Transcripts For WFTS Action News At 5AM 20160301

Going. Youre going to take that all the way to big bend, that is where you get back to i75. Make sure you leave yourself enough time to make that detour. Traffic still pretty light so were not seeing any delays but again if this continues as the morning rush pushes on we could see some delays. Ill definitely keep my eye on it. I checked my map to see if there was any fog in the area. There was not any. So no word on what caused the crash. We will have patchy fog out there. So well watch that this morning along the roads. Janelle will keep you posted. Right now really visibility not bad. Temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s as we continue to check in. Look at highs today, were going to go from 40s to 70s, in fact i think well have areas, especially across the south and eastern counties, desoto to polk county, even Highlands County 80 degrees. So the visibility, again, not going to have an issue as far as any Significant Impact but if we see some of these dropping ill let you know. Again im not expecting anything widespread. So 50s this morning. 75 by lunchtime. Then well push the mid and upper 70s by the evening commute. We have a front that is going to be arriving tomorrow. Ill let you know what to expect with that in my next forecast. 5 02. Super tuesday is officially here. The first multistate primary day of the president ial race. Throws the campaign into high gear as candidates vie for a abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is here to break down some of the predictions. Reporter this is a huge day for the democrats and republicans starting of course on the gop side, 595 delegates are up for grabs as it currently stands now. Donald trump leads the pack with 82 delegates, if you head on down, texas senator ted cruz has 17 and florida senator marco rubio with 16. 11 states will be deciding todays outcome. Knows, texas with 155 delegates on the line for republicans. As it stands now ted cruz is expected to win in that state. Anything less than a major victory there could be majorly damaging to his campaign. Results from super tuesday of course have the potential to shake up that race or simply seal the deal for Donald Trumps campaign. 1,237 total delegates are needed to secure the republican nomination. Trump has already looked good in early polling numbers in states. Meanwhile of course for the democrats, when you add up the super delegates former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has a large lead over Bernie Sanders and today clinton and sanders are fighting for a total of, get this, 865 delegates in 11 states plus the american samoa. With republicans the biggest prize today is texas where the polls show that Hillary Clinton has a big advantage in that state as well. Coming up at 6 00 a. M. , ill be super tuesday states with those predictions of which candidates are expected to win. Detectives trying to find at least four people accused of attacking a teen and hits pregnant girlfriend. They were robbed at beaten at a bay area park. So far authorities arrested one 17yearold in the attack from friday night. Rahim Jean Baptiste say he and his girlfriend went to the park to meet one friends, instead attacked by a group of people. Shes eight months pregnant. I couldnt do anything to save my girlfriend. Attacking me. At that moment i felt i was breaking in two. One pushed me to the ground. I fell to my knees, the other pushed me. Hit me in the back, i got up. I was like im pregnant. They were like i dont give a bleep . The one teen so far is charged with robbery with a deadly weapon. At 5 30, abc action News Reporter Corey Dierdorff will time the suspect and victim met before. If you have information about the other people involved call the Winter Haven Police department. Registered sex offender is behind bars accused of robbing and attacking two women. 35yearold Daniel Esposito will head to court this afternoon. Sarasota county deputies say he pulled a gun on a woman who just drop into her garage drove into her garage. Then attempted to sexually assault her. In hernando county, deputies still need your help to track down 41yearold david dean senior. Hes wanted on two counts of Sexual Battery and strangulation. Detectives say he knew both victims and the assaults were violent. He was last seen driving a 2007 suzuki forenza, gee d86 tag. If you see him youre vidsed not to approach him, call 911. The death of a Hernando Community coming together to raise money to help the 2year old she left behind. The School District superintendent says lara dewise was a barrel racer, died a day before her 28th birthday. From injuries that she suffered sunday after a rodeo accident. Friends say her horse fell tossing her to the ground leaving her with a head injury and broken bones. She was also a cancer survivor and had just gotten engaged to weeks ago. Again she leaves behind a 2 yearold son. More than 200 people donated to laras name. Its now requesting to pay for her going to pay for her medical expenses. And multiple fundraisers are planned to support the family the next two months. I have a link on my Facebook Page to one. And there are links on abcactionnews. Com. 5 06. Police officer Ashley Guindon will be laid to rest this morning. Hundreds of Police Lights lit up the night sky in honor of the young woman killed in the line of duty. She was shot and killed saturday after responding to a 911 call on her first day on the job. Investigators say Ronald Hamilton gunned her down and injured two other officers. 28yearold guindon graduated from Embry Riddle University in daytona beach. Preliminary hearings begin april 18th. Prosecutors say they will likely seek the death penalty. The family of Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will hold a memorial in his honor. It will be held at the Mayflower Hotel in washington, dc. He died february 13th in texas. Multiple Supreme Court justices are expected to deliver remarks at that service. Turning to new concerns over the zika virus and a dangerous neurological disorder that is now being linked to the mosquitoborne illness. A study says zika may be to polenesia that can trigger temperature trig temporary paralysis. Five more cases now brings the total to 42. Among those four of the infected people are pregnant women. That is troubling because zika is linked to dangerous and devastating birth defects. Cool start in the upper 50s. By the afternoon i think youll like the forecast, temperature in the mid and even upper 70s with plenty of sunshine. Im tracking a cold front that arrives tomorrow, ill let you know how cool it gets behind the front and whether we can expect clouds or rain associated with it. Taking you into the weekend as well. Coming up in the next forecast. 