And chris nocco said they should look at how they use the equipment before they take it away. The president issued an executive order demilitarizing police. At this time bans some equipment from going to the police. And long established department program, assault rifles and grenade launchers could be given out to the Police Across the country, we have humvees and things that have been used for trouble. The last one we had this past year to evacuate people and res rescue people. But they are being told to return the tanks and rifles it gave away so freely. It is in the wake of the ferguson, missouri protests. They question the response in ferguson and other cases nationwide where the police force is questioned. But the sheriff said look at the terror attack in San Bernardino to see why the police need the they are weapons and they are ieds and these are the things you have to be prepared for. In pasco they get to keep the Armored Vehicles like these because they were purchased and different program. They were ordered to give back 158 assault rifles but he says that all across the country the police are often the first and only defense against heavily armed attackers. There are terrorists or criminals that have high caliber weapons, the only people to respond in minutes are law enforcement. The military will not get here in time to protect our citizens. Year were the ones here. Several agencies have gotten equipment. And the Pinellas Police returned 22 ar15s. Thank you very much, evan. Heavy storms spawned a tornado north of Fort Lauderdale today. An ef1 with winds between 80 down in Coconut Creek and cut across Broward Community college into a retirement area. The winds did some damage nobody was hurt. Lets go over to paul. No Severe Weather here but a lot of rain. And for us it fell at night. But it is all green and light rain, nothing significant but a damp night tonight. No two ways about that. The rain is streaming in from the gulf and continue to see bands of rain until a cold front goes by tomorrow. Once it goes by the winds will shift. And rain is heavy and the wettest january in fort myers nearly 11 inches of rain we expand on the view all this rain is sliding north and northeast radar, any way you slice it. Iting with be wet. And it is moving slowly and pass by. And well talk about the weekend forecast in a moment. A man was caught on camera stealing a highly addictive drug. He was a customer of the sarasota pharmacy. The alarm went off yesterday morning and when the deputies arrived the door of sun pharmacy was busted in. The owner said 288 doses of a spray they were missing. They went to the footage and found a man running in and out with the drugs. When the deputies go the there, he provided them of a tape of the suspect entering the pharmacy and immediately going to a specific spot in the pharmacy and removing two large the direction of travel and purpose on the video he knewway was doing. The pharmacy owner identified him. He said a relative of his is the only customer who uses the medication but the deputies later said that he admitted to stealing the drugs and using them for himself. Look at this the police hope that someone may recognize the skateboarder here. You see this to the right, cameras here caught him throwing a skateboard in an elevator door. It was on the new garage at state street. He aimed it. They are not cheap. There is 5000 damage because of the one act here. If you know who this is or who did it call the police in sarasota. A man accused of killing his exwifes new husband wants to get out of jail. A hearing was held for orrin bevins. Court, he wanted it reduced but he had to convince a judge to do it. There are family members who testified. And if it was reduced. They said to the jj he would get him a job at his business if he got out of jail. To give you background on the case. Last Summer Police say bevins shot and killed Alfred Lester during a dispute possibly over child care. You can see the victim was married to his exwife and the argument escalated and thats when the shooting happened. A detective took the stand and testified that bevins chased the victim during the shooting. We observed several bullet holes near the stairs leading up ward suggesting that he was being tracked as he ran up the stairs. After that hearing the judge he is back in court on march 17th. Of course we will follow this. Back to you. Thank you for that. When you think of gasparilla, two things come to mind, pirates and beads. While that all adds up to fun all the plastic pearls can cause trouble when they land in the water. And aaron mesmer is live along bay shore. What did you find out, we have seen it when the people are throwing the beads from the floats to the crowd or from boat to boat or boat to shore in some cases they dont quite make it to where they are going so they end up in the water and the bottom of the bay. That is when they can be hazardous. The pa parade is almost here. Were stocking up. To add to the stash of beads, and when they think about all of the strings one concern comes to mind. Pollution of the bay, he is a charter captain he is stunned by what he saw during the flotilla. People were throwing beads between the bodes. And 90 of them were landing in the water. It has bothered him since, we would not think of throwing plastic bottles or trash but one day a year, it is okay to throw the beads over board. I like to say practice responsible beading. Florida aquarium curator said not everyone is responsible n 2015 he and