Its quite a bit colder than what it was yesterday morning at this time. Granted temperatures fell throughout the day yesterday as that cooler air behind the front moved in. Take a look at the rivergate tower tampa cam, you can see were all dry, there is very dry cool air coming in from the north. Thats bringing our temperatures down well below average for this morning. Its going to remain that way through the day. So make sure you throw on that extra layer, long sleeves this morning as you head out. Youll certainly appreciate it, as you head out to temperatures in the 40s across inverness at 43. Right now in lakeland 45. Sarasota 52. Punta gorda, that was 54. Brooksville now 43 and bartow 46. You can see around tampa bay temperatures are also in the 40s. The exception is st. Pete, 52. Through the afternoon were going to stay with lots of sunshine but it only warms us up to the low 60s today, even at noon were still in the mid again its going to be sunny and dry all day long. But definitely on the cool side. It shouldnt create problems for driving. In fact the wind speeds below 15 Miles Per Hour this morning. Im not anticipating any issues weatherwise but janelle, what has been going on out there right now . For the most part the interstates especially looking pretty good right now. Were going to start with a live look at i275 right through downtown tampa. As you can see traffic still pretty light. Cars traveling up to speed, just five minutes from downtown, down towards the Howard Frankland bridge. We do have Police Activity that has westbound fowler closed now between moors bridge road and river hills drive. To get around this take fletcher to the north or they are also sending cars down the morris bridge, especially important if youre trying to get to i75, you want to leave extra time. We have a reporter on the scene and well have more on what is lets check the drive times on i4 coming into tampa, looking great now. 22 minutes from county line road to downtown and 8 minutes from 75 to 275. Our breaking News Coverage continues many waking up to the news we lost a music legend, david bowie. Its going to be all you see this morning on facebook and twitter after he died yesterday. Everyone from pop stars to astronauts are sharing thoughts. British astronaut tim peakes sent condolences from out out outer space. Kanye west hailed david bowie as one of his most important inspirations. In a tribute to the singer on twitter he says bowie was so fearless, so creative, he gave british rocker billy idol also took to twitter says he was brought to tears adding rest in peace. Were also following breaking news, investigate investigators on the scene of a possible case of road rage overnight in Temple Terrace. They believe it may have ended in gunfire. Abc action News Reporter Corey Dierdorff joins us from fowler avenue near i75 with a lot more on how this happened excuse me, its adam winer. Adam . Reporter thats right. You can see behind me this vehicle involved, i want to show you the tow truck that is just pulling up to clear this out of the way. Janelle mentioned that traffic tieup in this area. That hopefully will be cleared up shortly. This is not your typical smalltime traffic accident. It appears that Temple Terrace police have been out here investigating what they believe was a possible road rage incident. You can see the car came to a rest right at that pedestrian traffic signal here. More violent of a situation. Police telling us theyve been out here since 2 00 this morning, some sort of situation involving a motorcyclist and the driver of that white car. If you take a close look at the front drivers side window of the car the window is busted out and police are saying it was either busted out by hand or in some sort of a shooting and i say shooting because Temple Terrace Police Police were going through the usual protocol they go through to look for bullet shellcasings. So we believe a weapon was possibly used and Crime Scene Department was looking for evidence as well. The driver was apparently rushed off to a local hospital and at for that motorcyclist, police apparently still looking for the driver of that vehicle. Apparently also looking for that driver along i75 which is just a couple of blocks that way. So they may have driven off traffic tieup, its just the westbound lanes but its from i 75 here to river hills but we have we are going to get an update in a bit. It seems to be ending soon in terms of roads being blocked off. Live in Temple Terrace, adam winer, abc action news. 5 36. Were learning the white house is making plans to round up support for president obama. Cabinet members will travel around the country in the coming days to promote his state of the union proposals. He will put those forward tomorrow night in his final year in office. The road tour will highlight pressing issues the u. S. Is facing including climate change, health, criminal justice and access to opportunity. With the Republicancontrolled Congress the president likely faces resistance to his proposals. In democracy 2016 the democratic president ial frontrunner Hillary Clinton is waking up to a big endorsement. Planned parenthood assures while they may be supporting Hillary Clinton there wont be planned parenthood says itsen endorsing early so it can start reminding voters about what they call republican candidates extreme positions on womens health. The endorsement is the first in a president ial primary. Most republican candidates object to continued federal financing of the organization and measure has passed the republicanled house to stop the flow of money. President ial