Good morning, candace. It has been one dry month. We have not had a drop of rain officially at tampa international. That can change for today. It wont be wet all day long but you have to plan around a few showers. Let me show you the rain moving through north of cedar key along floridas big bend. You can see the showers not making much progress inland but there is rain in the gulf of mexico and this is what were keying in on here during the course of the day. That rain is set to increase as it moves into the bay area and so rain chances will respond and increase through the afternoon up to around 40 . So more clouds today means temperatures about five degrees cooler than yesterday. So, for the Early Morning hours, i think right around the nature coast, we can see rain showers or sprinkles and during the afternoon, storms will start to build and focus over the inland spots, especially into polk day. Today, well have rain around. It wont be lasting all day long but there will be poshths of rain on pockets of rain on and off. As we head into the work week, things will be changing as well. Ill have more details ahead. For now, download the weather app at any time. Go to the storm team 8 maps app. It is free. Get it at the app. The bay area is mourning the loss of a Law Enforcement officer after hillsborough douchl Deputy John Kotfila was was killed. Crash happened. Wrong way driving has been a big problem again and again in our area. It certainly has. Over the past eight years alone there, have been 57 wrong way crashes on bay area roads and the latest has claimed the life sheriffs deputy. Here is what we do know. John kotfila was returning from Tampa General Hospital after completing a crash investigation around three yesterday morning when authorities tell us 31yearold erik mcbeth of hudson began driving the wrong way from the brandon exit. Eagle eight hd captured video of the scene west of i95 where the two cars collided. Investigators arent concluding that this crash is alcohol related but the majority of the wrong way crashes have been. I think it is highlighting a bigger issue between distracted driving and dui. At this time of night, you know there, are a lot of people that have been consuming alcoholic beverages out on the road, but we need to Pay Attention what were doing on the. Reporter were told all Traffic Control warning signs and centrals were all and signals were up and running alerting drivers that it was closed to westbound traffic. Of Police Officers. His brother and father are Police Officers in massachusetts. His families are travelling to the area and should arrive here sometime today. Our haertsz and prayers going our hearts and prayers going out to the family. Thank you. Wrong way crashes are a major problem plaguing roadways. All of the crashes are here. If you add them up, theyre 57 markers. You can see bay concentrations and urban areas less than a year ago, the florida d. O. T. Studied the problem and how to stop it. 280 wrong way crashes from 2009 to 2013, those crashes hurt 400 people and killed 75. We asked state attorney mark ober what he thinks should be done to stop these accidents. The Million Dollar question may be time to say we need to have stop sticks going the wrong way. It is preventible. It is avoidable. So we have to, we have to review what we can do because it is an epidemic. 8 on your side will keep asking about the next steps as this continues to clearly be a problem. This morning, many people are sharing their condolences with the family of Deputy Kotfila and you can as well. Comment on our post on the wfla facebook page. We have continuing coverage on wfla. Com. There you can read more about Deputy Kotfila and how he is being honored. This morning, tampa police are looking for the hitandrun driver that left a pedestrian to die. This happened just before 10 saturday at the republi cuba. Become available. Police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident in clear water. It happened near hercules avenue. The driver did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. The name of the man who died has not been released. Two days before the florida primary, senator marco rubio is celebrating a big one. The florida senator won the washington dc Republican Caucus saturday night. Alex copman says it shows he can be a unifyer. He is hoping for a big win here in florida. It will come down florida for me. It always comes down to florida. So we need your support and your help. I thank you for being here today. I hope everyone here already voteed if you havent, i hope youll go tomorrow. If not, dont forget tuesday. In your votes, senator ted he picked up most of the delegates in wyoming. He won nin delegates Hillary Clinton has won the democratic caucuses in the northern mariana islands. This gives clinton four while Bernie Sanders added two. This is clintons 14th victory compared to nine wins for sanders. Former