volunteers picked up 1600 just on the shore and in shallow water. Think of all the others that get into the water and go beyond our reach, they are the ones that could be dange your for marine life, they may be like lures to fish and birds diving looking for the shiny symbols hung up in that it can get tangled. Some participants say thats not always on peoples minds but it should be. I know on our crew most of us think about it. I dont think anyone thinks about it much. He hopes awareness will make the boat to boat bead throwing a thing of the past. Hopefully there will be enough attention raised people will think about it before they do it and the practice eliminated. Reporter some of the participants received an email reminding them not to throw them in the water. And he hopes to try to contact city leaders to get them to help to get the word out. One other thing, kelly, the people at the aquarium told me the salt will corrode and wear away the beads and that could be a hazard. Thats Important Information for all of us to think about. Aaron mesmer reporting why did the gator cross the road . We dont know either but he was in no hurry to get there. This one stopped in traffic and he must not know the definition of rush hour, ryan bailey send us this. This is great he was pulling out when a traffic jam happened the cars had to stop. Costroll right on by. Riding the bus is about to get easier the city wants to how after kellyvo Pinellas Countys bus comp Pinellas County bus company is ready to try something new again. 3dollar coupons to catch a cab or uner to get to a bus stop. And it was tried before Steve Nichols said the need is there and the Technology May make a difference this time. Reporter the Public Transit problem the first mile, last might not everyone lives0en a line. A solution resides on todays smartphones. You can take your phone and say i want a ride, thats why the Company Wants to partner with the united taxes of clearwater and lyft and uber to cover that first mile or so. Psta has an app. When you go on the app on the phone you see a coupover offer, you get 3 off the trip. And then united taxi. These are the actual cabs that are available to pick you up. This will roll in and east lake next month t is all new and shiny, the first we believe in the u. S. To have a partnership. On the street we learned. They had a program like that several years ago. They had a Feeder Program before. Feeder program. That was back in the days of calling for a cab and waiting. The apps speed things up a lot. The first mile problem is a people a mile away cannot get to the bus stop. You think they would ride a bus but its a problem to get to the stop . Yes, especially veterans, they are missing legs and such. Well see how this works out this time. Steve nichols, fox 13 news. Psta believes that it could save money in east lake where there are not many riders, 4 0000 in coupons may replace a route that costs 150,000 every year. That makes sense. People need how many stories have we done we need to move to mass transit. Baby steps. I tell what you. A lot of rain today. No Severe Weather though, paul. And it is incredible how, you know we turn the calendar to 2016 like we flipped a switch n november and december, 85, 88. El nino in full swing. More rain to go before the winter is done. Lets take a look at a time lapse. Lots of low clouds popping up. And visibility in some spots and half mile. You want to take a different perspective. How about this on the transmitter tower which is looking to the east and put into motion the clouds going one way. You may be dizzy. A break there. Rolling to the west and the south. That transmitter stuck thats a cool view. 68 is the high. The average high is 70. This is after two or three nights in the 30s. Thats 11 above the average low of 52. Rain fall continues to accumulate. Fort myers close f you have friends about i cape corral and fort myers this is the wettest january on record for them. Theyre approaching 11 inches of rain for the month. Sarasota at 3. 73, st. Pete almost at the the fifth wet wettest now at 6. 27 and tampa this screams el nino. And rainy through highlands. Desoto. And the thing is, lieu look you look up stream. There is additional rain to come. Venice, north port. Light rain it is moving southwest to northeast. Look at this batch here. Thats moving generally in our direction so tampa bay south has the highest coverage of rain tonight. It will not be as heavy as it was last night but a decent soaking in many spots. The cold front is yet to go through. Midday they will shift from south to northwest it will turn cooler and drier. And were in good shape. It looks good. Sunshine and gasparilla should be beautiful. , we have on top of us a jet stream 140 and 150 knots. That produced the rain. Impulses of energy along the jet they go by. The weather improves. Low to mid60s. And slowly moving our way the front will slide. We clear out late tomorrow. And peers of rain. Will not be great. Camp. 68. The weather is great sunshine and cool in the 60s. And the weekend is good. Chip. Another one jon cooper circled. And well have more from amalie arena. One rule in rally car racing a rule that they should follow why this is a perfect example of it. I dont think now i dont think there is anything behind the push for Steven Stamkos but the game is getting a ton of attention and the media showed up and were live from amalie arena. Kevin . It is said that Steven Stamkos was nowhere to be found. This is the second time they