5 08. You drink and so youre not going to drive. That means your car could be towed. Who is trying to protect you from being safe rather than sorry. Careful what you send. These friendly emojis can send mjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjmn good morning. A reminder, construction going on 275 southbound in pinellas county. The exit to 54th avenue south, completely blocked until 6 00 a. M. Coming up, ill tell you how to get around this. Were also following a fatal accident in gibsonton. More on that coming up. 5 12. This Morning Police and the family of a victim cant seem to agree on a major piece of the story that led to the mans death. Protests, that is broke out yesterday in raleigh, north carolina. Hundreds demanding action after an officer shot and killed a drug suspect. Also holding a vigil for 24 yearold akil denkins. Police were chasing him on foot when had he they shot him. His mother says he was not armed but Officials Say they found a gun near his body. In reno, nevada, a person is dead following a shooting at a casino. It happened before midnight. Witnesses say the suspect, 38 yearold Kylie Grayson and the victim had had argued just before the shooting. Police arrested grayson for murder. Theyve not released the victims name yet. Look at this video of a police chase from Broward County we just pulled off the satellite feeds while you were sleeping. This is from oakland park near fort lauderdale. Authorities say that first chase started when officers started to follow a stolen blue sedan. Then you see four people jump out of the car, run into an apartment complex. Moments later two of the four then those two people got out of the suv, led police on a foot chase before surrendering. The suspects are now in custody. Two others though are still on the run now. This morning pasco county officials are pushing for new ordinance that would crack down on the predatory towing of vehicles left at bars and restaurants overnight. Tommy morris says people shouldnt be penalized. He says Tow Companies have been known to tow vehicles from parking lots leaving customers with a pretty pricey tab. He says the new rule would encourage people to make the right decision and not have to worry about their vehicle being towed. If passed they are safe from 9 00 at night until noon the next day. Janelle has a traffic alert. We have breaking news southbound i75 just past gibsonton drive completely shut down now while crews investigate a fatal crash and motorcyclists were told ran that motorcyclist was killed. This happened overnight, we dont know how long the southbound lanes will be closed but could be some time because this is a fatality. This location on a map shows you how to get around this. Take gibsonton drive to 301 or 41, then get back on i75 at big bend. So plan some time for that detour. Another detour to be prepared for, i275 southbound through pinellas county, 54th avenue south, that exit is closed. Get off 275 before here at 22nd street, and 22nd avenue south and take u. S. 19 south to 54 if that is where youre going. Leave extra time. Upper 50s now, low 60s. A little cool, by the afternoon clear skies and light wind. So the temperatures, winds 10 to 15, it would feel colder but feels like the actually temperature with the light wind. Clear skies and light winds lead to a little patchy fog. I dont think it will be widespread. Temperatures now, further north, goodness, 40s, cool stuff. Then mid to upper 50s so pretty good range as we check the hour by hour forecast and take you into the afternoon. Well run into the mid60s by 9 00. Youll see low to mid to upper 70s through the afternoon hours and well do that with full sunshine. So were looking pretty good. Titan doppler radar, you would imagine quiet. In fact southeastern united states, including the peninsula looking pretty good with High Pressure in charge. In fact highs on top of us which is why we have those light winds and the clear skies. Look upstream, we have this frontal boundary, it will be pretty strong as it moves to the south and east. In fact even Severe Weather across the southeastern u. S. That front will eventually arrive here but by the time it in the way of rainfall. I think a couple of showers as it moves through. By tomorrow 10 to 20 coverage. Certainly no thunderstorms or anything severe. So good news. There you see clearer air beginning to move in for our thursday. That will allow temperatures to cool off a little but not dramatically. Another boundary then moves in with a pretty busy pattern but again these will be weak systems this week. So we have one tomorrow, we have one friday. Both of which will yield 10 to 20 coverage of showers and behind them great weather. Mid and upper 70s. Right now a little more humid today. Youll notice if youre out. Boating forecast looks good. High temperature 70s. Overnight lows as i mentioned a little cooler behind the front on thursday morning. Another boundary rolls through quietly friday setting us up for a great weekend, sunshine recent years emojis have been popular, a common way to express feelings when texting on social media now a student from virginia is facing legal trouble for the emojis she decided to post. On her own social media account. That middle schooler is accused of sending threats in the form of emojis on instagram. Officials say it happened a true months ago but are just now learning about it. Few months ago. On instagram were getting Death Threats with emojis. I think it was the skull, i think it was a bomb and gun. Parents say they found out about this after a newsletter was sent home. Other than that they say the School System has been keeping the details quiet. Theres no word now on if the school is taking disciplinary action against the student who is accused. Still ahead after demands for a recall of every takata air bag is a warning now surfacing indicating this idea could actually backfire. They are closer to a ral you trust a self driving car . First at 5 19, the first day of march and the dow opens lower this morning following one of the worst februarying in several years februarys new developments in the investigation into the exploding air bags. Arguments are surf girlfriend viciously attacked in a winter haven park. Coming up. Breaking news. I75 shut down southbound at motorcycle and car crash, stop andgo drive for people headed to work in that area. Janelle martinez kicks off traffic and weather together. You have the best way to get around this. As you mentioned southbound