Alaska Governor sarah palin will be in florida campaigning for donald trump and will be making a stop in the bay area. Palin will appear at the florida strawberry festival in plant city at 4 00 p. M. More protests outside of a donald trump make America Great generally. This time in kansas city, missouri. The protests just hours after a man attempted to jump on stage during an ohio event was stopped by secret service agents. While the candidates are are all preparing for five important all eyes are on donald trump and an increasingly Tense Campaign s. Reporter in kansas city, more tough talk from donald trump and another night of protests. Just hours after a man jumped over a barricade and tried to get on stage at a trump event in ohio. Jumps over. Tries to make a rush at me. I was ready. I dont know if i would have done wet but i would have been out here fighting. It happened at an airport in dayton as trump was addressing the crowd. Secret service surrounded the republican frontrunner as other agents intercepted the protester and rushed him away. The man has been charged with Disorderly Conduct and inducing panic, both misdemeanor. The secret service guys hit him like you wouldnt believe. They took him out. The comments come a night after trump cancelled an appearance in chicago. Protester tlaez skirmished with Police Arrested five people. Two officers were injured. This is a man who in rallies told supporter takes to beat up the people in the crowd and he will pay the legal fees. Environment. Trump mramed the protesters protesters on supporters of Bernie Sanders. Bully. If you see silence, you should condemn it. It. If you see a bully, you should stand up to him. The rising tensions around trump affect the campaign at all . Well see tuesday as five more states hold primaries. Nbc. And remember, you can still vote early today. Floridas primary is this tuesday. We posted everything that you need to know on wfla. Com. Died in an avalanche high in the italian alps on sunday. Rescuers responded to the peak near the border. Snow hundreds of yards wide roared down that slope. Nine other skiers are counting their blessings they managed to escape. One with some injuries, the other eight were not hurt. Secretary of state john kerry met with saudi arabiaas king. The un sponsored peace talks on syria should go ahead monday as planed the main western backed Opposition Group say they will attend the talks. The governments will be there, too. President obama could announce his pick for the Supreme Court of the United States any day now. Coming up, a closer look at possible three candidates in his short list. Time now is 6 10 and this is news channel 8 today. 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. S all. Time is 6 13. President obama could name his Supreme Court nominee. That person would replace Antonin Scalia and decide which direction the court would lean. We go inside to get the inside scoop of the three rumored finalists. White house denieders say president obama could name a new that means his short list has shrunk to a super short name. Sri srinivasan would be the first ever hindu and asian american. He was confirmed unanimously by the senate. Merit garland. He is a white, 63yearold man with almost 20 years on the federal bench and while he is in the running, he has several factors working against him, including a very long legal opinion paper trail also, paul watfork. He is only 48 years old. He would be the third ever black justice on the court. Mr. Obama is said to be meeting with these candidates. Republicans will not meet with, much less confirm with one of his nominees. Were on the ground covering it closely. It could be any day. Im National Correspondent chance sales. Coming up, mark collins has the full forecast. Also ahead, how healthy are the ultra processed foods. Some may have more calories than you think. The surprising findings of the new research that has many dieticians worried. That is next. My newest beauty routine secret starts in the shower. Discover the latest innovation from amop\. The new pedi perfect wet dry. Now get effortless hard skin removal on dry or wet skin. Plus, it has 2 speeds and its rechargeable. The easy way for touchably soft feet. Suits me and my new shoes. New amop\ pedi perfect wet dry. Amop\. New research about the amount of food americans eat with ingredients people cant pronounce. Some are disguised as health foods and make up half of the calories in american diets. That has dieticians worried. Reporter theyre tempting and tasty. Ultra processed foods like frozen peeza. Soft drinks, chips and packaged cookies. Those foods provide nearly 60 of all of the calories in the american diet. Way too much, says registered dietician alicea rumsey. I say do it 3 or 4 times a week max. They have salts, fats and an slew of ad yitives and alternatives additives and alternatives. They contribute 90 of all added sugars in the