didnt make Steven Stamkos available to the media. That was the same thing about a month ago up in canada and this is the scene that we saw inside when they opened things up. The canadian reporter saw just an empty locker filled with his equipment of course. But he is nowhere to be seen. That did not stop the contingent there coming to the game. Friedman broke the story this weekend that the Contract Offer was 8 years, 68 million to Steven Stamkos. I spoke with him about what is driving the speculation about Steven Stamkos leaving the lightning. I think this is wishful thing. They are not doing well. Are you looking to have star players in the city. Im sure there are a number of fans that cannot wait to push the button but i believed they want to be a member of the lightning. And based on what are you hearing will he be in a uniform what percentage it will happen. Im terrible at predictions f if i had to go to vegas and put a bill down i would. They indicate i would win but i cannot say 100 im betting on tampa. And that is a good thing to hear and they are the cover not like they can hand them 10 million. And over the next two years the core players the accounts are up and try to figure how to keep the team together. Nice job. This is cool for the rowdies and some teams are coming for the sun coast invitational. Think of it as spring training. Dc united. All will be practicing alongside with the rowdies. Thats like spring training. They will play the games. Here is the best part for fans a few the work outs and games start midfebruary. And if you have never seen a rally rates it is intense to watch. They run one at a time. Fastest time wins. The courses are long there are no stands. The fans line the road throughout the track where you want to stand a rule though never stand on the outside of a corner. This is the way to do it. This is why you dont stand on the outside of the curb. This is just one curb repeatedly in one race. Each of the cars is barrel rolling through the snow. And for the most part missing trees and fans. Some fans, thoughle are going to roll the dice and thats the worst one. You can see this the drivers were okay. Not one driver was hurt or one fan. Thats at this corner. Thats,ky not believe they would let them stand there. One could get killed. Yes, they were close but not there but the rallies. Thats scary, thank you very much, chip. If you used your credit card at bonddys you may want to keep an eye on the statement. Another credit card breach. Thats coming up in a few minutes. He just said no. Donald trump ditching the next republican debate. And our consumer reporter chris chmura is here. Welcome back. The tax man cometh or maybe not. If youre concerned about a possible audit. Were going to do it in the f the stage is almost set for the next debate but downtown will not be on it. He will hold an event to raise money for veterans on the same the iowa caucus is next week and tomorrow nights debate will be one of the last chances for candidates to make the impression on voters. And we have more from washington. What are the candidates doing to get ready for this last debate, joel . One thing is not prepping to debate donald trump. He was supposed to take center stage but now it is senator ted cruz from texas who is neck and neck with trump in iowa. And trumps absence is no the a about. There is a host of issues to debate and donald trump and his super huge ego and he is taking his ball and going home. Thats all the better for the country really as far as im concerned. A double win for rand paul is getting on the main stage after skipping the last debate because the kentucky senator was relegated to the happy hour and marco rubio running third said the plan is the same, sticking to the big issues facing our nation. Im going to focus on the future of america. Defeating Hillary Clinton and ensuring we dont have another four years like the last seven. 2008 calkous winner Mike Huckabee the back of the pack this time around. Kicking up his ground game going into the final stretch before the ballots are past. Were doing 150 events here in iowa. And were doing that because i dont believe there is a short cut to winning the caucus f there is, it will change forever the future of the caucus. And Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is asking democrats to sanction another debate before the New Hampshire primary this as Bernie Sanders paid a visit to see the president at the white house today. Kelly, thank you very much, joel. And fox Network Republican didnt tomorrow night at 9 00. He will have live reports starting tomorrow on good day tampa bay until the caucus. And the wildlife refugee standoff in oregon. Arrests. But a dangerous situation is brewing. A leader was killed during a traffic stop and eight others were arrested. Dan springer reports from oregon. Reporter a person is dead, is continuing. The shooting happened last night after the Police Closed off a stretch of highway and set up a barricade to stop a group of protestors as they left it compound. Ammon bundy said they were trying to surrender but the feds deny that charge. It is the actions and choices of the armed occupiers of the refugee that led to us where we are today. The shooting left one protestor dead. The rancher who vowed not to the standoff between ranchers and overreaching federal government. Back up. Officials say it was a tragic incident, they had plenty of opportunity to leave peacefully and as the f. B. I. And our partners have demonstrated, actions