us. Its sincerely us right now. That Time Magazine is now on newsstands. Good morning. Draw back the curtains, and you morning. Its not dreary or wet, and theres plenty of sunshine. S it sharply colder right now, 37 degrees in new port richey, as well. As we head through the course of the afternoon, we will be warming up, but still on the cool side. 12 00, 53, and winds are really backingoff. 3 00in the afternoon, we will reach our high of 57. This indicates the potential for freeze at 9 00, and the actual air temperatures, you see, it the everyonetures are they have dropped over the last hour. 29 in brooksville, and 39 in tampa, and you can notice the low to mid40s along the coast, but you put wind along that, and it actually feels chillier with windchills around 9 in st. Pete and 38 in sarasota. The winds out of the northeast at around 10 to 7, and this is is a land breeze being forced by the water temperatures in the 50s compared to those readings in the 40s, and those winds will turn more northerly during the day. You can see the clouds have been scoured out by the northerly breezes, dealing with the breezes. There it goes out over the atlantic. They are going to be shoveling out after record snowfall here in washington, dc, and over 3 feet of snow, and 28 inches there in new york city, and we are not looking at any rain here, just high temperatures around 57 in tampa, and slightly cooler values along the coast there in the 50s. Dropping off as the high builds over us. The slow moderation, and we will get back into the 70s here for tuesday and wednesday, and our next weather system is on wednesday, and it will be a slow mover, bringing good downpours wednesday through thursday. From what i can tell, pirates really dont like that kind of nasty weather. I think they will enjoy the weather for saturday as the weather moves out. Rain free, thats how we like it. Mark, thank you. Thousands of pintsized pirates didnt let saturdays chilly temperatures stop their fun at the gasparilla childrens parade. Children loined the parade route screaming for beads. The cold temperatures dont seem to keep people away. We spoke to one boy who had fun and an interesting way of i got out of my dads truck and said how about i bring my net . Its working really well. Very good plan, and the police chief and mayor said to bundle up, and they themselves, looked to be chilly. Next saturday is the gasparilla parade for adults, and news channel 8 will carry the parade live with coverage starting at 2 30 and will stream live on wfla. Com. Our web team has been compiling everything you want to know as pat raids invade tampa. Look for the special section on wfla. Com. Our top stories are just minutes away, but first, the panthers put an end to the lightning winning streak. The lowlights from last nights game next in sports. The last time the Tampa Bay Lightning won eight consecutive lightning games, they lifted the stanley cup 8 games later. My High School Teachers would be excited to know i recognize that as foreshadowing. No score in the 1st period, not the bolts herbado opens the flood gates. And smith, trochek, all the good guys lighting it up in the 3rd. The lightning snap their losing streak at 7. To the team that victory. The bulls last victory was against jacksonville. The bulls dressed only 7 players but thankfully one was mcmurray. He knows its better to give than receive. Mcmurray with the lob, and you know diane lewis is watching, and bradenton loves that. Usf up by 10, and angel nunez cuts through the defense for a layup. We have a problem. South florida up by 10 at halftime, and then nunez as the much, and the bulls led by as many as 16, the cougars could not complete the comeback. Usf upsets houston, 7162, and the bulls get their First American conference win. Florida state nearly pulling off an upset of its own against pittsburgh, but the seminoles are a bucket short. Florida put a thrashing on auburn, and Dorian Finney smith pulled down 8 boards. Finally go home and get your shrine box. The eastwest shrine box on cities play. Brian pool and in his spare time he enjoys romantic walks on the beach and romantic dinners. Pick, but the rest of the game belonging to the west. Vernon williams with 3 quarter. The west wins it. Jamie burke did play in this one, Department Record any pool. He injured his collarbone later in the day. Hes expected to miss 4 weeks, cutting it close for the nfl combine in february. Thats it for sports. Im paul ryan. If youre looking for a job, grab a pen and paper. All you need to know about the job fair coming up in tampa. Residents are starting to dig out of a recordbreaking snowfall for the northeast. Time now, 7 28. Good sunday morning, im candace mccowan. Homicide detectives need your help to find the suspects bradenton. Charles leonard was shot and killed while getting into the a fight walking in a parking lot. Youre asked if you recognize please call Crime Stoppers. The Investigation Continues into what caused a driver to lose control of his vehicle the gruesome crash left a man decapitated, and only one car was involved, and the name of the victim has not been released, and its another cold morning in the bay area, and we are waking up to temperature in the 30s in some places, and theres a freeze warning for some areas and a High Surf Advisory for clear water. Look at the live pictures now out of times square in new york city. Residents are starting to clean setting snowfall. It dropped 26 inches of snow in central park, the next most recorded since 1869, and we have live pictures for the nations capital. It left 2 feet of snow there. Both dulles and Donald ReaganInternational Airports will remain bothed today. Time to check with mark when can we expected the warmup . Reporter the warmup will start this afternoon, but its not going to be a significant warmup. We will have to wait until monday to see the 60degree readingings come back. 50s for the afternoon highs, and right now, thats all we could wish for. 39 in clear water and tampa. We are looking at readings in the 20s in inverness and brooksville, and they have freezing temperatures. With reseeing a big drop from this time yesterday. Its not minus 19, but these are the temperatures that have changed over the last 24 hours, 19degree drop compared to brooksville. 