u. S. Diet. It is linked to weight gain, diabetes, and increased risk of heart disease. When i was younger it was more about the calories and now i focus on what is actually in the foods. But sometimes these foods can masquerade as healthy alternative s. This only has 90 calories but has a laundry list of ingredients. Youre getting so many added sugars and ingredients that your body doesnt need and this 90 calories wont keep you as full as eating Something Like 90 calories of fruit and nuts or the real food. Real food is what anna sherer chooses to give her son a healthy foundation. I try to identify things that i can see the ingredients and know what it is like the bananas. If i cant pronounce what the ingredient is, i shouldnt be buying the product. When you want is balance. You just want to try to make sure that youre getting more whole foods and less processed making these temptations a treat rather than a staple of ann thompson. Nbc news, new. Good morning, everyone, we lost an hour of sleep overnight saving time. The sun will come up later here today at 7 41 and this evening, as you plan your day and perhaps youre planning on a sunset it wont be much of a sunset because of the cloud cover but tonight. A little more sunshine late in the day as you come home from work as you start the up coming work week. 69 degrees in tampa were dealing with mild and muggy conditions outside. No need for a jacket here, and as we head through the afternoon, we are going to have more cloud cover. Not as warm as yesterday. Yesterday we managed to climb to 85. Today, 80 degrees. What is sflent rain in the forecast and it has been what is different . Rain in the forecast and it has been more than two weeks without rain. Were not seeing it on the radar max but out in the gulf of mexico there, it is. Some of the showers have been moving in north of the nature coast around floridas big bend but what i would expect is for this to grow and build into the bay area as we head through the afternoon, so, it looks like after lunch time there, is a better chance for rain and the steering flow is out of the southwest to west. It will push this line of rain in here. This is the forecast. You see the heaviest stuff remaining off of the the coastline but that can generate afternoon thunderstorms over the inland zones the 40 rain chance carries on here through the late day but then as we head into the evening, most of the showers taper off. So that is today. Tomorrow, well still have the clouds, but most of the showers will be south of the bay area or over the inland zones near the i ever corridor during the afternoon. Movement would be away from the bay area and tuesday, youre taking rain out of the forecast all together. Well still keep warm conditions around for the up coming work week. This is just kind of a trough that swings on through. Not a real strong cold front. So dont expect the cool down behind it. It will dry us out. Here is the moisture leaving us as we head into the work week and then as we end the week on friday and it looks like next weekend could unsettle as a lot more moisture comes into the bay area with the stalled front to the north. Today, temperatures will reach the mid80s where we could get more sunshine in the southern zones here around tampa coastal spots seeing numbers around 80 degrees. Gulf water temperature has warmed up yesterday because of all of the sunshine and heat to 69 degrees and there is the tide, low tide at 11 21. The extended forecast calls for an extended forecast with a high of 80 degrees. The week. Come back at us. I dont see much during the work week. A little iffy. Thunderstorms here later this afternoon but all is quiet right now over the next couple of hours. Take your raincoat with you if youre headed out to the grand prix today. Players get fresh haircuts. New fresh step with the power of febreze. There, locked in down to the wire it is dustin on the outside he is going to the two. Star hill, third. Brodys cause off the board as the favorite. Call it a date with destiny. Javier cast yelliano and deskin win with the track record. Now the 3yearold colt sets his sights on the Kentucky Derby less than two months away. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race. Case in point . Defending vague spar defending valspar championship jordan spieth. It caused him to respond both on twitter and then on the gulf course. Jordan carted a 68 on friday and was better in round three. From 53 feet. The worlds number one golfer shot a four under 67 to get the two under overall. That is within striking distance of bill haas. Bird is the word. Haas is eight under through 54 holes of play. Gram dillette is nipping at his hills. His par four. Here is the local kid. Lee mccoy who grew up in a subdivision and inness brook. That is not even fair lets go to the leader bood. Haas and delaet will putt this afternoon. Steve stricker, carlos hower and reed are under