are not without consequences. The patriot groups sent out an alert asking for reinforcements officials set up a perimeter making supporters to the site unlikely. Now they are urging the protestors to leave peacefully and avoid loss of life. It is time for everyone in the illegal occupation to move on. Interest does not have to be bloodshed in the community. The protestors who are in custody a facing a charges of conspiracy, charge that carry as sixyear sentence. News. Michigan Officials Say water samples in flint are improving but it is too soon to give the go ahead for people to resume drinking the unfiltered water. They have been using bottled water due to the lead tainted water. And we have the latest on the water crisis. Children in flint, michigan getting tested for elevated lead levels. Anxious time for parents awaiting results, we found out our zip code was the highest in the city for lead. So, were hoping that everything turns out today. We hope to get good news. It switched from detroit water to the flint river but it was not treated for corrosion and lead started getting into the drinking water. They cannot drink the unfiltered water and tests have shown high led levels in some childrens blood. Lets take care of the people have bottle water filters. How do you get it out and rebuild the community. Groups filing a lawsuit seeking the replacement of all led pipes in the water system. Michigan officials estimate it could cost 55 milliondollars to make the repairs. Longer term there are lead pipes in the system. Where they are, were mapping all that. There is work to be done then you have to figure out what is the plan to do a replacement of those things. In washington, members of Congress Introducing legislation directing the e. P. A. To notify residents and Health Departments if the amount of lead found requires action. The House Oversight committee will have a hearing on february 4th in chicago matt finn, fox news. Fire has closed new Orleans Canal street tonight. A building there engulfed in flames. It borders the french quarter. Firefighters could not go in the building for fear of a collapse. The flames spread to a building where they contained it. Nobody was injured. Theyre not sure what sparked pitt. Congress is taking on drug attics. And a committee is hiring a hearing testimony on the failed policies the policy failures behind the cry sits. Senators and governors told how addiction has hurt the communities and urging for a solution that would increase prevention and treatment. Nationwide in 2013, nearly 9 out of ten people who needed drug treatment did not receive it. This is tragic and unacceptable. We need to mobilize a national response. And lawmakers from both sides say arrests and incarceration fail to curb the use but add to the explosion. And wendys is reporting a it is looking into activity on restaurants. The company said it started last year and it is unclear how many are affected. And an investigation has been launched and wendys is encouraging customers to look cards. Still here at 6 30, remember markots secretary of state john kerry is the secretary of state is on a highprofile visit to beijing. He is sparring with the chinese north Koreas Nuclear program. And as we report here at 6 30 on the agenda is rising tensions in the South China Sea. The secretary of state wrapping up his visit with meetings. The talks lasted more than four hours when when they diplomats came to speak to the press, differences emerged on key issues and north korea with china refusing to support demands for tough new sanctions and to the latest nuclear test. The new resolution should not provoke tension. With all due respect, more significant and impactful sanctions were put in place against iran. They are sparring over rising temperatures in the south china South China Sea where the u. S. Said they are building outposts in a resource rich area claimed that the chinese deny. We ask that all parties, clarify the claims under the international law. China made the program of not peering militaryisation. We cannot accept the allegations that they are not being matched by actions. There is an issue where they almost agreed completely that is increasing cooperation to help combat violent extremivism around the world. Were committed to cooperate, do our best to protect our people. The chinese president agreed to support a Security Council resolution aimed at north korea. But it could take weeks or months for the resolution to be drafted. In washington. Holocaust survivors commemorated 71 years since the liberation of auschwitz. [music] candles in 1945 the soviet arm liberated the camp inflicted by germany. And some of the survivors wore sashe that represented the striped clothing that prisoners were forced to wear. They toured the camp and left if you arers at the wall of death. 200,000 inmates were rescued and the daughter of a polish general who led the fight speak of the significance. I would like to use my presence here today to begin my commitment to the memory of auschwitz and the atrocities to nazism and to join my friends and speakers here before me in making sure that this will never happen again. Such atrocities can not be committed. The nazis killed more than most were jewings but prisoners of war and other minorities. Well be right back. 