43, and we will boost the temperatures with all the sunshine we are expecting. 57 will be it for this afternoon, and then for this evening, we will get right back down into some 30s in the the bay area, but im promising a gradual warmup through the workweek, and even more rain and storms, and the details on that, still ahead. Thank you very much, mark. Millions of people in cities and towns along the east coast will dig out from this weekends historic blizzard. The storm left thousands of people dead and hundreds of travelers stranded. Jennifer johnson shows us how americans are handling the record snowfall. Reporter the first blizzard of 2016 has slowly died down after burying major east coast cities in as much as 3 feet of snow it shut down air, rail, and highway travel. And now they need to get the roads open again. Thats keith howards job. Everyone is trying to get out. Some people from patience and some people dont. When you go through a neighborhood, you see people reporter it was enjoyable for the pandas and the children sliding down the u. S. Capitol lawn and the snowboarders who couldnt get to the mountain. Pretty sure this is illegal. Reporter the blizzard slammed 70 million people. Hundreds of thousands lost power, and now theres widespread flooding in new jersey and other midatlantic states. We have shelters open in every county of the state. They are ready to take people and keep them warm and get them fed. Reporter many airport runways and roads will remain closed while plows try to remove the snow. Officials are begging people to stay home. All it takes is one car to get stuck, and now the road is not passable, and the plows cannot plow that road, and the situation quickly descends into chaos. Reporter a chaotic, historic, and recordbreaking happy to see go. Jennifer johnson, washington. More than 60 new shops and restaurants will open this spring at Tampa International airport, and the airport is now looking to fill dozens of jobs at the new shops and restaurants, and the mayor is now live from Tampa International airport with more. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning to you, candace. More than 40 of restaurants and shops that will be opening up here are local brands like buddy brew coffee and fore green fields fields. Its part fore green fields. Its part of the new initiative to redo the food court hire. Job fare include auntie anns, and the rum, fish, bar, and grill. It will be on the third floor of the main terminal next to the blue air cart elevators. Officials are looking to fill over 150 jobs tomorrow, and close to 30 of the new shops and restaurants will open in the next year. Thats good news for the travelers who may have been stranded here at Tampa International over the weekend, and a lot of new things to try out in the coming months. Great information. Mary mcguire live this morning. Thank you. This morning friends and family remember the couple killed in the tornado outbreak last weekend, and the family held a private Funeral Service for steve and kate wilson in bradenton. The wilsons died when the tornado destroyed their mobile home. Their four grandchildren who polk county deputies are searching for a third suspected in a triple murder case. Theres an arrest warrant for jamal smith. Smith is believed to be living in miami. Detectives have arrested two other miami member, charging them with killing three people and injuring a fourth at a home in lakeland earlier this month. The st. Petersburg mayor delivered his state of the city address. The mayor has big plans for the city. The mayor posted that st. Pete is building towards a Brighter Future including a new pier and keeping the rays in the city. We have become the daring city that i spoke about on the steps of city hall during my inaugural address 2 years ago, and now the rays have the opportunity to learn what we already know so now our focus must shift towards goning a rays in st. Petersburg forever. Reporter hes composing a baseball forever campaign. Officials will be asked to pitch the city of st. Pete to the rays. Time now, 7 38, and a little brisk this morning. I tell you, if youre out trying to play baseball and tennis yesterday, it wasnt happening. I think we have run out of sweaters. Something has to change. This is the first time folks had to dig out the heavy account heavy jackets. Where did i leave that . Its been a long time. Check out this picture, yesterday from the skyway. This beautiful bird is stretching its wings, and a lot of folks sent pictures for all the snow from friends and relatives up north. Thats a look at 10 inches, and today, we are going to see plenty of sunshine, no snow in our forecast, but will the rain come back . I will let you know coming up. See tomorrow at 6 00 a. M. Major traffic delays continue on i275 as a result of new lane alignments. I will show you what the department of transportation we are following breaking news right now. Of a deadly fire in lakeland. Its happening on east velavista street. One person is dead and two others are in the hospital. We have a crew on the way to the scene, and we will give updates as soon as we get them. After heavy scrutiny, the film academy they says they will become more diverse. Three new seats will also be added to the board of governors. It comes amid the calls for an oscar boycott. Hollywood is headed to havana. Business opportunities between the u. S. And cuba bloom, and american shows and films want to shoot on the islands that were previously off limits. Patrick otman with the story. Don of the where earnest hemmingway used to down drinks, the u. S. Crew is shooting. This is the