par. The cut at the charlotte sports park came yesterday. Fans shaved their heads for cut for the cure raising 15,000 for the National Period rick cancer foundation. Great support by our coaching staff, our players, you see these players putting a big smile on their face. How many 8yearold and 9yearold say theyve got to cut Evan Longorias hair. Matt moore getting his start against the yankees. He had three strikeouts, no earned runs. Still scoreless in the 5th. Cory dickerson hit with a pitch. He left the game with a forearm bruise. His sacrifice not in vain. Bases loaded for johnny field. Here is johnny a two rbi double drops into left center and that is all the rays would need. They beat the yankees 21. The rays play a pair of split squad games today against the red sox in Fort Charlotte and the blue jays in dunn eden. The Tampa Bay Community continues to mourn the tragic death of a Hillsborough County deputy. Were live with the latest. You can soon take a cruise to cuba still ahead, which cruise line announced the new service. Your sunday forecast and much more coming up in the next half. Good sunday morning. Im candace mccowan. Thank you for joining us. For the latest on our forecast. Hi, candace. It is a balmy start to our sunday morning. Temperatures have been hovering around the 70degree mark and there is rain in the forecast. It wont be a wash out but it will be cloudier here as we head through the course of the day and then expect midday showers and even some thunderstorms when youre looking at the numbers right now, you see the humidity on the high side and the radar is fairly quiet. There have been light rain showers tracking up along the i10 corridor. Nothing showing up in the immediate bay area the forecast for today calls for rain so if youre going up to the valspar championship for professional gulf, you can expect cloudy conditions and expect to see rain at any time after 11 00 a. M. And through the afternoon we can see shoifrs tracking in off of showers tracking in off of the gulf of mexico. Bring the gulf umbrella out if youre headed on the links and to the st. Pete grand prix. Could be wet spots in the bleachers there. At least the clouds holding down the temperatures a little bit. Thank you very much. In our top stories this morning. Condolences are coming in from around the country after a Hillsborough County deputy was killed in a wrong way crash. The accident happened saturday morning on the you will deck of the sell man expressway. Deputy john kotfila had been with hcso for six years. He comes from a Law Enforcement family. Florida senator marco rubio spent his last saturday before the florida primary with four stops in the tampa bay area during the stops rubio condemned the violence reported at donald trump rallies and other states. The primary could be rubios white house. Dc general convention. 18 million americans rat risk for more devastating floods across the south. Storm system responsible for five deaths in three states, destroyed and the system is expected to pick up speed as it moves east wrong way crashes are a nonstop problem and the latest claimed the life of a Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy. Deputy john kotfila was hit and killed by a wrong way driver Early Saturday Morning while driving on the upper deck level of the express. Was mary mcguire joins us live where authorities believe the wrong way driver got onto the expressway. Do investigators have any idea how this hap . They dont and they may never know but what we do know is that all of the traffic signs and signals alerting drivers that the westbound lanes were closed to through traffic were up and in working order when this crash happened. We do know that Deputy John Kotfila was entering the expressway after completing a crash investigation at Tampa General Hospital around three saturday morning when authorities tell us that 31yearold erik mcbeth of hudson began driving the wrong way from the brandon expressway. Eagle eight hd captured video of the scene west of the i75 exit where the two cars did collide. The sudden loss has stunned those in the Sheriffs Office. These men and women are, excuse me, the men and women are out there trying to protect everybody and these guys are very concerned about the drivers at night. In fact, this deputy had hoped to become a traffic homicide investigator at some point in his career. Were told family members are on their way here from up north and should arrive in the bay area some day. Flags at Hillsborough CountySheriffs Office with at half staff to honor the work of he had only been on the force for six short years. So many questions that need answers. Thank you. Tampa police need your help finding a hitandrun driver. A bicyclist was hit near 30th avenue. Detectives are looking for an older dark blue or black small pick up. Possibly a toyota. The roof is equipped with a full size bed topper. Pick up should have