frontrunner donald trump is criticizing both the u. S. And nfl this morning. In a comparison he made in reno yesterday. Trump says the u. S. Much like pro football has gone soft. The whole game is all screwed up. You say wow, what a tackle footballs become soft. Football has become soft. Ill be criticized for that. They will say oh, isnt that terrible. But football has become soft like our country has become soft. Its true. Its true. Trump said a violent hit great tackle now gets a penalty. The nfl has been under pressure to take head trauma injuries more seriously. The recapture of mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo guzman takes a surprise twist. Officials say he was located thanks to a secret interview he gave to actor sean penn. In a twominute clip posted to Rolling Stones web site el chapo talks candidly about drug trafficking, violence and his role in it. [speaking spanish] a mexican Law Enforcement official tells cnn they want to where that meeting took place. Its a popular actress known for her starring role as a cartel leader, a known supporter of el chapo. Teens accused of taking turns raping a woman in a new york city park and are now off the streets. They range in age from 17 to 14 years old. Surveillance video shows the men in a deli just before the attack. It happened on thursday night. New York Police Say the victim was walking with her father when the suspects pointed a gun at them and ordered him to leave. New York Police Say the girls father ran to get help, took him nearly 20 minutes to track down two Police Officers and patrol car. No one ever called 911. This morning still have time to help former army Rangers Mission to honor phoebe jonchuck. Shriners hospital shared pictures yesterday of alex estralla finishing his three girl thrown off a bridge to her death. He said phoebe liked to help other children so he hopes people in her honor will donate to shriners. Go to abcactionnews. Com and search under news links to donate. Heads up for parents of school kids in Manatee County to make sure you get your kids into the school of your choice. Starting today you can apply to enroll ninth and 10thade students 10th grade students in a school outside your assigned zone. Open enrollment is today through january 22nd, you can apply online or the office of student assignment, 1,400 1st avenue east in palmetto. Find a link to the application when you open up your abc action news app on your phone. A smokefree campus. The bans smoking and tobacco Officials Say the punishment for violating the ban depends on the severity of the violation and repeat behavior. 5 41. Lets check with meteorologist shay ryan. Grab the sweatshirt and some boots. Scarfworthy . Were going to have a below average temperature today to start and to finish the day but with these low chances for rain over the next couple of days im calling this some good car washing weather ahead. Ill show you just how quickly well warm up, coming up in floridas most accurate 7day forecast. They are going to do it again and get caught. That promise come to reality this morning. How much money one woman stole in jewelry before she was Italian Police are investigating the death of a florida woman in florence. This is ashley olsen. 35yearold artist originally from summer haven. Police say her boyfriend and landlord found her body in her apartment overseas after she had not been seen in days. Her friends are stunned by the news saying she was very popular in that tightknit Art Community there. I cant imagine a person who would hurt her. She is a gentle, kind, beautiful friendly lovely girl. And its an awful shock. An Italian News Agency says still waiting for an autopsy to confirm exactly how she died. Some are already expressing doubt about a killerlinging the case to amanda knox case and the drawn out legal saga after she was arrested aaccused of killing her roommate. Knox was ultimately acquitted. This morning were taking action for your health to make sure you have health insurance. Youre running out of time to get coverage for this year. Health and Human Services secretary Sylvia Burwell wants to make sure all floridians who want coverage can get it. Shes in orlando today promoting the Affordable Care act. Yesterday she spent time in tampa with mayor bob buckhorn at New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church letting people know it can cost as little as 75 a month. She says its helping many floridians. Im sure everybody listening today knows somebody who either other thing, where they had a preexisting condition and no longer because of the faferred far do the folks have to worry about not being able to get health care. You have until friday to sign up for coverage that will start february 1st. Open enrollment under the Affordable Care act ends on january 31st. Lets look at the temperature this morning as youre headed out the door. Were mainly in the 40s now. In fact in tampa 48 degrees, brandon 48. Inverness now 41. I wouldnt be surprised as we get a little closer to sunrise and the temperatures fall just a tad more. Well even see some upper 30s in citrus county. Right now in hudson its 47 degrees. To the south arcadia 53. The same in bradenton. Were topping out today at 62 degrees. Well below average for this time of year. Thursday morning and friday afternoon. We should be starting 50 degrees, ending the day around 70. But you see how long it takes to get there. Weve got a nice cool trend hear the next couple of days and our next chance of rain friday comes along with an area of low pressure that rides right along a frontal boundary that is stalled out across the