first crew to shoot since the diplomatic tries were restored last year. He is at the nexus of where he wants to be. The most upside, and it may be possible if you get in on the ground floor. I think for someone like this, and not just marty kahn, but the other marty kahns of the world it may be ground zero for better or worse. You dont want to see another place sort of lose all the reporter gentleman, tonight in havana. Reporter countries like the Dominican Republic stood in for cuba in films like the godfather ii. The next installment of the fast and furious movies will go on to cuba. Cuba is a place like nowhere else from the cars to the buildings to the people, and cuba has an authenticity that even hollywood cannot recreate. As the cameras roll, theres also a sense of history being made. We are the first people looking for these transactions being done this way and asking for our state department and the cuban government to relate to each other about Something Like this, so we are discovering answers to questions that have probably not been asked yet. Expect to see cuba has the setting for more productions. Incredibly special. Just looking down the street, and its beautiful in its own unique place. You would hope theres more crews here. Reporter it seems at long last cuba is having its hollywood moment. Cnn havana. A trip to the tropics sounds like a good idea on a cold morning like today. Sure, we can be snow birds ourselves, and if youre looking out from one of the condos on the beaches, this is what youre seeing, the blue skies s they will remain light today, but we are on the chilly side. Beloaner pal for this time of the day and year, and milder temperatures are on the way as cough the week, no rain in the forecast until wednesday. Wednesday and thursday looking very wet. The forecast for this afternoon, keep the sunshine around, and we are backing off on the winds, and by noontime, 53. 57 this afternoon, and that will be as warm as it gets here today, and we will need to warm up quickly because youre looking at 29 in brooksville, and these are the actual air temperatures, and i dont want to confuse this with boston. The areas freeze willing likely stay at 32 or below until we get to 9 00, and then the freeze warnings will be lifted. The windchills feeling colder along the cultural coast. Sarasota, feeling like 38 with the northeast breeze, and as the ridge builds in with the wake of the low, the winds will remain lighter today. The snow, all of the snow, finally moving off the coastline as the powerful blizzard of 2016 will be in the history books with the most snow baltimore, washington, dc, and parts of pennsylvania, temperatures this afternoon, maybely reach mainly reaching mid to upper 60s, and then tonight, chilly again. Temperatures going to about 48 degrees, and thats kill still chillier headed into monday morning, headed off to work in the 30s. 40 here in town, and waves are still up, but the waves have backed. Residual swells around 35 feet, and small craft advisories and walking you through the next 7 days, notice the warmup on monday to 68 degrees, and close to seasonal temperatures here through the middle part of the week. The front moves into north florida on wednesday, and good soakers will come at us for the middle of the week lasting into thursday, and we could get thunderstorms out of that. The storms more likely on thursday, and it looks like the weather will be pushing out in time for next weekend. We wont be as cold next weekend, but looks like we will have the sunshine we have again today for saturday. Thank you, mark very much. Millions of calls recalled last year, and also ahead, the new star wars movie was a hit but now a later date has been announced for the next films release. We have everything you need to having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. So keep things moving with 100 fiber optic fios, the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. Its no wonder were ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power. Now, for 79. 99 a month online, get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Or with a 2 year agreement, get 300 back. Go to getfios. Com or call well from car recalls to hoverboards and the return of the force. The consumer headlines. Reporter hi, candace. More time at the car dealership lately, but not because youre buying a new car. 51. 3million vehicles were recalled in the u. S. Last year, and thats a record as issues. Amazon is offering full refunds for customers who bought the hover boards on its website it comes after dozens caught on fire and exploded. That being said, sales still have not slowed down. Star wars fans, listen up. The next movie will be out in december of next year, rather than the original may release date. Disney is not giving a reason for the change, but the most recent star wars movie was a huge holiday hit. I think im the only person who has not seen it yet, candace, and thats your sunday consumer alert, back to you. Coming up, an update on the at this hour, the latest on a deadly fire coming up next. Its 7 53, and youre watching i get out of workpand i go to the store, and somebody s,psmellin around, mmm i smell cookies. I say, oh no, you just smell me. I just got out of work. That s honey bunches of oats, that s all. I say don breaking news we are following right now, firefighters are on the scene of a deadly fire in lakeland on east belavista street. Others are in the hospital. You are looking at the google image of the scene there. You can also look for a live report on news channel 8 today at 9 00 a. M. One person is dead at the retirement home fire in lakeland. So sad. Yeah. This time of the year space heaters are more common. Dont know if thats the case there, but be careful. You see the 20s to the north, and certainly making up for the warm december we had, and we temperatures here. 38 outside, and later today, the high topping out at 57. Thank you for joining us this morning