damage to the windshield. The bicyclist is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. Two people dead this morning after a Small Plane Crash in lake county. The single engine home built air craft crashed into an empty needle clairmont. The two people on board empty field in clairmont. The two people on board steam have been killed on impact. It came down at a steep angle before hitting the grown. The crash narrowly missed a mans home. The guy knew he was in trouble and the field back there is a perfect place. He was trying to save everybody else. Sad story. No one else was injured. The faa and ntsb are investigating this crash. The convict who escaped a prison transport in new mexico is back behind bars. Albuquerque police say the prisoner surrounded peacefully. Happening today, racers are buzzing around the streets of downtown st. Pete for the grand prix. The annual weekend of races is expected to bring 150,000 people out to seat cars zip by. Drivers race through a nearly twomile long course along the sapt pete water front. Today is the main event. Racing begins at nine this morning. General admission tickets are available for 50. By the way, voters arenot be able to watch the race from the water. The coast guard will increase a safety zone 300 feet from the sea wall of the municipal yacht basin. It will be in effect from 6 00 a. M. To 10 p. M. At wfla. Com we have everything you need to know for the grand prix of st. Pete including ticket information. Parking racing schedules and what you cannot bring. This video is sure to get you in the saint pattys day spirit. The Chicago River was dyed bright green. After the river dying the downtown Saint Patricks day parade kicked off there. U. S. Residents will be able to take a cruise ship to Cuba Carnival cruise line will Start Service this may. When american cruise ships arrive, the numbers will jump substantially, many are excited about visiting the once forbidden country. I prefer to see it now. I know it is important to the Cuban Community and they need the influx of tourists and the dollar and they need hope. U. S. Tourism to cuba has grown more than 50 since december of 2014. Dont forget, our own keith cate will travel to cuba as president obama makes his historic visit. Well bring you complete coverage right here on news channel 8. Yesterday. We did. It looked like the rain might be coming but it is not coming until today. It will hold off until today. Rain showers are in the forecast but at least we had a clear evening overnight tonight and maybe, if youre a star gazer looking at heavens. There you see a nice Crescent Moon from our star photographer jackie. S was head into the day today, clouds will be on the increase and the temperatures, well, it will still be warm but also rain, send us your pictures, we like to get them on the air and is you can eat as muchpcereal as you want. It s like i m going to work to get some. Alrighty. We just like cereal. We make it, eat it, love it, live it. laughing . 18 million americans are at risk for more devastating floods across the south. The storm system responsible for five deaths in three states. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and system is expected to pick up speed as it moves east. Sarah dall has a report from the storm zone. Reporter nat water rose fast and furious trapping people in their homes and cars. National guard crews have rescued 121 people in louisiana and some areas, two feet of the water will come up to my waist. My son made it here. Reporter dwayne fuller feels helpless. I dont know what well do. We dont have Flood Insurance. Nobody in this area has has had to have Flood Insurance along with most of the people here. Reporter tina burrough is trying to salvage what is left. Were basically here trying to get things cleaned up. And see what wl we can go from there. Reporter nat back breaking clean up is just the back breaking clean up is just beginning. The widespread floods damaged 400 homes in louisiana and mississippi. In greenville, brent mann woke up at 3 00 a. M. To find water inside his house and hurried wake up his young sons. Lost furniture, all of the belongings. 18 Million People are under flood flad warnings. Wendy oquinn says she has never seen anything like it. What did it look like for someone passing through today. A third world country. It didnt look like a city that belonged here at august you couldnt see there was a city. It was just all amazing to see how high that water has gotten. That is what happens when you have a weather system stalled for pretty much the entire week in the area. Today well pick up on rain but an inch in most areas. Maybe some of the heavier downpours can result in a quarter inch of rain in the inland spots. Timing today, midday and through the early evening hours. This would break a dry trend that weve been in for the past several weeks. It has been a completely dry march and this is the