state. That brings us some soaking rains as that moisture from the gulf of mexico builds in. Well even have heavy downpours at times but the temperatures remain on the mild side because of the position of the front and southerly winds pumping in a little bit of warmth. But that warmup doesnt last. Check this out. Saturday were still in the 70s with the slight chance for rain but our next cold front rolls through sunday giving us a chance for showers early and then clearing out and cooling down much like we experienced yesterday. So again if all of this holds well time out that rain and the cooler air as we get a little closer but it does look like the warmup doesnt last very long. This is floridas most accurate find me on facebook and on twitter at tampa bay weather. Hows the morning commute . For the most part the interstates are in great shape. Heres i4 around polk parkway. If youre leaving the lakeland area maybe heading to tampa, about 22 minutes to get to downtown. Theres Police Activity in Temple Terrace that has westbound fowler closed now, police calling this a possible road rage incident. A reporter will be bringing you more information in a bit. In the meantime, again, westbound fowler blocked, use fletcher to the north, also police on the scene directing people along morris bridge road, that is important if youre trying to get to the interstate, leave yourself extra time. Ill let you know right here and of course on twitter as soon as that clears. Lets check drive times on the majors now. U. S. 19 southbound, 12 minutes looking great on the veterans, just a minute slow on dale mabry. 5 49. Today, a 24yearold woman accused of a rash of Jewelry Store heists will go before a florida judge. The fbi says abigail kemp swiped more than 4 million worth of jewelry from six Stores Across the south. One week ago she held employees at a North Carolina store at gunpoint and zip tied their hands before ransacking the place. She was spotted on Surveillance Video with a male accomplice during a robbery in florida. The fbi caught kemp using cell tower data and description of her car, even though she changed its color during her spree. 5 50. Investigators in oregon are looking into a bizarre theft after a man swipes a rare snake from a pet store. Even more surprise here, the guy in the Surveillance Video stuffs the reptile down his pants. Can you believe it . Lets get a closer look. This is Surveillance Video from the oregon business, the owner was shocked to see this after she was told the snake was missing from its tank. Thief and also the twofoot long python valued at 200. Any time anything like this happens its frustrating because we work very hard to run the business, and make a living. Hes lucky it was not feeding day. Feeding days are on mondays and they are very hungry. The pet shop owner says shes seen this man in her shop before. She says this time he was with a woman who seemed to be in on the theft. Coming up a golden reunion for a titanic star. The rivergate tower tampa cam showing us were nice and clear out there and dry, visibility is good but boy is it colder. Brace yourself this morning. Most of our temperature are about 20 to 25 degrees lower this morning than they were yesterday at this time. It translates to most of our temperatures being in the 40s as youre heading out the door this morning. We will be topping out with highs in the low 60s. So yeah, an extra layer is certainly not a bad idea on a day like today. Ill have floridas most accurate 7day forecast in a bit. 5 54. Tv stars after the first major awards ceremony of the year. Among those honored with the Golden Globes last night, Sylvester Stallone for best supporting actor in creed there he is. The martian won best comedy film and star matt damon won best actor in a comedy. Kate winslet won for steve jobs and leonardo di caprio took home golden globe for best actor in a drama for the revenant. It also won for best dramatic movie. Automatically becomes the early frontrunner to win the academy award. Critics earning 38 million at the Weekend Box Office. However the revenant couldnt force star wars out of the top spot. The force awakens barchgdz another 30 million over the weekend surpassing 800 million domestically. It also broke chinas Weekend Box Office record, earning 53 coming in third at the box office, daddys home, likely not to receive award nods, it took in 13 million. And looking ahead with the Golden Globes now over, hollywood is awaiting the oscars. Watch them live this thursday morning during good morning, america. Chris rock hosts the 88th annual Academy Awards sunday, february 28th. Where else . Here on your abc action news station. Still ahead we all know about the dangers of smoking cigarettes but all new this morning, the one group of people feeling more impact than ever before from secondhand smoke. The positive step forward for nba star lamar odom months after the Drug Overdose that overnight that singer songwriter, actor, producer david bowie passed away at age 69 after what loved ones called a courageous bat well cancer. He was known for breaking the mold with his music, his career spanning decades and several genres including pop and glam rock. Lets dance put on your red shoes that song earned him a number one spot on the pop charts. Bowie just turned 69 friday, the same day his latest album black star was released. We kept his 18 he kept his 18month cancer fighting private. Kanye west called him fearless and creative, one of the most inspirations, and Pharrell Williams said he was an innovator. Many of you wrote on our
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