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The dow fell after the reserve decided not to raise the key interest rate. The nasdaq is down, s p off by 20. And fear. Danger confusion are some of the and we are aiming to calm our nerves with truefalse which we love, not [ laughter ] i want to you succeed. And the 18th. Because of the holiday and what not. Audit risk is something were afraid of making mistakes. Three true or false questions. Number one, true or false, paper forms are 20 times more likely to contain errors than when we file them electronically. You file by baby are you 20 times more to make a mistake. I say true, me, too. I think that makes sense. You think so. The good news filing by computer is free for most people. And the answer is true. Are you right. They compared people who commit electron click when they file on paper are you more likely to screw something up. Again the good us in is that you dont have to pay to file election ically for us. Go on to the site. The mistakes, what do you thick . Looking at them. Number. Spelling your name wrong. And not signing the form. Another reason to sign it electronically, number two, true or false, the irs audits 10 of all federal tax returns. False. Too high. Are you geting 2 percent; youre on it. Thats false the answer is 1 . About 1 . So the chances are really slim. And kip linger broke down the numbers. Fewer than 1 of returns are audited. If you dont have anything outrageous are you not likely going to get audited. You worry about the tax guy showing up. Question three, true or false. Ready for this. Most audits require an interview at your home. You know the squadron of revenue agents show up. Mr. Wilson show us your paperwork. Im not home. Well be back tomorrow. I dont think they would come, they dont have the staff to come. I would say false. Paul is i is aing false. Youre right. It is false. The good news is that about 3 4 of all audits are handled by mail. You get a letter the audit it is simple to deal with. You dont have to belly ache about it. 40,000 in 2014 resulted in you get the letter in the mail, thats good. It is a good thing for 40,000 people. Thats half of Raymond James stadium. People who were audited a ed got money back. I can see how that could happen. Take it. Dont ignore the letter from the irs. Thats when the significant will show up; they are doing their job. Thats right. Lets go to paul. We have been watching the radar all day long. A rain audit on this a lot of heavy rain a still a lot on radar. Cool sky. A good day to sleep in if you had wednesday off. Clouds in motion. And low clouds rolling in from the east all day. It looks like a day in scotland or seattle. Dark and gray. Of tampa bay. And there is a batch rolling in. One of those rare days where the sunshine was at a premium. It was cooler because of clouds and rain we hit 68 for a high. Sky tower now has a smattering of rain if there is going to be any Severe Weather at all. It will be south of us. Fort lauderdale. South of us have have a better chance. There is more coming. The right rain and arcadia. And sarasota to about fort myers. Additional bands coming in off the gulf, we expand on the view. All of this is sliding northeast. Things will improve when the front is by. Thats well to the west. You can see where the front is by this line here. This is not going to go by until boot. Thats not going to happen until probably like mid0 to Late Afternoon tomorrow. By. The stage is feet for days. First things first. Backside. And the air behind the cold front is going to be cool but its not going to be cold not nearly as cold as it was behind the east coast blizzard. That went up the coast and yanked down cold air our way this week. 145 knots of wind is blowing over us. Impulses are buy. The Rain Coverage increases they decreases. It picks up rain. They shift. By friday morning a northwest wind. Clearing skies and improving weather. Right now. Temperatures are not moved mump. In the 60s. Future cast has it going by. One more surge of rain. It shifts south and the rain to an end. Looking good after that watching periods of rain. And 65. And the rain will bed during the day. Were 68. Sunshine and cool in the 60s. In the 60s and 70s. Lows in the 40s to near 50. Palm beachthank you, p coming up tonight at 11. Coming up tonight at 11 more than a month after this sixcar wreck, there is an arrest in the case. And the driver who is accused of dragging a kepty under his a deputy upped his truck. He has been cast to play the king of pop. The selection for a new Michael Jackson movie. The reasoning behind that tonight on the 11 00 news. All right. Thank you, chris. Jack boyle has been making art with his hands for 40 years, his love for one of the oldest right with tampa bay. [music] i have been making pottery for 43 years i have been here 48 years im a professional potter, when i walked into the class i was attracted to it. I saw the woman potter who made a vase and i was captured. It is such a difficult medium to master. It takes months to get the basic control of the pottery. That takes years to get to the point where can you make anything sophisticated and then youre only limited by your imagination, i make a lot of functional pottery and mugs and it is a passion that you have to have and can you read every book but you have to put the time in, have consist stepsy in my work you have to love the material. You will not get any better. That is really something. Think how creative he is, he has done more than 100,000 pieces. He teaches classes at his business f you want more information log on to fox 13 and love it. 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
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