last full weekend of winter. The winter has been very wet with the el nino pattern. Some thunderstorms are possible with the heating later today in the inland zones. Not anticipating any Severe Weather and then it is back to dry weather through much of the up coming work week. It looks like by friday, but more into next weekend we can see a wet pattern set in for a longer term, but today, mid morning and early afternoon showers, it is kind of what were focussing in on and what weve seen is warmer, muggier temperatures here overnight. Many of us in the upper 60s here across pinellas and Hillsborough County, a touch cooler around weeki wachee with the 70s showing in the southern zones in sarasota. The Bigger Picture shows how the air is mild and i show you this because there is this trough that once it comes through, all it will really do is dry us out and not give us much Colder Weather as we head through the work week. There is a cold front and that will setup Severe Weather across arkansas today. More heavy rain for those areas harder hit across the Lower Mississippi valley. And this little dash line. There is drier air behind it. We have to get through today and it looks like all of the moisture will be funneling into the area and you can see the developing band of rain in the gulf of mexic appear latch appalachia. You can see some of the rain sliding into the bay area. It will carry it into the interior and tomorrow well have clouds but not the rain. The rain showers will be moving south and to the east. The rain chances drop off as we head back towards the work week. Our forecast does call for a 40 chance of rain here today. Highs in the 80s. Notice tomorrow, a slight rain chance, mainly in the southern areas south of the bay and over the inland zone. Tomorrow well have cloudy skies and the work week looks pretty good. Temperatures pulling back a little bit. It is hot yesterday. Yeah, i like to pull back and saint pattys day. 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There is always an option other than abandonment no matter where you live in alaska. All around alaska, between fair banks, bethel, there are rescue organizations that can take a dog that needs a home. Operate in rural alaska to prevent too many unwanted pets from being born. As for olafs future the ultimate goal is to find him a perfect family. May have had a cold introduction to life but with the help of many thoughtful volunteers, hell find a warm hope willing to accept a face that will melt any. Cant get enough of that face. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is auctioning some of his cars and a competition that you have to see to believe. It looks painful. Well tell you about this race at arctic winter games next. Time is 6 52. Well known car enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld is passing on his collection to the highest bidder. Jeremy roth has todays take of a look at this. An exotic car auction is getting an extra dose of star power. Jerry seinfeld is putting 18 vehicles, all but two porsches from his rare collection up for sale. He says it is time for other enthusiasts to enjoy his collection. A rare spyder is expected to nab more than 5 million. The internet has fallen in love with this mama dog reunited with her puppies. California shelter and puppies left behind. The shelter convinced them to give up the pups saying theyre too young to be without their mom. Remember the going to need a bigger boat scene in jaws . If you do not, im judging you. Anglers off of the coast of south california had to make room for their mass,500 great white. It could have been worse for them, right . Jaws . For take a look at this, im jeremy roth. Take a look at this bizarre competition. This morning, there is a new gold medallist in this unusual sport. It is called knuckle hop. A canadian athlete won this. It is a grueling event where only by their knuckles and toes. It sounds painful. Christopher daniels spondick won the test of endurance. He needs ice. Looking for a fun vacation . Low Cost Airlines around the world. Richard quest is embarking on this epic adventure to show how far they can go on the low budget airlines. Quest arrived at london airport saturday to begin his journey. You can also follow him on twitter at flywithquest. Still ahead this morning, remembering deputy john cot filla. Were live with the jot kotfila. Were live with the latest. New fresh step with the power of febreze. This morning the bay area continues to mourn the death of Deputy John Kotfila. His life taken by a wrong way driver. The latest on the investigation and how the community is honoring him this morning. Plus, the latest for the race for the white house. Former governor sarah palin is campaigning for donald trump here in the bay area. Details of the event just minutes away. Good morning, im candace mccowan. Thank you for joining us this sunday. Well get to the top story in